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nice job Tim.this reminds me of the leaf spring bushings i replaced on a 40' trailer.my employer says ''they'll come right out of there.'' i had to drill holes all the way around them both sides to relieve the pressed in pressure.
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drained the carb, put fluel stabilizer in the tank, got the bike a lot of anticorrosion spray.
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Replaced the 2-year-old battery in my 2007 Sporty
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That didn't last long!
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Preparing my sporty for a long tour very soon and just added a phone mount to it
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Got the replacement, to the replacement ignition module installed into the gifted Sporty, starting nicely. Dialing in the carburetor before roadtest.
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My lithium battery lasted 2 years. I went back to an AGM battery. Heavy or not.
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