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    Crossfire 700 meltdown - looking for root cause

    Well after 14 years of riding and 17,500 miles later my trusty crossfire 700 decided to punch out. I am looking for some suggestions as to what caused the engine failure. I was riding at a steady 50 mph where the sled just shut off without warning. I pulled the jugs off to find the PTO...
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    Homeowners Insurance

    I have a cabin in Cadillac and just got my renewal for homeowners insurance and they increased the rates by about 33%. I called and asked what up as I have no claims and their answer was this is their new rates for modular homes. Has anyone else experienced this as well? Does any one have any...
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    2006 Crossfire Belt Deflection

    I have a 2006 Crossfire 7 and I had purchased one of the CPC belt deflection adjusters to replace the stock nylon one a long time ago and for whatever reason never installed it. I am finally thinking about putting it in but can not remember exactly how to use it.... Do I still need to use the...
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    Looking For Firewood

    I am looking for a semi truck load of logs for firewood like how Mr. John Dee gets his wood. The problem is that I am in south eastern MI (Howell) and there are not very many options. I have been looking around without much sucess or huge delivery cost from the northern lower. Does anyone here...
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    Life in Mexico.

    It depends on the time of year but there will be snow up there sometimes. Typically the snow hides up at 16k and higher but sometimes it even melts up there. The sun is pretty strong down here. I added a few pics of the mountains with some snow. The elevations of each are as follows...
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    Life in Mexico.

    Next is a photo of me sitting at the top of mountain pictured in the sunrise picture, the name is Malinche with an elevation of 14,636ft which just about killed me. The next two are a few churches in the area. The beach photo I took when I was in Cancun and the final picture is myself making...
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    Life in Mexico.

    I have been living in Mexico for the last year and a half and I thought I would share some of the photos I have taken. The first pics I took this morning and is of the volcano popocatepetl on the left and the mountain iztaccihuatl on the right. The next two are zoomed pics of each. Then about...
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    Suggestions for snowy mountain range

    I am trying to start planning a trip out to the snowy mountain range. Does anyone have any suggestions of where to stay or where to rent sleds? I have looked at Med bow lodge and also albany lodge but I cant find much else out there.
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    Wood burner in modular - New cottage

    I recently purchased a 'cottage' in northern MI I put it in quotes since its a 1500sf modular with a full basement. My question is in the following... I would like to install a wood burner/insert in the house. It already has a fireplace but these fireplaces pretty much junk. I would like to...
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    Should be record snowfall this year.... Moved to Mexico

    As the title says, there should be record snowfall this year in the midwest since I just relocated to Mexico for the next year and a half for work. Hopefully I will be able to put a few miles on during my Christmas vacation. I can however visit some snow almost year around up on the volcanoes...
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    Question cabin with no forced air furnace

    I am trying to buy a cabin in northern MI, and one that I am interested in has no forced air furnace. The main heating source is a wood burner which is fine for when I would be up there. The other heating source is a large wall mounted propane heater. I am unsure about the btu rating on it as of...
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    Garmin GPS Problem

    I bought a Garmin Colorado 400t to use on the sled this past summer, I have it all wired up to run off of the sled power and have it mounted on top of the steering post on my xfire 7. The problem is that the unit will run for about 15 mins then it will freeze making me remove the batteries to...
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    Yamaha Bravo Clutch Puller

    Can someone help me find a clutch puller for an '84 Bravo? All I can find is ones listed or '79s, or can the same one be used for all years. Thanks.
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    First Trip 12-12-09

    We finally got out for a ride. Will try and give a quick little summary. It started out as a stuck party, apparently everyone could not remember how to ride. The first and second stuck was the Doo GSX and MXZ, following shortly later was my girlfriend on the ZL. (Pic1) The group coming to...
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    Gps wiring help

    This summer I purchased a Garmin colorado 400t. I am trying to wire it up to power it off of the sled. I had a little regulator made to go from the sled at about 13v ac to 5v dc. I then wired a mini usb plug onto that with the 1 pin at +5v and the 4 pin for the ground, pin 'x' is wired to pin 4...
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    Buell Going Under

    I have never really been a huge fan of the Buells but they were still pretty cool bikes. http://www.buell.com/en_us/
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