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Welcome to our blog dedicated to the engineering of Microsoft Windows 7
Greetings! Based on the data we're seeing we know a lot of folks on MSDN/TechNet/Connect are probably busy using the RC (Release Candidate) for Windows 7. Thank you!!! And of course many folks are looking forward to downloading the RC and using it as we expand the downloads—we're looking forward to the participation and seeing the data that will help us validate the RC. We've talked about making sure that you are "in control" of Windows 7 and one of the ways that people are in control of their PC is to personalize the experience. With the RC you're going to see some of the new personalization "elements" in Windows 7. In this post, Denise Trabona and Samuel Moreau of our product design team provide a behind the scenes look at some of the work. Be sure to check out the links below the images as you can see a lot more work by these talented artists. Note, these are just thumbnails for this post so be sure to enjoy the full screen images in the RC. --Steven
PS: Just a reminder, that just as with the pre-beta and beta we'll be testing out Windows Update and the system for doing patches and updates. So along with new drivers you might also see some other updates flowing through the system.
One of the most exciting parts of engineering Windows 7 has been the wide variety of work that gets done over the course of a full product cycle. As evidenced by the variety of topics just in this blog, one can see that we are hard at work at all levels of the product. For fun, we thought folks might enjoy hearing some of the story behind the new personalization work in Windows 7.
As some folks have noticed, we are unveiling some new personalization content (wallpapers, glass colors and sounds schemes) in the RC build which allows people greater flexibility to personalize their experience. One thing we know is that Windows users love to express themselves by changing the desktop background and like many past releases, Windows 7 includes content in the box that allows you to begin customizing your experience immediately.
A picture speaks a thousand words
In developing the personalization features, we knew that we wanted great content for people to express their personal style. Because the desktop background is such a vibrant surface, we wanted to focus on providing quality content that demonstrated how creative people could be with this feature. When folks send us screenshots using the feedback button, we are regularly inspired by the rich diversity and personality of the wallpapers that people choose.
As we thought about how we wanted to approach personalization in Windows 7, we knew one way was to honor our lineage. In the past photography has been featured heavily Windows. Some of that photography has been quite beautiful and has become a proud tradition we wanted to maintain. In addition, we also wanted to explore new territory and expand our visual palette. In the realm of photography, we kept a theme focused on landscape photography which is our tradition, but added new themes for architecture and nature. Much of the this imagery is from our stock imagery partners, but we also had the good fortune to work with a talented local photographer named Will Austin, who has photographed all over the world on many subjects with an emphasis on architecture. Will's photos provide a little bit of the local flavor of the Seattle area that we are proud to call home.
Raising the bar of inspiration and delight
With the photography covered, we tried to broaden our coverage to include additional images that would inspire, delight and invigorate people's imaginations. We wanted to stretch into some new content that felt unique, timely, and with a distinct point of view. Our goal was content that balanced the timelessness of great photography with graphical illustrations that are energetic, modern, and fresh. On top of it all it was also important to achieve a rich variety in the illustrations to appeal to different tastes, genders and ages, color ranges from quiet to loud, and from large compositions to small and detailed.
Inspired by our neighbors in Zune, we worked with an agency called 72 and Sunny to search for illustrators around the world to create one-of-a-kind art work for you to have in Windows 7. In the process of looking through tons of samples, we sought a group of artists whose styles seemed both incredibly varied, to cover the broad diversity we were after, and maintained a common thread that we felt was applicable to the overall tone we were striving to achieve. Then began the fun part, with little more than some simple guiding words (light, energetic, inspiring, optimistic, etc.), the artists went off with a blank canvas to create concept sketches of their original pieces.
Iterate and refine
We still remember the first chance we got to review the artist's initial sketches and concept work, and right from that moment, we knew that these images were going to be a lot of fun. The next step was to iterate back and forth a few times to make sure certain goals were achieved and get little details just right. For example, a couple of things that were important to us were how the image flowed under the new task bar and striking the right balance between visually compelling, and not too distracting when it came to finding that important file on your desktop. It's tricky to find the right balance and we were fortunate to have an amazingly talented set of artists and our friends at 72 and Sunny to work with on this project.
Windows is for the whole world
Finally, we wanted to recognize the global audience of Windows by seeking out illustrators with varied backgrounds and styles with the intention of representing and appealing to people all around the world.
With that, we are honored to introduce the amazingly talented artists and the work that they contributed to Windows 7 personalization.
Yuko Kondo From Japan, now resides in London, England
Yuko Kondo From Japan, now resides in London, England
Katharina Leuzinger Born to Swiss and Japanese parents in Zurich, Switzerland, Katharina Leuzinger now resides in London, England
Katharina Leuzinger Born to Swiss and Japanese parents in Zurich, Switzerland, Katharina Leuzinger now resides in London, England
Osmand Nosse Wicklow, Ireland
Osmand Nosse Wicklow, Ireland
Klaus Haapaniemi From Finland, now based in London, England
Klaus Haapaniemi From Finland, now based in London, England
Chris Sickles of Red Nose Studios Indiana, United States
Chris Sickles of Red Nose Studios Indiana, United States
Punga Buenos Aires, Argentina
Punga Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pomme Chan Born and educated in Bangkok, Pomme Chan now resides in London, England.
Pomme Chan Born and educated in Bangkok, Pomme Chan now resides in London, England.
Kustaa Saksi Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kustaa Saksi Amsterdam, Netherlands
Paul Hwang and Benjamin Lee of Nanosphere Los Angeles, California
Paul Hwang and Benjamin Lee of Nanosphere Los Angeles, California
Adhemas Batista From Sao Paulo Brazil, now resides in Los Angeles, California
Adhemas Batista From Sao Paulo Brazil, now resides in Los Angeles, California
Kai and Sunny London, England
Kai and Sunny London, England
Nan Na Hvass Born to a Danish father and Chinese mother in Swaziland, Africa, Nan Na Hvass now resides in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Nan Na Hvass Born to a Danish father and Chinese mother in Swaziland, Africa, Nan Na Hvass now resides in Copenhagen, Denmark.
We hope this post has given you some insight into the Windows 7 content. We also hope that we achieved the goals we set out for ourselves with this element of Windows 7.
-Denise Trabona and Samuel Moreau
(With all due respect to the artists), it's not that I don't appreciate good art but I can see where the effort is going instead of providing half-decent features like for instance, a usable file manager or taskbar. Here I am totally unhappy about how Windows Explorer has turned out to be Windows 7 and Microsoft is interested in enhancing the personalization experience which keeps you in control and lets you vibrantly express yourself.
Where is the user in control when: (straight from Wikipedia)
- The user can't create a secondary file association action which he would in Windows XP.
- The user can't set security properties/ACLs/permission on multiple items from Properties because there is no Security tab like Windows XP for multiple files or folders.
- The user can't add or remove toolbar actions in Explorer, can't change their order as was possible in Windows XP.
- The user can't do anything about metadata unless developers write shell metadata handlers unlike Windows XP.
- Useful and powerfull shell extensions like Folder size won't work.
- Windows 7 makes it deliberately and extremely difficult to view small useful information like file size and free space when it should be available to the user at one glance. This was available in Windows XP.
- The user cannot turn off autosorting of files if even he's finding it extremely hard to work with when dealing with large number of files, unlike Windows XP.
- The user cannot execute multiple actions on a set of files from the GUI which was possible in Windows XP.
- The user cannot press Shift to bypass autologon as was possible in Windows XP.
- The user cannot see set multiple connection icons, cannot customize connection icons, cannot view network activity using indicators, cannot access connection status quickly from the connection icon all of which was possible in Windows XP.
- The user cannot quickly access the Network Connections folder and actual wired/dial-up connections when it is the most visited places in Windows. It is buried several clicks inside the UI.
- The user cannot customize his search using the GUI as could be done in Windows XP.
- The user cannot disable grouping (placing next to each other) similar taskbar icons, whereas he had a choice up to Windows Vista.
- The user cannot disable thumbnail previews as could be done in Windows Vista.
- The user cannot disable jumplists in favor of old context menu.
- The user cannot group close applications as could be done up to Windows Vista.
I am getting so sick of the machine-like PR language used here. Microsoft seems to believe they have invented something out of this world by changing Display Properties to "Personalization" and they simply can't enough of it and stop drooling over it since Vista. I don't want more personality, there's no lack of free high quality artwork and "personality" on the internet to help me customize my PC, I want to see genuine concern from Microsoft about certain huge and long-standing issues users have the usability and design of NT 6.x series. Microsoft is only doing lip service and conveniently ignoring these while claiming improved productivity. With so many issues in the core FILE MANAGER! and Taskbar, I don't see how Windows 7 improves upon Windows XP's experience. Windows 7 is a FAILURE to truly address users' concerns. Just because the media and fanboys are showering praise and telling any critics to shut up and shoo off doesn't mean these show-stopping problems don't exist.
If anyone wants these fixed by RTM, be vocal and send your feedback to Microsoft.
The Landscape and US themes are amazing, and it's awesome how you can activate them with a single click!
Compared to the beta, I'm missing my favorite wallpaper. I was able to copy it from the Beta partition at \Windows\Web\Wallpaper\img9.jpg.
And there appear to be "hidden" themes in \Windows\Globalization\MCT\ ! The one labelled South Africa is especially nice.
Like some of the other posters here, I am a bit skeptical about the addition of this kind of artwork.
At least two of those artworks - those by Klaus Haapaniemi and especially the one by Punga - come across as creepy rather than pleasant. They certainly don't look neutral and IMO are not something that should be included by default.
I also must concede that one of the posters (the one with the long name) is right - I do not quite see the point of adding many wallpapers by default at all. There certainly is no lack of suitable, free, beautiful wallpapers on the web. Anyone interested in personalizing his desktop will most likely find his pick there.
Some of those sound like good points, but some are questionable or just flat out false:
Sounds like it would be up to said shell extensions' developers to fix them - or wait to see if they work in the RTM release. Have you reported these issues to the PROPER channels?
I have no idea what this means. These details are all visible on screen by default, in columns, tiles, detail windows, and tooltips. How could it be easier?
What does this mean?
Click the network icon in the notification area, click Network and Sharing Center, click Change adapter settings. I count three clicks. Wasn't it three clicks before?
I see lots of GUI for customizing search. What does this mean?
False. Just not true at all.
Jump lists do not replace context menus. The context menus are still there. Jump lists are menus for the shortcut/group, the context menus are still there for each individual instance.
Wrong. Not true.
Don't believe everything you read on the Internet. And - if you choose to - I wouldn't suggest blindly reposting it.
Well, Windows 7 themes are cool and will be no lesser hit than Windows 98 themes =).
Would we get finishing touches on icons? It could be pretty nice if main icons (like My Computer, Recycle Bin, Folder, etc) were slightly restyled like Windows Update icon was.
That will make Windows 7 less like Vista :).
Hi Guys,
I don't know if this actually the right please to leave comments on the ui of windows 7. Yesterday I saw a blog about the changes in the UI since RC1 but I lost the link so I put my comments here.
First off all. Windows 7 Rules, it is actually even better than leopard! And 1000 times better than vista. But there are a 2 things I'd really like to see changed:
1. I'm a fervent user of dual screen. with areopeek, you made the great feature to span the window horizontally for 50%. But for example on my left monitor it isn't possilble to span the window for 50% on the right side.
2. My laptop isn't very energy efficient. And windows 7 it (still) gives a shorter battry time than with xp. But I noticed that that I can use my laptop longer on the battery when I disble DWM and the Windows Search service. Is it possible to add an option to set the powerplan so that when I unplug my power cable, the DWM and Windows Seach service will be automaticly disabled.
Thank you were much. Say it if this the wrong place to post my comments and sorry for my crappy english. I'm Dutch
I'm going to repost a few of the bullet points that @TheDesperationOfAntiMicrosoft is spot on. It is borderline insulting to dedicate a post to personalization when key customization features are missing. I really hope that at least one PM from the Windows Explorer group reads this comment and consider most of these issues.
- The user can't create a secondary file association action which he would in Windows XP.
- The user can't set security properties/ACLs/permission on multiple items from Properties because there is no Security tab like Windows XP for multiple files or folders.
Please, I think several users agree with me on the first bullet point, as proved here:
Please, somebody at Microsoft, restore the advanced customization features!
We might distinguish between customization and personalization. This post is about personalization--like picking the color of a car, bumper stickers, and so on. Customization is more like putting on different shocks, new wheels, changing out engine parts. Windows supports both of course, and pretty extensively.
Personalization is "to change something to reflect personality". Customization is "to alter something to make it fit somebody's wishes". Of course one person's customization might be another person's personalization and we definitely understand that.
There are many places where we know people want to do more and more to alter Windows--that is to change the way it works. We're always trying to balance compatibility and robustness with the set of items that can be reliably customized. We definitely understand the feedback that some elements of customization have changed from release to release. We've also done work to listen and add some of the elements that have been discussed.
Where we make engineering tradeoffs is in how much customization to provide support for because each new release we run the risk of blocking further advances as the combinatorics of what is allowed can get unmanageable very quickly.
Many people have enjoyed the ability to personalize Windows and this post was about some of the work we did to allow this broad set of folks to reflect their personality in Windows.
Oh come on! Get a real OS all of you people.
The Illustrations are really, really great, but i don't think they are good wallpaper material. They are intrusive, distractive and really complex. The only things that MS gets mildly right are the ones that they copy from other OSs.
Hi Steven
Nice backgrounds, I think a lot of people are going to enjoy it. Very nice.
As you can see there are a lot of people here (and on the Internet) that care about Windows 7 and that they vent a lot of anger. Mostly regarding the explorer. And yes they are right.
MS should reconize that pain (mostly caused by Vista => MS) and act on that, don't you agree? This is not about engineering tradeoffs. That sounds almost like an excuse not to act.
I really hope that MS listen to the comments on this blog and the other blogs to make number 7 the best ever. We don't mind 3 other rc's.
Sincerly Ed,
Well there was never a post on Windows Explorer on this blog (maybe MS didn't think the file manager was important enough). These are issues since the Vista betas that have been ignored, not a single one I've listed above (XP->Vista) has been fixed, documented in MSDN as to why the change was made or the feature was completely eliminated.
@nwoolls, let me clarify some of the issues which you (and MS) might not have understood:
- Developers can only "fix" shell extensions or redesign them if a way exists. In case of Folder size, Microsoft removed the IColumnProvider interface that broke the shell extension. The replacement, the Property system was probably introduced to enumerate properties out of the process and asynchronously, rather than using shell-item specific IColumnProviders, however it doesn't have a way to display dynamic data, only metadata.
- Not everyone uses Details view and even in Details view, size is only shown in KB instead of MB or GB. Where is the size on the status bar? Why are there now two clicks required just to see size on the Details pane?
- "Network Connections" was earlier accessible from the Start menu (1 click), or right-click notification area. Same goes for connections/connection status/connection properties.
- Executing multiple actions on a set of files means selecting more than 1 item in Explorer and performing the same operation on all of them. Even if this had concerns like accidentally triggering some action, Windows XP warned the users before performing the action. Now it is removed altogether.
- In XP, search parameters could be set using a GUI. Vista reduced the customization from the UI instead forcing the user to remember the advanced query syntax, which isn't even present in Vista's documentation but instead is located online.
- Try setting your taskbar icons to "Never combine" mode and then try separating two IE windows or any two windows of the same app. Not possible in Windows 7.
- The user cannot group close applications as could be done up to Windows Vista. In XP/Vista, try holding down Ctrl and click to select multiple taskbar items. That too isn't possible under Windows 7.
I am not believing everything I read on the Internet and blindly posting. These are serious usability issues several users are having everywhere since the release of Vista (a simple web search will reveal more). Why were things moved around and thrown away if they weren't broken at all?
I love the variety of themes in Windows 7, and customizing is one of the first things I do when I install a new version of the OS.
This is my favorite Windows 7 theme, and I actually wish it was part of the OS: http://blogs.msdn.com/mswanson/archive/2009/01/25/my-windows-7-theme-pack.aspx
"We've talked about making sure that you are "in control" of Windows 7 and one of the ways that people are in control of their PC is to personalize the experience."
This statement at the head of the blog summarised not only MS's attitude to the user since Vista, but also the failure to appreciate what "user control" is.
Changing wallpapers is *nothing whatsoever*, NOTHING to do with my control over my PC.
Yes, you've got some pretty pictures up there. News: I've been able to put pretty pictures on my desktop for over 20 years now. "New" users simply aren't aware of a time when the desktop wasn't customisable.
Desperation has made all the salient points here, and should be lauded for them, not avoided. Engineering is about facing difficult decisions, admitting mistakes, and fixing them. Time to stop running away, time to stop focussing on what Marketing or OEM Sales staff want, and start acknowledging and fixing *VERY MAJOR* architecture, interface and usability issues. "Sort by folder size" is something users have been screaming for for decades - not months, or years. DECADES. Sort it out already.
What affects my control of my PC?
Focus Stealing: Under no circumstance should any non-elevated or non-kernel process be able to steal focus from the user. UAC should. Some app telling me that a download is complete, or a connection was lost... no. The functionality should simply not exist. There is nothing more fundamentally annoying than being in the middle of typing or using something, only to have another application steal focus because some ******* developer has decided "hey this is important to my application and screw what the user is doing". I don't think it's a wild stab in the dark to suggest that 99% of the time, the focus-stealing app is not telling you anything vitally important - a virus scanner might, but then, I've always believed that virus scanners should get elevated rights granted to the developers by Microsoft-provided security certification.
It does not get any more basic in terms of "user control" than "only the user gets to decide what they are doing".
"Default" folders spammed all over the OS partition and virtually cross-referenced against other virtual folders in an endless loop. eg: "Docs & settings" -> "Users\..." -> "Users\whoevertf\Docs & Settings" -> some other record keeping area.
Mind bogglingly stupid arrangement. I know that's not a nice way of putting it, but it's true. I brought this up during the discussion of "libraries" where I was accused of "not appreciating the power of libraries" when I pointed out that "Libraries" was nothing more than the "My Music" folder relabelled and made needlessly complicated. I have a "Music" folder already, so I don't need Windows to attempt to organise and tell me where my stuff is. I know where it is - I put it there! More to the point, if the OS gets corrupted, or needs to be re-installed, or the registry goes titsup, guess what happens to the oh-so-useful "Library"? You've got it - it's buggered. Guess what happens to my backed-up "Music" folder if Windows gets hammered? Absolutely nothing.
This is control. Putting my stuff where *I* want it. Using the application *I* want to, when *I* want. Getting at my files by getting *out* of my way instead of shoving "enhancements" *in* my way.
See the TURTLE of enormus girth
on his back he holds the entire earth!
Way to flashback on the Dark Tower series!
But I hope that personalisation can be both simple and advanced, some users just change a background, while some customise WMP's colour, set a specific transparency colour then do the background to match that, then go to the toolbars etc.
One question: can we have changing transparency colours to match changing backgrounds, no one wants a blue and brown system, I think
""Network Connections" was earlier accessible from the Start menu (1 click), or right-click notification area. Same goes for connections/connection status/connection properties."
This reflects a different philosophy of networking that was introduced with Vista -- the idea being that it's the /networks/ that you're connected to that are most important; the /device/ you use to connect to it is secondary.
You really should never need to look at your list of network devices on a day-to-day basis. You're doing something really wrong (or really 1990s) if that's the case.
Get your network connections set up right... and then Let It Go.
If you want quick access to the Network Connections control panel on /your/ Windows 7 desktop, hit the Start button, type "Network Connections" and press Enter (or navigate to it by clicking the Network notification area icon, clicking Network and Sharing Center, then clicking "Change adapter settings"). You'll be presented with an Explorer window with your network connections. Drag the icon to an empty spot on the taskbar, and it will be pinned to the Control Panel icon on the taskbar. This will also have the effect of pinning the Control Panel icon itself to your taskbar.
Now all you have to do is right-click on the control panel icon, and choose "Network Connections". That's the beauty of Windows 7.... you can pin short-cuts to pretty much everywhere in the Control Panel, and they'll all be collected in one place.


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Stefan is currently updating the built-in social media fields and buttons to include both Google+ and Pinterest. He is also updating the header styles in the theme options section.
Stefan is very supportive with a willingness to help customers who purchase this theme.
Keep up the good work :)
Thanks Stefan - respect from Australia - love the theme.
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Full of customization features!!!
Hope it will improve :-)
I added customization for the home page in the latest version, Still waiting for your critics, to improve this theme in future update
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Anyone have any idea wat the selling price of my pistol would be? Its a S&W model 65-5, .38 caliber, 4 inch barrell, 6 shot, wood grips and has a bull barrell on it. Not sure but was told it may be a 357/38 combo??? Not sure how to tell??? Its in great condition. Just curious as to an idea on asking price. tnx, hg
Yes, it is a .357. All .357 magnums are capable of shooting .38 Special.
You can check on gunbroker and places like that to get an idea. I just saw one for $400 on another board a few minutes ago.
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I just got a SR front derailleur for my 1978 Raleigh Professional - which has 1973 or 1974 era Record cranks. The cranks have a 3 in a diamond engraved on the inside. (I had them from a 74 or 75 Motobecane le Champion that got hit by a car). Mt old derailleurs were NR Patent 72 in back and a flat cage Record in front (from the same le Champion). The flat cage Record had no problems, but this drilled out SR front derailleur with that damned "safety lip" is not allowing me enough clearance b/w the outer cage and the crank arm in 12th gear. Either the chain rubs against the inside of the outer cage plate or the outside of the cage plate hits the crank arm. I'm running a Regina Oro chain and freewheel and remember that when I first got the bike 30 years ago the rear derailleur's inner cage plate hit the spokes in 1st gear. So the store added a small spacer - maybe 1mm or 2mm to the hub before the freewheel is attached. I know that this caused the freewheel to move that amount right, and this might be causing the vexing front cage problem, but I didn't have this problem with the old flat cage Record derailleur.
Any ideas?? Maybe a rear spacer half the width of the current one? I think I recall a posting on a web site that mentioned that the front crank spacing was increased to accomodate the safety lip on the curver plate front derailleurs, but I can't remember the site. I'd like to use the SR front changer, but don't want to wear a groove in my crank arm either.
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Terminally Ill Teenager Covers Katy Perry's Roar [VIDEO]
Terminally Ill Teenager Video of a cover of Katy Perry's 'Roar' goes viral.
Terminally Ill Teenager Video of a cover of Katy Perry's 'Roar' goes viral.
This has to be the coolest dad ever? In the video a dad makes an unbelievable Halloween costume, that has to be seen to be believed.
The best part is the commentary by his daughter where she says this is my dad
When you see this video of this kid dressed up as a stick figure you will freak out.
In the video you can see that dad has a pretty serious beard, and his daughter seems to like playing it.
I found this video for a cool thing for the kids to play with.
Here is a much overdue update on my little girl Addy.
I had to watch this video twice to make sure it was real.
The New Lego Movie Trailer Looks Like the Best Movie Ever Assembled.
This video message was taken after the Easton Corbin Concert at Railfest in Texarkana, Arkansas in May.
These three children were at the concert and wanted to go to the Band's travel trailer and tell Easton Corbin bye. Their mom was trying to get them to leave so they could go home. She knew that their chances of actually getting to talk to Easton Corbin were very, very slim so I shot this video hoping that would make them happy. Hopefully Easton Corbin sees it!
The sound of these babies will make your day.
7 year old Jack Hoffman got a once in a lifetime opportunity to score a touchdown in a college game.
3 year old Lucas Payne knows how to rock it out.


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Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 10158 Released
Today, we released a new Windows 10 SDK Preview and the associated Windows 10 Mobile emulators (Build 10158), to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 10158). Preview SDK Build 10158 contains bug fixes and changes to the API surface area. You can download it from the Windows 10 Developer Tools page…. Read more


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anybody building a Model A Ford should be able to find millions of reference photos in Google Images alone... there's also the Model A Club that has a plethora of detailed photos and reference guides for colors, how the color combinations were put together, and what the interior looked like.
all of Revell's Model A Fords shared basic engineering and the wheels/tires from any one kit will work on another. AMT's '29 roadster and MPC's '29 Pickup/woodie CAN be kitbashed with Revell parts but there are kit-engineering differences in the way both companies approached problems.
Revell's chromed multi-piece front suspension can be a PITA to assemble but it is WELL worth the effort in the result.
my only gripe with Revell is that they NEVER gave the builder an optional V8 for the A.... by 1962, when this kit was issued, not many banger 4's were still IN Model A's! of course, deciding which of many different V8's to include probably proved more than they wanted to handle!


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A person can only give Tony Romo the benefit of the doubt for so long. By now, we are long past extending our sympathy to an unskilled player who is not reaching standards with a demanding, heavy scrutinized franchise, as we should be with a man who continues to make the same mistakes and not learn from his boo-boos. Romo is playing for the wrong team, an organization not committed to failure and instead perfection. But we never see perfection from Romo, and if Cowboys' fans happen to witness a paragon of excellence, it's never during a critical time in the game. That's usually when he blows it. Late in the game. When he's under pressure and needs to make a statement, Romo chokes on damn applesauce. The worst he's ever choked on was Gerber's baby food. Over the past few seasons, as Romo quarterbacked the Dallas Cowboys to early postseason exits or horrifying collapses, which usually comes no later than December, he's rarely been blamed or vilified following embarrassing losses that ...
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Letter to the Editor: Dreamed a dream
Charlie Bell, Crowell
The other night I watched the film classic "Gone With The Wind." After it was over, I went to bed, fell asleep and had the strangest dream. In this dream, Texas had seceded from the Union and a film company had arrived in Austin to do a sequel to the film classic.
The dream began with a wind blown flag on the roof of a capitol building. It was a state flag on top of the state capitol in Austin and the wind blowing the flag was coming from the politicians below.
The dream also had a mansion just like the mansion "Tara" in the film classic.
In my dream, the mansion was the one that the state was renting for the temporary home of the governor for an alleged ten thousand per month. And in this mansion there was a discussion taking place that public schools could get by with less state funds by trimming administrative expenses in these difficult times for the state.
Then there was the dance scene in the dream where Rhett Butler was dancing with Scarlett O'Hara — except it wasn't Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh dancing the "Virginia Reel" together. It was "Dancing With The Stars" contestant and former Congressman Tom "The Hammer" De Lay dancing with Sarah Palin to the tune of "Waltz Across Texas".
Then all of a sudden, the dream took me to an Academy Award presentation. It was for the role of "Gerald O'Hara" who was always giving advice to others and the academy award went to Karl Rove in my dream.
Whenever people were gathered at a party and the talk turned to seceding from the Union, in my dream, it was always at a Tea Party meeting where secession was being discussed with Rick Perry who disliked the federal government.
Then the film company advertised for people to play the role of the"carpet baggers" who would take control of the government. In my dream, the lobbyists standing in line for the role stretched from Austin to San Antonio.
The dream turned into a nightmare when Scarlett returned to "Tara" to spend the remainder of her life but couldn't come up with the ten grand per month in rent for the place. That's when I woke up and I'm glad I did before the dream took me to the theater lobby to pay for a box of popcorn.
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Luis Marin, Jaime Valdes and Charles Aranguiz were the surprise names in Marcelo Bielsa's 30-man preliminary squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™.
Union Espanola's Marin won the battle for the third goalkeeping berth over Universidad Catolica's Cristopher Toselli and will travel to South Africa alongside Real Sociedad's Claudio Bravo and Miguel Pinto. Atalanta midfielder Valdes and Colo Colo midfielder Aranguiz, who has just recovered from a knee injury, did not feature in qualifying, but both make the squad.
Flamengo midfielder Claudio Maldonado was not included despite getting over cruciate ligament surgery very quickly. Universidad Catolica defender Hans Martinez and Osvaldo Gonzalez, who reached the Mexican Bicentenario semi-finals with Toluca, also missed out.
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Goalkeepers: Claudio Bravo (Real Sociedad/Spain), Miguel Pinto (Universidad de Chile), Luis Marin (Union Espanola)
Defenders: Roberto Cereceda (Colo Colo), Pablo Contreras (PAOK/Greece), Ismael Fuentes (Universidad Catolica), Mauricio Isla (Udinese/Italy), Gary Medel (Boca Juniors/Argentina), Gonzalo Jara (West Brom/England), Waldo Ponce (Universidad Catolica), Arturo Vidal (Bayer Leverkusen/Germany)
Midfielders: Charles Aranguiz (Colo Colo), Carlos Carmona (Reggina/Italy), Marco Estrada (Universidad de Chile), Matias Fernandez (Sporting Lisbon/Portugal), Gonzalo Fierro (Flamengo/Brazil), Jose Pedro Fuenzalida (Colo Colo), Manuel Iturra (Universidad de Chile), Rodrigo Millar (Colo Colo), Pedro Morales (Dinamo Zagreb/Croatia), Rodrigo Tello (Besiktas/Turkey), Jorge Valdivia (Al-Ain/United Arab Emirates), Jaime Valdes (Atalanta/Italy)
Forwards: Jean Beausejour (America/Mexico), Mark Gonzalez (CSKA Moscow/Russia), Hector Mancilla (Toluca/Mexico), Fabian Orellana (Xerez/Spain), Esteban Paredes (Colo Colo), Alexis Sanchez (Udinese/Italy), Humberto Suazo (Real Zaragoza/Spain)
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Slumping Twins strand 12 in 5-2 loss to White Sox
MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota Twins have left so many runners on base in the past few games that manager Ron Gardenhire can't keep track of them.
"I don't even know what we were with runners in scoring position," Gardenhire said Sunday following a 5-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox. "I know it wasn't good at all."
He's got that right. Minnesota went 2 for 18 with runners on second or third and stranded 12 in all.
"There you have it," Gardenhire said.
The lack of production in key situations has the Twins in a bit of a spiral. They lost three in a row to the White Sox and finished 2-5 on their homestand.
"It's terrible, to be honest with you," second baseman Brian Dozier said.
He's equally frustrated about the team's situational hitting.
"We have a high-intensity dugout that's rooting for each other, trying to get runners on, trying to get those hits," Dozier said. "It's not like we root any harder when somebody gets on. We're doing the best we can up there - just have to do a better job."
Alexei Ramirez homered and had three RBIs for the White Sox, while Hector Santiago won for the first time since June 21.
Ramirez finished a triple shy of the cycle. He went deep leading off the fifth inning, giving Chicago a 4-2 lead and helping his team win its first road series in more than a month.
Jeff Keppinger's single scored Avisail Garcia to make it 5-2 later in the fifth.
Santiago (4-7), who received only 11 runs of support in his previous eight starts, threw 117 pitches and held the Twins to one earned run over six innings. The left-hander wriggled out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth by retiring Trevor Plouffe and Oswaldo Arcia on popups.
"I reared back a little bit and had some pitches that had some movement," Santiago said. "They ran in a little bit on guys and I got two soft fly balls to get out of it."
Addison Reed worked around a leadoff walk to Joe Mauer in the ninth to earn his 31st save in 36 chances.
Joining teammates Justin Morneau and Wilkin Ramirez in wearing his socks high, Twins starter Samuel Deduno (7-7) didn't walk a batter for only the second time this season. But he hit three batters with pitches and balked once on his way to another rough outing.
The right-hander from the Dominican Republic allowed five runs on eight hits over five innings and has lost his last three starts since winning three of four.
"I didn't go aggressive with my fastball and gave up a couple hits," Deduno said. "I'm feeling fine, just not locating the fastball."
Chicago has struggled to score all season, but has come on of late. Ramirez has three home runs and 11 RBIs since moving into the No. 3 slot in the batting order eight games ago.
"I still basically do the same thing," Ramirez said. "If I have a runner in scoring position, I'm doing whatever I can to bring him home. For me, it's a special place to hit."


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I have two adapters, one has the Atheros AR9002WB-1NG and the other is a LAN USB Adapter #4. For some reason or the other they both can't detect 802.11a connections. Can someone explain this to me?
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This game will not be available to watch live on MLB.TV, correct? I'd assumed so since it will be on TBS, but I've heard conflicting things about this.
This game will not be available to watch live on MLB.TV, correct? I'd assumed so since it will be on TBS, but I've heard conflicting things about this.
pretty comprehensive article here on the Liriano/Cueto matchup
note that the v-Liriano numbers below are career numbers, while the general vLHP numbers are only for 2013
What I'd like to see:
Phillips 2B (.333 OBP v Liriano; .328 OBP v LHP)
Votto 1B (.333 OBP v Liriano; .377 OBP v LHP)
Mesoraco C (2-6, 2 2B, 3 BB v. Liriano; .321/.386/.487 v LHP)
Ludwick LF (4-9 v Liriano; .269/.321/.462 v LHP)
Heisey CF (2-3, 1 HR, 1 BB v Liriano; .259/.316/.494 v LHP)
Frazier 3B (3-9, 2 HR v Liriano; .236/.311/.471 v LHP)
Bruce RF (0-11 v Liriano; .246/.291/.443 v LHP)
Cozart SS .200/.273/.500 v Liriano ; .245/.275/.411 v LHP)
This leaves Choo available to pinch hit and double-switch in, and leaves Hamilton to pinch run or pinch hit from his more effective left-hand side
What I expect to see:
CF Choo
LF Ludwick
1B Votto
2B Phillips
RF Bruce
3B Frazier
SS Cozart
C Hanigan
". . . acquiring J. Blanton from Oakland for, apparently, Bailey/Cueto, Votto and a lesser prospect. I do it in a second . . . The Reds' equation this year is simple: Make Matt Belisle your #3 starter . . . trade for Blanton, win 85 or more, be in the mix all summer." - Paul Daugherty, Feb. 8, 2008
No way Mes starts...but really wish he would. We need as much offense as possible vs. Liriano.
Hanigan will catch Cueto. Mes will be good to have off the bench though.
There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
That'll be the line up
I think people are over-simplifying the roster for this game. This isn't game 163, it's the playoffs. The rules for the playoffs count.
So as much as I would like to see both Hamilton and Robinson on the roster as well as Corky (give yourself the option to use your catchers in ways you wouldn't normally), the playoff roster rules still apply.
I am nervous. Already.
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I just started dating this girl and requested her not to watch the game with me on Tuesday. Don't want her to see the real me.
If the Reds go deep into the playoffs, she will probably dump me.
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Watched the 2012 Clincher on FOX.
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Cueto has pitched a total of 12 innings since coming back. Against the Astros and Mets.
Does anybody have news on Latos's "injury." I did not hear about it until Cueto was announced as the starter. If he is "injured" to pitch Tuesday, is he still "injured" for game 1 of the NLDS? Seems to me he would be out of that series as well. Any news??
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Tony's is my hometown breakfast and lunch place. Great food and you'll be greeted like a member of the family by Tony, Lina and the staff.
My husband and I took my 80-something parents here for lunch after church. Mom had read reviews and really wanted to try it. We were all disappointed.
At 53, I was by the far the youngest patron in the establishment. That means it was full of seniors. That's certainly not a bad thing, but when that is the clientele of...
We stopped in this morning for breakfast and were pleasantly surprised with the friendly service and great value for truly home cooked meals. Not like a processed mix at a breakfast chain, I enjoyed fresh eggs, pan fried potatoes, with gyro meat/pitas/yogurt sauce (can you tell the owners are Greek?), yum! My husband's western style omlette was equally fresh and...
Decided to try something new.
Seated quickly, friendly service.
Waited forever for food to arrive. Came out in five deliveries, most of which were cold when we got them.
Came here based on positive reviews but very disappointed. After 25 years in business, Would have hoped they figured things out by now.
Prices reasonable, but no value if basic breakfast...
Tony's is a very friendly cafe that reminds you of a small town establishment. The owners know many of their customers. Large menu with breakfast all day as well as lunch specials. Food is very good and prices are reasonable. Would recommend their breakfast items and some of their ethnic cuisine. Would not go here for hamburgers. They are OK...
This is a cozy family run place with a very loyal following. Yummy breakfasts (served all day). It's my "go to" spot for a quick and pleasant breakfast. Nothing fancy, just good simple fare. A real throw-back in time.
After hearing the hype of this place, we decided to try out this restaurant. And the restaurant lives up to its famous breakfast. DH had a plate of steak breakfast with muffin on the side. Though the steak is slightly dry, it is nicely seasoned. The over-easy eggs were heavenly and so was the english muffin. The pan-fried potato was...
I started coming to this place as a boy with my parents, I go now before any big event and anytime someone wants to meet for breakfast - we are going to Tony's. I order the Seafood omelet every time I go with a biscuit and side of gravy. It comes country potatoes. Does not matter how long it has...
Tony and his wife, Lina, who is the headwaitress, have operated this cafe for more than a quarter of a century. Genuine Lebanese dishes are featured along with the best breakfast option on the west side of Plano! This is a very friendly place, food is good, prices are reasonable.
The people who run this neighborhood gem are so welcoming and friendly! And the food is always great!
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Every day it seems to get worse and worse in this country for anyone who dares not be Politically Correct.
I think the plan the liberals are executing is to get the whole world equally screwed up and then all this will be normal.
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Maybe this is part of the reason I have a problem with it. I don't see it as futuristic, but as a cliche. I got into sci-fi at 8, and maybe I've just seen too many sci-fi stories in the 54 years since. I can see antecedents of the TCW in The Outer Limits' "Soldier" and "Demon with a Glass Hand". It would have probably worked for me as its own self-contained series. I just don't think it had any business being squeezed into Enterprise's premise. I initially thought they were using the TCW to establish that Archer & Company were in an alternate universe from the beginning (as Abrams later did), but they didn't even do that.
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Many apologies for the delay in progress within the group, but I only just now have been able to sort stuff out, and things within the group will be added and changed, such as; clean sketches for each of the territories, a world map, pixels for lume and all tribe cats and many more! Anyway, let the plot continue!
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Yet another SV650->Adventure build
When the LC4 Adv was sick I needed another bike to ride on. The intention was to get a simple lower-priced roadbike which I could just ride, and sell for the price I got it for (or at least not much less) once done with the LC4.
Well, it just happened that a guy I knew was selling his '99 SV650S. I knew he was the kind of guy that sleeps badly when there is a speck of dirt on his bike, so no problem with lack of mainenance etcetera. I visited him, saw a bike in front of the house which looked like it just rolled out of the showroom, did a test drive, and arranged to pickup the bike and the paper work.
The bike right after I drove it home
Well, after several 1000's of kilometers, I decided I like the weight of the bike and the engine very much. It's torquey, smooth, has a wide useable RPM range, and offers plenty of power. However, I absolutely hate the suspension (must brake for a speed bump, yech!) and seating position.
After seeing the bike 'Russ S' built (absolutely one of the greatest builds ever), I decided to give it a try also. Maybe it is a bridge too far, maybe it isn't. We'll see. I started wrenching only a few years ago, I lack metalworking skills, I have no artistic genes at all, no clue what to do with angles that are not 45- or 90 degrees let alone curvy things, and my main tools are a hacksaw, a hammer, and a cordless drill. Oh, and a welder.
The target: not an hardcore offroad bike, but an adventure bike. One I could jump on, ride 1000km over the blacktop at 140km/h to an interesting and sunny place on earth, and do some exploring over the smallest and worst roads ever, or no road at all. That's my idea of fun. The LC4 comes close, it it only wasn't such a vibrator. The LC8 comes close, but those are expensive and generally too much. Too much weight, too much fuel useage, too much power.
I want that bike to weight less than 200kg. Not 'dry', but less than 200kg 'ready to ride', thus loaded with fuel for 350km range, skid plate, GPS mount, tools, softluggage rack, etcetera. My LC4 adventure weights 184kg once farkled up like that. Also, I want a 21" front, and preferrably an 18" rear, and something like 200-250mm of suspension travel.
And I want most of the weight to reside low. kilos are only that, kilos. But it makes a lot of difference if they reside under the bike, or far back and high up. Thus, the fuel tank on to has to move, battery will move out of the sub frame, etcetera.
Oh yeah, and the build has to be fairly cheap; the other family members have to eat too.
So, how does one start? The SV has an exhaust pipe underneath the engine and therefore it's impossible to jack up the bike with an hydraulic bike lift. So, one starts with the skid plate and relocation of the footsteps. If either one of these tasks proves to be too difficult, going further makes no sense.
So, skid plate. Take that literally; even with increased suspension travel the bike will lack ground clearance. I could have done what everybody does: make one out of aluminium. But I have a hard time welding aluminium, and I think aluminium is not a very good material for a skid plate. It is fairly heavy, it is expensive, it doesn't slide well, it corrodes easily, it dents, dirt sticks well to it, it reflects a lot of noise back to the rider, etcetera.
Plastics like HDPE or even better UHMWPE seem to be a much more suitable material. Slippery, tough, good abrasion resistance, light. So I decided to go for a metal frame with a plastic skid plate.
OK, decision made. Then I started walking around the bike to find mounting spots and a possible new location for the footsteps. A piece of steel strip here, some cardboard there, figuring out what to do.
Tinkering around with some cardboard, see how it ends up (and this sucks)
Possible new footstep location?
It soon became clear that I needed to weld plastic sooner or later (I also intend to use HDPE for the underseat fuel tank). Had to play with that too, but I had no plastic welder. A second hand one was too expensive, and I could not find cheap Chinese copies. So I decided to make one myself from an old paint stripper with broken fan. Replaced the fan with an attachment for compressed air, and made it possible to adjust power to the heater. This allows me to produce dry air at a stable temperature of 300 degrees C: perfect for welding HDPE.
First test of the plastic welder
First result with a strip of HDPE I sawed off as a welding rod:
OK, have to exercise a bit more, but this weld is already very strong. Way good enough for the skid plate. Have to order a few welding rods though.
So, I moved on with the metal work. I decided to make a mockup out of steel strip since measuring is quite difficult.
This 'bunch of metal strips' evolved more and more:
So in the end I decided to reinforce the frame, and keep it. It will weigh a bit more than I'd like, but that weight is mounted low. It will look like sh*t, but nobody will see it.
The footsteps. All that 4mm steel should easily be able to carry the footsteps. so, I got myself a set of cheap pegs, and made the mounts.
Test mount with 4mm bolts:
OK, seems to work if I replace the 4mm bolts with 8mm Allen bolts. Let's add more metal to the frame, and construct the other side. Aligning the steps is important, so I set up my cheapo cross-laser:
At last I drilled the peg-bracket mounting holes, welded in nuts, drilled mounting holes for HDPE skid plate and welded nuts there too. This is the current state
I think I should give it some anti-rust protection, and mount it. Then I can jack up the bike. Next will be the foot-operated controls, I suppose. Have to figure out how to do that.
To be continued....
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I think the Suzuki 650 twin is a good basis for an adventure bike, so it will be interesting what you come up with. In!
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Joined: Nov 2008
Location: Netherlands
Oddometer: 345
The engine is lovely. My first idea was to do an EX500/650 engine swap into an LC4 chassis, but you saved me a lot of money by proving that it's not possible without very major modifications to the frame.
Haven't gotten that much further yet.
I figured out the shifter:
Russ S mounted the shifter linkless, but I decided that is not a good thing. It reverses the shift pattern, which is not necessarily a bad thing but not desireable also. But the shift shaft also extends a lot out of the engine, and with the pedal mounted directly to it, it might be prone to break in case of dumping the bike. That leaves you stranded, which is a bad thing for an adventure bike.
This solution is so simple and straight that I can even make a new shifter out of a tree branch with a Leatherman if I need to. It also took me 'only' two and a half hours to figure out what I wanted to do (usually takes most of the time), dig up the necessary bits&pieces, and fabricate it.
Today, while the little guy was taking his afternoon nap, I tried finding an acceptable solution for the rear brake pedal. A picture of a possible concept:
I'm not happy with it...
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Oct 2007
Location: Poland
Oddometer: 245
Look at this one.
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Nov 2008
Location: Netherlands
Oddometer: 345
(someone really should resize those pics)
Yeah, I have seen that one. That machine is pure art. But I don't really see many advantages over a brake pedal construction with the pump in the neighborhood of the original location.
Someone at another forum came with a 'reversed' solution like this one. I like it. Harder to kill the brake pedal when dumping the bike.
I'll investigate that 'mirrored mount'. If that's too complicated, I will just make a bracket which moves the pivot point closer to the frame since I see no real disadvantage in having a slightly longer brakepedal-to-pivot distance as long as the lever ratio stays correct. And in the neighborhood of the original location the brake pump is tucked away nicely.
Anyway, back to the drawing, ehm, cardboard:
Gnarly Adventurer
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Location: Netherlands
Oddometer: 345
Slight progress.
Some more pictures:
Brake pedal, made by putting slits in a piece of steel, bending these slits closed, and welding. The piece of pipe on top of it was necessary to prevent flexing. Thought that spot welding, bending a little, spot welding, etc. would work fine. Not... No drama; this project is mostly a learning experience, and trying different techniques is part of that.
I will probably have to relocate the footsteps and controls anyway, so i'll cut the next one from a piece of plate.
Oops, little accident when removing the front forks. Remember to always tie down (or up) the bike...
But in this state the bike is light enough to almost effortless lift it back up on the bike lift all by myself.
DR800 steering stem/triples was almost a direct bolt-on. It's only a litle too long and has a 'step' in the stem which needed to move a bit down. A regular metal file does the trick:
The rest of the length difference was filled with a spacer cut from a piece of Delrin using a jigsaw. Saves me another 5mm of steering raisers later
The (DRBig 800) front suspension doesn't hit the radiator and front cylinder head at full fork compression (springs out). Not much margin though. But I can drop the forks a little in the triples when needed.
Wheel in, handlebars (from an old DR650) mounted.
Now I will have to wait for the mailman to arrive with a stuff like a brakedisk, master cylinder, some lengths of Bowden-cable, etc. I also found the light unit/front mask of an XT660R whioch I have to pick up. Might be useable.
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Alternative Fuel Pump?
Has anyone out there used replacement a fuel pump from Highflow Performance (refer link below)? if so have you had any problems? After a a web search I cannot find any reference to this product.
I found this site whilst searching for a replacement fuel pump for my 800GS. This is the first company I have found that sells the pump only (not assembly) and therefore I want to buy one. My current pump,on a 2009 bike overheats.
Any experience appreciated.
I like the line where it says: "Designed for use with E85/ ethanol"
I've not heard of anyone actually trying one, but hopefully some field reports will trickle in...
On the bench
Got one on the bench to go in this weekend. Test will be the ride to Phillip Island for the Island Classic in 2 weeks.
Bike is a '09 with 64xxxkm of mixed riding inc daily commute. Will report my experience...
Thanks Pete! :clap
Cheers Pete. Did you source one from Aus or did you use the supplier that posted a link to?
I fitted one about 3 months ago, no problems up to now, haven't done many k's though, due to work commitments
I got it off the web site..
Bought it via their e-bay shop... Received it within 2.5 weeks which I thought was impressive as I ordered it over the Xmas period.
I'm thinking to do the same setup as guzzimike - just need to decide which filter to use... Leaning towards a Holley with 1/4" barb adapters
At the risk of stating the obvious..................................
Just make sure it's an EFI filter.
I'm pretty sure the fuel lines on the F800 are 5/16"
The Holley filter that's been kicked around for use on one of the threads is this Holley, rated at 10 microns:
Thanks Mike,
Yep - I went for the 100MMPG Holley Filter (10 Micron and for use between pump and injectors),
Now I just have to work out which barbs to get - Mike, I thought I saw in your other pump threat that some-one stated the lines are 6mm internal and 11mm external dia?, 5/16 is about 8mm if I remember correctly?
I suppose I better pull the line off and have a look, unless someone can confirm the fuel line size for me...
Obviously I didnt get to do it over the weekend - same as Mike - work in the way...
6x11 fuel c
Had a look... It says BMW 6x11 fuel c on the line, the bit of fuel line that came with the pump is also 6mm ,
Guess that means 1/4" is the go...?
Found the 100 gph holley from a mob in south Australia - $69 plus shipping ...
Other causes
A word of caution for 'over heating fuel pump'.
This can be a symptom of;
fuel flow restriction e.g. blocked fuel filter
fuel pump control electronics fault - running the pump flat out all the time.
Other sources for fuel pumps -
Take your pump to your local;
'speed shop' , car performance shop,
EFI injector cleaning/repair place
'car bone yard' , car wrecker
and see if they have something like it.
Holley 162-550
It arrived!... 1x10 micron fuel filter, looking very nice,
Got it in less than 24 hours since order!
Should get connectors tomorrow,
This should go well with the yellow/black!
Initial report
Thought to do an interim update...
Had the replacement pump and Holley inline filter installed for a week now and it's holding up well..
Old pump came out looking ok, mesh filter clean.
Fuel filter was not completely blocked but blowing on it showed it to be restricted.
Pic below is the fuel and what came out if the filter... Not reverse washed, just fuel tipped out...
My suggestion would be to check those filters, it will eventually cost you the pump if left unchecked.
So ended up getting a pair of powerflow 1/4" barb connectors, internal dia. Is a little more than 3mm, same as tank spigot.
Went on the Holley no probs, install same as guzzimike except that I placed the filter on top of the tank in front of the shock, hidden be design- not on purpose, pipe work and filter shape made that just easy.
So the verdict after as week's commuting and 4 tanks of fuel riding down to Phillip island yesterday...
Power delivery is crisper and throttle response is a bit better than before change.
Biggest difference noticed is in the fuel consumption, it's dropped by almost 1l/100km's. :eek1
My theory is the new pump and unrestricted filter is delivering fuel to the injectors more reliably & with proper pressure , making them work as advertised!
Consumption levels are back to what is was around the 20k km's mark when the bike was run-in...
I keep track of the fuel consumption as u record fuel costs and km's for work... I noticed it started increasing around 35k km, ignored it but at 40k km with it rising asked the dealer to look at it,..... Verdict was that everything was in spec...
Asked again at 50k and 60k km to look at it as it was still rising... Same answer...
Now back to "normal" and consistently so over the last 4 tanks...
Only change the pump/filter...
All I say is check those filters...
Ps typed on phone, sorry for typos...
Thanks Pete! :clap
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Leaders of two Jewish groups are joining an organized fast to protest proposed congressional budget cuts to poverty programs in the United States and abroad.
The fast, initiated by HungerFast, a group led by anti-hunger activist Tony Hall, takes aim at proposed substantive cuts now under consideration in Congress that would target overseas food aid and domestic programs that provide food stamps, subsidized meals for preschoolers and their mothers, and subsidized heating for the poor.
Participants include the senior staff of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the umbrella body for Jewish public policy groups, and Ruth Messinger, the president of the American Jewish World Service, a Jewish relief group.
Options for fasters during the March 28 to April 24 period include missing one meal a day; a liquid diet one day a week; a liquid diet; or living on $2 or $4 a day, which respectively are the international poverty level and what U.S. food stamps recipients receive.
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Also supporting the effort is Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger.
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