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  1. You could check with a few of the bike dealerships near you about training courses. I know here near me there is a Harley/Buell dealership that offers a training course that if you pass counts as your test to get your license. They also offer a small discount on 1 or 2 of their beginners models after the course. Personally I would take the course to see if you like riding, then go buy a used bike.

    Here is the course near me:

    http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/Get_On_A_Bike/Learn_To_Ride/new_rider_course.jsp?locale=en_US&bmLocale=en_US

  2. Ok, I have a 2002 Dodge Intrepid. I went to do the big three and found out that my battery was under the air intake and even with that removed the negative terminal was unaccessible. So I decided to move it to the trunk. When I tried to connect the final wire to the battery it sparked a LOT. I decided to put a fuse in but when I did it blew the fuse. I wasn't sure what to do so I closed all the doors and anything I knew that may draw current and tried a second fuse but it blew as well. (Big three are 1/0 and fuses were 250 amp)

    Here is the Diagram of what I did. Black lines are negative, red are positive and yellow dot is fuse. The numbers correspond to the following pictures. Photos may be bad since it is now after 1am:

    fuckedupe.jpg

    1. This is the jump start point the factory added. I ran a 1/0 wire from the alt to this point:

    sdc10046o.th.jpg

    2. This is the ground I am using up front, it is the strut tower and wasn't used as factory. I sanded it down before connecting the 1/0 wire from the alternator and the engine block:

    sdc10045.th.jpg

    3. This is the alternator. I connected the factory wiring in photo 1, the ground in photo 2 and the battery's positive terminal in photo 5 using 1/0 wire:

    sdc10048u.th.jpg

    4. This is the engine block. It is connected to the front ground in photo 2 using 1/0 wire:

    sdc10047bj.th.jpg

    5. This is the battery. It is connected to the alternator in photo 3 and the rear ground in photo 6 using 1/0 wire:

    sdc10050f.th.jpg

    6. This is the rear ground point and is connected to the battery in photo 5 using 1/0 wire:

    sdc10051r.th.jpg

    7. This is currently my only fuse I have installed and it is in between the alternator in photo 3 and battery in photo 6:

    sdc10049d.th.jpg

    This is the original battery location and the reason I decided to make my life hell by moving it to the back. That vented panel leads to the front tire and has to be removed to remove battery and access negative terminal:

    sdc10043b.th.jpg

    Any help you can give me is much appreciated. I need to be driving by 5 tomorrow and have only 1 fuse left.

  3. please help i need to post a price today.

    I normally use KBB to help figure out a price for a car. There are some things I had to guess at but it looks like $11-12k as a private seller. Here is the link:

    http://www.kbb.com/kbb/UsedCars/PricingRep...QuizConditions=

    I hope this helps.

    Edit: Look at where it lets you search local listings.

  4. Depending on the amp some of them do not disipate heat well that way. But otherwise it is definitely easy enough to do as long as you ensure your mounting it securely!

    The temp issue never crossed my mind, would a couple computer case fans handle that, or is it because the heat isn't properly rising to the heat sink? I appreciate the help and thanks for reminding me about the rubber spacers to dampen vibrations.

  5. So when you open the trunk, the amp(s) will be there right in your face? If so...if your trunk vibrates/flexes a good amount, you could easily vibrate things inside of the amplifier loose.

    If I understand correctly, and that is the place you are talking about, why are you planning on mounting them there? For a show car or something along those lines? Or just restricted on space?

    Personal tastes. My plan was to use damplifier pro on the whole trunk including the lid, then mount a board to the trunk lid and the Amp to that.

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