What to check on a '97 Tour Classic?

[Bummer]

bummer,she looks good on it!! get her a set of venture handle bars and put them on, they''ll give her some more pull back and bring her hands in about 2". i put a set on my wife's v-star 1100 with 3" risers and made it a lot more comfortable on long runs. i know she'll love it, you can also lower it too if needed, barons has lowerinf links but i made my wife's out of 1 1/4"x 1/4" flat bar. takes about 15-20 minutes to change out.

Thanks for the suggestion. Right now it's at my house getting a thorough going over.

 

She has a V-Star 650 that's been soloed out to fit her, with 1 1/2 inch pull back risers. Because of the way that fit for her we're looking into options on this one. We'll keep your suggestions in mind. I don't know if she'll need it lowered. That was much of the point of going with the Royal Star rather than a Tour Deluxe. Smaller frame and all that.

 

Time will tell. Gotta get it all tired, fluided, and greased up so she can put some miles on it and really see how it fits.

[pegscraper]

Double check those RSV handlebars against the stock bars before buying another set. I'm not sure they would set the grips any further back than the stock bars do. The V Star bars are very short.

 

Risers can be a little tricky too, because the top tree is not flat across. But they can be done. I have a set of risers from a Victory on mine.

[Bummer]

Double check those RSV handlebars against the stock bars before buying another set. I'm not sure they would set the grips any further back than the stock bars do. The V Star bars are very short.

 

Risers can be a little tricky too, because the top tree is not flat across. But they can be done. I have a set of risers from a Victory on mine.

 

Thanks for the tips. We're not ready to do much changing yet, aside from putting it back to stock. At least I'm not. I want to get her on it and have her ride for a while to see how it fits and get an idea what actually needs to change to make it fit her.

 

I am just doing a very thorough tune up right now. I suspect that this bike got a lot of "cool guy" stuff and not a lot of real maintenance. I'm making sure that everything that should have been done by 17k miles is done. I'm hoping to have it at 100% - good as new - by the middle of next week, including new tires and greased bearings.

 

She's getting a bit frustrated, I think. I get to test the stuff I've done, so I know it's a nice bike, fun to ride. Meanwhile she's doing the working drudge thing, and wishing. We're planning on a ride to Brown County Saturday to put a grin back on her face. Of course it might just be an excuse to have a tenderloin at the 58 Cafe.

[Lilsis]

Well I finally got to take the bike for a short ride around the neighborhood yesterday afternoon.

All I can say is:

DOUBLE MY PLEASURE

DOUBLE MY FUN

DOUBLE MY CCs

AND I'M IN HEAVEN

I love it!!! This bike fits perfect. I did kinda scrape the right floorboard on one turn. WOOPS! It was an accident really it was.

[pegscraper]

No it wasn't. Hee hee. You might as well get used to that.

 

Hey Steve, do you have any scrapes on your floorboards yet?

[Lilsis]

Well I couldn't admit that to Steve now could I? I did scrape both sides on the 650, but only 4 times. Honest! I really didn't think it would happen so soon though. I haven't even gotten on the big roads yet.

[Bummer]

Hey Steve, do you have any scrapes on your floorboards yet?

Not yet, but now's my chance to measure the foot boards and see if they're closer to the ground on a Royal Star.