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Morning gang. Just put a deposit on an ‘06 XVZ last night. I’m so new to this model I couldn’t tell you all the lingo (only found out moments ago the XVZ part lol anyhoo. So pumped to pick up my new ride tonight and learning lots about. Looking like a great weekend for riding coming up.

Welcome back to the great Republic of Texas!

You need to look at the SAE circle on the back of the bottle and if it says energy conserving at the bottom of the circle dont use it on bikes that share motor oil with clutchs.

I while back there was a thread revolving around carriyng spare fuel. I was watching itch boots when I noticed she is using bag type fuel bladders during her currant trip through South Africa, so I did some on line searches and found some interesting info. Here are two links to two of the site I found. Thought it very interesting. Nice thing is you can nicely back them away when empty yet still have them on hand should you suddenly need them to go for fuel. https://www.giantloopmoto.com/product/gas-bag-fuel-safe-bladder/ https://www.frontaer.com/extra-motorcycle-fuel-tanks/

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I came up with the idea some years ago after getting tired of chasing stuff across the floor. As far as using a spray 1st with a straw, I should have suggested that as well as I too often do that (my Bad) My personal preference for that is ACF50 https://learchem.com/products/acf-50.html available through amazon, aircraft spruce and many motorcycle dealers.

@Bono The speed sensing switch is a leaf switch built into the instrument panel back cover. With the speedometer assembly installed in the cluster this switch sits close to the spinning magnet within the speedometer head where the cable connects to the speedometer. The rotating speed of the magnet is what triggers the switch. You can test it by disconnecting the related connectors and hooking an ohmmeter to the wires ( it should be the white/green wire in one plug and the black wire in the other plug see pics ). With the front wheel off the ground spin the wheel and watch the ohmmeter for a change or disconnect the cable at the wheel and use a variable speed drill Make sure the drill is spinning in the right direction. Now I cannot be sure if this applies to both MK-1 and 2 or only to MK-2

It only got great after a certain someone and her cheese cakes moved down there

The coolant flow rate past the surface does affect heat transfer. The BWR (Boiling Water Reactor) power plants have pumps that circulate the water inside the reactor to help heat transfer from the fuel rods to the cooling water. Tweaking this flow rate also affects reactor power.

I always lived by the theory that the thermostat was added into the system to stop the flow of coolant long enough for the coolant in the radiator to be cooled by air passing thru the rad veins before it re-enters the water jackets surrounding the combustion chamber/jugs.. If that is so than removing the thermostat and leaving it out is probably not your best option. Besides, if your going to take it apart to remove the thermostat you may as well replace it with a new one so you dont have to redo the job. I also wonder if you may be just experiencing a bad rad cap.. Another theory of mine is that the system is designed to operate under pressure as the pressure actually assists in boiling control as does using coolant instead of water. Maybe make sure your bikes cooling system has proper coolant mix as well as a good radiator cap that will not allow pressure release until above spec pressure in the system has been reached would be a good place to start.

I was just happy to throw the leg over the bike. Was out of town nearly 5 weeks. Even though it was a quick ride to the grocery store it is good to be home.

XXL from Nelson Rigg. The $29.00 covers from Walmart are actually very good dust covers and decent weather covers for a couple seasons.

Search for member "dfitzbiz" on this Forum and PM him. Dave may be able to help you as he rebuilds them. Jim

We have had a saying here at VRO, plan it, and they will come. Give plenty of notice on the date so folks can work their schedules. If 1 other rider shows up, it's a success 👍

New stator, stator gasket, forward bevel gear gasket, oil filter, fresh 15/40 dino oil, hard wired stator, new battery, new tie wraps holding side covers on, rear tire @ 45 psi, front tire @ 42 psi, checked brakes for stick calipers, toggled kill switch to fill the bowls, choke on, hit starter,, moved choke to half choke when she fired up to keep from blackening plugs while I walked inside to tell Tip I was going for a test ride. Volt gauge bounced right up to 14.5 volts when touching throttle. Was greeted with pure V-4 torque when nailing throttle in 5th gear at 35 mph and ran solid up to 90 like a good running V-4 should. No hesitations or misses, just pure V-4 elegance from bottom to top. Headed to HD shop on this, Tweeks maiden April 24, 2021 spring test ride to see if any of my HD riding buddies were out braving the cold. Tweeks was greeted with the usual WOWZY WOW WOW - now THAT is a touring bike.. Lots of admirers as I admired the gorgeous 20 or 30 HD's sitting in the lot. Felt sooooo good to be back in the saddle, indescribably delicious to say the least.. Summer cant get here soon enough IMHO...

Removed rear tire, rounded out one of the brake caliper bolts 🤦🏽, questioning my life choices.