BratmanXj

So I picked up a Stratoliner S wheel and chrome rotors for a pretty decent price yesterday but I need to get a few parts as it didn't come with the wheel bearings, internal spacer, or rotor bolts. I know the spacer is a Yamaha only part...but does anyone know the bearing specs and rotor bolt specs since my brother-in-law is a machinist and can get FAG bearings free as well as most any nut/bolt combo I need. Why pass up free parts.

Looks good, and I know V&H touring pipes are tough to find at a discount. What air cleaner (SE or aftermarket) and Tuner are you running?

I ran Uni filters on my dirt bikes and they held up pretty good to dirty dusty environments. The air filter on my Yz250 was designed to come apart to clean and re-oil the foam.

Custom Dynamics, J&P Cycles & Dennis Kirk all have listings for various tail light flasher circuits.

I've been looking into adding rear and side markers to my tour pack this winter. My idea was to get the Custom Dynamics LED strips and drill holes for each LED and epoxy seal them in place. The nice thing is they are dual intensity (run/brake) and you can get some models with 3" on each side of yellow for turn signals too. If you don't mind me asking a few questions: 1. Where did you pick these up? 2. Are they single intensity "marker" lights or do you have any rigged for dual intensity?

A Quote from the article: "According to AutoEvolution, ComSonic also said at the Virginia Distracted Driving Summit this week that it is still working on a way to find who out in a vehicle might have been texting, if there is more than one person in the car." Now what if I have my phone put away but am still receiving text messages while driving? Am I still guilty of texting and driving because I did not put my phone into "driving mode" before I got in the car.

I've asked the same question on here and didn't get much of a response. The bike had 50k miles and excessively loose bearings. I've tightened them up but still think they are pretty beat up and should be replaced. Does anyone have instructions on how to dissemble the fairing and change out the steering head bearings?

My father use to get scrub-oak from the place he worked, they would use it as cribbing when moving steel with the overhead cranes. The mill on-site would even break it down to 18" pieces for us and he'd fill the back of his van once a month. Stuff burned great in their stove.

Or early ('02-'05) Road Star Warrior or Late Model ('08-up) Road Star have the same 4-pot calipers. You'll also need the matching Master and these come in chrome. On the same note, does anyone know if the late model floating rotors are a direct swap?

I ordered the "Custom-Build" Hagon for $469 and asked the same question. The shock comes with the preload and rebound set to the weight & riding style you tell them.

Certain model Garmin GPS are 12v to the cradle then the voltage drop is handled between the cradle & gps. I think the old Nuvi 7x5 & 8x5 models and various Zumo models are cradle powered.

Again, Mixed feeling. What if there wasn't a car there and MC and passanger hit a duck. What if it was a deer standing on the road; MC and passenger die as a result of a wildlife collision. The details aren't really discussed; did she leave her car in the lane of traffic or was it pulled to she shoulder? If she left her car in the lane of traffic I agree that some responsibility does fall on her. How much I couldn't tell you, but what if it was a case of a broke down car left there, would she still be at fault. You hate to wish ill will on anyone, and there are so many what if's in this case.

I purchased some inexpensive Drag Specialties 1" Frame Clamps, they can be had on ebay for under $10 each. Then scour ebay or craigslist for someone selling a used set of kuryakyn or HD pegs that will bolt right into the frame clamps on the bars. I got a set of ISO-Pegs for $20 used on ebay; $40 total price installed.

Crap, leaving for Florida to see some family the next day...Lets see how I can schmooze out of helping to pack.

If it includes the breweries (and not the BIG one) I'd be in, as I'm sure I'd get 1 or two more to ride up with me.

What's easiest to have two big guys toss into the back of a truck: 400-500 lb "sport" bike or 900 lb cruiser. Seen video of a van pulling to the side of the road and two guys tossing a sport bike into the side door.

Hell, I'm 15 min from you just over the boarder in Munster, IN. If you need some help with checking over the bike PM me and we'll try to get together. I have a '99 RSV and am a mechanic on the side. Check the rear shock, notorious for leaking/internal failures. If the bike rides like your on a pogo stick you may need a new one. I did an "Big Brake Upgrade" with R1 sport bike calipers. HUGE improvement, 2 fingers to slow a big bike down vs the stock needing to grab a handful. If you want to see (and ride) let me know. Bleed the brakes till the fluid runs clean, don't know how old the brake fluid is. I flushed and replaced the front fork oil, I think the bike still had the original NASTY fork oil. I'm a bigger guy and went up to 15w oil for better dampening.

Why I buy 6 at a time and keep them in the desk drawer. I think they were $3 a piece at partzilla.com.

I have a similar set of pipes on my '99 RSV, I believe these would be the "98db" model and I have the "103db" model that were discontinued. Mine sound good at idle, almost like a pair of v-star 650's sitting next to each other at idle. Nice burble but not a lot of low "bass" tone. Mid-RPM has the typical Small Block V-8 tone. They are not overly obnoxious at highway speeds. Again, not a lot of low-end "bass" in the tone. Overall I was happy with the $40 I spend for the pipes & $40 for the clamps, I made my own brackets.

Worked for a local Saab dealer right out of high school in the mid-90's. Still a few of those on the road around Chicago with 250k mile or more. Really nice driving car for the jelly-bean that they were, and that goes for quite a few Saab vehicles. Speaking of...buddy and I went in on a 1972 Sonett III. Cool little car that intrigued people when we took it to car shows. Also had a 1981 Callaway (as in the Corvette tuner) VW Scirocco. 1.7L SOHC inline-4 with a 20psi turbo. Thing was a dog off the line but once you hit 2k rpm it was a rocket beer-can. Three different colors of primer, great street rat till it blew an oil line and caught fire. Then a 1998 VW Scirocco with some go-fast goodies on it...till it went under in a flood.

I have both Long Way Round & Long Way Down books and DVD sets. There has been discussion of a third installment Doing a trip similar to this.

If you can find both his '84 and clean & sober '89 performance from Austin City Limits its a real eye opener. The guy had so much talent and finally had focus after he kicked the habit.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/351062489316?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Someone posted these a few days ago. I have not used them personally but know a few guys who have similar on their HD bikes. You loose range on radio stations & CB but definitely a sleeker look.

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I've been looking to get a headset since I picked this bike up and sold the bluetooth system with the last bike. I came across a Chatterbox CBDNRFHSB Wired headset on eBay on the rather inexpensive side. There is only 1 Amazon review and its positive. Does anyone here have any experience with these?