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Best Wishes Don, to you and your family! Losing parents is not an easy task.... Prayers Up! david

I can't use the bolt for the reflectors...that's where my LED light is instead of the reflector.

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?939-Lowering-the-Front-End This will show you how to take outer fairing off and how to lower the front end...

Answer to both questions is available in the 2nd gen tech section. Please don't think I'm being "stoopid" with my answer...it's just a ton easier to send you where there the answers are with detailed explanations and picture too... Both are very easy to do if you read over the reports and ask questions if you need to. I've done both....easy peasy.

Where to put a sticker? Good question. I wrestled with that myself with the national parks senior pass. finally put it on center bottom of windshield. At least I can't see it there...AND...didn't like goobering up the looks of the forks either. In defense of 1st gens...they really are faster and carve corners like nothing else....but the 2nd gen ride is very nice indeed... BTW, nice looking scoot.

I get about 40-45 miles before I lose the first bar. But I've never seen the warning light...I go into reserve without warning. I just replaced the bulb...we shall see if that was the problem.

I'm running HD Road King stock pipes. Nice rumble...not loud.

One of the Sony Vegas family. Easy, fast and excellent quality.

lol! The RSV was behind the HD. I didn't any parts trail, though...grins..

Wonder if your subwoofer would fit under either seat. At least you could feel the thing! I thought about adding some speakers in trhe bottom fairings, but couldn't get comfortable with the spaces there. Just no room.

Sad. I can remember vividly the days when I could eat that burger without blinking. Not anymore. My nickname growing up was "VMH". "Very Much Hog". My uncle named me when he saw me put away enough groceries to feed a family.

Guess you could move the electronics, but a lot of work. I bought some deflectors and installed to add airflow to lower legs and boots. Seems to work well. Adjustable while riding.... I'm on road so no pics. But I did put some up earlier in one of my posts last month....

Fun idea... But with all road and wind noise I doubt I could hear it unless I was parked.I do like the bass!!

Tell me more, Stephen...please.

Today, 3/10/16, saw a light gray colored (dirty silver?) RSV heading East on Continental road by the Green Valley Post Office at 10:15 am? I couldn't get turned around quick enough...to flag him down. He was riding with another guy on what looked like a HD Ultra... Didn't know we had anyone near me that rode an RSV? Anyone vacationing down here? david

Thanks Ed. My thoughts as well....

Concur. It's very easy to take the outer fairing apart, @cowpuc. Lots of room in there for goodies. I plan to put a voltmeter where Zzyzx mounted his USB power port. Connected up to the same wires. That's where I connected the power to the XM receiver yesterday, so it's the perfect spot to monitor operating voltages. In some ways, getting to the fuse boxes, relays and such is easier in the 2nd gen than first gen. My problem is remembering what panel hides what? Since I didn't get the factory user manual, I really should print out the pages related to fuse boxes, etc., and leave copy in 2nd gen tool area.

Nice! Where did you plug in? The Aux port on other side?

Thought I should add my recent info in a new post here: First, when I bought my 05 RSV, the PO gave me an XM interface system and a phone interface system. Yesterday I installed the XM system. Went well. Put the power supply and antenna in the fairing on left side and ran the power, antenna and stereo mini jack cable for audio underneath the fairing, up the left handlbars and ran them through the cable ties to the XM docking station on the handlbars. Took power from the 12volt wires leading to the aux power connector on the fairing. For the antenna, simply tie-tied it to a cable loom near the top of the fairing..pointing it upright and used 3M two-sided tape to hold it to the inner fairing. For the audio, I bought a one into two cable, about 4 inches long. Unplugged the AUX input cable prior to amp and plugged in the XM audio into the 1 into two cable and then the AUX input back into the other side. I will never be using both the AUX input by the cassette and the XM at same time so I'm good. This works really well... The pic shows a clean installation with all cables running with stock harness down under the dash. The XM receiver is in it's bag in the trunk until needed. If you have good eyes, you can see a 2 pin power plug sticking out from under the bars. It's simply plugged into the 12 volt aux power under the fairing. It's sitting there if I do decide to add an MP3 player there as well. The MP3 player audio would end up being plugged into the aux input plug near cassette. So XM is done. There has been new talk about a telephone interface for our stock intercom/stereo systems. I posted the info on another post but will re-post it here. AFAIK, this interface should work with both 1st and 2gen scoots. The only differences may be the power cable, phone cable (of course - different phones) and maybe the length of the 5 pin dins. Previous post: "Kennedy Technology Group made a device that plugs into the 5-pin DIN plug system of the first or second generation ventures. Part number I have here is KTG 95297 and it's made in the USA. I have no clue if they're still around they were in Rose Hill Kansas so and I think their website was www.cellset.com. I have one. Came with bike. Not installed yet." power cable upper right, phone mini jack plug on lower right and the two 5 pin DIN plugs to plug into stock intercom system on lower left. I haven't installed the telephone interface and probably will not. When I'm riding, I prefer to be incommunicato to the World. I use the CB to talk to riding buddies. Hope this helps... david

@vasquelli @sho_greg Here is a picture of the telephone interface I have... Says it plugs right in to the 5 pin system we have on 1st and 2nd gen bikes. power cable upper right, phone mini jack plug on lower right and the two 5 pin DIN plugs to plug into stock intercom system on lower left.

Oopsies! Thanks, Clive. Must not have had enough coffee at the time....

@vasquelli Kennedy Technology Group made a device that plugs into the 5-pin DIN plug system of the first or second generation ventures. Part number I have here is KTG 95297 and it's made in the USA. I have no clue if they're still around they were in Rose Hill Kansas so and I think their website was http://www.cellset.com. I have one. Came with bike. Not installed yet. I did just install the xm adapter. Works well. I opened fairing and put power supply in there. I also bought a stereo mini jack splitter and put that in aux circuit. Ran wires out to handlebar where I mounted unit. Love being able to select aux on radio. Without using mini plug at cassette deck. Bottom line, there should be a way to tap into 5 pin DIN headphone circuit.... With phone. Need to isolate it electrically, but everything you need is there...

I worked self-employed for the last 20 years of my career in video/audio production. Many times I worked for others under 1099's. No problem, just made sure to declare that income as the 1099 is supposed to go to the IRS by the employer...and pay my own ss. The only issues I had to keep aware of was keeping my "self-employment" status clean...ie...allowing the employer to tell me what to do but not how to do it. This was I kept my independent contractor status clean with the IRS. When the powers to be tell you how to do the job, you now become an employee in the eyes of the IRS. The employer and I made that distinction at the outset. Never had a problem with IRS or employers...

Nope. Take a look at the picture I posted on your thread. You will find windshield frame members in the way.