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I have vents on all three bikes. They add nicely to the air cooling I need riding in AZ. The stock 1st gen windshield is pretty good at keeping airflow away from people. Going larger or smaller will increase passenger buffeting. Driver should be ok. Stock 2nd gen is good as well. I went larger and created more buffeting on my passenger. Going quite small will give you maximum airflow and buffeting... Though it's not as Disturbed as with much larger screen. Suggest you get a Slipstreamer for $$100 and try it out. Cheap enough you can cut it down a little at a time and experiment. When you get the airflow you want, transfer that to another more expensive shield and throw on a vent too.

Puc, On a slightly different direction....(I'm still undecided about changing my 89's headlight bulb). But have added LED's up under the cowl connected to the running lights at the turn signals. They light up the road right under the front end for slow riding at night and make me more visible for cars as they pass me by... Bought the little strips at Wal.Mart. Simple stuff but I like the look. Thinking it would be great for you as you FTFW in the boonies looking for a place to pitch the tent!

Heck, Puc...for some pennies for gas money and hot dogs, I would have come up and helped you shoot the whole series!! Laughing my buns off. BUT, you have great balance and skills on that little scoot! Love that!

There are a number of mp3 player out there. My thought would be for you to find one with long battery life (20 hrs) or so, small, have bluetooth built in and accept micro sd cards. With the sd cards, you can make your own mixes on each card so as your mood changes, so can your music. Bluetooth is nice as it can be used at home or on road. Some devices can switch between being transmitters or receivers. Useful when plugging into Aux input on RSVs. Note: One of the reasons I still use the cassette deck on the bike is I do make my own mixes.

Looking over the wiring schematic, the speedo sensor sends pulses to the cruise computer. The cancel circuit goes from the rear brake to the front brake to the clutch lever then to the right hand cruise controls finally ending up at the cruise computer. Once engaged, the computer activates the vacuum pump which then sends vacuum that pulls on the vacuum motor which pulls the cables connected to the throttle interface. There are only a few conditions that must be met for cruise to work. Bike must be within a certain speed range..say 30-80 mph. All cancel switches must be closed, and if the speed drops or rises more than 5mph from set speed, cruise deactivates. Assuming 12volts is present where needed and grounds are good, the system should work. On the vacuum pump there are a couple of areas that need checking but the system is quite simple. So since you have checked electrical, time to look for simple mechanical things.... Like vacuum hose broken or leaking, throttle interface cables to cruise motor way out of adjustment or broken, cancel switches open or broken or dirty connections between cancel switches. Not much else. Suggest you make a list and do one thing at a time until you find problem. Oh... I'm not sure where the speed pulse comes from. Is it a tap of the the speedo or odo or???? Hope this helps...

Casey, Another thought. Last month I took both bikes out for a 125 mile run. Same run. It consists of about 25 miles of 75mph, 75 miles of 55mph and 25 of 50 mph or less. On both bikes I used 5th gear only on the interstate portion. 4th was goto gear for rest of trip. I got 41 mpg on the 89VR and 39 mpg on the 05 RSV. The times before that on that same run using 5th gear all the time netted 37 and 35 respectively. Altitude from 3k to 5k and back. This past sunday with the RSV, on one stretch of our day trip, I went almost 100 miles, 2up, climbing into the mountains and got 39mpg at 55 mph. I stayed in 4th gear most of that stretch too! (when I wasn't in 3rd!) It pays to let the motors rev....

Jeff...right.I remember that discussion. Should be a thread all about the pins with pictures. Good memory. Don't know if that's the problem, but it seems all the usual suspects for hard shifting are now covered?? Oil change, bent or loose linkages, washer, and the pin issue. BTW, welcome to the forum!!

Beautiful bike! That's next on my agenda, check out front end... It's time. Looks like we both had great weather yesterday for riding.....

Casey, you have done everything right. Cool!! Leaves only the igniter and the carbs. Bring those needless back to stock and run another tank through. Check mpgs. If that isn't the problem then then igniter is. Suggest you don't put the k&n filter on yet. I have the k&n on... And it does change things as i found when I didn't follow the cleaning directions properly. I hurried the process. I may go back to stock. I run from 1300' to over 7000' with my bikes. My home territory runs from 3000' to 5000'. The CV carbs do a great job in compensating for altitude so I leave everything stock. Suggest after you put needless back to stock, test, then put igniter to stock (as close as you can) and test again. Then put filter on and test. Lots of testing miles ahead for you.... Lucky guy!! Grins!

Boy that really isn't right. You should be getting between 38-42! The biggest problem in my 89 as far as mpgs are concerned... Is me. I love cranking the throttle! That said... Check brakes for dragging, your after market igniter, wires and caps, plugs, carb vacuum leaks, diaphram issues. With the exception of your igniter,(mine is stock), that is the order I use. Also, I've found mine loves a dose of Seafoam about every other tank. Crap gas, I guess. Good luck.... Let me know if I can help...

Ok. Guys and gals... Here proof I do own a scoot..... Here's the 2gen on 2 different trips... 1: Is me a few years ago... Talking a break on our downhill run on rt.191.. Devil's Highway. This shot was about half way down... On the mesa.. Before the road really got fun.. The next shot was taken today. On rt. 260. We were about 15 minutes east of Camp Verde.. On way to Payson... If you remember a previous post, I mapped out rt 260 as a nice ride.... I look mad... And I thought I was smiling!! Last pic is our two scoots, my Pat, Karen and Mark.... In the parking lot of Sidewinders. In Pine. Good burgers. This is same place we sometimes drive to for Friday night ribs! After this we rode back into the heat of Phoenix.. @VanRiver... One of these days we will meet and I'll be on two wheels! Honest!!! Grins!

You will love rt160 through Colorado. Pagosa Springs.... i could live there

Yep! Followed by some melancholy moments of where did all the time go? Was I really this old??? Sigh....

I appreciate you showing me your mount today, James. I followed the link you sent and ordered one! Always enjoy meeting with you for lunch..... And thanks for that as well! P.s. I really do own the scoots That I pay pics of... Honest! And the rest of youse varmints are always welcome to come to AZ.

I loved the TR3. Low slung doors and huge hood!. I drove my Bugeye through 4 Winters in Colorado so know about side curtains and snow. And yes, there is a similarity between old British sports cars and scoots. The top down ride, roar of the exhaust....ah... Good memories.

PP for 2. Thank you, Red.

Therapy. Relaxation. Freedom. I'm slowing down too. But still love the rush of twisting the throttle on the 1st Gen. Loved my 1960 Bugeye Sprite too... But sold it when it became apparent I couldn't get out of it easily anymore. I'm seriously thinking of selling my 89 VR.... Only because I'm not as comfortable holding her up. I'm shrinking and bike isn't. Always something...

Well, hopefully Leo can take a pic of his after he has had a chance to test the bulb out. But yes, OE bulbs are indexed and fixed for proper orientation.

cowpuc said: > Something else to consider in the long run. Check with your estate person, but I do believe that after you leave this world to go FTFW in the skyways above, Tip can collect a portion of your SS for the rest of her life. I think she has to reach either 62 or 65 to qualify but maybe not. You've been married long enough for that provision to kick in. Of course, if her SS income is higher than part of yours.,...then no. But if her share of yours is higher than hers...it would be a good thing to have!! Just another positive thing to think about! Yea...sorry...guess this discussion is a hijacking of the thread. Good discussion, though!

It really makes me feel good that we have the people we have on this forum. Someone has a need and there is always someone out there to offer to help. Nice. To end this thread in an even more positive note....(though I don't see how that can be!), I took my ladies' intercom bike cable back to J&M today. It was intermittent. Last month I took in her headsets thinking that was the problem...they were fine. But they upgraded them at no charge. The gentlemen meets me at the door this morning grinning...held out his and and took the cable back. He remembered me. Came back a minute later with a new cable and said "here ya go". No charge. Out of warrantee but J&M replaced it for free. We were laughing because it took me so long to bring in the cable....I left knowing I would be a customer of theirs for the rest of my riding days. Bottom line, if you have a broken J&M product, call them...ask them about it. It wouldn't surprise me if they suggest you send it in. Then you will have an extra headset you can give when one of us needs one. And my thanks for youse guys and gals ... for all that you do for each other...

[quote=cowpuc;Like Don,, I am 62 also.. These last couple years of medical nonsense have really knocked the wind out of my sails,, a little - can still dance and eat Hot Dogs and .. Been thinking of taking the early S.S. and been doing a LOT of diggin and figuring.. May sound nuts to some who arent there yet but the way that works is ya get a little more than half of what you get at 65 if ya opt for 62 - may not be smart but I tell ya,, ya start having multiple close calls and it sure makes ya think that even a half a retirement would be better than none if ya died... Puc Puc, I took early retirement at 62. To supplement my self-employment income. I wanted more play money! My accountant suggested I "do the Math". IE... Look at my realistic life expectancy, figure out how much I would get total if I lived to that age...taking retirement at 65 and at 62. It made more economic sense for me to start early as my family history suggests I won't make it out to 86...which is where my 2 figures (65 vs 62) meet each other. If I make it to 82...I will get more of my money back taking it early, even though I get less per month than if I waited to 65. So suggest you do the math. Chart out the "what ifs" of when you may leave this earth and see what works best for you. Yes, it's a guess...but no more so than the insurance companies "guess" that they call their actuary tables. At least my guess takes in my family history!! FWIW, david

Yikes! The trailer is worth more than that! Great find!

That's what we did. North to South. Harder that way as gravity is not your friend. Thankfully, Hannagan Meadow is near the top so you can ride across the state on 60/260 or wherever...get onto 191 and then camp at HM. Wake up fresh and go for the downhill run! Silver City is interesting, for sure! Nice ride on map below. Follow I 17 north to Camp Verde. Begin trip there and head east on 260. Follow that all the way to Eager on east side of state. Then 191 South. Go all the way to Safford. Clifton/Morenci is where the open pit mine is. When you do the ride left me know. Maybe we can meet afterwards....

Yes. At the bottom of the Devils Highway.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall...uh deflate. Why? Hmmm. Don't really know. How? Very, very large spoons! Grins!