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Follow up dumb question, does anyone have the part number for the valve cove bolt seals for the 1999 RSV. I’ve been searching the net and still unclear. thanks

Alright dumb question time. Are these the bolts with the rubber seals that have been mentioned? bottom picture with the arrows?

I’m just floating this out there to see how much interest there might be. I always see the pictures of freebirds maintenance days and it looks like a great time. Unfortunately it’s a bit to far for some of us to be able to make the trip. So I’ve been thinking it would be nice to try and get some of the west coast guys together. I don’t have a big spread by any stretch of the imagination (small house on a cul de sac) but pending approval from Household 6, I could have a few bikes here before the neighbors start to get upset. i don’t have even a fraction of the knowledge that a lot of members here have, but I’m learning all the time, and I’m pretty handy with a wrench. I also have a jack adapter, a carb tune, and a decent set of standard tools. If anyone is interested please respond. Also if anyone just wants to hook up for some riding please sound off. I’m in Victorville in the high desert.

Don’t know what barrel you’re running but that must be a trick to conceal. 😉

When I first saw the post title I thought it was going to be some kind of a fancy wrench or socket for the bike tool box or a meme about 10mm wrench. And I’m a gun guy, lol. I carry an XD40 for CCW.

Hey Squidley, that would be amazing, I probably won’t be able to get to the maintenance until mid March or even April. Anyway if you can get to it and are willing, let me know how much you need to ship and anything I could do in return.

Does anyone have a valve shim kit and tool that they would be willing to loan out, I would of course be happy to supply some shims for the kit when done.

And just in time for her birthday.

That’s awesome pasta, thanks for posting this.

I used the rotella for a good while, never any issues, always ran well, but I read a while back that they had changed their formula, and decided to try something else. I have been using Castrol Actevo 4T for a couple of changes and Sylvia (1999 RSV) seems to like it just fine. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Castrol-Actevo-4T-20W-50-Part-Synthetic-Motorcycle-Oil-1-Gallon/467873859 Wally World has it for about $23 a gallon.

Finally got to use this bad boy to put some new tires on. Worked like a champ.

Yeah, some of my best memories of my dad are riding on his bike. Always wanted to do the epic road trip with him, but unfortunately things just never lined up. But I’m already thinking about my daughters first bike, so maybe I’ll get a father daughter road trip one day.

Today I took my youngest on her first ride. She loved it, she thought it was so cool when other riders would wave and I would wave back.

Thanks Squidley, hopefully I’ll finally be getting around to using it next week to change some tires.

Thanks for all of the replies and input guys, I’m up for new tires again and I think I’m going to try the 130.

As the title states, wondering if anyone is running or has run a 130 front tire on their RSV. Do you (did you) like it, and do you recommend it? thanks

Thanks freebird.

After I have it complete and tested out I will post measurements.

It’s a little crude, but I made it almost entirely out of materials I had laying around my garage and it’s solid and I think it will do the job safely. Just need to attachment tabs.

It is a good watch, reminds me why I don’t do social media.

My bike has the six disc changer installed in the left saddle bag, I did load some cd’s in there and have used it a couple times, but I typically listen to the radio or just the wind. So the question is, does the wiring just unplug straight out? When I tried to unplug it it does not want to come loose, I don’t like to break things, even outdated unused things if I can help it. I’d like to get it out of there and have the extra space in the bag.

I have to say, I did not know this. I am not surprised by it though. POW MIA Never Forget

Nice work, thanks for taking the time to write up the directions and post pics!

Changed and relocated the fuel filter, (video in tech talk) working on driver back rest

I know there are threads about this and some good instructions, but I did a video so I thought I’d post it. Hopefully it’s a help to someone.