BlueSky

I try not to ride or drive behind a vehicle carrying a load of anything.

Sounds like you judges are like NC judges. They are elected and don't have to have a law degree.

"Dumb Sxxt" came to mind when I saw the crash!

An infrared thermometer available at Autozone or Harbor Freight might save your finger. I'm sure Puc can do it without burning himself but the thermometer will provide a little more information to us non-gurus.

[quote name= Man I hate making decisions..ha.. [/font] Not a problem Eck. We just love spending your money for you!

Many sport tourer owners install bar risers to help eliminate the slight leaning forward sitting position. I owned a 2004 Kawasaki Concours for a while and it did have a slight leaning forward riding position. If I didn't grip the bars tightly, I could sit straight up. I bought bar risers but never installed them before selling the bike so I don't know how much they would have helped. What bothered me more than the leaning forward was folding my legs up. At my age of 72, I suspect that is not a great thing for blood circulation in the legs. The 04 Concours was very top heavy with its 7.5 gallon gas tank up top making it tricky to ride slowly. When I first bought it, my riding skills were very rusty and I dropped it in a parking lot. I tried very hard to keep it upright and only succeeded in trapping my right foot under the bike breaking my second metatarsel. Then, sitting at a desk all day combined with my age, I developed a large blood clot in my lower leg. Warfarin injections for 4 months and I was okay but the wife insisted I sell it. It took a good while to sell and I rode it almost daily to work and I was liking it more and more as time passed. From what I've read, the Honda ST1300 and the BMW R1200RT are the easiest to handle at low speed. The video link is interesting.

Buy an infrared thermometer from autozone or harbor freight and check the exhaust temps. #1 may not be firing.

I've been doing a lot of reading about sport tourers thinking of maybe buying a newer fuel injected bike and I have been impressed by what I've read about the BMW R1200RT. The drawback is the initial cost and BMW repair costs for labor and parts. It's also air/oil cooled which in my opinion is not as good as water cooled. I googled information on these bikes and found a LA county police bike test. One thing that stood out to me was that according to BMW specs, it's okay for the oil to get up to 300 degrees F. (Also noted that Harley specs say it's okay for the Harley police bike oil to get up to 410 degrees F. From what I've read the ST1300 is not far behind in comfort and handling and it costs a little less. The ST and the RT are police dept favorites.

Yeah, I recommend anxiety pills!

When I was younger I never had allergies. Now that I'm an old fart, every spring when the pines start having sex and dropping the pollen, I get the sniffles and red eyes. I have been using Alleraide. My wife who is a homeopathic medicine expert bought the first at a local grocery store. Now, I have to buy it on line. It used to be made in the Netherlands but now it's made in Mexico but it still works. I highly recommend it. Here is a link. http://www.vitacost.com/boericke-tafel-allergiemittel-alleraide

Wow! That sucker looks like a brand new bike!

About 3 or 4 years ago, I was changing a tire on my F150. I was using a pull handle and socket on the lug nuts. And like a dummy, I was pulling up rather than rotate the handle and push down using my weight. Anyhow, I pulled my arm out of my shoulder socket. It popped back in by itself but it hurt like crazy. I don't know what damage was done because I didn't go to the doctor. But, it hurt and I had limited use of that arm for a good while. I moved it as much as possible every day and as soon as i could I started doing pullovers on my Total Gym. It healed up nicely by itself and now I have full use of the arm without any after effects. I'm still doing pullovers and other exercises 3 times a week. It took probably a year for it to completely heal so there was no after effects at all.

The reason I asked to be sure was my CD has about 30 shop manuals and some are for the Road Stars.

Okay, I copied the diagram from my pdf CD and pasted it on a word document. It is slightly larger than the forum will allow me to post so if I could get an email address I'll email it.

Wow! You were lucky to get home!

What is the year and exactly what does RSTD stand for? I have a CD that may have all the manual information on it.

I'm doing this soon. Sounds like taking 1 1/2" of spacers would bring it to the pre-existing height and it should be stiffer than before. Or maybe move the fork legs up in the clamps to lower the bike. Let us (me) know what you do because I'm very interested. The bike is too heavy to raise the COG.

Unscrew the plug wire caps, cut off about an inch of wire and screw the caps back on.

An infrared thermometer is really handy to check the exhaust pipe temperatures to see if all four are firing the same. You can buy them at Autozone and probably most any auto store. Harbor Freight sells them too.

Oops! The F150 forum I participate in has a thread that's been going on for months about the election and the candidates and it has been a hoot. Got many laughs from it.

I always had a motorcycle in the garage and I was relieved that neither of my two sons developed an interest in riding motorcycles. I also almost always had a sporty or fast car and both of them did develop an interest in hot cars.

Haven't you heard? The democrats are going to increase taxes on the rich so us poor people don't have to work. We'll get a check every month deposited in our account. You just won't be able to spend it on guns.

I don't think the police in my area ever ask for registration any more because they run the plate if they stop you and know who the owner is before they get to the car or bike. I keep all of my registration cards in my wallet, all 6, two bikes, two trailers, car, & truck. My wife keeps hers in her car.

That's a bummer. Criminals everywhere it seems. While living in FL with all the crime there, I started buying guns and got a cc permit. Maybe they won't help but I feel better prepared.

Must be the aerodynamics:)