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If you love your V-twin sound, you're going to hate the Venture. If you love the sound of a V-8 engine, you'll love the Venture with Baron's bagger or 4-2-4 pipes. If you want your V-twin sound, get a Roadliner and add a Corbin Fairing on it. Then all your Harley buddies will be drooling on your rice-burner. Then leave em in the dust with 113 cubic inches. http://www.fxstein.com/blog/resserver.php?blogId=1&resource=fxliner.poster.jpg&mode=mediumhttp://www.fxstein.com/blog/resserver.php?blogId=1&resource=fxliner.jpg&mode=medium
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lots of good places online to buy the better brake pads, never turn motorcycle rotors. If they are warped, it's time to change em. 75k miles on my 2nd gen and rotors are still straight. http://www.phatperformanceparts.com http://www.cruisercustomizing.com http://www.yamahasportsplaza.com
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This is the real ending to the above video because it's not possible to put a car tire on a motorcycle and the only thing it will result in is a giant fiery crash, global warming, the clubbing of baby seals, al gore to become president and ingrown toenails. [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=Nj3mWMdv978&feature=related]YouTube - 2007 Burning Man FireBall Explosion[/ame]
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Im running 40 psi and the CT takes the bumps much better then the MT.
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The lower ratio will allow for more stable handling. The Goldwing riders mostly use low profile Run-Flat tires now for the stiffer sidewalls for better handling.
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You could polish the aluminum.
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Baker Air Wings on 2nd. Gen Venture
flb_78 replied to MickO's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Adding any wind diverting product on a RSV changes the aerodynamics and potential handling of the motorcycle and should not be done. If Yamaha wanted you to have air wings, Yamaha would of put them on at the factory. :stirthepot: Now where's that darn leveling link thread at? -
Sure, swing on by. Im free all day Sunday. Girlfriend has to work. As for clearances, check out this pic.
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I can drag my floorboards through turns now. Bike hasn't exploded yet and I haven't died in a fiery crash. I'm liking the tire more and more everyday. Tire has the same pressure when I mounted it, bead is fine. I should have taken a picture of the bead from the Metz and for the BFG. They are the same. 155/80R15 is the first tire I've tried. After mounting this tire, I believe you can go wider. Next feasible size is 175/55R15 or 175/65R15. There is only 1 165 out there that I can find, but it doesn't look like a quality tire. I may see if I can find a used 175 to mount and mock up to check for clearances. To everyone who is truly interested in this, I thank you for your interest. To everyone who is against this, thank you for you input. We have heard arguments on both sides and I feel that anymore discussion pro and con, back and forth, throwing the same words at each other, is doing no good. People will either be interested and try it, or they won't. I tried it, I like it. You're not going to convince me that it's dangerous. At least no more dangerous then riding a motorcycle to begin with. It was a brave man who ate the first oyster.
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Headsets would probably fix that.
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Yep, that kid is dead. Broke his neck. I really don't think anyone would have stopped helping the kid to take a so many pictures of him if he was still alive.
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An instructor for the MSF advanced course here in Texas runs a car tire on his Valkyrie and he is also considered to be one of the top Valkyrie riders in the country and has won competitions proving it and he did it on a car tire. He actually is now riding all over Texas teaching instructors for the MSF courses. That's my expert. This guy here may be considered an expert. http://lifeisaroad.com/stories/2004/10/27/theDarkSide.html He has plenty of experience with running a car and has ridden all the the States and through Canada. Running a car tire is no more dangerous then raising the bike with leveling links, lowering the rear, dropping the forks in the trees, or running a skinnier tire up front. All of it affects the handling of the machine in one way or another. According to you logic, if Yamaha thought any of that was needed, then they would of built it that way. I went to Nashville Auto Diesel College and graduated with honors in the 96 percentile of my class. I've been a diesel mechanic now for 10 years. I also worked in a commercial tire shop for class 8 over the road semis, so yeah, I know a thing or 2.
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Mixing bias and radials is not dangerous when done across different axles. Since I haven't figgered out yet how to put dually's on the bike yet, I have nothing to fear by mixing them. In fact, the BRAND NEW JUST RELEASED Yamaha Raider comes out from the factory with a bias on the front and a radial on the back. Tartan, do you harp on folks who put hitches on their bike since Yamaha says not to? Since Squidley went down because his specialized super duper Michelin Commander motorcycle tire came apart while he was pulling a trailer, do you go into the trailer forum and tell those folks they have no common sense since it's proven to be dangerous by one of our own? Did you know there's an entire section on the GL1800 forum dedicated just to car tires and yet there are no threads about how their motorcycle blew up in a fiery crash? http://www.gl1800riders.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=17
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Many of you may have heard of YellowWolf. He's the guy that rides a GoldWing like a sport bike. Here is his review of a car tire on a GoldWing on the infamous Dragon's Tail. http://www.ridersrally.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18865&highlight=
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It's not dangerous. Plenty of folks run em on other bikes with no adverse results.
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I remove the saddle bag. I use Mobil 1 75w90 synthetic oil. I change it with every oil change. The final drive only holds 4 or 8 oz. It's not much, but I can't remember the exact amount.
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yep, that was his camera falling off. He has other videos as well that shows him draggin frame in the twisties while running a car tire.
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First Self Performed Maintenance
flb_78 replied to a topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
I tried lubing my clutch cable, had to remove it to do so. It seems like there was plenty of oil in there to begin with, but I added some more. Removed the line off the slave cylinder to let the lube run all the way through. It just seems like it's such a pain in the butt to lube this line, it's takes forever to rebleed the clutch. -
Front Fork Air Balance Kit
flb_78 replied to a topic in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk
Where is this kit? I may be interested as well. -
I used................ http://www.viewpoints.com/images/review/2007/181/23/1183263284-02823_full.jpg seriously, it's the only non-oil based lubricant I had available at the time. and I need to get a bead breaker...That's the hardest part about changing the damn tires.
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It's the difference in the way car tires and motorcycle tires are measured. and it's mm not cm
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Instead of a 10mm wrench that was suggested earlier, use an allen key. Look inside the 1 nut you have off and you'll notice that the inside will also accept an allen key. The allen key will allow you to reach past the flange.
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well, a little over 250 miles today and the handling just gets smoother. I likes it. At a speedohealed 50mph, I can scrape both my floorboards in my lane just by rocking the bike back and forth.
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The beads are not different. I should have taken a pic while I had mine apart. Most likely, it was harder to seat up because the tire is stored on its side. This tire is also thinner then the stock size. Mine beaded up pretty quick, but I let it lay out in the sun to heat up. It helps to have a hot tire when it's mounted.