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My wife is not happy with the backrest position either. She liked the 84 much better. You say you are fixing that... hmmmm How are you going to do that?

Hey Dingy thanks for that... I'll look

So yesterday after dropping my bike in front of almost every rider in Southern Ontario I made it home in one piece. After dinner my navigator was going to be busy for awhile and the dealer where I had my bike safetied said I would need to change the rear brake pads at some point. Sooooo I decided that would be a good time.. It should only take 20 minutes to a half hour right? I took off the saddle bag which was easy.. and then had a look at the caliper.. seeing as how everything on my 1st gen is put together with bolts and so far everything on the 2nd gen is hex keys I promptly undid all 4 hex bolts and my caliper fell apart.. duhhhh So I realized my mistake and finished taking the caliper off. Cleaned the whole thing and reassembled it. Put in the new pads and all looked good. Only been about an hour so far. Now I know I have to bleed the brakes and my navigator is now home and free is I got all 4' 10" of her to sit (well sort of sit) on the bike and pump the brake for me. I had the cap off the reservoir so I could keep an eye on the fluid level. Well all seemed to be going fairly well and the pedal was getting good but WAIT.. noooo it's getting worse now.. the level in the reservoir is NOT going down. This is not making any sense at all.. Spent another hour or so trying to bleed the brake with no luck. Wandered down to a neighbor who claims to be a mechanic and asked him to come see what I was doing wrong. He says to see if anything is coming out of the master so we undo the hose at the master and a few drops come out.. so he says "I think the Master is toast" Now it's getting dark so I put everything away and figure on getting a Master Cylinder Kit in the morning and rebuilt the darn thing (that's today) Last night as I was sitting at the PC and thinking about how I was going to ask you guys what the heck was wrong it came to me lilke a smoking lightning bolt.. and I didn't even have to ask. I had failed to remove the diaphram in the top of the reservoir so I had filled IT instead of the reservoir and everything went dry.. Well seeing as how I already had the master off and apart I decided to change the seals anyhow and they were actually in stock at the local dealer in Brantford. Got her put together this afternoon and all is good.. Wow am I getting to know this bike. BUT I FEEL LIKE A COMPLETE IDIOT...!! So go ahead and have a good chuckle on me:rotf:

I'm pretty sure what I have is the MkII

Jeff: I'm pretty sure I have one around here somewhere. I'll see if I can dig it up. If so you can have it for shipping.. I am hoping to go to Bob's later in the week so I can ship it from his place (States Side) to save a few $$$ Wayne

On my ride this past Sunday. I dropped the bike and my wife just stepped off while it was going down and said "Wayne what are you doing?" in a loud clear voice..

It's funny that we accept this sort of thing... It is very rare to hear of a shock going bad on a 1st gen.. for example my 84 is 30 years old with 140,000 Kms and the shock is original.. It even still holds pressure for the whole summer.. almost never have to adjust it unless I'm taking someone larger than my wife for a ride..

Nobody got hurt.. bike is fine.. ICE CREAM was GREAT!! And the ride was great.. excellent day all in all.

Well this is a great place to hang out and folks like Don (XV100SE). He volunteered to help me with some stuff I wanted to do on the New to me MM RSV.. So I went to his house one evening and we adjusted the steering head bearing.. wow it handles so much better now. We also were able to install the new light bar from M61A1MECH which by the way is a great peace of work and easy to install.. basically plug and play.. even better if it's not two I.T. guys attempting this.. :-) The headlight aim was also taken care of so I'm not seeing the tops of the trees any more.. all in all a very productive evening. Anyhow THEN he volunteered to come to my house and do some more work.. My hwy lights were not working properly and sometimes when they did work they only worked when my headlight was on low beam. I wanted them to work all the time and be able to turn them off with the button as well as have them go off with the key. I also wanted to install my buddy rich cable and my Zumo.. So we started around 1:00 and found a bunch of wires that should not have been there. Apparently the PO had an alarm system at some point so we left that for awhile and ran new wires for everything with relays etc. The hwy lights were wired directly to something under the cowl and no relay so I'm guessing all the power was going through the ignition switch. Don left around 5:30 and pretty much everything was working as it should be. I just had to clean up the wires and stuff from the old alarm system and then put the bike together. I'm really getting to know this thing well. Anyhow all this is to say a BIG Thank you to Don and everyone else that is on this site that is willing to help or go the extra bit for otheres.. It is very much appreciated and I'm guessing it is MOST of the members here.. Wayne

A few weeks ago Ben took Carl and I for a tour on some of his favourite roads. At some point we were going to ride the Forks of the Credit which is a great ride following the Credit River.. Anyhow right at the start is a nice Ice Cream place where bunches of bikers gather to swap stories and chow down on their favourite flavours.. On a nice day there are lots of bikes there. Must have been 40 or 50 parked in and around the joint. So today decided to treat my beautiful bride to the same ride. When we got to the Ice Cream joint it was just as crowded. So I got lucky and found a spot right out front on the shoulder.. The Navigator pointed it out and said. "look a spot" so I dutifully pulled into THAT spot.. What I failed to notice was the large hole with loose gravel in the bottom.. so when I stopped and planted my feet the right one didn't stay planted.. I am not strong enough to hold up 800 lbs plus my 110 lb wife so she gently layed over on her right side IN FRONT OF LOTS OF FOLKS!!!!! Twas somewhat EMBARASSING!! BUT I had lots of volunteers with smiles on their faces helping me pick it up and other than my pride there is no damage.. So question is .. Is it $5.00 U.S. or $5.00 Canadian.. There is a BIG difference donchyaknow...

I'm looking for a source of vinyl that is the same color as the seats on the MM.. Anyone have any ideas? Nanci (Aces High Leather) says she will make me a tank bib if I can find the material.. Really wanting a bib with a pocket but black just won't work.

Reiny: I have been in the area twice this week but I don't believe I was on Queen St. Wayne

If it isn't raining I'll be there... Robin is a maybe at this point.. with a wedding fast approaching she is pretty busy...

Angel: God Bless you guys.. Sent what I could and hope it helps..

sent an email... hope it helps

As far as I know they ALL had air shocks. The only difference being the Standard had to be aired up manually and the Royale had CLASS (on board compressor). There is a spring as well on all of them. The air is to assist the spring. Maybe someone will correct me if I'm wrong..

I'm thinking there is a serial number that you can take to a dealer and have a new key made. failing that if you get a blank from the dealer a good locksmith can make you a new one on site

Bob: If you decrease the rpm on the hwy will it not also decrease the available torque? Looking forward to a report on this when you get her done..

Good luck... Like you said I hope they fit and if they do sounds like they will look AWESOME!!

Wow!!! Like an early Christmas Present.. Looks GREAT!! Hope we get to ride soon..

Did you order it with a CB?

so you found the trigger BUT did you PULL IT???

Best speakers I know of that will fit are the Polk Audio DB401s [ame=http://www.amazon.ca/Polk-Audio-4-Inch-Coaxial-Speakers/dp/B000P0R6GQ]Polk Audio DB401 4-Inch Coaxial Speakers (Pair, Silver): Amazon.ca: Electronics@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Cgy6jdaAL.@@AMEPARAM@@41Cgy6jdaAL[/ame] Hopefully someone will come up with an AMP that is small and powerful and will hide somewhere on the bike without sacrificing useful storage space. The speakers are designed for marine use and as such they are weather resistant AND for a 4" speaker they sound pretty good. With an amp the actually sound VERY good

Happy Birthday DON!!! Hope it's and AWESOME ONE!!

I did mine a couple of years ago with the help of MarCarl.. The most difficult part was getting the motor in and out.. You also need access to a press to get the split washer out of the shaft. Washer that needs to be replaced is cheap but you will need a gasket set to put her all together again.. while in there you will also want to check your valve clearances. So much easier to do on the bench. Not a difficult job but time consuming. In my opinion very worth doing though.