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I got hit by bird poop in the middle of the chest at 70. The only problem was that the bird had not yet pooped..................

I was just going to head down that road of an intermittent regulator, but you beat me to it. 17V will toast the battery, If you can use Pucs method of disconnecting everything you can, check the electrolyte level if you can, charge the battery and head for the nearest shop. Another option if you have tools, is to order a new RR shipped by next day air so you can install it tomorrow and be on your way. Odds are that this battery is not long for this world. Also keep an eye on all the light bulbs, 17V will stress them to.

I can see that, I'll bet the HD guys would revolt to the presence of a big radiator just as much as we revolted to lack of one. Maybe the bike world will flip flop, HD will end up making water cooled V4s and we will all migrate there, and Yamaha will go to air cooled v twins and draw the HD crowd........

Last night I ended up having a bad reaction to the Percs. My normal resting heart rate is 50-55, about a half hour after I took the first Perc it shot up to 120-125. 7 hours later I finally got it back down to normal again. But it made for a long scary night not knowing if something was going to blow up and take me out. When I did finally get a hold of a doc after the rate had come back down he said that I should have been in the ER, and if it happens again to cal 911. I feel better today just real tired and real sore, I ain't taking no more of those Percs, so it is just OTC Tylenol for now, which don't do much.

or maybe some other kinds of buds while passing through Colorado?

I already have a size 14 foot......................... It just aint connected to my leg anymore.

It was my impression that the "water cooled" HD was just cooling the exhaust valve, the rest is still air cool. But I could be wrong since I am not a big follower of HDs.

And dont forget the Pontiac 6 packs. So even in cars when you wanted performance you had a lot of carbs.

Well I am home, stil haf in the bag.................. but alive, sort of. Hech with chasing the nurses, the doc is real hot........................ but I did get to mess with the nurses a fair amount. Doc said it went wel BUT, It was much worse than the MRI showed. In addition to the 2 complete tears ther wer "numerous" small tears tha also had to be stiched and "numerous small tears that did not need to be stitched. So I was cut from the heel to mid calf. Insted of just a boot I am in a cast from nee down to toes. in 4 weeks I get cast off and then start with the boot. I have not talked to doc yet this was relayed from family that doc talk to right after surgry. I get to see doc on 6tyh and again on 11th to get cast off and stitches out, then a new cast for a few more weeks.

The one on ebay with the VW carb is the one that no one has had great results with, It is functional and the bike will run, but you have to choose whether you want it to run good at speed or have some get up and go, pick only one. The one that did seem to work was a one off that a member here made for himself using a ford 2bbl carb.

Maybe the FJR with a trunk added, the rest is pretty close to what we all wanted.

Thanks, I need all the help I can get. I leave for hospital in about 15 minutes. If I am at all able, I will be in chat tonight prolly still all messed up from anesthesia, who knows what I might say..............

There is such a thing. With one exception, those that have tried it were not impressed.

Well neither the bike nor I are into showing off so we tend to take our naps privately..................... Everything is now set, Sept 1 I head to the hospital at 8:45 am, surgery at 10:45am and the procedure should take 1.5 hours. After that is anyone's guess as to when anything will happen. I have to be pretty well awake before they can send me home since I will have to go up 5 stairs, on crutches to get into the house, and Erika certainly can not carry my lard a$$ into the house. Here's hoping everything goes as planned....:thumbsup:

Would the royal have the controls for the radio up on the left handlebar? What you are seeing next to the ignition switch is not the schrader valve, that is a bleeder for the left front brake. The front schrader valve for putting air in the shocks would be near the right side of the lower triple tree. The rear schrader valve is located above the right passenger footrest. I have a standard so I am not sure where all the extras are. When you look at the plastic it will either have Venture badges or Venture Royal badges

@cowpuc My understanding of what this means is that subscribed members can now see the trial members in the member list, but that does not necessarily mean that they can see all of us. I hope that what it is.

His profile says he has an 07. since nothing lights up at all it sounds like maybe the ignition switch failed. if the ignition was switching on and of that could have caused your backfire. If you have enough tools to get the ignition switch out you can jumper it to get you back going. Do you have a volt meter or test light with you? You can go thru and check all the fuses visually to see if one of them blew. especially the main fuse and the ignition fuses.

To bad you were not able to make it up here. The NRA is hosting its first ever Concealed Carry Expo here in Milwaukee with vendors, display,s seminars, and everything you could want to know about concealed carry.

Welcome to the nut house................ I mean forum. Orlin is good people, I am sure you got a good bike from him. There is really some great riding in that part of the state.

This Harvey is crazy. We were devastated by 6 inches of rain. 3 feet of snow is incredible, I just can not even imagine 3 feet of rain. Stay safe.

Make sure to wave as you go past my house on the way to Madison.

One of the major news outlets might be real interested in this to. The y love beating up on officials of any part of government.

While it has a fairly high alternator output, with all of the electronic do dads already there, I wonder just how much is left for add ons? I never saw any mention of just how much power the bike needs. EFI is power hungry, antilock/traction control is a power monster, heated seats and grips devour power, etc etc

I let mine take a nap, BUt I forgot to get out of the way first, Now I have just one functional Achilles tendon left........... What a treat waking one of these beasts up from a nap with just one functional leg and while on crutches.

You hit a bump and it fell out???:confused24: