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  1. Condor
    If your fork seals need attention, air will get out fairly quickly. However a leak in the hose to the front forks could be the culprit too. Take a bottle of soapy solution and spray it around the fork seals and any of the connections leading to the front off the compressor. Any leaks will make lots of bubbles.... Also I noticed you said that the fork pressure read '0'psi. Generally the lowest reading you can get is 7psi when they're empty???
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    You think so huh?? The big problem with a 2gen is the passenger seat is seperate and sits higher than the drivers. For those of us that are longer in the inseam, and extra padding in the rear end, we end up pushing back trying to get off the tank and bang into the front of the passenger seat. Talk about numb butt... At least with the 1stGens the seats are one piece and allow a little more slide to the rear without undo pressure on the tailbone. So seating on the 2ndGen ain't neccessarily a panacia, and the answer ain't the pillowtops with the extra padding which pushes you forward even more. Don't ask how I found all this stuff out. I'm seriously thinking about riding down to Corbin and have them build me a one piece custom pan seat for the '99RSV.....
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    Just a note. The pegs on the MKI's are adjustable forward and aft by about 3 inches. I always swap out the fixed MKII OEM's for the earlier style. They are interchangable. I have 34" inseam and there's room without the bags. Also try lowering the peg shift position to allow shifting up or down without taking your foot off the peg....It's also a bit more comfortable.
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    Cool site, but I wish they'd have added weight to the rider specs. Rear end padding, or lack thereof, will affect the seating position just as much as inseam and height....
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    :sign yeah that::sign yeah that:
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    I think this handicap parking thing is getting way out of hand. I just read an article this morning in the Sacramento Bee concerning the ability to park on downtown streets for free if the car displays a handicap placard, and you'd think that half the city was handicapped. All you need is a Dr.'s signature and the DVM will issue the HC placard. We originally had a parking self serving enforcement group, manned by handicapped people, that had the ability to ticket anyone parking illegally in a handicapped space. The group became a cash cow and now they even patrol residential streets to find possible illegal parking. My wallet is $100 lighter because I had an empty boat trailer up on the curb roll in front of the house several years ago. 6" too close to the sidewalk. So in my opinion this whole handicapped thing is a bunch of BS. Here we have a building code that says a business has to have a ratio of 1:10?? or 1:20?? handicapped spaces to regular spaces. In front of Sam's club there must be 30 HC spaces in front of the store, and I bet 80% of those using those spaces don't need them. Last week I walked past a Corvette in one of the spaces and the gal getting into it looked like she could run a mile or two. Maybe she was married to a HC'd person, but that doesn't mean it was good for her too.... In the case of the motorcycles parking in a HC space at a bar. Give me a break!! When the last time you've seen a wheel chair in a honky tonk saloon. If the bar owner has a MC crowd visiting on a regular basis maybe a MC only space should be made. Divide a regular space into quarters and put a post at both ends to keep cars from parking in it?? Like I said this whole HC thing is out of control. There's a guy here in California that is making a very nice living sueing business' that might not be up to code with ramps, HC restrooms, parking spaces... I guess you can tell I don't like this HC movement much.
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    My guess would be air still in the line. Heats up, expands, and gets mushy.... Cools off when not used and contracts enough to give you some pressure.... I installed a Speed-Bleeder in the rear caliper of my '99. Piece of cake getting the air out.....
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    You'll want to leave the probe in the battery. The lead has a connector that you can unplug and then do the mod. MOF you can put a bullet plug on the end on the resistor wire lead to make a sanitary install....??
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    Some folks just have to much time on their hands......
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    If it is a DEKA try disconnecting the battery from the bike while it's sitting and see if that doesn't make a difference. You may have a drain problem. IF it isn't, not all AGM's are created equal. My '99 came with a 'Bike Master' (made in Taiwan) AGM that wasn't worth a hoot and one month out of warantee. Replaced it with the DEKA and other than the 'kill' symptoms is doing good....
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    Anyone have an 1T engine hoist you can borrow?? I'd loan you mine but it's a little too far away.... Dang I love BBQ's!!!!!
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    I'd be hesitant to use any type of paint remover on a painted bike. Our 1stGens and RSV's are painted. That highway lane paint is tough stuff. I'm not saying this would work, but if the paint is over spray I'd try spraying the area with WD40 and very carefully cut the 'dots' off with a razor blade. Especially if the bike has a good wax job to begin with. When taking a long trip I spray the lowers with PAM. Road crud washes right off. Pledge for the buggy windshield...
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    For $60 bucks it's probably an 'El Cheepo' wet cell, but I'd suggest doing the mod anyway. The battery level sensor is about as worthless as boobs on a bore, and has caused more problems then it's worth. Battery acid levels should be part of regular maintence anyway. I was one of the first members to go with an AGM battery in my '83 way back when, and finding any info on getting rid of the warning light was near impossible. I finally ran into a post on some non-discript website that dealt with disabling the warning light because of a faulty wet cell sensor, took it, and wrote up the tech article for the AGM. I started with an Odyssey PC680, and even did a couple of very popular group buys on them. After a couple of years I changed to a DEKA ETX18L, which had the same footprint as the OEM, and was much better economically. Although I think my '91 is still running an Odyssey?? I put a DEKA ETX20L in my new2me '99RSV...also the same foot print...and it took 2.5 days running to Cody on battery power only to drain it down to 8.9vdc and the bike to die in a small town in Wyoming. I've never seen a battery give that low of a reading unless it sat in a junk yard for a couple of years. This one did. Thought I'd murdered it. Assault-n-battery... That incident made me a big believer in the DEKA. I put it on a charger when I got to Cody and it recovered to full. Amazing!! I have it back in the bike and it's doing OK. Seems to loose it's charge quicker while sitting, but what can I expect after what I put it though. Riding daily isn't a problem. Sorry to wander with old war stories....
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    I have a set that have a faux 1" aluminum stud mounted to the side to give the rubber mounts something to ride on... I've seen posts by other members that have done.. flipped something and jammed the rubber in there...
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    There's always a lot of talk about exhaust noise and what's loud and what's proud. Basically I think even if you did get pulled over, a LEO isn't going to write you up. Noisy exhaust's are an equipment violation. They don't make a thing. You generally have 30 days to correct the problem and get it signed off. Zero money made. They'd rather write a 30 or 40 over ticket and collect the big bucks... I personally don't know any of my riding friends in over 40 years that have gotten a ticket, and some had a ton of bark. You'd probably get some attention if you fired up the beast in a residential area every morning at o530hrs... That said I still have my OEM's hanging out in the garage....
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    I'd try reducing the crank case oil to the middle of the lines on the sight glass while on the center stand. With your oil at the top line it's boarder line overfull....
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    I had mine replace at the beginning of last winter. $300 bucks and that included installation....
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    My '83 didn't leak but had glass that was turning into swiss cheese. Rather than try to fix them I found another set on eBay with clear glass for around $25 bucks. R&R'd the masters and was good to go.... Don't know what caused the swiss cheese effect, but think it might have been the P.O.'s attemp at cleaning them with a non-compatible chem...
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    We lost a couple....3 independants a few years ago, and I'm a little surprised that more 'Brands' didn't go under. Thinking about it... maybe it was because they are all aligned/owned by bigger diversified businesses??? Stand alones just don't have the resources to weather the storm....
  20. Condor
    Pull off the fin cover for the left side. There are a couple of ruber seals that leak on occasion. If the coolant is coming out of the exhaust tip and is going thru the combustion chamber the exhaust will smoke like an SOB....
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    Mine never gave me a problem.... If those settings bother you try 3 and 45, and bounce a little.... Your call....
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    I guess it's OK for our northern brothers to have some sort of identification T-Shirt, but.... maybe consideration could be given to a 'bug' on the sleeve of our next International Rally T's. Canadian's get the leaf, and Yanks get an eagle, Aussie's get the roo.... That way we'd still have a uniform event identity, with a subtle international connection....
  23. Condor
    Set the damper on 4. To get there go from 1-2-3-4, not 4-1 or 1-4 directly. Go to max pressure on the CLASS shock. Mine reads 71# on auto. That should take care of the weight.
  24. Condor
    My rebuilt Bubbs have a great rumble to them, but when I break the sound barrier they get really quiet......
  25. Condor
    Milage is purely subjective and depends on riding style, and conditions. 13,000 on a rear tire ain't too shabby compared to others who have complained. The Venom is a performance tire and traction will be placed at the top of the list, and it does that job very well. If you want something that's going to last forever look around for a harder compound tire, but be prepared to take it easier in the twisties. It's always a trade off. Performance or milage, or somewhere inbetween. But you can't have one with out loosing the other....
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