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  1. Condor
    First time it's ever happened to me. Now I know...
  2. Condor
    Nice looking '85. But with that 2ndGear problem it's going to be a hard sell. Value somewhere between 1200 to 1400 bucks.
  3. Condor
    Why am I having to wait for the video to convert??? And to what?? But.... Way too cool once it did...
  4. Condor
    Man, Youse guys are a tough crowd to play to.....
  5. Condor
    If the dealer can't get them for cheep he's not going to waste his time, and right now the market is soft on any type collectable . As for Ebay you can state a no return policy in your item discription. All sales final, and take paypal only. Only list 5 or 6 items per week. It get's confusing keeping track of any more. I don't know how some of those sellers do it?? Paypal does have a complaint policy, but if the item is packed very well, and if it arrives unbroken, the seller doesn't have much recourse.
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    Yeah, I'd like to hear what's on their itinerary, if anything, when they roll through Sacramento?? Love to look at those old military jeeps. Used to run around in a '53 way back in my 20's... Actually after looking at their planed stops it looks like the closest they'll get to Sac is Placerville, and then on to Stockton and finally to SF.
  7. Condor
    Finaly closed at $66.00 total... The buyer could have gotten it here for $60.... Wadda deal.... He'd a saved half the yearly membership fee...
  8. Condor
    I found this on Ebay. FORK BRACE It'll be closing soon, and it's already more than..OK, not by much ...so far... our group buy brace. See what a great deal you guys are getting by belonging to VR.org....
  9. Condor

    Whatcha think

    Condor replied to Condor's topic in Watering Hole

    Like I said it really yanked on my emotions. It already had the 240 rear. It was purddy....
  10. Condor
    Replace the crush washer. If you don't have one, it should have one. If you do, then it needs to be replaced. You might try a Honda dealer for the washer. They seem to have a better price on them. Do NOT over torque the plug. You could strip out the threads which are aluminum. You might also have too much gear oil in the final??
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    Whatcha think

    Condor replied to Condor's topic in Watering Hole

    Any milage less than 17,000 doesn't make up for a $3,000+ difference. I went and really scrutinized the Ebay bike. It looked new in every respect..... and when the smoke cleared the high bid stayed at $7,100. The same as when I ran acrossed it. However... the end result was, I didn't bid on it. Here's my final rational. The bike was being sold by a dealer and with taxes and registration the final out the door was going to be pushing $8,000, and this was for a bike that was.. outside of the FI and chrome... pretty bare bones in design. For that kind of money I could find a private party 2000-2003 RSV with not that many more miles. I gotta admit though that puppy really tugged on my emotions. The one thing I liked about it was it sat big. Much bigger than an RSV, and in my particular case I like big things. Anyway that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
  12. Condor
    12.5VDC is not a fully charged battery. Charge it and then see what happens.
  13. Condor

    Whatcha think

    Condor replied to Condor's topic in Watering Hole

    Hmmm... Graphite lube??? That must be it..
  14. Condor
    So what you're saying Squeeze, is that it's electrically powered?? I thought it would be more of a fixed magnet trigger, and really not a coil at all, but then again I've never had one in the palm of my hand. I have installed tach sensors that read pulses off flywheel teeth, and that's all they are. A magnet that creates a variable pulse that's read by the tach processor. I guess I'll keep my mouth shut until I actually capture one, and can tear it apart.
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    Whatcha think

    Condor replied to Condor's topic in Watering Hole

    With a 35" inseam I don't have any trouble flat footing even a 1stGen....
  16. Condor
    So I'm wondering. The guy that bought your old '99. What's he doing if you've been picking up the yearly registration fees?? He must not be getting the annual bill, and running around with expired tags??? Around here the annual bill will stop once the title has been changed over to the new owner...
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    I've been casually interested in the Stratoliners for a while now. Once in a while I'll do a search on Ebay. This morning this show'd up STRATOLINER. It's located about a mile away so I went over to look at it. It's clean..flawless.., but when I looked at the ignition key area it was grubbier than all get out. Touched it with my finger and it came back black with oil... or road grime?? But that was it for the whole bike. Otherwise with 17K on it, it's still like new, and so far the bidding on the big E is at $7100, which is about trade-in value. I really don't know what to do. Do I say screw it, and if I'm going to buy anything, make it an early 2-Venture which comes with a lot more accessories?? I'll never be able to afford a new RSV. I do like the Strat's styling..and for me it sits good. One thing that bothers me is of the strats I've seen for sale... 2006's mostly... are all low milers. A bunch at 3-4,000 miles. Some a little more, and some a little less. Is the bike that bad of a road machine that they're all garage queens??? I donno, I'd hate to buy a pig in a poke. Yeah I know... I'm a wuss...
  18. Condor
    It may be nothing more than the plug being different... maybe more?? But for $20 bucks I think it'd be worth the gamble.... but that's just me, you can do what you want. If it doesn't work you're not out a lot, but if it does you'll save a ton.
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    I just ran into this on Ebay. #120442357130 It's off a 2005RSV but I bet it's the same pickup assembly??? I'd ask around to see if the thing is interchangable with the one from a 1stGen, but even if no one knows, for $20 bucks it's worth a shot....
  20. Condor
    By bad. I thought you were refering to the ignition coils instead of the pick up assembly. My parts manual is for the '93... 3UF-81670-00-00 Pickup Assembly
  21. Condor
    My manual for the '93 shows 4 coils????
  22. Condor
    Did you check your kill switch??
  23. Condor
    You can reuse them if you're carefull taking them out. On the '83 I buggered one up and had to replace it. Found one at a local independant shop. Different material, but it works fine. I understand that Yamaha is now using that silvery material instead of the copper.
  24. Condor
    I think no matter what you do on the washer mod, high speeds and pulling grades will be the death knell to MPG's. Especially anything over 70 in 5th gear. I also think that no matter how you ride your gas milage will probably be better after the mods. It would have been better to run that route before the mod and then after to get a good comparison..... I think....
  25. Condor
    Yep, sounds like the gasket sleeves are still in the OEM mufflers. If anything the MAC's are a tad to tight to fit over the collector tubes.. I had to expand the pipe on the MAC's to get them to slide on the collector of the '91....with the gasket in place... The '83 fit perfect. I guess it all depends on the thickness of the gasket wall??
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