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What, what , what,,,,, WHAT did he ask you ???????????? O.K. - O.K. - the air is a little thin here in Greenland! I bet he asked you if he could buy a new Venture and you said yes - Right?
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I was wondering why it tasted so funny I´ll bring Agatha with me just in case. Sad story though - Her hubby is from Faroe Islands and looks at her as some kind of a posession and abuses her. She told me all about it tonight and I held her in my arms while she was shedding her tears. Wondering what to do,,,,,,,, Really feel like paying him a visit though I do know that it is not a good idea. After only two days here I love her like my mother. Such a sweet solid person. I did advice her to press charges next time he does this or at least run and come over to my place. I feel helpless in this situation to say the least. Don´t think that b*****g the living daylights out of him will do any good even though I am up to it. Sorry to burden you with this but had to share it.
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Thats for escaping the polar bears!!!!!!!!!
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Greetings fellow members. Of all the places in the world my company sent me to Greenland. Ain´t I lucky? We have projects in USA, Panama, Jamaica, Norway, Denmark and Iceland and I got the lucky draw - GREENLAND of all places. Haven´t yet figured out what I did wrong! We are building a water power plant for the town of Sisimiut on the West coast of Greenland for 6.000 inhabitants. The project side is in an isolated fjord 45 miles from the town of Sisimiut and the only way to get to the project side is on snowscooters at this time of year since the fjords are frosen one meter solid. We are having an icebraker brake the ice on Sunday and hopefully we will be lucky enough to be able to sail to the site after next week. I am taking care of business in the town - that is getting all supplies over to the site, organising transport, hiring subcontractors and so forth. The town is not very clean to say the least and the roads all together not much more than around 10 miles if you count every street and alley. Boy do I feel trapped in and lonly. No motorcycles over 50 cubic inches allowed in Greenland. They did allow them before but the natives drove them like snowscooters and were constantly killing themselves and pedestrians so they banned them. Just could not imagine myself settling down in a place like that. Will be staying here till the 28th. of May and then heading home to meet my family for a couple of days and then VOLLA - "USA Freebirds Maintenance Day" here I come!!!! That is actually keeping me from loosing my mental health. Can´t wait to meet you all. Weather today - Minus 12C°. Brrrrr,,, cold,,,,,,,, Attached a couple of pictures just for fun. One of my house, another one of the village and the last but not least of my housekeeper. A lovely lady named Agatha that takes really good care of me. Cooks all my meals, does the shopping, washes my clothes and is just like a mother to me. Always smiling and in a good mood. Would be completely lost without her. Reminds me - Big Tom - will you do my laundry when I come over to your place in June??????????????????????????????
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Yep ! 28MM on the early ones, and 32 MM on the later ones. Lynn the Pegscraper wrote an excellent article about this in the tech section. Thoroughly explained to say the least. He has done this to his 1996 Royal Star so he knows all the fabs that needed to be done.
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Goose must have meant to say: but the 2005 and later RSTDs instead of but the 95 and later RSTDs . I think that the following is correct and please "anybody" let us know if I am wrong. Note - I am excluding the First Generation: The Royal Star was made from 1996 to 2001 with a 67 hp engine. The Royal Star Venture was made from 1999 to present with the 96 hp engine. The Royal Star Tour Deluxe was made from 2005 to present with the 96 hp engine. The 1996 to 2001 model came in different versions and were named for example: Tour Classic II Tour Deluxe Standard Boulevard They all had the same engine output 67 hp but could have a different setup like different sidebags, exhaust and add ons.
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There we go Condor. Couldn´t agree more. It is not going to make any difference if the site is going to loose members. Only the core members count financially - that is those who have interest in this site and the fellowship and helpfulness and have contributed when needed. And like you said - anybody can find a way to contribute 12 $.
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Well, I am not sure that the number of members will decline in the coming time since there is a registration fee. But I do agree that there has to be a trial period for the site. Like the Venturers.org have 14 days trial. And note - They have roughly 5.700 members and a 20 US$ yearly fee and they are growing every year. Once people see what is inside the VR.ORG they will be wanting to have future access, at least that is what I thought when I joined about one and a half years ago. Actually the first thing I asked about was: Who is paying for all this and where does the money come from. Pretty soon found out that most of the heat was on Don´s shoulders. I am at least happy that Don came to the conclusion of asking for membership fee. I think this was just a matter of time since the site has grown rapidly. It will take years for him to cover the money he has personally put into this site that is if he ever will recover, not to mention the unpaid time spent. Remember the money Don has spent on keeping this site up and running is not being spent on him or his family and the same goes for the time he spent. The time and money has been spent on the site for us. Therefore I believe we should contribute as much as we can. Some have a lot - others have little to give but every dollar counts. I am not a rich man but will always reach out and help a friend if I can - In my books that is what a friend is for. To be able to do that I have simply quit spending money on some things I can do without and use them for donating instead.We all spend money on something we can do without. For example - lets buy one less six pack of beer - Unsubscribe our entertainment magazine - and the list goes on and on. Don has done more for me by creating this site and keeping it up and running, than I can ever do for him. Lets all do our utmost to help.
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Tour Classic leather saddlebags
StarFan replied to recrowl's topic in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk
These bags rarely show up on eBay. Think I have only seen them once last year. But another option is to replace them with the Tour DeLuxe/Venture hardbags. I have a set of hardbags for my 1998 Tour Classic II and they are a bolt on with no adjustments needed. Only need to paint them to match the bikes color. -
So Eck. Have you gotten yourself another scoot ? Come on - don´t torture us,,,,,,,,,,
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Nice job Earl. Happy that you have enjoyed your time off and I hope that you find a job when it suits you. Getting closer to MD Day and looking forward to meet you and Jean.
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Don´t know the prices but that sure is one good looking trailer. Congrats!
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Well Don Today I actually don´t believe a thing I am told after gotten cheated out of bed this morning at 6:00 hours by a friends SMS. Polar Bears spotted on the north coast (where my hobby farm is) live coverage on TV. Was standing in the middle of the den on my underwear clicking all the remote controls, trying to find the right TV channel with the live coverage when my wife called from the bedroom saying: Honey - get back to bed - it was the 31st. of March yesterday and you are a big boy so you should be able to figure out the date today !
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Hmmmmmmmmmm,,,, What day is it today ?
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Need a speedo from a Royal Star Tour Deluxe 2005 to present. Posted an ad in the classified but wanted to let you guys know of my search. If anybody has one or knows of one that is available then please PM me or post here below. Thanks in advance,
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I will settle for a picture of the wife. Then I´ll decide.
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Denis. I am also not a mechanic but I removed the tire and removed the whole rear end away. Had half a bike sitting there and thought: how will I be able to get this all together? Did it step by step using the manual as well as the tech library here on VR.ORG as well as common sense. Had no problems - just took my time. So just do it. Start by removing the tire and do the splines and the hub pins. Just leave the final drive for now.Most likely wont need any service anyways. My bike is ten years old with 12.000 miles and the drive shaft splines were still greased enough. By the way - Great looking bike you have - Cant figure out why in the world you would want to put a car tire on this beauty??
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What about running Seafoam through the oil for cleaning up the friction plates? I called Seafoam about a year ago and asked about this and they said it was quite O.K. to do this. Don´t think though that you can substitute the oil with pure Seafoam since I am not sure if Seafoam has any lubricants in it. Has anybody of you guys tried this? Note I would not try this unless I had 100% guidance from Seafoam or somebody with full knowledge. Wouldn´t it be right to assume that in time there would be a build up (thin layer) on the plates from the hot oil seperating that would cause slippage and could/should be cleaned off. Especially if the wrong oil is used? Any thoughts?
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Take the fairing to a qualified auto paint shop. Ask them for advice. They can surely tell you if it is possible to buff this out or if you need a new clear coat. Preparing and clear coating the fairings should not cost that much if you dismantle and put back on yourself. Have them tell you what to do since it is difficult to advice on such a thing without seeing it.
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This particular bike was sold on eBay around two or three months ago.
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Bought my first Royal Star Tour Classic II 1998 with 9.527 miles December 7th. 2007.Shipped it to Iceland and the bike arrived here in the end of March 2008. Now has 11.859 miles on it and it is snowing outside. Will not be able to do much riding here in Iceland this summer since I will most likely be working in Greenland this summer. Bought my second Royal Star Tour Classic II 1998 with 18.670 miles, April 13th. 2008. Stationed in Woodstock, NY and waiting for my arrival in June for Freebirds Maintenance Day. Now has 18.863 miles since my mechanic had to take it for a spin after going through it and fixing some light damages. Both bikes are exactly the same - Camellia Green / Beige. Just love the older Royal Stars.
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I use a swedge rod that one can change the reading plates when extending the rod. Took it to a friend of mine who has a high end "click wrench" and we did some accuracy tests. Mine was around 5% off and is accurate enough for me. A good Click wrench in Iceland costs around 400 US$ but I got this one for 90 US$ and it does everything I need to do. I only use this for critical points like axles etc,. And I use "Lock Tite" the mildest version on most accessory and body part bolts. Never had a bolt get loose on my bike after putting the stuff on.
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Glad to hear that you and your loved ones are O.K. Lutz. Get ready for the postman late next week.
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Guys, guys. I do fully understand your frustration but I think this is getting a little to political. Lets remember Freebirds note the other day regarding political posts and show him the respect of avoiding posting political posts. Please by all means don´t take this personally. From my behalf this is only meant as a friendly advice, no harm meant. If anybody takes this any other way then I do apologize.
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Glad that I could be of some help. Now remember that when you have pulled the driveshaft out of the frame tubing and greased it and you are ready to slide it back in you have to raise the yoke that is inside the frame tubing so the shaft will slide in. If you don´t do that the the shaft can go above the yoke and will therefore not engage (i have been there). On the top front of the tubing is a hole that is covered by a rubber plug. Remove the plug and use a coathanger wire or simply some kind of small size metal rod (I used an allen key) to hold the yoke up in the middle of the tubing. Then carefully slide the driveshaft in the tubing and hopefully it will slide right in the yoke. Note this might take two or three tries and it is better to have somebody help keeping the yoke in the middle while you slide the shaft in. and you might also have to turn the shaft just a little bit for the splines to fit each other. Note that you should first attach the driveshaft to the differential and then slide it in the frame tubing according to the manual. I tried both and found the manual to be right. Here are some extra pictures and info you might find helpful: