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  1. Venturous Randy
    This sounds like a problem I had when running Avon Venoms, but I have not heard that problem on the 404's. I really like the Dunlop E-3's. RandyA
  2. Venturous Randy
    You may have a ground problem. Ground wires are black and you can ether check continuity to the battery negative or even jumper a wire from the black wires to the battery negative and see what you get. On these bikes it is pretty common to need to re-solder some terminals in both the CLASS system that controls air pressure and the CMS in the center of your dash, but usually an open solder joint usually only affects one system such as a dim headlight. RandyA
  3. Venturous Randy
    So, you had an encounter with a moron too. In my post, I noted I met a NC Highway Patrolman several miles after my encounter and wish he had been there earlier, especially when the idiot ran me to the edge of the road. You were lucky in all that traffic. RandyAS
  4. Venturous Randy
    This worked for me also. It went to very large print. RandyA
  5. Venturous Randy
    It was a thought, but not knowing the road and wanting to just get away from him, I just wanted him to go on. Given he had already run me to the very edge of the road, there was no way of knowing what he might try next. RandyA
  6. Venturous Randy
    and the faster my rear tire seems to wear out. RandyA
  7. Venturous Randy
    Doug, you are probably about normal on your gas mileage if you are riding pretty aggressive or at interstate speeds. On my trip this week when I was two up and running a lot of mountain roads, I averaged about 46mpg. But if I am running constant interstate speeds at 70 to 75 mph, I will drop down closer to 40mpg. The biggest thing I did to help my gas mileage was to tweek on the needle depth on the slides. I believe I changed mine about .030 deeper and anything more than that caused some hesitation. RandyA
  8. Venturous Randy
    At the moment he slowed and gave me the finger, I only saw him, but Linda said there was another guy with him. RandyA
  9. Venturous Randy
    I have never seen a Clymer manual available on this bike. RandyA
  10. Venturous Randy
    Linda and I decided to take off Tuesday morning without a particular destination for a day or so. After going thru Pigeon Forge for lunch and then down the the Foothills Parkway to 129, this seemed like a good time to show Linda the Dragon as she was wearing my 2nd Vogal Tail of the Dragon t shirt. After a visit at Deal's gap, we continued down 129 then turned north to pick up another mountain road that took us to Robbinsville, NC. Whenever we turned left on the 45mph highway, in a mile or so we had a silver Toyota pickup right on us. In a couple of miles we were turning right and you got it, he turned right behind us. Since we had several hundred feet of straight road in front of us, I slowed to about 15mph and motioned him around. After waving my arm several times, he finally came around and as soon as he was beside me he ran me to the very edge of the road and gave me the finger out the back window. He then took off and after getting a hundred or so feet in front of me, he slams his brakes on. I just slowed down and he finally went on. I really wish I had gotten his tag number as several miles up this narrow two lane road we met a NC Highway Patrolman. It was a bit disconcerting not knowing if we were going to encounter this moron again. I have absolutely no idea what got into him as I was just trying to be nice in slowing down and motioning him around me on a road I had never been on before. RandyA
  11. Venturous Randy
    Did you swap the wires at the coils or at the plugs? If you swapped the wires at the coils, the caps stayed at the same place. If you swapped the wires at the plugs, then you may have moved the problem from one plug to the other one. RandyA
  12. Venturous Randy
    Back in the early 70's I was on Lake Norman, north of Charlotte, NC with my wife and father in law when it blew up a storm. We immediately headed for shore and about a half hour later when we got back to the dock, a sail boat was being towed in that three people had just died in it from a lighting strike. Since then I don't get near the water when a storm is coming. RandyA
  13. Venturous Randy
    So, now you are just a little north of London? Maybe you should put NC after Hertford. RandyA
  14. Venturous Randy
    Yes, this is part of the YICS system. My recomendation is to remove it along with the hoses and get some heavy duty plug caps and plug the connections on the heads. I did this many years ago and wish I had done it sooner. Just make sure they are heavy duty caps or they will break or blow off. RandyA
  15. Venturous Randy
    In the 15+ years and 125,000 miles I have put on my bike, I ran the Jason Mod for several years and in my opinion, removing the YICS and undoing the Jason Mod works best. RandyA
  16. Venturous Randy
    I ocassionally upshift 3rd thru 5th without the clutch and can do it very smoothly by slightly going off the throttle with slight pressure on the shifter. I never downshift without the clutch. RandyA
  17. Venturous Randy
    Tennessee has run on red on a motorcycle if you have waited a reasonable amount of time and the light skips you and it is safe to procede. All states should have this. RandyA
  18. Venturous Randy
    Yeah, the muffin clan are pretty special, well, maybe not pretty, but special. Many in this group have been blessed by knowing them and yeah, mini is a bit of a cutie. RandyA
  19. Venturous Randy
    Prayers sent from east Tennessee. We do appreciate the updates as this has been very saddening and has been very much in our thoughts. Randy & Linda
  20. Venturous Randy
    Good for you Jeff. I wonder if he had one of the cables not slide back up into the housing where the cables come together under the fairing. That almost always happens to me when I am trying to put carbs back on, RandyA
  21. Venturous Randy
    You may want to add about 10 more pounds to the rear and see how that does. Good luck on your ride getting your wife on with you. I know how much my lady friend adds to my rides. RandyA
  22. Venturous Randy
    Linda and I are having a discussion about pulling the little camper down to the Franklin, NC area for Monday and Tuesday and then to Vogal for Wednesday and Thursday night. Linda has to be home Friday evening so we would be leaving out Friday morning. At this time we have not tried to reserve a campsite so we don't even know what is available. So, if anyone was interested in sharing a site for Wednesday and Thursday night, I may be very interested. RandyA
  23. Venturous Randy
    Wow, I was 53 a long time ago. Happy birthday Oldgoat!!! RandyA
  24. Venturous Randy
    A needed up grade is # 4 wires from battery. That helped my hot starting issues several years ago. RandyA
  25. Venturous Randy
    The reason I suggested buying the forks also is because if the transmission is jumping in 2nd gear, usually the fork is bent some too. This guy may also combine parts and save on shipping. There is 3 hours left at this time. RandyA
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