Venturous Randy

As you know, when you put the pointer on the back button and hold it down, it will show open pages, including the ads. Note the exact listing on the ones that you do not want and then go to the restricted site listings and add these and they won't come back up. RandyA

The white jug is what I use in my 83 and it should show various vehicles, such as lawn mowers, motorcycles and diesel trucks. Keep in mind that you don't get a more hostile environment on the bearings than a diesel truck engine. I also noticed that what whine I had seems less with this oil. I also use this oil in my 03 Infiniti and in Linda's Toyota van. And, it is about $13 for a gallon at Walmart. RandyA

OK, are you talking about the number of splines in the sleeve? To put the V-Max rear on your MKII 1st gen, you will need a different plastic dust cover that goes on the wheel. Other than that, it should be a direct bolt up and you will use your MKII driveshaft. I will see if I still have the plastic bag with the part number on it for the dust cover. It is fun with the V-Max rear as long as your passenger does not mind the front wheel coming off the ground in 2nd gear. Did that with Linda yesterday accelerating to match traffic and was not getting on it real hard. RandyA

I hope it makes your wife happy now. RandyA

It does not matter whether the pinion gear has 9 teeth, 10 teeth, 5 teeth or 20 teeth, the speedometer will read the same if the ring gear stays the same, 33 teeth. In one revolution of the wheel, there are 33 RING gear teeth that will pass a given point. For EACH ring gear tooth, there is ONE pinion gear tooth that matches. Therefore, for each RING gear tooth that advances, one pinion tooth advances. So, for the ring gear to make one revolution, the pinion will have 33 teeth that passes the sensor. The sensor does not read the number of revolutions the pinion makes, it reads the number of teeth that passes by and that is ONE tooth on the pinion for ONE tooth on the ring gear. It does not matter which gear is the drive gear or the driven gear. It is simply counting teeth. RandyA

Did you get a new one or one from one of the links I sent you? RandyA

Did you change tire size or something? Mechanically speaking, it will not make any difference in your speedometer reading. You do realize that your speedometer was off before you changed to the V-Max rear, if it was normal like other bikes like yours. RandyA

I have had a friend's Goldwing in my garage since last summer that has the gears that the starter goes into being broke. We were about ready to pull the engine and got involved in other things and he was not sure what he wanted to do, so it has been taking up space. It is a 96 1500 with reverse and a nice looking bike. He bought an RSV and he loves it. At this point I plan on fixing the gears and rebuild the carbs and getting it running good and selling it. I do know a guy that triked his 1200 Goldwing and did a real nice job on it. I have been thinking about talking to him and see what it would take to trike this one. Anyway, since I don't have enough to do, I now have another project to play with. RandyA

Ouch, looks like you did a high side and that can hurt. RandyA

for a friend. Any suggestions on a supplier for a new one? Thanks RandyA

Doing this would get you close, but I would still do a sync on the bike. RandyA

I have looked forward to your posts and pictures. I have to say that I envy you on this trip and would love to do something like this sometime. RandyA

Not on my bike, how about putting your bike in your header? RandyA

How about an anti-theft system? RandyA

On the back side of the handlebars, not sure which side without looking. It covers the wiring and hoses. RandyA

The final drive. During acceleration, you will have proper gear spacing, but during deceleration, the proper gear spacing goes away. If this is the case, it will probably be cheaper to pick up another final drive rather than trying to fix yours. RandyA

My 83 has 162,000+ miles and has a slight whine sometimes, which is typical of square cut gears. I do believe that by going to Shell Rotella T oil that it is noticeably quieter. RandyA

Do not put Rain-X on as it can damage the coating on your windshield. RandyA

I suspect you have a broken pinion nut in the rearend. You will need to pull the rear wheel and the rearend and generally the driveshaft will come out with the rearend as the seal holds it in. RandyA

Sitting here watching the grass grow. I wanted to wait closer to the weekend to mow, but have 60% chance of rain today and tomorrow. The weather has been beautiful the last couple of days, but Linda has had her grand kids here. We are having record cold temps at night at about 55 degrees. It is already feeling fallish. RandyA

9 Months Later... Keith decided to go skiing with his buddy, Bob. So they loaded up Keith's minivan and headed north. After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard. They pulled into a nearby farm and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night. 'I realize its terrible weather out there and I have this huge house allto myself, but I'm recently widowed,' she explained. 'I'm afraid the neighbors will talk if I let you stay in my house.' 'Don't worry,' Keith said, 'We'll be happy to sleep in the barn, and if the weather breaks, we'll be gone at first light.' The lady agreed, and the two men found their way to the barn and settled in for the night. Come morning, the weather had cleared, and they got on their way. They enjoyed a great weekend of skiing. But about nine months later, Keith got an unexpected letter from an attorney. It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally determined that it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he had met on the ski weekend. He dropped in on his friend Bob and asked, 'Bob, do you remember that good-looking widow from the farm we stayed at on our ski holiday up north about 9 months ago?' 'Yes, I do.' said Bob 'Did you, ER, happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the house and pay her a visit?' 'Well, um, yes!,' Bob said, a little embarrassed about being found out, 'I have to admit that I did.' 'And did you happen to give her my name instead of telling her your name?' Bob's face turned beet red and he said, 'Yeah, look, I'm sorry, buddy, I'm afraid I did. Why do you ask?' 'She just died and left me everything.' And you thought the ending would be different, didn't you?... You know you smiled... now keep that smile for the rest of the day!

Good for you Alan, now how about putting what you ride in your heading with your name and we will know what you got. RandyA

Could not open. RandyA

Probably just needs resoldering. This is pretty typical on these bikes. Someone that has done it will chime in and tell what you need to do. RandyA