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    Well, I didn't... And it didn't take long either. Now, those numbers don't surprise me. I couldn't have tossed 'em out but I knew the intervals were up there. That's why I said car/motorcycle. Just Googled "Goldwing oil change interval". Looks like it's 8000 miles on the 1800. Oh well, live and learn.
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    Apparently it's just not my day to crack a joke.
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    Is that a wooden boat in the distance? Hmmmmm?
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    That's great! Tell 'em congratulations for us, Bob.
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    I didn't mean to crank you up this early on a Sunday morning. Sorry about that. I really wasn't disagreeing with you. Honest. I guess I should have put that part toward the beginning of the paragraph. My bad. Personally, I still think it was a typo. Like the carb sync. Little Japanese guy - no speakie engrish. Woops. I don't know of any vehicle manufacturer (cars and bikes) that suggests an 8k oil change interval. But of course I've been wrong before. I expect to be wrong again. Probably soon. I change oil at 4k for dino and 5k for synthetic (because it's easy to remember now that I'm not-young) and I change the filter every time. I am also not willing to sell my bike to anybody. That being said, I'll go off to the corner and sit quietly.
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    Thinking of the carb sync instructions, I'm going with typo. Also, looking at the owner's manual I find that the engine oil simply has a check mark (routine: change) every 4,000 miles. Rear gear oil uses a check for checking and says CHANGE every 16,000. The shop manual, both the pdf and the paper one, lists oil check (routine: replace) at 8k mile intervals. I'm thinking these books were translated by a Japanese guy who doesn't speakie engrish. He sits there and stares off into space, then types something into Babelfish, then copies and pastes what he gets back. (I look off into space and wistfully remember computer manuals from the late 70s and early 80s and think of the Japanese-Engrish dictionary they must have used. Days were the those happy, ahhh.) Hard to argue with that. Hard to argue with that too. Because I like to tinker? I don't change rear gear oil with every oil change. I do, however, change it at least once a year. Why? Well, I average at least 15k miles a year. I usually ride some into December, and start again by early March. I change the gear oil, and do the other 16k stuff some time in January of February. That way I don't wind up riding twice around the block then have to tear the bike down and do a bunch of stuff when I start my personal season. On the other hand I usually wind up doing a valve check every other winter, which is a little bit long. Contrary to the manual, I change filters every time I change the oil. I like it like that. I also blow ten bucks a year on exotic grease. I intend to change from Moly60 to Krytox when I can get some. Why? Because I can. Nobody loves my ride as much as I do. Actually I don't feel I over maintain my bike, but you did mention :stirthepot:
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    Just copy and paste the link as it displays in the message.
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    While it's really just wild speculation on my part, I think that's what Yamaha is working on. I personally suspect it'll be more like the First Gen than the Second (more sport tourer than cruiser). Also, the longer it takes them to come out with it, the more refined it's likely to be.
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    43 Years Today

    Bummer replied to BOO's topic in Watering Hole

    Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Boo!
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    I understood. I also don't feel he's "on my back". And, it is his thread. He can pretend it's deeply scientific and well reasoned if he wants, as long as he doesn't mind if I chuckle.
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    No doubt about it. The worst thing they ever did was discontinue the Cajun Popcorn. I just loved those little fried crawdad tails. (Not up to Cajun standards, no doubt, but as good as it gets in Indiana.)
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    If it works, go for it. I tried something similar, and for thirty five years it worked like a charm. Then I got run over. No beans. No rice. Midnight Venture with passing lamps on but no modulator. Oh well. Now I ride a Black Cherry Venture with a modulator. Beans and rice, optional.
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    Absolutely undeniable.
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    As Brian pointed out, it's your thread. You can call it what you want. To me, it looks like an amateurish attempt at pillorying modulator users. My mistake. I do not find modulators the least bit confusing. Sorry. No citations, no science. I'll read what you can cite, but I'm pretty sure if I Google for nonsense, I'll get Jabberwocky. `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: Yep, sure enough. I'm sorry, but I simply refuse to live my life to the standard of the least common denominator. As has been said, if you don't like modulators, don't run one.
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    Objective? Where? "Modulators are dangerous and that's just that," isn't objective, it's entirely subjective. Defense? I don't feel I need a defense to use a legal item. "Loud pipes save lives" requires a defense. "I use a modulator" does not. Not really. You ginned up one set of questionable statistics. First, you offer no citation. Second, you refer to a modulating low beam. Third, number one was a car. Fourth, and I quote: "because the distances were not significantly different from one another, a strong case cannot be made statistically for one treatment over another." That means they're really pretty much all the same. Fifth, modulating high beam was not on the list. The MSF fired all the actual motorcycle safety experts and kept the businessmen. Rather than strive to become better they spend their time filing suit against anybody else who comes up with a motorcycle safety training course. David Hough has spoken out at great length about this. The MSF is better than nothing, but not by much. You have not shown that a modulating head light is a hazard. All comments of that nature are mere personal opinion. Pony up the studies, along with the source citations, please. I mean, turn signal conversion kits? Not even about the same thing. (Modulators are for the front, not the back.) Loud horns are reactive. Nobody rides down the road with the horn blasting to keep people from pulling out in front of them. Reflective clothing doesn't work until the other guy is close enough to see it, which is a lot closer than required to see a modulating high beam. Plus, reflective clothing requires reflection. Helmets? They don't prevent crashes at all, they're to save your skull when you've smacked it onto something hard. Are you sure you don't want to just leave it at "I don't like 'em"? It'll be ok with me. Over the last five years at least 1,000,000 cars have not turned in front of me. I attribute that to my modulator. Got any evidence it wasn't?
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    Can't hurt to post the details: I prefer the fit of Diamond Gusset's Defender kevlar lined jeans, though I have a pair of Sliders, and a pair of Draggin' Jeans. The Sliders are more baggy cut, the Draggin' jeans are jean cut. The Defenders fit well with the added comfort that maturity can require. The shirt is the Draggin' shirt, in natural. It's ugly with a capital F, but it's kevlar and it's mesh so it's actually pretty cool (temperature wise). On top of that you can soak it down with water and have some serious evaporative cooling when the temps are high.
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    I run a modulator for safety. I have another modulator on my passing lamps set up to modulate when the horn is activated. When I activate my horn(s) the passing lamps come on if they're off and they modulate, while the main headlight stops modulating. I don't care one iota what anybody else thinks about that. I've been run over by an uninvited visitor from the south who couldn't see me with the passing lamps on at twenty feet. I got a crushed left leg leading to ten surgeries and a year of therapy. He got ninety days and wasn't deported. I decide on my safety gear. I do not run my modulator when I'm in, or at the back of a pack of bikes. I do run my modulator when I'm leading a group. I try to balance safety and annoyance. I have an air horn and a set of extra loud electrics. I have a 128 LED ultra bright tail light. I have very bright LED directional signals - they flash in an illegal manner, but people notice them. My wing light has a Back Off wired to flash all the time the brakes are activated. Again, I decide on my safety gear. Even the government's opinion is dismissed. I wear kevlar lined jeans, a kevlar shirt, a carbon fiber full face helmet, safety boots, and gloves. ATGATT.
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    If you don't already have one, or it, you can get a Shop Manual here. You'll want it for the torque specs, if nothing else. It also helps to have a Carbon One lift adapter, with legs, though a lift (with hockey pucks or some 2x4 scraps) will do. Other than that taking the wheels off is really a pretty easy job. While you have the rear off, be sure to pull the center out of the wheel and grease the drive pins. While some may tell you I'm crazy and overdoing it (and I can't actually say they're wrong) I use Honda Moly 60 on those pins. This covers the pins and more.
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    That's pretty close to the date on the rear that was put on in March. It's the front that is the '07.
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    I have the leveling links, so no narrow tire for me, thanks. Either or, but not both. If you get an E3, please post the build date. I just replaced a 150 E3 front because of a cut. The tire I got in March was a 3507. The one I got last week is a 3807. I've been happier. Ride On? Nope. Plus, Dunlop specifically denies warranty claims if sealants have been used. Dunlop also doesn't like dry/liquid balancers, or anything other than air. They also won't warrant cracking more than 48 months after manufacture. Plus, if the tire does have a problem they expect you to take it back to the dealer you got it from, and if it's online you are expected to pay all shipping. I'll be going back to Avons. They may have had some cracking issues, but at least the stood behind the tires without a bunch of run around. I also liked the handling better.
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    Mine came from the Yamaha dealer when I bought the bike(s). They came in a Yamaha box. The rails are the same size. They almost touched the turn signals before I bent 'em to fit better. There's enough room to put the red reflector on in front of where the curved part meets the part that bolts onto the crash bar. The ones online are not them. I checked both the '05 and '06 accessory catalogs. Mine are not like the ones shown with the part info, but they are like the ones in all the photos of the Venture in the catalog. I've never actually seen any like the ones shown online or in the catalog (except for the bike photos).
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    Sounds like good news to me, Eck. Thanks for the update, and thanks for spearheading the repair activity. I also want to thank LilBeaver for the part he's playing. Ya' gotta love the family here.
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    And all we have to do is go to Wyoming.
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    I knew there was a reason to jump quick.
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    Irene and I just reserved a cabin. Gravitate on over. We won't mind.
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