Herb In Texas
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Home from trip with no OVERDRIVE
Herb In Texas replied to vegastruckee's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Good vid. Whoda thunk it. So when it is running you cant hear the noise. the lack of noise in you first post was what led me to think clutch. well shoot no quick fix there. gonna have to split it. -
PRODUCT ALERT "Roadgear tire gauges"
Herb In Texas replied to Seaking's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
I bought a Slime brand gauge a few weeks ago. 0-120 psi went to check the preasure on the gooseneck trlr before I used it and it shot the end out. No second chance I paid 3 times as much for a Milton, and the tire that blew the Slime gauge apart only had 45 psi in it. Rating on those tires is 85 psi so I had about half. Now think about this, had the slime gauge not came apart and was mearly reading a high number say 75 so I put in 10 lbs more now true tire preasure is 55, I'm still 30 psi light. But in not knowing the true state of my tire psi I went on and loaded the trailer to its rated capacity of 14,000 lbs and took off down the interstate at 70 mph. The heat generated by the low preasure situation would cause that tire to come apart and possibly cause an accident. A good tire gauge is cheep when you look at the reality of what can and probably would happen due to poor information. Doubly worse when your on a bike. I have not experienced a catostrphic tire failure on the bike nor do I ever hope to. Tires are your your first most important concern IMHO. Check them often and accurately. Thats my spend it wisely. -
Home from trip with no OVERDRIVE
Herb In Texas replied to vegastruckee's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Have you considered the clutch is slipping in 5th gear. The higher the gear ratio the heavier the load on the clutch. I would think that if you did in fact shell out 5th gear there would be more noise than a sack o fightin cats. -
Since your in Fort Worth why not Honda Kawasaki West out on 820 south of 30? On the west side. I would not buy a new bike there but the parts guys have been good to me. Failing that google Honda directline parts. Im too lazy too chase the link. The guy that runs it is Hal. I haven't traded with them but they get good reviews on the gl1800 riders board.
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I don't know its working for me. but I will try again.
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Guess it worked but how do you get rid of the extranious stuff that moved with it
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Stolen from gl1800 board.
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Notice I said kinda warm. It's not too hot yet this is just the first week of August. Generally it will start to warm up from here. BTW I use a hyperkewl vest at temps above 110. Plenty of water and park in the shade when you can. My Motto "No ice ridin is nice". I have had a thunderstorm or two shut me down for a while. When the wind has you draging a peg to stay upright then its time to wait it out.
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Bike was in the shade at work all day under a carport. when i fired it up and pressed the info button this is what it read.
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I was sittin on the porch just this morning havin my coffee, it was about 4:45am so it should have been quiet. But I kept hearing a slight hissy rythmic sound. Now I live about a mile off the "big road" so we see and hear all type and variaty of wild life. I could not identify what it was. So I got up and did the recon thing. snoopin around being quiet. After abouot 10 minutes I realized it was a very old live oak whistling to the dog.
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I think your 32.5 Distance rider.
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First one is on the dealer floor May of last year. The second is as of today 36,597 miles later. I ain't quit smilin yet neither.
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Nope 31:7_6_3[1]:
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Welcome Hawk! But you know the rules, BTW I think the count is 30.