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What do you folk think about plugging the tire and installing a tube? I found a small dealer an hour away that says they do it for $45.00 all the time and have never had a problem. I might do this if the response is good from you all, because I'm not having much luck with SW Moto, still waiting for a shipping date from them. I emailed them this morning and will see what they have to say. I have a ride this Saturday that I wanted to go on.
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heatonmt 2007 venture View My Photo Gallery Has the 07 with 6K miles for sale, $11,500 if he still has it. At that price you could buy a plane ticket, fly there and ride her home. This is a really nice deal........
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A few members are selling their bikes. Check them out, you just might be able to save a few bucks. I don't remember who had the 07 with about 6K miles on her for $11,500, you can do a search and find it. If not maybe he will post here for you.
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I personally would not plug a tire and ride it like it was never plugged. I don’t think it’s a safe thing to do, I only have two tires under me and I don’t want either one of them to blow out on my butt doing 75 or 80 on the freeways. Also my brother lost a leg years back when his front tire blew out, the investigation showed that it blew at the plug, he had a flat and just had it plugged. That being said what do you think, what are your experiences on this?
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Fuse Issue---Lower Faring
Pilot replied to Everette's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
As far as the plastic screw goes it should unscrew a few turns. If it does you should be able to just pull it out with your finger if you can get a finger nail under the head. If you try and drill it it most lickly will just spin as it doesn't have much to hold to in the first place. Lots of people remove the screw and the plastic part that has the male threads on it (the part that the screw goes into. The fairing will stay in place, or you can install a bolt and nut if you want. Now on to your electrical problem, it sounds to me that all of your power problems are coming from the fuse block in the lower right cowling. If the fuses are good and all you are doing is removing and reinstalling the fuse and it works then I would look for a bad connection on the fuse block. Look at the large wire feeding the fuse block and the main power wire. To test this theory the next time you have a problem leave your key on while you play with the fuse block and see if the problem becomes intermittant or goes away. It's possible that your main switch is also going bad, but check the fuse block first. If you still have warranty and you can't solve the issue bring it to a dealer. Good luck Bud. -
Lots of people believe that riding a plugged tire is safe. I'm not one of them and the reason is my brother used to do that until one of this plugged tires blew while he was doing 60mph on RT 11 in NY. Three and a half weeks later he left the hospital. He can't ride any more because he only has one leg left. Just a word to the wise, don't ride a plugged tire. If you have to plug a tire on the road, ride it to the nearest dealer and put a new tire on.
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Wow that site is great, everything you wanted to know about changing bike tires, thanks very much.
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No such thing as plug and play with these. I don't think anyone makes a plug and play on a turn signal conversion. Some are a big pain in the rear to install. Look at it this way if you have to take your signal lights off the bike then it's a pain. I have this one, you don't have to remove your signal lights and it works great. Ooops, forgot to tell you that you will need RED lenses on the back. Two ways to do this, the first is to buy RED lenses, about $5.00 each. The second is to go to your local Wal-Mart, look in the toys section and find the plastic models. There you will find small cans of paint. Buy a can of Transparent Fire Engine Red paint and paint you lenses. One coat on the inside and one on the outside will do it. I read that you can buy Red Condoms that go over the bulbs, but every time I asked the Pharmacist for Red Condoms all I got was a wierd look. http://www.signaldynamics.com/products/Modules/tristarxp.asp
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Depending on how many miles you have on the bike you might be about right. I have 2700 miles on my 07 and I can go around 160 miles before having to switch to reserve. I punched the filler neck on this bike to get in another half gallon or so of fuel. It doesn't seam to matter much if they are city or highway miles so far.
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Are tire levers different for bikes and cars or are they the same? I might have a problem finding tire levers here in Del Rio. You would be supprised at what you can't find in this town.
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One problem with living in Del Rio is that there's one Honda and one Yamaha dealer in town and they are both owned by the same person. No deals to be had in this place. I changed both tires on my 03 when I moved here in January of last year. I removed the tires and brought them in to the Yamaha place to have new ones mounted and they charged me $79.00 each, and I purchased the new tires from them. I was not a happy camper so I am going to try and change them myself, at least try and then maybe bring them in for balancing if I have a problem doing it.
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2700 miles on this bike, I have had 8 bikes in all. I started with a Honda 350 back in 1970. That 350 was a piece of crap and I'm being nice. That thing was in the shop more then on the road, just one thing after another. I switched to Yamaha and have been there ever since. Thought about a Hadley once or twice but didn't have the money.
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I figured it had to be there, I must have missed it. Ordered it just now. Thanks
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Where's the best place to buy a tire, I need the rear, either a Dunlop, Bridgeston or Metzler? I tried Southwest Moto but I can't find a D404 150/90H15 or a 150/90HB15 all I can find is a 130/90H15. Thanks.
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I'm also thinking of changing this tire myself. I have not done this before. How hard is it to change the tire and do you need to balance the rear tire, I don't see any weights on mine? Maybe they didn't need a weight from the factory. I think I read on this site that someone used wood working vises to break the seal, is that correct? Also do you need to put any type of glue on the rim to seal the tire? Any advise from those that have done this is welcome, thanks.
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Do you need to tell them your a member to get the best price?
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I have been riding for a litle over 37 years now and I have never had a flat tire. Well so much for luck, I have one now and the bike only has 2700 miles on it. It doesn't supprise me with all the new houses going up in this area. I have picked up dozens of nails and sheet rock screws in the road while out for walks. Looks like my rear tire found a #8 nail. I'm in the market for a new rear tire, does anyone recommend a dealer with good prices and fast shipping? The local stealer wants $198.00 for a Bridgeston, he's NUTS!
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I don't wear mine while riding, to much noise which makes it hard to hear the music, CB, intercom and phone. It's the wind noise I'm talking about.
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Radio Shack used to carry meters. If not try a CB shop or order one online. $25.00 should do it.
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I have mounted my horn two ways in the location that most people mount them. The first was with the output of the horn facing forwards. This mounting solution affords much more space between the exhaust and puts the connection in back away from the exhaust. It also provides much more room around the exhaust making cleaning the exhause easy. The second mounting solution was the way you now have yours, with the output of the horn facing to the right away from the bike, this makes it hard to clean the exhaust and puts the connections directly above and very close to the exhaust. I also made a bracket and mounted the horn behind and below the passengers right foot rest. I think Larry now makes a bracket to mount the horn in this location. I didn't like the looks of the horn in this location so I moved mine back between the Y of the exhaust where yours is now. I used 90 degree connectors because bending straight ones may weaken the connector and I didn't want them to break loose later. I just used wire ties to pull the wires away from any thing that they might rub on and attached them to the existing wire bundle that has the ground wire in it. I'm still looking at other locations because I'm not happy with the current mounting location.
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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108 (FMVSS 108) regulates all automotive lighting, signalling and reflective devices in the United States. Like all other Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, FMVSS 108 is administered by the United States Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Canada's analogous regulation is called Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108 (CMVSS 108), and is very similar to FMVSS 108. The primary differences are: CMVSS 108 requires daytime running lamps on all vehicles made since 1 January 1990, while FMVSS 108 merely permits DRLs CMVSS 108, through an adjunct called CMVSS 108.1, permits European Headlamps while FMVSS 108 prohibits them. Both standards differ markedly from the ECE ("European") standards used in most other countries worldwide, not only in technical provisions, terminology, and requirements, but in format: Each European standard deals with only one type of device, while the single U.S. and Canadian standards regulate all devices. This code is very hard to understand I think you have to be a lawyer or a witch doctor but if you want to read it hear you are. Do a search CMVSS 108 and you will have the Canadian law to read. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Motor_Vehicle_Safety_Standard_108
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Bill the Elite series from J&M are great. I'm also very hard of hearing and wear hearing aids but not when I'm riding. I have found these to be very high caliber, a bit pricy but worth it as far as I'm concerned. I can hear every thing very clearly if the volume is up. http://www.jmcorp.com/SeeProducts.asp?PF=08
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RSV Saddlebag Side Rails_Lowering
Pilot replied to Long Tall's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
It just looks like it will be close, you can enlarge the hole in the rail for a bit more room and drill towards the inside away from the edge. There is foam on the back of the seat mounting rail but it will compress. You'll get it. -
Heatonmt has his 07 for sale for $11,500 with 6k miles on it, real good price so the 01 is way to expensive. Here's the link: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=19730&highlight=2007