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  1. Ol Erns
    I've had one since July and have it mounted on the bike. It works great, choose between XM or what you've put on the MP3. Will even record songs to the MP3 from XM. Downside is it is very difficult to operate while on the bike with all the combinations of button to push just to change the channel. Does come with a remote, so if you got the navigator along she can also be in charge of what you listen to.......I think its a conspiracy.........her or music or the game and she's in charge of the remote? Ol' Erns
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    Quiting is how I got my RSV. I had wanted a new bike (had an '85 Wing) for some time. The war dept (my kindly wife) and I came to an agreement.......6 months smoke free, honestly smoke free, and she'd at least give her blessing for the new bike. That was September 2003. Spring '04 I got the brand spanking new RSV. I've really enjoyed being smoke free since. Even our bars, before the state went smoke free, were smoke free. You could go out and not come home smelling like an ashtray. No offense here, but I never realized how much I smelled when I was a smoker. That's one of biggest things I've noticed. Good luck! Hard work, determination, and an obvious life long reward are your for the taking!!!! Ol' Erns
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    can you estimate how much of your riding was two up and have you pulled a trailer with them on? I'd be interested to see how they faired. I only got 6k on the last Dunlop but somewhere around 5.5k was done two and with a trailer. Thanks, Erns
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    I also tried a d404 after the brickstone wore out. Put it on July 25th and put on two trips, just over 6000 miles, two up and pulling the shopping cart (trailer) and the tire is shot. I can finish this season, maybe couple hundred miles more, on this tire..........then I'll go for the Avon. I am already planning for this winters "what I'm gonna buy and put on the scoot for spring". I envy those that can ride year round!!!:(:(
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    This probably is too late for you to meet with the adjuster, but last year, June, I totaled my 04 Midnight after a very, very close encounter with a deer. Progressive paid me $13,900 for the bike. Not a lot of extras, but a few. Very very clean. New (less than 100 miles) rear tire. Less than 10000 on the ticker. Hope this helps and I hope you can do better than I did. Erns
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    so you're saying that you had experience operating top heavy vehicles prior to an RSV?
  7. Ol Erns
    Get a good nights sleep. Get a haircut. Suit and tie......tie a minimum. Decent shoes. No tennis shoes. if your shoes can be shined, shine them. Be outgoing, smile, even though your nervous. Shake hands with the members of the interview panel. Sit up straight. Feet on the floor. Profess your willingness to learn, your positive outlook. Lots of energy to do what it takes. Don't get too personal. Be prepared "Name something good about you and one bad thing about you" or "tell us about something that didn't go right and how you'd do it differently". Be familiar with the county, their administrative staff. Be prepared "why should we hire you over someone else". Good Luck!!!!!! Erns
  8. Ol Erns
    I also have the standard hitch, well over 10,000 miles on the trailer. haven't had any issues yet. That includes getting things over pretty far in the mountain switchbacks. Matter of fact was just down to Branson, MO and Eureka Springs this past weekend. Just under 2000 miles. No problems. Lots of rain, but what a neat area. Erns
  9. Ol Erns
    When I was in Sturgis I spoke with a factory rep at the Yamaha display. I asked about the fuel injection His reply was "it's very possible, we'll just have to wait and see".
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    Does it count as a drop if you aren't on the bike when it goes over? Was parked precariously on a side hill, putting the trailer on and closed the coupling and was just putting the lock on when she tipped over!?! Of course no damage but a wee bit embarassing.
  11. Ol Erns
    as long as I am not over 70mph. 70 seems to be the magic number. Get over that, as we did on our trip, 3395 miles door to door, 2 up and the trailer, I got in the upper 20's or low 30's. The only thing that varied between some gas stops was the terrain. Western South Dakota hills, upper 20's. Eastern South Dakota and Eastern Montana and N. Dakota, flatter, lower 30's. Still cheaper, and loads more fun than in any cage. Of course there were times when that AC in the cages looked awfully good. I'll see if I can get some of the 250 plus pictures that were taken of our trip. Some of the most interesting, near Darby, MT was watching them fight a forest fire. Erns
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    I also switched out the OEM Bridgestone for a dunlop. So far so good. Did just a hair under 4000 miles going out west and stopped Sturgis on the way back. It still looks like I just put it on. A riding buddy runs Elite III's on his Valk but I couldn't find the size to fit the venture, and they only listed radials. But at the factory display in Sturgis, it listed a bias replacement for the venture. Anyone running the Elite III's and how are they doing for them so far?
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    Do you have a radio shack nearby? They will have them if the salesperson knows what you're talking about. Mornings are usually better since the manager or owner is usually around. The last time I was in they didn't know what I was talking about. Went by the local radio shop (motorola radio dealer) Gave me a handfull of all of them at no charge. Offered to pay for them, he said they are so cheap, he'd spend more time writing it up than it was worth. good luck. Ol'Erns
  14. Ol Erns
    I did the hair dryer and the WD-40 thing. About 5 minutes. You never knew it was there. I am going to remove the intercom cable from the tank next. Same, except the addition of fishing line. Erns
  15. Ol Erns
    If I may, and maybe you already replied to this, but honestly this sounds like a fuel problem. Old gas, whether you stabilized it or not will cause the conditons you described. I have owned several sleds and currently have three for my riding pleasure. Each season, which will soon be upon us, I go through the same ritual of getting the sleds started for the first time. I will have previously drained or removed almost all of the gas from the tank and resupplied it with fresh, 92 octane fuel. The other fuels have a shorter "shelf" life due to the additives. I will always try to start on the plugs left in it, but always have a fresh set on hand. I will remove the plugs and with either 40:1 ratio gas, either with spray bottle or filler put approx. 1/2 oz in each cyclinder. Put the plugs back in and pull. It will most likely start and run until it runs out of gas. I will repeat this three to four times until it has had the opportunity to to draw fuel from the tank on its own. The fuel pump works off the engine, creating vacuum, pulling fuel from the tank, to the fuel pump and then to the carb(s). Now the warning....as always when dealing with gas in this fashion, it is easy to spill it, possibly onto the exhaust and you could have a flash fire. That is why I like the spray bottle. Four or five squirts in each cyclinder will usually do it. On my 340 fan, it usually only takes one series as described. My 700 twin moutain sled will take two to three of the series. I also maintain our Departments 7 sleds, and every fall, which we just did yesterday, is started the same way for the first time. And when you put it away for the season, don't forget to fog the motor. If you think you've ate a piston, two ways to find out. 1. you will have aluminum on the spark plug 2. a flashlight and looking down through the spark plug hole. 2- strokes will have a heavily carboned piston. If its got a whole in it you will easily see the shinier aluminum. Just my two cents, good luck and when you get it running enjoy. For us Northerners it "almost" makes up for the inability to ride the bike.
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