Hummingbird
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GREAT looking bike but it's missing a few things - w/s, fairing, am/fm, bags and most important - where's the CASSETTE ?
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Aux fuse box or inline?
Hummingbird replied to Dave77459's topic in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk
I thought the object of a fuse block was to allow extra protected power outlets. Doubling the fuse is redundant but it's done all the time. my theory is that every time you have an extra connection, you have one more possible link for corrosion and failure. jmho & -
I rode GW's almost forever til I found my first Yamaha 650 V Star, then an 1100 V Star and now the Venture. All 3 within 3 months 2 years ago and never liked any of the wings as much as I do my current ride.
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right back atcha !! You'll find the $12 membership fee to be the best money spent in years !!
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I suppose I should explain my original post. Saturday, while out for a leisurely ride with one other bike we turned onto a known twistie state highway. We had traveled a couple miles at 50 - 55 mph and just enjoying the day. As I always do when I'm in the lead, I keep an eye on the rear view for 2 reasons, one for traffic and one for whomever is riding with me. As we straightened out from a long curve I looked and saw numerous headlights. I thought they were the group of Harleys we had encountered earlier. I was wrong. The very next thing I heard was a singer sewing machine on steroids right beside me. darn near crapped, then another and another. Three of them passed me on a double yellow and a 4th was beside me and decided to go ahead before the oncoming car met us. He made and by that time I looked back and saw that Bill had pulled into the bicycle lane and slowed considerably. I did as well and the allowed the rest of the 10 bikes to pass unobstructed. Maybe half of the bikes had passengers and I can only imagine how they felt being thrown into a situation where their life was TOTALLY in the hands of someone they theoretically trusted. It didn't take but moments for them to disappear as they were then playing catchup with their lead bike. I just can't get it in my head that they were having a nice ride.
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perhaps he was dyslexic as well as stoooopid -
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at this point of the discussion it is just rhetoric - there are no legal presidents referenced and it appears that all of the negative rhetoric is from ones that WOULD NOT run a ct on their bike for one reason or another. I have a Kumho on my Venture, and if somebody runs over me, how does my having a ct make that person any less liable ? Perhaps my add-on led's blinded him or the non factory passing lamps distracted him, or even the fact that my Midnight Venture is not solid black anymore was the cause of the accident. Without legal president, this is all just talk.
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I know I'll be spat upon for this but I think it needs to be said just to bring things into proper perspective. Occasionally, there are threads about the idiotic cagers colliding with a bike. Usually it's deemed the cages fault because they are in a cage and not on a bike, however, in other threads, it's mentioned how fast one can go on a bike either on the straight away or tackling some twisties. This causes me to wonder if there is shared responsibility or if it always the cages fault when we as operators act like we're running the Datona 500 on bikes on public highways and subjecting ourselves to unsuspecting cagers. Ok - fire away --
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That picture reminds me of the blonde that locked her keys in her convertable with the top down and called a locksmith.
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That takes some of the eclusiveness (sp) out of owning a numbered Millenium - not good
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I really don't understand all the comments about the kumho on a Venture. I know that 150 miles isn't much of a test run ( compared to 1000 miles or so) but I can hardly tell there's something different on the rear of the bike. I know I don't ride like some on here, I'm really laid back and the 150 miles we rode today took almost 5 hours including a nearly 1 hour stop for lunch and ice cream. I guess in my part of Ohio we are blessed with miles and miles of state and county roads that have twisties as well as some pretty nice hills and can be biked at 30 to 50 mph without the fear of being run over by traffic. Bottom line, the Kumho will probably develop dry rot before it wears out
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Condor - we stayed a the Vallarta Palace in Nuevo Vallarta ( about 15 minutes North of PV ) everything was paid for with the exception of a couple Vallarta tours we took. Linda went swimming with the dolphins ( $150 ) and we took another Catamaran ride that included a show and candle light dinner on the beach ( $160 ). All of our food was included ( 7 restaurants )as well as all the mixed drinks and beer and wine we could drink. After we got back I looked on the net to see what it cost - ( $360 a day - ouch ) I don't think I'll be doing that again. Did I mention that the trip was a gift to us ?? air fare included ?? maybe I did give my son all the toys he wanted when he was a kid ? Payback isn't always bad !!
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Let me know what you think of this video!
Hummingbird replied to Iowawegian's topic in Watering Hole
Too simple - Too cheap - gotta cost millions to be effective. -
That's a dynamite idea - my first question, is does crude oil behave as does refined oil ? If they are equal, what's the holdup in not implementing that method ? oooops - had a thought That could possibly work if the price of the hay is increased to $5000 a bale ( 70# bale ) and increase the price of distribution to match government standards.
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UH OH
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Sheriff Joe in one of the LAST good guys with the b@lls to stand up and be counted ! My everlasting applause to him :clap2::clap2::clap2:
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Try this, he makes them and the price is right and he's a VR member rmarkventures@aol.com :thumbsup:
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Congratulations we just passed 20 years on the 14th of April - Both of us forgot -
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very good looking bike !
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Nice camper - we also have a travel trailer. 2 years ago I bought a Rampage Lift for my truck, so now I can take the bike with us when we go camping. We tried the Quick Camp behind the bike a few years ago, took one really nice 2 week trip to the Grand canyon in Pa and Cook forest. Loved it - got home and sold it. We both prefer the Travel Trailer - too many amenities to give up, so the quick camp was gone
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went to a "native" show last evening - took an hour boat ride to get there, beautiful live show in an outdoor theatre, great candle lit dinner in the forest and plenty of entertainment on the water.
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There's a Days Inn on Niagara Blvd. that is 15 minutes from the falls and less than half the price of the ones at the falls. We stayed there 3 time in the last month, I think the rate is $61 including taxes etc. Nice clean room w/king size beds. Just google Days Inn/Niagara falls blvd.
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Thanks guys - this is our first time to Mexico, let alone an all inclusive. We're staying at the Vallarta Palace. Just a beautiful place - we had a ribeye steak dinner tonight and everything was GREAT. The presentation was awesome, the wine glass never emptied and nobody expected a gratuity. There are several 'bars' in the compound and all we have to do is ask for a drink and it's right there. no charge of course - just an unbelievable experience - I'll have some pics when we get back.
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big difference in ride and handling