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Okay, how would one go about building a wifi signal booster?
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When this is finished, it ought to be put on the history page here.
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Ah, so it is. I just can't keep up with everything anymore.
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Well, there it is. I know there are features on here I don't know about. Is the member list link going to stay at the bottom, or will there be one back on the top again?
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Are you still making some adjustments to this? I don't see the link to the member list at the top at all anymore. It used to be up there next to User CP, didn't it? I just now spotted the link at the bottom of the page. I have wished in the past that there was a way to search for a member's name directly, instead of having to sift through the entire list until I find it. It's also possible that it's already here somewhere and I don't know it.
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StarFan - Where did you get that information? I didn't know the '96s were available in so many colors. I thought it was the usual one per year plus the special edition color. Hotrod - Sorry, I do not. I followed the cam removal and installation instructions in the Clymer's manual. It was what I had at the time. I'm sure that Y's manual would work as well too. This took me a day and a half. The cams aren't too bad, but the springs are pretty tedious and time consuming to do. They take most of the time. The carb swap took me only about four hours. -
The Audiovox CCS 100 is a very popular unit to put on bikes. I've seen it put on many different ones. I have one to put on my bike soon. I didn't know it was not made anymore though. Here's a link to an article about how to put it on a Kawasaki. Not your bike, but a lot of the general set up instructions will be the same thing. It will give you a good start on what to do on yours. clicky clicky
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Okay, not all the rest of them were red/white, but your blue/white outline scheme is the same as mine. It is the ones with the straight line scheme like okie's that I believe are the limited edition ones.
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All years of the 32mm carbs and intakes are the same. Any of them will work. If you ever have any other questions, I'm always around. Thanks for putting up a pic of your bike. I like the '96s for some reason. I believe that blue/white scheme was a one bike per dealer item. There aren't very many of those around. All the rest of them were red/white like mine.
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Here it is. This is a little wide though. You have to cross your eyes pretty hard to do this one. But it works. I find it helps to magnify the picture, and also to hold your hands in front of you to block out the outside pictures so you can only see the middle 3D one. I thought of printing them and putting them in my old stereoscope. But I haven't done it yet. They would probably be much easier to view. I also thought about putting these together on opposite sides just to mess with you. How do you take these? Take one picture and move three inches to the right and take another? http://i541.photobucket.com/albums/gg366/pegscrapers/Picture1-1.png
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Yes, the 32mm carbs will make a huge difference in how the bike runs. Add some VMX cams too, and your bike will be good for 90 rear wheel hp, about a 50% increase over stock. It's not too difficult to do. Once I had all my parts lined up and ready to go, it took me one afternoon to have it all done and running. Here's an article that should pretty well answer your questions. The intake boots require some milling work, and also need some adapter plates to get the right bolt mounting pattern. There is a drawing for the adapter plates there that you can take to a machine shop to do this for you, or you send your parts to me and I can do it also. clicky
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Beautiful dog. We'd sorta like to have a dog or two also. But it makes it real hard to go on impromptu overnight rides.
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They can get a little finicky about position before they quit. Mine is in this stage. I wiggle the key before hitting the start button or sometimes it won't fire and start. It's a good idea to have some alternatives handy in case it does quit on you somewhere. Things like a spare switch and the tools with you to change it, or the toggle switch bypass mentioned above, or otherwise know how to hot wire the thing. It will quit on you somewhere sooner or later.
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I've never seen that backrest. Glad you got it worked out.
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I've never heard of a Protac backrest for this bike. Are you sure it's really supposed to fit an RSTD? Can you post a pic that shows the mounting bracket?
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Do things hauled ON the bike count? I carried this drinking fountain about 20 miles over to a friend's house. This had to have gotten some looks, but I didn't pay any attention to whether people were gawking at me or not.
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Sorry, they won't be a direct fit. But with a little work, anything can be done. The impossible just takes a little longer.
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You might also look at the chart given here. clicky clicky
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Someone asked quite a while back about putting a CT on a 1st gen. I don't think he ever did it. It seems like there was a problem with swing arm clearance or a too narrow rim width or something. Even the 2nd gens are tough to fit because of these reasons. We have to run narrower tires than anyone else doing this. Most other cruiser riders have room for a 195 or 205 sized tire. But the 165 is about all we have room for.
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Wondering about a gauge package.
pegscraper replied to Herb In Texas's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
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Of course they can make MT tires get better mileage. But they have a good little thing going for themselves here. Why would they wreck it and reduce their sales? If they ever do make tires to last longer, they will increase the price to where it offsets their income loss. They could never do without. There is the issue too, of contact patch size. It has been proven with a durometer that CTs have a softer rubber compound than MTs do. I was surprised at this myself, but I have to believe the meter results. So why do CTs wear better? The scrubbing action of the road is spread out over a much larger area on a CT than it is on a MT.
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Yes, a few of us are running CTs on the back of the bike. More miles out of a tire is the reason. I don't think anyone here has worn one out yet. A couple of them here are going on 30,000 some miles. The bike will handle a little differently, but no more different than getting on a different and unfamiliar bike. If it feels a little sloppy, tighten the steering bearings. They probably needed it anyway. The size that most closely matches the stock size MT is 165/80R15. It's an unusual size, not all manufacturers make this size of tire, and you may have to look around a little, or just order one. Federal, Kumho, and Nexen all make one. Vredestein makes a 165HR15 that I think would be the same thing, but I don't know of anyone who has tried this one. If you want WWs, dbtires can put a WW on literally any tire you want, and of course they can do both sides of the same tire. I had them do me up a Federal. In the past, I've gone through a set of tires a year. At that rate, it looks like this tire will last me three or four years.
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I have had both Venture seats on my Royal Star in the past. The frames are the same in this area and the rubber pads set where they are supposed to. It just took a custom made bracket or two. I would think the opposite swap wouldn't be too difficult either.
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Yeah, and I'll say this again too. Asking more current than the stator can supply and wearing down the battery because of it does not mean there is another problem. Go looking for one and you'll eventually realize you're chasing ghosts. Been there, done that. Listen to the voice of experience. All it means it that the stator couldn't meet the demand and the battery wore down trying to supply it. Either reduce the demand or get a bigger stator. But of course, y'all are welcome to believe what ever you like and find your own way on the thing.