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The biggest shopping day of the year. People line up early, shove and push and fight each other to buy stuff. Why in the world would anyone want to go be a part of that? I just don't understand. I stay as far away from that as possible. No sale is worth that. There are plenty of other days to shop in much more leisure. I shop for Christmas all year round. No rush at all.
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Thanks Jack. Actually this exact design of bracket won't fit my bike because mine has four mufflers, and the top muffler goes by right underneath the floorboard bracket. But it does give me some good ideas though. I'll have to hang the new pegs off of my existing brackets somehow.
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V-Max rear question..
pegscraper replied to artventurer's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
I like it. These bikes are geared so tall in the transmission that they really like the lower rear gear. -
Avon Venom (Thinner Front)
pegscraper replied to 2Whlsrollin's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
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Glad you're okay. And how daggone red of them. What happened to the biker brotherhood?
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What silly logic to conclude such a thing from an event like that. That's really reaching for an excuse. From those pics it looks like us 2nd genners have the same parts, only ours aren't worn out and threatening to lock up the rear wheel throwing us into an unexpected skid.
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VERY nice idea. I've been trying to come up with something similar to this myself, but haven't put a lot of thought into it yet. This gives me some new angles to play with. And yes, Kuryakyn part numbers would be nice. It looks like these brackets space the even the stock floorboards out a bit. Is that right? Do the floorboards have to be flipped up to use the pegs, or do the pegs come out far enough that that's not necessary? I can't tell from the pics. Do you have a pic straight from the back with the floorboard down to show that spacing?
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Here's a car setting in my barn right now. It's a '66 Buick LeSabre convertible. It's solid. It runs and drives, and has had a lot of things done to it. It's a long, sad story with which I won't bore you about why I even have it. I got it two years ago for the removing of it. I almost certainly saved it from being scrapped. It's on the list of things to do. It's a long list though. Sigh. The barn itself is an old piece too, probably in the neighborhood of 130 years old. Notice the wooden peg construction.
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Honestly I think that's a little lacking in variety. I see at least four of a rear shot of the same color bike, and at least a couple more of the same angle on the bike in other colors. I won't pick on you too hard though. I'm sure it took quite a while to sort through all the pics in all the various places and select some and put this together. I wouldn't want to take the time to do it. The effort is appreciated. Maybe a few others would volunteer for that like for the calendar. Don shouldn't have to spend his time on a project like this.
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Another one I know about is a little farther off of your route. Goldfield, NV, about 3 hours northwest of Las Vegas on Hwy 95, just a little south of Hwy 6. This one is still on modern maps.
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I want one. Where did you get it?
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Just an idea here. If I could ride out west I would like to find some old ghost towns. There's one not far off of your loop, Frisco. Follow Hwy 21 northwest out of Milford about 15 miles and you'll go right by it. My Rand McNally has it marked as Old Frisco Mining Town. That's one I know about, but there have to be more out there than that.
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Stardog's Reason for selling is electric clothing
pegscraper replied to E-Fishin-C's topic in Watering Hole
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Very good. Thanks. I would also appreciate it if others would use this feature.
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There's a place in your public profile to put a picture of yourself. Assuming people use it, you can see anyone you like. If someone has a picture there, a little camera icon will show up under their board name whenever they post, so you can keep from wasting time looking for one if it isn't there. Mine's in there. I see you don't have one though.
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Here's a big thank you to our moderators, who once in a while have to do what must be a rather thankless job, even if for the most part we don't keep y'all very busy.
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Who are all of our moderators? I know of only one besides the owner. Do they mind speaking up?
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I'm getting ready to mount a set of pegs I've had on a newer set of crash bars. Does anyone know a way to keep from buggering up the chrome from a previous position when first getting them setup and adjusted? And why is the chrome on the K pegs checking and flaking after only a few months of use? That's a little disappointing. They cost more than that.
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I wonder if one could go over Niagara Falls with that thing.
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Could this be moved to the riding gear folder where it can be found again? It won't even turn up in a search because "apparel" in the title is misspelled.
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Not necessarily. I left mine in and like it. It's just a matter of how much you want to improve the handling.
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The MT90 comes out to a 130 sized tire. This is more of a 2nd gen issue, as the 1st gens run an even narrower tire than this already - a 120. And that is what baffles me when I have read elsewhere when some folks get so wrapped up in the "safety issues" of running a narrower tire than Y called for here. Plenty of other bikes are running narrower tires than what we're changing to. There are no "safety issues". Just better handling. I got mine from SWMoto Tires.
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Everything I've already said should pretty well explain it. If what I've said is misunderstood, well... I really don't know how to make it any more clear. You didn't even contradict anything I said anyway. I don't know what your point is.
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The V boost system comes on the V Max. It a pair of tubes that run between the front and rear intakes with a butterfly valve in the middle of them to open or shut off the connection. On the V Max, it is designed to start opening at 6000 rpms and be fully open at 8000 rpms. At higher rpms any given cylinder can breathe through two carbs. They did this because even the 35mm carbs are too small for the 1200cc V Max engine. So rather than use bigger carbs and lose the low end, they stayed with the 35s and used this staged system to open up the high end more. Many V Max owners will modify the system to open up at lower rpms. And if they don't mind losing a little low end, they will put 39mm flatslides on their bikes and take the V boost out. I personally think that Y should have designed the V boost to open up based on throttle position, starting to open at about half throttle, like the secondary barrels of an automotive carburetor, rather than basing it on rpms. But it is what it is. Putting the system in my bike was a JOB. It's a custom fit as you go operation all the way. This bike wasn't designed for it and there's barely room for it. The sync screws are almost impossible to get to with this in the way. I also didn't use the electronics. I operate it manually with a choke lever from a V Star 1100. I can leave it wide open at idle if I want, where it makes the engine sound like there's a huge, lopey cam in it, but I usually don't. It does make the throttle a little cantankerous when I'm just hopping around town. On the interstate is where it shines best. I don't have to hold the throttle near so far open to hold a high speed. I have some other ideas I'd like to try for operating the V boost valves. But everything takes time, and for now this is satisfactory. Holding the throttle more than about halfway open is what clobbers gas mileage, for two reasons - the carbs are operating on the main circuit which is designed for full power, which means rich, and the part throttle spark advance is taken out above about half throttle, which also makes a big difference. Having the V boost wide open and being able to close the throttle a little bit while still maintaining a high speed saves a lot of gas by giving the engine the air and fuel it needs without having to run on the richest circuit in the carburetor and by adding in the part throttle spark advance. I'm not disagreeing with your mechanic. I have no doubt he knows a lot. I suspect that about this bike in particular, he may not realize that the carbs are already borderline too small for the engine and that increasing the displacement will ask too much of them. He probably, and naturally, assumes that the engine is already a perfectly matched set of parts from the factory, in which case what he says would be absolutely right. But this engine is not a perfectly matched set of parts. Carbs and cams both are borderline too small for the engine's displacement.
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Too small for me, which I kinda figured anyway when you said they were for your wife. Too bad. I would have liked them.