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  1. Sylvester
    Same thing happened to a bicycelist about twenty five years ago in my home city of Omaha, NE. Totally unpredictable that a seemingly healthy tree would fall at the exact moment some poor soul was riding under it.
  2. Sylvester
    This is true! Keep your policies. I have never had a problem with insurance companies that was not my fault. I have gotten upset with them, but it was always my fault.
  3. Sylvester
    I believe that this goes back way before the modern motorcycle. The early bikes had such simplistic carbs that just to keep them running you had to do this. I have been riding since 1959, and many of my older bikes needed to be "primed" often to keep them running. Heck, lots of the vehicles I drove had the same problem. My father was a road building contractor, and I can assure you that those fifties era GMC and Ford trucks needed a lot of coaxing. All that being said, I have no idea why I do the blat, blat, blat now!!! There must be some primoreal reason.
  4. Sylvester
    Thanks V7Goose, all is well now. I took the adaptor out of the system and the tach works perfect. I did ground to the coil bolt. The LED back light still does some flickering but I will live with that. If it is a problem for night riding, I will switch it so I can shut it off. Thanks again. No telling how many e-mails with Baron it would have taken.
  5. Sylvester
    So that would explain the problem. No single fire adaptor needed. I will take it out of the loop and see if that solves my problem. I guess Baron's is out of touch.
  6. Sylvester
    I purchased the Baron's mini-bullet tach (BA-7573-00) with brake resivoir mount kit a couple weeks ago. This model has white LED backlighting only. The instructions were universal and pretty much pertained to HD intall. After e-mailing John and getting pertinant instructions (not found in the supplied paper work) I was on my way. There is a tech article here in VR on the installation, BUT there are a couple changes! The blue wire from the sigle fire ignition adaptor runs all the way to the rear coil's (either one) negative side. The black wire from the tach cannot be grounded to the coil bolt but another frame ground. After installation, the LED back light flickered randomly and the tach needle would fluctuate randomly. There seemed no correlation between the two. I regrounded the tach wire but no improvement. My next step will be to remove the red (tach power) and yellow (LED power) tach wires from the positive terminal of the front coil and connect to a switched 12V source. John's only other suggestion, if this failed, is to install a resistor. Any of you weekend mechanics or better yet a seasoned mechanic have any ideas? Within the last month I had a complete tune-up including carb sync.
  7. Sylvester
    Now I am not the brightest bulb on the tree, but how is mandatory insurance a bad thing. It is mandatory in North Carolina also but the illegals and misfits don't pay for it now. When they kill someone on the interstate the feds deport them only to come back two, three, four more times to create mayhem. I wish it were truly mandatory and enforced.
  8. Sylvester
    Try a natural sheep skin. I have had one on my RSMV for four years now and it works great in summer and winter. Yes I have cleaned it.
  9. Sylvester
    I take back my request for an honest report. I believe this is it. It is hard to read eleven pages of posts and remember them.
  10. Sylvester
    I have 105,xxx on an 02 Venture, that I have switched to a Clearview. I have no damage on the original screen and the Clearview mounted perfectly.
  11. Sylvester
    I wish one of you would buy one and give an honest opinion.
  12. Sylvester
    I use DOT 4 for my 02 RSMV.
  13. Sylvester
    I was at Chimney Rock on Sunday. Had some ice cream and proceede north on 74A to the parkway and east to 80 south. Great day to ride. It was 49 on Mt. Mitchell.
  14. Sylvester
    Remove all the stock crap and install a relay. You will forever thank me.
  15. Sylvester
    I have never wasted the time at a light that does not give me a signal to go. After one cycle of the light I go no matter what. Did this in front of a city police cruiser and nothing happened. I will go to court to fight the charge if I ever get a ticket. The court system does not like to argue with persons in the right.
  16. Sylvester
    I AM REALLY, REALLY HAPPY WITH MY 02 RSMV. With over 112,000 miles it runs perfect and is cool on the body. My wife told me I could buy a new bike if I wanted...I said "what for I have the best bike I have ever owned"...in fifty years of riding.
  17. Sylvester
    First remove the screw. If it does not leak air, you are OK. If it dumps all the air from the tire, you are screwed. If it leaks slowly, buy a repair plug kit and plug it. Oh by the way, do this with the weight off the tire so it doesn't break the bead.
  18. Sylvester
    Funny that I saw this post since I was on the Parkway from 74 A to 80 south and it was a beautiful day (Mt Mitchell was 49 degrees). I also noticed many BMW's. I also saw a "solo" seat R50 in white color. I had a black R 50 so many years ago.
  19. Sylvester
    I have ridden one and they do well on torque power but no top end. Air cooled means hotter conditions especially with all their fairing and such. My biggest turn off was the diminutive saddle bags and trunk. And they look to futuristic for me. I will ride my 02 RSMV until somebody makes a better motorcycle. I have 112,000 miles and I am still grinning from it all.
  20. Sylvester
    If I do this mod will my garage open, even though I don't have the opener on the door? That would be cooooooolllllll.
  21. Sylvester
    He was one of the key reasons the U S never allowed the military to complete the mission in SE Asia. All politics to keep Walter from talking about it on the TV. I do not mourn his passing.
  22. Sylvester
    I have a Wheel Dock and it keeps my bike verticle whenever in the garage (easy to lift that way). It transfers to my trailer if I need to transport the bike.
  23. Sylvester
    Many years ago I was a deputy in Nebraska, I don't care to carry four pounds around on my body, anymoere. I carry a Walther PPK all the time. This .380 will stop most. In my vehicles I keep a .44 revolver, a .357 revolver, and a .45 pistol. I prefer revolvers since they never jam, but a well cared for pistol will work when needed.
  24. Sylvester
    I have had my XXL w/vent for three weeks. This is a situation where you need to be patient. It will take at least six weeks for an order to arrive and it may take longer. The product is above anything else. Have patience, they offer an outstanding product!
  25. Sylvester
    I am with everyone else, take care of what is going on and the going on by the membership will take care of itself.
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