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  1. Al Bates
    No deferents to talk about just the color change. No different on the midnights also. The midnights are black and have more chrome and run about $1,000.00 more. I think starting in 07 they lost the studs on the seat and went to pillow top seats.
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    I had both the iway 500 and the 250C the 500 is a good unit but way to heavy for the bike. I then went with the 250c and do like it a lot and the price was right around $180.00
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    If anyone can prove a tire has super grip and long ware please let me know. If your looking for high mileage I'm sure there are tires out there that will last a lot longer then the soft ones, but if you are a aggressive rider a tire like that may end up costing way more after the bike go's down. My bike is not my car, with only two tires I want the best under me.
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    Check your carburetor fuel vent lines. It's a small rubber hose, looks like a vacuum hose. There is one on each side. The left two carbs are on the left side and the right two carbs are on the right side. Both are behind the air filters. (hidden) I pulled them out and place them just under the air filters so I can monitor what is going on. (check pic's below) If there leaking fuel you can smell it. If you can see them you can monitor them. If there is any fuel coming out of them, mostly at idle, there's a problem. It's running rich. Pull the spark plugs. Check and see which plug is running rich, if that is the case the plug will be wet and black. THE FIX: Fine out watch plug= carburetor and change the needle and seat, check the float level.
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    Heres my method and it may not be suited for everyone. I tighten them down to a point were they will stay put, but allows me to move them by hand. I then adjust the lights by hand just by looking at them. That gets them into the right area. I reassemble them and just at twilight I place the bike around 80 feet back in front of the garage door, door down. Now do the alignment on the garage door. Hold the bike upright. Just like you were riding. Pick a place on the garage were they should be. What you see is what you get. Move the lights by hand until they are at your liking. Once their proper alignment I them remove the bulb and torque everything down.
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    Randy. It may be a leak under the cooling fins. (easy fix) The 2Gen's have a little round seal under the cooling fins. Not a big deal. Ether tighten the allen screws that hold on the cooling fins, or take the fins off and place a little washer between the rubber seal and the boss on the fin. Reinstall the fin and it should stop the leak. Being a new bike, check and see if the allen fin screws are loose, try tighten them first.
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    Hello Hermann Try the helmets on another bike. Remove the mic-mute and see what happens. (my guess)
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    So glad you you got it fixed, Good luck on you adventure, Take it easy, ride safe, most of all be happy and have fun.
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    Jay, I went to Home Depot and purchase a piece of aluminum, after the third try I had something that work, right height, right angle and all that stuff, it was ease to fabricated I use the vise, a hammer, file and a hand drill. Filed and polished a bet and there you have it. I used rivets and washer and a small piece of aluminum to attach the GPS holder to the bracket. Just remember that the right mirror has left hand threads. P.S. We will be at Vogel for a better look.
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    AL, sounds like a bet of bad luck. A enclose bike trailer is the only way to go, It's easy to load by your self.
  11. Al Bates
    Mark glad you found it, pull your plate back off and see if it stops blowing the fuse, if not you may have a wire cross.
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    I purchase the I-way250C a few weeks ago and really like it. Includes 2GB MMC/SD card preloaded with NAVTEQ mapping detail for the USA & Canada or Western Europe MP3 audio player Full-featured picture viewer 16-bit color TFT touch-screen display 7 voice direction languages I can see in the sun light with my sun glass on. I fabricated the bracket myself. If you would like to see more pic's I can post them. Lowrance iWay 250C GPS Navigator with MP3 Player and Picture Viewer and 3.5-Inch LCD Screen for $189. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2564774&CMP=EMC-TIGEREMAIL&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER
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    Check all the fuses. Make sure a wire is not pinched. Sometimes it happens putting things back together. It happen to a friend after installing some rear lights. Loosen everything back up, check all fuses and see if things start working. Just take your time and retrace your steps I'm sure you will fine the problem.
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    They all do, go with a mp3 player or Sirius radio
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    You may have a drain on the battery, do a battery drain test. If that's OK, do a load test on the battery.
  16. Al Bates
    Horn wiring instructions I went to to the top to search and typed in horn and found this. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=91&highlight=horn
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    Hello Kreg. My 02 have a few creaks also on the lower fairing . For now, I reinforce them by riveting a piece of aluminum on the back side until I can repair or replace them. (pic below)
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    Passing lights. Their are many ways to wire passing lights. Here is how I wired my 02 RSV. From the battery I send a fused power suppy up under the front cowling. For the passing lights and other accessories I installed a relay that is turn on and off by the ignition switch. From there I installed some switches on top of the master cylinder. (pic below) I used one of those switches to turn on and off the passing lamps.
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    Popping or Backfiring. AIS (Air Induction System) This may not be the solution for some folks. There are many ways to do this. This is how I correct the popping or backfiring on my 2002 RSV. I purchase the RSV used with 6000 miles from a dealer. On the way home I heard this popping or backfiring noise. I return to the dealer and explain the problem to him. He kept the bike for 4 days. When I got it back it started popping again. Then I decided to look into this myself. After looking over there work I have to say I was surprise of the poor work men ship. They half way plugged the AIS system and said it was fixed. I then research and figured out how the AIS works. To make a long story short I found that fuel was leaking from the carburetor and running down the carburetor manifold into the vacuum port then down the vacuum hose to the back AIS air cutoff valve. This 1/4 inch vacuum hose controls the AIS air cutoff valve. What I found was that fuel (maybe from seating) run down to the AIS air cutoff valve and prevented it from working properly. My solution was to plug the four AIS cylinder ports. That's were it all starts. (See picture) By plugging the AIS tubes that would eliminate the AIS from that point on. Now all the AIS can be removed. (see other post on how to permanently plug and remove the AIS) I decided not to go this route because of the warranty. This is my fix. Follow the rear steel cylinder AIS tubes down (see picture) there will be a short 1/2 rubber hose at the end of each pipe. Remove the short rubber hose and place a marble or still ball bearing into the 1/2 rubber hose (lubricate if you wish). After installing the ball bearing or marble move it up until it touches the steel cylinder pipe were the rubber hose slips back onto the steel pipe. Replace clamps. Do this to both rear cylinder pipes. Next I placed a small steel ball bearing into the 1/4 inches vacuum hose from the carburetor manifold. (this is on the opposed side) (left side setting on seat) next to carburetor. Slide the 1/4 inch ball bearing next to the manifold port. Install the clamp (see picture) I did the something to the front AIS tubes. The fronts are arrange a little different. I did not fine any fuel in the front AIS air cutoff valve. The front requires pulling the bottom of the radiator away so I could get to the short 1/2 inch rubber hoses. I had to drain the radiator first. It seems to be only the rear causing the problem. A friend did only the rear. We spent about 15 minuets and it corrected the problem. (stop the popping) I sense help a few others this way. I hope this helps. AL Bates
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    Sherry, so sorry to hear this bad news.
  21. Al Bates
    Had a Odyssey Batteries for about 18 months now and no trouble. I works for me. Check out the other post on battery's. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/search.php?searchid=148973
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    Do a battery Drain test, If it pass's the battery drain test it could be a starter resistance problem. The AB Battery Drain Test. Take a 12 volt test light. Make sure that the battery is fully charged. Make sure that everything on the bike is turn off. Make sure that the test light is working. Test the test light by putting one end on the + side of the battery and the other end on the - side of the battery. The light should be on. If not the test light is faulty. Disconnect the + side of the battery terminal from the battery. Connect one end of the test light to the + side of the battery. Connect the other end of the test light to the bikes + battery terminal. Now the test light should be connected in series. Between the + side of the battery and the + side of the bike battery terminal. Now if everything is turn off on the bike there should be NO light in the test light. If there is a light there is a drain on the battery. Something is draining the battery. Start pulling fuses until the light gos out. It's in that system. To test this theory, if there is no light in the test light turn on something, like the ignition. The test light will glow, the brighter the light the more the drain the battery has on it. Keep turning on stuff the test light will get brighter. Do this test to each positive terminal coming off the positive+ side of the battery. This is one of the best and most simple test ever for checking a battery for drains. I picked this up working with GM engineers in school and have been using it for 30 years now.
  23. Al Bates
    There is only one place for a Vacation in August, "VOGEL" or "Tail of the Dragon lll " It's the best. Check it out in Rides and rallies. There is a RSV rally in July out west Ft. Collins. Go to Rides and rallies. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=18
  24. Al Bates
    I been using the Kuryakyn grips for about 3 three years now and I like them because there bigger, rougher and a bit longer grip. I also went with the larger wide chrome levers from J.C. Whitney. (not in the pics) I think I paid around $10.00 each for the levers, there nice. Check out the pic below.
  25. Al Bates
    The Only way to go. Larry's, CarbonOne. Get the lift adapter It's great and save alot of time. I recommend the one with the legs. http://www.venturerider.org/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=69&cat=7
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