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And are there new button holes in the seat covers... :crackup:
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Temps here were in the mid 40s this afternoon, but the sun was out, so I decided why not, I'll run some errands on the RSV. Got over on the next street over and saw what I thought was another RSV parked in a neighbor's driveway. I turned around to see who it might be. Turned out to be an '05 RSTD. The owner, Charles, was step brother of the neighbor. Spent the next hour talking to him. Told him about VR.ORG, but he said he does not have internet. During the conversation he asked about popping on de-cel. I asked if he had ever done a carb sync. "Nah" he said "the dealer wanted $375.00 to do it!" The Stealership must have found out how hard it is because last year they quoted me $225.00. When I told him it was a 15-20 minute job he was glad he didn't let them do it either. We'll get together later and hook up my two vacuum gages to see how bad off his carbs are. Now back to my errands, Wally World for an Rx for the Mrs., then over to Brandon to Home Depot for a water heater pop off valve. Tired of luke warm showers and double water and natural gas bills. Another story for another time... Got home with that and the wife said she was gonna order catfish dinners and I needed to go pick them up. Well, ok, bike is all warmed up already, sooooo... By now it is dark and temps are in the upper 30s, so as I'm putting on my wind suit pants, the wife asked, why don't you just take the car? She just doesn't get it!!! I mean, that's a chance for another 15 or so miles!!!
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Just my but when installing the Stebel horn I'm suggesting adding a 14ga wire from the relay to the horn behind the left fairing. From what I have experienced that factory horn is MUCH louder after giving it a bigger wire and grounding it behind one of the mounting bolts. It adds a third tone and the harmonics make the combination REALLY loud.
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It is obvious the lady in the picture must not have access to the website... :crackup::crackup::crackup::rasberry:
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Try this... Didn't see gloves. http://www.photoshow.com/watch/vk5QB3tQ
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My Other Bike is the Cat Chopper (Yeah Right!!! ) Wes (my Son), Taz and Me Betty (my Wife), Me and Wes Passing lights make good helmet holders
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Funny, BigBoy's Link works on this XP box with Firefox, but won't work on my W2K laptop using Firefox...
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Stebel Nautilus Horn Install
wes0778 replied to SilvrT's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
I ran new wire to that one and hooked it up to the Steble relay... [ame=http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?p=420762#post420762]Got My Christmas Goodies Installed - VentureRider.Org[/ame] -
I had a Voyger kit on my Burgman scooter and loved it. The 1st thing I would do if you have not already is check to see that your insurance company will cover it! The little green lizard and several others WILL NOT, unless things have changed. If yours does not, call Voyager and they will tell you who will. That being said, Don't put your feet down, you WILL run over them. Steering will feel funny at first, because you do have to drive it. There are some front end that will make steering easier. Other 1st Gen folks may chime in on that. What others have said about watching out for dips and ruts, you will highcenter the rear wheel and have to get off and push. If you look at the Voyager website there is a video to watch. They give some tips about riding. In it they mention that the inside wheel will in a hard turn come up. I never had the courage to push it that far. That doesn't mean I "poked" around super slab on/off ramps. The Burgman center of gravity may be much lower than a 1st gen, so you will have to learn your bike. Not having a reverse, pay attention to where you park. Either park with the front wheel up hill, or let it roll down hill backwards into a parking place. One thing I REALLY liked about having the kit is that I could lock both front and rear wheel and the Burgman (at least) would slide arrow straight. One thing I did not like was that tire wear was faster. Since you will not be leaning, you will wear the rear tire flat across the middle (HMMM, Darkside consideration?). On the Burgman at least the front tire not only wore on the middle but cupped somewhat too. I changed both at about 10,000 miles. Main thing is get to know YOUR bike and enjoy!!!
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27 pages!!! Is this heading to an all time record of some kind? WHY???
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Some info I found on Keys... [ame=http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?p=408154#post408154]RFID in Key? - VentureRider.Org[/ame]
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The LED tail light should have been a quick install, but somewhere in my bikes past someone over tightened the screws for the lens and pulled two of the bosses out of the lens and the third one was cracked. Nothing really holding the lens on except the sticky gasket. So, get out the trusty epoxy and glue the bosses back in. After that dried, install the Radianz board. Job one finished. Now for the Stebel horn. Installed the relay on one of the bolts under the coolant recovery bottle. Removed the old right side horn and connected the old horn wires to the relay. Press the horn button to check the relay and it clicked as advertised. The factory horn behind the left fairing "clunked" meekly. Hum??? Light in my head came on, wonder if the horn I took off the right side of the bike will fit in behind the fairing? WRONG, they are completely different, but when I hooked up the "fairing horn" directly to the battery, it sounded off perfectly! Soooo, why not put it back in place and power it from the new Stebel relay????? Now all I need to do is fish a 14Ga wire under the tank. Done! Put a short 14Ga ground wire to one of the horn mounting bolts, pushed the horn button, relay clicks and the puny little horn is not so puny anymore! Now make up a "Y" connector and hook it up the the relay. Mount the Stebel air horn using the shiny Carbon_one bracket, hook it all up, push the horn button and DEY-YUM it is LOUD!!! The combination of the two horns will come close to waking the dead!!! :banana:
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NAPA (Echlin) # AR274 The neat thing about this relay is it has 2 #87 terminals, one for each driving light so no "Y" connector needed. Got one in case my RSV is running the passing lights through the ignition switch. Now for the exploratory surgery...
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Don, Sorry to hear of your mis-fortune, but I think you are right on with the hot tub idea!!! Just watch that 1st step
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Uh-Oh, Not a "hold my beer and watch this" moment coming up, is it??? :stickpoke:
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Just 'cause the coolant gets warm enough to turn on the fan, does not necessarily mean the oil has completely "boiled off" any condensation in the crankcase or that mufflers got hot enough to dry out either.
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Looks Like he has a RSV, so a little more involved...
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The Electrical is not that big a deal. You will have to split the fairing and may have to pull the tank to run a main power wire from the battery. Just my preference, but I like to put the a main power fuse as close to the battery as possible, so the hot wire running under the tank is fuse protected. [ame=http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=525]Standard Passing Light Relay Wiring - VentureRider.Org[/ame] http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=26385&highlight=Passing+Light+Wiring There are a number of others on this subject, just do a search on the Tech Section.
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The greatest thing about being a grandpa is being able to spoil the grandkids and let them do things that you wouldn't let their parents do right in front of them......that really ticks them off.....plus when their cranky or miserable, you can send them home so that mom and dad has to deal with them.......remember when you told your kids NO... now you can say YES to the grandkids all the time...ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE !!!!!! :banana: Don't forget to include giving them a Mountain Dew and a Snickers 30 minutes before sending them home!!! :dancefool:
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It's to early for April Fools jokes!!!
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The dog bounced up on our porch about 5 years ago and said "Hi Folks I'm Home!" Undoubtedly someone threw him away, as he came completely house trained and loving everyone. The Cat was a "stray" from the neighbor's somewhat wild female that keeps the neighborhood sufficiently populated with new kittens. My granddaughter thought this one (about 6 months old) was cute and just had to have it. That was two years ago. Lemme tell ya there is almost nothing as expensive as a free cat!!! Well about 6 months later the granddaughter decides to go back to live with her mother, but the cat could not go. Imagine that...
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Pair of new jeans, chocolate covered pecans (properly pronounced puh-kahns ) and then the safety chrome
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THANKS!!! I'll be sure to check the numbers on the valve when I get it out. This was an "all of a sudden" thing. The pressure in that tire has never varied since I had it installed. This would not have been a fun thing if it had dropped the pressure while underway, at any speed!!!
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Well if "WHY" has run it's course we could go back ad resurrect the "IS This Possible?" thread, 'cause It only lasted 6 pages... :cool10: :stirthepot: :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
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Thanks Guys!!! What kinda upsets me here is this tire was put on this March or April, and the independent shop that put it in for me told me they put in a new stem.