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  1. RandyR
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgSujdW537k]YouTube - The 2009 Zero S Electric Motorcycle on a Track[/ame] An electric motorcycle !!!!! http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/
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    I think a ride to Cedar Point, The Roller Coaster Capitol of the World is in order... http://www.cedarpoint.com/
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    Ok, looks like several choices for magnetic mount. Is anyone using a non-magnetic mount - ie: with straps around the tank or otherwise fastened? Dragerman - is the Joe Rocket pack your dog is in magnetic? thx
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    Has anyone found a good tank bag/large bib with a map pocket (clear plastic cover) on top. For an RSTD. I'm avoiding getting a GPS, which probably says I'm old fashioned.
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    Used a fingernail to remove it after it got good and hot in the Georgia sun. Then a dab of naptha on a towel to clean up the glue residue.
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    I bought rear gear oil at my Yamaha dealer yesterday. He gave me the Yamalube SAE 80W-90 which states "friction modified shaft drive gear oil". So it must have some kind of fiction reducing additive. But what that additive might be isn't on the label. At 1650 miles, or 1000 miles since my dealers 600 mile service, there was a lot of debris stuck to the magnetic end of the drain plug. So the advice to change the rear gear oil on a new machine several times before the scheduled 16000 mile service is good advice. For engine oil dealer gave me a jug of Yama 20-50, saying that Yamaha doesn't make a 20-40 any more, as recommended in the owners guide.
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    I have a Sears red type MC jack I bought used on ebay about 6 years ago and haven't used since I bought it. It needed a lots of squirts of light oil, but along with my new Carbon-One adapter, worked fine on my RSTD.
  8. RandyR
    Google is a virus.
  9. RandyR
    I can't believe someone can kill another person with a motorvehicle and only get a ticket. My heart goes out to the family.
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    I'll be there. probably will come up I20 from the Atlanta beltway rather than cut accross Athens from the north.
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    So far, when it rains, the rain has clouded my windshield so badly that I can't see thru it, so I'm either craning my neck or looking off the side of it. The top is maybe 1/2inch above my eye level on my RSTD. I'm heading for the local Yama dealer to buy some Spectra which has been recommended as a cleaner which makes the rain bead and run off. If that doesn't improve things, then I'm going to be taking about 3inches off my windshield soon.
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    I have purchased a Baron's Tach and need to install it to the coils. Seems to be a good candidate project for maintenance day. Also want to learn to use the Carbtune I have. I'll want to help (hopefully someone else) pull a 2nd gen rear wheel, change a tire, and grease the shaft & splines.
  13. RandyR
    Can we get 3 in the tent? I've never heard myself snore.
  14. RandyR
    Lewis, I think I will try to go. Hopefully my
  15. RandyR
    It was a good ride despite the brief time in the rain. The BBQ at Pooles was great and meeting a bunch of new people was great also. And I got dropped off at my front door too!
  16. RandyR

    GREAT Music

    RandyR replied to Freebird's topic in Watering Hole

    www.myspace.com/geresti for myspace which includes a sample of Bob's piano works.
  17. RandyR
    Well, James should be on his way soon. looks like one storm front moving east of his route now, but another over Illinois headed his way. If he's lucky, he may push south between the two rain fronts.
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    hwy 160 is a good ride, but more so in the eastern part of the state. I'd just drop a little south and cruise around Lake Bull Shoals on the local roads, or for a faster ride take Hwy 62 over to Mountain Home then back north to hwy 160 into Branson. Then the next day you could circumnavigate Table Rock Lake. Any of the secondary roads from Harrison crossing the White River or Norfolk River will be good rides.
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    If our speedometers are off by 10% which is what those who've checked them say, then we're not getting as good gas mileage as we think. So 40 mpg measured by the odometer is really only 36 mpg.
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    beaUtifull !!!!
  21. RandyR
    I need to get one of those for my dog....
  22. RandyR
    Thats a good looking bike. It deserves to be ridden.
  23. RandyR
    someone who blows thru a red light and doesn't see a motorcycle could just as easily have killed a 10 year old girl in the crosswalk going to the school playground. A motorized vehicle IS a deadly weapon.
  24. RandyR
    It appears that EBC pads are frequently recommended. There are several threads in the VentureRider.Org > Tech Talk > Second Generation Venture Tech Talk section on Brakes. Here's one with the EBC part numbers. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33588 I'm still a few months away from having to worry with less than 2k on my new RSTD.
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    At 5'9'' I find the riding position on the RSTD ideal. The comfort level is as good as it gets and I find the stock seat acceptable for the rides I've made so far (500 miles). I can plant both my feet firmly on the ground which is important to me. On an ST1300 that was difficult. The fairing/adjustable windshield on the ST is better than the setup on the RSTD. But overall the RSTD wins for me on rider comfort.
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