aharbi
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+1 agree, got three bikes, dual sport, mid cruiser, tourer. Mix & match on each of them, never any problems. But I wouldn't mix street & dirt tires on the same bike.
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Lookin good. What do you expect to get out of them? 15-16,000?
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Is no V-Star 1800. A 250, 650, 1100, 1300. Then Road Star 1700. Honda makes a VTX 1800. Is it shaft or belt?
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+1 same here ATGATT. In the Texas summer heat I will wear a long sleeve cool vest under my mesh jacket. I couldn't ride all summer they way I do in the Texas heat without one. I have a cool vest with zippered sleeves. I'm very pleased with them (I have several, spare, clean, dirty) With a rare exception it will last all day 6-8hrs (11am - 5pm). I lightly ring it out (not sopping wet) put it on over a t-shirt and wear a mesh riding jacket over the vest. Yes, the t-shirt gets wet when I first put it on, but you don't notice it after a couple of miles (better than wet with sweat). I find the sleeves are a big help. Wearing it for me means the difference of riding or not in the Texas summer. Insulate your skin from the heat. It may seem counter-intuitive to wear protective clothing on a hot day, but you NEED to cover your exposed skin. Think of the desert nomads that spend their whole lives traveling in the desert with their camels: They ALL wear garments that cover their entire body and head. In real simple terms, exposed skin on a hot day is not only subject to sunburn, but bare skin soaks up MORE heat from the sun. If the outside temperature is higher than your normal body temperature (36.8°C or 98.2°F), and if your bare skin is exposed to the heat, your body temperature has no where to go but up. I have ridden on days where it is cooler in my helmet then the outside air temp. I have opened my FF shield and can feel a noticeable blast of hot air. Your helmet is lined with Styrofoam, it IS a cooler. If your skin is covered, you are insulating yourself from the heat. It may "feel" good (particularly on shorter rides) to take your jacket off on hot days, but it is pushing your body into the range of dehydration symptoms even faster. (1) I also keep several frozen quart water bottles in the freezer for ready use to ride. Always have cold water as they thaw. Keep them in a soft insulated cooler bag. I keep a wash cloth wrapped around one of the bottles, always damp and cool for a refreshing wash of my face. In addition I carry two bottles of water that I freely hand out to other riders in trouble of dehydration. I am surprised at the frequency I have come across these riders. More on how to protect yourself Riding in the heat can be found on the Long Distance Riders site. http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/aharbi/IMG_2266.jpg
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I just look ahead for a place to pull/turn off to get them off my back side. Most of the time after I hit the turn signal and slow down they go around me. I have found the biggest offender is young ladies. I really don't think they know they are tailgating. Second is young bucks and their pickup trucks. Yesterday I got immediate Justice. Young buck in pickup truck pushing me down the road. I slowed down, moved close to the shoulder and waved him around. Three miles down the road he was chatting with State Police. I tooted and waved as I went past. Most of the cops know when they have an aggressive drive when folks wave and toot approval as they pass. I've also been known to call in the license, make, model and driver description reporting the driver is either ill, or perhaps been drinking or on drugs due to their erratic driving.
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After 4 months of the bike being jacked up on the Carbon-one jack stand. I was able to take it out for a ride. I was starting to worry about ever getting it back together again. I feel more confident "getting into" the bike now. I haven't touched the engine except for plugs. But it looks like I'll have tobe checking the valves sometime in the future and maybe installing the stronger clutch but hoping that will be next winters project. Although I keep the battery charged. It was dead. A new battery I bought last July appears to have an internal short. Put the old (original) one back in and it fired right up. I was impressed, setting 4 months, pulled out the choke, hit the button and started immediately. I almost forgot what a pleasure it is to ride it. Ran great, didn't skip a beat. Next thing I knew I was putting in another tank of gas to swing it around and head the 160 miles back home. Dang! I love riding this bike! I'd like to thank you great folks on this forum for all the past posts and the tech section that helped me do the maintenance and the fixes you have shared. I could not have done it without your unknowing help & guidance.
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Harley ain't got that kind of money. If anything Yamaha could buy Harley.
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How many lights?
aharbi replied to Shipper's topic in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk
You don't say, but I noticed a big difference with people pulling out in front of me when I added the passing lamps. -
I keep one in my tackle box. But good idea, I'll keep one on the bike too. I still have a few around the house, garage or was it the tool shed...
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Nope, never seen a cruiser rider wearing a $2000 Dainese Racing leather suit.
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I see it all the time, full leathers on Harleys, we call them pirates
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+ agree http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/aharbi/Montana%201%202009/P8031608.jpg http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/aharbi/Montana%201%202009/P8051654.jpg http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/aharbi/Montana%201%202009/P8061683.jpg http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/aharbi/Montana%201%202009/P8061742_stitch.jpg http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/aharbi/Montana%201%202009/P8081812.jpg http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/aharbi/Montana%201%202009/P8081858.jpg http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/aharbi/Montana%201%202009/P8081893.jpg http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/aharbi/Montana%203%202009/100_1015.jpg
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I took them off my helmets, they bothered my neck, uncomfortable.
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As I have done with all my bikes. I will carry a two gallon gas can with me when the fuel is low. I will run the bike to empty after switching to reserve to check my mileage. I can get 56 miles while on reserve to empty on a calm day.
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I named mine the "White Yamaha Venture" I call my truck the "Chevy PU truck" I call my wife's car "My wifes car" I call my kids by their names
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My dealer charges $149 for a ME880 and $18 to balance and mount it on the bike.
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In 1969 I bought a 1966 Triumph T120 Bonneville in 2 wooden crates. Took me all summer to put it back together.
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It's been a number of years now. But I canoed each summer in Canada. The fishing is unreal, it spoils you for anything else in the world. I recall once we fished on a huge rock where the river ran into a lake. We could catch either walleye or "bronze backs" pending which direction we cast. I won't say we caught something with every cast but I will say we did with at least every other cast. I just pulled out my tapemeasue, 38" huh? Nope, just can't comprehend ice that thick nor it being that cold to make it that thick.
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Just a suggestion. But you may wish to sign up for My Yamaha. It's free but allows access to the parts catalogs. Where you can see the exploded views of the bike parts. It may help. http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/myyamaha/home.aspx
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I partially agree, not totally. First, corporate America has a problem and "we the people" are tired of it. Most of the companies that are cutting back is BS. They get rid of the higher dollar (read experienced) employees that can provide quality customer service for low dollar hourly labor that don't give a dang. They want to keep the profit in their pockets. The split between upper management and labor is growing. Middle America is losing jobs, wages, etc. This can't happen but for a few more years without middle America raising to their feet to stop it. We are starting to see it in a number of ways. Tea party, Democrat & Republican parties subdividing. A more vocal public, a public that is starting to hold accountable the "policy makers" either public or private. The companies that will survive are the ones that will provide customer service. People like doing business with people, friendly knowledgeable people. Not VRUs, not self check-outs, not off-shore support. This goes for banks, grocery stores, repair shops, doctors, anything that requires people interaction (customer service). You can do your part. Don't accept it! Speak up! Ask for the boss, tell them they suck. Post your experience, tell your neighbors. Fight back with your vote and your dollar. Sears service went to hell. I don't shop there anymore, I have found other places with better service and better product. I don't get the paper anymore and filed harassment charges when they kept soliciting me once a week. Because their billing dept could never get the billing right and would cancel delivery. I dropped several credit cards when the "fine print" shot up the interest rate if you didn't do this or that when or where they wanted, basically they wanted you to default the terms so they could charge the higher rate. I called my insurance company and asked why the rate increase. Everything is going up, "coast of doing business, annual rate increase" WRONG! I haven't filed a claim, I haven't seem any increase in customer service nor advantage in keeping you? Either you roll back my rate or bye-bye, put your boss on the phone, Sir our policy is such and so. Well I too have a policy, my policy is to not get ripped off, you have just lost my home, car, boat and motorcycle insurance. I went with better coverage and a cheaper rate. Sorry, got on a roll here. Point being, customer service will either make or break a company and you need to do your part by not supporting poor service.
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That is why I used Iridium Spark Plugs when I replaced mine. Hope to not see them again for another 50k miles.
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Have a friend burn you a live Linux CD. Set the BIOS to boot from a CD. Good chance just the boot sector on the HD went. Linux should see all your files, copy them to a flash drive. I've done this half a dozen times on "crashed drives".
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Here is a good way to kill a couple of days. It is addicting. (http://www.advrider.com/) Spend a few minutes once the home page loads and enjoy the photos before clicking on the "enter" button at the bottom. Enter, then click on the Ride reports and pics, pics, pics... this will take you to the RR (Ride reports). This would be a good way to forget about winter. You can also click on the Ratings heading to sort the best rated by the viewers.
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Yep, that worked, meter now off. thanks Gary
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Huh? Why run power to it if you installed a splitter? (which I wouldn't of done as the cig port in the fairing is low wattage to begin with). What did you mean by splitter? You mean a Y cable into the cig lighter to run both GPS and Sat radio? If so, should not have a problem other than being ugly. Can you run a separate wire to it? Yes, if it's the only power wire and you have it fused. Be careful with the gauge wire you are using, I wouldn't go below 14 for a cig plug. Also, a GPS and sat radio pull less power than any light on the bike.