XV1100SE

If it is the stock rear end then you have a problem. I'm still leaning towards it being your clutch. At 100km/60mph on the speedo, if you are in 5th the engine should bog down if you try to accelerate, NOT wind up. If you are in 5th and the engine is high revving.... are you burying the needle on the speedometer? Top speed on the RSV is around 110-115mph. Not sure if you'll hit the rev limiter at that point but just run out of power. Do you know someone else with an RSV that you can ride and see what the difference is? If you do need a clutch, speak to SkyDoc. He has ads in the member classified. You aren't a member yet...with the support you are getting already, think you're already $12 ahead.

Glad you are more or less intact and safe.

You need a pick-up?

Just a thought...but if you are getting high rpm (do you have a tach?) in 5th... could it be your clutch is slipping? How many miles on the bike?

Nancy actually spoke with her birth mother today. Everything is moving forward and both want to get to know each other...exchange pictures, stories...and possibly meet in the next month. Nancy's birth mother is coming to visit her twin sister (Nancy's new Aunt) who lives somewhere an hour outside of Ottawa. Nancy and her mother spoke for about 20 minutes. We went to see Nancy's (adopted) parents tonight and filled them in on what has happened since Sunday. They are excited for Nancy and we reinforced that they are Nancy's parents so they know nothing will change with her relationship to them. Nancy and her mother are now friends on facebook and have already exchange several text messages on the phone. In anyone's best dreams of reuniting .... this couldn't be better ! For those following this I'll post updates periodically.

Well written story. Really glad you are recovering well. Typical guy thing though....get injured (bones visible) and wanting to go about doing things normally. You mentioned that the woman didn't stop. Did she stay at the accident scene?

Nancy and I appreciate the comments. Thank you !

Can we do this meet next Wednesday? Tonight we are going to Caledonia to talk to Nancy's parents about finding her birth mother. Updating them is a priority right now.

I'd have to say strip off the old bike what you can, and let it go. Make sure you take off any discontinued parts or things that were on the '08 that aren't on the '10. Was you '08 an 'S' ?

We went that road a week ago and it was pretty rough and with lots of loose gravel. I wouldn't recommend it. I was thinking we could meet you at the St. George Tim Horton's and then do the ride to the caboose. If anyone else in the Woodstock/KW area are interested in directions to the caboose or want to meet us for the ride to St. George, let me know. It isn't that far South of the 401 so if all you have time for is ice cream (there is a Tim Horton's there too) you could make a quick escape.

Nancy was born March 24th, 1970 and was immediately given up for adoption. After a few foster homes she found a family, or a family found her and adopted her. Nancy and I have known each other since 1998 and lived together since 2005. Since we've been together, she would question or wonder if she could ever find her birth mother. Ontario adoption rules are fairly tight and mother/child have to register independently to be put in contact with each other. Nancy was able to get her adoption papers that had her birth mother's name and doing the typical search on 411 and Facebook we came up empty. Her adopted parents had some information but it was limited. Earlier this year Nancy mentioned that there are "Search Angels" on Facebook who do searches for adoptees/birth parents in the hope of putting them together. For a reasonable fee they search records and whatever else they do to put the pieces together. I told Nancy to go ahead because if she didn't she would never know, and if she waited too long it might be too late to have contact with her birth mother. About two months ago she contacted a Search Angel in Ontario that appeared to have good results (from their Facebook page). Over the past couple of months the Search Angel said she was making headway. We of course wondered if the $250 we sent to this unknown person was really searching or if we were out money. On Sunday, Nancy received a call from the Search Angel. Search Angels find whatever information they can gather and try to contact birth family. Nancy was hoping to get family medical history primarily, but deep down, she hoped to be able to speak with her mother on the phone at least. As you can imagine, when a child is given up for adoption at birth, sometimes the parent/family wants to put an adoption behind them and never speak of it. Nancy's birth mother was 16 when she had Nancy out of wedlock in 1970, a time when pregnant teenagers were sent by their families to homes in other cities to have the baby. In Nancy's case, the adoption papers indicated that her birth mother lived in Owen Sound but Nancy born in Hamilton. Nancy has been uncertain whether her birth family would provide medical history to know if anything runs in the family or reject her outright. The Search Angel told Nancy that she had reached her birth mother's brother and that he said he knew why she was calling and that he would call her back. The Search Angel was surprised when her phone rang 20 minutes later. The phone call lasted at least a half hour. During the call, the Search Angel learned Nancy's birth mother's married name, what province she lives in, and learned why her mother gave her up for adoption. At the time of Nancy's birth, her mother was living with her parents who had a total of ten (YES, TEN) children living at home and couldn't take on more. The father was working in a car wash in Owen Sound. The Search Angel found out that the birth mother's brother (Larry) held Nancy before she was taken away, and that her mother always thought of Nancy and the separation impacted her in life. The reason the mother's brother said he knew why the Search Angel was calling before the call, was that the Search Angel had tried to reach out to other family members and that on the day before the call, the family had a group meeting to discuss the calls and contacts. They welcomed the contact and put the brother in charge of how to proceed. He lives in Ontario and the rest of the family is in Alberta. The family was originally from Alberta and returned a year after Nancy's birth. The Search Angel not only gathers information and makes the contact, but also coordinates contact between the family and the adoptee. Would Nancy like to speak with Larry ? Based on the mother's maiden name and location, we did a search on Facebook and piecing things together found out that the birth mother's father had passed away in 1990, that the birth mother's mother lived in a retirement home, and all the names of the birth mother's siblings. Amazing what you can find on the Internet. Today, the Search Angel initiated the three way call between Nancy and Larry. They spoke on the phone for 45 minutes. After the initial call between the Search Angel and Larry on Sunday, the family had a second family meeting/discussion so things are moving quickly. During the call Nancy found out that her adoption wasn't a secret and all the birth mother's siblings knew about the adoption and she had told her own children. Nancy's birth mother is anxious to be in contact and so is the entire family. They have already discussed contact with Nancy and are planning on having a family get together on Saturday in Alberta and want to have a group call with Nancy while they are all together. In her wildest dreams, Nancy never expected such an enthuastic welcome back into the family. She now has multiple Aunts and Uncles as well as two half brothers and two half sisters, as well as another Grandmother. Nancy had told her adopted parents a few months ago that she had initiated the search thru the Search Angel. After being her parents for almost her entire life, her father was emotional and asking questions about how this might affect their relationship. Nancy's adopted parents will ALWAYS be her parents. Tomorrow night we are going to go to Caledonia to fill them in on what has happened during the past couple days. I couldn't be happier for Nancy in finding her birth mother and what appears to be an enthusiastic welcoming. Even for me, this has to be one of the most special days I've ever had. I can imagine the emotions she is going thru. I've been kidding her that we'll have to fly out to Alberta and that I'll call the news media to be there when Nancy is finally reunited with her mother, five Aunts (one passed away a few years ago), three Uncles, two sisters, two brothers, Grandmother, and a multitude of cousins, nephews, neices.... I kid her that there will be fifty people at the airport waiting for her. We weren't planning on making a trip West again for another couple years for my next family reunion in Saskatchewan, but depending on how quickly things move forward, we may be flying to Alberta in the very near future. With work, time will be tight (Nancy just started a new job) so it would have to be a quick weekend trip. Time to start saving money and cashing in what I can for a airfare. Nancy's "new" Uncle Larry lives on Manitoulin Island in Ontario and drives trucks. He is leaving tomorrow for a drive West but will be back in two weeks. We'll probably meet him shortly after his return. It's been a whirlwind couple of days. Nancy still can't believe how quickly things have moved ahead after years of looking and wondering...and to get the reception she has received so far from her birth family....is more than she could ever have dreamed ! Next step is that during the next couple of days, Nancy will speak on the phone with her birth mother. They have 44 years of catching up to do! Following that will be a call to the family group on Saturday, meeting Uncle Larry in person when he returns, then flying West to meet her mother and entire family in person ! After the last couple days....all I can say is WOW !!!!

Dumb question (and won't help with an electrical issue) but did you run a can of Seafoam thru the gas? Can't hurt and if it is a carb problem it can help. Are the plugs wet?

It's Don... and getting the tach

For free shipping I'm having it sent to BongoBob's... will post when it arrives.

This is a nice route from the Tim Horton's at 5/24 thru Glen Morris...http://mapq.st/1nsqkL3 In the picture attached... the road in green is really nice...but when you get to W. River Rd and Brant Waterloo Rd the only two options is gravel roads. Brant Waterloo has some really nice steep hills...but is an adventure on a bike. Going along W. River Rd as far as Brant Waterloo Rd is worth it... even if you do a u-turn and back track (would be a planned u-turn).

Much as we enjoy the rides... I get up at 5am for work (some of us still do work...or at least show up for work)... so getting home at a reasonable time is important. There is an ice cream caboose at the South end of Cambridge at 24 and Meyers Road. If that was your destination then it works better for us since we'd only be 25 minutes from home afterwards...or we meet the group there.

Suggestion... do this with the fuel petcock turned off or it could spray gas.

FYI... when I ordered my tach the paypal info said the company name was Demon's Cycle South Inc. A google search for their web site shows that they rate an 'F' with the Better Business Bureau - 22 complaints closed with BBB in last 3 years | 0 closed in last 12 months - See more at: http://www.bbb.org/south-east-florida/business-reviews/motorcycles-supplies-and-parts/demons-custom-cycles-south-in-pompano-beach-fl-30005550#sthash.9DybEC0f.dpuf Ebay shows them as 98.1% Positive feedback Larry had no issues with them and as far as I know I won't either. Just making sure keep this in mind if they order a tach.

I don't have a problem with getting the wires into the saddle bag guard... just wondering how people got wires thru where the rails connect to the guard. Area circled in picture. Where the rail meets the guard there is a bolt that goes thru the guard and a solid piece in the rail with a threaded hole for the bolt. Did people that did this drill a hole thru the solid piece in the end of the rail?

You mentioned cleaning the air filter box. Do you have K&N's and did you oil them? I made the mistake of over spraying my K&N's a few years ago (was first time I'd done it) and with the filters being too wet, enough air wasn't getting thru. Dried them off a bit with paper towel and bike ran fine after that.

Posted to this but not seeing it in the thread now. Both the handle bars and engine guards are 1" in diameter

I purchased the red/amber LED marker lights. The fork (amber) lights shouldn't be an issue hooking in (into fairing). I want to do the saddlebag rail (red) lights but not sure how to get the wire to the marker. The marker has a bolt/nut combination but it isn't long enough to go thru the rail. Would require a second hole in the rail for the wiring. Question is... how do you get the wiring from under the seat to the rail markers? There is a hole where the saddlebag guard comes out but getting it into the horizontal rail there is no opening (other than for the bolt that fastens the two). Do I drill a hole beside the bolt hole?

Engine guards and handle bars are 1".

Make sure your brake fluid is fresh ! If it is older it will have water in it that will lower the "boiling point" of the brake fluid. If it is at all discoloured in the window or the rear master fluid, replace it. Good time to change coolant too if you haven't done it in a couple years. And what the heck....while you are doing those things... bleed the clutch and replace your engine oil and rear gear fluid !

I posted on a couple sites that sell Yamaha parts asking if they have the item. I received a response from gearhead.com that they found two dealers that DO have some in stock : Florida - Red Hills Powersports British Columbia - GA Checkpoint http://gacheckpoint.com/ I called GA Checkpoint and sure enough... they had one in stock. Will Purolator it to me and I'll have it on the bike on Wednesday. Thanks again to all for your comments....and to Wayne for showing it to me something on his bike I didn't know I needed ! For anyone looking for OEM discontinued parts... from the response I received from gearhead.com... give them a try. In Canada, GA Checkpoint has a large inventory of parts.