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    I'm not a big fan of riding when theres still alot of snow around. Even though it might get in the 40's during the day at night it still usually goes below freezing. With snow melting and and the wetness getting in the roadway and then freezing at night dont want to hit one of those ice patches the next day.
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    Illinois is done by axle. So here it is YES
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    ME 2
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    I know what saying Randy on these you need to hit the rear to get the half the front to work and in reality I'm all for using the rear in conjunction with the front even using a small amount of rear a split second before using front. You still need to use the front brake its just good practice.
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    I suspect you hit something in the road like gravel or oily substance your linked brakes arent necessarily gonna save you here. Slamming on that rear brake may lock that front also very bad on gravel or wet surfaces or steel plates in the road. The only thing linked brakes is gonna save you on is straight driving anything with a turn or slight turn involved may hurt you depending on road surface if that front wheel locks up as press that rear pedal. After some very good advise from good people on this site I bought new tires and changed my braking style completely. Now, I use the foot pedal first and only the hand brake a little if needed. I am much more conscious of things I dont think this is good advice. Like George S says most of your braking force comes from the front brakes use them. Old school riders brake with only the rear thinking they are gonna crash or flip using the front brake. You can get a Yamaha R1 to stand the tail up but your not gonna get your Venture too. You losing alot of braking force by not using the front brake handle something in an emergency you may need to shorten your braking distance. I detest linking brakes but I'm gonna refrain from ripping them anymore here. Not to insult you but you should take some MSF rider courses and buy some motorcycle riding books. I like David Hough, Keith Code, and Nick Ientasch books. Well, I am second owner and the guy before me put 19K on it with just using the rear brake he said. Any other possibilities of what might be wrong other than a warped rotor? I will PM you about your supplies. Iowa Guy Good luck Jim
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    Yamaha sold the most bikes during the 2008 year even beating Honda firgures are only for Japanese Bikes Harley was about 75,000 behind Yamaha.. Suzuki even beat Honda. Which surprises me I would have thought Honda would dominate them all. Good for Yamaha. Kawasaki was far behind the others. http://www.webbikeworld.com/Motorcycle-news/blog/
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    Yes I would like to see how you mounted the gauges.
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    I like it. Looks awesome. Good for you enjoy the ride and I'm jealous.
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    86-93 do not have notches at least my 1990 does not I used tiny washers and removed the plastic ring and I get about the same as Gearhead with the 1990 needles. I also have a set of 1984 needels and they have alot more taper to them then the 90 does and 5 settings. I used the 84 needles set at the most out setting and had great power mileage went down 25mpg with heavy throttle, though when the weather gets better Im going to lower them to the lowest setting and see what I get. I have a hard time riding 55. If I did what my speedo said I was doing I would be doing about 47-48 mph mines off so then I could see 50 mpg.
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    Do you still have the pins?
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    I am a proponent of delinking on 1st Gen's. I dont like the feel of them in slow turns,wet conditions or gravel. I want the final say of which brake does what and when. I use my front brakes for just about everything even trailbraking into turns. ( I use both brakes for info most of the time) Now wet or loose surfaces I use less or none. With these bikes having pegs and a small foot rear brake I find it hard to lock the rear brake while delinked. (On a 2nd Gen with forward controls and huge rear brake pedal linking might not be bad I feel that huge pedal like a car and your foot in a similar position to a car you can place a large amount of force with your feet in that position. I cant place that much pressure turning my foot down from the peg especially if I lower the pedal a little lower.) Delinking is a fairly easy project you can either keep of get rid of the proportioning valve located at rear master cylinder area if you keep it you will have to plug one side. I used stainless steel plastic coated brake lines. I put on R1 calipers on the front with a tee fitting above that and replaced the front master with GSXR600/750 master with adjustable lever (some people use the standard front master I liked the GSXR with the adjustable handle better) You need to get rid of the steel brake line that runs up the right side of the frame and the metering valve under the neck and the brake line to the front master. Now your gonna need all new lines. I measured the distances with a string but you also have to take into account the steering movements from side to side in your calculation you dont want the lines to short. My ideal bike would have a brake setup that is not linked but with ABS that can be turned off when you want to BMW does this somewhat. In wet weather I would use them dry weather I wouldnt. I feel I have better braking delinked then the linked setup. This is my opinion and many disagree with that which I'm Ok with. On your 1988 antidive not tied in. I do worry that you say you only use the rear brake on smaller bikes and if you carry that over to big bikes maybe delinking is not for you. You need to make a habit of using the fronts which is 70% of your braking force.
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    Road Glides are the best handling of all Big Harleys. I believe you can now get them with ABS also.
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    R1 rotors can be used?
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    I'm jealous, nice power?
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    Have to agree but I think a big part of the problem is a forward foot position (2nd Gen Harley etc) and a large rear brake pedal like a car. This is my opinion (which aint worth much) encourages a rider to try to stop a bike like a car. Your sitting there like a car feet stretched out like a car. I find it much harder to lock the rear brake with a peg foot position and the small rear brake pedal like (1ST Gen) encouraging using more front brake to stop. You just dont have the same foot force trying to force the brake down instead of forward. My brakes are delinked. But back to your issue of not wanting to modify a OEM brake system. Do you realize than even changing out your brake lines for stainless is one of those drastic changes, not to even mention changing out brake calipers? The idea for my solution came from the hot rod industry where these folks didn't want their rear brakes locking sooner than expected either. And by the fact that it's an adjustable flow control valve (and doesn't reduce pressure) you can adjust it to suit your individual needs. Rick I think this is a very good solution especially for people on bikes with a forward foot position to help lower the force of your rear braking in an emergency. I wouldnt worry about liability if your the only one driving it. I applaud Rick for coming up with it, thinking out of the box. I think this is a viable soultion better then linking which I dont care for because I like individual control of each brake and I dont want a chance of locking that front wheel in poor road conditions like wet or gravely. I'm also a believer in practicing hard braking from significant speed because a person will likey revert to whatever they have practiced but as a back up to that Ricks solution is a good one. Harleys have very good ABS I've tried in heavy rain to lose control and they worked great but they are smaller then the (2nd Gen).
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    I could see this with state of the world economy and Yamaha shutting plants down for 10 days. I d really like to see a new bike come out totally new like Snarley Bill was talking bout.
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    Its called the VROD but Harleyphiles dont like it Its not a true Harley whatever that means. If they put the VROD motor in a Road Glide I might consider a Harley the only one I would consider.
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    Maybe people should just post them in the proper section especially if your not new. This has bothered me also.
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    Good point
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    I used these also a local hardware store carries them. The original screws to me are a one time use. The hexcap screws went in easy come out easy. The stainless is nice.
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    SNOW

    CrazyHorse replied to a topic in Watering Hole

    I'm gonna come out officially and say I'm against snow. I know I shouldnt make political statments but I couldnt help myself.
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    I heard a radio ad today for HD anouncing price slashes. Couple years ago you wouldnt have heard that.
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    Pictures please
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    I didnt know you could burn diesel in a heater does it actually light? I would think you need some sort of compression. Kerosene and jet fuel are pretty much the same thing.
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    I agree Europe speed in KM/hr
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