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    I wouldnt do it with carbs in not much space to work with too tight.
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    Tie your crash bars up with the firehouse to protect them and prepare to dump your bike alot. One thing Ill give Harley RoadKings they are tough you can drop them alot and they manuver well but I think your 2nd Gen is a few inches longer.
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    I have the 1.85 Radientz and they are very bright their regular light output looks like your brakes are on and then when the brakes come on they are very bright. Heres my pics the right pic doesnt do they light justice http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=14392 I heard someone has had problems with theres though I havent yet.
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    Its kind of a pain. Plastic has to be off and carbs out, plastic dams out also. Like 86 said they come off on different sides. I Check your valve clearances now they are right there once the covers come off. They are very floppy and like to pop off when mounting. I didnt use any gasket sealers might be easier to hold them though. I set gaskets on the heads and then put the cover on and ran my fingers and visual check of the gasket to make sure it was seated properly. I'm not sure how you would easy it would be to do with the gasket stuck to the cover since its a tight fit to get them in. I would think it would fall off alot. They dont leak. I put the plastic air dams back not sure of their function if its airflow or it somehow protects the TCI from wetness. Just take your time and make sure they are on right. Two people would be better to assure proper gasket alignment.
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    This is interesting. Has anyone tried one? I would like to dump my standard 1st gen propotioning valve would like to find something adjustable that works.
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    Its a Roadking
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    Hundreds
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    I hope people know how hard that is at the speed he was going. That was a beautiful run.
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    Go full boat treat yourself.
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    And the beer in Germany is excellant (makes you feel good right away) I'd love to go back.
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    Not long ago I got on a Honda crotch rocket that my wifes girlfreind stored in our garage to take it back to her place, I forgot how sensitive the front brakes can be on those so used to my Venture which takes much more pressure. The trick is no matter how sensitive the brakes are using a smooth application should be your goal. I know its hard in an emergency not to grab (grabbing on bike especially without anti-dive forks loads up the front suspension quickly shifting weight foward, lifting the rear wheel (making rear lock up real easy) and putting alot of pressure on the front to quickly making it skid faster, but this where practice comes in knowing the limitations of your bike. (I.E. Brake practice knowing what to expect out of your bike if the situation or need ever arises.) Your tires began to howl when they start skidding you hear that noise you may have to back off before you lock depending on various factors. Your bikes not gonna flip over because you used the front brakes over 50mph. What I do since my bike is not linked rear brake first but only a split second before I use front brake. This helps settle the suspension your bike will not load up the front fork as quick help keeping the rear wheel with more weight on it (slightly harder to lock up) and hopefully producing a nice stop. I can see where a linked setup would help in straight stops, but I dont like the feel I get in any sort of turn or less then good surface or slow speed manuvers. I use my rear brake alot in turns helps stabilize you but I also sometimes use a feathering of front (trail braking) but I want to control the time and place I do that. I dont want my bike telling me I have to use both brakes everytime I hit the brakes. But like Monsta said paying attention is the best brake you have. Some may disagree with me but this is what I do. Safe riding, Jim.
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    Linked brakes were designed as a safety feature for those who love to jam on the rear brake pedal like a car and were afraid to use the front brake. (20-30 yrs ago people were told to be afraid of the front brake) It helps prevent you from locking the rear and having the tail slide out to one side or the other. Though I'm not convinced it totally eliminates it. (If you notice all Pickup trucks now come with rear ABS because of the long wheel base and light rear end they had a tendency due to the long wheel base of locking the rear brakes and the rear end coming around on them. Our wheel bases on bikes are not that long of course.) In a tail slide with locked rear at higher speeds if you let off the rear brake the rear end snaps around to be in line with the front very violenty so much so the bike will be ripped from your hands flipping you off the bike in whats called a high side crash. The linking forces you to use the front brake which you should use. ( BMW actually links the other way front to back instead of rear to front which I would not mind so much. ) Your braking distances double if you just rear alone, using front alone its much shorter but using both brakes was the best (but not much better then front alone). Lets face it many riders are weekend only riders who might get 2000 miles on thier bike in a year thats why you find so many low mileage bikes out there people dont ride them enough. I'll call them lazy many do not take the time for safety classes and many riders dont have the proper license never bothering to get one. ( Heck that Mickey guy from American Chopper didnt have a license and he's driving around on TV.) So for the majority of people that are weekend riders a straight line quick stop linked brakes work well it makes the less trained safer in straight line stops because it forces you to use both brakes. Because many of the masses dont have the training or the practice working motorcycle brakes and treat their bike like a car. (Like cowpuc was saying he does not like linked brakes in a turn with less then perfect traction I would have to agree.) I think Honda Goldwing first came out with linked brakes I could be wrong though. Many Goldwing owners complained about this but Honda said they took road racers and found that they drove better and faster times with the linked setup. Now I find this hard to believe I dont know of any road racer that uses linked brakes if this were true they all would have them. I think they were designed as lawsuit protection because they knew the masses were (not everyone of course) not getting the training and practice they need. Kit why are you so afraid to use your front brake over 50mph? Depending on your speed you gonna eat up alot of pavement waiting for 50 mph and then are you constantly looking down at the speedometer waiting for 50 mph when you should be looking where you want to go? Your gonna hit what you dont want to hit. Squeeze your front brakes smoothly dont yank them but use them. I wouldnt worry about your front tire blowing from braking unless your riding on belts.
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    Make sure your brake pads arent covered with oil also.
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    Thom I wonder if you didnt get the snap ring in all the way they are finicky and pop out easy if not seated correctly.
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    Monsta is totally right the biggest thing involved in many accidents is the few seconds before the accident occurs usually involving some sort of distraction. You probably could ride a bike with no brakes and only use engine braking if one was totally aware of thier surroundings (well maybe not) but the point is paying attention seeing whats ahead and having ample time to deal with it. I even think sometimes if this happens I'm going here etc. I ride the highway alot to work I learned a big lesson in my big truck ( a day I didnt ride) how my actions can influence others. I was in a hurry and traffic was bad I was following a little to close to a truck in front of me now I had enough room to stop in an emergency straight on (sometimes I use the shoulder to go on to if neccesary to avoid rear ending another car) but this day it came to a narrow bridge I was in the left lane, a car is on my right, a truck in front of me and we have to stop quick I have enough room to stop straight on but barely I could not go left or right, cement on left, car to right and then I hear a sports car, first its loud mufflers on acceleration and then the squeeling tires of braking and I know hes gonna hit me and hes gonna drive me into the guy in front which he did, but just before that I sped up because the guy in front of me sped up enticing the guy behind me to do the same but more aggressively. Now my lesson I drive a big truck I can see further down the road then the guy in front of me. (I was following the guy in front of me tailights.) I should have been paying attention to those cars in front of him also to predict what the guy in front of me was going to do. Now especially on my bike I'm looking ahead of the car in front of me also to give me a heads up on what might happen and if I see those cars slowing down even though the guy directely in front of me has not applied his brakes I'm tapping my brakes to let the guy behind me know we maybe stopping. I also use the Signal Dynamics Back Off brake modulator which flashes quick 5 times and then goes steady to draw peoples attention to the rear end. I use this technique so I'm not enticing someone following my tailights to rear end me. For braking practice I was taught whats called brake and escape. Basically a 40mph slam on of the brakes while downshifting to 1st gear, then getting off the brakes at last second and steering around the obstacle either right or left. Maintaining control of the bike as long a you can (cause its better then crashing) looking where you want to go. (Cause many people fixate on an object they desperately want to avoid only to end up hitting it because they went where they looked. ) Safe Riding Everyone.
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    I think you would be better off on a bike that has ABS. If you locked the rear you probably had the rear start to come around and then you probably let up on the rear which if you at a higher speed will snap the rear back to a straight position violently throwing you off in a high side flip which is not good for you or the bike. Unless you get off the rear very quickly before it really starts to come around you will have to pretty much stay locked and possibly low side crash, which is better then high siding. 80% of your braking capability comes from the front brake dont be afraid to use it. (locking up front in wet or gravel is not good either quick low side crash). I not familiar with 2nd Gen I dont know if they have anti dive forks like 1st Gen. I delinked my brakes on my bike since I dont like the feel of them for all situations. I'm more comfortable being the one controlling which brake is working. ( I know I'm the devil for doing this I dont need to hear about it.) and my braking style is rear brake a split second before front to help stabilize the suspension helps keep the forks from diving to much (which lifts the rear tire more and makes it easier to lock the rear) Having experience with ABS on a motorcycle I think your average Joe would be better suited to ABS unless you want to practice maximum braking alot. I have seen (I must admit I was not manly enough and did not volunteer ) a guy do 45 mph on a Harley with ABS apply maximum brake on gravel in an attempt to lock them and did not go down. I believe you should also practice braking from any speed you regularly travel at if its highway speeds practice from that otherwise how do know where the limitations of your bike are under controlled conditions? Or slowly work up to higher speeds until you get to the speed you most travel at. I believe its something everyone needs to do for your own safety. Too many of us just get on the bikes and never practice riding things like maximum braking etc. I guess you could try the Rick Butler linking on your 2nd Gen and it probably would help those of you that love to use only the rear brake for all of your stops except panic stops (because it makes you use the front brake which is what you should use for most situations anyway.) but I would think you would be better of on a different bike with ABS if your concerned about locking tires up . I'm not trying to lecture I just don't want to see anymore from this group get hurt. I hope your feeling better.
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    I was getting 32 mpg for awhile. Bike just didnt feel right but ran pretty well it just didnt seem quick enough and ever so slight roughness but could do 100 mph. I had rebuilt the carbs new diaphrams etc prior to this. I was getting iratated with 32 mpg so I finally opened up the airbox and looked at the slides. #4 not sliding much and the emulsion tube had slide out of the carb just held in by the needle. I open up the diaphram it had slipped out of place (probably on assembly) so about 1/5 of the diaphram was not seated properly so it had a gapping hole to the venturi. Fixed those problems now getting 38-41mpg and its a strong runner now.
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    I have the Signal Dynamics modulator. It causes the headlamp safety feature to display an error message on your computer. I found it annoying and disconnected it. I then mounted the modulator to my driving lights and acitivated them with a regular switch. I did not connect my driving lights to any low beam or high beam switch I dont care for that I wanted more control ( I know some states its not technically legal.). I had a switch just for them, used its own relay and ran them that way. They blink during the day like emergency flashers because my lights have a yellowish tint to them and at night they run just like regular driving lights. Now I dont know if the blinking will confuse some drivers if I put my turn signals on (which it may) but I figure they will freeze as if I would go straight. But if you still want to hook it up I saw a neat idea a guy came up with. Instead of cutting your headlamp wires you buy another lamp socket at the auto parts store. You then wire it by putting blades on your modulator wires into the regular lamp socket and run it from there. Thereby not damaging your origianl setup if you want to take it off.
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    I could never find a 15/32. I have tool I made but take me awhile to access it I not sure what the size was.
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    Now your talking my language. You can get a trunk but the bike needs to be slightly bigger for the stereo and speakers.
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    Yea I'm looking for mine to my son threw it out with the recycling.
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    Was that in Easy Riders I think I saw that didn't look half bad.
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    On a 2nd Gen I would surmise it would be slighty worse because you dont have as tall 5th gear as stock. On a 1st Gen the combo would give you a taller 5th gear from the stock so I guess it would be slightly better.
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    Good so you were able to maintain enough clearance from the tank cover and the mirrors and windshield plus be able to use the stock cables and brake lines. Nice balancing act. I have to say I feel I have better control of the bike with a more foward handlebar then the ones that came with the bike. The key switch is another challange I had enough room to make it work not ideal but works.
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    Roadkings dont but The Ultras Road Glides Etc do. I'm not really a fan of Harley but I did like some of thier improvements and the new engine was pretty smooth compared to the 88 cube. They have oil coolers available and one cylinder shut down (the back) to try to tame the heat. Plus they do have fuel injection now imagine that. If someone held a gun to my head and said I had to get a Harley, for fun I would get a VRod (gotta say they are fast) or for traveling a Road Glide but I'm not gonna get a Harley.
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