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  1. CrazyHorse
    Isnt there a guy here named Dave something he calls it a Venture SS I think he put all Vmax engine parts on it and so forth?
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    After having a some experiance on 2008 Roadking I gotta say I'm impressed. Thier new motor the 96 cube is smooth and the bike accelerates well. Looks like they are getting thier act together. Coming out with Hydraulic clutches, 2nd Gen ABS, 6 gal fuel tank, and 6 speed tranny. Thier stereos sound good, I gotta hand it to them they are coming around. Still need liquid cooling. Now if they put that Vrod motor in thier bikes.
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    Thanks for the input Freebird. Maybe a winter project I have everything need to do it. Now the hard part is just doing it especially taking the motor out. Not really looking foward to it.
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    I would like to be about 38-3900 rpm at 75-80 I might be wrong about this and someone correct me if I am but at around 4250 rpm is where the carbs are really starting to dump fuel into the cylinders so if I could stay below that and still cruise at 75-80 I think that would be ideal. Along with better acceleration out of the hole. At 75-80 is were my mileage starts to suffer. I know its more then one factor of RPM's like wind resistance etc.
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    I'm wondering how a 2nd Gen with a Vmax rear end would do? I was considering going with 2nd Gen gearing and Vmax rear (which I have aquired both but not done anything with yet.). I want a faster out of the hole in 1st and taller 5th gear to lower rpms on the top side. think this combo will give me that any ideas on it?
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    My bike feels fine over 100 with Avons not that I have ever done that of course. I think the best modification I did was all the solid motor mounts seem to make the best difference. I also have progressives and superbrace.
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    Well I guess if you call 1920's styling, a motor thats basically been around 25 yrs, cassette deck, non linked brakes, and no ABS modern, I guess your right. Personally I dont see how anyone goes from a 1st Gen to a 2nd Gen totally different bikes. Modern style to classic style. Like going from a new Corvette to a Model T Ford. When my 1st Gen dies I wont be getting 2nd Gen it will be a bike that looks like it belongs in this century that has some actual technology on it. To each his own I guess and if you like it thats all that matters. Good luck with your new bike. I gotta say it does look nice but not for me.
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    I think I sprayed some penetrating oil in if I remember right and used a screw driver to peel it up a bit and twist it. You may need longer cables and brake/clutch lines with that set up if your keep ing those bars stock. Feel free to call me if you have questions.
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    I agree totally I put new ss lines on and speed bleeders. I could not get them to bleed. Took off speed bleeders put old ones on opened them and used a mityvac to suck fluid through lines. Then put speed bleeders on worked like a charm.
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    I kind of agree. My buddy s goldwing has flat metal pieces that attach to the frame and come out between the plastic they hold well. I wa thinking bout trying to fabricate I dont think I want to mount it to the flimsy plastic on these bikes.
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    Thom looks like a nice set of bars. I hope you get them for a better price then I did.
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    Thom were you able to find any bars?
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    Yea he did a great job at the speed he was going. I dont think you guys really know how challanging that is at the speed he was going. Well done to whoever he is. There's alotta rear brake on this course and you aint making it with linked brakes.
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    Thom I gonna have to do some measuring off of my bike. Peliminary measuring its looks like it might work but alot depends on the bars also. My risers are 2 1/2" high to the center of the bars. It's gonna take me awhile to do this unfortunately I have wedding to go to now. I'll get back to you on this.
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    I think the lower handle bar holder is 12mm if I remember right. I dont know if they make risers with 12mm posts or not. It's gonna take some fanagling. They also have bent risers that bring the bars back to you more but then you might have to worry about battery cover clearance unless they get the bar up high enough to go over the cover.
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    Ok Thomm, My main purpose for changing the bars was I got bad tendenitus in my elbows from the original handlebars. I like my bars more foward. This is what I did I'm not saying its right and everyone should do it, but its what I did. !. Removed old handlebars from the triple tree. 2. Loosened the Ignition switch. 3. Removed the whats called the lower handlebar holder. 4. Pulled out lower handle bar holder 5. Now your left with the triple tree and the 2 holes for mounting the bars. I used some risers I got for free from a mechanic friend I believe they were off of a Yamaha Roadstar dont quote me on that. Now the problem I had was the risers were slightly thicker then the mounting holes in the triple tree. So I had do drill the holes out slightly of course I couldnt find a metric drill bit so I used a 9/16 bit slightly bigger then 14mm and drilled the holes out 6. Now using this bit it was slightly bigger and provided to much side to movement inside the triple tree so I used an aluminum can cut and then rolled up and inserted into the triple tree to use as a shim to tighten up clearances inside Pic #4 and 5 7. Now I could put the risers in and tighten them down. 8. I mounted the Kawasaki Voyager adjustable bars to the risers. Voyager bars are 1" on the bottom part but are 7/8" on the top part the adjustable part. Now the problem is clearances is the battery cover. The bars could hit the battery cover so if you do something like this you may have to try a few combinations of risers and handlebars. The bars also will hit the windshield and or your mirrors if they are mounted to far foward. You can now play with lean angle since you have normal bars but remember the clearance with the battery cover. 9. Voyager bars themselves present problems. For me the actual handle bar part was to long to mount the Venture controls this would make the bars to wide for me and not give me the clearance from the windshield and mirrors. So I found a spot were I thought it was comfortable using the Venture Controls next to the Voyager bars I then cut the Voyager bars down and slid on the Venture controls. Next problem with Voyager bars since they are adjustable they have a big round interlocking point of attachment. this makes the Master cylinders jut out from the bars since its not flat like a normal bar would be. This is not ideal for me since you dont have full contact of the Master cylinders and levers but I tightened it down and seems to work out fine. Now with this setup I could use the normal length Venture throttle cables which was good. 10. Now the bars are attached I still want to use the cruise control but with this setup I cant mount it like it was so I had to cut the top part off were the ignition would be. Now the problem of mounting it. I tried Velcro didnt work so I drilled two hole in whats left of the top part or the cruise unit and attached it with black cable ties to the handle bars The cruise unit functions fine. Now this is not my ideal setup but it works. If I were to do it again (I was in a hurry to ride this summer) I dont need adjustable bars. In reality I will never adjust them I just need one that will work for me and thats a more foward bar but on these bikes your are somewhat limited due the clearances of the battery cover, the windshield and mirrors cable lengths and brake line lengths unless you dont mind modifying things. I delinked my brakes and put in new SS brake and clutch lines of the lengths I needed. I also would probably find risers that would slide right in to the triple tree. So far this setup has been good to me with about 4000 miles on it my elbows are fine and have not had the tedenitus problems.
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    View my pictures there is a picture of them there.
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    I put Kawasaki Voyager bars on mine. Not too bad to do. Some considerations, clearance of the battery cover and clearance of the windshield.
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    I tried Mobil 0w-30 seemed to soft for me alot of bounce out of the fork which I did not like in turns. Now I weigh about 260 lbs I dont know if that has anything to do with it. I went with 15wt fork oil and seem to like that so far.
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    Gotta love socialism. Years ago when I sold computer software I remember going to Toronto trade show we had to add 30% to the price of our software for Canadian taxes. I remember many of Canucks complaining about the taxes. I of course reminded them what the software cost in the U.S. I don't think you Canucks appreciated that.
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    I was looking through the 2008 Harley Roadking manual and they recommend (If Harley oil is unavailable of course ) Diesel motor oil. I just found this interesting.
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    Or complaining about Yamaha service... We dont even bother they're over 10 yrs old they wont let us drive them on the lot. Us hardcore 1st Geners gave up on Yamaha when they started making Harleys instead of our Goldwings. :rotf:
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    Thanks for the info on the FJ1200 systems. Locking the rear doesn't scare me get off it fast enough and your fine. Front lock is fine as long as it straight. Wet pavement I do like the ABS as a back up sometimes your down before you know it in the wet stuff. Dry yes you can stop in a shorter distance then ABS. Yes BMW has a nice setup I think thier 4th Generation ABS. Correct me if I'm wrong I believe they also link front to back instead of rear to front which is what I would prefer if I had to have linked brakes.
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    I dont know if you need 86+ wheel or not thats a good question I'm sure someone here would know. I'm still experimenting with my setup to get the most out of the braking system. I have even looked into using an ABS system off of an old FJ1200, but this would take alot of work. I think ABS is a more worth while system then linked brakes but I must admit it much easier and cheaper to link the brakes if thats what you like. Riding a bike with ABS is really great any new bike I get will have ABS. I think its a great safety feature your not gonna lock up either brake.
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    I agree total waste of space and time get an IPOD nano only will hold about 30 times the songs of a CD changer and it fits in your pocket.
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