Chaharly

Congratulations guysss!!!! I think you two have a long life of love ahead of you!!! Now get out there and RIIIDDDEEE!!!!!

May I ask about your injuries? Hopefully you get better soon!

I hope you reference your relative to the site! Sorry to hear she's gone but glad to see you got a sick new scoot!!

Like you said sir, Wait 48 hours and then buy it. That seems fair to me.

I'll have one of these before I get a trike

Excited to see the pictures man! Definitely must be a labour of love!

Honestly I think these bikes look best in a two tone! With the pin stripping seperating the two. Maybe a darker green or a gold yellow. I've always thought a burnt orange and a green would make an interesting but effective clash! That's just my two cents!

I'm about 6'2" maybe 6'3" and I think the biggest difference is just the way I sit. On the RSV it sad you with your feet out like you are on a chair. I never installed running boards on my RSV because I never needed them. Another thing about the floorboards on my RSV is that they are like a mile long so I always had room to move them around. The more I puts around on my 88 the more right it feels, I found the backrest was one too many notches forward for me, but this 88 is a comfortable beast

Do I need 1 of each or two of each?

Too bad I feel a little scrunched on this thing

Hahaha I suppose I should!

Do these first gens have adjustable footpegs? I thought I remember reading somewhere that that was a feature on the first gens? How do I adjust them? Thanks in advance guys!!!!

Where did you get your bushings?

Got it done guys! Really easy and the bike runs great! Got the back right one slightly stripped but that cylinder was running fine so I wont worry about it until later. Thanks for the great tips guys!!!

I dont mind letting it sit for a few days to get parts. Ill replace if they look bad, being jobless I'm kind of on a budget right now.

Too Cool! Thanks for the diagram I think I'm going to make those myself!!!!

I would (assuming I'm healed and my bike is running good) Would go to the Black Hills (about a 7 hour drive) ride around the usual routes, the ones that @cowpuc described, but with a twist. Id spend a huge chunk of change in Deadwood since I'm legal now!!!

I remember that bolt on my TS400 was tough too. I think I just did the same thing you did and it worked out fine. After I replaced the seal it kept leaking because the inner fork tube was really, really pitted

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by sleeves? Like the dust boots? Sorry I'm still learning!!!

Did you leave the anti dives hooked up?

Would a shot of PB blaster hurt doo you think?

Of course I have been on disability for over a month so I could be a little rusty

Ok that sounds simple enough. I thought the brass cap was right against the screw, but knowing that there is a gap between them totally takes my worry away. I drill for a living through light duty aluminum and the like so I'm fairly confident I wont mess it up too bad!!!

Well the fork seals are leaking pretty bad and it likes to bottom out pretty hard. The CLASS system fills up, but then in a short amount of time they will run out. I ordered a Dunlop 404 for the front, progressive springs and new fork seals. I plan to cut the spacers for the progressives down like they are described in the READ ONLY section. I know that they will be just fine without doing this, but I like having to use the CLASS. I always dreamed of owning one of these new, because of all the neat toys so I'd really like to continue using the CLASS system and continuing my illusion of riding a "new" 88 venture! I dont have the tool to install seals, but maybe @Freebird wouldn't mind renting his homemade one out? Any advice or things that I should do once I've installed the progressives would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance guys!!! I'll let you guys know how the installation goes and what I think of the ride afterward!!!

Well I got my girl running on all four yesterday, but It still has an intermitten misfire when not totally warmed up. I know they set the pilot screw really really lean from the factory, and I know mine have never been adjusted. What size drill bit do I use and exactly how can you tell when you've bottomed out into the pilot screw?