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Hmm I thought the pain on the second one (the Vic) flowed and it looked OK. I dont care for the Indians much. And I didnt like wheel pants back when they were the rage either. Never could get them things off to change a tire when you needed to. But thats why there are sooo many manufactures of stuff for bikes. All sorts of tastes. Still think this is one of the best looking GW trikes I have seen.

Wholy $hit Bat Man. Bet he wishes he had a stebel horn on that bad boy. Next shot would have been me on the hood of that car.

If you have not got the problem sorted out or can give me an idea of what you have found maybe I can help you out.

Load range =80 means 992 lbs per axle (tire) vs say a load of 74 which is max 827. So as you can see you have a bit more fudge factor on load carrying (165lb) Not to say you should add that much extra weight as the shocks and other things play into max load. But it sure is nice to have the comfort of knowing you have room to have extra weight without the worry of overloading and overheating a tire and having it come apart.

There is also the dilemma of too small for to short of time. what I mean is if you get them a 250 in 3 months they want something they can actually ride. Now I wouldn't start them off on a KZ 1000 or anything. the 8-900cc bikes are now "mid sized" Granted they are a heck of a lot bigger than what we learned on, but the handling is sooo much better on them now. I certainly wouldn't start probably any lower than 600-650 range. But thats me. Its a catch 22 for sure, danged if you do and danged if you dont.

Know bike and maintenance vs unknown might be helpful also. If the rear shock has been changed thats almost $500 right there without labor. Add to that any records and its a plus.

Newest info on the rear 777 shows as a 80 load range @ 992lb @ 42psi.

Only reason I was pretty sure was when I was racing Legends cars we ran a spec BFG. Then a few years ago they changed companies to this Federal and all the guys were screaming about where it was made.

I have been researching tire some today. Looks like my rear Shinko 230 will make about 6500 miles before needing replacement. Im @ about 5300 now and shes gettin thin. Looks like the 777 I have been looking at are "reinforced" now. They have an 80 rating vs 74. Cheapest I have found so far is $102 from J&P. Mmichlen C2 run about 150 or so I think.

What the heck is this wont work on a bike over 10 yr old? Tell the dummy the RSV was the same from 99 until 2013 and last I did math 2013 was only 2 yr ago. I man know of a fellow in the Denton I think he is that might help you learn some things on your bike.

If Im not mistaken that Federal tire is Chinese .

I had a Kawasaki 900 vulcan. About same size bike. Dont know anyone thats had problemswith the C50. I think any bike in that engine size range on open road is going to be buzzy. My 900 I put an overdrive pully on it and it helped.

I would agree. Just because its holding air dont mean its working. The air acts as an aditional spring. The fluid is what slows the bounce action so to speak.

Let me know how it works out. If its good to go we should be able to get it added to the replacment parts list

Take the cap off and swing by your local Autozone. Have them test it. The service manual says 13.8 to 18 lbs. So a 14 to 16 lb cap will work. I think it is smaller than say a standard F150 cap. but the smaller import cars have been running the small caps for years. autozone cap 7513 from what I have found is a possible sub. About 9 buck opposed to the $25 Yamaha thinks a cap is worth.

Yup. And I dunno if the 1st gen Venture shares components with the first couple years of Royal Stars (tour classics I think they were) or not. The 05 and later Tour Deluxe are very similar.

I would ask if you can get a run down sheet of where the spec are at. I have to imagine they will change out the coolant as they have to drain most of it to get at the valve adjustment stuff.

PGunn, no problem. Just wanted to clear up. Not saying it cant happen to them. I dont know a whole lot about them, just what a friend or two thats had them tells me their system is wired different. To much weight on the switches IE: keys will kill any switch, even your cage. So all the troll, happy face and soccer ball medallions have to go. LOL

Yea I have experienced some static in the intercom off and on. Now if I dont have the navagator with me, turn down the IC to 0 and it goes away. Mine primarily is heard when the handle bars are turned to make a left. I have been told it has to do with where the radio\intercom cables are routed. Also suposedly cleaning the connectors and adding some dielectric grease helps. I have not elmininated it, but is less than ituse to be.

We stayed there a year or so ago and used it as home base for a week. Pretty central for what we wanted to do that year.

Miles unfortunately is not the only factor. It seems manufacture date is, as you know from the Avon splitting at bead syndrome a larger issue. Once cycle tires get to an age and it seems like 3yrs rings a bell they just are not that pliable and begin to degrade. but I will say again your didnt look that way. It did look like a burnout competition subject. and with only the cords hanging out in the one spot there looks like it would have been out of balance something fierce.

My next ad-Venture? or possibly

Looks as though weather could play a spoiler right now. Long range forecasts as they are says rain in 40% range thru sat. But as we get closer I'll take more stock in that prediction.

If the inlet/outlets are rite for your bike I would say your good to go. Min psi 2 max is rated @ 3psi with 15 gpm flow. $60 at autozone, so not a huge price difference between it and the Mr Gasket. Probably 1/3 the price yamaha wants for it if they could get one.

I have had some experiences that when you get to that last bit of tread wear, it goes way faster than I think it should. Last summer going into fall I changed out the rubber on my scoot for the same reason as was mentioned. It was close to end and I sure didnt want to be in the Smokies and have it go bad or rain and loose grip. I went with Shinkos for cost, and to give them a whirl. I had run the MC II and got good mileage 17k out of them. I rode more miles then as opposed to what I thought I would put on the bike in the "3 yr" window of longevity for bike tires. How old was the tire you had problems with? It looks to be over inflated and run to death. Not saying thats what happened, just sort of what it looks like. On the car tire do you notice it feels like your going to "tip over" if you corner it. Sure looks to me like with the way the tread is made on a car tire it would angle until it gets to the edge and then either not want to lean or would go all at one time.