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Ya know, being you are machining all the tubes etc to mount. Why not machine a fland to sit against bucket and thread the back end. Then tube would sit in bucket and the nut would tighten to hold lamp mount vs an epoxy or glue. Just a thought n maybe you have already been there.

Theres a fellow on the Delphi board that is parting out a 2000 RSV. But I think he is canada just an fyi.

Rain here in Fla is exactly why I went with the Michelin. I like them. I went to new pads when I changed tires. I think I put EBC pads in.

Where I live I dont have a "dealer" per-say. We have a couple of independent shops, but they seem to cater to the Milwakee crowd. I supose I could have them order it and mount or at least ask them too and see what they say. I guess I have been lucky. I have bought at least 3 or 4 seta of tires from MSS and not had any issues with anything. I did have to do a little hoop jumping to get them to match a tire price one time though, but they did.

I have been close a couple times in the last couple years to a 1000 mile trip, but the time just wasnt right. I did however run across a site long distance riders that at least I get some credit for my longer than average type rides.

Looks like you would have got plenty of flex from the neck and those looong fork tubes. To heck with the springs. lol My brother got one of the 750 fours when they first came out. Back then that ws a pretty big bike. I kind of think thats a bike that got big red up and competing, and then later the goldwing.

Here is a thread on the Delphi site where a fellow is parting out a 2nd gen. Dont know whats still available. I think he is in Canda though so shipping might be expensive.

Is'nt that the same place a kid walked into school with an arsonal and wiped out most of the school? Well I'm offended they are here getting a free education on my dime.

Well I'll be.......

MSS is probably just trying to cover the bases. Make sure you didnt put wrong size equipment on something. Besides if they know Avon is on board, I dont know what they got to loose.

Anyone ever heard of this unknown or marked Vietnam memorial. A friend of mine just sent me this link. Its up on the contental divide.

They dont weigh that much. I would have to say that with out knowing the torsional load and twist etc of the engine and how the frame is made vs the other earlier TD I would have to leave them alone. thats not to say you couldnt maybe machine them down a bit and maybe some sharp looking billit pieces or something. I am one of the first to say say that "behind every good train wreck is an engineer" but I too think they probably had good reason to put them there.

Yup Mike, I'm in central Fl. Our idea of twisties is an on ramp for I-75. I'm almost dead center of the state. You say its a logo? Seems odd place for it.

I was vastly disapointed last year when I got the info my company was "reorganizing". I took the deal as I figured if I wasnt gone in the first set of cuts I would probably be in subsaquint cuts. $8hr is average around here and $10 is a "good" paying job. Really? How do you make a house payment, elec, ins groceries etc on $400 before tax? Well I think my company figured out they boo boo'd because they asked me to come back for 1 yr and "help" them thru the transition and get same package at end of 2014. But I'm still not looking forward to the job hunt thing. Especially in this job enviroment. There just aint nothing it seems. Hope thing work out quickly for you.

Glad to hear they are standing behind thier product. But what about the $$ your out for mount and balance? Do they cover that also? I mount my own and use the balance bead stuff.

Whats the chink there about 3 o'clock in the pic? Looks a bit "square" bu so does my Michlien. Happens when your mostly on highways.

Some where in the thread here somebody said something about fuel pump froze up. That could be plausable with the ethonol fuel and the way it collects water. I woundr if by chance it got some water in fule and then it settled in the fuel pump? Maybe set a trouble lamp in the area for a little heat and try it in a few hours? Its hard to figure. I read this and walked out in my shorts and flip flops and mine fired right up with very little trouble.

When I switched I decided to try a Michelien Commander 2. I had the E-3 but the rear got noisey as they do. I read good things by folks with heavy bikes about the Michlien wear. I have to say I have 15K on mine and they still look good. I liked the tread pattern, that the cross goves went all the way across the center section of tire to get the water out in the rain. The E-3 didnt have that.

WHAT no seafoam ad? I'm finding this hard to belive.

Just read a post from him. I think he is all in on the cam removal.

Congrats. I hope you decide to become a member, I assure you if you do any kind of fixing or just about anything it will be worth the $12.

I have not done one of these, but have too much experience with the FJ1200 motors which are simular. I allways took safety wire and ran it thru the cam chain close to where it came thru the head. Went thru front and rear sides of chain. This allowed me to tie it off around a cam tower and made for easy retieval when I dropped it. On the cam caps, a litle brake clean on the ends of them and mark them with dot for each tower and to the front. From the article posted to help, it sounds like these heads are made like the 2.2 dodge heads. The install caps and then line bore them I guess, so its not a good idea to swap around.

Hard call. I dont think its anything to loose sleep over if you have to ride to work. BUT I would definatly go the route of notifying all concerned, Avon the delaer etc. I would definatly give it the ole try to warrenty it out. Some cracks like this are sort of a normal thing on auto tires. But on a car your not relying on the sidewall to keep you off the ground. Look closly around the bead. My thoughts are if its happening there it probably will be around the bead also.

ION I dont think it would be a problem. Maybe just tap right there at the current lighter socket. It's alredy fused so...... I also dont think for the draw that you get on the phone/GPS/Aux socket you would need a relay. I would run it as a fused leg though. Then it becomes weather you want it hot with key or all the time. I'm running a HID headlight and would probably just tap off the relay there, because it would be easy. But depending on how and where you are drawing the power it all runs thru the ignition switch.

UGH I forgot all about the TP. Yea its in there. I learned that way back when I was stationed in OK and had to drive to Fla to folks house on leave. Middle of the night back then stop at a rest area (especially in Tx and La) there was never a gaurentee they were stocked. And you KNOW when you figure that out.