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Glad you made it OK. Train tracks are one thing that sort of allways have a woory in the back of my mind when running backroads. There is one set up in WV that are in a little town. The road goes up a hil, at the top is the tracks and they are ruff to say the least. Added to that there is an intersection maybe 3 cars length from tracks and you have to turn one way or another as it "T" there. As for parts not being on hand. Dont suprise me any. Dealers anymore rely on Fedex or UPS to be thier supplier. Costs money to keep on hand hoping someone will need the part.

Yup probably a Vison. Sweet ride but I have to agree the bags are what did me in. While they look big and have room, you would have to wedge and fuss with stuff to get it in.

They already make a water cooled motor. Its in the V-Rod. Dont think it sells real well as you dont see many.

I have a sheet of lexan at house. But where could a fellow find acrilic? Lexan you can get at home depot here.

I sure hope it drys out and cools a bit around the end of Aug. I have a long trip from Fl to Canada and back. No rain that week would be good too.

Yup sometimes its brutal. Last year was one of those everywhere I think. Heck I was in the mountians in NC @ 5000 ft and it was mid 90"s. 104 or something in Gainsville Ga @ 5pm. I was dead tired and burnt up. Next day I got early start home. I think I left the hotel about 6 am.

Midnight Special maybe? They are the ones with the chrome cover around the ignition switch me thinks.

I'm with ya on the radio presets. Man I cant remember how to set them in. Then when I do its not on the grouping I thought it was. Shoot I can barley remember how to get the thing to tune up and down to stations.

I tried a simular type deal. It was a round replacment 1157 bulb that had like 40 or so LED's. I didnt think it was near as brite in daylite. Night time shows up, but a candle would show up at night. Looks like this.

Not sure exactly where in Fl you are, but for the most part anywhere in Fl you better be ready for rain if you go for a ride. Its just part of the deal here. No doubt its a PIA belive me. I ride mine back and forth to an airport 85 miles away and I never know what I'm going to get. Got to have good rain gear, down side of that is its been sooooo freakin hot your gonna either be soaked by rain or, sweat to kindom come in the bag. http://images.leatherup.com/imagesproc/359654_H_SH355_MW400.jpg

Sounds kinda like Dunlap found out they have issues with a tire type built between x date and y date. So they recalled. Where as Avon I have seen many complaints abour sidewall cracks and they dont seem to do anything. I'm running the Michelien Commander 2 in the 190 on the front. I also have to forks lowered about 3/4" in the trip tree. I personaly dont notice any huge big change in handeling. Maybe a little better at low speeds with a quicker turn in. But I sure havent had any lane wobble or wiggling at highway speeds.

I would have to try to do it. Just me, if you bomb out and cant get it put back together and torqued your out the part money. Then pack up your leaky piece and get the v-max.

Contact Dunlap. See what they say. Would motorcycle superstore not square up with you?

The other pair I had, the innards sound as you have sdiscribed. One side you could look almost to the end and the other when looking in from the engine side was only a few inches. You can do some research around here and find the "good" part numbers. I picked up a pair off a 2012 Street Glide I think. Slash cut rears. I know no cats because after like 08 or 09 there EPa figured no one was leaving factory muffs on and there by defeating the catalitic converter. OK did a little research for ya. Hillis said: The part numbers on mine are 64900016a on the drivers rt, 65592-09a on lt. Non-cat slash cuts.

:rotf:Figures Bob. But like I said sometimes its worth it. My son just bought a room AC unit. Found it at Lowes, then I did some searching around and found it available at Home Depot for less. Well the policey is they match + 10%. So they did that then my boy asks about a military discount and they said sure, so I got out the ID card and they took another 10% off. All totaled up they took about $140 off the price.

Sounds like underpressure. It get the scallops in the tread and then in corners they will rise and fall with the scallops and it makes it feel like a wobble. Make sense? My rear was starting to show that pattern. I think PO didnt maybe keep press up. I belive 39 front 40 rear is where they should be. Check a few threads I'm sure its listed. I'm running a Michelein Commander 2 and thats where I'm at.

Once you plug them in you will have to adjust the volume by the control on the left handle bar. I think its the middle switch. Just sort of tab thru until it says IC then you use the up/down lever to adjust the inter com volume. However the higher you go the more background "swoosh" you get. The mic is "open" all the time. It kills my ears so I put a couple of puch to talk switches inline on mine. they were like $30 ea. Cheaper than the mic mutes thing.

So if I get this rite, essentualy the "normal" pick up came out of the petcock and because it basicly has a lower draw point than reserve at that point. It draind the tank below where reserve would pick up. Stanger things have happened I supose. I am in the habit of riding on trips till it sputters and flip the fuel lever and look for gas.

Bob just sent you an e-mail with coupons for tires from motorcycle superstore. Dont know if you can use but hey I thought it was worth sending on. I mounted up Michelien commander 2 last time. So far so good. My E-3's were towards the end when I was getting ready for a trip, plus they were howling.

Which side of tire had the cupping. This could help start a place to look. If its on the right I would have to guess if an alignment issue it has to have pressure on the left to make straight. Shocks pressure could make it do also if pressures are not even. One would work differently than the other. What pressures are you running in the tires? What kind of tires also.

See if they will give you a date code on the tire. If they have stopped making them they may be old to start with.

May be the clunk you heard was the fairing being loose on the bracket. Mine got worse. I think because I lost the support of the faring on the handlebars as I added risers at the same time.

OK since we had this thread and I was talking bad about the CD player today I go to use it and its got "ERR" on the display. So I'm thinking its getting even right. Then I remember I had rearanged some stuff int the left saddlebag. sure enough made sure plug was all the way in and wa-la it works. But I was pretty sure I didnt even get close to the plug. Gremlins I guess.

Look it over. I think my 900 vulcan was held in by a snap ring. If its that dirty sombody left oil in there a long time.

Hmm tire pressures up?? I'd say put on lift and check sterring head bearings. Dont know if that is an issue with the first gen or not.