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I had a 90 Mustang GT that had the "turbo" mags on it. The clear was comming off and wheels were pitted much like your floorboards. I got some "etching type" mag wheel cleaner from autozone and it did a nice job of cleaning them up. You may want to look into some never-dull polishing cloth also. It comes in a can and is a cotton sort of swab looking stuff with chemicals infused in the cloth.

I sure wouldnt give much for one. Maybe $30 I got a Panasonic in the attice that came out of my sons car years ago. Never found another use for it neither. It's a nice option but there are just better ways now days for tunes. I have been thinking about trying to condense some of my music onto CD's. Instead of say 2 CD's with Garth Brooks see if I can copy them to one.

Man I'm stupped on that one. The filter I used was actually bigger and I think went inline on power side. I cant swear to it though. The one I actually got was off e-bay. I would think RS has them also. This is the bugger. Power side for this one.

I would say the majority of would be thieves are lazy. If they can get it easy they may try, but they aint going to work very hard at it. Maybe drill a hole so lock cant be opened and install a bolt with an odd driver requirment. Kind of like the "no-tamper_ bolts" on carb setting and the like. An allen head bolt may do the trick. If they have to go look for the specfic tool they will probably give up and move on. May be some bolt like that avail at home depot or lowes in hardware section. Star with pin in middle or something like that. If you use just an allen bolt, once installed fill the allen hole with RTV. They would have to dig it all out if they want it.

Still need pics !!!!!!! Now its up to you Easy.

On you CB issue. Before I went off the deep end and tell you to swap antenna sides, you said the trunk had been repaired. So there may be a possibility maybe that somehow the CB box under the trunk got the cable swapped around? There was just a thred here a few days back in the GPS/audio section and it told what the cable looked like and how was routed. I would make sure the correct cable is connected. Also welcome to the house. My 09 has the CD changer. I have to say if you dont have one its not a big deal. I wouldnt spend the money on it. I split the fairing and installed an Ed-sets bluetooth cable (for GPS) and added and aux input at the same time. I use my phone for pandora most of the time but can play the MP3 player also.

I have a couple in mine at 12oclock position. I used an automatic center punch. you know the springloaded ones you just push and the make a dent. It takes a bit but it works. Then I put a little larger nail in the hole and "rounded" it out. On trips where I'm trying to get the make distance I'll sit on the bike and fill up so its more upright. DON"T hit the auto punch with a hammer!!!!!!! They are about $3 at harbor freight. I thought about maybe running the shop vac and either sucking across the top to keep sparks out or hook it up to blow across. I think sucking across would do 2 things. If you had sparks it would draw them out instead of in and also if you had material coming off it would capture it instead of falling into the tank. I did neither. lol

Hmm I know its on a pretty good angle. I wrapped a piece of tape around the allen where it contacts the fairing to keep from marking up the paint. Mine is either a MAC or Snap on allen maybe 6" long. I have seen sort of an offset "l" looking bracket. Mounts with studs maybe to the forks where allen bolts go now, then drops maybe 1/2" down and forward about maybe the same. Allows removing the fairing without removing the light bar.

6mm long ball allen driver.

Now you can tell them its made by Indian instead of the snow machine guys.

Steve, no on the west to east. Entry into Canada we are commin in over by Kingston/Gananoque riding the Hwy 2 westbound. Outbound from Bowmanville going to try to stay off tool road and head west on 401 I think it is to QEW to the bridge.

I have been using TYRE. It will create routes in a format for Garmin or Tom Tom (you didnt tell us which one you were using). To me it is much easier to understand how to work TYRE then the basecamp and mapsource stuff Garmin wants you to use. I used Microsoft Streets and trips for a long time before I got a GPS. But the format it will out put to is not GPX (garmin). If you can use google maps you can pretty much figure out TYRE. I have used the Harley one for some route ideas. The problem I had with the couple routes that interested me was I had to redo them anyways as the maker of the route was on a Harley Dealer tour I guess. 400+ miles and 3 stops at HD place, and went out of the way to get there. Not all routes are that way I guess.

If I remember it that far ahead. I'm hoping the boarder crossings go well. Not as worried about gettin in as out. WE are going out Mon am on the peace bridge. This was suggested by a member here as oposed to the niagra crossing I suppose. Prob way more turestias on labor day there. I'm on a mission getting home. 1408 miles in 2 days.

Not sure how the Mustang mounts for a RSV. The one I have on mine is a Utopia. It swings forward and down into the drivers seat. It does stick up some. Heres an idea. What if you got a slightly longer bolt and drilled the end so you could put an "R" clip thru it. Then you could simply pull the pin, remove bolt and backrest is out of way. Certianly not the pull out but its probably a couply hundred cheaper.

AS of now planning on running Hwy 2 I think it is most of the way to Bowmanville.

Cheeda dont hink I got SWR any more. I quit fooling with CB back about the time they went to 40 channel. :rotf:Its no bigge so far. Thanks for the tip though, ya never know.

I have not had much sucess with my CB either. I just write it off to user error. I try to tune in the squelch and either get all static or can only get someone line of site (like maybe 1/4 mile) So I just turn the racket off.

End of Aug and first part of Sept if you look, youll see a red/black 09 with Fla tags in the Kingston to Oshawa area.

Where is your 12v source? You using the one on left side of fairing? Mine so far hasnt gave me any issues. I know on my 900 vulcan I had to put a "filter" or "trap" on power for my radio. Think I got it from radio shack. Thing looked sort of like an M80. http://rsk.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pRS1C-2266705w345.jpg

If you dont get satisfaction I guess you can start an internet campaign against them. Facebook bad remarks, twweter thingy bad words anything like that. If part was damaged when you got it how do you prove it? I mean whats to say being the sticker is messed up, someone didnt put it in and kill it and RMA it? Is part bad or you dont need it now?

My big hesitation on the northern tool LED lights are I have yet to get a good discription or compairison of how they are to the standard incandesent bulb or the halogen like I have. With the HID I feel like I need something to "fill in" between the HID and the bike. On low there is a section say 10-15 feet from bike to where the HID makes great light. I feel like I need something to illuminate that and a little to the side.

Even with good voltage the incandesent passing light bulbs will look "yellow" when compaired to a Halogen or HID headlight. I have halogen passing lights and mine look yellowish when compaired to my HID. Still the 9 volts sounds like a problem in the works.

The actual "headlight" cant be removed, its a sealed housing. The bulb however comes in from the rear. I have changed mine out without splitting the fairing. I find it easiest to turn full lock to right and you can sort of gain access. Splitting fairing sounds like abig job but after you do it a few times you can almost get all the right tools first time around. If you have passing lights you will have to remove them (2 ea 6mm allen bolts under fairing) unless it has a special spacer. 3mm allens on drivers side (I had to go buy a set with the 3mm in it) and I think same for windshield bolts. Careful with the chrome strip thing around windshield, the clips break very very easily.

One lane on the Dragon is closed? It aint much wider than one lane. Man are the rip roarin sport bikers gonna be peaved.

Funny how one manufacture of a "good" tire for one type of bike is junk for another. On the 900 Vulcans the Metzler was a popular choice and ran well. The D 404 Dunlaps were junk. 7K if you were extreemly lucky, most were in the 5-6k range. Maybe it is the weight of the RSV that causes the issues on the Metzlers. Glad you found it before it became an issue for you.