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I have a leather jacket with quilted liner. Cant tell you the last time I wore it, or needed to here in Fla. I also have a first gear I think textile jacket with a liner. Its a dang warm unit, have not worn it much either. I have a Tourmaster Air jacket and use a freeze out liner for cold. When I bought the jacket it did not have a liner with it. But I use this and it came from Cycle Gear. There is one not to far from you in Tucson I think. Its worth a trip to check out what they have. The mesh you can pull the liner out and they are comfortable as long as your moving.

The Federals are Chinese also. A few years back the 600 racing legends race cars switched from BFG to a Federal.

Yup!!! The XCT is the same. General rule I was told to start with was no more than about 2/3 on right side open, left side dont seem to be as fussy. Join a Indian forum or 2. Here is one that is part of a Victory site.

Humm Did some searching and cant find any difinative info on where it is made. I would stay away from a Chinese made tire. Some take a lot of weight to balance, are made oval or have misaligned belts. So your looking for a BFG, look for a Michelin in same size. Same company, different price points. Toyo is a decent tire also.

Makes me absolulty SICK !!! Sick with envy. "Hope you had as nice a time as it looks.

Back in the days of leaded fuel, yes the mixture of 50-50 or so would bump the actual octane. I would mix Av gas and regular leaded and get higher octane than just the 110 low lead av gas. Now days av gas would be nice, but it is expensive and "legally" to run it on the highway is verboten. No road tax is paid on it. So one thing that I usually think of about the time I am fueling up with something other than regular. So the bloke before me used regular, I am paying for a higher grade from the time the pump starts pumping. So how much regular am I getting before I get the good stuff? I mean shoot there must be half gallon in the hose and pump of regular. Puc- I had cars with the dash pot and later the anti-diesel solenoid, which worked better imop. But the easiest way was to just leave it in gear, kill the switch and let clutch out. That definalty killed the motor.

So... Maybe thats why them Harley guys have all them tattoos?

I used one like this. I installed new line from pump and installed filter up where a fellow can see it to inspect, and easier to change. I mounted it like rite at back of the tank and frame by mount bolt area.

My bike had a dealer installed passing light when I got it. I went in to add a relay and found the glass fuse holder (really a glass fuse???) melted and just about to loose contact. Somewhere here on the site there is some pictures of it. Also wires run down at the bottom "hinge point" of the forks. There are stops there for side to side, it is close tolerance and wires get pinched easy if not tied and routed correctly. I could tell you how I know this, but you might be board. lol

I have caught a few of the races here on late night TV. They did announce one night a sidecar racer had passed away. Sorry for your loos of a friend. I have lost some friends in the world of auto racing here in the states. Some have hit me a lot harder than others for some reason.

Congrats. I have read a few posts on heat issues much like the XCT Victory I have. It takes a bit to figure out some heat management with the leg vents. Dont know if the Indians have those or not. One would think wide open would cool you more, but it actually causes more heat to get back to me.

I mostly ran regular in the RSV. Occasionally in the mountains I would run some premium. The Victory calls for 91 I think but mostly I run regular back and forth to work. I think with the FI and electronic ignition it can adjust to it much better then the carbs. But basically if the engine is designed for a specific octane it will run best on it and you tossing $$ away. Save those pennies for ice cream.

So do they draw 40w? If so you need to check your wire size going to your passing light to be sure its large enough. The 35w standard bulbs draw a pretty big load.

Over the last year to year and half I have heard some bad reports on Avon tires cracking around the rim/bead area. Not that old of tires either. One fellow mounted his up and about a month later was checking bike out prior to raod trip and tire was splitting around rim.

Far as I remember, the "headlight" dont come out. It is a built into the frame kind of deal. To change the "lens" part you have to separate it somehow. Some have done it and it work, some have had to find a new headlight because they dont have enough to make work.

Looks to be a RAM mount. Thats what I have minus the charger part there. It holds phone secure, is easy to get phone in and out. I have a u bolt type clamp onto the handle bars. How does this one mount?

If its lost, it dont cost the shipper. USPS or whom ever losses it pays. So seller aint out nothing. Now it could be the seller feels its a viable option due to cost because we are cheap skates. If you have an option for "free" vs say $8.00 which do you choose?

EZ fix on the pet cock. I fixed a couple. I actually oval-ed the pipe piece a tick, used some fuel safe RTV and tapped in with a hard plastic hammer. Wood would also work fine. As for the fuel filter there is a couple fixs for that. There is a listing on this site for a fram and wix and couple other replacement filters. I added a piece of fuel line and put a clear filter that has a replaceable element in it from autozone.

If it was 2 weeks later I would be in. But alas my job dont let out until Jun 17th. Then I might could get a kitchen pass for a week or so. Oh well maybe next year.

For a solo touring bike I think it would be a heck of an option. When the F6b came out one of my questions was why make a touring bike with out cruise? I just thought that was odd, being the platform they started with. At least have it as an option.

I keep toying with the idea of a toy hauler camper. Just dont think I will be able to use it very much.

I had 2 on mine. The smart way I think would be to have the top one brake/run and the bottom one a run/turn. Hey Steve can you hook him up? I dont know if the lights are "split-able" on those light bars.

My buddy and I rode some of that Hwy 52 in Ky and WV. Watch for them crazy big ole coal haulers. That and the dust off them things running the roads. I had thought about making this trip, but it just dont line up with my schedule as I am not done with classes until Fri the 17th.

WOW 2 antique bikes in the same place. And it wasnt a show?

Crips Just dont buy a Miata or MX5.