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  1. hi 05 silver
    Those are Honda Comstar front wheels from '70-'80s
  2. hi 05 silver
    Were I typed above " that is were the magnetic.".... should have read " that pinion is were the magnetic trigger is..... " I left out ''pinion'' leading people to think the trigger was in the ring gear, no so , it is in the pinion and the speedometer sensor " counts the rotation of the pinion ,and it doen't matter if it's 9 or 10 tooth pinion , one rotation is one rotation. The only way that speedometer reading could be efected is if you changed the 33 tooth ring gear. Sorry for the typo.
  3. hi 05 silver
    RSV has 10 tooth pinion and 33 tooth ring gear .....VMAX has 9 tooth pinion and 33 tooth ring gear , you notice the ring gears are the same 33 tooth.......that is were the magnetic trigger is built in for speedometer sensor...... and that means as long as you have a 33 tooth it does not matter what size pinion you have , it's not going to change the speedometer reading.
  4. hi 05 silver
    Vmax gears in RSV will not alter speedometer, I've installed 8 or 9 , again will not change speedometer reading.
  5. hi 05 silver
    Hi, I own a bike shop and one of my customers has a set like you need and they are in great shape will contact him tomorrow, and get back to you.
  6. hi 05 silver
    I have and all I can say is "just do it".
  7. hi 05 silver
    Hey, we are a metzeler tire dealer, and their new ME888 is going to be coming soon, just after the first of the year. We have allready seen them and they look great . You can't go wrong with the metzeler ME880's but you should wait a little while on the new ME888. Enjoy your new bike.
  8. hi 05 silver
    Good choice ,at our shop we sell more metzelers than all the other brands. They are high performance tires ,and require higher PSI , so keep the pressure up. I run my RSV two up heavy, 90% of the time , front 40 PSI , rear 50 PSI. We and our customers love em'.
  9. hi 05 silver
    Dunlop fitment guide only gives Maximun Load @ Psi. Front 150/80-16 761 Lbs.@ 41 Psi. Rear MV85B15 910 Lbs.@ 40 Psi. for RSV's and RSTD's. We have had a few try the E3's most ran 40psi front and rear, easy to remember.
  10. hi 05 silver
    We are Metzeler dealers ,along with every other name brand tire. We have sold and installed thousands of me880's, hundreds on RSV's and RSTD's, and have never seen "chunking" of the tread. But it can happen with any brand tire, from overheating, from insufficient tire pressure. Every brand has different recommended pressures for there tires that are mounted on different bikes. We give these recommended pressures to our customers at time of purchase,( correct pressures for their bikes), and we have very little problems out of tires. We have seen that a lot of people don't know the correct pressures for ME880's on RSV's and RSTD's and don't run enough air. So from the Metzeler technical fitment guide.....Solo-Front 38-40 Rear 44-46, 2 Up Light-Front 40-42 Rear 46-48, 2Up Heavy-Front 40-42 Rear 48-50. We run Metzeler tires on all of our personal bikes (7) and like them over other tires.
  11. hi 05 silver
    Here's the problem, I agree they ( the goverment ) should not have to make it a law not to ride without a helmet, not to work in a work zone without a hard hat, not to text while driving, not to drink and drive, not to speed in school zones or in towns. But a lot of people don't have common sense, freedom isn't doing anything you want. Laws are made to protect the many from the few.
  12. hi 05 silver
    We are a Metzeler dealer and at our shop we too are fans, and most of our customers, of the me880 on rsv, rstd, and many other bikes. Heat does effect tire wear but not as much as improper inflation pressure. Metzeler tires are high perfomance tires and run higher inflation pressures. The Metzeler factory fitment guide says for rsv,and rstd 36/42 for front, 44/49 for rear. The lower pressures are for solo only,the higher for two up. If these tires ,or any tire for that matter, are run low they will run hotter than they should and wear. Metzelers run higher inflation pressures than other brands.
  13. hi 05 silver
    Copy that .
  14. hi 05 silver
    I would quit riding, before i would trade my venture in for a wing!
  15. hi 05 silver
    You can find this at most local dealers in stock for $9.95 , thats what we sell them for in our shop.
  16. hi 05 silver
    No No 7/8''
  17. hi 05 silver
    My twin boys, soon to turn 21 years old , and myself , on our bikes, on a nice open road ,and no time limit.
  18. hi 05 silver
    I can't wait till someone mounts an airplane tire on a motorcycle, and tells everybody he knows.......it's the only way to fly!!!
  19. hi 05 silver
    Metzeler fitment guide reads for our bikes, front, psi min.36/42 max. rear, min.44/50 max. I run 40 in front ,50 in rear. Two up most of the time, trailer alot, 50/50 mix of highway and back roads. If you will run what Metzeler say's to run in their tires , you to would see these higher miles. Incorrect air pressure ruins tires.
  20. hi 05 silver
    not to have a disagreement... but i run Metzeler ME880's and get 16,000 miles regularly. it's around 3,000 miles coast to coast. that's 2 and half round trips across the U.S. traveling at least 15,000 miles. i couldn't ask any better than that and be on a motorcycle tire designed for my bike.
  21. hi 05 silver
    Check out the current Rider magazine, July 2012 edition. It has an interesting article as to why you should not use car tires on motorcycles. It also has a quote from John Mosby, a representative of Kumho tires, "Kumho passenger car tires are not made to absorb the reduced contact patch of high camber angles that motorcycle tires frequently experience. Because of this durability can be affected by operating at such high camber angles, which can lead to tire failure. We strongly discourage anyone from using Kumho passenger car tires on their motorcycle." It's a very informative article including detailed pictures and talks about in the event of a crash... will he be the target of a costly lawsuit because he fit his motorcycle with tires not designed or intented for motorcycle use and may have contributed to the crash. "Are the few dollars saved by turning to a car tire outweighed by the potential loss of a house and whatever dollars may be squirreled away for retirement?" I thought this was a very interesting read... i couldn't find it on their website, but please try to find it and read it. i know this probably won't sway the darkside believers... because.. well..
  22. hi 05 silver
    We need the rest of the numbers like 150/80-16,and 180/ _ _ and what bike your using them on to look on metzlers fitment guide. If your asking about a 180/70-15 the correct psi is 40/42.
  23. hi 05 silver
    We own a motorcycle shop, and sell & mount alot of tires, I can think of 8 regular venture owners. We, and our customers, have tried all brands of tires, and found metzeler me880's to be to our liking, over other brands. We all run the psi that metzeler recomends. FT 36/42, Rear 44/50, lower psi for solo, higher psi for two up , rears get 14,000 to 16,000 mi, fronts get 16,000 to 22,000mi.
  24. hi 05 silver
    The best mod for a venture.......
  25. hi 05 silver
    Yes
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