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    Far Out! ... glad you're not disappointed coz I sure wasn't going to accept any blame!! In mine there were 3 baffles in each muffler...one in the middle closer to the inlet end... one about 6" in from the inlet end and the 3rd about 6" in from the outlet end. Are you sure you got them all? Could you see daylight from one end to the other after you drilled them out? Have you noticed if the sound seems to be coming moreso from the back of the bike versus below you or what?
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    confuscious say "if it's told to you in Japanese, you be excited but not know why" LOL
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    a LOT of MONEY !
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    shifter linkage adjustment??????
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    One would think that if a product is worked on for 3 or 4 years before coming to market that some info about it would leak out to somebody...now if we could only find that "somebody" LOL
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    Mine was a '69 Yamaha 125cc twin (bought it brand new) similar to the one in the pic. I thought I could ride that thing 2-up at 65 miles an hour ... engine didn't like that and seized. Got it fixed, rode the crap out of it for a year and sold it. Never had another bike until about 1974 when I bought a Suzuki 500cc twin 2-stroke.
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    I've had my RK's on for a few month's now and they had all the baffles so, a couple days ago, I drilled all 3 of them out. Well, does she ever BARK now when I crank it on! Under normal riding, they're not that much louder and the funny thing is, before I drilled them, the sound seemed to come more from under me than behind the bike...now, the sound seems more behind the bike. I LOVE IT! If you got RK's with the baffles and want a bit more rumble and some great BARK, drill out those baffles!
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    The risers will give appx 1 inch height and 1 inch back. They made a big difference for me.
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    hmmmmmm... and we wonder why cagers don't like us....(I'm an offender too)
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    It totally boggles my mind why any driver who passes someone IMMEDIATELY moves back into the lane, especially when the roads are wet ... some it seems just can't wait.
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    A cushman scooter blowing away an 1800VTX or a Superglide??? I gues I have a lot to learn about scooters LOL
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    http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=19208&highlight=risers I just can't seem to find the post I did with the pics. I always have difficulty searchin for my own stuff LOL
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    No problemo with the risers... I installed mine no issues with the cables at all and the rubber spacers I was able to install upside down. Somewhere there is some more info on risers including some pics, etc that I posted.
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    I have been looking at a few full helmets but the problem I have is weight. Anything that's just a wee bit too heavy will cause problems with my neck. Any idea what the weight of this particular helmet is? EDIT: I found it.... "The Zeus 508 in size XL is a bit on the heavy side at 1741 grams (3 lbs. 13.5 oz"
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    Interesting so many talk about the vibration of the new Ultra. I assume the reference to "new" is a 2009. Well, I've road tested them 3 different times and 2 of the 3 showed hardly any vibration at all when idling...at least none that bothered me and once rolling, basically none at all. In fact, I get more "buzz" in my handlegrips on my RSV than what I noticed on the Ultra. As for engine heat, I can't comment coz I never really felt any but then again, the outside temps were only 20 degrees celcius. The one that did vibrate when idling was quite obvious but it really didn't bother me coz one doesn't sit idling that long. That's an interesting thing tho...and I've watched for this many times whenever I see an Ultra at a stop light...some vibrate like crazy while others are relatively smooth. Maybe that's a parallel to the RSV's... some have the clutch whine/chirp while others don't.
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    I said I would have gone back but, years ... no, ages ago I was driving my car and coming towards me was an 18 wheeler. Off to the left, in a field were two larger dogs running and playing and they were heading toward the road. Now, this was a rural residential area so those dogs were somebody's loved pets. The first dog got to the edge of the road and stopped, looked back at the other dog and then bolted.... right into the path of the semi which, by then, was almost even with me (maybe 50 feet away). I saw it all happen right before my eyes...I was stunned....I remember yelling to that dog before it bolted to STAY...it was if I could see what was going to happen before it happened. Me and the semi passed each other and I watched...well, I won't go into details what I saw in my side view mirror but that sight will never be forgotten. I was sick to my stomach about that dog for a long time. Did I go back? NOT ON YOUR LIFE. Should I have gone back? WHY? Did the semi driver stop? NOPE...why would he? The dog was obliterated. There are times when you should probably go back and times when it would be fruitless and other things take precedence. "you" be the judge. I believe craigr did the right thing under the circumstances and frankly, I don't care what anyone thinks about that.
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    I've had my RK's on for a few month's now and they had all the baffles so today, I drilled all 3 of them out. Well, does she ever BARK now when I crank it on! Under normal riding, they're not that much louder and the funny thing is, before I drilled them, the sound seemed to come more from under me than behind the bike...now, the sound seems more behind the bike. I LOVE IT! If you got RK's with the baffles and want a bit more rumble and some great BARK, drill out those baffles! :thumbsup2:
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    One of the MAIN factors in choosing would be that my better half likes it and for her it would be comfort as the first thing. So that dictates that it has to be a good 2-up tourer. Next it would be looks and I think she is in tune with me on this... I just do not like the looks of either the GW, the BMW, or the Vision. So, that leaves either the RSV, the Kaw Voyager or the HD Ultra for us. Rule out the Voyager coz there's a lot of things that seem "cheap" or flimsy about that bike even tho it has some very up-to-date features. Now, you did say "Lets say you had the cash to get what ever touring bike you wanted " so, I would buy the fanciest, most powerful Ultra I could get. Why? Because, after all, it is the "Ultra" machine of the two left (HD & RSV) and since I had the cash to get whatever I wanted, it's highly likely I'd also have the cash to keep it in top notch condition even after the warranty expired. hmmmmmm now where is that lotto ticket I bought for last Saturday's draw?????
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    What he said and put me on the list ABOVE him. As for stopping/not stopping, don't feel bad about that... you did what was right for you. Myself ... I would have gone back ... but that's just me. Few years ago I was riding down a busy 4 lane street and we came to a stop light and there was this little dog scooting in and out of the traffic like he was lost and there was something about the motorcycle that seemed "familiar" because he came right up to us. My passenger got off and picked the dog up and took it over to the sidewalk while I parked the bike... then we proceeded to find the owner .... didn't but found a person who knew the dog and the owner and they took it in to keep it safe.
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    heh... now I wish I could have been there! I bet that was a blast! LOL Some pics to share.. #1 - The Chef #2 - Some of the "family" #3 - my son giving me the "evil eye" #4 - the winners and their prize (electric candles) #5 - Nina's nephew and his new bride #6 - Nina's daughter and her ... (she doesn't like to use the term "boyfriend") #7 - the day is done!
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    Our family (Nina, me & our kids) LOVE ribs and we've been "ribbing" (pun intended) each other for 2 years now about who's got the best ribs so, about 6 month's ago we decided to hold our 1st annual Rib-Off contest. All the kids came along with their "signigicant other" (those who currently have one LOL) plus a few other close friends of ours and theirs. Basically there were 4 contestants (would have been 5 if my son, who basically pushed to have this contest initially hadn't forgotten to bring his "famous" ribs LOL). One couple (close friends of our kids) are not cooks so they arrived with a rack of ribs with no idea how to cook them LOL. Everyone else's ribs were "pre-prepared" and I had to do a quick job on this raw rack...thankfully they arrived early enough. My own consisted of 3 racks using a chipotle sauce for one, a honey-garlic sauce for the other and Sailor's "rum ribs" sauce for the 3rd. Nina did "her thing" and one of her daughters brought some awesome ribs done in a slow cooker. Sorry Sailor, neither your "rum ribs" recipe nor my concoctions were good enuf....the couple that came with the "raw rack" with no idea what to do wound up being the winners! It was pretty funny them having no idea, not a clue how to cook ribs to wind up winning....they said they had no idea cooking ribs was that easy (LOL .... I did the cooking). I think the quality of the meat was a bit better and the fact that the ribs were "fresh cooked" played a big part in the result. A great party we all had, a lot of beer, wine, rum, coolers were consumed and needless to say, I have felt a LOT better than I do right now LOL. As for my son forgetting to bring his ribs, we've all decided that he will be the winner next year because he will be the only one doing ribs! (punishment for forgetting)
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    You could try restoring your computer to an earlier date using System Restore. Select a date sometime before the virus first appeared.
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    I lived in Northern BC (west of Prince George) for a while a few years back. MAJOR moose country! My job was IT support for 2 sawmills that were appx 200 km apart and I had to drive to each one every day .... had many close calls with moose and deer. Never saw any bear near the highway up there tho but there were lots of them in the bush coz nobody went into the bush without bear spray, a good whistle, and a rifle close at hand.
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    Apple butter huh? ... I really like that on toast ..... uh ... oh ... you mean THAT kind of apple butter... EEWWWWWWW :rotf:
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    This could have a big effect on it. My dealer said to put 2Lbs more than spec in both front and rear...so I did...and it made quite a difference.
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