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dragging rear brakes
Miles replied to Rick b's topic in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk
Just about all the errors have been brought up by V7Goose. If your new brake pads are dragging...something is wrong. If the job is done correctly, then the installation of new pads will have the brakes feel as smooth as the old ones, but with better braking control and power. It may take a little bit to "seat" the new pads to the old rotor, or even to a new rotor if you installed one, but the "seating" process does not take long, maybe 100 miles as an example, however until then, there is no dragging. The brakes will feel normal until that time. As Goose stated, there is a mistake somewhere. Question: Have you ever replaced brake pads on a bike before????????? There are many places on this forum that explain the intimate details of "how to" on just about every job that needs to be done on these bikes, including how to properly replace the brake pads. As far as you stating that the rear rotor gets "hot" after 2 miles...that should never have occured. Meaning...if you rolled the bike ten feet and felt the brakes dragging, you should never have ridden the bike. What if that "dragging" feeling turned into a rear brake lock-up ???? Either rear your service manual, look it up on this forum, have someone else help you, but...this needs to be corrected immediately. -
BOO ! It is Halloween.
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Twigg, which color of ST1100 do you want? Update: The Lift is now Spoken For. Consider it GONE.
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Long Distance Riding - Part Three: Time for a Ride Report
Miles replied to twigg's topic in Watering Hole
Okay, I want in on that action. With Twigg acting as Road Captain, and with me acting as Tail Gunner, we can have a FlyinFool in between, and we can make sure he does his first 1000 miles in 24 hours. Just tell me when, and where, and I will be there. -
Hey, hey, hey...don't be talking about my blue one with the yellow thingies. That is my 9000 lb. asymetrical arm car lift. The car sitting there is my Subary Justy GL/WRX. Subaru didn't make a Justy WRX, but I did. Instead of the 73 hp, 3 cylinder engine, it now has a 138 hp turbo engine. It is a true pocket rocket. Car is totally fixed up, custom wheels, custom brakes, all new paint. Yeah, the red bike lift looks in good condition. I try to keep all my tools and equipment in clean working order.
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SilvrT...as it says in my post, it is red. Well...is really says it is like 93.1465 % of all those red ones that we see out there. And...hey...you are one of those B.C. riders, so...what are you doing asking about my lift ? For the people that are going to say...this post is no good without pictures, yet...you live in Georgia or Tennessee, or Florida...etc, here are the pictures. The RED one is the old one...and the Gold/Brushed Aluminum one is the new one. BTW, to all Washington State forum riders, the old one does in fact work. Just would be smart to replace the bottle jack. It does go up...and it goes down. And it locks in place. What more could you ask for in a FREE lift? [ATTACH]72514[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]72515[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]72516[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]72517[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]72518[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]72519[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]72520[/ATTACH] Update: The Lift is now Spoken For. Consider it GONE.
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Hey, all you Evergreen State forum members, if you want or need a FREE motorcycle lift, then I have one for you. The one I am giving away...for FREE...is a 10 year old Powerlift Hydraulics motorcycle lift, like 93.1465 % of the red lifts we see out there for bikes. This one is the same one as all those others, except that this one needs to have the bottle jack replaced. Yes, that is right, it is NOT in brand new condition. It is used, for the past 10 years, and recently the bottle jack broke on me, due to my own error (which I will not go into). The lift, all metal pieces, etc, are in good condition. Other than the bottle jack, this thing still looks and works good. No metal fatigue anywhere. Since I was not successful in finding a new bottle jack to replace this one, I ended up going out and buying a new...aluminum jack, that is a step-up from what I had. Yeah...it cost me more $, but...what the hay ! So, if any of you riders that live in the Greater Puget Sound area want a FREE motorcycle lift, send me a PM, and we can work out who drives where and who picks up/delivers what to whom. I am willing to go out of my way to help get this to you, rather than throwing about 100 lbs. of iron. Contact me... Update: The Lift is now Spoken For. Consider it GONE.
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It is too late for this year, as the 2012 Punkin' Chunkin' is happening this next weekend, just outside Bridgeville, Delaware. http://www.punkinchunkin.com/ And, with Sandy bearing down on that area, it would not be wise to attempt to chunk punkin's in a hurricane wind...although...a new world record could be set, if the wind is going in the right direction. So...to the point...if someone that lives close to Bridgeville, Delaware wants to host the 2013 gathering of forum riders for this event, I will be happy to ride the 3000+ miles to this event to party with the punkin's.
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With the mega storm affecting a lot of the riders on this forum, especially those directly in the path of Sandy, and the extreme cold front that is coming in from the northwest of you, to mix with the rain and wind of Sandy...I just want to wish you all a safe harbor, and hope that everyone comes out of this okay. Please do your best to secure your family and home, and we will all understand if you need to be away from the 'puter for days. Once this has passed, please let us know if you are okay, but more importantly, please let us know if you need any help...anything at all. While I may be on the West Coast now, I have resources that can reach to the East Coast, and can be available to assist those in need on this forum. Just let me know. I wish all of you the best, and hope the best for you and your families.
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George, if you want to see what one of those new Clearview windshields looks like...you have been invited to look at mine for the last month or so. Why wait to get yours??? Come on down and look at mine that I got a month ago. (ha ha ha ha ha) Miles:rotf:
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Given the time of year, and the closing of the riding season in Michigan...why not advertise the bike in the area of Arizona that you intend to go to...with the offer to deliver it to the new buyer? I think your price of $ 8,500.00 is darn good. You have made some excellent additions to the bike, and done a good job at it. The bike looks great...for a blue/black '08. I would have offered it for sale at $ 8,950.00, and then taken no less than $ 8,500.00 for it. Since the riders in AZ will continue to ride most of the year (not in Flagstaff though), it might be wise to market the bike to the area where you plan to buy the '07 RSV. Just saying...
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Buddy, as you can see...people are trying to help you, but...we all need a lot more info from you than you originally posted. Please provide the exact year, make and model of the vehicle your son is driving. We have had to assume that he is driving, not riding, so it must be a car or pickup. We need explicit details of the vehicle, so we can use our cumulative minds to diagnose, and then give a prognosis of the problem. Here is an example of what we need: He was driving a 1958 Edsel Pacemaker, with an automatic trans...the kind with the push buttons on the dash, and he has a 390 V-8. The car has 285,000 miles on it, and he is towing a 32' travel trailer behind it. Okay, I am old, so shoot me:backinmyday:
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KarlS...first, the number one problem is that you are between bikes. Go out and buy a bike, and your body will heal itself, so that you can ride. Second, Eck is 100 % correct in that you should not be drinking any alcohol. Period. Third...I have been through two operations on my Right elbow (area, and one on my left elbow (area). All three operations were what is called a Lateral Epicondyl Release. This is similar to the common phrase...tennis elbow...except I don't plat tennis. In all three operations they has to detach my lateral epicondyl ligament from the bone...scrape the bone surface down past the surface to get at the pulp of the bone, and then reattach the ligament to the bone. In the long run, the operations are successful, but I ended up with RSD, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, which leaves a permanent swelling of the hands and lower arms. Hurts...but most importantly it does NOT preclude me from riding my bikes. Listen to "your" doctor. Stop drinking the wine. Buy a bike, and get better. Miles:detective:
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Twigg, I didn't know the SCMA has this eyars finishers list out yet, considering this year is not done yet. But very good idea about the teddy bear. I like that. Of course, since all of my bikes are solo seating bikes, the teddy bear will have to ride on top of a fuel cell, or in front of the fairing, or...ghast...in a saddlebag. I did this same thing in memorium of Ron Major, after he died in the 1997 IBR. Ron was always # 8 entry number in all the rallies, so I covered my PIAA 910 lights with the white plastic cover they came with, and had his initials RPM, and his riding number, #8, put on each cover in black, and then I rode the next Four Corners tour in late 1997, letting him see the country for one last time. A roaming teddy bear is a great idea. Thanks for that.
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Is everyone staying at the River Haven Cabins ????? I guess I better call them and see if there are any rooms left. Miles
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Brian, my # 1 concern is that you are back on the road and able to ride your bike to the International Rally next year. I promised the forum that I would get 6 people from our state to ride out to the IR. See...I am selfish, just wanting to keep my promise. Here's looking out for you, kid.
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Brake Pad, the ride out to Florida would be worth it, but I am not into Toy Runs, especially of that large size. I appreciate the value of toy runs, and they are for a good cause. But I am well past any interest of sitting around in a large crowd of 150,000 bikes, wannabe bikers, and the 1,500 cars that want to tag along. My theory has always been, during the time it takes them to process 150,000 bike(rs) wanting to donate a stuffed teddy bear, I could be riding an additional 1,000 miles. As I said, the ride to FL. might be a choice, and I may be able to tie it in with a second Four Corners ride this year. Twigg, did you get that. I have already done one Four Corners ride this year, the one sponsored by the SCMA. I have done this ride several times over the years. BUTT...I may just have to do another one this year, to include stopping at that Florida Toy Run, just to show up for it. From my corner of the US, we have found it advantageous to take our time riding out to Madawaska, ME. first...(yeah, like I take my time riding to anywhere)...and once checked into Madawaska...then ride down to Key West, FL., hit the Toy Run on the way back up, then beeline it over to San Ysidro, Ca., and then ride back home, with a short detour up to Blaine. I don't mind a very small local toy run, but these events that bring in 150,000 are more waiting around, and too much drinking, than they are riding. And my gig is...to ride my bike, not show it off in a parking lot.
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Hey, does anyone have a ride, rally, or m/c function that is going on in your neck of the woods, or prairie, or hills, or valley in the next couple months ??? I am itching for another ride before this year ends. I am riding down to Bolivia in the beginning of January, but that means I have the rest of October, all of November, and all of December with no rides planned. Whoa is me. So if you have a m/c event in your area, or anywhere west of Timbuktu, Mali (that is in Africa), please send me a PM, and let me know. I need some more miles on these tires on my RSMTD before I take the bike apart for wheel attitude adjusments. Thanks,
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Brian, let's talk about the battery second. First...how is the body healing? How did the operation on the hand go? How is the collarbone, and the ribs? Are you doing okay? Now, the battery. Are you able to get this on your own, or would you like an escort, to drive you around like Ms. Daisy ?
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Twigg...aha...so it was you that wrote that article in the IronButt magazine about the IB motels. Well written, and enjoyable. Now I know to go rattle all the sheds at my local Home Depot in the middle of the night, if a rally is coming through my area. My experience over the past 42 years of riding, 28 years as an IBA member, is as varied as the choices in your article. Finally...I settled on a way to do it that is safe, sane, and costs very little. Now I only stop at very large truck stops. I park my bike in the car parking spot located right next to the truck drivers entryway to the store. I get what I need off the bike, then cover the bike. I walk into the truck stop, with my ditty bag tucked under my arm, and tell the workers behind the counter that I need a shower room. They ask me, "are you all fueled up?", and I say, "yes ma'am, I am." Then...they assuming I am a trucker, either give me a shower room for free, or the most it has cost me is $ 5.00. They hand me a brand new bar of soap, some clean towels, and hand me the key to my own private shower room. Fot those of you that have ever used a shower room in a very large truck stop, they are clean, quite large, and have everything in it that I need to do all my business. After I am done with all I need to do in there, including fresh clothes, I then head to the truckers TV lounge, find a large comfy chair in a back corner, in the dark room, and I fall asleep in the lounge chair. When I wake up...2...3...or 4 hours later, I am well rested, and ready to get a small bite to eat at the same truck stop, then get on the road. I agree with you Twigg on getting a real motel room every other night. MOst times I do that. Some times not. But it is a good idea. BTW, I do actualy get my bike all fueled up before getting that free or cheap shower room, so I do not feel like I am lying or cheating them. My bikes carry a lot of fuel.
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PLEASE...PLEASE do not say that to anyone else outside your own home. I am all for people having an opinion, and I respect your opinion. But there is a huge difference between a truck driver that is hauling 80,000 lbs. of iron/goods versus a LD rider that is maybe 1000 lbs fully loaded. There should be no laws restricting the number of hours a motorcycle rider can...ride in a day. As my comrade from Maine says...Educate, don't legislate.
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Twigg, "It is notable that the accident statistics for LD Riders are about the same as for all motorcycles. The accident severity is generally less because of the insistence upon All The Gear, All The Time (ATGATT)." Your article is well written, and I really like where you have taken us, and the direction this is going. I would like to offer one very small correction. The quote I copied above, from your post, is incorrect. When you say that the accident statistics of LD Riders are about the same as for all motorcycles (I think you meant...motorcyclists)...that is not true. It is well know in the IBA, of which I know you are a member, that LD riding is based on safe riding, and the statistics have shown and proven that LD Riders have far fewer accidents than the vast majority of all other motorcyclists, simply due to experience, preparation for the ride, and a higher level of riding aptitude. And example is that during the bi-annual IronButt Rally (IBR), the 100 riders in the IBR ride approximately 1,000,000 miles combined during that 11 day event. Sometimes there are accidents, but not always. And when compared to any other 100 riders (non LD Riders) around this country, when these other 100 riders finally do complete 1,000,000 miles, the number of accidents, injuries, and even deaths are astronomical compared to the LD Riders that participate in the IBR. My very simple, and small point is...when it comes to riding safe miles, LD Riders are in a completely different realm than the normal, usual...(whatever)...motorcycle rider in this country. That is "not" meant to say that anyone on this list is normal, usual, or (whatever), but I think you get the point. Please...continue with your posts on this, as it will be very informative to all the abnormal, unusual riders on this list. Helpful too.
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George, you could do that...or...simply contact J&M corp and buy one of their filters from them. It does a very good job of filtering all coil and wiring noise on a bike, to allow the radio to be static free. Miles:detective:
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George, that is the best video I have "ever" seen. I now know why you seem a little wet behind the ears, as I was a flight engineer on old P3 Orions, with VP19. We could not land in the water, but we flew low enough to the water that we would get our belly wet many times. Had to get low to drop those sono bouys. Excellent video. Those folks are darn good pilots. Miles
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Twigg, I am all in favor of the offering of more LD info. Once you know me, then you know I am way into that stuff. Been an IBA member since 1984. To save you on a lot of additional writing, most of the info can be found at the IronButt Association website. Riders and readers can go to www.ironbutt.com to find one heck of a lot of info, including rides and rallies in their areas, so they can get started in this. A suggestion might be to have a seminar (I volunteer to help in any way) at the International Rally, wherein we speak specifically about LD riding, all that it entails. Just like the annual IBA gathering in Denver, there are classes and seminars to assist the newer riders, or re-align the brains of the older LD riders. The next step would be to offer a VR/RSTD members LD ride. I have hosted endurance rallies for many years, so I have experience to offer if other are willing to participate. As for tools on the ride, as one member has already said...the best tool is preventive maintenance...making certain that the bike is ready to ride 30,000 miles in the next 230 days...even if you are only going for a 500 mile ride. If you prepare your bike for a 1000 mile ride, that may not be enough. You bike should be...battle ready...to withstand the possibility of riding 5000 miles, rather than the 1000 you planned. So many times I have seen riders show up at the start of an event, with tires that are more than 1/2 worn out, and their reasoning is that there is enough thread left to do this ride, and get them home. By the time they get home, the tires should be wasted. That...is stupid. You don't need to always start with a brand new fresh set of tires, but...be smart about it, and have more than enough tire still on the bike, after you get home, that the bike is still safe to ride. I carry a very small amount of tools with me. It is always on my mind, when packing, but I always have my bikes in excellent mechanical condition, ready to ride from Coast to Coast on a moments notice, and if I need to change oil or tires when on the road, due to a ride that is longer than expected, I am prepared for that occurence. So, Twigg...and compatriots, bring on the LD stuff. Either get your info from the IronButt website, or from Twigg here. Let's do a seminar class at the International Rally, and maybe plan a LD ride for the VR/RSTD membership.