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Hello. I've just bought 98RSTD from a private party. The bike sat in his garage idle since 97. I had the carbs worked/plugs/fluids and it runs fine except it'll shut off without warning even down the freeway at 65mph. The lights don't go out. After you stop it'll start back up just fine, but it'll do it again. Anyone had anything like this?. Thanks, P.S I'm new to VR. -
1996 royal star tour deluxe. I have been having problem with bike seems like it runs out of gas at freeway speeds. It will start missing a little bit and as soon as i release the throttle it goes dead. It has happened to me twice now. First time i replaced the battery as it was bad. I purchased the bike with 4000 miles on it about 6 months ago. Took it in for inspection and dealer said all good except carbs could use a service. I declined as bike ran just fine. They gave me some additive and told me to run it through a couple of tank fulls and see what happens. It may help at low throttle. So this happens only at speeds 65-75 mph. As soon as i coast to side of road it starts right up again. I can ride it all over town here in Phoenix so it gets hot with no problems. I am going to change air and fuel filters next. Anyone have any other suggestions? Oh I also ran a little seafoam thru a couple of tank fulls. -
Hello everybody, been a while for me here. I was riding my 97 RSTD when I went to down shift coming off the freeway and there was nothing!! I pulled the clutch and coasted to a gas station right off the freeway, where I saw that the linkage had come loose from the tranny! I was able to push it in and got it into 2nd gear to get home with, but I'm not sure what the fix is here. Anyone know? Thanks! -
Had quite the scare yesterday. While in the #2 lane on the freeway, a double dump truck merging onto the freeway from the left about 100 feet in front of me hit one of those big orange construction barrels which bounced across the #1 & #2 lanes right into my path. I couldn't avoid it. I hit it & trapped it under the bike while doing about 55 mph. The bike started sliding, but, somehow, I kept it upright & eased over to the shoulder. I put the side stand down as far as it would go, about 4-5 inches short of where it's supposed to stop, but, with the barrel trapped under the bike, it was enough to hold the bike up. Trucker didn't stop. Nobody stopped. In fact, those who were merging onto the freeway from the freeway entrance weren't even slowing down to let me over until I stuck my hand out motioning to them to slow down & let me over. Called 911 & within 10 minutes a highway patrolman pulls up. He sees the barrel under the bike & asks, "How did you do that?" meaning, "How did you not crash?" Anyway, I asked if he could try to pull the barrel out while I straddled the bike & leaned it to the right. He asked if I could lift the bike. What??? Almost 900 pounds, I don't think so. He got it out. It broke the right side lower cowling under the radiator & cracked the left side lower cowling in front of my left leg. No other damage. I stopped at my insurance agent's office to report what had just happened. Went back to the construction area to speak with someone there about the incident. The cop had already spoken with them about it. Long story short, they are going to pay my deductible, which I said was all I wanted. They were all very nice about it all. Of course, I probably would have been as nice as I could be if I were in their shoes, too. So, it appears that everything is going to work out smoothly: bike will get repaired, I won't have to shell out for my deductible, construction company gets off easy. On top of all that, I DIDN'T GET HURT. Do I feel fortunate? You bet. Soooooooo........ Be careful out there. It's not just the cagers out to get us. Those truckers & construction barrels are, too.
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anyone from houston been to the texas cycle chrome store on northwest freeway? got any goodys for ventures
