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Last weekend, I noticed a mysterious red light come on when I rev limited in 2nd gear. I'd never seen it before, and the manual was inconvenient. So I checked the oil level and was shocked to see that it was at the bottom of the sight glass, and looked rather black. I just changed the oil, and it was black and nasty. Clearly, she burned oil since the last change (about 4000 miles ago). I changed her oil just before my trip to Zion National Park, Four Corners, etc. I towed a trailer on that trip, so 3500 miles of those 4000 were towed. She's never burned any oil (except when I overfilled her, before I realized she took less than the manual). She just rolled over 50,000 miles. What causes a bike to burn oil? Dave -
.................But forgot the camera We covered 860 Klm's for the time we were away, so good practice for the U.S. trip I Towed our camper trailer, and didn't even feel it was there behind the big blue tractor! Sorry no photo's
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Has anybody's insurance given them a hassle insuring a trailer towed by a bike?
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I was wondering if anyone has towed their RSV behind their vehicle with a motorcycle hitch hauler? Can my RSV be towed by one of these for 1000 miles? Are they safe? Thanks and God Bless. Danny
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A while back someone asked if you could tow a bike with another bike, and yes you can. Last tuesday going down hwy 270 in mo. i seen a bike towing another one with a one bike trailer at about 60 mph. Looked like he had no problems doing it , this is the only time i have seen this done, who ever thought this was possible, not me until then. well that's all i have to say. So who ever posted the question can a bike be towed with another one yes you can.
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When you post about the car tire gods and motorcycle tire gods...somebody can get offended, I guess... About 2 hours after posting on this website about tires, I had one go flat on me at 75 mph in Happy Texas....I was NOT happy! The bike got all crooked feeling, but I got it under control, and rode it into the ditch. I think the tire went flat in about 10 seconds...I had the cruise on, and by the time I knew what was happening, the handling got really bad. I called Star Service, and they had a wrecker there in about an hour. I had it towed to Sharps Honda/Yamaha/Suzuki in Amarillo, and they put me a shiny new black doughnut on. The tire had about 4000 miles on it...probably would have gone another 2000-3000 or so, looking at the tread that was left. Oh well...at least I didnt have an accident trying to get it stopped...it was really getting hard to handle when it came off the rim....I think I'm lucky to be posting here today.
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Here is the scoop, I just purchased a 1999 Exploder off of eBay on the far far side of Pennsilvania. Picking up the truck will be a 1200 mile round trip. My plan is to weld a hitch together and ride my wife's Nighthawk 750 out to PA, use this hitch to bring both vehicles back. (The explorer has a 2" hitch receiver) It's no big deal with the Nighthawk, as I can quickly remove the chain, and prevent any possibility for transmission damage. However, the venture would be a much, much more comfortable ride. Has anyone actually towed a venture with the rear wheel on the ground 600 miles? Obviously the trans would be in neutral, and as far as i can see, the gears are constantly submerged in oil. I only have 10 days to pick up the explorer, so I can't really use opinions. If someone has towed a venture like this, please let me know, otherwise I will be flying on the nighthawk. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/Ggerg1186/Hauler_003-587x350.jpg
