BlueSky

Congratulations! A wing is what I wanted but I wasn't serious enough about biking to put that much money into one. Sounds like you may have gotten a great deal!!

Bike Bandit posted this recently, a guide for motorcycle gloves. http://www.bikebandit.com/community/guides/the-guide-to-motorcycle-gloves?roi=echo3-30389964464-31599481-90b04591a6d145aebcaba30e1f4b4f64&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=promo_BBNews&utm_source=Fri_111315_BB_News&utm_content=glove_buyers_guide

You mean your avatar is not a photo of you!!

BMWs typically do not have a low COG though, the K bikes I'm speaking of. I suspect the new one doesn't either.

Wow! It's been 45 years since I got out of the US Army! I'm an old fart for sure!

Seems to me a fellow who owned a Vmax for a toy, might want to put a set of those pipes on his toy and make some music!

V4s sound so awesome! And that exhaust suits the V4!

The biggest worry I would have based on what I've read on this site is the loud whine that some of these bikes make. Ride it and if it whines real loud, take a pass.

Could you take the rim off and submerge it in water to see where the leak is? I've seen water containers at tire stores where they can submerge just a portion of the tire holding it vertical and slowly rotate the tire to see where the leak is. Aluminum wheels have been known to be porous in spots and cause leaks.

When I removed my idle mix screws, I put a touch of sticky gasket sealer on the end of my screwdriver and touched the screw and pulled it out. Then I used a pick with a slightly curved end to pull the tiny washer, o-ring, and spring out.

I got a similar text recently about an item I had for sale. The text message said he would send a check and when I deposited it in my bank and it cleared in a couple of days, his representative would come pick up the item. I texted back asking what bank was the check written on. The response was a bank that had a branch at my location, so I responded that I would cash it at his bank and his rep could pick it up. Didn't hear back for a couple days then he responded saying the same thing again. I didn't respond again. It was an obvious scam. Sooo many scams on craigslist.

Hey, there is only one good cure for New Bike Fever! Touring bikes usually get touring tires for longevity, not for sticking in the curves. If there are stickier tires available for the RSV, they will make a huge difference if you want to push the limits. My personal opinion on tires is that I want a sticky tire and I don't worry about how long they last. I crashed one bike when I shouldn't have because it had cheap Cheng Shin tires on it that had very little grip.

If you have to drill out that idle mix screw, new ones are still available at partzilla.

There's one more thing to consider!! You'd look great on a new BMW1600:12101:

What I don't like about depending on motels is that you have to make a reservation to make sure you have a place to sleep and that puts you on too much of a schedule. You may want to stop a little longer and enjoy the scenery or local attractions. Every method of touring has its issues. Just have to make up your own mind about what is tolerable to you.

When I worked at the Crystal River Nuke plant in FL, a couple of transient contractor co-workers like I was lived in huge expensive MHs. Both of them bought the campsites they were renting for about $69k each. Sounded kinda high to me, but what do I know? By the way, one of the owners of the campground was the actor who played Radar on the tv series Mash. A rough calc told me that they were spending about $3k per month to live in those expensive MHs counting depreciation. I rented a nice home for about $1200/month while I worked there. It IS a big hassle to move and find another place to rent though when the job ends. Living in a MH or TT was appealing to me but I could never work it out. And many of my jobs tended to be in the frozen north where campgrounds were closed in the winter and pipes freezing would be an issue.

You gonna have to take the bike down I suspect.

I didn't have any trouble installing my ALLBALLs Racing seals. I bought a plastic pipe from Home Depot for $3 and cut off a section to lightly tap the seals in place. They were tighter than the OE seals but not any where near as much difference as you are talking about. Could you have gotten the wrong size? At any rate, we have to proceed based on our experiences.

ALL BALLS Racing seals are advertised to last 3 times as long as OE. They fit much tighter. After the fork seals failed shortly after installing OE in my Kawa ZN700, I installed All Balls seals and no problem since then.

The 96 up royal star or 99 up Ventures have 4 brush starters. Also, the 92 and 93 1st gen ventures had 4 brush starters. Pinwall cycle salvage usually has one on ebay. Search ebay with the words XVZ1300 starter. If you search using venture, you will also get snowmobile starters http://www.ebay.com/itm/07-Yamaha-Venture-XVZ1300-Royal-Star-1300-STARTER-STARTING-MOTOR-/381425315305?hash=item58ceb86de9:g:ZIsAAOSwsB9WDuY7&vxp=mtr

Every car or truck I've owned (dozens)that had a screw on filter I tightened the filter with my bare hand as tight as I could get it except for one car. It was a 1975 Honda Civic with the 1488cc CVCC engine. It would come loose if I only tightened it by hand. So, I had to use a filter wrench to tighten it some more. I never bothered to put oil on the rubber seal because the surface already has oil on it from loosening the last filter.

If the carbs are empty, how does this pump fill the carbs. It takes pressure pulses from the crankcase to make the pump work. Maybe turning the engine on the starter will work?

Congratulations! One little capacitor and you will be warm in the shop this winter! If you get Tweeks too warm during her winter nap, she may start dreaming of touring the Southwest desert with Puc, Tippy, and the kitchen sink on her back!

Oops! The test rider is a scumbag! He passed on a yellow line!

If you can't afford the Bimmer, there is always a 1st Gen Venture!