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It is a felony to sell a gun to a felon. So, if I sold a gun to someone I didn't know well, I would do it through a dealer so the dealer could make the call to make sure the buyer is not a felon. I ordered guns from internet stores and that is the way they sell. They ship it to a dealer of your choice and the dealer charges a fee to run the background check and complete the sale. I've only sold to a co-worker at the nuclear plant. If you work at a nuclear plant you have to go through an extensive back ground check to get an access badge. After working in Homestead FL for over 3 years, I started carrying due to the high crime rate in southern FL. Even if I needed it, there is no guarantee I would be able to use it. But, I don't believe in being a victim.

Nope, the scumbag died.

It is very rare to read an article on oil that addresses the fact that "synthetic" oil today is a Group III oil and the "synthetic" oil used to be a Group IV oil. Most of these articles are written by writers and not people who really know the differences in oil. In other words be careful what you believe.

In 2014, I worked in SC with a guy who rode a Honda ST1100 (and a Hayabusa!). His wife rode a 250 Honda Rebel. He said they rode to Key West together and on the interstate she held that Rebel wide open at 80mph to keep up most of the way and it did fine.

The difference is that it is a Honda!

If you want it go back with a cash in the hand offer. It might do the trick!

The 2008 V10 has the 3 valve per cylinder heads. the 2 valve heads prior to 2005 were the ones that only had a few threads on the spark plug holes and tended to blow out if they were not torqued enough. The 3v heads had the notorious 2 piece spark plugs that tended to break off when they are removed. Sometime during the 2008 year Ford changed the head design and went to one piece spark plugs. Irritating and costly plug replacement on the two piece plugs but nothing that can't be dealt with. The V10s never got the variable cam timing like the V8s which could be a troublemaker.

There isn't anything really wrong with old tech if it works. The bottom line with an air cooled bike engine is that it will overheat in stop and go traffic in the summer and it will overheat if you ride it hard. Harley says it's okay if the oil gets to 410 degrees F. I don't think so. That is what I object to especially in an expensive touring bike. The opposed twins in the BMW and copied by Ural is a good design from an engineering standpoint as far as cooling and dynamic balancing. The 90 degree twins such as the Suzuki Vstrom are a good design too with water cooling.

Go back and read post #59

I guess you missed the thread on the Van Buren sisters who rode Indian motorcycles across the USA in 1916. So air cooled v twins must have been around more than 100 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Buren_sisters

Wow! You want to argue that point. Let's see, one is a pushrod actuated 2 valve per cylinder air cooled low rpm engine versus a double overhead cam 4 valve per cylinder water cooled high rpm engine. Hmmmm Hey, the majority of riders in the country are riding air cooled V twins an if that is what they like I'm happy for them. The next thing you know the Goldwing will have an air cooled V twin!

Couldn't you change gears without using the clutch? I rode my 2004 Kawasaki Concours home from work one day without using the clutch and it was easy to shift through all of the gears. I was lucky in that there was enough incline at the parking lot to get it rolling so it didn't choke off the engine when I shifted to first and I was able to roll through all of the stop signs on the way.

From what I understand, Nascar engines use rubber timing belts. I don't have any problem with the use of rubber belts. It's the air cooled V twin that I don't like. Slightly refined 100 year old technology. My wife had a 4 cyl Mitsubishi Outlander for 8 1/2 years. The maintenance schedule was to change the rubber timing belt every 4 years or 60k miles as I remember. If you don't and it breaks, the valves stop moving and the pistons hit the valves destroying the engine. Mitsubishis were notorious for belts breaking. The trend now seems to be cam chains instead of belts because Americans don't change the belts on schedule and it gives the car a bad rep. Chains with a built in tensioner tend to last the life of the engine.

100 years ago two Van Buren sisters rode their Indian Motorcycles across the USA, the first time any vehicle had accomplished this. This is an interesting read. It took several months. Todays ride is supposed to take about 3 weeks. http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/news/a29817/a-hundred-years-ago-two-sisters-crossed-america-on-indian-motorcycles/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Buren_sisters

Beautiful bike in the photos. A guy in chicago is the president of a K1200LT club and he posts a lot of good info on the web. One of my neighbors recently sold his with 115k miles on it and bought a leftover 2014 Kawaski Concours. He rides 70 miles a day going to and from work.

Yamaha chose to get into the wannabe Harley market. That's okay. I suppose that big V twin should have passing power on the road. I hope they sell enough to come out ahead financially. Those of us who prefer an older Venture, or Goldwing, or BMW have those choices.

Back in 2010 when I was thinking about buying a Kawasaki Voyager XII I was reading the info on the Voyager site. One thing I read was a detailed post with photos of two guys who rode on the Florida to Alaska annual ride. One was riding a 250cc Suzuki and his buddy was riding a 600cc Honda Silverwing Scooter towing a trailer. So yeah, we can ride and tour on our bikes no matter what they are. Some are just easier to live with than others. But there ain't no perfect anything out there. I've only ridden briefly 3 touring bikes or baggers, a 2002 Kawasaki Voyager, a 2006 Honda Goldwing, and my current 89 Venture. My favorite is the Goldwing, followed by the Venture and then the Voyager. The Wing was easy to handle, smooth, quiet, and I had no complaints except for the price. The Voyager had very little leg room, was top heavy, and had the loudest transmission I've ever heard. The Venture comes in at number two in my opinion. It's top heavy, has a cheapy feel about it, but has the best sounding engine I've ever heard when the throttle gets a little love!

Good Point! Back in the 30's riders rode bikes with air cooled V twins. Now it's 2017 and Yamaha comes out with their new touring bike that has an air cooled v twin. Hilarious depending on your sense of humor!

http://www.partzilla.com/parts/search/Yamaha/Motorcycle/1984/XVZ12DL/FAIRING+2/parts.html Looks like partzilla has them. Member crue69 has a 89 parts bike. You can PM him and see if he has them. Check partzilla for both years and see if they have the same part number

Today I noticed that there are two Gen I part bikes for sale for $500 in the classifieds. They are nice looking bikes too but high mileage.

No carbs! Fuel Injection! on the 2001 and up Goldwings as I understand it. When they went to the 1800 six.

It is normal for a metal "sludge" to build up on the magnet. That is why the magnet is there. I don't think it is anything to worry about. It there are large metal shavings there, then you have a problem.

Gosh, it's only a motorcycle! The Gen I, Gen II, and Gen III bikes are very different from each other. About the only things common between the 1st and 2nd Gen are the V4 engine and shaft drive. Not much else is the same, seating position, style, fairing mount. The Gen I has nothing in common with the Gen III that I can think of. Okay, they both have frame mounted fairings. the Gen II and III have similar seating positions. It's very understandable why someone could prefer one Gen over another since they are so different. They are motorcycles but we are passionate about motorcycles or we wouldn't be participating in this forum.

It's all about image and bells and whistles. The new Stratoliner has that. Yeah, one of my bikes is air cooled. But I paid $1200 for it and it has a 10,000 rpm redline and it's little 700cc four produces 74 hp, almost as much hp as the new Stratoliner.

I don't think any of the manufacturers publish the hp of the V twin cruisers. If they did it wouldn't help the sales. If you buy a FJR the hp number is readily available. They are proud of the FJR hp number!