YamahaLarry

I found it from Bandit Superstores. Wow. Not cheap. http://banditsuperstore.com/shop/quick-detailers/quicshine-99/

Yeah, not sure how I got it. Could have been included in a door prize at a bike ride or maybe a gift from someone. Bottom rim of can had a little bit of rust, so I guess it had been in my garage for several years.

BTW, if you do try it, for the most part, you should spray it on you rag, especially around the engine. Else, you will end up with a lot of little white dots that are difficult to reach.

Sometimes I enjoy cleaning the old '99 RSV, and sometimes it becomes a chore. Soap, rinse, dry and then use wax or detailing compound for that good shine. I have a bike ride coming up this Saturday for a fallen police officer and then head to Gatlinburg for a week on Sunday, so I needed to get the bike all clean and shiny before time arrives. While cleaning my garage this past weekend, I came across a can of Quick Shine 99. Have not seen this product discussed here, and decided to post it. If should be in another forum, please feel free to move the post. Have no idea how I acquired it, maybe a gift or door prize, but didn't really know much about it. Read the can and thought I would give it a try on my trunk. I have been using Meguairs for several years, but this stuff really did impress me compared to my normal shine products. It is a 1 step, clean, wax and shine product. I have always been leery of these type of products, and still say that if your bike or car has a lot of grit, it should be rinsed off with water first, else the grit will put those small scratches in your paint job. Once I got started with this stuff, I did the entire bike, every little crack I could reach into and the bike looks like it came off the showroom floor. Paint is shiny and slick and all the chrome is looking great. Even reluctantly applied it to my windshield and it is clearer now than anything else I have used (never tried Pledge like I have read some use). This morning on my ride down the interstate to work, a few light rain drops hit the windshield and the majority of them slid right off. If you haven't ever tried this product, you should give it a try. (still gotta polish up the new whitewalls. didn't do them since bike was on the ground) Quick Shine 99

So sad.

Congrats!!! That is a good bit of weight in such a short period. Over the past couple of years, I have just felt bloated a lot, getting a little short winded and was a great effort just to put on my socks sometimes. Withouth realizing it, I had gone from 230 some odd lbs to 266 lbs. So, 2nd week of January, I decided to do something about it and went on a low carb diet. Goal was to lose 50 lbs in 5 months. Right now, I am sitting at 225 lbs as of this morning, so only 9 more lbs to go. And you are so right. It makes a HUGE difference in how you feel. Socks are a breeze and no longer short winded. Haven't felt this good in a long time. Again, congrats and keep your eyes on the target!!!

Mine is coming up as well, so off to the looney bin I go.....

I would LOVE to be able to ride in Run for the Wall. I have ridden bikes in funeral processions, one for a very close 6 year old cancer patient, and next to that, I think the RFTW would be the ultimate ride.

Enjoy seeing folks happy and having fun. Thanks!

So trajic and so sorry for your friend and his loss, especially the family. Deer is a huge fear of mine, more so in the dark and/or winter time. A few of the roads that I ride have tons of them and certain times of the hear, you can see at least 1 almost every time you ride the road.

One of my younger brothers has been a tire guy for 35 years, and he will tell you that under inflated tires run hotter and will wear out quicker. However, you do sacrifice ride comfort and traction with tires that are inflated above the manufacturers recommendation.

Glad to see that you are up and able to post and prayers are with you for a speedy recovery.

Bought mine used as well, and while exploring, found the toolkit under the flooring in the high side saddle bag.

I use a short 2x4 in my garage. I do believe that this weekend, I will pull the ks off, heat it up close to the bolt end and bend it ever so slightly and polish it. Appears to perhaps be stainless steel. My only concern is that I don't want to do anything to it that will interfere with it folding in under the bike correctly when it is up. On level ground, it isn't that hard to stand up, but harder than I think it should be. Where I work. I most often have to park it to where it is a slight decline to the left and takes a considerable grunt to stand it up with handle bars straight or slight right.

Right now, 0 in the front and 21 psi in the rear. I just put factory level links on the rear and front fork is factory height. The first few weeks I owned the bike, when I would go to put it on the ks, I always had that funny feeling that the stand wasn't down because I had to tilt it so far. Also, the loop or ear or whatever it is called, is a little less than 1" from left edge of floorboard.

22" dead center. I assume you meant from the ground, with tape measure between floorboard and frame. That is where I put it, and pretty much straight up and down to the choke knob. Not exactly sure how much a RSV should lean. I do know that all my riding buddies that own HD and wings, their bikes rest more upright than mine, and it seems that this one leans a little more than any other bikes I have owned. Only other Yamaha that I have owned was a VStar.

Thanks, and it did help. It let me know that my ks is standard length. I measured it prior to hopping on for a ride to work, and it is right at 13-3/4" from nut to 'heel' of ks. So, I guess if I want it more upright, I will need to remove it and try to determine if the holes are worn out or something, and if not, perhaps apply a little heat and bend it a tad. Again, thanks for the info!

Brilliant.

Perhaps someone on here could measure from the center of the bolt to the tip of the stand and tell me how long a standard kick may be? That would let me know if I need to order another or just try to torch and bend this one. As far as turning to the right, that is pretty much what I am doing not, just not very far right. Thanks guys!

It seems to be identical to the ones I have viewed online. Same top and same foot on the bottom. If Yamaha didn't love theirs so much, I would just order a new one, but $175+ is a bit much to spend for this. I would rather take a torch to mine and bend it a little.

My daddy, rest his soul, taught me to always read the fine print first.

Since purchasing this bike last year, I have always felt that when on the side kickstand, that it is leaning further than it should. There was what I thought to be an excessive amount of play in the stand from the time it touched the pavement til the bike came to rest. So, a few months ago I purchased a new bushing from boats.net and installed it, and that seemed to help a little. Darn that spring was a bugger to reattach. Well, since replacing the leveling link (PO installed lowering kit) with the factory link, it is naturally leaning a little bit more now. When I had the kickstand off several months ago to replace the bushing, it did not appear that it was bent or that the holes in the stand itself were worn excessively. From the time the stand first touches the pavement, til the bike comes to rest, the foot of the stand may slide a couple inches or so. Is that more than normal? Also, is it possible that where the stand mounts to the bottom side of the bike could no longer be aligned properly? Oh, and you gotta love how much Yamaha wants for a new kickstand. Close to 200 bucks. Just thought I would run this buy you guys before I take a torch to it and bend it a little. The amount that it leans now requires a little more effort for this old guy to stand it up. Also may note, that the ear, or whatever you call it, that is welded onto the stand is only about an inch from my left floorboard when bike is at full rest.

I don't think you would regret getting a 130/90. The height is only something like 1/4" less than the 150/80 and obviously 20mm narrower. And me personally, I like prefer the looks of the smaller tire.

Interesting. I dropped the psi down to 20 yesterday after changing out leveling links to factory links.

No problem, I always enjoy reading what you have to say. I am not sure how many miles I will get out of a set of tires on the Venture. I have had it for not quite a year and put 12k on it so far. Rear tire looked almost new when I bought it and front tire was decent. The ones I just yanked off were pretty thin and loved tracking the cracks of the highway. But, in prior years, I have always managed to get better than 10k on a rear and maybe a little over 20k on the front, with my longest lasting tire being a Michelin.