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Hey Jimbob5, You need to read a little closer. I stopped with my handle bars turned hard right. If I was still moving I wouldn't have a problem with the bike going down. Only when stopped.
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There have been two instances where I sold something to members here and when they told me they would send me the money, I sent the items to them the same day even though I didn't have the money. I would never do that with anyone except members of this site. If someone has violated this trust and they have a chance to explain their side and it's obvious they cheated everyone here needs to know their name and they need to be banned from this site.
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Rick you are right. I failed to mention that in my post. I had just had my venture for a few months and my wife and I were riding on an interstate in Tennessee. My brother-in-law was leading us on his goldwing. He was almost past an exit when he realized we needed to get off on that exit and he swerved onto the exit ramp. We followed. The exit ramp went down hill and then he made a quick turn to the right. I was going to turn right but a car was coming so I hit the brakes with my handle bars turned to the right. The bike started over and I realized I couldn't stop it from going down when my wife put her right leg down on the payment and it was just enough to pop the bike back up. We didn't practice this but out of instinct she put her leg down. Since that time I have learned how to ride my bike and not get in that situation again.
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I have been riding since I was fourteen years old. It never took over a month or two to get used to a new bike until I got my 05 venture. I ride 2 up most of the time and it took me a year of riding before I got really comfortable with the handling. When I would back up I would have my wife get off the bike but now I can back up with her on it with no problem. When I would come to a stop at a traffic light I would wobble until stopped. It wasn't a pretty sight. Now I can come to a stop and never wobble. It just took a lot of practice. The best thing to do is to get rid of the stock bridgestone tires as soon as possible. When I took the stock bridgestones off it was like going from manual steering to power steering. I don't have the leveling links and wouldn't recommend them or the smaller front tire. I installed the leveling links for 2 days and removed them. I believe I can handle my bike now as good as anyone without the leveling links or smaller front tire. It just takes time riding to get used to the bike.
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It's a harley, it's supposed to vibrate!
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Hey cmiles3, I had the same question. I don't know why someone would show a post to the public and then not let you in but I didn't moan and groan. If they want to communicate with each other why don't they do it some other way. I didn't think this web site was for private communicating. But I don't care. The only moaning and groaning I hear is from you. Eddie Hall
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I bought the diamond r leveling links. Rode 2 days and removed them. I will sell them at a good price. I ride 2 up most of the time but don't have any problem with slow speed handling anymore. After about 6 months of riding I got used to the handling. I just installed the stock avon venoms and the handling is even better.
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This isn't the only problem harley is experiencing. Their financing arm of the company is being hit with the subprime lending problem. Last year to keep sales up they lowered the minimum beacon score to get financed. They are now reposessing a lot of those bikes and the used marked price is down because of the number of used harleys on the market. Last may their stock price went from around 70.00 per share to 59.00 per share. The stock brokers were saying 59.00 per share was a good buy and that it would go back up. It may but it looks like it may be a while.
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Hey a1bummer, As someone else mentioned that letter says you are releasing them from any bodily injury or property damage claim. You are right not to sign a release until you receive all you are going to receive from them. You might want to tell the claims rep that your leg is still bothering you and you aren't going to sign a release until you see a doctor. However, do not cc any letter you send them to an attorney. I have been an insurance agent for 35 years and can tell you as soon as they see a copy sent to an attorney they will immediately stop talking to you and tell you they can only speak to your attorney. If you tell them you don't have an attorney they still may want to see a release from the attorney you mentioned plus you just let them know you are bluffing. They need to think you are serious and not bluffing. Good luck! Eddie Hall
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Hey WIKD, Sorry but I just noticed where you asked for the part number for the jc whitney luggage rack. In case you haven't gotten it yet here it is. CBM010781. It is $66.99. I want to order another one so if you want the one I have now I will let you have it if you will pay the shipping charges. Let me know.
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I almost bought a pair of the zippered red wing boots. They are good looking boots, but if I walk all day my feet hurt with heavy boots and the red wings looked heavy. I bought a pair of Stealth II side zip boots and they are the most comfortable I have ever worn. They are the boots that most law enforcement officers wear. They are as comfortable as tennis shoes and only cost $69.69. I don't know where they are made but they have a 60 day warranty. I've never seen shoes or boots that give you any kind of warranty.
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I not knocking harleys but just had to tell you all this story. A friend on mine bought an 07 street glide. He paid $400 for a sprocket that harley says will eliminate the vibration. After installing the sprocket the vibration moved to a higher rpm instead of going away completely. My friend went back to the local harley dealer and told the service manager he wasn't going to pay $400 for something that doesn't work. The service manager said lets go back in the shop and talk to one of the technicians. When my friend explained his problem to the certified harley technician the technician replied, "It's a damn harley it's supposed to vibrate." My friend is very upset.
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I was at the yamaha dealer in Tallahassee, Fl thursday and they had just gotten a yamaha raider. I had seen one in magazines but this was the first time to see one in person. It is one more good looking bike. I wanted it so bad and if I rode just one up I would buy it in a heart beat. The list price is $13,999 which is a low price for a bike that looks like a $40,000 custom bike. I really like the looks of the ultra classic, especially the 08 copper and black color but I have head too many negative comments from people that own an ultra classic. When I left Tallahassee thursday I stopped at a custom bike dealer in Thomasville, GA. A guy came in and told me how good my venture looked and said he had an 02 venture and sold it to get the ultra classic. He said his wife loved the venture and they took many trips with it but he just wanted a harley. The first thing he had to do to make the ultra comfortable for his wife was to buy a kit that moves the rear seat back 4 inches. He said they still can't ride it in the summer because it puts out so much heat his wife can't stand to ride on the back. He said he was going to buy a Kawasaki Vulcan for his son and they were going to ride it in the summer. I haven't head this from just one or two people but from everyone I know that owns an ultra. A friend of mine just bought a new 07 screamin eagle ultra classic and he had to take it to a shop that specializes in modifying bikes to get them to put something on it to cool the back cylinder so his wife can ride. I can't believe harley charges what they do for this bike and no one can ride two up without spending 2 or 3 thousand dollars to get it where your wife can ride with you. But it is a good looking bike.
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I was talking to Yogi on this site and he said that he head that Dothan Powersports in Dothan, AL would do a mod on the venture that would increase the hp to 120. Today I rode to Dothan with some friends to the Dothan Bikefest and on the way back we stopped at Dothan Powersports. I talked to the service manager about this. He said he used to have a tour deluxe and did this mod on it. They re-route the air intake and mount four K&N air filters under the tank. Then they put on either bub or barons pipes, I don't remember which pipes he said, and they rejet the carbs. The manager said this would increase the hp to 120 and increase your gas mileage. Just wondering if any of you have heard of this or tried this. Oh, and the cost is $1,200, which means I won't being doing this anytime soon.
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Hey ruffrider99, When GEICO first entered the motorcycle market that were buying the business with ridiculously low rates that they couldn't live with for long. The were insuring $50,000 custom choppers with liability and comprehensive and collision for $250.00 per year. In some states they still are. There is no way you can insure these customs bikes for that rate. They are going to get killed. You can drop one of those bikes at a traffic light and do three or four thousand dollars of damage. You can't repair the chrome parts you have to replace them. You can tear a seat and cause eight or nine hundred dollars in damage. And if one gets stolen, and they do a lot, and you pay out $50,000 it takes a lot of premium at $250.00 per year to make up for that loss. A friend of mine ran into the back of a car on his chopper and GEICO paid over $10,000 to repair the bike. The custom bike dealers know about the $250.00 per year rates with GEICO now and are getting their customers to call GEICO for insurance before they leave he dealership. I hope GEICO insures every custom bike in the U.S. because sooner or later they will have to raise their rates out of the roof to pay for the claims. Who knows, they might even go broke like they did several years ago. State Farm is doing the same thing with "crotch rockets." They will insure a Hyabusa with full coverage for 3 or 4 hundred dollars per year. This is going to ruin their rates for motorcycles. Besides the fact that most crotch rocket riders wipe out going 150 miles per hour you can drop one of those bikes making a slow turn and total the bike. Most all of the major companies wouldn't even talk to you about insuring a motorcycle a few years ago. Now they see how many motorcycles are being sold in the U.S. and that riders arent' only Hells Angles anymore but all classes of people so they are jumping into the marketplace. The more companies decide to insure bikes the better it is for us as the competition will keep the rates down.
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Hey Ken8143, Having a heavy debt load decreases your credit score. When insurance companies first started using credit scoring I had a hard time figuring how it worked. I had people that were successful and living in $300,000 and up homes that couldn't get a good enough score to qualify for coverage. I would then quote the insurance in the wife's name, she didn't have any credit, and they would qualify for the insurance company's best rate. It doesn't matter if you pay all your bills 30 days before they come due; if you have a lot of debt it knocks your score. Some insurance companies do the scoring on the husband and wife and average the score and some companies run the score on the first person listed as the insured. If you apply for credit and are approved and open the account and then change your mind and close the account it lowers your score so you are better off to keep the account open. If you access more than two thirds of your credit limit it lowers your score. If you have a credit card lets say with a $10,000 credit limit and you aren't using it your score will go up. If you closed the account your score would go down. Another crazy thing about credit scoring is that all insurance companies don't use the same scoring model. I was quoting my homeowner coverage with Hartford Insurance company and I didn't get in their best preferred tier. I quoted with Safeco Insurance Company and I got in their top preferred tier. Some insurance companies use a company called the Fair Issacs company for scoring and some companies such as State Farm have developed their own scoring model. The insurance companies keep the way they score hush, hush and won't let anyone see it. At first, in Georgia, the companies wouldn't even let the insurance commissioner look at their scoring model. When the commissioner wouldn't approve their policies that used scoring the companies finally made the scoring model available to the commissioner. Your credit score can change daily.
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I have a rack that I got from JC Whitney and I have the rear spoiler from yamaha. There is no problem with them. The rack is approx 69.00 but I have had a problem with is rusting where the welds are.
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Update on screamin eagle venture
ediddy replied to ediddy's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Hey Denden, Thanks for the encouraging words. I didn't get to talk to the factory rep when I picked up my bike. The service manager said they replaced the swing arm, rear diff and some bearings that weren't really worn too bad but they replaced them anyway. He said they made sure everything was done to factory specs and all bolts were torqued to specs. They want me to come back after approx 500 miles to change the oil in the rear end. -
Hey Saltydawg, Thats why you need a good agent to deal with rather than trying to do things on line. That would never had happened with an agent. Just a quote wouldn't trigger something going to the state. A policy number had to be issued.
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Update on screamin eagle venture
ediddy replied to ediddy's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Went to Tallahassee yesterday and trailered my bike home. I didn't get to ride but 10 or 15 miles but I don't have a screaming venture anymore. I had the dealer put avon venom tires on and the bike is quiet. Once I put 5,000 miles on the bike I will know if it is fixed for good. The yamaha factory rep pulled the records on my bike and the rear end was being replaced about every 5,000 miles. I sure misdiagnosed the problem. I just knew the whining was coming from the transmission but it was the rear end. Right now I don't have a chirp or whine at any speed so the I basket did cure that problem. I'm anxious to put 5,000 miles on the bike to see what happens. -
I am an insurance agent in Georgia and can only speak for Georgia but credit scoring is similar in all states. It is not new and first started here in 1998. I was against it and most agents were against it but I talked to our Insurance Commissioner in person and he said the complaints his office were receiving were coming from the agents and not consumers. Insurance Commissioners don't listen to the agents as much as they do from consumers. I have changed my position and now believe credit scoring has been better. The insurance companies have the statistics to show that each time the credit score drops claims go up. I can tell you from experience that some people just seem to find a way to have a claim. Since credit scoring most people are paying a lower rate. Before scoring everyone paid the same rate. Now some companies have as many as 100 different tiers of rates. An automobile premium could be as high as 1500.00 per year with the worst score to as low as 600.00 per year for the best score. Many states and consumer groups have challenged credit scoring but it has been upheld in every court case. All companies that use scoring send you a generic letter that states you didn't get the very best rate if you didn't get in the top tier. There is no way that your wife getting credit at or before age 18 had anything to do with your score. I recently got a quote on my motorcycle from GEICO. I wouldn't buy from them if they were the last company of earth but I wanted to see their rate. I got a letter from them a few days later telling me I didn't get their best rate because of my score. They were $700.00 per year and I am paying $402.00 per year now. You need to find a good agent and call and get other rates because the rates will vary. For example I had someone in last week that insured a 89 Honda 1100 and a 02 Goldwing. Here are how the rates stacked up: Foremost $503.00, Dairyland $492.00, Progressive $453.00, American Reliable $441.00, AIG $397.00, American Modern $340.00 and Victoria $245.00. Another more extreme example was a guy with a harley, his wife had a harley and his 18 year old son had a harley. The rate through harley davidson's insurance agency was $2,400 per year. I wrote the coverage with American Modern for $1700.00 per year but the highest quote was $6,600.00 per year. So as you can see the rates do vary by company. Credit scoring is here to stay and even though you didn't get the company's best rate it was still probably better than the rate if there wasn't credit scoring.
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Update on screamin eagle venture
ediddy replied to ediddy's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Hey Rick, Thanks for the info. When the fourth rear diff was installed the service manager asked me to bring my bike in after 600 miles so they could change the oil in the rear in case there were metal flakes from it breaking in. I did that and it still wore out. I don't know what kind of oil yamaha puts in the rear end. -
Update on screamin eagle venture
ediddy replied to ediddy's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
The service manager from the dealer called today and my bike is ready and he said it wasn't screaming anymore. This is the fifth rear end. I'm going to see what happens but if this one goes bad I am going to ask yamaha to swap my bike for another. There is one thing that concerns me a little and I would like to hear from some of you. The factory rep questioned me about pulling a trailer. When I said no, I've never pulled a trailer he asked about the amount of weight I carry when I ride to the mountains and what kind of terrain I ride in. I didn't think too much about it then but today I was questioned again about the weight I carry. My wife and I like to take weekend trips and sometimes if we can get off early we will leave on thursday afternoon for a long weekend trip. I weigh 200 lbs and my wife weighs 160lbs. We then fill up each saddlebag with light items that probably wouldn't amount to 5 or 10 lbs. We put our frog toggs that are sealed with a foodsaver, clear glasses for cloudy or rainy weather, a cycle pump air pump, tire gauge, couple of small towels, a can of what used to be called honda spray cleaner, our caps and maps. Between 2 saddlebags this isn't much weight. We pack our clothes in a yamaha bag designed to fit in the trunk. I don't know the weight of this bag but I wouldn't think it would be around 10 lbs or 20 lbs at most. We then have a bag we strap to the luggage rack where we put our dirty clothes and carry such things as tylenol, cell phone and my wife's makeup. I don't think this would go over the 419 lbs that is listed as the maximum weight limit. Surely this wouldn't be enough weight to cause the rear ends to go bad. What do you think? -
Update on screamin eagle venture
ediddy replied to ediddy's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
I called Tallahassee Powesports friday to see when the parts that had to come from Japan would be in. They have already received the parts from Japan and are waiting for a part coming from Los Angeles. Isn't that interesting? -
Wow, I can't believe I actually hear some of you sympathizing with insurance companies. I am impressed. I have been an agent for 34 years and when any of my customers have a claim I fight to the finish for them but I also see many fraudulent claims that drive up the cost of insurance. This also puts you in a position when you are honest and not trying to rip off the company that they put you under scrutiny like a dishonest person. Unfortunately the dishonest people make if difficult for the honest people. The marketing rep for one of my companies was recently in and told about a case where a guy insured a custom bike for $60,000 and two weeks later reported it stolen. After investigating the company found that the insured took it to his friends house and asked him to keep it for a few weeks. The insured is now in prison but guess what? He was an attorney. A few years ago I was talking to the president of one of our companies that only insures homes in Georgia. I asked him if the storms we had that year had caused them loss problems. He said its not the storms. It people burning their houses that cause loss problems. He said I don't know how they do it but if the economy downturns you can get ready because the fire lossed go up. He said you could go back to the beginning of the company and see that everytime the economy goes backwards fire losses go up. We all have to pay for fraudulent claims. Thats it for todays insurance class.