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My wife hates the interstates so we usually take the U.S. or state highways, and we usually travel with others for safety in numbers thinkin. Besides, we ride to enjoy the trip so why get into a big hurry? Only joined this site last year but we're looking forward to next years rally!

I was kinda wonderin the same thing. Maybe some of the folks are waiting till the last minute just to see what happens.

Words of Wisdom: 1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. 2. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. 3. He who laughs last, thinks slowest. 4. A day without sunshine is like, well, night. 5. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. 6. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't. 7. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. 8. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong. 9. If the shoe fits, get another one just like it. 10. The things that come to those who wait may be the things left by those who got there first. 11. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer. 12. Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries. 13. God gave you toes as a device for finding furniture in the dark. 14. When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

Have a buddy that owns an '07 RSV and we were discussing why the owners manual states to turn the fuel petcock to the position when the motor is off. My buddy never moves his from on except for when/if he........... Was interrupted inadvertently hit submit.,,,,,anyway, He never turns his off. I always do mainly because of an experience with a fuel leak several years ago on another make of bike. He says there's no point to shut it off because it has an electric fuel pump so fuel won't flow through it when it's not running. Any other reasons pro or con?

I like 'em all but like people, it would be pretty dull if all were the same! :twing:::twing:

That was a beautiful FLHT.

You ain't just whistlin Dixie bro.! A friend of mine just bought a silver colored one in Paducah, KY. This is looking like a steal, but there's still time left and it may get interesting.

It doesn't appear to have a reserve. Not much time left either! Dang!

Kinda weird isn't it? Like you're losing interest in something or somebody you'd thought you'd be in love with forever. Take a break......absence makes the heart grow fonder.

If you've seen this before I apologize, but I just read it for the first time and thought I would share. Subject: HOW THE INTERNET STARTED, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE... PLEASE DO NOT GOOGLE THIS ONE OR CHECK WITH SNOPES. THEY WILL LIE TO YOU. TRUST ME! In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a healthy young wife by the name of Dorothy. And Dot Com was a comely woman, large of breast, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com. And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel so far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever leaving thy tent?" And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?" And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply telling you who hath the best price. The sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)." Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. And the drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever having to move from his tent. To prevent neighboring countries from overhearing what the drums were saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew. It was known as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew to The People (HTTP). And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites, or NERDS. And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going to that enterprising drum dealer, Brother William of Gates, who bought off every drum maker in the land. Indeed he did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother Gates' drum heads and drumsticks. And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others." And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel , or eBay as it came to be known. He said, "We need a name that reflects what we are." And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators." "YAHOO," said Abraham. And because it was Dot's idea, they named it YAHOO Dot Com. Abraham's cousin, Joshua, being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid (GEEK) that he was, soon started using Dot's drums to locate things around the countryside. It soon became known as God's Own Official Guide to Locating Everything (GOOGLE). That is how it all began. And that's the truth. I would not make up this stuff.

Follow up: Ordered and received the new F4 windshield in 3 days! Installation went very easy. Took a 250 mile trip last Saturday into the Land Between the Lakes area of KY. Back roads on the way down, I69 (western ky parkway) and hghwy 41 on the return trip. Got back home right before midnight. The bugs were doing their job too! We were with two other bikes. Whenever we took a break I pulled a paper towel and the little bottle of Windex out and proceeded to do exactly what F4 says and the windshield cleaned up like new. I cleaned the whole bike Sunday and looked painstakingly over every inch and angle of that shield and it was spotless. I hope it keeps on cleaning up this well. It's guaranteed for 4 years so I'm expecting it to do so. The clarity is excellent and the Lexan will add a safety factor from highway asteroids.

Yep, I found out! The cowling is really tight up against the bars there. Even if the original clamps on the foot pegs I bought would've been the correct diameter, they were too large to fit between the space.........good point!

I borrowed/tried two different sets. Ended up finding these for my '06: http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTk0WDU5NA==/z/oJUAAOSwxYxUw0KU/$_12.JPG The clamps are too large for my '06, so I removed them and went with a regular 1" clamp and threw the originals in the junk drawer. Ordered and installed these for mounting: http://www.ebay.com/itm/391017506166?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT I didn't like or need all the linkage on a lot of pegs. Seems to me it makes the pegs sit out too far from the bike and I'm a little on the tall side and didn't need to bring them down or back towards the floorboards so I just wanted to mount them as close and high on the crash bars as I could. ...ooops! I see you've already ordered a set of pegs. Well, maybe this will help someone else! Be safe!

Yep, but I'm just trying to find anyone who has used them in their 1st or 2nd generation....

Pick a place and ride! If you ride to the Maggie Valley area at those dates, we'll see you there along with a few other bikers from S. Indiana! Never been there by bike and next spring we'll be heading to the Arkansas and Missouri states. Be safe!

I grew up in the era that "dual-point" distributors were state of the art so don't ask me! Lol .......but that is really amazing!

Great! If you happen to find anyone that knows about them find out how you're supposed to tell if they're fouled,running rich, etc. Thanks!

Yep, if they seized up from being in for a decade or two would not be fun! I've reviewed a few threads but haven't found anything or anyone that has tried them in these 1300's yet. Always liked the plain old NGK's but saw a picture of the Brisk plugs and I just had to ask. They are definitely different!

Brisk high performance spark plugs. They make some good performance claims: Has anyone here tried them on their 1st or 2nd generation yet?

Good idea! I always get a buddy to help with mine and I've thought about doing this. Can you back it down safely too?

That sucks! When I set mine up it would work fine with no load. We got my 88 Royale on it and it started to act like it didn't want to go up. We let it back down, rolled the bike back down and discovered there wasn't any hydraulic fluid. The filler hole is about 1/4" diameter (maybe) and it took a 45 minutes with a plastic hypodermic oil tool to fill it up. Mines been fine so far, but as you mentioned, if it failed with a load on it and the safety rod was in place I guess I'd have to rig something up with my 3 1/2 ton floor jack to release the rod and lower. Wont they just replace the whole dang thing?

I recently bought an RSV and still have an 88 Royale. The wife says she's just as comfortable on the RSV and to me, I feel like I'm riding a much more comfortable bike. Have a friend who's owned RSV for over 3 years now. He's the same height as you. He rode mine and noticed he could plant his feet flat on the ground, unlike his where he couldn't. He had air in his shocks, mine didn't. He just always had air in his shocks because his wife travels with him and he thought he needed it. I've owned just about every make out there, and personally, they've all got their issues and advantages, but we travel a lot and this is one of the most comfortable bikes I've ever ridden. I'm 6'3" and 205 lbs. and yes, I dumped my RSV last week backing up on a slight incline with my handlebars turned to the right. Just happened, but nothing was even scratched (except the crash bars). The crash bars work so my advice is buy it, and if it starts to dump, let it go! Good luck!

I bought one this summer too. Installed two 3/8" eye bolts close to the front corners with large diameter fender washers so I could use ratchet straps from the handlebars to anchor with. I never use the front tire clamp except for a wheel chock and the little u-bolts are pretty much useless for large bikes. My 88 is a bit too much for this lift, but my 06 RSV is very secure after the eyebolt install. I haven't attempted to elevate the wheels yet but was getting ready to figure that out next. Glad to see some ideas. Had to put hydraulic fluid in mine, but overall I'm satisfied and man, how nice it is just to stand there an have easy access to maintain and clean!

Are you talking about this lamp?....SYLVANIA 9003 (also fits H4) SilverStar Ultra High Performance Halogen I searched for "Syvania UltraStar" and didn't find one. I've been thinking about upgrading the headlamp on my '06 RSV also. Thanks!