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    With the horrible ground plane a motorcycle offers, I don't think that the length of coax will be a factor. Make it 1 foot longer then needed to reach from the radio to the antenna.
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    That thing is HUGE!! Make sure your rear tire is in good shape. I think the rear tire on the Venture is overloaded as-is, let alone with another 30-100lbs of stuff hanging way past the swingarm.
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    Ive jacked my bike up plenty of times on hard packed gravel in my driveway.
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    What if the puncture occurs during a rain storm? huh? well? huh!?!?!?
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    Hmmm... No mention of taking self defense classes or carrying a handgun.
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    I bought my BFG off eBay and had it in 3 days.
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    I think it'll be a dressed up Roadliner. People who don't know anything about motorcycles think that the V-twins are the best engines. Kawasaki went to the big V-twin for their touring machine. http://fxstein.com/blog/resserver.php?blogId=1&resource=fxliner.jpg
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    I did mine in about 30 minutes, but I also had an 10 ton overhead hoist to hold my bike up. Those passenger grab handles are strong.
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    I don't believe they'll have stainless, but it's better then scratching the fender to hell. At least it would hold the fender in place until you could find a stainless.
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    Lowes and Home Depot carry alot of allen headed bolts. Take 1 out of the other side and match it up.
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    Cooling vest

    flb_78 replied to Bigfoot's topic in Riding Gear

    On the Two Wheeled Texans forum, many just use the cooling vests from an industrial place such as Grainger. Many have the bonus of also being reflective. They cost much less then ones labeled for "motorcycles".
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    1 1/16" is the same size and probably easier to find.
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    No Costco in this part of the country, but I saw this on another forum. http://www.costco.com/Browse/ProductSet.aspx?Prodid=11484112&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|3960|51294&N=4015644&Mo=12&No=1&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=51294&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&topnav= V-Can Modular Helmet with Built-in Blinc Bluetooth System DOT Approved $189.99
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    Idle jets are plugged up. Before I'd pull the carbs apart. I'd unhook the fuel line and drop it into a can of Seafoam and let it run until it died to fill the carbs up with straight Seafoam. Let it sit over night. Then crank it up the next day to see if the Seafoam cleared the idle jets, if not, then you'll have to clean the jets. I'd put new plugs in it no matter what you do to it, you don't know if they have ever been replaced or not.
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    Either oil will be fine. I run Rotella T myself with the Purolator filter. Before you mount the Purolator filter on your bike, be forewarned that it could mess with the warranty because Purolator does not say that the filter is made for the bike. I believe it to be a superior filter and have been running one for the 25,000 miles, but my bike is far out of warranty.
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    I polished the lens for an hour yesterday with Meguiar's PlastX. It helped some, but the pitting was to deep. It had to be sanded and resurfaced to get them looking brand new.
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    You could even do this by hand with some fine grit sand paper and then use a buffer to polish it with, but since I had no sandpaper or a buffer, it was cheaper for me to get the $20 kit.
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    Here's 3M's marketing video if you'd like to see the kit in action. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t1RBw0IGXA]YouTube - 3M? Headlight Lens Restoration System[/ame]
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    You wouldn't even have to bolt the switch in to steal one, just let it hang and get out of there. Figure about 3 minutes if your quick enough. Even faster if you used a cordless impact to remove the bolts from the seat and tank. Pull the seat, lift the tank, plug in the new switch, set the tank down, set the seat on, leave the bolts out of the tank and seat, turn on the key hangin off the side and book it out of there.... Later, install the new switch proper and bolt everything back together where it's safe.
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    The nice thing about the Clearview shields is that you CAN use RainX on them unlike the factory shield.
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    I bought a 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis 2 weeks ago and the headlights were horrible on it. I priced new ones and about choked. I saw Walmart did a headlight restoration for $40. I found out it's just a 3M kit that anyone can buy for $20 at VatoZone, Oreilly's,Napa, or Advance Auto. I tried the Meguiar's PlastX and spent an hour polishing them by hand. They looked better but they were still cloudy. I broke down and bought the 3M kit this morning after watching some youtube videos on headlight restoration. This kit works great. My headlights are crystal clear like new. If you have yellow, foggy, or cloudy headlights, this is a MUST!! You don't need the kit to do this. If you have very fine sandpaper (2000 grit or finer), then you could do this yourself by hand. I had no sandpaper nor do I have a polishing pad so the kit was more economical for me. The kit comes with 2 different sanding discs, a 3000 grit sanding pad, a polishing pad, an arbor and Velcro pad to attach the sanding discs and pad to, and some 3M plastic polish. You start out with an 800 grit paper and completely sand the headlight until the entire lens is a uniform texture. Next, sand it with a 2000 grit paper until all the there is a finer uniform texture. Then, use the 3000 grit sanding pad and water to sand all the scratches out of it. Finally, use the polishing pad and plastic polish to bring the headlight to crystal clear shine. Be very careful to keep the sanding discs clean. I apparently had something on one of my discs and now have some tiny little swirlly scratches in my left headlight. I can only see them at certain angles and I can feel them with my fingernail. I could probably sand the lens down some more and polish it out, but I'm very happy with the current results. I also removed three molded tits off the headlight lens. I took a rotary tool and ground them down flush and the 3M kit polished them out smooth. http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/650/1000563small.jpghttp://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8449/1000564small.jpghttp://img176.imageshack.us/img176/4675/1000565small.jpghttp://img269.imageshack.us/img269/6892/1000566small.jpghttp://img176.imageshack.us/img176/406/1000569small.jpghttp://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1906/1000570small.jpghttp://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3530/1000571small.jpghttp://img44.imageshack.us/img44/9899/1000576small.jpg
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    I know you probably don't want to deal with them, but I bet your dealer gets oversized shipments all the time. I'd talk to them and see if they'd help you out.
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    First of all, you don't know how many wiles are on the tires. You bought the bike with "like new" tires, not new tires. Those tires could of had 5000 miles on them easily and looked "like new". Several members will confirm this. Avons seemto wear like iron until the last 2000 miles and then just disappear. And I agree with the above posts about the road crown being the most likely culprit. It could also be that you may sit to one side of the bike and cause it to lean just a bit and not even notice it. I know I do.
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    It's very easy. There are 2 nuts underneath the front end. You can either use a 10mm open/box end wrench or a 5mm allen wrench to remove the nuts. Be very careful tightening them back off. Several have had the bolt either pull out of the seat or break off. They just need to be snug.
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    Yep, shock will hold air if it pukes the oil. There's a bladder for the air and it's separate from the oil. My shock had leaked it's oil out a long time ago and I rode on it for over a year like that. It's a harsher ride. Then it started leaking air and I replaced it with a Works Performance shock.
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