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Cool Ill take a look

These look very interesting Are you selling these as complete units and ready for work? If so how much?

measure the inside diameter of the clamps and the outside of the slipon

The Vtwin clamps, take the bolt out insert a flathead screwdriver to spread and slide over the muffler, then slide the muffler and clamp over the pipe done. It would help if you used some muffler paste or whatever its called

Ill send him a PM and see whats up

I checked my clearances today and it looks like I have 5 intakes valves out of spec. Does anyone have a tool to lend and maybe some shims?

I know its an old thread but. Did you resolve your issue? I have a 96 Royal with Shinko 777 HD tires and had wobble and weave going on. I replaced the stem bearings, the stock were slightly bad. I've checked everything. The final straw was when I rode route 21 and the bike wanted to go straight, then the back said f u Im hitting the outside of the turn. My shinkos suck, the front was out of round egg shaped and the rear had a a low spot just off center tread to the side wall. These tires have less then 1000 miles. Off they go and into the trash, Dunlop E3 going on stock size all around.

Doing a tear down to replace my new shinko 777 to tires that are round. I was checking the swingarm for play, the bike is a 96 royal star forgot to mention. The play noticeable play up and down at the dog bone upper bearing. I couldn't measure it, so not sure how much play. My questions are. Should the be play up and down? When should swingarm bearings be checked and repacked? She has 30k miles, I've been feeling a little squirrelly in the rear from time to time. The last time i rode she down right scared the crap out of me. She felt like the rear wanted to go the outside of the turn i was on. Tires are crap and won't go shinko again. Front was out of round and rear had a low spot of center to the right. Less than 1k miles on them.

I meant to say, I think the oil I used on 1st compression test might have freed up a ring or 2. Im looking into getting the valve clearance looked at. I dont think its smart to buy the tool and the shims, Im probably only doing this once. swapping the Vmax gear to stock RS gears too

Ok, I bought that bike as a project. I replaced the exhaust to the bagger exhaust, added the filter as part of my reconditioning of the bike. So the MPG before I have no clue, Im just going by my last royal which was a 97. Im swapping in stock gearing during my vacation in 2 weeks. Im not happy with the increased RPM of the vmax gearing Ill do the test you describe soon. You say cruising like what a steady 55mph or 60 or speed doesnt matter ? my riding style is usually conservative. After my 1st compression test, the oil I most of freed something up on the next day the ride to work was mostly at 5000 RPM. I have been known to get heavy on the throttle, but not too often.

My 96 Royal Star with almost 30k miles on the clock. I replaced the stock filter with K&N, I went from the 4 into 4 exhaust to 4 into 2 with Road King cans. I've had the carbs out to clean and install new float needles, adjust the floats, and installed 1 size up in pilot jets. She also has the Vmax gearing, the carbs are synced and has no problems getting upto speed. Im getting horrible fuel mileage, somewhere around 29 mpg. My old 97 Royal did better and she had 4x4 nasty boys and jetted and shimmed. I did a compression test My dry numbers were 1 126 2 126 3 130 4 130 Wet with 2 squirts of tranny fluid 1 140 2 140 3 135 4 140 I used a tester from Harbor Freight, not sure how accurate it is, my brothers Snapon tester was shot. Do I need to rejet for the air filter or the mufflers? Would shimming the needles help or hurt MPG? Does the Vmax gearing have a adverse effect on MPG?

I did a sync last night with the RPM set around 1200 to make reading the carbtune easier. I got it pretty close. So today was the test ride. I ripped her upto 90 in 4th 4000rpm, and 5th gear 3500rpm or so and she kept gaining speed. No vibration like before. As far as lugging, if im putzing around town 3rd gear or 2 gear not even 2500rpm and it dont sound like its lugging.

Ok so I was heading to work this AM, while in 4th gear around 60mph taching out at 3000rpm It felt ok. Once I shifted to 5th the rpm dropped to 2500rpm and the bike was vibrating. Where should I look for the cause? The driveline ? Carb Sync? or what? just as a side not: I've synced the carbs many times and it seems to be different everytime.

I have the adapter and all I did was cut the bar where the shock is located, works like a dream.

Ok but dont ya get the the double valve springs and different cams if I swap in heads from a 2009 Venture on my 96? I know the heads would cost a lot, then the money for the carbs and boots.