luvmy40

Talk to skydoc_17. If you buy your head cover gaskets from him, he lends you a shim kit and tool.

You think this place is bad? Don't take the dive down the espresso rabbit hole! There's folks on them thar forums that don't blink at the thought of paying $3000.00 to get in line and wait 6 months to get an espresso grinder that is going to be out of date 4 months later. There a couple pictures of home espresso bars with $15,000.00 in grinders and espresso machines and they are talking about upgrading!

Nothing to defend against. Before I got my '06 I had no idea the Gen 2 had two side mounted filters.

No, not pods. We are talking Gen 2 RSVs. The K&N filters are just cleanable/reusable versions of the factory filters. They may have higher flow ratings than the OEM filters but they do not modify the air flow the way pods in lieu of the air box and filter would on a Gen 1.

I'm running K&N air filters on an otherwise stock '06 RSV and the only popping I get is on decel due to a slight exhaust leak on the right slip on muffler.

Today the '06 RSV to me and Kris to visit with our youngest on her birthday. Got to play Go Fish with the grandson and then we went garage saleing. Found a guy selling his entire knife making shop with forge. I wish I could have made an offer but he has well over $50,000 in quality equipment and steel stock and does not want to sell off piece by piece unless he has no choice.

OK, I ordered the cup holder and mount. Now I need to know where the vented wide wind screen and storage pouches came from!

I changed the oil in the '06 RSV and took a look at whether I might be able to make the RSTD Mustang seat work. It might be possible, but I do think Kris is going like the original Pillow Top seat better than the much narrower and thinner Mustang Pillion saddle, so I will be selling the Mustang. I also ordered the CIRO Big A** Cup holder and mirror mount.

I have the same trailer, also bought used from forum member dfitzbiz and it does the trick. The iMESTOU phone holder with wireless quick charger gets an A+++ from me! I love mine. Rock solid and the charger works perfectly. Can you source that cup holder? I need one exactly like it. My 24 oz. travel cup won't fit in anything I've found, but that one looks to be perfect.

You won't be disapointed with the LCP II in .380. It's ten times the pistola that the original LCP was. I had one for a few months and shot it a good bit before trading it for a 9mm Pittbull revolver.

First Gen. Walther PPS, 9mm para. Slim, light weight with a fantastic trigger, ambidextrous mag release and it's a tack driver.

I was not saying you wouldn't hear the difference when you pull the wire on a running cylinder. I was meaning that the hanging throttle and rough idle are probably a separate issue from the cold cylinder. I just did a bad job of implying that.

So, stupid question; If #4 isn't firing, is the spark plug fuel fouled or dry? If you really have a hot blue spark that jumps 1/4"(I think that was this thread) on the # 4 jug, I'd bet the plug is dry, indicating no fuel being aspirated. BTW, these engines will run like a scalded dog on 3 cylinders it's even tough to hear the the miss at idle until you really get used to hearing one run right.

This is the only way to tie down a motorcycle. You don't need the tank straps, though they are fantastic. Just good quality straps.

I just received a very nice 3 piece Mustang seat for an RSTD. I had no idea the RSTD and RSV seats would have completely different mounting methods! Is there any chance the RSTD seat can be modified to fit the RSV?

A little off topic, maybe... A little remembered factoid. The term suicide shift is actually a flawed evolution of the term suicide clutch; The jockey shift motorcycles of the '40's and '50s(maybe even the '30s?) had foot pedal operated clutches. In the factory configuration, they had a solid linkage from the pedal to the clutch actuating arm. They could be locked into the engaged position by pushing the pedal over the top. Chopper builders tended to replace the solid linkage with a chain, which eliminated the ability lock the clutch out. That coupled with the lack of front brakes on the vast majority of custom choppers made taking off from a stop on hill very difficult. A lot of chopper riders would run lights on hills regularly. Thus, the Suicide Clutch. Here is a good short essay on the subject. https://sturgis.com/blog/suicide-clutch-a-definition

Hah! That was my first real motorcycle. That little beauty tore up the mountains of Pulaski, VA and burned itself into my soul!

Personally, I'd tie it to the accessory connection. I've seen where people have just tied it straight to the battery and claimed it worked. I've also heard of the twelve volts direct doing bad things to the monitor board. I've seen all kind of different resistance values bandied about but the one I see the most is 22K ohm. It may not(and probably IS not) critical. I never worried about it. I just made a habit of acknowledging the alarm every ride.

The V Max is at the top of my rider list. Don't really care about the vintage. I just want one and I plan on riding it like I stole it. I would love to have a 1949 Harley Hydra Glide. I think these may be the most beautiful motorcycles ever made. I had a home built chopper with the '49 pan head for a few days back in the late eighties. I was buying it from Barnett in El Paso, TX where I worked occasionally transporting bikes on a flat bed. They took my Sportster in trade as the down payment and let me ride the Pan Head home. Two days later, the bank decided they wouldn't float the $3K on a home built title even though the bike was worth twice that. I got the sporty back and cried myself to sleep for a week. I wouldn't say it's on my list, but if I ever find a really cherry '81 Yamaha Seca 750, I'd have to buy it. That is a great bike and I put many thousands of miles on one, then gave it to my son who put another hundred thousand on it before it gave up the ghost. In the end it was the Phoenix heat that did her in.

I have absolutely no idea if this is why the head light warning is coming on, but that resistor for the battery water indicator should be 22K ohm, not 2.2K ohm. That's 22,000 ohm

It's just easier to get the air chuck on the 90 deg fitting under the side bags and past the front rotors. It's a "nice to have" rather than a "must have" kind of thing. I do think there is a little more clearance, both front and rear on the Gen 2 than the Gen 1.

My EDC is the first gen PPS and I have been eyeballing the HellCat. How's the trigger on that critter?

I just did a short check on the '06. 9.6 miles on the GPS. 9.5 mi. on the bike's odometer. I'll check it tomorrow on a longer run. I used a -7.2 setting on the SpeedoDRD and the speedo is dead on with the GPS at any speed.

Seems a bit steep to me, but it's hard to say without seeing it in person. I picked up an '86 in extremely good condition with about 23000 miles on the clock for $2300.00. It had been sitting in a garage for for quite a long time but needed nothing but a battery to be road worthy. Granted, the head cover gaskets seep just a tiny bit. I also got extremely lucky with an '06 RSV with about 4 times the miles but also very well maintained for the same $. I would definitely want to see it in person and take a test run. Not sure I could justify $3900.00 unless it is truly immaculate though.

How's the Maxim coming? I'd love to see some pics when she's back on the road.