RDawson

Well my daughter and I tried to do our part and put 6 in the freezer. Problem is we didn't do well enough, wife got number 7 with the new Jeep this morning. Hood, bumper, light, fender, and busted the oil cooler. Who knows the hidden plastic parts broken. :bawling:

I plan to see you at Don's. Stay strong and at least listen to the doc most of the time.

Prayers up!!

We're right on the Tennessee border so we just get their residents coming here to buy untaxed groceries, for some reason they are special and don't feel the need to follow our "keep right except to pass" laws. The fly on the 2 lane near the border, jump in the left lane as soon as it widens out and slow down. Some days it's like driving in Florida. Like Jeff Foxworthy said "it should be legal to get under them, get them loose, and put them in the wall".

Worst part of this plan to completely service the bike in one go is that we usually get enough warm weather here that I can ride a few days each month through the winter. That means a big tear down will cost riding days whenever I do it. I hope to get all the parts here before I start it so it can go back together quick. You guys that work all winter on our bike to ride a few months of the year don't know what you're missing. I got a couple hundred miles in last week, and will probably get that many more tomorrow. Winterizing a bike here means you put on a sweat shirt under the leathers. That plus we don't have to deal with the snowbirds heading south each winter, even though we can ride a few hours south to be warm.

I took the RKs off when I got it and went back to stock. Don't like my bikes louder than my radio. All lubed up.

Well dang, I just saw Skydoc's video and guess I need to order that blinker fluid too. Do you think he'll discount shipping if I order it with the new valve job gaskets?

Well since I am now more informed than ever I'm afraid of bringing up the missing class controller checks. Should I go ahead and change the tires over to winter air while I'm at it? Where do I check the windshield washer fluid level?:rasberry:

See I knew somebody would catch what I wasn't thinking about on the parts order. However since the RSV speedo is electronic I think I'll skip that. thanks for the input.

After 25 degrees last week and a glancing blow from the Fool the week before we now are looking at temps in the 60s. I plan to load the pillion Sunday and make one more run for the year. Once that's over I'm going to put her on the lift (bike not pillion) and start a tear down. I bought the bike a year ago and don't know the maintenance record of the last owner. The first owner was diligent and put most of the miles on, I put on about 14,000 this year and the clocks showing 44k. Valve shims are first, new wheel bearings, brakes, pack neck and swing arm bearings, all fluids again, MAYBE a dark side rear tire, plugs, and carb synchronize for sure. I updated all the electronics to my liking already, and added the clutch spring kit from Skydoc last spring. Ignition bypass added also. Shock and forks seem fine so probably nothing there besides fork oil change. I've looked at the list of known issues and believe I have it pretty well covered. What am I missing on the list? Really thinking of fuel pump points as preventive maintenance. In the past I've been more of an oil change and tires kind of guy fixing everything else as it comes up, really want to stay ahead of the game on this one as I plan on keeping it into retirement. Best bike I've ever had IMO. Last year: fluids, tires, front brakes, battery, bad boy horn, ign bypass, Buddy Rich splitter, Garmin gps, Bluetooth receiver hardwired, amplirider, mic mutes, removed cassette and installed charger plug with USB ports, clutch kit. Sure I'm forgetting something.

Spammers and robocallers deserve the death penalty.

I used one from eBay for around $20 and wired in the same way you are. I stream pandora all the time on it, works great. I ended up running a new hot wire from the battery later to run more items I installed in the fairing and used the aux plug to fire a relay to power all the extras in there. Good luck.

I just saw this video about trailer dynamics and tongue weight. It does a pretty good job of showing the importance of proper loading. It doesn't really show tongue length and axle location differences though.

If I understand you're getting oil from radiator overflow? If so I'd start with the Twinkie seals.

We're hit in West KY!!!!!

With only a 30-40 minute ride per charge I'd rather have the bikini clad pillion.

I have a very close friend in his 50s with type II that had gained tons of weight, losing his eyesight, and was going down hill quickly. He got to the point he could only walk 50-100 feet without stopping to rest. This is a guy that holds many long bow world and national records, great bow hunter, and was very active but got to the point I'd have to help him climb into my truck. A few months ago he saw some videos by Dr Jason Fung on YouTube about intermediate fasting and diabetes. He watched those and downloaded an app called "body fast" and decided to try it. He cut his carb intake and cut out sugar. All I can say is WOW at the difference, he's lost over 75 lbs and counting, walking around, going deer hunting again, and is now off ALL of his diabetes meds even the insulin. His A1-C is under control and his sugar levels are great. I know it won't work for everyone but I thought I'd share it. It doesn't cost anything to try it, nobody is selling you anything and I've seen it work. If anyone is interested I will get you connected to him on Facebook, he'll be glad to share his experience. I know this sounds like I'm selling something, I'm not and neither is he. He's not dieting, just watching what he cooks and eats all he wants.

Is this what you're looking for? https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?16960-hiway-pegs-happy-wife

Awesome. Thanks. Hope the new bike is doing well.

Hey Ron I'm reviving your thread. I'm looking to add similar pegs for the school marm. That 9 hour ride home from Don's MD got to her a bit. Do you have any pics of the brackets you made? I haven't pulled the boards to see what I'm getting into yet.

Oh boy!!!!! Plugs, oil, and tires in one post!!! That'll be enough to keep those guys up north who store their bikes all winter busy arguing until the first spring ride. Maybe Flyinfool and Saddlebum will argue about this and leave us alone down here this winter. Now it's 60 degrees here and I'm off work today, think I'll ride some and feel sorry for those parked northern bikes. :witch_brew:

The original links had the holes at 6-7/8 inches on center. Leveling links at 6-5/8 inches. You may be able to to see the difference if the PO used homemade links without measuring. Look in Freebirds post and you can see the difference in shape. If he bought links made to look like the original you may have to measure them.

Wish I could say I wasn't at the CRS stage myself, I re-read the instructions Freebird had in the link when I looked it up or I wouldn't have remembered it either.

Actually shorter links raise the bike. I made mine following Freebird's instructions in the read only library. They work great. 1/4 inch shorter than factory raised the bike about an inch according to his calculations. I went from a Baron's lowering kit that was on the 07 when I bought it to leveling links. Huge difference in the handling, not to mention I'm sort of long in the legs so it's much more comfortable to me. Here is the link to Freebird's links. https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?492-Leveling-Links-Raising-the-Rear-of-the-RSV

German engineering at its best??????