MonsterBiker
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I also recommend the aux cable. Here is my setup, I play Pandora on my phone and have the choice of playing it on the speakers or piping it directly into our helmets through the OEM intercom system.
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I replaced it with the tallest, widest one I could find, with a vent in the middle. When I want air in my face, I open the vent. When I don't, I close the vent. I have been very pleased with it, it eliminated the buffeting, even for the passenger.
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I don't recommend it. This pic is of my bike right after I bought it. The previous owner put the shorty on it. The buffeting was so bad at highway speeds that it literally made my eyeballs vibrate and gave me a horrendous headache on the 1,000 mile trip we took. When we got back I couldn't get that windshield replaced fast enough!
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3 hours ago, M61A1MECH said:
As far as lacking get up and go, remember this V-4 like to produce power at high RPMs and both 4th and 5th gears are overdrive gears. If you are tooling along at 65 in 5th gear and try to accelerate quickly it will not respond like a V-twin. If you to get out and pass someone or just want to go faster quickly drop down to 4th or even 3rd and give it some gas. The bike actually performs best in 3rd gear, if you have not tried it, get on the road and while in 3rd gear, give as much gas as you like it may surprise you how quick it is.
This ^^^
This was an adjustment for me moving from the 2,053cc V-twin I used to ride where the power band was at much lower RPMs. This V-4 is much happier at higher revs. Assuming it is running correctly, you will find it has no lack of power once you figure out where the power band is.
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5 hours ago, circa1968 said:
where did you install the sensor?
On the fairing to the right of the windshield.
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The SuperBright LEDs bulb works quite well with the Kisan P115W modulator. I know because I have them both installed on my RSV. It even makes reflective road signs pulse in broad daylight. I do find it funny how many people think I don't know my headlight is pulsing and feel the need to point it out to me. 😆
This is the one I have been running in my bike for the last year with no problems: P115W
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I have not noticed because I do not use the radio......I use Pandora on my phone connected via aux connection.
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I use the same bulb as RDawson and have the same results. I have experienced the same as saddlebum in the past, but LED technology has come a long way recently. The bulb from Superbright LEDs is truly a plug and play solution that works incredibly well with the OEM housing and reflector. I had such good results that I also upgraded the bulbs on both my '10 Suburban and my '10 GMC Canyon with similarly spectacular results. Unlike the LED replacement bulbs of just a few years ago, these focus like the halogens and have a distinct cutoff so that they can be aimed properly so you won't blind oncoming drivers. You don't get all the light scatter that the older LED replacement bulbs were notorious for.
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I just strapped a gas can to the cooler mount on the trailer.
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10 hours ago, RDawson said:
I mentioned the same thing, kind of an I-D-10T proofing step. I got out of the habit of turning off the gas with my 1st gen and never got back into it. My bike is setting in the shop right now with the gas on. We got in around 75 miles and supper this evening.
A solenoid valve connected to the ignition circuit sounds like an idea worth investigating. Assuming one compact enough can be sourced it should not be a difficult mod either.
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After reading this I went straight out and turned off my gas valve. I have been having the occasional "hard start", especially after it has been sitting for a few days, even with the battery tender connected and showing 13V on the meter. I think I found the answer to a question that I was about to post.
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9 hours ago, WRIDR said:
Looks like a tow strap to pull that Beastie out of the Goo.
Rgds, WRIDR
It's funny you called it a Beastie. It's nickname is "Baby Beast" or "BB" for short. My daughter calls it a "pocket sized monster truck". 😆
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Yeah, it's a tow strap. 😒 But because my skid plate was up against a rock under that mud it was replaced by a tow strap on the back to the red monster. The tow strap on the front was attached in the right spot, that is one of the factory tow hooks. But.....all that plastic is about to come off. I just bought a 12,000 lb. winch and have an off-road bumper with winch mount ordered. I am in the very beginning stages of building that little truck into an overlanding rig. A 3" lift and 33" BFG KM3 Mud-Terrains are in the plans. It is going to be a multi-year project but it will be an extremely capable little 4x4 when I am done. It is actually quite capable now in stock form. If it hadn't been for the rock up against the skid plate that stopped my forward progress I would not have had any trouble with that mud hole. This just happens to be one of the rare GMC Canyons with the factory installed 5.3L V8. 😁
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3 minutes ago, Idrys said:
And I thought this was a motorcycle club!!
Some of us are "Dual Sport" 😁
And then others of us are of the "Triple Threat" variety. A dirty truck is a happy truck. I have a very happy truck......
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Where you live, probably. Where I live.....what's a permit?
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Winchester Model 1897 Also known as a "Trench Gun"
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Nice pistols! I have a number of 9mm's but no .45's yet. I work at the local range as an RSO and one of the perks is being able to drool over other peoples' guns. Today, however......all the idiots were out in force. Ground shots galore, the extremely inexperienced trying to teach those with zero experience, guys who just bought their first AR-15 and didn't know how to lock the bolt back.....and when I showed them how a live round came out of the chamber of a gun that was supposedly unloaded......most stressful day I have ever had as an RSO.
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I was just over there this afternoon wandering around the mfg's tents at the Speedway......pathetic compared to other years. Kawasaki was the only mfg. who really showed up. So far much smaller crowds than normal.
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10 hours ago, grubsie said:
How do change cassettes while riding down the road with that GPS blocking the cassette player? 😄
Cassettes.....Pffft! 😆 Notice the Aux. cord plugged into the top of my phone? Pandora.
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12 hours ago, Pasta Burner said:
Pre loaded with tools?
Nope, I have never seen them anywhere preloaded with tools. Not sure I would want to buy that way, I would rather buy what I want/need.
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Home Depot and Lowes also have them.
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On 2/27/2021 at 9:27 PM, DonnyRudeDude said:
@MonsterBiker I use Frogg Toggs top and bottom and If I recall they were reasonably priced. The bottoms are actually called Toadz and I went up a size ( 2 XXL) to accommodate the Joe Rocket pants I wear. The bottoms have straps that can go around the bottom of your boot so they don't ride up your leg, They don't get used that often but when you need them...you're glad to have them.
Mark
Based on your recommendation I looked up Frogg Toggs Toad Skinz and saw that the zipper comes all the way up to the knee. I ordered two pair from Amazon and they arrived today. My wife and I just finished test fitting........I like! The zipper that goes up to the knee combined with another one that comes down from the waist a good 6" or so makes a huge difference getting them on and off. I can even do it with my boots on. With my old rain pants there was no chance of getting them on or off without removing my boots first and even then it was a struggle.
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16 hours ago, ragtop69gs said:
Have a good time there. I'll be a little south of there in Arcadia , I'm gonna do my part and slay some wild hogs 🐗🐷🐖 in the Orange groves.
That's something that I would like to do sometime.
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Yep! Was planning to go this Saturday, but the weather forecast is starting to not look good. I may take my 4x4 off-roading that day instead. I live close enough to Daytona that I will be over there multiple times during Bike Week.
Shorter Windsheilds, show me!
in Watering Hole
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It is from Clearview Shields. I bought the XXL in light gray with the vent option.
GT XX-Large – 23″ H (1″ Higher than Stock)