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  1. ahoutzer
    If I had that money after I already had my RSV free and clear (as I do) then I would add another bike, and that would be a Victory Cross Country, using the rest of the money to accessorize it. No Gold Wings nor HD need apply. Mike bike has to work for transportation each and every day -- no trailer queens or once-a-month-in-summer bar hoppers for me.
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    I'm in Walhalla, SC just twenty miles outside of NE Ga. It's 72*F here today -- nice riding weather. If you want to come up, I have the CarbTune.
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    On the RSV, I don't drain the gas tank -- just take it off. It's only three bolts (after removing the front seat -- two nuts), then move the petcock to OFF and pull the fuel hose off. Tank removal is a five minute job at most. After that, go straight to removing the dog bones and then pull the plug wires. Not as easy as the '67 Ford Falcon I used to have. That had a straight-six 200 cu. in. engine with the spark plugs all right on top, lined up and ready to pull.
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    WELL ???

    ahoutzer replied to BuddyRich's topic in Watering Hole

    I already have my everyday use vehicle of choice -- a Royal Star Venture. If a pot of money fell into my hands that was enough to pay for the three kids going to college and pay off the house, all after tithing, and still have some left over, my wife would get an F150 to replace the mini-van and I would get an adventure bike or trail bike to handle the gravel roads.
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    You are trying to downgrade a Royal Star Venture to a mid-90's Royal Star, which was less powerful and was discontinued because of that. The power increase came mostly from the increased air flow through those two big air boxes, which you are trying to eliminate. The air boxes need the cowling around them to regulate air flow when the bike is moving, or else so much air will be rammed into the carbs that it will be fuel-starved. I think what you are doing is akin to marrying someone who you don't like, with the intention of changing them to suit you. Don't do it. Sell this bike to someone who will appreciate it.
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    It would have to be a cross, on the back of one or each hand.
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    I bolted mine in place with some nice acorn nuts on the top of the cowling. Then I threw away the blocks from underneath. This way, they are very secure and I can remove them for hot season. The bolts will still be there for hot season, but they look pretty good, so that is not a problem.
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    The local dealer here had a Cross Country, which is a Cross Roads with a handlebar-mounted fairing instead of a windshield. It also has AM/FM radio and the dashboard set from the Vision. I hate the Vision because of its looks and the compromises of function for style, but the Cross Country was really sharp! I want it, but our daughter is in college and our older son will also be in college in the Fall, then the other son will likely be headed that way a few years after they are out, so our current RSV and mini van will probably have to last until our bodies return to the dust from whence they came! Oh, well. The RSV is still fantastic.
  9. ahoutzer
    No. I don't drive a cage.
  10. ahoutzer
    2006 Royal Star Venture. My wife drives a 2005 Ford Freestar mini-van and my son has a 2007 V Star.
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    Cold comes in levels, and so do the clothes that I wear when riding. For cold from 9 degrees (coldest I've ridden in) to the upper thirties, grip heaters are not enough for me, so I use Gerbings heated gloves. I don't really like being tied to my bike with wires, so I prefer not to use the Gerbings until they are really needed. Last year for my birthday (late March), my sister gave me a gift certificate for Aerostich (a motorcycle accessory catalog). i bought a pair of grip heaters that velcro over the grips, just to try and because I only had to pay the taxes and shipping, thanks to my sister. These install quickly and easily, but certainly not as cleanly, wrapped around the grips and leaving wires on the handlebars. I suspect that they don't heat as much as the Symtec ones either, but they do help. They plug into the same jack that the Gerbings gloves plug to, so I just choose whether to use the Gerbings or the heated grips. Anyway, the point is that heated grips allow me to wear gloves that don't tie me to the bike, but only to a point. Below a certain temperature, I still use the heated gloves.
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    LIfe is too dear to end it with a Metzeler on an RSV!
  13. ahoutzer

    History test

    ahoutzer replied to 6pak's topic in Watering Hole

    28. I didn't know that Eisenhower was born in Texas, nor how many amendments were approved by Congress but never ratified.
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    Not a day of riding missed yet. Broke 40*F today for the first time since… I can't remember, now. There's no snow or ice, so the riding is still good.
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    I used the flat screwdriver approach when I did it. Have since taken off the Kury ISO grips and gone back to the stock ones. The metal in those Kury grips gets too cold with the weather in the teens -- no amount of heated glove can fight that.
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    Some of us don't have an unlimited supply of vehicles -- it's either a cage or a bike.
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    Well, it was that or quit my job, so yeah -- I went to work this morning. It was ten degrees. I wore more clothes.
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    Prayed for.
  19. ahoutzer
    Continue working two full-time jobs, riding Venture to work each day Continue raising three kids, including Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts Put gas in bike every couple of days as needed Continue work as treasurer of local fund to help people with heating & power bills Change oil again in late Jan or early February Hope for the chance to take some rides on Saturdays Clean crud off the bike every ten days or so Check and adjust tire and shock pressures every ten days or so May ride to Florida to visit parents with remaining vacation days Probably will need new rear brake pads during this time That about does it.
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    The CB radio is in a box under the trunk. The antenna wire that comes out of that box should go to the CB antenna -- the antenna with the black part in the middle of it. The other antenna (no black part) should be connected to a wire that goes under the seat, under the gas tank and into the fairing, where the AM/FM radio is located.
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    The AM/FM is right. The CB antenna is on the left, while facing forward.
  22. ahoutzer
    What BuddyRich wrote about having to grind the bottoms off of the hand guards is true -- unless you are using risers with your handlebars. Then the National Cycle hand guards will work without modification.
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    So… you turn on the radio and the bike starts? I think I saw that on the Three Stooges.
  24. ahoutzer
    Seven inches of rain here yesterday. Do you live in a hick town? Here's what we found people doing for entertainment: Cars were stopped on the road, people gawking at the local soccer/baseball field, which is now a small lake, the drainage ditch having overflowed and completely covered several acres about a foot deep.
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    32 years, 309,000 motorcycle miles, zero bird hits. I hit a Saint Bernard once with a CX500 (no damage to the bike, dog totalled), and a raccoon one time (lost part of the RSV's radiator cowling). Killed a lot of bugs, too. No bird hits. You're doing something wrong -- like maybe living where you are. What do your birds drink there?
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