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YIKES...you are right. I fixed that.

Dan Dan Dan.....I think that maybe I need to come get that bike and keep it here until you are old enough to handle it.

The only one that I know of is from Corbin. You might check their web site. Carbon One does make some arm rests.

Did you see this post in the tech library? Not by me but jarred my memory a bit. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=8810

I guess I had better quit talking. It has been several years since I did it. I was thinking that there were two wires going to the tach. I know there are also two for the lights but I'm talking the actual tach. I thought there was one that went to the positive side of the coil and the other went to ground. Instead of going to ground, I had hooked it to the negative side of the coil and that caused the problem. When I moved it to ground, it worked correctly. Like I said though, it was several years ago.

Looks good and looks almost the same as the one I had except it had the reservoir mount. Strange the way it's acting. Mine would rev to about that same point and then go to zero. I think it was Eddie that had the same problem when he was installing one. I told him how I fixed mine by removing the tachs negative wire from the coil and connecting it to the frame/ground and doing that corrected his problem also.

Everything I've read says that they do absolutely nothing on cars or motorcycles.

Did you get it working?

No, sorry but it was too long ago and now Yammer Dan has that bike so I can't look. I can tell you though, don't wire anything to the negative side of the coil. I assume that the black and blue are for the light in the tach? Then the green is the ground for the tack itself? Remove it from the negative side of the coil and connect it to ground instead.

I ran into that exact same issue when I installed the Baron's tach on the RSV. The instructions had said to hook the positive wire from the tach to the positive connection to the coil. I had done that. The instructions said to run the other wire from the tach to ground but I had hooked it up to the negative side of the coil. It caused it to do exactly as yours is doing. I disconnected it and grounded it to the frame and it worked correctly. Somebody else had the same problem and when I told them how I fixed mine, they found the same thing on theirs.

Not very often. I'll try to work on it over the next couple of weeks though.

There are a lot of threads here about that issue. Very simple fix. Here is one thread that will get you started. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=65768 They are cheap and easy to replace but a fix that has been used by many here is to glue a dime on the inside of the fins so that they put more pressure on the existing plugs.

LOL....was kind of funny.

I've got a tool that I would be glad to loan out but don't know how much good it will do without a shim kit.

I know that when I cancelled Maintenance Day that most of you wondered and/or had suspicions about why I would have done so. Those of you who have attended know that it's a weekend that Eileen and I truly enjoy hosting and look forward to every year. I feel that it's time to come clean with you all. I consider many of you family and though there are some things that must be kept private, it is fair to tell you some of what had and has transpired. After being together for about 20 years and married from more than 18 years, Eileen and I reached a very difficult time in our relationship. There are a lot of things that led up to it and I won't go into the private details. The bottom line is that we ended up separating for a brief period and then even when together, most of our discussions were in regard to how to best end our marriage. For a while, it seemed that divorce was certainly the likely outcome. When I met Eileen about 20 years ago, I truly felt that she was a gift from God and one that I would always love and felt that it would be my duty and honor to take care of for the rest of our lives. As in all of our lives, a lot of things tried to interfere with that and though many of them were outside our our control, they still slowly chipped away at the foundation of our marriage and until finally it was quickly crumbling away. Though I have been a Christian for many years, I had lost the close relationship that I once had with my Lord and arrogantly thought that I was able to deal with such things without him. The fact is though, after much talking and crying and praying, we both finally realized that what we have is real and our marriage was sanctioned by God and nothing should tear it down. We have talked about a lot of issues and managed to resolve a lot of things over the past days. I know that not all of you here are Christians and I'm not trying to ram my beliefs down anybodies throats so please understand that it is not my purpose to do that but those beliefs played such a major role in our reconciliation that I can't tell you about this and not include it in the story. The fact is, we do believe that God brought us together. We also know that God has been with us on our 20 year walk together but at some point, I slowly allowed him to be less and less important in our lives...at least in my own life. I know now that only though a daily dialog with him and truly seeking his guidance and strength can I be the kind of husband that he would have me be. That is what I want and that is what Eileen desires and deserves from me. So things are good now. We will continue talking and praying and restoring what we lost but with God's help and guidance, we are becoming stronger and closer than we ever have been. We have decided to renew our vows and are both looking forward to doing so. Haven't set a date for that yet but it will be very soon. Please don't feel left out but it will be a very small and private ceremony with only a handful of close family members present. So now you have it. For some, this is just a confirmation of what you already suspected. For others, it may come as a complete surprise. Either way, we ask for your prayers as we move forward in our lives and if you are not one who is inclined to pray then just your best wishes are welcome also. Thanks for listening. Don

and yes, they will work with the Buddy Rich cable but you have to plug them in ahead of Buddy's cable, not after.

It's there as your profile pic. Now the Avatar is a different thing.

I don't remember. I just remember doing it somehow. I THINK that bezel on the front screws off though.

I think that happened to that tac once before. It didn't actually go all the way around, it just slipped past the pin on the way down. I think I gently removed it and lifted it to the other side of the pin.

Oh...I'm very happy with it. He did a very good job. It was just a bit sad to paint over the beautiful color matching of he '99 RSV. Had to be done though.

OK...it was a bit painful to paint over the beautiful paint that was on it but the trailer had to be matched to the new Harley so here it is. Not a great picture but I'll do better once this snow is finally gone.

Yes, but I don't know WHY?

I think I replied to your email. I will include the clamps that came with them. I think they should work.

For well under $100.00, you could go with a set of Harley mufflers.

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