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Some of you may remember that a few weeks ago, MarCarl was auctioning off a YSS shock that was donated by another member. I ended up being the winning bidder on the shock and he brought it to me on Maintenance Day. I finally got around to installing it this morning. My old shock seemed to be OK but I just wanted to try the YSS. Installation was fairly easy. How do I like it? I have no idea. Haven't had a chance to try it out yet. It sure looks pretty if you get on the ground and look under the bike though. I was a little concerned because the member that had it, had it built to his specifications and his total weight is a bit more than mine. Sitting on the bike and working the shock, it feels pretty perfect though. We'll see. I'll report back after I've put some miles on it.

The thing is, I don't think it's needed on your bike. The earlier Royal Stars had very small air intakes and it resulted in a real hit on power. Your newer model has plenty of air intake and would really not benefit from that kit.

You can indeed start a thread. I just answered this question a few days ago for another member. Please see this thread. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=79727

LOL....that's funny. But it is a satirical site.

LOL....this old way is actually not better but is what most people preferred. The new way was truly better in that it actually saved your "read" status in the database and was a true indication of whether or not you had read something. But......the majority spoke.

If it is the Rivco adapter, I believe that takes the Fram PH3950. I think the Bosch cross is the 3320. Don

and this is where I got my VMAX rear. http://www.rmsportmax.com/

I love it. That's something that I've always wanted to but just never did it. Enjoy it my friend.

OK folks...not many voted in the poll but it is obvious that most of you prefer the old way. I have changed it back. It may require that you mark some things read that you have already read. Not sure but it should get back to normal after a couple of visits.

It is no problem to change it back. I do want to let the majority decide though so please vote in the poll. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=79747

OK...a few days ago I changed the way that the forum works in regards to when it marks posts as being read. It appears that most people liked it better the old way. The way it is now is a much more accurate method but it makes absolutely no difference to me and I can change with back in about 2 minutes. So just to ensure that I am listening to the majority, please vote on which was you like it. Now the old way and the one that we would be returning to works like this: Inactivity/Cookie Based - once a user has been inactive for a certain amount of time (the value of the session timeout option) all threads and forums are considered read. Individual threads are marked as read within a session via cookies. The new way it is now and has been for the past few days works like this: Database (automatic forum marking) - this option is the same as a previous option, but forums are automatically marked as read when the last new thread is read. This is the most usable option for end users, but most processor intensive.

100.00 a month? Where did you get that info? I don't pay anywhere near that. I think I pay an extra $3.00 per month or something like that.

It basically raising the RPM in any gear about 500 RPM. As for the rev limiter, that is why the next thing to do after the VMAX rear is the Dyna 3000 ignition module. Then you can raise that rev limiter. I've done both and love the result.

At the bottom of your screen, click on "forum". Then click on the specific forum that you want to post in. At the upper right, is a square with a curved arrow in it. Click on that and you will see the option "New Topic".

Probably stock tires. They come with either Dunlop or Bridgestone. Most people here HATE the Bridgestone and the the fronts seem to cup very easily and make a lot of howling noises in the curves.

You know what a cell phone is. I remember it from maintenance day. It kept ringing and somebody had to show you how to answer it.

HEY...it's been TWO years since I've been in the pond.

That globe thing is a custom add-on. It is not part of the orginal VBulletin software. I have found that for it to work reliably, you need to put your city and state in the "city" field. It doesn't look at the "state/province" drop down field so if you only have your city in the city field, it is not consistent. For example, in the city field for mine I have "Oberlin, OH" instead of just Oberlin. In spite of the fact that "OH" is selected in the State field.

Your own post wouldn't show up. You post it and then it opens and shows your post so it is already marked as read. Therefore, it would not show up under "new posts".

I would be more inclined to think that the ignition switch is going bad. There are instructions in the tech library on how to bypass it. I would try that first to at least eliminate that possibility.

Yes, that is the way it should work.

OK folks, I ask you to do something for me. Try it this way for 3 or 4 more days and if you truly don't get used to it or just don't like it, I'll change it back. This is a much more accurate way of marking what you have done but in the end, it's more important what YOU like. Gary, Venturerider.org has a home page. Your VMAX site does not have a home page. When you go to their site, you go straight to the forum. You can do the exact same thing here by going to http://www.venturerider.org/forum Just go to that link and then add it to your bookmarks and you are doing the same thing you do there. Then there is the same shortcut that you are talking about in the menu bar that says "New Posts". You can go directly to that page if you prefer by simply adding THIS link to your bookmarks: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/search.php?do=getnew That link will take you to the same "new posts" messages that you see at your vmax forum and there will be NO "More" button. You are simply confusing our Home Page with their Forum. Their forum and this forum basically work the exact same way and I THINK they are using the same "thread read" marking system that I have it set to now. As for the links on the page that you are talking about. Those take you to the home page as they should. If you want to return directly to the forum, don't click those links. click the link in the menu bar of the forum that says "Forum". It's at the far left of the lower menu bar at the top of the page. It's at the far left of the menu bar at the bottom of the page after you post a message.

That's the same thing as clicking "New Posts" from the menu bar at the top of the forum. If that's what you want to do, just bookmark this page: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/search.php?do=getnew

vmaxforum doesn't really have a HOME page. You go straight to the forum. You can do that here if you want to. Just set http://www.venturerider.org/forum as the link to the site here. The listing on the home page were never really intended to be used as the main page of the forum, just a list of what is happening. I also come straight to the forum when I log in.

Heck....Zed Zed Top was a GREAT band.