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  1. Seaking
    Wasn't sure if you wanted to hear the rineharts or the RK cans.. Article http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=51473&highlight=rinehart has a series of photos of the rineharts on the bike and lower down the topic list you'll see a link to a video of these pipes on the bike..
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    Mine are sitting under the shelf gathering dust.. I'd like to say they are in great shape but unfortunately they are not.. bit of rust on them.. Shipping alone would be expensive due to the weight. You would be best to shop locally as a lot of HD guys who kick up to louder pipes will have theirs laying about, doing nothing but gathering dust as well.. Great pipes.. I liked them on my bike..
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    They look like the ones I just took off to install a pair of black ceramic coat Rinehart pipes.. the RK cans have a nice sound, just a tad louder than stock pipes I found but from the cockpit give a nice rumble sound... I should think you'll be happy with them.
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    I have a Tall and Wide Clearview I have to trim down so I can see over the top.. another winter project
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    AND you can't use these with the CHROME dash cover as this is not flexible enough to make contact with the bars at full turning of the bars.. :/
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    Those look great on my 1100 VStar but they certainly won't work on a RSV as the tach well would sit inside of your cassette desk area lol..
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    Most likely you dislodged something when you did the seat.. the CB antenna wire runs under there as well as the AM/FM. You might have tweaked bent torqued or annoyed the cable.. Remove seat, have a look.. It's happened to me before.. erk
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    Go with a $60 single bulb double action HID kit.. BRIGHT doesn't come close to describing how bright these are..
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    Well I took the course TWICE and burnt out my clutch TWICE.. I suspect something amiss with the system as the fluid darkens within a few months of heavy use.. My ride buddy puts on as many miles as I do yet his clutch reservoir fluid is cleaner looking than mine.. So I have to wonder where or what is causing my fluid to darken (signs of burning or contamination?)
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    For those finding this bike hard to handle in slow speeds, try this simple little technique, you might, perhaps, find it useful.. Lean forward just a bit.. It displaces the centre of gravity enough on the bike to make it better handling.. with leveling links it's even that more maneuverable ..
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    any good links to how to do all this properly, etc? Photos, lead me by the hand instruction?
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    Something I have to learn to do, bleed the clutch.. and brakes.. never actually done that on a bike.. Fighter jets, helos, Intercontinental Winterbagoes.. but not a bike..
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    Could just be the brake pads on the disc.. I heard that before and could only pin point it but rolling along and shutting off the bike.. all I could hear was the sh sh sh.. usually the rear inside brake pad as it always has some slight amount of contact with the brake disc, hence why it wears out twice as fast as the outside pad.
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    I dunno, is it Free?
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    My ride buddy and I have a strip of LED lights mounted (wedged) under the passenger backrest and the trunk lid to act as an additional brake light. He has his wired in as a running light as well, while mine only lights up when brakes are applied.. the way he has his wired, he's somewhat more noticeable as his light foot print is quite taller, but when I put on the brakes, the whole rear of the bike lights up so bright there is little to no way someone can't notice that I'm slowing or stopping (of course my buddy STILL managed to get rear ended at the bridge tolls).. Every little bit helps yes!
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    On the subject of small bright lights to make ourselves more visible, here's some photos of the lights I'm using which I like very much. They are Canadian made, costs $70 a pair, and are rugged as heck. I have mine mounted on the engine guard just forward of the floorboards. I did not expect these to be bright enough to drown out the bike's larger highway lights and they don't. But what they DO well is light up the front of the bike and put down on the ground a bright swath of light around the front of the bike, and light up the front of the bike to make it more visible sideways at night. During the bright day light, the little lights really don't do much for drawing attention to themselves but they will catch the eye. Its when the daylight starts to fade is when you really appreciate what these lights can do. Fully visible at around 175' they reall draw attention to themselves and catch the eye. At sunset, cloudy days, these lights are bright! And this is what it's all about, making yourself as visible as possible for the doozy eyed cager who isn't paying attention out there. I've had other bikers follow me in to a coffee stop just to ask about the lights and even had car drivers comment on how bright and attention getting they are. Simple to mount with any style p-clamp (1 inch for the engine guard) and easier to wire up, I have mine on a handlebar mounted switch. These lights are bright enough that I flashed these lights at a car that cut me off and they pulled over right away, possibly thinking I was a cop bike? Dunno about that one but the look on the driver's face was priceless.. These lights, and the easy to install HID kit are available at http://canadiancruisercustomizing.com/ (note on photos: I have a sheep skin over the HID to block out the bright light on two photos. The red brake light is indeed that bright, and even brighter with the brake applied, from Custom Dynamics)
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    I have a pair of LED highway lights, only a 4W draw (I hear they are soon to come out with a 6W version).. These WILL illuminate the road in front of you, but nothing like a typical highway light does. However, what they DO is put a brilliantly bright light to whom ever is looking at them from a 180 angle. I have mine mounted low on the engine guard by the floorboards, and basically what they do, apart from illuminating the front of the bike in the dark is make my bike a lot more noticeable with a wider light 'footprint'.. Its a bigger blob of light coming at you.. Instead of just a headlight and perhaps highway lights, now you're looking at a huge triangle of lights.. a heck of a lot more noticeable.. thereby safer but not immune to stupid drivers.. or birds. Anything to make your bike more noticeable..
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    VERY nice!! Thanks for showing them.. Cheers!
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    can we see side view please? Nice idea.. Thanks!!
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    I have the "legs" model, and use it a lot.. I wouldn't trust the weight of my bike on my jack so the legs gives the bike that good solid feel when it's secure. Great kit, everyone should have one...
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    LOL good one, Kevin witnessed me hitting 13 birds this year on my RSV.. Last year the count was higher.. We ride a lot together and I've had a lot of weird 'bird encounters' like having a grouse pass between me and the windshield, clipping my shoulder as it passed through.. scary when you're doing 80 on the I95.. so close I couldn't see it but I could smell it.. close! The scariest / funniest one (depending where you were at the time) was the crow incident last fall.. We're riding down a winding road in New Brunswick and all of a sudden everything went black! I couldn't see in front of me what so ever, I thought I was struck blind.. and then poof it's all there again.. guard rail, deep ditch, shoulder of the road, oncoming truck.. and a lucky swerve put me back in my lane.. Needless to say I had to pull over and change underwear.. What had happened was that a crow caught me in the face, but traveling in the same direction.. it had swooped down and I caught up to it without seeing it.. and basically had a close up view of a crow's anatomy that wasn't polite.. I didn't know what it was, but my buddy saw it.. Scared the heck out of me.. and yes, the underwear was abandoned on the side of the road.. Is it just me or are the Midnight RSV bird magnets? I'd rather have a babe magnet, might be safer..
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    You're just pining for a 2nd Gen of your own, admit it hehehe..
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    We adjusted the light easily enough.. Basically take the light out of the pot and slightly loosen the stem nut where the wire comes out of.. Hard to explain how, but grabbing the light pot with one hand and then the signal light with the other, ended up twisting the setup one way to the other, then slowly realigning everything again, you can easily see if you're pointing the pot up or down compared to where you started. Tightening the stem nut and testing the light while holding it by hand saves you a lot of assembly dis-assembly until you get the alignment just right.. And luckily for us, I got it on the first try.. Man, that must have been one heck of a big duck to loosen that light bar as it was.. Wonder what was the last thing to go through that duck's mind JUST as it hit the light bar at 70 mph
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    LOL welcome to the club.. hehe
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    Whiners.. you don't know what cold weather riding is until you ride like this.. Cold in ol' Miss hehe.. really? (photo take in Feb 08) Sorry couldn't help to chuckle, I was in MS this past May before the oil hit ashore and nearly roasted my assets off.. man now THAT's hot and sticky.. loved the ride though.. awesome..
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