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    Well..........I didn't want to come right out and say that, but you pretty well hit the nail on the head. It seems like as soon as I think i've got all the bugs worked out, something else pops up for me to fix.
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    Dang! That's over two hours away! I ain't never rid no motersickle that far before. Seriously though, I am interested, but I'd better bow out. I have a new project in the works for an illuminated plate to mount my luggage box on. I'm going to use a 1/2" thick piece of Acrylite to make a plate above my rear fender to mount the box 2" further back from where it's located from the factory. I've already got it done up this way on a piece of 1/4" thick aluminum diamond plate. I'd rather light the plate up though.
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    I fixed mine too this year, but I did it a bit differently. I pulled the vents out and removed the center vanes. I then cut a piece of that rubber cushioning material that they usually put on the bottom of laptops to fit where the rectangular plastis recesses are, and I trimmed out a low spot for the round end of the vane to fit in. I put everything back together, and when I open a vent, it stays open.
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    As luck would have it, I had already bought a replacement speedo cable because I suspected it was just a matter of time before the original started giving me fits. So today I went to work on replacing the cable. While I was replacing the cable, I also sprayed some lithium grease up into the bearing. Thanks to all who helped me sort this problem out. One footnote to add on this though is that the upper cable collar IS NOT accessible by just removing the headlight. At least not on my '84 VR. There is a metal plate and a conglomeration of wires, fuses, couplings and a circuit breaker that make the upper collar impossible to reach. I ended up having to remove the windshield, left half of the fairing and right front turn indicator just to gain access to two bolts that held the carriage assembly for the instrument cluster up high enough to undo the upper speedo cable collar. Oh yeah, I could see the collar, I just couldn't get to it to do anything with it without removing all that I did. But long story short, I got the cable replaced and greased the bearing, then took 'er out for a test spinneroo. Everything's nice and quiet again. I like quiet, quiet is good.
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    If it's that bearing, how do you lubricate it?
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    It's comforting to know that I'm not the only one experiencing this. It doesn't solve the problem, but it's still comforting to know that I'm not the only one. I'm also thinking that something may have dropped that rubs against the fan, but like in your case, this doesn't happen all the time and it's only if I get up to highway speeds. And I'll not rule out the speedometer cable. My original has a kink in it towards the bottom end and the noise changes with actuall speed, not engine speed.
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    OK, so I take off down the highway on my bike and after about two miles this kinda high pitched whirrin' noise starts coming from the front of the bike. It sounds Like it's directly below the front of the false gas tank (where the battery is). I'm thinking that my fan may be trying to go on the fritz, but I'm really not sure. In looking at the temp, it's running way cool and it puzzles me that the fan would even come on at that point. And the noise stops before I can get the bike stopped to check where it's coming from. Any ideas, guys?
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    The Interstate was the one that was all dressed out. Back in the early years, a dressed out Wing was an option. Also, the stator problem was most prevalent on the '84. And as for the timing belt changing, I've heard it's not that bad, and as was mentioned before, mark your pulley positions BEFORE you remove the old belts. These are all things I learned while I was searching for a Gold Wing. I had joined one of those Gold Wing forums to get all of my info while I was looking. One of them had a VERY detailed post concerning the timing belt replacement. Several members on that board had a yearly ritual of changing the belts before the new riding season started. It wasn't that it was neccessary, it was that they didn't want to run the risk of a failure while they were far from home. As I mentioned before, if you lose a belt on a Gold Wing, you've just trashed the motor.
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    Don't know if you knew this or not, and forgive me if you do. I've heard that the Gold Wings use timing belts, not chains. And they have a tendency to crack and dry out, especially on older bikes. If you lose a belt, you lose an engine. Play it safe and replace the belts when you get it home.
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    We get that green junk here too. I think what makes this crossing different though is the fact that it's the only one of six crossings in the park that you will always have water to drive through providing there is water in the creek. The othe five crossigs have channels underneath the surface for the water to flow through, thus allowing you to cross on a dry road way. Of course, one of those crossings has it's channels clogged at the moment. I visited with Forrest a bit this morning about this crossing. He's got more guts than I do to try a crossing at that speed with a bike that big. As I mentioned to him, it's been 30 years since I did things like that. These days, I'm a bit more cautious (translated "chicken").
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    Better count me in for 2 also.
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    Ya reckon you could grace us with a part number on the crankcase filter?
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    Just out of curiosity, do you have to use a marine type or all-weather type of speaker? Is there such an animal?
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    Well good. It was rough enough riding in the cold last weekend. Sure would have hated to hear that he had to ride all the way back to Plainview from Woodward.
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    Are you on the bike? We've got a cold front just a few hours away.
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    Sorry Brian, I ate yours.
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    Well, I'd probably go ahead and jump on it if the price is right. At least you would be good until you had 70,000 miles on it.
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    my understanding is that this will happen on a bike built prior to 1985 (may even include 1985) after around 70,000 miles. Mine had 70,000 in it when I got it. 1000 miles later, the 2nd gear thing happened to me. I'm still riding it just like it is, I just baby it in 2nd until I can jump to 3rd. The bike has more than enough power to chug out of it. I also met a rider here with an 83 with the same problem. He has over 170,000 on his bike and has had the 2nd gear problem for years. He's playing with the idea of fixing it.
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    Man! What a ride. Glad y'all are OK.
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    Did you have any difficulties in making it back home? Forest (being a native northerner) would probably disagree with me, but in my opinion it was just flat cold and wet up here. Had it not been for the fact that I had proper (in my opinion) cold weather attire, I wouldn't have tried it. But I had to at least try, free food was involved. I could either try to brave the cold and eat burgers and brats, or I could have sat at the mall with four guys with the locall Gold Wing group with our bikes on display inside the mall. Free food wins every time.
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    I had to save this photo for posterity. Two-fisted eating at it's best!
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    Oh man! And I missed it too! Did you throw a few .22 shells in just for kicks?
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    It's been about three years since I was through that part of borger. I on't remember Wizard's looking as bad as it did today. And I seem to remember there being a big sign with the name of the bar out front. It must have gotten blown away with the high winds we've been getting. All I saw was the letter "W" in a window. The weather was just a bit uncooperative today. We had temps in the low 50's to high 40's today with fog and heavy mist. It really didn't make for ideal riding conditions, but I jumped into the zero degree Carhart coveralls and made the trip anyway (if there's food, I will come). To guys who were coming up from houston made it as far as Memphis and had to turn back on account of the weather. According to the weather map, they had their work cut out for them on their return trip. I hope you guys made it back OK. I don't know if anyone showed up after I left at 3:00 PM. I didn't see anyone coming up from Amarillo. I enjoyed meeting the three guys that were there anyway, and the food was top notch!
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    The only ones I've seen have been the really expensive type that are used on tractor-trailer rigs. And you'd have to cut a long oval hole and use a rubber boot to hold them in the hole.
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    You've got to pull off the big plastic side panels first. Then towards the bottom there are small black plastic panels that need to be removed. You should easily be able to access where the exhaust hooks up to the rear manifolds at that point. The clamps securing the flanges have Allen bolts running through them so you'll need to get a set of Allen key sockets to tighten them.
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