footsie
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I don't know, I just bought another contoller, I as remember was fairly high priced.
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I don't know, I know a 1500 Valkyrie, will walk all over a RSV, and a first gen. It is basically the same engine, but the Valk has six carbs, is lighter and has more HP than the 1500 Wing, the next time me and David are riding we will try it. Gregg
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What grade steel did you make your dog bones from, and could we make a set 1/2 inch longer. Gregg
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Just got to get use to the CT, then the lower psi feels right. I have ran as low as 25 psi but thats too low, bike feels spongey. But I think you will notice, less of a tendency to lock the rear brake at 32 than 40 psi. Gregg
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They list the right size for the RSV on bikebandit in a radial, or so it shows. I think I am going to order some for Karren Road Star and see, the price seems good too. Bobby said he was going to try a set on his electra glide. Gregg
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The ABS voyager will stop so quick it scary, I don't know what its 60 to 0 time is, but it's short. The Voyager has the best braking system of any bike I have ever rode. Gregg
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November 17, 2008 David Kelly Acting Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, West Building Washington, DC 20590 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; 49 CFR Part 571 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, Motorcycle Brake Systems; Docket No. NHTSA-2008-0150 Dear Mr. Kelly: On September 17, 2008, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced a proposal to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 122, Motorcycle Brake Systems. The amendments would strengthen the requirements and test procedures that cover many aspects of motorcycle brake systems, including antilock braking systems (ABS) voluntarily installed by manufacturers. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) supports these changes and submits with this comment our recent research showing that ABS is improving motorcycle safety. The proposed changes to FMVSS 122 will create minimum performance standards that have been tested successfully elsewhere in the world and will help keep motorcycles with unsafe brakes from being sold in the United States. The proposed ABS tests in particular will help ensure that if ABS is installed on motorcycles, the system will provide operators with adequate stopping distances and stability. IIHS and its affiliated Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) are studying the safety effects of motorcycle ABS as its availability increases. Results from our initial analysis of a variety of models show that ABS is having a positive effect (IIHS, 2008). Both the rate of fatal motorcycle crashes and the frequency of crashes for which insurance collision claims are filed are lower among motorcycles with ABS compared with the same motorcycles without ABS. The attached IIHS study (Teoh, 2008) shows 6.7 fatal crashes per 10,000 registered vehicle years among motorcycles not equipped with ABS during 2005-06. The corresponding rate for the same models equipped with optional ABS was 4.1 fatal crashes per 10,000 registered vehicle years — 38 percent lower. The attached HLDI (2008) study shows that the estimated effect of ABS was a 21 percent decrease in overall collision losses, primarily because collision claim frequencies for motorcycles with ABS were 19 percent lower than for motorcycles without ABS. The importance of equipping motorcycles with ABS increases as motorcycling continues to grow in popularity. Motorcycle sales more than tripled between 1997 and 2005, and motorcyclist deaths have more than doubled since 1997. Due largely to safety features that are increasingly available as standard equipment on passenger vehicles, there were fewer passenger vehicle occupant deaths in 2007 than in any year since NHTSA began collecting these data in 1975. On the other hand, more motorcyclists died
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I was thinking about putting commanders on my wife's roadie, I prefer radial tires, some have posted on here that they are not radials, but on www.bikebandit.com they list them as radials. Do they have them listed wrong. Gregg
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I got mine at wallmart 19.95, been using it for a couple years, cover my bike at work. It keeps it dry, and rolls up small enough. I keep in the saddle bags wherever I go.
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Hi Annie how ya doing Its on the left side of the battery box, remove the left side cover, passegers foot rest and the plastic cover behind the rest to access the relay Gregg
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Braking ability has many factors, the tires ability to grip the road is one of them, specifically the tires ability to grip and not lose traction with the surface, the less traction a tire has the quicker it is going to start skiding. Once traction is lost and a skid begins you may actually speed up and you are out of control sliding. The Idea behind ABS, is to apply to maximum braking force to the brakes, without causing the tires to loose grip with the road surface. Thus reducing stopping distance. Read your owners manual carefully, you will find that most tell you that and overinflated tire will lose traction under hard braking, thus reducing the ABS performance and increasing stopping distance. Which is my point with the radials on the RSV, I can apply more pressure to the brakes without sliding the tires therefore the bike stops faster. esp with the Cobra on frount, the frount actually provides most of your stopping ability. This is why nascar changes compounds on the race car tires at different tracks, for grip, traction works all ways, starting, stopping and in curves. If you will read on their site michellin guarantees that any vehicle will stop faster and less likely to skid with their hydroedge tires. Gregg
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That was to the point, and I think was correctly stated, certainly most of the jokes I receive, should not and I do not post them here. I don't think I have ever posted a joke. The point, you are correct, G rated, and keep the pushing to a minimum. I'll shut up now. Gregg
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In that case YOU mean G rated, not PG. No problem I just think we saying PG meaning G, and everyone needs to be on the same page. But in my opinion a 6 year old has no business on a site, primarily visited by 40 to 80 year old men, even this one. Without proper adult supervision, of course that goes for the internet period, I still monitor my 16 year to a certain level. Gregg
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Very true, you could probabally pour some concrete tires and they would be better than the bridge stones. But my 99 RSV had pirelli on frount and dunlop on back and it didn't stop very well either, the 2000 RSV had maxis on back and dunlop on frount, it stoping was inproved after I changed to the cobra on frount, and nexum on back. I just like the radials, it sticks in my mine that honda post a warning in the Valkyries manual NOT to put bias ply tires on it. As I have posted before, A yamaha rep told me the only tire yamaha will recomend is one that they have tested, on that model of bike. Which on the RSV, Dunlop, or a bridgestone. He anything esle he could not say would be safe. and that was the legal lawyer approved answer, and that's a quote. Gregg
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The last thing we need is any more laws, there are enough laws in the country to cover any situation, if they were inforced. The law in Ga, as we were in structed in emt and Firefighter training is, if you turn lights and siren on and have a wreck, IT IS YOUR FAULT. We were told if the lights and siren is on and we go through a green light, another driver runs the red and hits us, it is still our fault. Ofcourse in Ga there is also the drivers responsible to maintain control in all situations. Meaning you are to be looking far enough ahead, to see anything that might obstruct your path of travel. When i was the Public Works director I had to personelly do Incident investagation on every accident on the Turner County Roads system. County roads not he state roads. Very rarely was there a situation that only one driver was clearly at fault. Most of the time there are contributing factors on both sides. On one that went to court, there where several injuries and everyone was sueing and cross suing. One driver had pulled out in frount of another at a stop, at first it appeared that the driver that had pull out was at fault, but after the investagation, the skid marks clearly indicated that the driver of car 2 was running twice the posted speed. If he had been driving the posted speed limit the other car should have had time to clear his path, and he would have been able to stop to avoid the wreck. He lost the case and was fined for speeding, and his insurance company had to pay the other expenses. But back to the troopers case, I don't know but in EVOC( emergency vehicle operations course) emergency person are instructed that they are to adhere to a higher standard of safety when operating any public service vehicle all the time and especially in and emergency situation. Gregg
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I went by local store and Mark said that was a one week sale, but delo is still 2 bucks cheaper than rotella. Gregg
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I like both, but there is one thing, My brothers 1800 Wing, he can walk off from me at will, the only problem to me with the wing is the riding position, but that's why I am on the venture. I have slowed down too, really don't need the power of the wing anymore. Gregg
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I have not read anything that violates a PG rateing as the movie industry states PG is, you can google the rating system. PG allows, some profanity, brief nudity, and some violence, but it should not be intence in the plot. So do we mean PG or G, I guess the question is do you mean no profanity at all. Gregg
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Well all I know is that Bobby(rides electra glide), gets a lot wetter than I do. Johnny ( 05 Wing) is drier but he has the tall windshield. Gregg
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If your are running the dino oil, there's not a great difference between the rotella and the delo, you should not really tell any difference. Except a few dollars in the billfold, which is another tank of gas. Gregg
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I have radials frount and rear, will NEVER put bias ply tires back on my Venture. 1. radials ride much better. 2. to me the bike handles better. 3. Most importantly. with the Cobra on frount and kumho on back, stopping distance has been reduced greatly. I would say a good 25 feet at 60 mph. did not measure with a tape, just tried it on the paved road in frount of my house. With the bridgestones I hit the brakes(60mph) at the dirt road next to my lot and went past my driveway before I could stop. Did this 3 time, results were the same each time. After the change to the radials, repeated under same conditions, time of day, temp, weather, close to the same. At 60mph I was able to stop short of the drive, did the same three times as before. So guessing I would say about 20 to 25 feet difference. But this is my opinion, there are many different, ones out there. As far as the Harleys go, Bobby has had a hard time finding radials for his 07 electra glide, The harley dealer told him they don"t use radials. But has recently found that www.bikebandit.com has radial michellins for his bike. Gregg
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When we got home from the crab shack, that made 1500 miles since I changed the oil, bike does shift better with the delo, Still seems quieter, but I was using mobil 1 4t racing 10-40, the delo is 15-40. that could explain the difference. Gregg Just realized that was 1500 miles in 10 days, got to buy another bike to split the miles up on. I want this one to last 10 years.
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Guys I don't know about hear say on the belts, but I do know several guys with road star and harley's with near or over a 100,000 miles on a belt. Bobby's electra glide has 57,000 miles on the factory belt and it still looks fine, Karren 99 Road Star has its factory belt. I looked on her forum and only saw a couple of belt issues which misalignment was the stated blame.
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2004 with 18,500, had 8800 when I bought it ath the end of June this year.
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If they totally redesign I hope they go to a belt.