footsie
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The way we use to mount the tubeless grader tire, we placed them in the tire CAGE, the hooked the air hose to them, with the air flowing it only takes a small squirt of ether, and then you don't lose the seat.
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According to the harley guys I know, it is not leaking oil, its MARKING its TERRITORY. Gregg
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Bought my 04 in june with 8000 on it has 18,000 on now. about 3000 miles a month. but I ride mine to work and every where I go alone. Gregg
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The 16 and 17 is the angelcityrally in Unadilla Ga. I go every year. So I would not be able to make that. Unless everyone would like to come to the rally. Check it out at www.angelcityrally.com. Gregg
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I been working on mine since march, have added a carport, removed the vinyl and restudded the entire house(double wide), poured a foundation, and have it sitting on layed blocks now, built a 6/12 roof over the entire stucture. Doing alone its a slow go. And then I got the tax bill, no longer a double wide they say, it is now premenate struture. Good LucK Gregg
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WE will be leaving Ashburn between 0730 and 0800 sat morning, anyone in our area that was to meet with us for the ride let me know. Gregg
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No can't do hate rap, do like Buffet, I think he is safe, does not apply to music, just products. If it applied to music, Stevie Nicks would be in big trouble, I adore her. Started to buy a Harley though, just to make them go under, but we don't need any more people out of work. When I did think about it, HD layed off 1600 employees, they will close the doors if I buy ONE.
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Who is going to the meet and eat sat, at tybee. I'm in Ashburn, we are going to ride over Sat morning, 200 miles. Kirby you going. Gregg:innocent:
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I gonna have to give the other side of the story, I work in the ICU of a small hospital, The ins co and the gov. tell us what they will pay, rarely does it cover our cost. For example one surgical case, the ICU's expense was over $100,000 medicare from what I was shown by our manager paid a whooping $7000. I don't know about where you are but at our hospital if you are self pay, they only bill you with the cost of your service, and no interrest. Hospitals are business, they must make some money to survive. Now granted, the big hospital 40 miles from us has millions in the bank, and we barely survive on donations to the hospital foundation. the biggest culprit to the drain on our medical system, is attorney's, these TV sue me lawyers are sucking the system dry. Every time they get one of these mass settlements, guess who's pocket it comes from. Gregg
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The fairing, bags and truck off of a rsv, will almost directly bolt on to a road star. Look on the delphi forums, I have seen one with the bags and truck. And looking a Karren 99 Road Star, I have not measured it, but it appears to me that the entire assemble off the rear of my RSV would fit. Her mustang seat will lay right in place of mine, would have to make a bracket to mount it. If yamaha chose to do so they could easily adapt the roadliner, to carry the current RSV touring package. I just don't believe they will. Gregg
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Don suggested to me a darksiders meet and eat, what do yall think. Don your in texas, I'm in georgia, sounds like old miss, or new orleans in the spring. Or any other sugestions. Gregg
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The day my mother fell, I ran mine 20 miles up interstate 75 above 100, no problems.
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Hey Greg Prefect name, If you could not be comfortable riding your bike with a car tire on the rear, then in my opinion it would not be a safe mod for you to do. Any rider needs to be confident in has machine. I know guys who have put ape hanger handle bars on their bikes, because going along with the group, they are uncomfortable ridding with them and you can tell it ridding behind them, they wobble around. Therefore that is an unsafe mod for that person. This post was not to convence anyone to try the darkside, just info for those who are already here, or considering it. I am much more comfortable with the radials I have on my bike, kumho on back, cobra on frount, I will not ever put bias ply tires back on it.
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I will try to help anyone I can especially a fellow rider, but really he fixed his own problem, just seeing that his bike would handle prefectly through sharp curves he saw the adjustments he needed to make. wish Craig would join us and tell his side, would make things clearer. Gregg
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The fact is at major bike events, what you see now is harley's, thousands of them, that look is what the vast majority wants, thus the new voyager, the roadstar, honda VTX. Yamaha never thought they would take over harley's hold, just get a peice of it, from those of US that did not what a wing, but also don't want a V-twin. I'm finished, we have killed this horse. Gregg Autopilot if we are wrong,we will have a crow sandwich together, you buy sandwich, I'll buy the beer.
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No I ride a car tire, with the extra stopping power it gives the Venture I am convenced if you can ride the darkside you are safer on one, but if you a so uncomfortable with the idea of the CT it makes you nervous in curves, then it would not be a safe situation. I mean that maybe because of all the adverse opinions, that some that have tried the Car Tire, can not let go of the feeling that what they are doing might not be safe. and it affects their ridding, they are so uncomfortable with the car tire, that they so tense ridding it affects the bikes handling. Maybe this could a explaination for the wobble some are experiencing. Some of the post I have read, you could tell the rider was never comfortable with the idea, and they went back to the MC tire. In their case I would say they would not be safe on the darkside, and did the right thing going back to the MC tire. Like me in the mountains, I have an unreasonable fear of heights, don't like the drop offs on the side of the mountains. I become over cautious, a truly ride at half the speed I would in the same curves on flat land. The bike, no matter which I am riding feels awkward. In the case I know what the problem is, ME. I am so uncomfortable on my bike up there, that's makes it unsafe for me. I will ride the mountains because the rest of my riding group like too, except Dawn (david's wife) we creep through, they ride and leave us then stop and wait till we catch up. The cops would give me a ticket on the dragon for going to slow. In Craig's case he had ridden that crotch rocket so long, he was trying to ride the venture the same way, which was not working. he just adjusted his style a little and solved his wobble problem. All this is just my speculation, everyone must make their own decision of what is comfortable and safe for them. Gregg
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I always liked the looks of the first gen, just never bought one.
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did you get completely settled in yet. gregg
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I am going to post this because Craig is not interrested in joining our site. I went to ride the river road friday, stopped at Arrow head to get gas and a drink. There was a blue Venture there so naturally I walked over to talk with the owner. Name was Craig ( has visited our site but not a internet person, his statment) anyway Craig had the Kumho and the Cobra on his bike, per reading post here in the darkside. He stated he loved the ride but the bike wobbled through curves. My first thought was, here is one with the problem for me to try. I had told him I did not have a problem, and asked if he would let me ride his and him ride mine, he said "ok lets see if we can fix mine". We got on the bikes(me on his) and rode over to scenic drive, our version of the dragon. As soon as I went through the first curve I realized there was no problem with the bike, his handled just like mine. I went on through a few more curves and looked back Craig was way behind. I stopped and waited for him, he pulled up and asked " how did you do that, how did you ride my bike through the curves with no wobble and I'm wobbling on yours". He then made the statement, that he was wobbling on both, and I rode both with no problems, so it must be his ridding style. I asked how long had he been ridding, he said years but he was use to a cbr honda. We talked for a bit and switched bikes back, I told him to let me follow him thru a few, so we took off again, what I noticed was he seemed to have a white knuckle grip on the bars, sitting straight up, knees clamped to the tank, feet close in on the boards. He was wobbling through curves, after few I passed him and stayed at a speed he was running, when we stopped I told him my observations, he told me I looked like I was in a recliner, layed back against the backrest, feet out on the pegs, and he said I rode with one hand on the bars looking back at him in the mirrior. Did not realize I did that but. I told him that to me the RSV is a machine you don't man handle, you ride it. My valkyrie always went through curves in the exact line I wanted, you could hold it ridgid in line, even with the car tire no problems. The RSV I can't do it that way, have to pick a line and let the bike glide through it, like it has a mind of its own sometimes( don't know if that makes sense). He said he understood where I was coming from. He asked what tire pressures I was running, 36 frount, 32 in rear. He had 40 and 42, he said my bike road softer so we adjusted his like mine. I did notice his engine ran smoother than mine. We were at the end so we turned around and started back, Craig had stated he was going to change is position and relax. He first relaxed his arms and lighted his grip on the bars, each curve seemed to get better, by the time we reach the end of the road he was leaving me behind on a road I knew far better than him. I am sure this is not everyone's problem, but it is something to think about. Craig had made the statement to me that 2 bikes set up just alike, under the same conditions should handle the same, on the same road. I agreed with him but reconsidered that statement and it is not necessaraly true, if so the Nascar crews could make every car run the same, and they can not seem to do that. I hesitated to post this, ran it by Gunboat in PM first, did not want anyone to think I am impling they are poor riders, this is just what happened in this case. He felt it should be posted. Might help some. I thought may that some have tried the CT, have been told its not safe, maybe they can not ge that out of their mind, and are tensing up in the curves, or when ever a road characteristic moves the bike in an unual manner. Just a thought. Gregg
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Just curious How long have you been riding and how young did you start. I was given a mini bike at the tender age of 7, been riding 2 wheels ever since, bought my first bike, a honda CL 350 brand new at 13, had a cb 750 four at 17( still have it). Goldwing by age 24. and multitude of others. First RSV at 49. Gregg:fiddle:
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No its not syn, the syn is much higher, but looking at the performance data, its should protect as well as, or better than mobil in some cases, its like everything else, both have good points, both have bad, David Hanner a friend of mine builds and trades choppers, they have had some bad luck with mobil one in the air cooled engines. They are now using royal purple with no problems. We just had such good results at the fleet shop with the delo, pickups with 350,000+ miles on them, 5000 mile oil changes. running dirt roads under construction conditions. After I run the delo for 5000 I may go back, will see what the oil anlysis results are at that time. should be some time in feb. Gregg
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But if you will look at the fomulation, delo 400 and rotella are not the same oil, they are close. But as best I can tell, rotella is rated at 300 hours. But its not clear on the web what its hour rating is, I talked with Murry at Cat and he thought that was right. Gregg If you find something different please post it. O'riely's carries delo, as do most truck stops.
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Karren had one and it had turned a bearing, I had the crank refinished back to stock, and the engine was very simple to tear down and reassemble. Easy bike to work on, carbs can be trouble to pull though. If you have any ignition problems, go for the controller, Karren would intermediately lose fire, everything checked good but I replaced the control module and the problems ceased. gregg
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I have been an advocate of mobil for years, but recently I decided to compare the tech data on mobil against delo 400 15-40, what I have found in several points, delo is superior to mobil. Changes mine to delo 15-40 and its seems to be quieter, and shift better, and delo is $12 for 4 quarts. read my post Delo 15-40 in the watering hole Gregg
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I think there has been a mistake, only 368 post, that don't even count does it. How many does it take to be considered totally annoying. Gregg