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Wrong person to ask!!! You NEVER can have enough lights!! Sorry, I do NOT believe in "Loud Pipes save lives" especially seeing as deaf people have driver's licences. Blind people can NOT get a drivers licence, so therefore I would MUCH rather be seen and not heard!! Maybe your friend who said you have too many lights is secretly jealous of your bike...

Yup!! Totally agree with Jay!! I used the Baron's risers with the Flanders bars and it makes a world of difference!! The "lift" is entirely dependent on where you clamp the bars! For me, being shrunk from my younger years at 5' 8" I wanted the grips as far back as possible. Just the risers didn't quite cut it for me, but with the Flanders bars, it came much further back with a much better angle on my wrists!! For me the bars are lower, for a taller person they should be higher. The point is, now I can actually lean against my backrest and be comfortable driving, and yes, for us trike riders, it makes the steering much much more easy...

Yup!! Before I converted to a trike I would get close to 40mpg at 60 -65, and it would drop down to around 32 or less at sustained speeds closer to 80+. Now, as a trike with the added weight, towing a trailer at around 80 I get just about 18MPG!! Keep it closer to 65 - 70 and it climbs to 22ish. Putt around around 55 or so and it gets closer to 30...

Yup!! Cherohala is very nice!! There is a lot of other interesting roads in the Asheville NC area as well!! Do Chimney Mountain!

OK!! A lot depends on how the original installer wired them!! They may have been wired as "Running" lights or "Passing" lights, the difference being whether or not they were wired to the ignition or high beams! Passing is wired to the high beams whereas running is tied to the ignition usually to the low beam... As running lights, they SHOULD come on with the headlight...

Yah!! Sometimes "Professional" carb work is pure crap!! Lots of people out there that THINK they know what they are doing!! Tail light indicator may be as simple as a bulb filament burned out! On the MK1's, the tail light had 2 dual filament bulbs, and if one of the filaments burned out the other would still light up, but the fault indicator might come on. Also check to see if anybody installed LED bulbs, they do not draw enough current and cause the fault to light...

No, there was at least one MK2 year that had that...

Yah!! Things started to break up at 10:30ish Dan...

Darn Dan!! I gave away a Diamond R one for free when I trike'd mine...

Problem with your link Randy, you have to be a member of the "OTHER" site to view... Oops, scratch that, you CAN view the tech library for free. They must have changed that, used to be a few years ago you couldn't...

yah!! Even with the fees that wasn't too bad of a price, if you live near Michigan and don't have to ship it...

That is VERY true Blue Sky, been there, done that...

Awwww, and hefre I was thinking of coming down this weekend to help you wax it...

Yup!! Unfortunately common issue with the '83's, the area was reinforced starting with the '84...

How much of a pain was it to get to the ignition module?? I'm thinking that may be my next modification, maybe a good MD project...

Shame, because the Dragon is actually a fun ride! Actually, after doing a few of the access roads on and off of the Blue Ridge Parkway, by the time we got to the Dragon it seemed pretty tame. Sure, if you treat it like a race circuit and ride it like a maniac beyond your capabilities you're gonna get hurt! Also, as in Dion's case sometimes 18 wheelers do get on the Dragon where they do not belong! The best bet is to stay off of it on the weekends!! Do it during the week. Also, there IS another huge danger!! There ARE Police who periodically (and frequently) patrol the Dragon and are more than happy to hand you a document on just how fast you really were going in a 30mph zone... (NO, I didn't get a ticket)

Depends on your capabilities and skills! Changing the throttle cables is the hardest part as the assembly and adjustment is a little delicate, but the whole operation i.e. removing everything you need to get to the cable ends, the adjustment of the cables, and reassembly should take a half hour or less. Changing the brake and clutch requires about the same amount of digging down to get to. The time consuming part of that operation is bleeding both systems but hey, it was probably time to flush the systems anyway, unless you just did them within the last year or two...

AHHHH!!! Red Rider makes an excellent point!! I Ass-U-ME'd you were talking about the passing lights not the turn/parking lights. I also ass u me'd you knew where your passing lights on/off switch was...

Oh? Are we on tonight??

The fuse for the lights should be an inline fuse inside the upper fairing.. One of the biggest wiring problems with them is where the wires exit the light bar. Vibrations chaff the wire and eventually it shorts out there.

Yah!! I have heard several riders comment on how their bikes ran fine in higher altitudes and not one say they had problems! It might be how they are jetted from the factory that the higher altitudes and thinner air do not affect them...

I can sort of agree with Condor, the front brakes do most of the braking. I did swap over to 4 piston MK2 rear, but you have to swap out the rear caliper mounting bracket, AND the swingarm, or at least the caliper bracket mount "pin" on the swingarm...

My personal choice would be the 2007 mostly because I love the blue and black. Other considerations would be the nice cushy pillowtop seats! Lastly, newer, less miles, and missing highway pegs can be added on very easily!! Other than that even 47K miles is hardly broken in, these bikes are good for 200,00 miles easily! So if funds are a little tight go with the 2002...

One of the most interesting facts I learned about the SR71 is that at it's normal cruising speed the metal supposedly stretches! Because of this, the fit of the assembled parts is loose. This means on the ground the gas lines actually leak so they only put just enough gas in them to get them airborne, where then the fittings tighten up enough to not leak. They are then fueled up while in the air! I'm not sure if this is really true, it was told to me while at work by an Engineer while working in the Aircraft group of my old company...

Welcome to the world of 3 wheels!!