LilBeaver

Interestingly enough, I think my fuel economy was the best through this particular stretch of my trip... But that is a different debate for a different thread. I'd say don't worry about it and let-r-rip.

Two weeks ago I rode through yellowstone, big sky, etc. I think peaked altitudes of somewhere between 8 and 10k ft. The bike did fine (mine is all stock). I ended up with a nasty headache, but, that could have been from a number of other things too. Just don't forget that it is okay to wind the bike out a bit in 3rd and 4th going up some of those hills Have a safe trip.

I was having similar thoughts as flipping through some of the pics of the U.P... I just heard from a good friend of mine that she was headed up there in a few weeks to go camping. Boy, I sure do miss the SUMMERS up there. I am really glad, for your sake, that the weather eased up as you made it to the Keweenaw. Presque Isle park in Marquette is nice, but, no fun in the rain when you are just going to get back on the bike for a while. With as many times as I have been up to Copper Harbor, I never did get pics of those signs at the beginning of US-41. Sounds like, for the most part, you had a great trip [minus the trailer troubles]! Glad to hear it!! Oh, by the way, try doing the Mac in the rain, wind, AND on the steel grate. Good times...

Might I suggest disabling the 'mic-mute' system to see if your problem goes away? If your clicking goes away, you can be pretty sure that it is, in fact, something with the mic-mute thingy. If that is the case, maybe it would be worth-while contacting the folks that make mic-mute (I'm pretty sure they are a member here, I just do not recall their name right now) and see if they can come up with a way to test the little box itself. Without having access to a circuit diagram of the unit, I really can't be much help. That and I have never used or seen a mic-mute system in person. Sorry, believe me, I know how frustrating electrical issues can become. Hopefully you will get this figured out relatively quickly.

You've obviously never been to a NASCAR race...

Dam 20 INCLUDING S&H!!!!!!!! Too bad it is my left one that is cracked...

I don't know... I'm pretty sure I don't want to get flashed by that. So yea, passing lamps would be good - blind the oncoming driver before BLINDING the on coming driver...

http://planetsmilies.net/vomit-smiley-31.gif I'd like to see you show up at Sturgis like that. Well, not personally SEE/witness it, but, see people's reactions...

Wow. Looks like I might make a few adjustments to my ride back to Texas from BC... Thanks for sharing!!! Looks like a fantastic day for it too! Continue to be safe!

Like they are going to answer/admit it now!

At least it has a good taste in motorcycle... I always knew there was something fishy about those folks that ride the RSMV That ought to :witch_brew:

Don't know if any of you saw the thread regarding the ride in BC yesterday but I will repost some of that info here as well as a few pictures. SilvrT and his wife Nina, Dr_Bar, StuD and myself met up and went for a ride yesterday. Despite complications with me leaving the lab at the time that I had anticipated (thanks to my boss - although he covered a few hours for me so I guess I shouldn't complain too much I still feel really bad for being so late for the M&R&E - not to mention Dr_Bar may or may not have made it to work on time ) That aside, I met StuD for the first time. He rides a 1st gen that is a really good looking bike. Seems like a great guy, although we didn't get much time to chat as we were all riding... I [finally] left the lab around 145 or so and headed straight for SilvrT's place. I arrived and took enough time to dismount, shake hands, mount up and take off. So we departed Burnaby around 240pm or so. Got on Highway 1 north to Highway 99, continued north for a stop near a mine (Pic. # ). Chatted some waited for someone to finish shopping at the rock store. Mounted up and headed up the road to Shannon Falls. The pictures don't really do Shannon Falls justice - it is quite large, purdy too. Next stop was Squamish for lunch. StuD's time was up and had to head back, so we took a group photo (us in the handicapped spot), StuD hit the road and the rest of us went in for dinner. Finished eating around 6 at which point SilvrT and Nina headed back home while Dr_Bar and I headed north a wee bit more; destination Whistler. Arrived in Whistler around 7ish. Parked and walked around for about an hour or so. Saw lots of 'healthy' people, pretty scenery and a neat little town/resort area. We looked into taking a tram up to the top of the mountain, then one that would go in between the two peaks there and back down, but for 50 bucks and only being able to spend 10 minutes at the top (not to mention we would be out of time on the parking meter) we decided to skip it and continue on. We started a ride back around 815 or so, with a quick top off for fuel, we rode the rest of the way. Lots of great scenery and my batteries died about 1/2 way back. So some of the most beautiful scenery (with the sun going down over the water/mountains/etc) I did not get (but may go back before I leave), but that's okay - it was a great ride anyways. Around 945 or so we parted ways, I took my exit over the Lionsgate bridge and headed back to the lab. I was amazed at how much activity there is down Granville street after 10 on a Sunday. Lots of 'healthy' people there too, by the way. Got to the lab to check in with the boss man and found some stuff that I needed to take care of, yippee. But, after the great day of riding another few hours of work was no sweat. On a lighter note, putting my bike through its paces on some of the steep grades, I did not once feel my clutch slip - so I am guessing I need to drain some fluid out/bleed it. I am quite confident that if it was slipping like I thought it was, it would have gotten worse through my ride - since it didn't I'll drive home and replace it when I get home (thanks for the advice Earl, I'll be in contact regarding the parts sometime within the next week). Here is a link to the route we rode: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Burnaby,+British+Columbia,+Canada&daddr=Shannon+Falls+Provincial+Park,+British+Columbia,+Canada+to:410-1200+Hunter+Place,+Squamish,+BC+V0N+3G0,+Canada+(White+Spot+Restaurants)+to:Whistler,+British+Columbia,+Canada+to:16+Ave+W+W+to:16+Ave+W+W+to:Triumf+Research+Centre,+British+Columbia,+Canada&hl=en&geocode=FWV67wIdnJGr-Clzg5whqHeGVDFpsVKHc3IK3Q%3BFbjV9QId4q-o-CFEkbLI3wBc7w%3BFTtq9gIdh-Wo-CHgO7lTv4USyynDGNuXPviGVDGBwMYzeozsOg%3BFUi2_AIdwcmr-CmHe5UDsjyHVDH2z_V16EG3Sg%3BFYKf7wIdtvmn-A%3BFeef7wIdiOOn-A%3BFfRz7wIdeqOn-CmpvZgLKnOGVDGHDJdU4pAUEQ&mra=ls&via=4&doflg=ptm&sll=49.681585,-123.116545&sspn=1.642085,4.938354&ie=UTF8&z=8 I hope that works. So, I have put some pictures here to give ya'll a flavor of what it looks like up here. Pic 1-5: Highway 99 north of Vancouver Pic 4: DR_Bar Pic 5: SilvrT, StuD Pic 6: Off of Highway 99, near the mine(s) L to R: Dr-Bar, Nina (SilvrT's wife), SilvrT, StuD Front and center: Me Pic 7: Hwy 99 Pic 8: Shannon Falls Pic 9-10: More Hwy 99 between Shannon Falls and Squamish Pic 11: In Squamish before dinner L to R: Dr_Bar, StuD, Nina, SilvrT, Lilbeaver, StuD's Bike, My bike Pic 12-13: Between Squamish and Whistler Pic 14-16: 'Village' of Whistler -- I really wanted a picture of my bike and me infront of the rings, but we figured the police might frown on it... Pic 17-21: Riding back Enjoy!

I am jealous. I just had some put on a few weeks ago, and as stated earlier in this thread, they are both 07ish. After my complaints to the dealer, they called and checked with their supplier, and the supplier said of the few E3s [in that size] they had left, they were all sometime in 07. Oh well.

Did you actually CLEAN the connectors or just put in some of the di-electric grease? The di-electric grease does not clean the contacts. It is actually an insulator and limits conductivity, but the idea of it is to help keep moisture off of the contacts as to prohibit (or at least slow down) the corrosion process. If you didn't, it would be worth getting some QD Electric contact cleaner and soaking the connectors really well, unplug and plug them into each other several time, blow out with compressed air, give another shot of the cleaner, and plug & unplug some more. Let them air out, unplugged for a few minutes (or shoot them with compressed air again) before reassembling. THEN, put a small dab of the dielectric grease on each and hook-er all back up. I'd check for a loose ground where the CB is actually grounded to the bike. (I believe this is accessible by removing the passenger seat without removing the trunk - but I'd have to go look. The handlebar controllers seem to go for around $200 form pinwall + s&h of course. The CB units I have seen, on occasion, go for ~300. Unfortunately, there is not much else that you can do to test it. If I was closer, I'd say lets get together and switch handlebar units to see if the problem stays with your bike or 'transfers to mine'... Maybe you can find someone close enough to do that with. By the way, with your kind of mileage, It wouldn't surprise me if either of the unit has finally [started] to bite the dust. That is A LOT of time spent outside, in the elements, and lots of bumps.

I won't quote the law since you want it exact, and I do not have my IVC in front of me and you are just as capable of doing a search on google for the Illinois vehicle code on properly functioning lighting and signaling equipment. Granted if I was at home I would simply reach over and grab my handy-dandy code book, since this is one of those that is bookmarked for convenient use (that is before it got memorized). As for the second part or your statement/question/frustration, I know that in the few years that I worked the job I pulled a lot of folks over, wrote a lot of warnings, searched plenty of vehicles, seized plenty of drugs, illegal IDs, arrested several drunks, caught a handful of illegals, (my list could go on, but I won't) thanks to people not maintaining their vehicles. While the probable cause for a stop is for the 'busted tail lamp' or whatever, since it is a major safety issue, if I wasn't busy on calls and saw one of those (and it was safe for me to do so) I would initiate a traffic stop just for that reason. Just because you see a lot of people with broken lamps driving around doesn't mean that they aren't getting stopped for it. Think about the 'Law enforcement that is available to work traffic enforcement' vs 'general number of people on the road at any given time' - that ratio, my friend, is AWFULLY small. I also share the frustration that you have about folks that do not maintain their vehicles and endanger the public with careless driving, etc. I am glad that I was able to do a small part to help get some of them off the road. In a few years I will likely be back at it. I wish everyone would take care of their vehicles and respect each other. But if that were the case we wouldn't need laws or LEOs to begin with...

Another MD for you to not come to, eh? :stickpoke: Jerry: I'll most likely show up too... I may or may not require any actual maintenance at the time, but I like to think I make a good supervisor.

What kind of bike is this? When you say it 'takes out the odometer and the cruise control' do you mean that the odometer turns off, stops counting, trip odometers reset to 0, or what? Squeeze's notion of the speed sensor sounds reasonable. I'd also check for loose connections to ground.

:think: I don't really understand this comment. Yes wings are easy to drive, but I'm pretty sure I could out maneuver my RSV with my GL1100 in a heart-beat. How is the 'fun' gone? If you mean that it is 'fun' to have to 'muscle' a bike around, then, I agree with you. (respectively anyways - I don't find the RSV difficult at all to handle, but when comparing the two, the wing wins, no question). Inquiring minds want to know... EDIT: Okay, so I managed to miss the first post you made here about the age and needing the wheels to hold you up - so upon reading this comment that I quoted, I took this comment as being a serious one. So: 1) if you were not attempting to be funny here, my question/confusion stands 2) if you were trying to be funny - then you can pretty much ignore this as I have show to be an idiot 3) -- just because I started riding a wing at 19... Last I checked I don't have the training wheels, but I do have a trunk rack to carry my walker.

I have yet to use it on my RSV, but I've used it on other bikes and I haven't found a screen that works better outside and on top of that it navigates and is water-'proof'... High contrast B&W Of Course it is a few years old... Garmin GPS V Deluxe http://reviews.cnet.com/i/ce/ps/440/6752193_440_1.gif They don't make them like they used to...

Sylvester - there are two connectors under the passenger seat as well. One of them is for the CB (I do not recall which) but that would be one to check as well. And in actuality, if you are experiencing problems with ONLY the CB, that would be something I would go ahead and check first. You did mention that you are pulling the fairing off anyways, so you ought to do the other plugs while that is off anyways - as a preventative measure, if nothing else. Hopefully it is something simple for you! By the way, the handlebar controls do NOT come apart very easily, so be careful if you go that route.

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On my GL1100 I have gotten my toes a time or two - it is NOT comfortable when that happens... The seating position has stayed pretty much the same through the years, so I don't imagine the newer ones would be any different. I might ad that I wear a size 14 boot.

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