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  1. Motorcycle Mike
    A woman backed into me at the gas pumps and rolled the tip of the front fender under. I can feel a slight crease in the fender back near the forks where it mounts. The crease is hard to see but I can feel it. The fender will need to be replaced. It appears their ins. is going to pay up and I'm waiting on a call from their claims adjuster. An estimate has not been done yet. I'm hoping after the estimate is done they'll wright me a check for estimate, parts and labor. I could then install the fender myself and pocket the labor $. I don't know if it will work out this way or not. Luckily this is my first expierance with something like this. The problem is, I cant find a fender in my color. No, I havent checked with the dealer yet. I'm trying to save a little. 2009 RSV"S" in Seashell/Raven. Any ideas where I can find one?
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    Look at the Honda VTX 1300. I have an 04 model with over 65000 miles on it. Toured with it, 2 up pulling a trailer. It sits alot lower than the RSV with a much lower center of gravity. It acually feels small compard to the RSV. It should do you well. I love mine.
  3. Motorcycle Mike
    Here ya go. http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=992
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    You know a furnace has a fan too, right? Fans do little good at 100+ degrees. My AC went out last week. 2 days to fix. Lucky for us I was off so we just went to my sisters house. She has a pool. Hope you get it fixed quick
  5. Motorcycle Mike
    Sounds like a great day. Cooler temp is ONE of the reasons we can be found in the mountains most weekends.
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    I know what you mean. I hate when we roll up on something like that. Unfortunately, it's not uncommon to see it. Hope they weren't hurt too bad.
  7. Motorcycle Mike
    How come every time I win something it ends up costing me?
  8. Motorcycle Mike
    Martha & the Vandellas.
  9. Motorcycle Mike
    I can't believe they let people like that drive trucks.
  10. Motorcycle Mike
    Pppfffttt! I was going faster than that on my stock 09 RSV last week. http://venturerider.org/forum/picture.php?pictureid=5687&albumid=517&dl=1310929526&thumb=1
  11. Motorcycle Mike
    Shirley stood up, leaned over me and held the bars so I could hold the camera with both hands.
  12. Motorcycle Mike
    I've been pulling a MCT for about 5 years and couldn't be happier with it. Great find on a great trailer.
  13. Motorcycle Mike
    This thing showed me doing 334 mph, off road, flying over 3000 foot mtn tops. I don't think I'd put alot of confidance in miles traveled. I stopped at an overlook for about 5 minuts. It still showed I was doing 135 mph and that I was 30 miles from where I really was. It's never told me to turn left in a tunnel, but it has tried to get me to turn left off the side of a mountain.
  14. Motorcycle Mike
    The land speed record is 376.363605 mph on a highly modified suzuki. I think I'm going to put on an air kit, some pipes, cut down the windshield and head to Bonneville. I may just have a shot at this. 25 September 2010Bonneville, U.S.Rocky Robinson U.S.ATop Oil-Ack Attack streamliner2,600 cc (160 cu in)376.363605.697twin Suzuki engines [18] First record over 600 km/h (373 mph)
  15. Motorcycle Mike
    I keep hearing you guys with the first gen's bragging about how fast they are. Well, heres proof that my second gen is not only fast but handels very well also. This was done on Ga hwy 348 (Richard B. Russell Scenic Hwy.) which cuts through the mtn's of north Ga at some of ga's highest elevations. I never felt like I was doing more than 70mph. http://venturerider.org/forum/picture.php?pictureid=5687&albumid=517&dl=1310929526&thumb=1 I don't want to hear anything else about the speed of first gen's. :no-no-no::rasberry:
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    I ordered mine Saturday and they arrived Tuesday. Installed today. They work as advertised. The only problem I have is getting Shirley to push the button to talk. On second thought, maybe thats not a problem at all.
  18. Motorcycle Mike
    But the vehicle that is backing is ALLWAYS at fault. No way they can go there. Key was in the gas cap sitting in the little nook where the key go's. Cop's were called and came, report written. Never a question as to who was at fault. I called my ins. this morning. They said to file a claim with the other parties ins. and if I had a problem to let them know. I called their ins. told the whole story and made sure they knew the key was out of the ignition and it sounds like, at least at this point, they'll make me whole. We'll see. Thanks for the input.
  19. Motorcycle Mike
    Stopped to get gas today. I pulled up to the pump and there was a ford ranger at the pump in front of me. I turned off the ignition, Shirley dismounted as I removed the gas cap and set it where the key go's and pull my wallet out. As I'm fishing for the credit card the lady at the next pump decides she wants to look at the prices again, throws it in reverse and I'm taking a ride backwards. Shirley's yelling WOAH!!! I'm not sure what I was yelling, but I was. The only damage is to the front fender and it's toast. I guess it will have to go to the shop for an estimate so I'll be without the RSV for awhile. Hopefully the ins will let me do the work so I'll have it back on the road quicker, and I prefer to do my own work anyway. Normally this would not be a problem since I have a Honda VTX as well. But monday the piston vacuum in the carb decided to split so it's out of commision. Part is backorderd untill at least late next week. I guess I'll keep riding the RSV with a real ugly front fender untill I can get the Honda going. I can't stand the thought of not having a bike to ride. Do I call her ins or go through mine? I've wrecked bikes before but this is the first time someone else was involved.
  20. Motorcycle Mike
    The most comfortable plugs I have found are the Hearos Rock n Roll plugs. I can wear them all day. http://www.hearos.com/products/rock-n-roll
  21. Motorcycle Mike
    Interesting. I say put the banner up.
  22. Motorcycle Mike
    Florida is not the south, it's Florida. If you haven't had grits or gravy made by someone from the south, give them another try when you get here. Folks up north just don't know how to cook them. I remember when Atlanta was a southern city. Now it's just a city in the south.
  23. Motorcycle Mike
    Thanks Bob! Good point Canuck.
  24. Motorcycle Mike
    I lost the bolt that holds the rear brake caliper bracket to the swing arm. Page F-3 of the service manual Ref #4 Part # 95024-10030-00 Discription- Bolt, Flange I'm sure I can get one at Ace if I can find the size, pitch and tpi. Thanks!
  25. Motorcycle Mike
    Glad I got to meet Y'All. We found the same storm. Bet Y'All stayed drier than us.
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