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  1. OB-1
    The rear shock on 06 died this past June with approximately 40,000 miles on the clock. Naturally the shock died while we were on a trip down to AZ and back. Ours would dump the air on occasion making for a very hard ride with no air and a very bouncy ride with air. The shock was replaced under warranty.
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    Taurus

    OB-1 replied to Monty's topic in Watering Hole

    Reducing the height of the front site will raise the point of impact. With fixed sight this is trial and error method with no easy way to go backward so don't get too aggressive with the file.
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    Tire question

    OB-1 replied to Bwhite's topic in Watering Hole

    Dunlop 404's are decent tires and certainly safe and sufficient for our bikes. Are there better tires, YES! Dunlop 404's wear out fairly quickly on our bikes with typical rear tire life of 4000 to 8000 miles and front tire life of 5000 to 9000 miles. Some people will get less life and some more depending on the specifics of their riding. Dunlop E-3's are very good tires, but my rear tire was wore out after only 10,000 miles. I got better mileage from Michlin Commanders.
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    Same story here, approximately 8% on speed, but only 1-2% on the odometer... A SpeedoHealer will correct the speedo, but the odometer will be off... Sometimes you can't win...
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    We replaced our windshield with XXL size from Clearview. This windshield catches the sun reflecting off the gas cap so my wife made a simple cloth cover for the gas cap.
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    We also run Rotella T6 5W-40 full synthetic oil. We typically run 6000 between changes. The bike has never needed any additional oil between changes, even when operating at 107F in Phoenix this past June.
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    Statistics

    OB-1 replied to SilverSoul's topic in Watering Hole

    There are lies. Thereare damned lies. And then, there are statistics. I think I'll just go for a ride...
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    Welcome! You ought to take an ERC, (Experienced Riders Course). This will greatly improve your low speed handling ability and your confidence. After completing the ERC go back and do it again with your wife on-board.
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    We had a similar experience about a six weeks ago. Decided we liked our paid for RSV even more. Our bikes don't seem to hold high resale value, oh well. We didn't buy it for resale, we bought it to ride, and that we do!
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    I'm just guessing, but I expect that the "experience" would be a bit different when you don't have the keys?
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    How does the bike handle without your hands on the handlebars? Does it drift or pull to either side? Does it shimmy or shake on deceleration? Riding a bit with no-hands or light-hands on the bars should let you see if there is an alignment problem.
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    We only got 10K-miles out of our Elite III rear tire. 99% of our riding is two up. Our tire didn't show uneven wear. The best mileage we found so far has been the Michelin Commanders. We have an Avon Venom on the rear now. We always get good mileage out of the front tire, but the longest rear tire mileage has been 14K-miles with the Commanders.
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    Actually, flashing headlights on and off, (daylight), or off and on, (night), is or at least used to be,(back at the dawn of time), the signal to pull back into the right lane after passing another truck or knowledgable 4-wheeler. Today, may people just flash their high beams, which really sucks when you're looking into your mirror to see if it's safe to pull back into the right lane. Please note that the signal is a single flash, not the four flashes per second of a lawful headlight modulator. Even a blind or sleeping truck driver:yikes: should be able to tell the difference between a headlight modulator and someone signalling that it's safe to change lanes.
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    Do you happen to know where the out-of -true rims were manufactured?
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    We used "Wild Blue" satellite for about 2.5 years before DSL was finally available. Satellite was our only choice so we were stuck with it. As already mentioned, satellite internet should be your last choice for "high" speed service, but it does work when nothing else is available. We rarely loose satellite TV due to weather, but we often lost satellite internet.
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    We got approximately 24,000 out of our first set of rear pads. The second set has 16,000+ on them and they appear to be about 50% but that could be deceiving as I think they were faster as they get thinner. We use the rear brake quite a bit due to our gravel roads and as others have said, "it sure helps the low speed tight turns". I think our rear pad mileage is higher than others because of where we live. We have no traffic lights in the county and we have to drive quite a ways before we get into a real city with traffic.
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    Nope, that ended several years ago. Max legal speed is not 75 on the interstate and 70 on some two lane's.
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    Unfortunately, the rear shock seems to be a weak link. Ours gave up the ghost in June on the last part of a 3200 mile road trip. Made for an uncomfortable ride the last few hundred miles. Our bike had 40,000 miles at the time of complete failure. Our bike is still under warranty so Yamaha fixed the bike for no charge. The shock lists for nearly $700, so it's not a cheap repair. You can beat that price from on-line Yamaha dealers, but it still isn't cheap.
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    Who says traffic lights are progress? Would you belive that there isn't a single traffic light in the county I live in? I like living where such devices are not needed.
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    The nearest traffic light is 50 miles away and I think the nearest traffic activated traffic light is several hundred miles away. So, this is not something I have to deal with, but I think I would do just as you did.
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    Thanks for the update. Sorry your "MicMute" died. There are, :backinmyday:or at least used to be, in-line switches available that allow you turn the mic on and off. I looked into these a few years ago, but simply decided to turn the intercom volume up or down as needed.
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    Anyone planning on staying in the Lead-Deawood area should call their hotel or campground and make sure they will be open. The Lead-Deadwood area received over 4.5 inches of rain and severe hail in a 30-45 minute time span today. The hail was over a foot deep in someplaces and some streets looked like rivers with more than two-feet of water flowing down them. The northern Black Hills was hit hard by todays storms, but Lead-Deadwood got the worst of it. Some areas in and around Sturgis reported up 3.5 inches of rain, severe hail and some flooding.
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    Hey Folks; We've had some really bad weather moving through the Black Hills today, with torrential rains, severe hail, severe lightning, and high winds. Local radio reports that the Lead-Deadwood area is a real mess with mudslides, flooding, and lightning caused fires. The entire area has been pounded with extremely heavy rains with radar estimates of up to 5 inches in some areas. At 1415hrs local time a line of severe thunderstorms goes from Laramie, WY, to Bismark, ND. Be very careful if you're enroute and you might want to call ahead to your campsite to ensure it's open.
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    My wife's comments, or a view from the passenger seat, on the bicyclist we had to deal with on US550: "And then there were bicycles….! For over seventy miles, on very steep, twisty black-top, there were literally thousands of Kool-Aid drinkin’ bicyclists!! They wanted the whole highway, too! There were cops on motorcycles trying to ride herd on ‘em; trying to keep ‘em in single file to the right of the traffic. It wasn’t workin’!!! It was bicycle day for thousands of these plastic headgear-wearin’, bike shop fashion-wearin;, one track minds sitting on a little bit of a butt seat; paying no attention to the string of campers, pickups pullin’ trailers, and mad tourists behind them on a 10% grade downhill!!! They’ve got to be some brave cuss’s because they’d be a tangled up mess of plastic and shiny spokes, if one of them brake-burnin’ motor homes would have lost their grip comin’ off the mountain!! We were wishin’ we had a cattle prod… We’d have given ‘em a thrill they weren’t expecting on bike day over Red Mt. Pass!"
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    To each their own, but I guess I'll never understand why someone would do that to their bike. :backinmyday:Way too many people and non-riding morons for us to venture out during the rally. We would leave the area if we hadn't already used this summer's vacation. But, since we're gonna be here, call if you need a hand.
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