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I honestly think that your going to get better quality parts on a $2000 lift than a $300 lift. Harbor Frieght still is waiting for my pump to come in on that slow boat from China. Better lift, if you need parts, are more than likely more apt to have replacement parts more readily available.

I wouldn't know............12 weeks waiting on parts with no delivery in sight. I am starting to become...................unhappy.

Your mods are pretty much the same as mine except the pressure relief valve. There is no way to change my pump around. It is welded in. Nice. So if I make a mod to air valve I will have to replace a few hunks of metal. Mine has a solid safety bar also. What got me thinking......what if I had my bike on this thing and sitting on the safety bar and when I went to raise the platform to take the safety bar out and the pump poops out. How in the blazes would I get my bike down? I paid $300 plus tax for mine, have about another $150 in mods and if I convert it to an air cylinder thaere goes another $200-300 up a hogs butt. That would put me up to the $700 range for a cheap Harbor Freight POS. Another $500 and I could have had a quality lift. Live and learn.

I may try and covert mine to an air cylinder. The type that is used on plastic injection molds. But, pretty disgusted with what I have and just may make it go bye bye once I get the new cylinder......if they ever ship it.

I just went through my emails for the replacement pump. They said a minimum of 10 weeks. We are now on the 12th week. So if you buy one and I highly recommend that you do not, but if you really feel the need to gamble.....buy the extended warranty, as long as the store swaps out the entire lift. If they say that only the affected parts will be replaced.......run away from there with your money as fast as you can. Because if you have to order parts, as they said on the pump.......a MINIMUM of 10 weeks. I really regret buying mine. Once it is fixed.....if they actually live up to sending me a working pump, mine just may get sold and a real lift will be bought.

Yeah I got one last November. Used it 2 times. Now it won't lift the bike. Argued with Harbor Frieght (actually Pittsburgh Tools) because I did not buy the extended warranty, on getting a replacement pump at their cost. I mean I only used it twice and the pump took a dump. They are "supposed" to ship me a new pump at no charge. Here is the kicker, whether you have an extended warranty or not, it is a 10 WEEK SPECIAL ORDER!! And unless you have a lot of muscle and a trailer to return it to the store (I have neither) your going to wait on the parts. I for one, will not buy anything of this nature from them again. Plus it is a narrow platform. I replaced the janky POS wheel clamp with an actual wheel chock and made removable extensions for the sides so when I ride it up onto the lift, I have someplace to put my feet. Buyer beware. I wish I would have applied my $300 to a higher quality lift. I have needed it 3 times this year and cannot use it. Looks real pretty taking up space in my garage though. And I know, people are going to say they have had no issues with theirs, again as I stated, buyer beware.

, I priced one out and by the time I got backrest, arm rests, Stage 1 pipes and Speaker lids I was at $32,000. You have to look at how long your going to keep it and how much you ride. My father inlaw just had his 04 HD Ultra stolen out of his garage in Grayling. He just turned 100,000 miles. He rides ALOT. So for him, it would be worth it. For me, I "usually" get in about 6,000- 8,000 miles a year, exept this year, I have hardly rode. But I would pay the money because I would probably have the bike atleast 10 years. So for me, it is worth it. The only things keeping me from buying the Roadmaster is 1. No cb. And for that price, it needs a cb. I believe they will outfit it soon. They, unlike Yamaha, listen to their customers. and 2. They do not have a color option I want. I want the light green and cream. One those are offered, my 07 RSV will be up for sale licketty split!

49,000 miles. My fuel pump went out just a few weeks ago. Bought an OEM replacement from Dennis Kirk and picked up another one pretty cheap off of ebay and put that one in the saddle bag as a spare incase the more expensive one decides to go on vacation while I am on my vacation! Stealer said the RR should get fairly warm but not hot enough to burn your hands. If it gets that hot you are running the risk of melting the plug. And it got that hot. I am going to go ahead and replace the RR. I do not believe it was a loose connection. That plug is really tight coming off and going back on. I checked all the other connections, they were tight and clean.I think something is going bad on the inside and the jarring of taking it off and putting it back on made the difference.

Everything is pointing towards the regulator rectifier. Plugged it back in and started the bike to confirm low voltage when running and low and behold....all voltages when running are at 13.5 to 13.7 volts. Hmmmmmmm so I shut the bike off.....only ran it about 3 minutes.....and went to unplug the regulator to double check the plug and holy moly goodness gratious and great balls of fire....that sucker was smoking hot.

Ok here is the poop oop ba doop. Checked the voltage on the battery fully charged. 12.7 volts. Start the bike, (gage on bike says 11.5 ish volts), volt meter says 12 volts. Ok, that tells me possibly not charging or bad cell in battery. Onwards to check the stator. I pulled the lower fairing off and pulled out the regulator/rectifier. Plug is clean, no corrosion, cool beans. Did an ohm check across stator terminals in harness. Should read .3 ohms. all checked at .33-.35 ohms. Okie dokie. Now check voltage across pos and neg terminals on the plug. 12.5 volts. Yipee dipee. Now lets check the stator voltage itself across the three terminals. Start the bike and check at idle, 25 volts across the board. Well alrighty then. Now rev the motor to just below detenation rpm's, 90-95 volts. Maybe a bit low, really did not hit the 4000 rpm check but me thinks the stator is ok. Well tickle me pink. Onto the regulator/rectifier. Check voltage. Black lead to pos bat terminal on R/R and red lead to each stator pin got .5 volts each. Well shiver me timbers. Now to check for open circuit......here is the el problemo. Attach red lead to pos bat terminal on R/R and touch each stator terminal ond the meter should read OL for open circuit. Well....my meter just says 1 and does not change........well spank me and call me Shirley.........either my meter won't read and open circuit OR it means that those are closed, which would lead me to believe, correct me if I am wrong, if the stator is putting out 25 -95 volts ac and the rectifier converts that to dc volts and the regulator circuit is closed, that would mean no juice is getting to the battery to charge which is why whe it is running the voltage is low because the lights and dash are pulling juice and the battery is not getting replenished. So I am "ASSUMING"...........that the regulator/rectifier is bad.

GPS has been wired to a waterproof button switch located next to passing lamp switch. Not turned on. gauges are connected to accessory switch, those are off when key is off. Water and oil pressure are mechanicl not electrical, volts is electrical along with illumination bulbs. None are drawing juice. Previous owner had it 2 years and added nothing. I have not added anything in 3 years and I know for a fact that these items are not drawing power. I made sure of that during installation. As stated, I charged the battery overnight, I did not have time before work this morning to check anything out other than starting the bike and looking at the volt guage and seeing that it was not at the normal 13 some odd volts, it was at 10 when running which leads me to believe the stator or regular/rectifier is bad.

I have a meter. When I get home I am going to check it. I do have gauges on the dash that I installed about 3 1/2 years ago. There is a voltage guage. I did not look at it on the way to the gas station so I do not know what the voltage was at the time. It usually reads about 13 to 14 volts when running. I di get the bike started this morning and the voltage was just over 10 volts. I will do a better check tonight with a meter at the battery and on the cables when it is running.

I have a bigger charger. But it is late and I did not want to leave it on the bigger charger overnight, so I have it cooking on the trickle overnight and will disconnect it before I leave for work at 4:30am.

Ok, first off, I have had the bike since 09 and never had an issue before. I have no accessories running without the key turned on. I just got back from a two week vacation plus Michigan weather sucks to ride everyday. My wifes bike sits for weeks....many weeks at a time, cranks right up. The bike has set for longer periods with no issue. I am looking for honest trustworthy advise. Not smartass comments. Sorry, frustrated and I am about to trade this puppy in on a new bike. If I cannot rely on it, I do not need it.

Well, about a month ago, I went out to the garage to crank up the bike to take it to get gas. Bike would not start. Fuel pump died. Replaced that and things were okie dokie. Took it for a spin tonight and stopped at the gas station, topped off the tank and when I went to leave............dead battery. This is the second gel battery in 2 years. Me thinks I may have a charging problem. Battery is on a trickle charger now. Electrical on motorcycles is not my forte. I gotta get this thing fixed quick. I have a group weekend trip planned fin two weeks.

I was nowhere near there.

Here are a few pics. Resizer works great. Pucster.....my wife was wearing capri pants that day and said she noticed more heat than from the RSV but never got unconfortable and it was in the upper 80's all day.

St Charles where??

Thanx !! I will try this when I get home tonight.

Not sure how to make them smaller.

Well, I cannot attach any pics, keeps failing, so you all will have to use your imaginations!

Well our trip to Sacramento to see our daughter her husband and our grandson went pretty much without a hitch. Left late on Saturday the 11th around 4pm after my wife got out of work and ran I-94 to I-80 up into Iowa. Got to Des Moine later that night and stopped for the night. Back at it the next day and continued to run I-80 to US-29 us to Sioux Fall then west on I-90. Stopped in Murdo South Dakota for the night. Kind of wished I had taken my 40 cal. Motel was not as nice as it was described on their website. I did however pack a folding pig sticker. Was not impressed with that place, no issues, but not a real nice place. Up on Monday and headed to the Badlands. WOW, never been there before, BEAUTIFUL but also kind of creepy the way the formations are just there, out in the middle of nowhere. Spent a lot of time there. Hiked a bit. Then went to Wall. Honestly, all the billboards for this place, all the hype. Just a bunch of gift shops. Really not my bag. We were there less than 2 hours. While on the road, (we drove) I really had wished we would have rode the bike, but with knee issues, I deemed it better to drive. So after kicking myself in the but for not riding the RSV once we got into Rapid City (late afternoon) I hit the Harley Dealer Yup, Harley. Blackhills Harley. Rented a 2015 Harley Davidson Tri Glide. First time ever on a Harley, first time ever riding a trike. I gotta tell ya..........I hated to give it back Teusday afternoon. Picked it up at 8am and e headed to Mt. Rushmore. Took a bit of getting used to, but by the time we got there, we both loved it. ALOT. We did the walkway up to the monument. Very impressive. Got so close I could see the boogers in George Washington's nose. Then off through Custer National Park, Needle Hwy and 16a. WOOOOOOOOOOOW. The scenery is unbelievable. we had a blast riding those twisties on the Harley. I honestly fell in love with the bike. Took it back aroung 4pm that afternoon and headed down 79 to 385 back to I-80. Had to get to Cali by Wednesday night so no time for any other sight seeing. Stopped in Laramie Wyoming for the night. Up early Wednesday and hit the bricks. 16 hour marathon drive and made Sacramento by 10pm. Spent the next 4 day with the kids. Went to Old Sacramento, San Francisco, Alcatraz Island, fishermans peirs. Had a really good time. All in all, did not see everything this time out, but we will be making many trips out there in the next few years, so we will get around to seeing everything we want. Now......back to work.

Oh Scott, I thought that it was understood that "I love you Puc" was just between the two of us. Now our secret is out. Atleast we can legally get married now............................

I would be more afraid of waking up and realizing I had been spooned all night by the ole pucster................................DOH!!!!!