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Glad you are ok! Sounds like you handeled the situation well... The one word missing in some of these replys is Max PSI COLD The tire manfacturers have calculated taken how many lbs. your cold tire can safely hold at a specific psi. As far as the heat goes, your tire shouldn't blow unless there is an alingment problem, a foreign object involved, it's over 6 years old or just plain wore out etc.... Perhaps ECK could explain further as I believe he is an engineer. When designing something you always take into account encountering forces 2 or even three times what is listed on your product... Say you hit a 9" pothole at your max cold pressure on a 1200 lb bike(with rider)... If one had a pressure guage on the tire I'm sure it woud be way higher than the max, not to mention the "shift" in weight, due to the "load In yer pants!" Sorry... I couldn't help myself...
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Modifying my Harbor Freight (HF) trailer to haul the Rsv to the Cody rally. I have been using it to haul my Seadoo RXP back and forth to the river since 2005 and at 900 lb. its never been a problem. Made a rack for it that is bolted to the top of the trailer. Attempted to put the axle above the springs but changed my mind when i saw a place on the frame that had the paint knocked off due to a hard hit(pothole). So I put axle back under springs. Was worth while as i tore everything apart cleaned and repacked wheel bearings and used marine grade grease. The mods made are: 1. Installing pressure treated 2x4 cut down "in" the last rear portion of the frame 2. 1 piece of 3/4" pressure treated plywood.(OVER EXISTING 1/16 DIAMOND steel) ** 1&2 were done as i worried about all of the pressure the wheels would put at just one point on trialer ** 3. Getting rid of the old ratching winch and replacing with a HF remote control 3000 lb. electric winch with a marine battery and box. 4. Installing a motorcycle front wheel chock from HF. 5. Installing a spare tire holder from HF. 6. need to find a +5 rise 1 1/4" hitch bar so the Toyota Corolla 11" top of receiver will yeild a level trailer 16" at tongue.
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Buy new brake pads, measure for uniformity. Clean pistons in calipers with dot3 or greater. Install new pads. Place calipers on rotor and bolt down. Apply and leave off rear brake numerous times.... Now: take hand off of rear brake and: Measure gaps between rotor and pad on both the inner and outer pads with feeler guage. If it's tighter on the inner pad, shim with washers accordingly If its much tighter on one end of the inner pad you've got an alinement problem, and you will need to place more shim(s) on bolt closest to it. least thats what I'd do... Let me know Joe -
Wouldn't the washers(2) have to between the caliper and caliper mount? Otherwise one end of the brake pad is going to get scuffed off? Also: people are saying their inner brake pad is thinner or thicker depending on who you ask. I'm thinking it the inner pad is 1/16 thinner you should put in two 1/32nd washers (one for each bolt). Be interesting to see how this pans out Best way would be to shave some off of the inner portion of the caliper bracket where the axle goes through or off of the washer that is between the wheel and the caliper bracket, but I wouldnt do this till I knew how thick they need to be(experimented with the washers/spacers)... Good luck!
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PMed TEW47,taz62359 and tazmocycle.. there is no taz member... hopefully he/she will reply as i cannot find doing the searches I suggested ??????
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just do a search on TAZes posts... If you can't find it I'll look tomorrow...
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Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm? "Do what Taz suggested and put a 42thousandth thick washer between the caliper and the frame. This will straighten out the caliper and the pads will wear the same on both sides. I did this last year and just checked and they are both pads are wearing the same." It would seem that some measurements are in order.. You guys just may be on to something here... As i said, mine are wearing prefectly! If yours are not then it just seems logical to add two shims to adjust caliper...
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measure the width length and height of you saddlebag. then go to wallmart and buy a 1 gallon container. I'm taking one to cody with me... just in case...
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Pulled mine earlier this week at 7800 miles and both sides were wearing the same. 7/32nds... Know i've said this before but, you really need to but a few dops of dot fluid on the caliper cylinders to keep them from rusting/getting dirty. I turned caliper upside down took an old welding rod dipped it in the dot fluid and left it drip on all four cylinders... could have cleaned with a q-tip and dot but they weren't that bad...
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Bought a Kumho powerstar and finally tore the bike down and placed CT on rear rim. Couldn't get it to take air so went to Halls tire. They sprayed with CRC and hit it with a tire seater(large volume of air in an extreemly short burst! well it partially seated. they to took it up to 70psi. still partial seat. they repeated this process several times bumping the pressure up to 80 psi until i finally said I'll 'take it home let it sit in the truck bed in this 95 deg heat and see it it seats. welp... it didn't I took tire back, they put some tire goo all around tire and rim and still only achieved a partial seat in numerous tries... 45 min worth of trying... finally concluded I did not want to get anyone hurt and it just wasn't worth it... My old motorcycle tire re-seated at 30 psi. Observations: 1. There is a raised lip on the innerside of the motorcycle rim. A car rim does not have this and in fact is rounded over. 2. Both MC and CT are 15 inches at widest part of inner tire. 3. A MC tire sidewall is thicker (3ply). 4. There is a different angle on the narrowest part of inner tire(sharper on the MC tire). Learned a long time ago if you find yourself swimming upstream and you aren't making any progress sometimes its best not to push it. Going to Cody next thursday and can bring tire along if anyone wants it for $50 Reason I was putting CT on, was I've only got 4-5/32nds tread left on front and back tires and didn't think I could ride out and back (+4000 miles) on the dunlop 404's as I already have 7800 mile on them. Last week I ordered a Dunlop E3 for front and will now have to order an E3 rear tire. Oh well... it's not going to get here in time, so, I believe I will trailer the RSV on my harbor freight trailer rated for 1200 lbs. towed behind the 2009 Toyota Corolla. I guess it isn't all bad as in this heat an AC will be much appreciated.
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It's wonderful how reliable these bikes are... Isn't it? The one thing they don't contain is a big wrench for the left axle nut???? Oh well, guess you can't have everything...
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"Dano: We'll be there anyway....... Gotta have somebody other than just Larry and Joyce show up...... " I'm with you Dano... I'll be there, Hell or High Water!
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I quit using them also. The only reason to stop at one is for their free maps. Like to take a b-room break, get gas and streech all in one stop, otherwise you just get to stop again in a few minutes..
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I'd be very careful what I said... especially if one had a Long trip planned ... say to Cody,WY:buttkick:.
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moms having sugery....
CaptainJoe replied to painterman67's topic in Inspirational, Motivational, Prayer Requests, Etc.
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PA. 2 brothers dead at the hands of a drunk retired cop.
CaptainJoe replied to muaymendez1's topic in Watering Hole
There was a legislator in PA that kept wrecking state cars. Afterwitch he'd go to a bar and get even more hammered... cause he was so "shook up" and what not... don't think they ever caught up with that Jack Waggon! -
Stay for the windshiel
CaptainJoe replied to waterbug's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
they are metric bolts and thread, not standard...it may be close, but, if you don't have the right ones it won't thread in all the way... -
"Looks like the I-80 route'll be a tad closer and pretty direct. Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday afternoon. Have a safe trip and don't push it. " Pushing it isn't a problem as I have a 2nd Gen.... at least I hope not... Your talkin to someone that rode to Eugene Oregon and back on a Yamaha 650 Vstar averaging 500 to 600 miles a day. Had to buy a Air Hawk seat when I got to Washington state... as my butt felt like I got a 5 day spanking! This is gonna be a breeze on the RSV... and comfy also... Looking forward to seeing you all Sunday!
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Departing from Sandyville,WV to Cody,WY early 7/21/2011, 1800 miles as per Mapquest Figure 500 miles per day thurs/fri/sat... 300 miles Sunday or remainder I 90-W 33 70 465 74 80 680 29 90 87 or I 80-W 33 70 465 74 80 25 20 120 14
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"DO NOT DRILL. Use a punch. That way you don't drop shavings into the fuel tank and you don't create heat." OR SPARKS! use waxpaper and a sharp punch...
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I'm gonna watch it on the TV. Kind of pi$$ed me off about the causeway tickets. Have been trying to get them for two years with no luck. Florida tours along with other bus companies get the bulk of them and scalpers get the rest... just check Ebay out...Pathetic...
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"The Chili isnt going to have beans in it..Is It???" A few cold tall boys and chili with beans????????? I'm glad I'm at the Comfort Inn and not in one of those Tee pees or cabins.... LOL
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Hah! Dum Dum... Good one! Some people "like my ex brother in law" get so hooked on those GPS's that common sense just goes out the window. We passed our destination motel on the left, hence it would have been prudent to just make a left turn and go back .. half a block or less... but ... Dum Dum had us making a series of right then straight for 2 blocks then right for 1 mile then right for 3/4 mile then left to motel. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH! To be fair though, they do come in handy on the interstates around cities, telling you what lane to get into...
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"Sooner or later it may happen,,, we tend to be an erring people and so make mistakes,,, hence the chains. So my theory: Hook the chains as sort as possible,,, so that the trailer can come around at a 90 degree angle. This is not something you judge by looking at it but actually performing. You will be surprised how short they can really be. If you can get then short enough and depending on the 'coming off situation', your trailer may not hit the ground or your tire. " +1 on this. A good way to relieve your concern is to do the above with an empty trailer on flat ground. Unlatch and pickup tongue and see if it will swing under the hitch and hit the rear tire. I suspect that it will not, if the chains are "twisted" to the proper length that will allow for a 90 deg turn.
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Prayers sent...