JonnyQuest

Please forgive me, I'm not wanting to start another "oil" preference thread... I've acquired my uncle's 96 RS, and figured I change the oil... Unfortunately he doesn' have the owner's manual, so I just want a quickie "how-to" to change the oil. Also, it only has 4400 miles (not 44,000), and should I put full synthetic? What weight? I typically use full synthetic in my sportbikes & motocross bikes. Thanks!

I'm in Jacksonville, and trying to take a ride to Daytona to J&P's next to Rossmeyer's... What's your schedule day-to-day? Thank you for the offer!

WOW! I can't believe the responses! THANK YOU!!! Just after I posted this thread I ran seafoam in the tank, and took a nice hour ride and kept the rpm's high. It did a LOT of popping & backfiring! I ran it from Jacksonville down to St. Augustine (Florida) and by the time I got to St. Aug it ran much better and accelerated from a dead stop very well. No sputter on immediate acceleration. It sat while a friend of mine ate lunch, got back on 45 minutes later and same issue, wanted to sputter but after a few minutes started running better. Hopefully after a few more runs it'll get better. I'm also going to run it by the dealer and tell him it's not running good and maybe they'll trouble-shoot it w/o charging me since it's had $500 carb jobs done there TWICE. Oh, as far as my riding experience, I've been riding since I was 10 (I'm 39 now), my current steed other than the RS is an 08 Triumph Daytona 675. I've owned in the past the RS Warrior, two Suzuki M109R's, and about every sportbike known to man. I rode motocross for a few years, and currently do trackdays (roadracing). But boy was I spoiled with FUEL INJECTION:crying: Would it be worth the money to put bigger carbs (32mm) on it? And is that a bolt-on and go deal?

I just bought my uncles 96 royal star with only 4300 miles on the ticker... A few months ago it would not run and leaked gas by the carbs, and he had it to the local dealership for "bend ya over" carb servicing. I took possession of it this weekend, and warms up fine, and idles fine, but when you crack the throttle it bogs... When accelerating from a dead-stop it bogs and I have to rev it and ride the clutch to keep it from stalling out. After that the initial low rpms it kicks in and accelerates fine, but still feels weak (though I have never ridden a Royal Star.) I really do not want to trouble shoot everything, and would like to get to the heart of the matter. So, based on my description would anyone have a good idea what it may be, and to remedy it? Thanks!

It's the 4 muffler... What's a good aftermarket exhaust for the 96?

I just bought my uncle's 96 red/wht Royal Star (with only 4500 miles!), and have been reading about the Road King exhaust fitting onto the RS, with a modified bracket. Is there a particular year range RK exhaust? Where can I find a bracket? Thank you! Jon Jax, FL.