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I had to do similiar for the insurance company after I was hit. Just went through catalogs and web sites, then listed the vendor and their retail price along with name, # and descriptions of parts. They then have something to check if they wish. Didn't catch any flack.

Thanks guys. David

Not talking about clearcoating where the pads contact, just the center. Those look like what I'm talking about, Ruffy. What about the clearcoat? David

Nope. Maybe when I grow older. David

Has anybody tried to polish the RSV front rotors ,after removing the chrome covers, for a different look . Maybe sand ,polish, and clearcoat 'em. Or will they just rust? David

Dennis, If you notice in my post, I cured the rear tire drop problem by mounting a longer front wheel chock assembly that lets you move the bike forward and center rear tire over opening. Works great. Chock is adjustable lengthwise and the uprights are removable when you jack up front for front tire removal. You can also use the crappy chock to temporarily bolt down and stabilize the rear tire during a front tire removal. David

I got this lift with the $299 harbor freight coupon like some of you were discussing. Since the front wheel chock was crappy, Got this better HF self-holding wheel chock for $39 sale price and mounted it as to extend the bike forward and center the rear tire over removable plate. Then got two sizes of square tube for my "removable footboards" mounting brackets and some left over deck planks to bolt on 'em. Add a few tie downs and a low profile bike jack and no more tired back and knees ! Hey, I can even drive the riding mower up on it.

Nice work.....makes us old firefighters proud!

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I'll take (2) of the 5-3/4 patches if possible to slide in. If so, Ill paypal you. thanks, David h

OK, I guess I studied your photos so hard that I missed what you said. I see now that you need to somehow keep the rubber dampers? against the inner fairing somehow or another. Thanks.

What do you do with the rubber spacers after adding the risers????????

I vote FOR the heal/toe shifter. All my bikes since dirtbike days have had them. I try to adjust the heal part down so that when I raise my boot heal slightly from the flooboard, slide it back and click downward, it grabs the next gear as my boot gets level on the floorboard again. No overkill on the shifter. Just works better for me.

As you look at the previously posted photos, the "knee blockers" are the upper deflectors he is mounting at the top. The yamaha "wind wings" are the ones you see mounted at the sides of the lower fairing. I was considering putting the "knee blockers" on in addition to the wings hoping they might divert some water also. When I'm riding local down here in 30's to 40's I just deal with the cold knees. Now, wet cold knees......no fun. I hate to drag out a rainsuit for short runs. Glad we only have a couple or three months a year to worry about it.

Just wondering if the blockers helped in that aspect. I seem to get more water on the inside of my pantslegs that are up against the tank than on the outsides when riding in a steady rain. Was considering getting a pair anyway for the few "cold" months we have down here in the sunny south. I already have the yamaha windwings that help tremendously.

I know everyone says they make a big improvement on the "cold knees", but do they keep the rain from getting to the inside of your pants legs?

It should work for small guages. You have to open the fairing, remove the speaker nuts and one screw on each side to pull off the speaker grills. Then you can see how much space you have to work with. Not really any items directly behind the guages in my fairing, but speaker side housing tolerances are close. The other notable thing that is not real obvious in the pictures is that the contour of the speaker grills curve side to side and also downward. Even though I shaved a little of the side ribs down, the bottom of the trim rings stick out a little at the bottoms.

So far, mine is giving a pretty close to correct reading while riding. time will tell.

I decided to open the fairing, remove the speaker grills and use hole saw for the inserts. I then epoxyed inserts in grills (also had to dremel out an opening in fairing behind them) and popped in the Clocks4bikes stainless works. Ross and Linda are great people to buy from and helpfull in figuring out your application, too. Push button 3-second night light works great for the dark and they look sharp also.

After lowering the RSV's tree on front forks 1", I immediately noticed better low speed cornering and handling in parking lot. Riding by myself on high speed curving roads it seemed more nimble, quicker steering. Then..................with my 180# wife on back, it seemed to be a constant consentrated effort to keep my "line" right when doing the curving backroads. More like easy oversteer.......it just moved or floated too easy. I'm wondering if lowering the rear with Baron lowering links would add some control back to the ride?????? Anybody else experience something similiar?? I'm running 25 psi in rear shock and 0 psi in front. UPDATE: After adding 5 psi to front forks, the ride seemed much more controlled in the twisties.

I found an $8 three piece ,1" chrome clamp set at my local bike shop that worked just as well as the Kury's. You can't really see'em anyway. Would'nt give up my braces anyway.........I like the firm feel of the highway pegs now......they don't wiggle.

The mechanic at my local Yamaha dealer rode my '06 RSV with 25k on it today to listen to my chirp-screamer. I told them about all I had read on this forum about it. They said "never had a complaint before". After the ride, mechanic said "you definately got a screaming bird thats not supposed to be there". SM called Yamaha. He called me back and said Yamaha did not think it was the clutch basket, but to tear it down and they would fix it. So I guess I'll see what they come up with. My worry here is that this dealer only took on Yamahas 2-3 years ago for the area. Probably why they hadn't heard of this before.

I just did the same 1" thing to my 06' RSV forks and i agree totally with the improvement in low speed handling and better control. and I'm about 5-9 1/2.