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We did !!! Only It was the other way I think, cold for that time of year. LOL Go figure.

I wanted mine low, kind of like the lights in the GW lower cowls. Well its pretty dang tight between my front crash bars and the cowls. So the type of clamp they use was going to hit and then it would just saw its way into the plastic. So I have ground the edge back and narrowed it so when mounted it now has clearence. I made a little alum bracket to mount up on the right side but brake reservoir to mount a toggle switch and a push button into. The back of the light screws off. There is a set screw from the outside to position the light, and then one accessible from the inside that actually holds the clamp on to the light base. I really plan on doing some photos of the mod and posting.

TZ try this as a reminder. Tell him he is going to spend way more time cleaning bugs of that massive fender, and all those frilly thing a ma bobs off the seat and handlebars than he will riding it.

I would say a definate 8-10. Partially because you need some special tools, and definate mechanical skills that will make it more tollarable. I would ask your dealer what all is included in his check. Because I cant think of a way to really "cheat" anything time wise. Also he should state he is going to put new gaskets, anti freeze etc. I would go ahead and put a set of plugs in it.

Jakester, you do that on newer cars with electronic brains and fi and you chance burning up the conmtrollers. I use to do this all the time. But some reading around and I found out it causes spikes in charge system and can kill the brains.

Wire them things up off a relay to help reduce the load on your ignition switch.

My thanks go out to our Fla coordinators or the folks that seem to set things up most. Brake Pad and Miss Karen. Props to you.

I also had the Voyager in the running. But a few things made me back up and look again. Prices are good and the guys I have talked to that have had them for say 2 yr or so dont have many maint concerns. Heat is a big bitc# from some. Kawi fixed like the 2011 and 12 before delivery I think. But its kind of a patch up fix just blowing air somewhere else. I would highly recomend your buddy look @ a victory if he wants something newer. But maybe you should have him look towards the RSV or newer TD. We know how well these things run.

Well needed to get oil and filter for scoot. I was looking up deals as I got a new e-mail from Autozone. They have rotella t6 @ same price as wally world. So I went there and got my oil, and picked up a bosch filter too. Oh and there is a $5 mail in rebate to boot, so its even cheaper folks.

I have hooked them up off the battery charger for power in the garage with all the lights off. And they look pretty dang powerful. They have a low beam, a pulsating beam and a high beam. You have to cycle power to get from one step to the next. So what I did was got a small micro toggle switch from radio shack and wired in a momentary off push button. So that way I can just push the button to go up thru the settings. Of course your going to have to get both lights on the same beam at the same time and then connect power. But once you there it is all good. What are you running for passing lights if any?

OK if oil looks decent, I would go with a flush and refill of all the hyd. Clutch, brakes. Someone elses will have to fill you in on the type of fluid. I know the Second Gens take DOT 4.

Sam these are what I went with.

You will get the most out of your warranty that way. Also not good on batteries last I knew to sit once put in service.

2 options on the hangers. You can buy or make the "hockey stick" sort of L shaped brackets. Or the esy way is 3/4 P clamps or some call them adel clamps found in the electrical dept @ home improvement store. A like 1/2" long 1/4x20 bolt to hold it to the hole. The clamp goes around the bar at back of bike around saddlebags. Once bags are on you cant even see the P clamp. Your biggest expense will be the V-twin mfg large clamps @ 40 bucks or so. I am not convinced I like mine on long trips, to much rasp for me. So I use a stailess steel worm clamp.

As it so happines, I am due an oil change. So guess I will look at them close when I get to the parts store.

Double check and make sure it is coolant and not clutch fluid in that location. If its running down that pipe I would guess maybe there is an O ring on it that has started to leak.

+1 or more on battery being toast. It will have to be fully charged before they can test it. Even then you can get it charged up and it hold a charge, but a broken plate inside will short out and its like a dead short and will not turn bike over. Any idea how old the battery is? The least expensive place I found was bohannon battery.com I think under 90 bucks shipped to the door. I would not order a new one until your ready to start ride season. Also if the battery is bad, and you start it off a jumper then run the bike and the battery will not store a charge will draw a very large current draw on the charging system. Which as you can probably guess from all the stator and rr write ups is not a good idea.

I agree with ear plugs of some sort on long trips. I actually use earbuds pluged into the comm system to knock out the wind and side noise. I also have molded earplugs for music, but have been leary with wearing them as Im afraid I might not hear some side noise I should. I only have a 1/2 and 3/4 bell. So probably not a good judge for you. A modular would stand to reason might be noisier, because it has not only the visor to let wind noise, but the section that unlocks and opens.

For a "standard" type bulb I have used a sylvania bp 1210 I think is the number. From NAPA it was around $20-25. 80w low 100w high beam, nice crisp white light. I swapped to an HID a couple years ago and the light is very good. Also when I get on the computer instead of tablet I can link some "frog eye" style led aux lights. I have not got them mounted up yet but I am going to mount off the crash bars. Try a search on e-bay for 30w cree led lights. They look kind of like the ones the dual sport guys run (piaa)

YUP put a dime or small coin on it and put the cover back on. They are rubber freeze plugs sort of thing. They are sort of held in by a tang on the back of the faux fins. So something to take up the gap a tick and it will be fine for a couple years. I think they are a couple bucks or so each. To remove it take an old spark plug and screw it in and it will pull the rubber plug.

I dont think anybody that dont work for them likes them. My question is how crazy was Ross Peroit back in the 80's when he wanted to do a flat tax? Not really all that silly now huh? I was active duty military almost 7 years or better before my mom realized that I still payed income tax. She thought military did not pay income tax. I had to explain that only in combat do you not pay. So whats got the feathers ruffled now? You make to much and owe them?

Well the UNI is NU-3262 The K&N is YA1399. I can find the Uni for around $40. Other than this one the K&Ns look to be going around $80. The one I linked is on e-bay and says used. It only shows one, but I would e-mail the guy and see if that is for the pair. It is used but for $40 I would say thats OK. Mine look like this.

Bert, money wise I think you will be happy. Dont be to quick to throw out your OEM muffs. I have a pair of RK I will swap on and off with the oem jobs. Longer trips I just dont care for the roar of the RK. But to each his own. But be sure to take some longer trips and take the boss too. Go for a couple hours and see if you still like it.

Mine are OEM black plastic. I scoured the net for like a year pricing K&N. I found a set on amazon fot about $65 I think. They can be pricey so look around. If you look at the chrome top you can kind of see why those filters are shorter and dont have that rise on the top. I would have to look at the K&N aand see if they would work with the chrome cover units. But on the site they only list one filter.

LOL I had a young airman one night we were refuling my c141. He was running the back hose and I was up front supervising so I could see whole aircraft. We had just disconn hose and he took off running to wingtip and sat down. It was like 15 deg in Oklahoma @ 2am. Here he is pulling his boots off and sockts. I went over to see what the heck? The socks were stuck "on" and burning his feet up. I laughed pretty good for a few minutes and poked fun. Then I chewed his butt out for operating a possible ignition source while we were refueling. Geeze some people just dont think.