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Brake cleaner is not the best thing to spray in the carb for cleaning purposes. For some reason despite all that it will clean, carbon and oxidation are not one of them and those are your major dirt issue's in a carb. A good carb or heat riser cleaner is your best bet. spray it in all the orfices you can find while the engine is cool, let it soak for 15 minutes and then spray again followed by firing up your engine. Pulling the rubber caps off, may or may not change your idle speed depending on the condition and settings of your carbs. A good carb sync also makes a big difference. Also make sure your enrichment valves (commonly referred to as the choke) are not seized and move freely. If they stick open and do not seat properly your carb will suck in more fuel.
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Too me it looks like a car. A 3 wheeled car, which is not really a new concept (history is full of of them) I remember seeing a few of them like the 1959 MESSERSCHMITT 1959 Messerschmitt KR-200 or the Isetta, 1959 BMW Isetta 300 3-wheel special when I was a kid. Google 3 wheeled cars and click on images and there is a whole slew of them. https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEVjDgs5lUZjEAy1wPxQt.?p=3+wheeled+cars&fr=&fr2=piv-web&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001
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It all sounds good to me specially the 50's, 60's and 70's music . So hard to get that anywhere anymore. Even our Christmas party at work played all that thumping music and believe it or not....not a single Christmas song. Where was I oh yeah it all sounds good to me Tom. Last year you tossed in a bit variety and it seemed like their was something for everybody from those who wanted short to long rides to those who just wanted to hang around play games and swap lies....er I mean tell tales..... sorry share stories ....that,s it share stories stories. Oh and Tom this one is for you :canada:seeing as how you loves us canucks oh so much EH!
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All kidding aside Don I like many others think you do a great job. It would not be the first time that either a thread or even a face to face conversation have taken a wrong or miss stepped turn, got out of hand and severed even some of the best and longstanding friendships. No debate is worth that.
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New member with an electrical problem
saddlebum replied to Wesley G's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Sounds to me like you blew the main fuse by having too much running at the same time time. Alternatively if you have had a poor or dirty battery connection either at the battery itself or at one of the connectors or ground connections you may have overloaded that connection which could have acted similar to the way a fuse works, overheated and possible melted the terminal. Also check out this thread for a good example http://www.venturerider.org/forum/computer-lights-horns-other-electrical/32359-ignition-switch-wiring-failure.html -
Personally Don ...I think it really sucks. This has to be at least the third time ( at least that I am aware of) that you have deleted a post before I even got to see what all the fuss was about. Seems I always miss out on all the fun ones.
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What's in a name? (Tell us about your username)
saddlebum replied to pbjman's topic in Watering Hole
Pretty simple really I always loved the outdoors and ridding horses and motorcycles were among my favorite outdoor activities along with camping and canoeing of course. When email first came out and it was pretty well standard practice to use something other than your own name in your email address, people who knew me suggested that saddlebum would be the perfect handle for me, specially since a saddle could be found on both horses and motorcycles. Well it just seemed the perfect site name for me as well.
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My plan was to set reservations for 6:00 pm but the earliest I could get was 6:30 PM. I try to take into account that not everyone lives right around the corner but also that some will either be at the bike show or have to work and need a bit of time to get there. Also please don't forget to go to the calender and RSVP so that I can get a reasonable head count. I have booked for 20 but I can revise that number if I need to.
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Good prices but I would recommend upgrading to the ETX20L (310 CCA) Deka Battery shown. Its an extra 40 CCA over the YTX20L_BS plus its a sealed maintenance free battery. Well worth the extra $22.00. Either way the prices shown are good prices.
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Deka AGM battery hands down. part number for a 99 RSV is ETX20L (310 CCA) replaces the stock Yuasa battery YTX20L-BS (270 CCA) http://www.eastpennmanufacturing.com/wp-content/uploads/Deka-Sports-Power-AGM-Flyer-0278.pdf Mine is going on its third year and still running strong
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That looks a lot like something my dentist uses to fill holes in my teeth.
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There is a VR face book page
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My Grandson would love one of those............Of course I would have to run extensive road testing until I was absolutely certain it was ok to let him have it
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And mittens for my Mics .........Maybe:whistling:
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Sorry you had to loose a great friend. Great friends are few and hard to find.
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WOW puc ...are you feeling OK? that post wasn't even a whole line. Hey maybe that's the issue its when the site is trying to load one of those ten page posts that the rest of us are getting 404 msg.
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I have tried the Venoms on my 1st gen and ended up with a really bad tail wag at about 60 mph and I was not the only one from what I understand. I did notice excellent wet weather handling and really smooth ride however, at least up until I hit 60 mph. It was only a month after I bought them that I started noticing side wall cracking, took them back to the dealer and he swapped them out no questions asked even gave me the E3's at my request. Once the E'3 were on the bike the wag went away.
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I agree with you on the rain part but it does improve after a time. Like I said the EIII's (at least as far as I have noticed) seem to take a little more time to scrub in then what you would like. With regards to V7Goose. He is very inquisitive when it comes to these bikes (maybe other things as well) and tends to dissect with keen interest much of what goes on with the bikes, always looking for answers. So do look into his threads and not just about tires.
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The only thing I miss, is that before before, your friends list would show up on the left side in column form and indicate those on your friends list that were on line, by moving them to the top of the list. Overall I am getting used to it. And glad that I can get the blue back. Red was just a little to harsh, on the eyes especially, were as blue is just soooo much more relaxing. One thing I am noticing though is that when you hit submit after posting or editing a reply it seems to take so much longer to come back to the page you were posting in. On the odd occasion I watched the whirly thing go round so long to the point were the page times out and displays an error and other times its as quick as a wink.
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Of course not. If the water continued to go all around the Island .......that would mean the island was in the middle of a whirlpool and therefore would have been sucked down into the oceans drain at the bottom a long time ago. .....Boy some people
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Hi Tim; That does seem a little premature but a lot would depend on the type of riding you do and the climate temperatures of the area your riding in. The warmer the weather is the softer and more prone the tires are to wearing. Having said that here is a little food for thought when you are buying tires based on the miles you get out of them, keeping in mind the hardness of the rubber is a big factor in tire life but can also be a trade off for traction and road grip. I will give you an example My bike had Dunlap EII tires on it and the traction was great. I am not sure what the millage was when they where installed but according to the person I bought the bike from they were relatively new. Based on that I suspect I got about 8,000 miles on them. When I replaced them I again replaced them with EII tires. Ironically I got 25,000 miles out of them and when I replaced them they still had plenty of tread. So why did I replace them? The reason was I was getting horrible traction that continued to get worse. One year coming home from the New York rally I slide over half a lane while going around a ramp on a dry road and I started noticing my back end slipping out more and more. I suspect the rubber compound had been changed to a harder compound than my 1st EII's and got even harder with age. I now run EIII's. and the balance between tire wear and traction seem to be quite acceptable. As a matter of fact I can lean the bike over under normal paved road conditions and scrape foot pegs without loosing traction (not that I make a habit of it).
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See what happens when you venture out of your corner. Bobby .....Your a VR member....... How could you possibly believe you are well adjusted.
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Do the following Edit post Go Advanced scroll down until you see Manage Attachments and click on it A new page will open , Click on Add Files in the top right corner Click on Browes find your picture and either double click on it or click once and then click on open click on upload It should appear in the lower panel then just click insert. If it does not upload it is probably because the picture is too large. In that case reopen the original picture with a picture program that allows you to resize it such as photo gallery or Microsoft office picture manager. re size it down to about 60-70 %. Then retry the above procedure again this time selecting the resized picture.
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just checked today and it says the site is suspended.
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Sorry to hear about your friend Kevin.
