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  1. Rich99
    Good time for a coast ride right now George except when you get to Big Sur. Went for a ride with my grandson and headed straight for Half Moon Bay and up to San Francisco from there. Was great to breathe some clean air for a change. If you decide to head anywhere in this state, good luck and just hope for a good stiff wind that'll clear the way for you no matter what direction you head.
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    I know where your coming from when you talk about going over Donner Pass Jack, I was up in Bear Valley about the same time, and your right, it looked like heavy fog. I was glad to get back to the Bay Area as it wasn't quite that bad. Somebody forgot to tell God that there's a no smoking law in California, that's all us Californian's are doing is breathing in that awful air. I get to the point where I don't want to go to work so I can stay inside. Hope they get a handle on some of the big ones up north to keep us down in the Bay Area out of the line of fire from the smoke.
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    But that was only after I put the Baron Nasty Boys on with K&N filters. Had throttle left, but I didn't want to go any faster, at that speed, it gets you to thinking what would happen if anything were to go wrong.
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    I'm not good at it either, have to practice quite a bit to get even close to 10 out of 10.
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    My antenna's were covered, but that was with the 99, and I think 2000, the design was bad which made them break, so they replace mind with 2003 antenna's.
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    I remember those days back when I had my 83 1st gen. I had a bad miss and then every once and a while, it wouldn't start. Was up in arms and then decided to check the kill switch. Took it off and saw that it was caroded. Saw that you couldn't actually take it apart, so I just got out my can of electrical cleaner, gave it a good squirt and wala, problem fixed.
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    He needs enough first gens. in order to be able to trade them all in for a good used 2nd gen.
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    Chat Room

    Rich99 replied to Freebird's topic in Watering Hole

    It remembers.
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    Chat Room

    Rich99 replied to Freebird's topic in Watering Hole

    No problem getting in here Don:thumbsup2:
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    The worst I ever got, and this is before I changed the mufflers to Baron Nasty Boys with K&N filters was 31 mpg. It was at 7,000 feet, going against a 20 mph headwind at 80 mph. The best I ever got was on the return trip from VWlll Susanville last year where I think I was the only one that bought gas from a gippo gas station, and my bike never ran so good. We went from Susanville to Marysville, took 2.6 gals. to go 145 miles which came out to 55 mpg. The RSV behind me took 3.8 gals. for 38 mpg. To this day, I've been wanting to go back up to that gas station in Susanville and ask the guy who's gas he's putting in his underground tanks ?
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    Hey, in order to keep the web site from crashing any more, we have to let Don crash, Rome wasn't built in a day you know.
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    Rsv Top Speed?

    Rich99 replied to a topic in Watering Hole

    I think it was buddyrich that said he took his 05 RSV up to 130 mph. At that time, we were questioning how fast the bike would go in each gear, and it was pretty close to the same speeds as my first gen did. The only difference is that the 2nd gen has a higher geared rear end as the engine turns much slower than a 1st gen.:whistling:Top end on the 83 1st gen though was 136 mph.
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    how far can it go on a single charge? As is, I still like one wheel in front of the other, but thanks for the look-see Vic.
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    Yup, somebody always tries to pass the blame. The one major accident I was in was the same way. I was in a semi-flatbed, and with ice on the road and poor visibility, I was out of control for several hundred feet, but going over the Altamont here in Livermore, then heading down the other side, I was out of control and skidded several hundred feet, and by the time I came to a stop, my tractor was facing up hill. The thing is, I didn't hit anybody. I was number 6 out of 31 vehicles, 7 trucks and 24 cars. But after I came to a stop, 3 vehicles ran into me of which on of them was a five ton truck loaded with paint. So facing up hill, he hit me head on, knocking my 18,000 lb. tractor around 180 degrees to where I was facing down hill again. And this is the thing, he sued me because he said I hit him?? Well, I ended up counter suing and won, because he was full of it. Being that there were so many vehicles involved, I had 14 other lawyers there besides my own, and after it was over, I never wanted to go through anything like that again. So it shouldn't be that bad with the fact that there was only one vehicle involved, so I guess just one lawyer??? But you just hang in there, I was coached also, and that helped alot. But great hearing from you Sherry, hope everything turns out all right and I'll be praying for you. Rich
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    I've seen many other ones that tried to make it and didn't, mostly under over-passes. We've had one hit here a half dozen times, and with all the technology we have with lasers and such, I just don't see how this can keep happening???
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    Thanks for telling it like it is up front Jack; so sorry, in that case, I'll just replace the battery I have when I think it's about that time. So please don't worry about ordering a battery for me and I'll take my chances. It's too bad that we have to put up with somebody saying one thing and doing another that confuses the issue. Thanks again, and see you at the next M&E for discussing the day trip to Lake Tahoe. Hope the knee is in shape to make the trip by then, take care and have a nice day. Rich
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    Hadn't gotten use to the bike yet (the fact that it was top heavy), was pretty tired when I pulled into a restaurant parking lot at one in the morning. The parking lot had an angle to it and when I slowed down making a right hand turn (which is harder for most people), I lost my balance and over she went. Tried to hold it up as it went down and out my back went, this was the eleventh time. The bike wasn't damaged, but felt like an idiot because of my back going out and couldn't lift the bike back up. So it took about 5 to 10 minutes before a pickup drove in, saw my delema, and two guys got out and asked if they could help. So got it back up, went into the cafe for a cup of Joe, and my trip to L.A. was over with my back out. Was 70 miles from home at the time, and driving home was very painful for every bump I hit on the way. Seems that trying to make a sharp turn on an uneven surface is not the way to go on the RSV.
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    Okay, looks like somebody started something and it probably won't end here. One thread asked how many (Active/Retired LEO's in the group) and after this one, somebody will probably ask how many mechanics, etc, etc. But anyway, have had my Class A license for 43 years and have driven just about everything there is right up to 80,000 lbs. I won't tell you about the real overweight trucks I've driven. But did it for 33 years and took a long rest (retired, of which I only drove half a dozen trucks in 10 years of retirement. Went back to work after financial problems, so went back to what I know best and have been driving big rigs again for almost 3 years now. Cadillac's to what I ever drove back in the old days with much more power. :>)
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    Man, if I were heavier, I'd go stand in line. Seems I saw this program the other day on TV, and the people that get Gastric By-pass surgery, everyone of them that got it, their diabetes went away with-in 4 to 7 days after surgery, also including Sleep Apnia. I've had diabeties for 13 years, and I've really not gotten use to the fact that I can't live like I was use to. Yes, I've managed to keep my A1C below 7, but it involves not eating the foods I've been so accustom to. The problem with the operation is that it is still a dangerous one. One out of every one thousand people that gets it, dies from complications. But heres the big catch, you have to be morbidly obese. I guess 100+ lbs. overweight, I'm around 70 lbs. over. If you choose to do it the right way, then its the old diet and extercise which worked for me until my doctor added more perscription pills which caused me to gain 20 lbs., and therefore the numbers started to climb. I did stop walking though, and now I'm thinking of going back to doing so in order to keep my numbers in check. So good luck to anybody that gets this disease, it's 60% controlable if you follow the doctors orders.
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    Hi Jack, This is just an idea, was just wondering if you could put me on the list and order a battery for my scoot, probably won't need it for awhile, but thought maybe the next time we get together, just pick up the battery from you and give you cash . Saw how slow this thing was getting off the ground, so decided to jump in to get you close to that 10 orders you were looking for. If this doesn't work for you, then I'll just go ahead and do the PayPal thing, thanks much. Rich
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    He's 83, had one done, then the other one done about 2 months later, and he said he can see as good as when he did when he was 20 years old. I'd like to do the same thing if I ever get the problem, but with diabetes, their afraid of infection of which gets pretty serious when you have this disease. My prayers are with you, and my dad said the same thing though, it was a piece of cake with no pain what so ever.
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    My prayers go out for a speedy recovery Jack and Bev. I guess we'll be talking about this a little when VWIV comes along. Hope you guys are all healed up by then, and then you should have that new scoot for us to look at. I had my turn T-boning a car in a parking lot at around 10 mph, she backed out so fast, I didn't even have time to hit the brakes. (Get this, she's blonde of course), she told the police officer she saw me coming, and said she speeded up to try and get out of my way so I wouldn't hit her. I was thrown off the bike and bruised up, $4,000.00 damage to the bike, she had no insurance and all I had was liability, so rather than fight it, (estimate was excesive) and I didn't want to spend that much , so I took it home and did the work myself, and only spent $700.00.
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    but this was two o'clock in the morning, so I had the luck of nobody seeing it happen.
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    This is probably about the tenth time I've put this story on. The quality tire they had lasted about about 20 years until they stopped making it. With my 1st gen., I was getting 20k out of the rear tire, a 404. I sold it and bought a 99-RSV. I got 21k out of the first rear tire, and the most I ever got was out of the 3rd 404 I bought which was 24k. That's when they decided to stop making such a good lasting tire, and that was the 150-90B15. That number was switched to 150-9015, and I only got 8,000 miles out of that tire, needless to say, I was mad as a hornet. They found out the gas companies were making a lot of money, so they decided to follow suit and make a softer rubber tire, so I have to buy a new tire every 8 months now, instead of every two years. (Guess what), they seem to find one of the 150-90B15 tires in the archives the last time I ordered a tire, and the hard rubber tire hasn't shown any wear at almost 6,000 miles. I guess this will be the last time I get my moneys worth out of a D404 tire that wears. Expensive tires and gas don't mix, I wanted to keep using the B tire in order to save , but Dunlop had other ideas.
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    Gas prices

    Rich99 replied to MikeM8560's topic in Watering Hole

    Ain't that the truth. Baking up Vic on our Yosemite trip, I guess I missed the stations he saw those prices, but the one we stopped at in Mariposa was the first time I've ever payed over $4.00 a gallon. I use 89 which was $4.10 a gal., and I knew they were going to get us as it's the last stop for gas before going into the valley. Next thing you know, they'll be putting bike trails into the valley because nobody can afford to drive. Highest I saw diesel was $4.60, and was glad I don't own any cars or pick-ups that run on diesel.
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