RedRider

If you see my bike on a trailer, call the police. It's being stolen. Wrap a couple of soft straps around the lower triple tree at the front. Bag rails on the back (or trailer hitch if you have one). If you don't have a wheel chock, nail a 2x4 on each side of the front wheel. RR

Yes. RR

That will require some mounting modifications. The mounting bracket for the OEM light bar has a right angle (vertical final mount). The OEM also has a route inside the light bar for the wires. The eBay one appears the wires will run outside the bar. Price is right though. RR

Russell Day Long seat. RR

Vasoline. RR

Squidley, Chat with your local auto electric dude. Let him have a look at this. They likely have the lacquer required to clean this up too. RR

The gold one is the right color. What would you like for it? RR

That looks like the right animal. RR

My son's '83 took a rock to the fairing headlight cover. Does anyone have one of these available? There are several on eBay, just thought I would check with you folks first. Lemme know. Thanks. RR

Torque on these spring bolts is only 5.8 ftlb - that's only 70 INCH-lb. Be very careful and use a torque wrench when tightening. RR

I have the Hagon and like it. Put it in last winter after my OEM shock bit the dust. RR

E3's Great mileage. Can get a whole year out of them. RR

You will be kicking yourself for not doing it earlier. Enjoy your new comfort. RR

Very interesting. RR

Just to be safe, send them to me for testing. Will advise next summer. RR

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It says 18 watts. That is 1.5A at 12 volts. I would assume this is each, so 3A total for both. RR

It's nice to have a 2x4 length of wood to set under the edge of the tank when you set it down. That way it isn't resting on the petcock. RR

Clip or a Magazine? RR

There are ground wires in the harnesses that can cause really weird things to happen. The Venture I worked on would run the starter as soon as the key was turned on. The wiring to the cassette has nothing to do with the starting circuit either. However, the ground that was making contact in the cut cable - did. RR

Flanders will make custom bars to any height/pull back you want. You will need to have extended front brake line, clutch line, and throttle cables (2). There are several places that make these. RR

This will require you to get the wiring diagrams from the service manual and trace the wires. It is tedious, boring, and tiring on the eyes. However, you need to find which wire was cut incorrectly when the cassette was removed. Helped a fellow VR member a couple of years ago to go through this after he removed his cassette. There is really no short cut. RR

Mike, FYI - the 2000 MM is the Millineum Edition and is a beautiful cream color. Not as fast as the 2000 red, of course. And yes, Pinwall. RR

Pinwall has historically been an honest boneyard for various motorcycle brands. The link is from AZ-Cycle-Parts who I am not familiar with. Have purchased an engine from Pinwall and was pleased with the transaction. Would not hesitate to use them again. However, for the money, the AZ Cycle Parts engine is almost worth buying for future installation once my engine hits 300,000 miles or so. RR

Check the owners manual. Oil/filter change interval is 8000 miles or 12 months. And that's for dino oil. I generally run mine 5-7000 miles between changes and use Rotella T dino oil and inexpensive Fram filters. 125,000 miles and running strong. I remember a story about an auto technician. He had a customer with a new Corvette who came in and had a synthetic oil change done every 1000 miles. When the technician was asked what he ran in his own cars, he stated "Thousand mile old synthetic". RR