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hi alan :wel_5Wa::wel_ani2Wa::wel_ani3Tay: glad to see you here. nice to have annie's other half join in on all the fun. that annie is some special but you already know that. best reguards don c.
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hi folks just a reminder of the ride to avery island. home of tabsco hot sauce, is just a couple weeks away. (sept.26 saturday) would like to see if anyone is still intrested in going. best reguards don c.
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hi michael good to hear your ok. let us know when you have time to ride i be your wing man any time. i wish to again thank you & the wife, for all the hard work ya'll did for last years texas stamped. it was a great time. best reguards don c.
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if i kind of remember that gm truck was some sort of special transport they built. but it was before my time. don c.
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Clutch Slave Cylinder Question
gunboat replied to wes0778's topic in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk
hi walter no way for the fluid to enter the crankcase. but i can't tell you were it's going if it's not showing up on the ground. don c. -
i got luck i guess. purchased two 32oz. jugs for 50.00 and free shiping. i added 8oz. to the oil already in the bike. best reguards don c.
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hi gary thanks for sharing the pictures.great picture of you and mary. may your son and new daughter in law be blessed and have a long life together. can't forget about grandbabies so you can spoil. best reguards don c.
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removed cassette, added gauges......done
gunboat replied to jlh3rd's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
hi all ponch got the gauges all set up and installed saturday. wow they are nice and looks great. i am well pleased with the fit and workmanship. now i have a kuryakyn chrome universal led battery gauge #4219 up for grabs. best reguards don c. -
hi all on saturday just got a few miles on the new kumho. first thing i did notice was, i am seting a little higer in the seat. i thought the kumho was just a 1/2" taller than the bfg or close to a stock m/c tire for the rear. but it's not bad i can shift around a little and be flat footed on the ground. i was blessed with short legs. sunday i put in a couple hundred miles in. boy what a difference in the handling. i lean to either side and it goes. man you talk about smooth. i still have a few thousand miles left on the me 880 130/90-16 front so i may change it or wait. wish the avon corba was made in a 130/90-16 though and i would just stay with that size. more info to come, but i LIKE it. best reguards don c.
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hi dick i started striping the bike on friday afternoon. i belive the only things that need to be removed on saturday morming. was the radio control box under the faring and my universal led battery gauge #4219 from kuryakyn. took me about 4 hrs on friday ( dang it had to go to work that night ). got home about 7:45 saturday morning just got coffee going and ponch arrives. just a few minutes later kabay pulls in. they had never been to my house before, so we did the 2 bit tour. so we or i should say THEY were thru around noon. as i have said i would still be working on the bike if it was just me. they are great friends and we work well together and enjoy each other's company. i can't say about a road trip but you never know were the texas bunch will show up. best reguards don c.
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i haven't, may be we need to add jb to the mia list also? don c.
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hi all buddy you are so funny, you are always welcome to stay at the house. bigboy we tryed to seat the beads but was having a lot of heck. ended up going down to a local tire store. cryed on the store mangers shoulder about all the problems that us'es was having. he took the tire into the service bay his self and just started to seat the beads. ( one of the tire tech's asked him what kind of car did that rim come off of? ) i could not hear what he told him. but a few minutes later he rolled the wheel out to me. saying to set the air pressure at what i wanted. nice guy would not take a dime. go back to the house to finish the job, beads were not fully set yet. my air compressor only goes up to 125psi. my higest tire gauge only goes to 70 psi and it was way passed that point. so it finaley seated one side then the other, so it could not have been over 120 psi. don't know for sure how high kabay jumped when it did POP to seat. i used a silcone based lube called dow-corning -33. i wish to say again very special thanks to Ponch & Kabay :cool10: for i would still be working on the bike. they were like mad men possesed to install the gauge set & kumho c/t. best reguards don c.
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with much regrett i'll not be able to make the roundup. sure was looking hard at it. i have a coworker that commutes back and forth from denver. he rides a h-d and has been up there before, great ride he tells me. maybe next year i'll be able to run up that way. best reguards don c.
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Does anyone else have these problems?
gunboat replied to SpaceMan's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
rick butter had a cure for the groning shock. it was to add a 1/2 oz of 40wt fork oil and 1/2 oz of auto tranny fluid to the shock. i had to replace my rear shock two years ago at my own expenise. the new shouck started to gron after a while. so i injected this mx into the valve stem hole. ( got to remove the stem first ). i thing i had to do this two different times but, it cured the gron. but if you still have any warrenty left, make the dealer install a new shock. best reguards don c. -
yep i agree with tom. jb's been real busy this year, but can't speak for him. but there is the ride down to the 'BEND' coming up in november that's looking real good. i know i'am planing on beening there. don c.
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hi gary glad to see you got the passport. ya'll need to come on down real soon. best reguards don c.
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hi bruce sorry to hear your a little under the weather. need to become a 'winter' texan now that you have a offical TEXAS PASSPORT. so you can get a sun tan, and ride the scoot all winter long. best reguards don c.
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hi all you darksiders friday afternoon after i had pulled the bfg c/t off the bike. i sat it next to the kumho c/t. i noticed an interesting difference between the two. the bfg has a well defined 'square' shoulder. where as the kumho is more rounded. i have stated in the past about the 'wall' you feel with the bfg when leaning the bike (either direction) for the first several hundred miles or so. this feeling is not bad and goes away. i just figured it was doing this till it skuffed / wore in. some have said that they did not notice this 'wall' feeling with the kumho c/t. now i can see why, will update soon. best reguard don c.
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hi folks i will be changing out the bfg for a kumho in the morning. finaly wore the bfg down to the wear bars ( just over 30,000 miles ). funny thing is the edges still look like new. kaby is coming over in the am to help. ponch will also be here to help me install one of his gauge sets. i am a lucky man to have these two great vr members help me with this little project. i will be looking at a avon corbra to install on the front soon. i installed a metzeler 880 just before going the '08 international rally last year. by my notes i got 22,000 miles on it. i realy like the 880 ( have got great service & no handling issuses with it) but will give the avon a try. best reguards don c.
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removed cassette, added gauges......done
gunboat replied to jlh3rd's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
hi folks i am a lucky man, ponch is coming to my house in the am to help me install one of his gauge sets. i had taken out the casset player a few months ago, and installed a aluminum plate with led battery moniter on it. his set will look so much better. anybody in the area is welcome to stop by. don c. -
hi tom it's allways good to see you & debbie. i know how you work, so we'll see ya soon. we still have the "bend" ride come up. best reguards don c.
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hi joe i have always said take care of family first. the v/r family will be there. as we talked at the rally. i had not seen anyone from louisianna post anything about m&e's or a mx day. forgive me i could be wrong, but just trying to . i'am not sure how many vr's are in the great state of louisianna. but its not far for me to drive over to meet more great folks. best reguards be safe we will see ya'll some were on the road. don c.
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hi joe ops please for give me, it took me a while to get deeta's name down. it was a pleasure to meet you guys. hope to see ya'll again some where on the road. best reguards don c.
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hi steve no i haven't worked the boats in years. my step-dad was a captain. boy i bet we can tell some tales. come on down hope to see ya either at the salt mine on the 26'th sept, or the october ride to the m&e in east centeral mississippi, golden moon casino buffet 13541 why-16 west peral river resort philadelphia, miss that wes0778 ( walter ) is throwing together. best reguards don c.
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hi ron let me know what flavor of 'death' you want. do you want a gallon jug or some smaller size. if you go to the www.tasbaco.com web site you will find the different sauces they make. i'll be glad to pick up what ever you want. don .c