09RSTD
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Wow! I am really sorry to hear about your bad experiences and being taken advantage of. I am just glad that you are the person you are. Congrats onthe new jobs for the whole family and good luck to you all. Hope the new jobs and new location are all that you hoped they would be.
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I will get one flag.
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I already ahve my Venture. No need for another one and with the depreciation, I would buy it 2 or 3 years old anyways. What I am looking at is possibly getting a Kawasaki Vaquero as a second pony in the stable.
FYI the Vaquero will depriciate just as fast as a Venture. Better buy that Vaquero used.
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Favorite tire! Are you kidding me! I don't have a favorite tire, I hate them all. No matter which one I'm running someone has had it crack, split, loose air, throw chunks, go flat and only get 4,000 miles. While the one they are presently running will last 50,000 miles grips in the rain like a puckered butt and runs as smooth as glass at 118mph. Just sayin...
In many ways this is very true. I believe that there are certian tires to steer clear of and certian tires that have a better reputation than others. What is your personal favorite tire Art? You must have one that you prefer.
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I'm in need of the right side saddle bag lid for my '86. I think it was stolen while I was
in the auto parts store. Who knows? Maybe I just didn't latch it. Any way I sure need
one. If you can help out, thanks.
LOL!! This made me laugh so hard only because it sounds like something that I would do. I would forget to latch the lid and them be convinced that it must have gotten stolen. Truth is though, Venture parts are really not that desirable anywhere other than on this site which is full of good folks who wouldn't even think about ripping off someones pride and joy. Hope you able to get another lid soon.
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Thanks for sharing. Do new cars these days have functioning turn signals or are they just for appearance? Seriously, I really wish drivers would at least give me a warning before they try and take over my lane.
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My contingency plan....... ride my motorcycle more and loose about 20 pounds.
AMEN Brother!!!
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And how many Harley dealers???
Who really cares!!
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Nope, is the simple answer. First, once you remove a bearing and race you will change the alignment, and it will give more problems than you want to imagine, second, the bearings themselves have flat spots in them as well now, so they will rotate to the best seating place in the race and you have more problems.
Take them out and replace, and you'll not have to worry about them again.
I completely agree with above statement. I also would like to add that once you have gone to all of the work of getting to the steering head bearings why wouldn't you replace them with new one and then not worry about them ever again. I know steering head bearings is a job that I don't ever want to do let alone do it more than once.
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I really liked the red one they made in 2011 but they didn't make that color for 2012. Sorry but the Green is a little to flashy for me.
If you really like the red 2011 now is a great time to get one. The dealership that I bought my RSTD from is selling a red 2011 for $13,000. I test rode a Vaquero when I purchased my RSTD. I liked the Vaquero a lot but when I rode the RSTD it was exactly what I wanted. I had owned a 1998 Royal Star previously and when I rode the 2009 it just felt absolutely wonderful. I was truly impressed. I guess my old 98' must have been tired or something because that 2009 felt so much better to me.
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LOL!!!
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I have never had it happen to me and I log onto the site from multiple locations and computers. Very Interesting.
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On that note...... I just loaded all the POI file for DQ locations into my GPS. Now I can find all the guys.
Mike
Now that would be some useful information. Not a day goes by that I don't desire either a "Hot Eat or Cold Treat". My Yamaha can go for months heck maybe even years withour needing a Yamaha stealer.
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There are 227.367 Yamaha dealers in the United States. That is an average of 4.54734 dealers per state.
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Im pretty sure that if this was a race he didn't need to worry about any oncoming traffic. All I could think about was wondering if the deer was seriously injured. Betting that deer won't be crossing any highways without looking both ways again.
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From the pictures it sure appears to have carburetors. I think the owner is just confused beacause of how smoothly this machine runs! You can see that he has the chrome ball milled accents.
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ENJOY!
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our government is more interested in "saving the economy" through spending multiple billions of dollars bailing out a bunch a financial institutions whom for the most part got themselves in the mess they were in. This money could have been spent to create jobs and maintain the safety and sanity of the people whom make our nation great. How many law enforcement agencies are operating with tight budgets due to the government not providing the funds they need to operate effectively. God bless the USA! We need all the blessings we can get.
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Maybe you could start a raffle to benefit someone special or to help out the baseball team. Get the kid to sign a bunch of baseballs.
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3M is best stuf on the entire extended planet. I hope that you never want to get those side badges off again though. You'll be forced to grind them off with a grinder.
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I just purchased three more. That would make 21 more tickets. Good luck to all!
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I once chased what I thought was an electrical problem and finally found it to be a bad battery. The battery was fairly new. Most auto parts stores have the ability to check batteries and the ones that I have gone to do it free of charge. Motorcycle batteries are fairly inexpensive. If the bike is still under warranty that would be the way to go. If you have more than one dealer in your area do your homework on the dealership. Have heard people on this forum that have had both really good and really bad experiences at dealerships. Good luck.
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WOW!!! That is absolutely awesome. Very quality work.
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Buy a 2nd Gen!
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08 RSTD Heated Grips ??
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Heat Demons are highly recommended. They install internally inside the actual handlebars. This keeps them protected from the weather and helps to increase the longevity. They have a very nice Led display that come with them. They retail for $150.
I might add that all of the heated grips that i have used have left something to be desired. They have no way of warming the back sides of our hands where they are prone to get the coldest due to the wind hitting them. My personal prefference for cold weather hand comfort is one of two options. 1st preference is the heated gloves that I have. They are Gerbing brand and have heat elements all the way to the fingertips and around the backside of the hand as well. They dont get as warm as heated grips do but they do abetter job of warming the whole hand as opposed to just the palm. My 2nd preference is heated grips with handlbar muffs. Handlbar muffs with heated grips work great at blocking/deflecting the wind and keeping your entire hand warm. There are a few drawbacks to this. Handlebar muffs can be a pain getting hands into and they can also block your mirrors. The second drawback is that the source of heat is still the handlebar grips; thus making the palms of ours hands warmer than the rest of your hand. This doesnt seem like a big deal unless your heated grips are not warm enough at the liw setting and to hot at the high setting. I had a Buell with heated grips that had this problem. Low was not warm enough but high was HOT!