SilvrT
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I would guess that, if words are put to the wave, it could have different variations depending on the person, but all having the same "meaning" so to speak. I've also noticed a decline in "wavers" ... myself included .... there are so many bikes on the road nowadays it's sometimes hard to wave at all of them. I generally don't wave at the "tough-guy Harley types" (and you can usually spot them) simply because they never wave anyway (probably coz their hands are "frozen" to the grips ).
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hmmmmmmm.... that brings up an interesting point .... what exactly do the waves mean? Frankly, I've never put specific words to them... other than "hi" or something like that ...
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must be somehing different with my scoot...I've had her leaned so far over I'm sure I could kiss the ground....never scraped anything. I wonder how we could scrape the pegs on a 1st gen when the crash bars stick out further than they do?? I've never scraped the pegs but I have felt my (ahem...size 9) boot scraping the ground. I test rode an RSTD about 3 years ago and that was the one thing I didn't like... it was so easy to scrape the floorboards.
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I don't know a lot about Mission although I've been thru there numerous times. One thing for sure is the speedway if you're into drag racing or motorcycle racing. It's a big thing around here... NHRA, etc... gawd, I'm so out of touch with all that stuff but the speedway has been there for as long as I remember. Check this out... http://www.mission.ca/site3.aspx
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When I bought the Mobil 1 yesterday I was looking at the Rotella but they only had one litre and I couldn't remember if it was the one folks here use. That was at Crappy Tire (Canadian Tire for you non-Canucks ). I'll check again this morning...might end up in a "wild goose chase" LOL
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Incidentally, I have a Barnett clutch in my scoot... I wonder if certain oils that works fine in stock clutches may cause slippage in the Barnett. If I can find it today, I'm going to try the Shell Rotella T 15w40 diesel oil.
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SuperSyn MX4T 10w40 motorcycle oil
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I changed my oil yesterday and used Mobil 1 SuperSyn 10w40 (MX4T) motorcycle oil. Went for a day ride and around mid-point of the ride, clutch started slipping. By the time we were close to home on return, I couldn't crank it in either 4th or 5th as the clutch would slip real bad. Dropping that oil today and gonna try the Rotella T 15W40 diesel (if I can find it)
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I changed my oil yesterday to Mobil 1 synthetic ... went for a day ride and noticed slippage under hard accel in 4th & 5th. It was fine before so dropping that oil and putting regular back in.
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High or Low Windscreen???
SilvrT replied to woz111's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
to what....confirm or deny your math skills??? -
If it's a V6 i sympathize with ya... I had to do one on a '93 Taurus once... what a PITA that was! Gimme the good 'ole 283 V8 ... put the cable kit on 'er
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btw... thanks a bunch for providing this document.
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A "tip" for filling in the form.... when you open it in Word, go to the Tools menu and choose Protect Document and then choose Forms. This forces the cursor to only go into the various Boxes (fields). check boxes can be marked using the spacebar when they are the active control. The cursor will move from one field to the other when you hit Enter or Tab. In the larger boxes (ie Allergies to medications) you can use Ctrl+Enter to start a new line.
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115 mph and room to go further...
SilvrT replied to a topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Hey Brian.... dang... I really am disappointed that we're not going to make it. I know I don't need to explain why but..... a few weeks ago (or was it months? LOL) we had a "mini-holiday" and wound up over-spending (or was that "getting over-served"? lol) which kinda diminished our holiday fund we'd been reserving for the Los Osos get together. Before that, we had some additional expenses associated to our truck being stolen (not a lot but with one thing and the other, by the end of it all, it adds up) So we reluctantly cut that short and decided to only go as far as Florence, Oregon and spend some time at the dunes and a few other places along the way...then go over to Vancouver Island for a bit. Well, now that's been cut (Florence) too coz our computer (7 yrs old) finally packed it in and we had to go out and use more of our holiday funds to replace it. geeeeeesshhhhhh if it isn't one thing, it's another eh? So, now we're down to Vancouver Island and Okanagan areas only coz we both have relatives in those areas so accommodations won't cost us anything LOL Oh well... such is life eh! NEXT YEAR is just around the corner! Then again, the lotto is up to 36 million for Sat night so all of this might well change dramatically!!! -
115 mph and room to go further...
SilvrT replied to a topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Never maxed this scoot ( '87 ) ... had her up to 190km (118mph) but it's a wee bit unstable over 170 (105mph). My '85 was extremely stable and I buried the needle on it a few times (whatever that was) ... I'm guessing around 220 or better (136mph). -
Years ago, had a bear run out in front of me... he came onto the highway at about a 45 degree angle heading away from me...he was on the run... scared me at first....hit the brakes...then, once the initial shock left, I got MAD and started chasing him with my horn blasting and me hollerin....WOW can those black bears run!!!
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yep, those "comments" were kinda funny.
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Thanks Dave... I had visited those pages some... a lot of interesting info there for sure.
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Water pump knock
SilvrT replied to MasterGuns's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
They actually idle??? Someone better tell the guys who ride them..... -
Found this interesting comparison... http://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/roadtests/open_road_ramblers/index.html
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Really hard to find one of these for sale around here and if it's a private deal, I don't want to bother the owner just so I can get to road test it. I have looked at a new ones but never road tested. Eventually tho, I will. Got at least a year before I'll be ready to get a newer ride. Just doing a lot of comparisons for now. Cruise control.... heck, I've used the cruise once...no, twice in the last 9 or 10 years... once on my '85 and once on this one.... both times was when I was on a major freeway with minimal traffic riding solo doing 140 plus. Fact is, most of my riding rarely takes me onto such highways (when there is minimal traffic). The freeways around here are so busy, cruise is useless. I never noticed any pinging on these 2 bikes. Aside from fuel injection, from 2005 on, the engines are 1600 cc (not 1500), have hydraulic lifters, and crank balancers... they are fairly smooth for a V-twin I thought.
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Went and road tested a couple Kawasaki Vulcan Nomads on Sat. First one was a '08 .... not a bad price either ( $11,700) brand new. Second one was a '06 for $8,800 ... had 19k km's on it...very clean and the only extras were Vance & Hines slip-on's and nicer hand grips. I like the looks of these scoots and have been toying with the idea of getting one. They were quite comfortable to ride... even Nina was impressed...we both thought they would be considerably rougher. She liked the rumble of the V-twin and the V&H slip-ons. I did find them considerably under powered tho...a lot less than I expected for a 1600cc V-twin and no match... not even close to my VR. Am wondering what improvements can be done power wise... I know I could get a power commander or something like that. Anyone have any thoughts on this. Was also wondering why these bikes which are fuel injected have a manual choke???
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DITTO! Insofar as "engine braking" goes, it should be taught to drivers from the beginning, even with auto trans .... over use of the brakes causes them to wear out pre-maturely, not to mention possible fading due to excessive heat. I can't believe the numbers of people nowadays who ride their brakes unnecessarilly. Such habits cause confusion and sometimes accidents to the drivers behind. For instance, driving along the freeway the other day, a driver changed lanes from left lane to right lane...as soon as he got into the right lane, he applied his brakes (just enuf for the brake lights to come on)...yet there was nothing immediately in front of him. I was a couple vehicles back, in the left lane... the 2 drivers behind the guy that changed lanes also applied their brakes, just because the first guy did...because, they were confused ...thinking the first guy was slowing down... this caused a bit of a chain reaction whereby the 2 cars behind actually slowed, causing all the other traffic behind to slow a bit... it's like a freight train effect... I've seen the traffic on the freeway come to a complete stop yet there is absolutely nothing hindering the normal flow...and its usually because of something like this. I hate those kind of drivers!
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it must be for real... this has to be the 3rd time someone has posted it
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Water pump knock
SilvrT replied to MasterGuns's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
LOL!! well, in my case, it isn't the collector coz I put a new one on my '85 and on this scoot, I've gutted the collector.