rbig1

is your clutch fluid dark brown. it may not be releasing all the way. Mine about drove me crazy when I first got it. changed fluid then replaced clutch discs and spring. pulls a little harder but will never get ride of bike till its dead and cant find parts.

well I was a paper boy in the rough neighborhoods. Then dad said work with me for two years and ill buy you a car. I carried shingles onto roofs, busted up old sidewalks, dug footings for room editions. My first car was wourth 250.00. He said that was my first lesson in life next time get it in writing. Then I worked on a watermelon farm started out walking fields and pulling weeds. To working hauling trailers for potato digger to coup no brakes on truck would just circle building till it stopped. then loaded watermelon's onto trailers then trucks. Then started driving trucks to stores in driving distance and unload them.

Wow great ride. What you never got wet. Lol thanks for sharing with us. Me likie music and video. Cool

well here it goes. When people complain about things that I do. Its not going to change. I like to piss them off just as they have me. quit complaining and get your own rope. Hows that lol:250:

they are at where you get your plates a couple days a week

find the local mv officer in charge of fraud he can get it straightened out

ha ha ha that's funny I don't care who ya are.....

ha ha my plate says rbig1. you can here some people laugh as they go by. lol and they issued it to me.....

the wrist pin is probably stuck. if it wont turn over. normally you can break it loose. wont be like new any more but should run good enough. tore apart a few engines and that's what is usually wrong unless it got real hot. may have to take carb and read cover off to oil it and turn it.

chrome forks no cassette and different exhaust. wonder if upgrade on performance ie different computer ,carb setup, timing,

if weather is nice next week going across iowa on hwy 2. going to hit Nebraska and head south into Kansas. on motorcycle roads there is a route across top of Kansas about 100 mile long then back home. that would give me two more maps this year and test arm. figure two to three nites in hotels or along road parks any takers

@mrvbooster this is where to post about clutch. The first thing to check is has the fluid turned brown. If it has there are how to write ups in here. also the clutck springs are weak on some bikes you may want to change that also. welcome aboard

scott at least you made it to all the places you did. ive made it to two events and had to trailer bike to one of them. the third event was in a cage the whole time. haven't found anyone to put up with me yet. lol hope to see both of you next year. Im almost healed up now as long as I don't do something stupid. praying for quick and easy fix.

@ carbonone I mounted the left brace on the bottom of the footrest bracket had to trim the bolt head a little and drill straight up. I like it this way. all angles were the same. made a big difference on strength of crash bars thanks

1304 star with the xv listing could it be

good pics but you missed me. ha ha

I think on album right click, cut, copy, and paste to this site. or something like that. it will give you the url write it down and type it in here. a word of advice write it down for next time. im a little slow, I don't need to do that. ya right

my 83 I had sheep skin that we used for long distance. don't know what happened to it. bought a seat cover from a member here he made after that didn't need it would ride 8 hr days with it. leg cramps the last hour of days. didn't have highway pegs. have to toughen up back side.

that sounds a lot worse than I thought. You were being looked after. Young and old drivers do crazy stuff all the time hard lesson for her. Dad wont let her forget. Be safe my friends

well I attended my first rally this year. It was very enjoyable. There were a couple of complainers there but most of us had a good time. Would hate to see this go away don't need the raffle stuff. Can have as much fun with gag gifts and door prizes for most time spent lost and late showups. And a broken bike award. lol I do hope we keep the t-shirts or patches as that's a reminder of where you been makes ya smile. the water and construction at arch were a negative but we made it ok. just put on more miles so could be a plus. made it to three events this year so far. Would have liked to make it to more but body took care of that. {don't put the brake on open the throttle up} life is to short.

I've looked all over for the message. haven't found it yet. going to fire up the gas vacuum that will find it and everything else. hang on tight this may hurt a little

what grit of sandpaper do you use to clean

I have a backrest on my 01 not sure what kind it is. It was on the bike when I bought it. Bolts were tightened real tight so it was ridged. I loosened them up so it will fold down so girlfriend could get on easer found out that helped me also. After having one don't want to be without it. Well worth buying.

im glad to have gotten to talk with you. wish I could ride that far. someday will happen. looking forward to pics

good pics