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    I'd recommend carefully prying the plug out. I had a plug crack apart and the stem of the plug stuck inside the nut. I though I got enough of the crap out of the threaded nut, but when I installed the bolt for the rails it went in tight and got stuck before it tightened the saddlebag rail to the fender. I guess I was in too much of a hurry. Now I can't make it tight and I can't get it off. Saddlebag rail rattles. I got another bolt, but I'll have to drill out the existing bolt and tap the nut to re-thread it. Trying to find a metric tap die and not sure what size it is.
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    I attached a coax type power cable to my battery for my heated gloves and jacket. There is an in-line fuse rated at 15 Amps. I'm not sure what the actual Amps are in the cable. If the actual Amps are very low, then the heated gear won't achieve full capability. Gloves are supposed to draw about 2.3 Amps and jacket is supposed to draw about 3.5 Amps. This means I need about 6 Amps actual supplied to the power cable from the battery. Trying to figure out how to measure the actual Amps running through this power cable. My multimeter only measures voltage and resistance. For what it's worth I also have my GPS wired to the battery and the revco air horn. My kuryakin voltmeter is wired to the fairing power socket. Any help would be appreciated. David
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    Believe I'm free also. Might even be able to get my daughter to come along. David
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    Pretty much everything he said...though mine is a 2820. I got the shortest Ram mount arm (about 1-3/4") and mounted it on the left bar slightly forward and behind the radio controller - allows me to steady my wrist on the controller and touch the GPS screen while riding (yup, can be dangerous). I've been in some pretty good rain and no issues with waterproofness. I bought the BuddyRich cable and the bluetooth connects to my Razor cell phone automatically every time I turn on the GPS (which is always). My wife and others say they can't tell I'm riding from the clarity of sound (I use a standard J&M headset). The menu layout is a bit different from what the Zumo has, but I've not found that it's lacking a feature compared to the Zumo, just a different way of getting to it. My power cable runs direct from battery to GPS and includes an audio jack (mini-size) and I have tried it two ways: After splitting the aux jack inside the fairing I routed a 1/8" stereo jack to the left handlebar and into a 1/8"-to-mini adapter into the power cord audio (mini) jack. I found the sound to be OK all by itself, but doesn't compete well with my Ipod which runs off another aux jack split from the same place inside the fairing. So I went the other way which is to plug the 1/8" stereo jack directly into the side audio port on the GPS. The sound is much louder this way and I can hear the prompts at similar volume to the IPOD. I also like the MapSource software for the desktop computer which allow you to plan a route and download it to the GPS. Only negative I found is that the 2GB hard drive really doesn't allow storing 2GB worth of music. I only have about 130 songs, so I rarely listed to the GPS MP3 music unless my Ipod has gone tango uniform.
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    Feb 2007 for me.
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    is the kickstand switch. May not be prevalent on the RSV, but my last bike (Suzuki 1500 Intruder) would mysteriously crank, but not start. Could not predict when it would happen. After a great deal of scratching my head, repeatedly flipping switches and turning keys and push starting...it seemed like I happened upon the trick of kicking the stand up and down a few times to get the cut off switch to function properly. My $.02 anyway.
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    No habla
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    “Just wondering how much if any air gets to your body? I know the liners are not really meant for real cold weather riding.” The Fieldsheer liner that zips into the jacket is advertised as water resistant and wind resistant. In actuality, “resistant” is probably a good description (vice “proof”). I’ve encountered some light rain and not gotten wet through the liner, but I usually put on my rain gear for steady rain. Cold wind has a tendency to press through the liner some. Normally I am only wearing a dress shirt and tie under my riding gear, so even with heat I’m not quite toasty warm if it’s windy and the temperature is below 25 F or so. Best results for the heated jacket are when the temps are between 25 – 40 F. I sometimes will wear an extra fleece vest (200 weight fleece) under my Fieldsheer or I wear my reproduction HEAVY shearling lined B-17 bomber jacket if the temperature is going to be below 25 F all day. With the bomber jacket I have never been cold (almost sweat), but of course I have to snake the separate wires through the sleeves for my heated gloves. “So how do you keep your palms warm? Heated grips? That's my biggest problem the gloves are great for the back of the hand and fingers but useless in keeping the palms warm.” My “Warm Gear” heated gloves do a pretty good job of keeping my whole hand warm. I rode hard core in the cold for years and my fingers would feel almost frostbit, by the time I got to work. Now I'm a convert and heat is great. The folks in my office think I'm an idiot, but I just smile and say "hey there's no snow or ice on the road". David
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    I've been a member here for a few years and have met a lot of folks at Don's Maintenance Day and on Meet-N-Eats and the Asheville Rally, but unfortunately my "site time" is sporadic and I mostly lurk (I am not nearly as clever and humorous in my limited contributions as many others are). I ride year round (to work) unless there is snow/ice on the road. My hands were always the part of me I couldn't keep comfortably warm. I tried heated grips but the tops of my hands and fingers still got cold. I was going to buy heated gloves, but was not attracted to the thought of every morning and every evening having to pull the connecting wires down through the sleeves to plug the gloves in and containing the spaghetti wiring harness inside my jacket like loose intestines. I read as many other posts as I could find (on site and off) regarding making your own heated clothing. I did a lot of thinking and planning and procrastinating and built up the courage to buy parts and put holes in a perfectly good riding jacket. I documented the experience with the intent of putting it on the site so that anyone else (cheap like me) feeling adventurous and possessing opposable thumbs with an aptitude to follow instructions might want to follow suit. Essentially for the cost of heated gloves and about $50 in electrical parts I built the spaghetti wires permanently inside my armor jacket and put radiator-like heat in the jacket liner. The attached instructions are a kind of long, but include pictures and hopefully enough detail that someone could tailor the procedure to their particular jacket, gloves, and requirements without a great deal of re-inventing the wheel. David Nelson Venturing Sole 25000.pdf
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    I've been a member here for a few years and have met a lot of folks at Don's Maintenance Day and on Meet-N-Eats and the Asheville Rally, but unfortunately my "site time" is sporadic and I mostly lurk (I am not nearly as clever and humorous in my limited contributions as many others are). I ride year round (to work) unless there is snow/ice on the road. My hands were always the part of me I couldn't keep comfortably warm. I tried heated grips but the tops of my hands and fingers still got cold. I was going to buy heated gloves, but was not attracted to the thought of every morning and every evening having to pull the connecting wires down through the sleeves to plug the gloves in and containing the spaghetti wiring harness inside my jacket like loose intestines. I read as many other posts as I could find (on site and off) regarding making your own heated clothing. I did a lot of thinking and planning and procrastinating and built up the courage to buy parts and put holes in a perfectly good riding jacket. I documented the experience with the intent of putting it on the site so that anyone else (cheap like me) feeling adventurous and possessing opposable thumbs with an aptitude to follow instructions might want to follow suit. Essentially for the cost of heated gloves and about $50 in electrical parts I built the spaghetti wires permanently inside my armor jacket and put radiator-like heat in the jacket liner. The attached instructions are a kind of long, but include pictures and hopefully enough detail that someone could tailor the procedure to their particular jacket, gloves, and requirements without a great deal of re-inventing the wheel. David Nelson Venturing Sole
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    I have had the factory low boy windshield (about 9" tall). Great for seeing over, but the wind buffets your head pretty significantly. I have had the stock tall shield. Can't see over it, but the wind is deflected nicely. Since I can't see through the rain with it, I cut mine down so that the top edge of the shield is about at eye level. I can see over it if I sit tall in the saddle and I can look through it if I slouch a little. The wind does buffet the top surface of my helmet a bit, but whether open face or full face I can live with it without too much annoyance. I don't ride much two-up, so my passenger doesn't have a point of comparison. I commute to work on my RSV, so all weather visibility is more important to me than wind in my face. For me it's the right compromise. I drew a line with a white board marker where I thought I would cut the shield and rode for about a week to judge whether I was looking over the line or under the line. I re-drew the line a few times moving about a half inch up until I determined I was always looking under the line. I put painter's tape on the base shoe of my jigsaw and followed the line. Used a belt sander with fairly course grit until the curvature was symmetric, then hand sanded with about 100 grit until the edges were a bit rounded and smooth and clear. Looks like a factory job IMHO.
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    Sept 20 M&E 016

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    Sept 20 M&E 016
    I really enjoyed the 20 September ride around the river after lunch. Sara enjoyed it too except for the helmet causing her head to itch. Have to get a her a doo rag.
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    Still a go for me and Sara. I think there may be a number of folks going down to Memphis for the St Jude's donation and tatooing event. How many folks have you heard from? BTW, I keep looking for this thread in Meet-N-Eats, but it's in Watering Hole for some reason. David
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    My belief ventures down a different road. Riding a motorcycle involves risk and reward. The risk is to one’s health or even life. The reward is a sense of accomplishment, skill, and excitement that most of the population will never experience. This creates a mystique about us from the vantage point of those who don’t ride; a sense of being special, non-conforming to the masses…and those like us tend to gravitate toward each other because we have this in common. Though we are from all walks of life, it is easy to find camaraderie among those who share the thrill of riding. The same could be said for any group of people who perform some activity that most people will never do. Examples of acting on stage, skydiving, scuba diving, sports in general, law enforcement and even military combat all share different degrees of risk/reward and are seen as “special” by those who do not participate in such activities. Where else do you see strangers giving a casual wave to a passerby while riding, each recognizing the small fraternity and specialness of riding. Naturally, as we find each other and share our experiences (in person or via the web), our bonds grow even stronger and perpetuates the specialness we see in ourselves. The result is strong friendships, wider tolerances (to first gens , and selfless generosity. I have lifelong non-riding friends (and my wife) who will never understand what riding means to me. That is OK because I have found some great folks in this group that do “get it” and I can live in both worlds. I love the looks I get when I pop into a grocery store on my way home from work wearing my armor jacket and VentureRider hat, and even though some people at a quick glance think the hat is some kind of Dallas Cowboys logo, I just smile inside and go about my business. My $.02 worth anyway.
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    Craig, Do you have a rough route for the after lunch ride? If I bring Sara, I may want to swing by Upper Darby to show her the house I spent my childhood years at. Depends on time and where we end up after the ride. David
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    I've got a set of stock R/K pipes on my RSV. Been listening to them for a month or so. I like the idle sound. Great low rumble. Very different harmonics compared to the RSV pipes, but the whine is still very noticeable upon accelleration. I may drill out, but I was wondering if anyone knows what the sound difference would be if only the front end baffle was drilled out? Leave the rear end baffle in place to defeat the "stick test". Would it give the same sound as it would if you drilled out the rear and left the front in place?
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    Myself and daughter Sara are a maybe. I've put it on my calendar subject to unknown unknowns that may arise. I'm sure I'd be even more likely to go if any of my VA brothers and sisters were going. Probably will need to be on the lookout for deer. We very nearly got intimate with a few on the way home from last PA M&E. David
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    My info sent. Thanks. David
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    I definitely want to see Biltmore. Count me in for one. Thanks.
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    I had the exact same symptoms and conditions as others have mentioned in the previous posts. Tires at the end of their life, speed around 30 mph. Coasting with light or no fingers on the bar and the wobble would start and get almost to the point of a tank-slapper. I replaced the tires and I used a screwdriver to whack the fork head nut a little tighter and nary a wobble no more. Even though the new tires represents a variable in the solution, I'm convinced just a smidge tighter on the fork nut would have solved the problem by itself.
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    I had similar problems for the first time on my 2006 with about 20,000 miles. On the way to Freebird's Maintenance Day and the return trip. Intermitent loss of control of the radio remote. Buttons wouldn't change stations or turn CB on or off. Only volume worked reliably, none of the other buttons. By the time I got home, nothing was working except volume. I split the fairing, pulled the connector and reseated it. Problem solved. I ride on some terribly bumpy roads to/from work. I figure the bumps wiggled it loose over time.
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    I'm kind of partial to the Purolator PL14612. It's easy to find in the Advanced Auto store and price-wise it's inexpensive competitive. I use Mobil One 15W-50 though it's not motorcycle specific. I change oil/filter about every 4000 miles.
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    I'm also thinking of getting some new or nearly new Road King pipes for my 2006 RSV. How come none of the eBay listings seem to include any clamps? I suppose they assume you'd be re-using the clamps you have when you replace your Harley exhaust with another Harley exhaust? How much do they cost? Geez, the clamps and brackets will probably cost more than the pipes.
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    Great pictures Bobby. I relived it all over again. Thanks. So good to see you and George again (and Tim of course...my wingman for a few hundred miles). RiderDuke and I parted ways about an hour away from our homes. Brutally hot! Hope to see y'all again soon. David
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    Rain or shine, I'm there. Tagging along with RiderDuke, Muffinman, Beer30, Sleeperhawk and Tim.
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