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Yep here I am, 1:15AM. What is wrong with this picture. Dead tired, yet cannot sleep. You know the old song Tossin and Turnin? Well, here I am posting a thread about not being able to sleep. Where did I come to post; of course my family site. No point to this whole message other than, why when I was absolutely exhausted, could hardly keep my eyes open while I was on chat tonight, then I go to bed and voila, here I am. Wide a wake! Took 2 Benadryl which could put a full grown horse to sleep, did not have any caffeinated beverage before bedtime, worked harder than any normal day at work, and here I am. I know there is no point to this post other than, how many of you have had this same thing happen to you? You know the next day at work is going to be a tough one, thoughts are pouring through every crevice of your brain, you try to fight it, and yet you cannot sleep. Why oh why oh why. I just answered my own question. No motorcycling! After a great motorcycle ride out in the country, with that fresh air, I always can sleep. No wonder, I am wide a wake tonight. The weather stinks, ice, slush, and cold. I figured it out. I cannot sleep because I cannot ride my most favorite thing in the world. The only piece of metal that makes me so happy, and gets rid of all my worries and woes. The greatest sleeping medication ever invented. Our Royal Star Venture. I am going to go back to bed now. Going to dream of those 4 cylinders running down a nice winding country road. The warm wind blowing in my face, our favorite tunes playing, and absolutely no worries. Just riding on the greatest motorcycle we have ever owned. Ah I feel I can sleep now. Good night friends and thanks for the little talk; I needed it so badly. Peggy
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As much as I love an above average temperature day in the winter time, it seems it brings out the bad in motorcycling. We had a death from a single vehicle motorcycle crash where the 21 year old lost it due to too much speed. I could not tell exactly what kind of bike it was from the picture in the paper, but it looked like a sport bike with either most of the plastic torn off or a naked type bike. The guy had just recently gotten back from Afghanistan with the 82nd airborne. RandyA
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Hope I didn't violate something by posting this here, I couldn't find a For Sale thread here.........we're all just to attached to our Royal Star Ventures to sell them! VTX 1300 Honda Service Manual>> I went through my bookcase and found this manual for a motorcycle I no longer own. The manual if free, but I'd appreciate $10 for shipping it FedEx two day. Please email deek589 AT bellsouth.NET (not "com", it's "net") Thanks. I'm going to post this same thing on some other motorcycle forums including the VTX Owners Association if I can find my old user/password........
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I read the thread from last August on Avon Tyres. Very interesting comments and suggestions. Thanks to Goose for his great evaluation. I have about 3,000 miles left on the Met's and have decided to switch to Avon's and go with the smaller 130/90 front tire. I checked a few on-line sites and see that Motorcycle Pro Shop is a few dollars less than some of the others. Has anyone used this company or know anything about them? I wouldn't want to get tires that's 2 or 3 years old. Thanks. Spotsy http://www.motorcycleproshop.com/tires/avon.asp
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I'm looking for a lift, has anyone here ever used a Black Widow Lift from Motorcycle Ramps. Any info or suggestions is appreciated. Thanks John http://www.motorcycleramps.com
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This weekend finds the return of the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show to the World Congress Center in Atlanta. This show is huge! All the major manufacturers will have their full line of cycles displayed and it's also a great opportunity to see an endless variety of after-market accessories as well as helmets, gloves, tires and all sorts of other gear. There's a discount available if you buy your ticket in advance online and there's also a list available of local shops that can provide you with a discount coupon, if that's easier. Janis and I have found that going early on Sunday provides the least amount of hassle and the most enjoyment, since the large crowds usually show up on Saturday and there's significantly less Atlanta traffic to contend with! http://www.motorcycleshows.com/motorcycleshows/static/staticHtml.jsp?id=359197 If you do happen to be there on Sunday, let's meet at the Yamaha display at 2PM! Terry
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I'm new to ya'lls forum, but not to riding. Thought my fellow Venture pilots might appreciate this piece......just thoughts leaking out of my helmet. Motorcyclism by Larry Supina Over the years I’ve read a fair share of articles which tout the virtues of riding a motorcycle, everything from cycles save gas, are easier on the roads, the sense of freedom you get from riding, better parking, all true in my opinion. I have also had the personal growth opportunity of impatiently listening to thousands of automobile drivers ramble on about how much better a car is, usually citing safety, protection from the elements, the audio quality of their sound system and cup holders. Both of these experiences share a commonality, they are all based on the perception that an automobile is the standard from which the comparison should be made. Never have I read or heard about the inadequacies or shortcomings of automobiles using the motorcycle as the basis of comparison, and I believe it is time to fill the gap in this void of information. That being stated, here is a non-biased comparison of the average car to the much more elegant, efficient and endearing motorcycle. Cars have a nasty tendency to show their age. The five year old motorcycle sitting outside, if and when it is washed, still looks new, it does not look dated nor does it sit a little funny to one side or the other. The bike being referenced is a daily driver on a 70 mile round trip commute, it sits in a corporate parking lot all day and outside under a tree all night. It has weathered rain, sleet, hail, wind, bugs and larger critters in it’s role as my primary transportation, it is washed almost weekly when the weather is warm, slightly less and less and less as the water hose freezes up in the winter. My motorcycle has flawlessly endured vacations, errands, Sunday drives and a 1000 mile Saddle Sore ride, and it looks great. It has the looks of a pampered fashion model because it does not have door dings, parking lot rash, cracks in the windshield, bumper dents or any of the other normal damage that normal cars see in normal use. You see, it is normal for a car to become old and sad looking, cars can’t help it. You however have a choice, avoid the frustration of the first door ding in your new car, save money in the process, ride a good used bike. Cars unnecessarily extended your work day. All day long you’ve sat at a desk, eight, ten or more hours just so you can assume the exact same sitting posture for the commute home. If you ride a motorcycle you go from sitting to riding, a different posture using different muscles, plus if you so choose, you can stand up and stretch or simply stand all the way home while still cruising right on down the road. At those pesky traffic lights you can even put both feet on the ground and stretch any part of your office bound anatomy you want to. Try doing that in a Camry. Cars like to double as waste baskets. Modern automobiles have somewhere in the neighborhood of 52 cup holders, 10 storage compartments, a glove box or three, map pockets, door pockets, center console storage, overhead storage bins and some even have an ash tray. All this “practical, thoughtfully designed, useful” storage collects chewing gum, new and recycled, receipts, broken pencils, dry pens, 35 year old lip balm, rubber bands, pennies and all the other daily junk we come in contact with. Cars love to fill themselves up with this stuff. Motorcycles eliminate this cluttering from your life, you’ll never have to spend an extra twenty minutes picking all the little bits of well stored trash up with your fingers before you give someone a ride. But that’s not all, you will be relieved from scrubbing the spilled drink gunk from the 52 cup holders which have been precisely engineered to deter all known methods of drink gunk cleaning. While we are discussing cleanliness, car ownership and car use also demands vacuuming. This task involves awkward and sometimes painful contortions of the body, removal and washing of floor mats, slow dancing with a contrary plastic hose and tap dancing with an extension cord. Your reward for this labor of love?, a three month old French fry and just enough loose change to not buy anything so you throw the pennies and nickels into a nearby, …..wait for it….., gunky bottomed cup holder. What a deal, and your car still smells musty, dusty or travel weary so you get to spray a fabric perfume on the seats and hang a green cardboard pine tree from the rearview mirror. You will never need to hang green cardboard pine trees from you motorcycles rearview mirror, de-odorize the seats or vacuum the floorboards, because whereas a car enjoys collecting trash and debris, motorcycles naturally lean towards clean and clutter-free. Cars like to inflict pain on their owners. Lots of people are always trying to convince me that cars are safe, motorcycle are dangerous, and I think they sniffed too much green pine. I have, as of this 46th year of life on planet Earth, not suffered an injury on a motorcycle. I’ve not had an accident in a car either, but I sure have suffered injury. Over the years, various makes and models of cars, vans and trucks have inflicted on me several broken fingers, caught in doors which miraculously latch when my appendages adjust the door gap, numerous tufts of hairy scalp have been forcibly taken from me by hoods, hatches and trunk lids, at least a couple of dozen knots have been raised on my noggin by door sills and three memorable instances of the wind slamming a door closed on my shins as I was trying to exit a vehicle with my hands full of stuff collected from all those “useful” storage / trash bins. I’ve paid a painful price to be safe, at least up until I came out of the garage and declared my bi-wheel-uality. Modern cars are full of designed annoyances. I often hear people saying motorcycles are loud and annoying, and to be completely honest, some of them are. Sure, some riders choose to modify their rides with pipes that are loud and annoying, and so do some car owners, some van owners and some truck owners, but that is a choice those vehicle owners make and I’ll leave it to you to have a talk with them about that. But any discussion about annoying things has got to put the modern automobile at the top of the list. I have never accidentally activated the wipers on a motorcycle and been subjected to the screech of desiccated silicon on glass, can you say the same about your minivan? Nor have I watched helplessly as the automated five swipes of the wiper blades drag a $20 wiper arm missing a $5 wiper blade across an $800 windshield, destroying it with semi-circular gouges. No sir, motorcycle also don’t ding about forgotten seatbelts, talk to you about doors that are ajar, automatically lock the doors, prevent the backseat passenger from exiting the vehicle due to child locks or open the windows all the way when all you wanted was half way. Motorcycles assume you have a brain. That you are using said brain, and I like being treated that way by my machinery. I find nagging and patronizing to be very annoying, and modern cars are literally full of it. Many cars are not trick knee or bad back accessible, because they are too low to the ground for anyone over the age of 21. I can mount almost any motorcycle and still have my dignity intact, but there are fewer and fewer cars every year that sit high enough to offer this simple courtesy to my ‘no longer a kid’ physical state of being. Sure, driving a hot sports car is fun, but getting into the blasted thing isn’t, and I don’t even want to talk about the embarrassment of trying to crawl out of a box two inches off the ground. Maybe if the guys running the hoist truck didn’t giggle so much I’d feel better about it… Every once in a great while I let someone else ride my bike, think along the terms of Haley’s Comet, Ice Ages, etc…, and when they are done riding my bike I can hop on and everything is exactly where it is supposed to be. No banging my knees into the steering wheel or adjusting the seats, or the mirrors, or the tilt, headrests, seatbelts, nope, I can just get on and ride. The other added benefit is very few people ever ask to borrow my motorcycle, my pickup however seems to be a premiere choice for favor seekers. When my spouse and I go out on our bikes there is no arguing over the air-conditioner or heater settings plus I can ride with my window (face shield) open and she can have hers closed, though usually when we ride it’s the other way around, and I haven’t figured that one out yet. The point is, whether we are riding two up or both on our own rides, there just are not any of those “you gotta share,” features to start an argument between us, and I like that. Then after a nice dinner or social event we head to the parking lot and we never find those annoying advertisements under the wiper blades, its good not to have wiper blades, we also are never blocked in waiting for someone else to come move their creatively parked car. Never once since converting to motorcyclism have I been trapped in a parking lot, it’s just a better way, dear friends. But the best reason to adopt two wheels and shun four is shocking, really shocking, static shocking, static shock never happens to the motorcyclist because the motorcycle at rest is firmly grounded by the kickstand to good ol’ mommie earth. So you and the bike always meet on equal static potentials meaning there is never a nasty sparking exchange to bring everything into balance. Surely by now you can understand why cars are an inferior choice for personal transportation, and yes I know your name is not Shirley. See ya in the curves!
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This weekend finds the return of the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show to the World Congress Center in Atlanta. This show is huge! All the major manufacturers will have their full line of cycles displayed and it's also a great opportunity to see an endless variety of after-market accessories as well as helmets, gloves, tires and all sorts of other gear. There's a discount available if you buy your ticket in advance online and there's also a list available of local shops that can provide you with a discount coupon, if that's easier. Janis and I have found that going early on Sunday provides the least amount of hassle and the most enjoyment, since the large crowds usually show up on Saturday and there's significantly less Atlanta traffic to contend with! http://www.motorcycleshows.com/motorcycleshows/static/staticHtml.jsp?id=359197 If you do happen to be there on Sunday, let's meet at the Yamaha display at 2PM! Terry
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Well I am guessin' many of you out there are like myself, stuck indoors through the winter waiting till spring. I enjoy reading about other peoples motorcycle journeys. The best magazines I have found so far are "road runner" and "rider" magazines. WHAT MAGAZINES DO YOU READ/RECOMEND..??:cold:
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What do you guys think? http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/keesh47/OT/messican.gif
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Arkansas has a brochure of great motorcycle rides in the state. They have an online version of the brochure to download and a motorcycle video that you watch. Here is the link to the website: http://www.arkansas.com/outdoors/motorcycling/ Thought there might be someone who is thinking of riding in Arkansas this year.
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I am buying a used bike, and I would like to ask a few of you to respond and tell me what you think are the best companies as far as rates and service for motorcycle insurance. I am looking at the following - Progressive, Geico, and my own private homeowners. Are there others you would suggest who are specialists more than others for motorcycle riders? I am in my 60's and have no driving violations in less than 3 years.
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Saw this link on another board and thought folks here would like it as much as I did. http://www.jockeyjournal.com/?p=235
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I have two daughters, one is 6 1/2 and the other is 4. How old should they be to ride as a passenger? I'm thinking at least 8 years old. What is your food for thought on this topic? On the other hand, part of me says never. If something were to happen to them on the back of my motorcycle, I could never live with myself.
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A friend just sent this to me: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0137__.doc&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0137&Session=2008 Seems the Florida legislature wants to confiscate your bike and revoke your motorcycle license for 10 years if you are cited for reckless driving or caught speeding 30 or more mph over the limit. Do they also do this for cage drivers? While I think there is little risk of me going 30 over, I still don't like the wording of this. Maybe I'll just stay out of Florida. DT
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Had a great time at the motorcycle show in Toronto yesterday,but was disappointed to see only two Ventures, one 1st generation and one 2nd with a lot of people looking it over. Also disappointed not to find more vendors with add ons, etc. I was hoping to find a lightbar for the rear. The things to sell seemed to be leathers, helmets, and sunglasses. It so motivated me to ride that I went out for a spin this morning in +3 weather --and then quickly washed the bike to get the salt residue off! Anyone else make the show?
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any body already have cabin fever. I feel like I'm going through motorcycle withdrawal. HELP ME!!
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Love him or hate him, he helped make 'motorcycle' a household word. http://sturgisbikeweek.com/blog/?p=87
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We have a new member that lives in AZ at the moment. He's here till January from Taiwan and is interested in getting some riding in out that way. So if any of our folks out there can meet up with him it would be great. His name is Tony Lin I didn't see if he had a phone number listed but I'm sure if he's interested in riding he'll be back on the site so you could just pm him. He also wants to know about joining a yamaha motorcycle club even though he'll only be here for a short time. I don't know how that works so if someone could help him with that as well that would be great. Margaret
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Looks like sears craftsman has a sale on there motorcycle jack to day. Not a bad price. http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00950190000P?keyword=50190&sid=I0084400010000100600&aff=Y
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O.K., so I've been trying to make sense of the specs on the GPS units I've been researching and one thing keeps escaping me......how do you guys hear them on the motorcycle? I'll like my gadgets, but I'm sometimes technically challenged. Is there anything out there with just a simple headphone jack?
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If anyone is interested in reading the report prepared on the increase in motorcycle fatalities, here is the link. http://www.iihs.org/sr/pdfs/sr4209.pdf The findings are very interesting............
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I just ran across this site. Done by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. Some good info here but I wish more drivers knew about it. http://www.forcardrivers.com/
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Why are motorcycle loan rates higher then car loans. Yamaha is running a 7.9% offer for 72 months but sometimes automakers do a 60 month at 0% to push them out the door. Just seems like motorcycle loans would be cheaper. Just curious NO I'm not looking.
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I have heard here and elsewhere the odd time of someone who has or built a rack to carry a bicycle on a motorcycle. Does anyone have pictures or more details of how to make one, or where or how the bicycle is carried?
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