mello dude

Ok, if you change your mind let me know - PM. No hurry for me, in the someday column, I want to get a F4i wheel set up as a lighter weight alternate for my 98 viffer.

I'd be up for the front if you would separate - does it have the bearings?

The torque curve is impressive...

A monster screen would be cool. heres a thruxton fly too http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/triumph/bonneville2001-06.htm good luck

Dennis Kirk 120/70 - 17 front $85.99 180/55 - 17 rear $114.99 190/50 - 17 rear $133.99 http://www.denniskirk.com/jsp/search/search.jsp?store=&resultType=subCategories&searchString=michelin+pilot+power&searchbtn.x=14&searchbtn.y=11

Tip for some classic body work, maybe a front quarter fairing/cowl will suit your taste. http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/ Just an example, there are plenty others... http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/ducati/250350singleconv.htm Looking good!

Yea, grab a new R/R. If you have a voltmeter and can find the + and - on the battery, crank it up and check battery at idle, 2000 and 5000 rpm. It should be in the 14.xx range at 2000 and 5000. With the headlight going bright/dim, my guess youll be seeing 15+ volts at 5000 rpm. If true, bad R/R confirmed. If also true, dont ride bike anymore till you change it.

I know the R1 has the MOSFET design style, and looked it up on RonAyers.com - the part # listed was --- 5VX-81960-00-00 I checked it against your FZ6 part # ---- 5VY-81960-00-00 Ok a guess is it is the same design, anyway its OEM. http://www.ronayers.com/ProductDetails/N/687/SKU/818607 At 83 bucks, its a very fair deal. I'd go for it and look for a battery too. Another to do, is look at your stator connectors for discoloration to see if there is any arc ing. Btw - I've use RonAyers in quite a lot of bike parts. They are a first class outfit. Good luck

I had the same finish on the Valkyrie and hated the damn stuff. I ended up paying somebody to polish the things and its worked out ok. I do a quick clean with Honda/Original polish and hit it with Meguiars tech wax, and if I am ambitous, go over it with Meguiars Mag/Aluminum polish first.

Wild SWAG -- your R/R is fried, (hint from the brighter headlight when reved) and it lets the stator charge the liven shit outta you battery, and now your battery is fried too. Guesstimate solution, you need to buy a new R/R and plan on a battery too. On the R/R, I would make sure it is a MOSFET style design or if you are decent with wiring, grab a compufire series design. (fix it soon, otherwise it will fry other stuff too. ) Here's good chart for figuring it out if you can use a voltmeter. http://www.electrosport.com/media/pdf/fault-finding-diagram.pdf Btw -avoid electrosport parts, not all that reliable.

Original Bike Polish - Best all around bike cleaner on the planet. http://www.originalbikespirits.com/products.aspx?pid=667 Aluminum brite work - Meguiars Mag & Aluminum Polish

In no paticular order.... always bottle beer Warsteiner Corona (mostly for summertime drinking) Peroni Becks Dark (especially in winter) Becks regular Dos Equis Amber

Bill Batchelder (present speaker of the House of Rep)

Lowes has a pretty good supply of metric hardware too. Grade 8.8 and 12.8 - Its usually the first place I check before mother honda.

Unbelievable - you cant fix stupid

Competition Assessories in Springfield off I-70 (Rt 72) is another good place to look too (although its not Iron Pony) but its only 35 mins from West Carrollton. Good for a few hour juant. +1 again on the get as much time on the GS500 as you can before you go to the 636. Riding is a skill and it takes time to learn. - If you can bum time on a dirtbike, that is highly recommended.

The mess of it is - even with the talk of 4 trillion by BO or 6 trillion cuts by the Republicans over 10 years, that is still an annual trillion dollar deficit spending. So, the 14.2 trillion debt keeps going up. The current federal revenue is roughly at 2.2 trillion. And the interest on the debt annually at the moment is 413 billion - at about 18 percent of revenue. Money pissed into the wind. You can figure that revenue will go up at a 2-3% but the debt and interest are going up at a faster rate than that. So there is a convergence of revenue and interest. The interest will creep up as a percentage of revenue. 20%, 25% etc. Now, I'm not smart enough to say, but somewhere in there - (30%? 40%?) the world banks, countrys, i.e. China will decide that the Americans are full of it and can only default and will not buy Treasurys or lend the US any more money. That will very ugly. It will make the last recession look like a party. That's the current slow train we are on. It may be 12 or 18 years out, but we are moving that way. So, Democrat or Republican, its time you kick your senator or representative in the backside and tell them to get real on spending reductions.

Yeah, it'll never work.......

Whoops - didnt catch the 18 inch ---------- oh, Vrod cruiser tire. http://www.denniskirk.com/jsp/search/search.jsp?store=&resultType=subCategories&searchString=tires+180%2F55ZR18+rear&searchbtn.x=41&searchbtn.y=7 Putting my cruiser hat on, I would grab the Avon Cobra.

D207s are 4 generations ago of tech for Dunlop, I would only use them if someone gave them to me crazy cheap. --Q2s are current tech. Michelin pilot powers are a pretty good tire, (although not current generation) and prices are very reasonable about anywhere. Spring is the best time to buy tires as most retailers want to move stock and offer good discounts. I mostly use DennisKirk,(instant shipping) but have heard good things about JakeWilson.

$450? Yeow, I'll pass.....

Forgot about that vid - its still hilarious---

http://roadstercycle.com/ Another option - from VFRD

Many Honda charging systems are poorly designed. So if you do need a new R/R, make sure its a MOSFET style vs the OEM which is junk.(Some guys will use the R1 R/R) Sometimes if the R/R is toast, it will fry the battery along with it. Also check the stator to R/R connectors, these have a habit of burning. Lots of guys will wire direct or find sturdier connectors. Good Luck

The number that gets me is the annual interest. $413 billion. Money pissed into the wind. And growing. When is it too much as a percent of revenue? 25%? 40%? Where we are headed is unsustainable. And we have the congress pissing and moaning over $61 billion cuts. Um, I'm sorry but they are ignoring the real problem.