v65rider

Check Burr Oak State Park off of 78, awesome motorcycle roads and decent cabins.

27 years old and still going strong.

I have a little over 1500 miles on a Avon Storm on my V65 Magna and so far I really like them. Oh and the Magna is a heavy bike.

The way we have done it the past was to take off at different times so we are spread out all along the course.

Then just make your way along the course helping bike riders as you go. I stopped many times and went back a couple of miles just to double check on people.

There are many support vehicles that travel the course as well that can pretty much rebuild a bike beside the road. So you really won't have to do much.

To be perfectly honest a automatic scooter would not be a bad choice to use, because you will probably never get out of 2nd to third gear lugging your bike for that many hours really sucks! Plus your clutch hand will get one hell of a work out!

I have done this for the past 2 years, It is a lot of fun and very tiring!

Be prepared to help change bike tires, chains, or call for medical help. All of which I have done!

Pack bedding, because the past 2 years there was none in the dorms. Be prepared for rain, and assholes screaming at you for holding up traffic.

I'll have to ask our pilot the next time I see him, the company has a Cessna Citation and I don't think we've ever checked against the no-fly list.

There are different rules for company aircraft, they may fly under the part 91 rules and may not be required to do the checks.

Just for the record the TSA sucks!! There are so many different rules for everything it is hard to keep everything straight.

As Security for a large private aviation company, I do know that all of our passengers are are checked against the TSA lists.

For those last min add on passengers the pilot will check the persons ID, and then call into our office and we run the persons name against the list.

You are correct though that the small prop planes are not required to follow the same guidelines.

Why does Israel not need these scanners? They are the most hated people in their part of the world, and yet their people are not subjected to this kind of treatment?

Private jets of any stripe aren't covered by the TSA, or any government passenger security for that matter. It's good to be the king.

Private aircraft are still subject to the rules of the TSA and have their names ran against the TSA nofly lists every time they fly.

If you are allergic to shellfish it could cause a lot more problems than just nasty water!

Damn and here I always thought a deer would suck to hit, I can't even imagine a bear!

This guy coming at me wasn't even trying. He was straight up and down, rear end dead center of the seat. Anyone that has a clue would have been hanging off and making the turn.

Heck if he would have just counter steered he would have gotten enough lean angle to get around the curve.

I have a cruizerish bike and I feel that if I cross the double yellow that it pretty much amounts up to a crash.

I think a lot of these guys have no idea how far they can lean those heavy bikes over and get afraid long before they get to the point where they are scraping hard parts.

Nice bike, there are a lot of people out there that cafe out those bikes so parts are pretty easy to find.

At 3:20 in the video you can see the first accident. I was the first motorcycle to head out and right after the turn on to High Street I came up on a rider that had hit a pavement transition and went down hard.

I blocked the road on the right and directed traffic around him so that no one else would hit him and called the EMS.

I believe he had a broken shoulder from the way he was holding his arm and the pain he was in.

This fatality really put a damper on the spirits of all of the riders and the event as a whole.

The event was very well organized, there were at least 16 support vehicles positioned all along the route as well as driving.

The vehicles had everything from first aid to bike repair.

There were radio operators through out to help get responders to the riders that needed help as well as well as a radio operator/medic on a motorcycle.

There were five of us motorcycle riders in addition that patrolled the route as well, we helped change bike tires, fix chains, and called in support where needed.

With all of us, 4000+ riders, and state and local police as well as park rangers at every turn and intersection there were still asshole car drivers that acted surprised every time they came to and intersection and had to slow.

I was cussed and threatened and had stuff kicked at me while helping a few riders at one intersection.

So while I was very much saddened by the death of the rider I can not say that I am to surprised.

Yeah I still work for Netjets, they pulled out of the event last year when the economy tanked.

One of the guys from Netjets last year set it up, Now that Netjets is no longer involved in the event I am not sure who set it up.

I am sure you could go through the website and volunteer they have tons of stuff you can do.

I will be doing moto marshal duties for the ride.

I did the same thing last year, basically ride my motorcycle all along the course and help the bike riders as needed.

The V65 Sabre was one of the very first muscle cruisers. V4 engine 6 speed trans, electric start, shaft drive, very smooth and fast!

Humm I have never understood the reason for crashing to keep from crashing.

I personally soldered in a little extra wire so that a connector wasn't needed and then heat shrinked the connections.

Check out the rest of that site for allot of good info on these old bikes.

That sounds like where the main fuse is supposed to be, and yes you can bypass that by wiring an in a inline 30 amp fuse. Better take care of those 3 yellow wire while you are in there.

Check this link http://wiki.sabmagfaq.org/MainFuseMod

I would be willing to bet it is the battery. It should be sitting there with at least 12 volts. then turn the key on and test again. If it drops then you have a bad cell.

It if isn't the battery check the main fuse on the right side of the bike.

This it a metal fuse that is held in by 2 screws. Allot of times it will look ok but when you pull it out you will find it is broken. A permenant fix for that is to go to Walmart or any autozone type of store and get a 30amp fuse holder and wire it in place and bypass that old ass fuse.

Also check the R/R you should see 3 yellow wires check the connections. I would be willing to bet they are burnt. Cut out the connections and hard wire those wires. It wouldn't hurt to add in a little longer wires so that you can open your battery compartment with out any problems.

Finally check the green ground wire that should be connected to the frame right above the R/R.