The wiring looks bad, but it's an easy repair. Trace back each bad wire, and spice in a new piece using good connectors- no soldering or taping required. I just came across some low temp solder connectors with shrink ends that will work with a hairdryer/heatgun. None of what you describe is earth sh...

Often overlooked by many when doing maintenance. I'll bet a lot of owners have no idea where it is.

Have you tried a local muffler/shock shop? Take one of the shocks with you and see if they have any bushings that would fit. Maybe even do a little dumpster diving for taken off shocks-at least the bushings would be better than what you've got!

That's what you get, for riding with no hands! You won't do that again....

Are the rpms at idle set correctly? Too low will cause a stumble. Are the carbs synced? That needs to be done after rebuilding the carbs.

I'll be in the area soon. Send a PM with contact info and I'll call when I'm heading there. My son and DIL are in Gainsville.

I may be interested in the sidecar, if you decide to separate. If so, send me a PM.

When riding the "Back", I stay at Hungry Mother State Park, in one of the cabins. Most of our rides started from there-there wasn't much from Marion to there. You stopped the video way too soon, and didn't show the real tight switchbacks, elevation changes, or any of the logging trucks coming at you...

I measure the beads out, using a postal scale to get the weight correct, and just put them in the tire before it gets aired up to seal the tire bead. Easy peasy!

Just a bit off subject, but I can't believe the number of you guys that have dropped your bikes. I can see someone going down taking a slow turn and hitting gravel or something, but coming to a stop on dry pavement? C'mon, I thought you were better riders than that! I'm getting nosy to 70 and at 5'-...

The little wiggle is probably caused by the sidewall, rather than running up on the side. A radial is built to flex in order to keep the footprint flat. If running a bias CT(harder to find) the sidewalls are generally stiffer than you'd find on most radials.

I always thought this was something that happened to others, but not anymore. While Mrs. Mini is pretty vigilant watching our various accounts, we got a call from American Express questioning if we made a recent purchase. Long story(and many headaches later) it seems someone in the Denver area was h...

A friend had similar heated grips. The same sort of thing happened to him,except he got blisters before figuring out to pull the fuse.

I'm starting the process of looking for a replacement for my Austone on my 1500. It's currently @ 30K miles and still has a ways to go before it gets to the wear bars. I'm on the fence for a replacement, if I can't get another Austone. When mine is on the centerstand- which I usually always use- the...

Stew- I parked at the local Wallyworld to get oil for an upcoming change, the day I got them. Some lowlife felt the need to steal just one of them!

Thanks for the link...I just ordered one!

Like it or not, it's a fact of riding, and it happens. People are idiots! I'll hit the horn, to let them know they need to look, but that's pretty much the extent of it. You can't get in a peeing match with a vehicle that outweighs you by at least a ton, you'll lose. Like in the video, if you get st...

That's great and I appreciate it. I'll PM my info.

While parked, someone stole one of my radio knobs! I had swapped my stock knobs to an inmate on this site for the chrome ones. Does anyone have chrome ones they don't want? I only need one, but will accept more . I'll gladly pay shipping.Thanks!

PM your contact info. Paypal OK? I'm a sucker for a nice rack!

Sure, rub it in, to all of us that didn't get one!

I've never had a problem getting my 1500 on the centerstand. A slight pull on the passenger grab handle while step down on the stand lever.It did get really easy after putting on the Austone rear tire, though.

I've run LEDs in the side vent grills, added LED running lights under the headlight, put LEDs in all of the side reflectors, added under bike lighting for at night, and changed all the rear lights to LEDs, as well as having the lights in the lowers on all of the time. In talking to cagers, the bigge...

A hole in the battery will drain it too! Give it a good look and make sure nothing is rubbing the battery itself. I'd put money on the voltage regulator/alternator though.

As the others have said, an internal patch would take care of the nail hole. I'd be concerned about the crack-me, I'd replace the tire.