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FWIW, John at the Tank Shop has built for the red frame bikes. Off the top of his head he descriped all the connections under my tank so I feel good about that. No idea how long it will take. He said he has everything he needs to fabricate it so might be less than the 20 weeks he lists on his web-site. Either way, I am not in a hurray and glad to be on "the list". He was difficult to catch. Tried on an off for a few hours and I didn't speak to him for long.....sounded like a very busy guy. Bob

He has told me the couple weeks in the past. I have e-mailed him about 4 times in the past 2 years. I have decided to go to the Tank Shop! Bob

Hi Bob, sorry no tanks for the V11 at this time, maybe in the future. best regads Friedhelm www.alu-tanks.de Hi, I am ordering from the Tank Shop! Bob

He posts faily often at sovietsteeds.com (Ural Forum). Might reach him there as well. Bob

I'd just like to point out that this means you'll be replacing one type of fuel tank that doesn't work with magnetic tank bags with another type of tank that doesn't work with magnetic tank bags. Daily rider FAIL! True, but I bet this one stays the same size!

Hi Kiwi - The pic's of the one I posted are legal in FL and many others that purchased said they were legal in their states as well. I added lighted plate bolts to illuminate the license plate but after I took those shots. That little LED bar was much brighter than stock. The nice thing about Joe's is you can keep the stick so the look remains the same. Bob

Hi- I am looking to replace my tank with an aluminum one. Appears we do not have too many options? Has anyone buy one from the Tank Shop? I was curious if it was a simple exchange or is there some more work to doing it? Also, if anyone has any other options I would be happy to hear what you did. Bob

I did a tire change about 1-yr ago. I put on Pirelli Diablo Strada. My local Cycle Gear had a Jan 1st special. The installed price for the front/rear was Bob

Mine only bounces starting out and until ~20mph. Is this the same lube issue on my 2000? Bob

I wrote Richard a year ago and asked. He was busy but added me to a list and was planning on running another batch at some point. About 6-months ago I sent an e-mail to follow-up with no response either. Hopefully he is just really busy? Bob

There are some posts here, I think Todd of MPH has seen many with dimples. I recall some reaction of the gas with the plastic tanks. I also recall him saying Ducati's or another has similar issues. Bob

Hi Doc, Here are a few snaps. A fellow member "Leafman" told me about this method and worked great...trick was lots of grinding...must be clearance issues. The wheel "OFF' doesn't help you IMHO. Pic quality isn't good but gives you an idea about the grinding (one side) and the angle needed. Bob

Still do not understand. The rear wheel on mine allows no more access if I remove it. I have not removed mine when I have greased it. What is different? I approach from the back through the "tunnel" with the adj head fitting. Bob

If you file!dremel off enough of the fitting and use a flex head fitting this is a 2 minute job and there is no need to remove the rear wheel. You need to file more than you think off the connector. Bob

Yes. Have it posted here in several threads. I do remember if it is 1/2 or 1 degree different? Bob

AlumaBlast is a good engine match from Eastwood.

Rich, I might not understand, but when I hookup my VDST and adjust the left hand idle screw, my TPS changes. When I openy air bleed screws, my TPS reading remains unchanged but my RPM increases. Bob

My 2 cents..........If you haven't adjusted the valves in a while I would check there first. When I loosened mine up to world Spec's my idle increased and without changing my TPS setting. If you simply raise the left idle screw you will end up raising your TPS reading and in my case when I did this it severely lowered my MPG and it ran very rich too. Also, I would check the air bleed screws before I messed with the idle screw. Opening these up a bit might jump up your rpm's too, again, without changing your TPS setting. Best of Luck, Bob

Hi Raz, Please keep in mind what I said earlier though. I ride in the city, usually at speeds of less than 40mph, no "twisties" in the city either. If I rode like most of you folks I think I would have switched her back to stock. For my riding however, and because I do not know how she handled originally, I do not have an issue and seems to steer similar to an old Kawasaki I had in the 70's. The "old" guy I bought her from said he had the dealer raise it due to back pain he had. I rode her, got use to it and have simply not changed her back. I saw some pic's here in threads that seem to have them raised up a similar distance?? Bob

Well, actually 25.4mm I think, but yeah........you're right! Bob

There a couple of additions and variations on this version of "Two Cows" Moo, Moo... DEMOCRACY You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. Barbara Streisand sings for you. REPUBLICANISM You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So? SOCIALIST You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor. You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow. COMMUNIST You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk. You wait in line for hours to get it. It is expensive and sour. CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows. BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE You have two cows. Under the new farm program the government pays you to shoot one, milk the other, and then pours the milk down the drain. AMERICAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one. You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses. Your stock goes up. FRENCH CORPORATION You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows. You go to lunch and drink wine. Life is good. JAPANESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains. Most are at the top of their class at cow school. GERMAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour. Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year. ITALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows but you don't know where they are. While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman. You break for lunch. Life is good. RUSSIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You have some vodka. You count them and learn you have five cows. You have some more vodka. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have. TALIBAN CORPORATION You have all the cows in Afghanistan, which are two. You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature's private parts. You get a $40 million grant from the US government to find alternatives to milk production but use the money to buy weapons. IRAQI CORPORATION You have two cows. They go into hiding. They send radio tapes of their mooing. POLISH CORPORATION You have two bulls. Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them. BELGIAN CORPORATION You have one cow. The cow is schizophrenic. Sometimes the cow thinks he's French, other times he's Flemish. The Flemish cow won't share with the French cow. The French cow wants control of the Flemish cow's milk. The cow asks permission to be cut in half. The cow dies happy. FLORIDA CORPORATION You have a black cow and a brown cow. Everyone votes for the best looking one. Some of the people who actually like the brown one best accidentally vote for the black one. Some people vote for both. Some people vote for neither. Some people can't figure out how to vote at all. Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which one you think is the best-looking cow. CALIFORNIA CORPORATION You have millions of cows. They make real California cheese. Only five speak English. Many are illegals. Arnold likes the ones with the big udders.

Bob, what clip on's are those with the risers? from a different bike? btw, your mufflers I bought that I cherrybombed are working nicely. Hi Charles, Glad the exhaust worked out! Good eye and much controversy on the setup. The previous owner (older guy than I am) had lots of trouble with the riding position. He had the dealer raise the forks/lower the triple about an inch and set the stock clips and riser on top of the tree. My calculations is it changed the rake to about 23 degrees or so. Quicker steering. I never changed them back as I got use to them this way. Many others here have raised the forks but not sure a full inch. Also note that the majority of my riding is short city commutes as well. I think if my riding was longer and less city I probably would have flipped them back. Regards, Bob

Or your tach might be "just-broken"!

Probably cause there is only about 20 of them!