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I think it's completely different. I have no "fast cranking". I have not let the bike sit for days or weeks (I ride it every day hence 33k in 27 months).

So here are the details: Bike powers up like normal. I hit the starter and the engine cranks but does not fire. This could go on for anywhere from one to many tries. No smell of unburned gas. Occasionally it will fire maybe one cylinder and then stop. Eventually I get it started and it...

Sounds like an amazing deal all around. I'd say this one even beats my buddy who couldn't have gotten a better deal on a HD Sportster if he'd taken out a gun and robbed the dude. Guy had bought the HD and put 700 miles on it. A guy at work mentioned to me and another guy that his buddy had...

Why you have to get all technical on me? :P

kevins, please tell me you knew I was joking...because I don't have a sprocket on my bike, get it? Damn, if you don't put one of those jiggly smiley faces on your post people take you seriously. Shit! :yahoo: Downshift whenever the hell you want. Quite frankly, while I like having a...

Um, what's a sprocket? I looked all over the manual and there is nothing there about a sprocket.

I honestly don't know what "silky smooth" would feel like or how to attain it. There just seem to be way too many factors involved. An engine that buzzes significantly north of 4,000 rpm, wind buffeting when at highway speeds with a car, pick-up, or SUV in front, roads that are FAR from...

Ok so I read all the responses and weighed the pros and cons of diy balancing. I finally decided to buy a balancer and the Marc Parnes version looked healthy enough. I got it Thursday and decided I'd take a crack at balancing over the weekend. Yesterday I pulled the wheels off and followed...

Yeaaaah, the old magnet trick. They told me about that at the dealer when I went in to get the new shim. I was bitching about how hard it was to get the damn bucket out and they laughed at me and said, we just use a magnet! Fargin bastages.

Yeah, Dynabeads...those are the beads on a string that you stick up your...wait, nevermind...that's the other forum I belong to... Tell me more about these beads? Do they work or have I opened up yet another can of worms?

Um...I'm sorry I asked? WTF, it's like half of you are living on one planet and the other half are in some parallel universe. I suppose I will error on the side of not using it and just learn how to balance my wheels the old fashioned way. But damn, I've never seen such dichotomy...outside DC...

Beemerdons, can you at all explain why this "corrosion" is only on one side of the rim? I'm not understanding that at all. From the pictures, it certainly looks like somebody gouged the **** out of that rim with a tire installation machine. Not trying to argue here but it is just wierd in the...

So I was talking with a guy who currently owns an Wingabego and he highly recommended Ride-On (https://www.ride-onshop.com/Motorcycles-Ride_On_Tire_Sealant_for_Motorcycles_Kit.html) for balancing wheels/tires. He changes his own tires and puts the stuff in and swears by it. Has anyone here...

You might be a jerk but a jerk would not describe a person who backs into his own bike. I think that person could best be described as an idiot. :yahoo: Seriously, it could happen to anyone. I know you feel bad but it's not like you killed someone.

You might be a jerk but a jerk would not describe a person who backs into his own bike. I think that person could best be described as an idiot. :yahoo: Seriously, it could happen to anyone. I know you feel bad but it's not like you killed someone.

Concur. There is zero chance I will get the recall done. The BH is all I need.

I believe that the valve in question on my bike was out of spec from the factory. Because if there was some carbon build up on that valve, why not the other one in that cylinder (or all 4 for that matter)? I checked the shims (both the one I took out of the bike and the one I put in) with my...

The factory shim was 181 and I had to go up one size to 185. So the gap was too large meaning the valve was not opening up enough...breathing is good! To get a little more technical on your buttocks... 0.010" (.254mm) slid in easily but 0.011 (.279mm) would not so I was just outside the top of...

Just got the bike buttoned back up so now I can officially vote in this poll. Are you phucking kidding me? I'm one of only 8 people that had to change a shim????? Well, relatively easy but time consuming job. I had to change out one of the exhaust shims on cylinder 3. It was actually very...

Yeah, now that I'm home and can see it, there it is!