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    Anybody else go to Pirate Con...errr, I mean Bike Week?

    Well, since that dealership I mentioned has been in business at least 10 years (possibly much longer, but the first time I went there was 10 years ago) and still selling BMW and Ducati, I'm going to go ahead and venture a guess that they have the necessary motivation and business plans in place...
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    Anybody else go to Pirate Con...errr, I mean Bike Week?

    When did I ever claim to be from Alaska? o_O I live near St. Augustine...about 80 miles from Daytona.
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    Anybody else go to Pirate Con...errr, I mean Bike Week?

    The wife and I took the Rocket down to Daytona for the second weekend of Bike Week. We stayed at a quaint B&B right on the intracoastal waterway in New Smyrna Beach. Met up with my brother and an old friend of his, each on Triumphs. My bro has a first-gen Hinckley Bonneville, his friend has an...
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    Never wash Your Bike

    Pretty cool...I'd ride that
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    hello from panama city florida

    Greetings from Jacksonville. A local dealership has a bunch of '16 Roadsters marked down, if you're willing to go that far. My grandmother used to live in PCB, and I spent many summers there as a teenager.
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    For Sale anyone need a vintage Goldwing?

    I'd consider it if I were closer, but alas.
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    Dyno tuners in/near NE FLA?

    Anyone know of any good tuners within, say, an hour or so of Jacksonville? I bought the bike used, and I suspect the current tune (whether stock, dealer or P.O. installed) is a bit off, since it pops on a closed throttle a bit more than I would like. Yes, I know they all pop a bit, especially...
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    Tough crowd..

    I don't rip Harleys too much. I actually quite like a few of the sportsters and dynas (though at 6'2" few sportsters fit me). I still think they've hamstrung themselves with a dead-end engine design though. Big air cooled vtwins are the proverbial dead-man-walking. Yes, I know they've tried...
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    My R3 just ate ANOTHER final drive

    So, the dealership called yesterday to let me know it was ready. The conversation went something like this: Me: "So what was the issue?" Service guy: "Oh, it was mumble mumble mumble mumble rear wheel mumble mumble mumble..." Me: "The rear wheel?" SG: "Yeah, it had a flaw mumble mumble mumble...
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    My R3 just ate ANOTHER final drive

    No...at least not yet. My previous bike was a Honda 919 that I rode rather...uhhh...exuberantly at times. Had a few close calls, but somehow managed not to crash it.
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    My R3 just ate ANOTHER final drive

    Not a stupid question. Looks new to me...I'll verify next time I talk to them.
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    My R3 just ate ANOTHER final drive

    It's funny, because wheel bearings were my first guess when the bike started making the noise back in Dec/Jan. Once the shop had a look at it, they said it was definitely a bad final drive. And once I got it back, the noise was gone...for a while. Yes. Per the invoice I received, they replaced...
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    My R3 just ate ANOTHER final drive

    Payed closer attention tonight and it's definitely coming from the rear wheel or bevel box...not up by the torsional damper. Makes a load click every few degrees of wheel rotation. The clicks seem to be spaced regularly...not random. Still no binding or resistance to turn. At speed (yesterday)...
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    My R3 just ate ANOTHER final drive

    Hrmmm...not so sure that the torsional damper bearing is the problem. From the original thread, it looks like that unit is in the back side of the engine case, and I'm pretty sure the sounds I'm hearing are coming from the rear wheel and/or bevel box. Also, the bike rolls fine without any...
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    My R3 just ate ANOTHER final drive

    Do you have a link to that thread? I can't seem to find it. Edit: Nevermind, I found it
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