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    Yellow?

    Here's my TigerSport 800 in Cosmic Yellow; so why not?
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    Hi from South Africa

    Welcome from Texas, USA to you and your understanding wife. She is the rock behind the man. Enjoy that Rocket with miles of smiles.
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    New to the Rocket family

    Welcome from Central Texas. I switch between mid grade and regular and never noticed much difference.
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    Heat Wrap

    I wear a Burn leg guard from Amazon on my right leg, it does the job.
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    Happy Thanksgiving!

    Happy Thanksgiving from Texas, y'all. I cooked 3 turkeys this year and it about tired me out. We had about 25 guests to feed.
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    Rear Brake Pad Recommendation?

    I recently did a brake fluid flush and improved the rear brake a bunch. The front is solid too. I used a MityVAc bleeder that uses my compressor.
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    Insurance costs

    I looked up my 3 bikes, the Rocket cost the least to insure and the 21 Indian Challenger the highest. The 25 Tiger Sport800 in the middle.
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    Selling my Rocket

    What a beautiful bike.
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    Bleeding Brakes

    I did the reverse brake bleed starting left front caliper. It was challenging with the angle of the bleed nipple pointed inward. And messy, having brake fluid squirt out at times. Lever was still good when done. I tried it again on the right side and wasn't pleased with the progress so went with...
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    The Latest US Motorcycle Death Statistics Are Out

    I have added yellow lights to my three bikes to be seen as I go through intersections. These are Denali DRL's And also wear bright clothing .
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    Where do you get parts for the oil change in USA?

    I used this Amazon.com: ULTRA 1PLUS 4T 15W-50 Full Synthetic Motorcycle Oil API SN JASO MA2-15W50 motor oil, 6 Quarts : Patio, Lawn & Garden . Plus a HiFlo HF204RC. All specs met. Plus the aluminum washers.
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    2 tire options, which one

    I have the Excedra 240/55 on the back of my bike and with a simple mod of the inner splash guard fits like a charm. It's a good looking tire and performs quite well.
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    Allow myself…to re-introduce myself…

    Welcome back and enjoy your beautiful new bike.
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    Heated gear

    I have gravitated over the years to battery powered heated gear. Granted in Texas we don't usually get that cold so I usually run all on medium heat to last several hours. I always wear an Alpinestars Tech Air 5 airbag vest over the heated jacket so it can't be set too high. I'm sure it's a...
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    Interesting Battery story

    Do you keep a tender on the bike with an antigravity battery? Thanks!
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    Interesting Battery story

    The DIN plug I used is quite old and the contacts tarnished. Also loose fitting in the aux plug. Another instance is I returned battery tender to the vendor because it never showed full charge to the battery even though it should have. They returned the tender and said it was fine. All the...
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    Interesting Battery story

    This may be the cause for the bad cell light on my tender. I’ve been using the aux plug to tender the bike and when I wiggled the plug, the tender restarted. Tried again and same result. I’m thinking poor connection tricked the tender in reading a bad cell. I added a direct wire from the...
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    Interesting Battery story

    By the way, the battery sits tightly in its spot and I had to attach a vise grip to a terminal to pull it out. Plus the fuse box sits in the way of getting the negative terminal bolt easily removed. I lifted the fuse box lid and made the bolt a bit more accessible.
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    Interesting Battery story

    No, I didn't try to start it, but I did test the battery after I removed it and it showed 13 volts and good battery. And today still showing good on the battery tender.
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    Interesting Battery story

    My tender was indicating a bad cell so I used my tester and it confirmed bad cell and 9.8 volts. Pulled it out and tested again and showed 13 volts; what gives? Brought it to Batterries Plus to test and it showed perfect battery readings, 13 volts. Reinstalled same battery in the bike and all...
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