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    Total Engine Seize...

    I am sooooo pis*ed off now...:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:... I have been very nice and caring with my 2008 R3T and I don't drive it hard. I just had the engine out a disassembled in April (see my posts)... Today I was leaving my office and turned onto the street and in about 200 meters the...
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    Dark Side...The Last Time...Promise!! (Pictures)

    Ok...now don't shoot me... :unsure: If you can see my early posts I first had a normal bike tire on my R3T :whitstling:, and then a car tire... ;)and then I went back to a bike tire...:cautious:...er...well...yea, so now I have gone back to a car tire...:confused::banghead:.. Here is the summary...
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    PICTURES: (ENGINE ON THE FLOOR..!!) .....eeek!!

    Hi all... Back in November 2014 my second gear went belly up and I could not use it at all. I had to ride shifting from 1st to 3rd and that can be dangerous when you forget. At the same time I was having bad luck with aftermarket grips, because the cable connections break. Anyway, back to the...
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    Hating My Rocket...you can have it!

    Hi All, just need to get this off my chest... I have a 2008 R3T and in my last post some days ago i was trying to figure how to deal with my missing second gear problem. I hate to have to drive going from 1st to 3rd gear. In that post i was snickering :rolleyes: about having bought an extra pair...
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    Gearbox Blues... :(

    So if you have not hear it before, I live in China and my options for maintenance and repair are seriously limited. I bought my 2008-R3T in 2012 and sold 3 other bikes the same year including my Ninja. The R3T is my commuter...my only way to get to work. 3 Months ago my clutch cable snapped and...
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    Too Busy…or Too Scared...

    Hi, I run an engineering group and I am busy and traveling all the time. I have a 2008 Rocket III Touring and I have purchased a full blown Tuneboy with LT1, B&M's & Jardines full exhaust. Well…I installed the B&M's, Jardines and then when I started looking at the tuneboy setup I realized that...
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    Color Matched Tsukayu Trunk

    Hi, I just got around to taking pictures of the matched Tsukayu trunk ordered from Japan. :rolleyes: Nice chrome hardware, easy to install. I ordered '52 Ford L.E.D. tail lights from E-Bay to bring it into my road spec. Really a show-stopper anywhere I am. ;) BTW...i quit the dark side and...
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    Tune Deaf...

    Hi, I just got around to looking at my Tuneboy gear although I have had it since last year. About 4 months ago I rolled my R3T in the living room and took out the intakes and stock exhaust and air box. I have a Tuneboy with LC-1 and Jardines, K&N’s on the way. The problem is that I run a...
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    Dark Supercharger Intakes on R3T...Pics

    Supercharger Intakes on R3T...Pics While my bike is in little pieces in my living room (yes, i am single sometimes :rolleyes:) I decided to get over the K&N thing and get a little darker for my aspiration needs.. I picked up 3 silicon supercharger 90 deg. elbows and cut the inlets and outlets...
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    Crankcase dummy...

    Hi, I am in the process of installing triple foam filters, Jardine exhaust, and Tuneboy. I have realized that I am lacking a crankcase filter and i want to know if I really need it? Why can't I lust leave the stock air box connected to the hose the way it already was?
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    Pictures: Shaft Drive Unit (Hyperdrive)

    Hi, During my DS initiation I took some pictures of the shaft drive unit on the floor and the wheel drive gear. I must say that the castings are very nice, solid, and heavy. :o Inside of the unit is very, very clean and nicely greased on the tail of the shaft. The wheel bearings are from...
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    Pictures: Primacy Tire Install follow-up

    Hi, A few tech notes for those of you are still among the resistance, to share with yourself or your Jedi mechanic:  1 floor jack and some common tools are enough.  The panniers almost jump into your arms if you twist those inconspicuous looking little flat heads inside, a half turn to the...
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    Primacy lc radial tire for r3t

    Hi, :) I am new to R3 and I have just bought a 2008 R3T. I have owned a number of rides since 1978 and my last was a Kawasaki 600 Ninja. I was all set to buy a Goldwing…something I had fantasized about for the past 30 years and the Goldwing “Deals Gap” video :eek:(Google it) made me crazy to...
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