Recent content by dangerdave

Hey Midlife, I'm in Peoria. I go to the Apache on Camelback. I got the Tenere at Ridenow. I've bought more than one bike at both dealerships and they are all ridiculous. Every game in the book so I hear you. Ridenow is so big they truly don't care about customer service. My favorite...

Are there no responses to this because it's just that stupid of a question? :) I've been in IT for 30 years so I've lost the ability to judge stupid questions...

I thought they were good. I've gotten a few things from them and can't believe a dealer has that alternate website. Thoses prices are NOT what they charge in their parts and service.

On the topic of parts and prices, this dealership here in Phoenix has a website with what I think are unbelievable prices on parts....relative to dealer markup. They ship and everything. I have no attachment, so if the prices are nothing special I'd like to know...

Whats the deal with this? I thought this wasn't a problem on the tubeless tires Yamaha chose for this bike

I bought mine from Bloodline's uncle. TOP notch dude, went well and a great price. 1-336-846-7744 ask for E. T.

After a short engine start and quit this morning I notced a few drops of oil under the bike. At first I thought it was the pan nut, but upon inspection I found a hose down there seemingly intended for overflow? The few drops of oil were coming from there. Thoughts?

200 miles on my brand new rear (tire)..... and a massive nail. Found it when I went to go for a ride and it fel like the bike was in gear when I took it off the center stand. It's in the middle of the tread. Getting a new tire of course, but has anyone here salvaged a situation like this to...

Perfect. Thanks

I've owned a Hayabusa so I know all about a bike having to make noise because there's a lot going on down there...... Saturday at about 81F, starting out the first couple of miles I noticed what I can describe as a slight flutter squeal as I revved up and back past about 1800-2100 RPM. Bike...

Re: Yamaha side cases - installation Ugh Well the cases weren't cracked but I had to hunt all over town to find a $&%^# Torx "anti tamper" bit BIG enough for that &%^#% back long bolt. Of course is was only in a $40 set at Sears. The little one for the locks was $1.67 at Ace.

Okay I get it now from the thread. I'll go to autozone. THANKS for the answer!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Yamaha side cases - installation Maybe I missed the explanation.. But what is with the head on the back long bolt for the railing. It has a star formation with a little round metal rod protrusion in the middle of the head. Obviously a special tool?

You all are hard core. I'm excited to cut in between some cotton fields riding around on an early Saturday morning. It's like you guys ride through the center of earth to get to the Outback.

Re: Yamaha side cases - installation Excellent advice. I'm an IT guy so I always read everything 3 times and back it up twice. If it's like an IT project something will still go wrong.