Love the red!
What did you do with your ST1100/ST1300 today?
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Love the red!
Don't you hate it when that happens?
I''ve lost count on how many objects have punctured my tires in the last ten years!
They say the most common item reported by tire shops to puncture both the tire and the rim is scissors. I'd have expected it to be screwdrivers.
When I looked the stats for some horns are given measured at 6" or less in front, not much of a reality.
One of the websites did a test amongst half a dozen models. FYI: the full-on air horns didn't win.
larryg
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I did the same with a relay, installed both Fiamm freeway blasters, low and high horns. A tight fit, but it can be done.
Now my ST sounds like a '52 Buick.
Definitely gets their attention
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The best sounding and loud but not loudest horn I've heard are those on a GL1800. Very car like. Authoritative not shrill. People can turn horn choices into an oil thread if they want. But as The User of the Horn I have to hear it every time and it's louder to me than the guy I'm honking at.
I've got a single FIAMM low-tone horn in place of the factory meeper. It is louder if not particularly authoritative. But it has made a difference on several occasions.
One day maybe I'll get round to adding a second low-tone and relay. I had the hi-low/relay setup before and while louder I didn't like the sound. So low-low it'll be. There's probably enough difference in manufacturing tolerances that two low tones will be slightly discordant as well as louder so there's that.
I've got a single FIAMM low-tone horn in place of the factory meeper. It is louder if not particularly authoritative. But it has made a difference on several occasions.
One day maybe I'll get round to adding a second low-tone and relay. I had the hi-low/relay setup before and while louder I didn't like the sound. So low-low it'll be. There's probably enough difference in manufacturing tolerances that two low tones will be slightly discordant as well as louder so there's that.
Steve398
... another retired Black Rat.
Nope, but a fellow biker was looking at my bikes dash the other day and commented on how much 'junk' was on it - the 'junk' was an MCL riser and the built-in RAM ball, a small compass mounted on the RHS hydraulic reservoir, the McCruise control buttons on the LHS bars, and a Migsel mount with a Tomtom mounting on the top of the dash.
Perhaps I should carry a shot of AV8R's dash around with me?
I can give you one idea of something NOT to do. I had the same problem and thought to solve it by making a 6 inch tall extension. After cutting the top off a spare key, I filled a suitably-sized length of PVC tubing with epoxy and inserted the stem of the key. To ensure that it held, I drilled through the PVC and key, making a hole just the right size for a small length of bicycle spoke. Once the epoxy set up I painted the PVC to match the bike.
It worked great- ONCE. The very first time I went to fill the tank, I snagged the protruding extension with my sleeve and snapped the key off in the gas cap lid. Doh!
Fortunately, this happened at my local station so I could walk home and get another key. Once the bike was home I was able to extract the broken stump of key from the gas cap and all was well. But after that experience I just sucked it up and reached into the tight space for the key.
Two things made it easier: I removed the plastic bridge garnish between the handlebars (the cover over the bolts that hold the handlebars in place), and limited the number of things attached to the key- only the key and fob were on the ring, nothing else. That makes it marginally easier to deal with the tight space.
While reading the list of goodies on your ride I was thinking that fellow biker would need a set of paddles and 500joules if he saw AV8R's dash!
AV8R could give himself a ticket for distracted driving.
Spent 1/2 day at USC Hospital. My wingman crashed today (lowspeed), air bag would have helped some, but his injury was facial. Had he closed his modular he would have been better off. Face hit top edge of windshield. He will be ok. Scratch one more 2009 ST1300-PA Totaled
Hope your colleague has a fast and complete recovery. Looks like coolant on the road so must have been quite an impact.
Hi In answer to your question. I bought the trike as it is. It was done by the Trike Shop in south wales Cardiff or Swansea. On YouTube there is a chat with the owner and he says he can do this to any bike. Well worth watching.
Glad he's relatively OK. There was a guy here who (at low speed) hit his windshield just under his chin and almost drove a little bone in there that they said would have severed an artery.
As an aside since the 2 of you ride together can you serve as the officer that writes up the crash or do you have to have an independent officer do it?
Dang, sorry to see this! Hope he heals fast!
Isn't this the ST1300P that just had the clutch done a few months back?
Tell him there is a good looking ST1300P on Craig's List right now:
ST1300P with 9K
Isn't this the ST1300P that just had the clutch done a few months back?
Tell him there is a good looking ST1300P on Craig's List right now:
ST1300P with 9K
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Hoping your mate heals quickly and picks up the ST that Bob pointed out.
It even comes with a 6 speed transmission as the ad points out.
It even comes with a 6 speed transmission as the ad points out.
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I rode my ST to a dentist appointment, clear and sunny and in the high 60's. Tool the long way home 
Total trip about 65 miles.
Total trip about 65 miles.
Cause of the accident: uturn that hit a wide expansion crack and thick road paint causes loss of control. LA streets are in bad shape, especially dangerous for bikes
I thought there was no such beast.
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Installed flashing led bulbs in brake tail light on ST and GW. Works great.