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I hope someone can measure the distance between bolt holes on the steering clamp with a Vernier Caliper. See attached picture. And the inner-diameter for the clamp hex-bolt head hole. (to know the O.D. for the spacer tube to the GPS plate). The reason i asking is, i have no access to the...

Anyone have any suggestions for how to alleviate upper back pain on long (+2hr) trips? I tend to get burning pain in my lats the worst, with some pain between my shoulders, but definitely the worst in the lats, and usually only on one side or the other for some reason. It happens on both the...

Not my picture, but I was cruising a forum and saw it and it made me think of the best rides long distance that I ve been on and wondered about yours? Todd

I know that our beloved V-Max is not a long distance winner, but of all the bikes I have ever ridden it is the most fun and best looking. Anyway, the farthest I've ridden was from Tampa, FL to Lexington, KY. My bike at the time was a 1994 Suzuki RF900 with a 5.5 gallon tank. Average speed was...

I got these 6 piston front calipers that I'm planning to put on my bike and thought I would do a comparison test. So Sat evening I go out to the local HS parking lot to do some braking measurements with the stock set up. I did 10 runs at 35 mph in 2nd gear on dry asphalt. Shortest stopping...

So, who has ever ridden a gen 1 (1986) with the stator and voltage regulator completely disconnected from the electrical system? My stator is shot and I decided that I could ride it to work (40 mi) let it cool off (hot starting problem too...starts instantly choked and cold) and get it back...

Like the title says I am looking for the distance from the lower rear shock mounted spool to the ground for a Carrozzeria/ 18" wheel/ tire and a stretched 3" swingarm with the lower shock mounts moved forward. My bike is in it's winter cocoon minus the wheels so not able to get my own...

I'm working on an 85 or 86 front wheel. The Shop Manual Warning is as follows: Yamaha has determined that a problem exists in the front wheel distance collar on 85 and 86 model VMax's. Yamaha replaced the original stepped distance collar with a straight collar. Inspect the distance collar in...

OK, So with the spring weather turning thoughts back to jumping Rockatansky and I decided to do an inspection/tear down on "Skyshot" to get it ready for the season and found the following: 1) Frame back bone cracked cleanly in half about 1/2" from the steering head. WTF??? Did they make the...

Last week I went on a two day ride. Each day was about 500 miles. On the return trip, I documented all miles and gas stops and submitted it to http://www.longdistanceriders.net/ Today I received my certificate, patch, jacket pin and t-shirt.