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Soontobeone said:
Take the time to break it in, as Russell suggests. You will be glad you did.

Putting your feet down feels different with their seat. I'm not tall, and it didn't take long for me to get very comfortable putting my feet down. After that, the riding is pure joy. :03biker:
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Sounds good ...thanks!
 
Uncle Phil said:
I like it - Great idea! :D But refueling/defueling might be a bit of a logistics problem ...
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Planes refuel in the air without stopping. Why not bikes? (Do not search youtube for mishaps in aerial refueling - it might give you second thoughts).
 
Look what arrived yesterday! :) Can't wait till spring to try it out....

The other pic is of my other bike that is used year round, a lot lately! Freaking snow!
 

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Beats shovelling by hand. :) Nice seat, sure to be an improvement on the stock pad. Now put that cover back on before it gets dusty. :D
 
MajorTom said:
Beats shovelling by hand. :) Nice seat, sure to be an improvement on the stock pad. Now put that cover back on before it gets dusty. :D
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For sure, the plow works well. I've got a snow blower also for the deeper snow storms. We sure had a pile here lately.

I'm thinking this seat will be a good investment, hoping anyways.

I'm not really a clean freak, but the beast looked so good when I put it away, I had to cover it up. :) Fairings are off now to check the valves and clean up some wiring connectors.
 
Kevcules said:
For sure, the plow works well. I've got a snow blower also for the deeper snow storms. We sure had a pile here lately.

I'm thinking this seat will be a good investment, hoping anyways.

I'm not really a clean freak, but the beast looked so good when I put it away, I had to cover it up. :) Fairings are off now to check the valves and clean up some wiring connectors.
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Holy cow Kev - your weather lately.....tough, even for LobsterLanders!

I'm sitting on my deck in 22C (71deg. F) weather with a BEvERage (NOTE "a" means just one), feeding peanuts to the dog, enjoying the sunshine and trying choose whether I should take the ST1300 or the '76 Yamaha XS650C out for a ride. It's hard to believe we live in the same country.

Pete
 
CDNolddude said:
Nice... is the front of the seat as flat/level as the original or does it slope up more or less?
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I can't really tell yet ,but it looks like it's up more level than before. I'll get a better feel for it once I start driving it again. That's if the snow ever goes away! :)
 
MaxPete said:
Holy cow Kev - your weather lately.....tough, even for LobsterLanders!

I'm sitting on my deck in 22C (71deg. F) weather with a BEvERage (NOTE "a" means just one), feeding peanuts to the dog, enjoying the sunshine and trying choose whether I should take the ST1300 or the '76 Yamaha XS650C out for a ride. It's hard to believe we live in the same country.

Pete
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I was sitting on my deck also ,all out of breath and sweating as I just finished cleaning up some more freaking snow! Just waded through about 7 ft of snow to fill up the bird feeder which now is barely above the snow level.Yeah, it is hard to believe that you're in the same country as me and getting that awesome weather!
You're only 2000 km's away right? (Windsor Ontario?) It was about 8 degrees Celsius here today which is un-seasonal ,but I'll take it.
It's actually lobster season at the bay of fundy now.....lobsters don't seem to mind the freezing temps! :)

I'm going to post a question about my recent valve check soon and need everyones advice..... Not sure I want to dig into it but I may have to....

Take Care
 
Kevcules said:
Look what arrived yesterday!
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Nice! Did you go Full-RDL or is that an RDL Sport?

And what are those two pieces of white debris on the top of your tank?? :grin:
 
haha....the debris is to remind me to ride safe I guess. You're right, it can probably come off! :)

The seat is a full RDL. The sport has less foam and when I asked my butt what he wanted, he said FULL! :) The sport is a little less money and a little less comfort I was told. So full comfort is what I hopefully get!
 

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Kevcules said:
haha....the debris is to remind me to ride safe I guess. You're right, it can probably come off!
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Red, being the worst colour for fading from sun exposure, might dictate that you leave those stickers in place. Although you seem to have a garage kept machine, any fading of the surrounding paint will be instantly noticeable if you peel them off now. Should have done that when you bought the bike, if it was new to you.
 
Bush said:
Red, being the worst colour for fading from sun exposure, might dictate that you leave those stickers in place.
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Yeah that's probably a good idea. The tank stickers come off as soon as the bikes get home from the dealers. I took a couple more off and Larry (Igofar) got the rest. Well I've managed to keep him away from the ST1300 logos on the sides of the fairing!
 
I took mine off my red 2005 in 2013 with 35000 miles.

No problem but I went in with the mindset that if it did not look good I could always cover it up with something else.

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Sportznut said:
I took mine off my red 2005 in 2013 with 35000 miles.

No problem but I went in with the mindset that if it did not look good I could always cover it up with something else.

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I think I might try to get them off to.....it will go faster right? :)
 
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