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Thanks for the link. What prompted my interest is that today while I was estate saling out in Sun City I bought a like new MityVac Silver Line for $20 US. Now I have no excuse for delaying the ABS Great Bleed. They haven't been done in at least 4 years. It will probably look like peanut butter. I'm ...

When I tried a link to this site for brake bleeding I got a 404.

is it still around?

Dusty Burman

Back in Iowa (Idiots Out Wandering Around?) I kept a small roll of large trash bags and a wad of good sized rubber bands under my seat. Boy did my friends(?) laugh at me. Then in 1980 coming back from the AMA race at Road America the wind blew and the rain flew. Before we left I put on my 'lowers' a...

Mine indicates 5 mph fast virtually thru the whole range versus my GPS.

Dusty Burman
64 F Phoenix, AZ

My Rockster has about 81k. I have put about 35K on, mostly riding to work, running errands and the occasional run up the hill from Phoenix, AZ to Prescott via the Yarnell hill. I've put about 185k miles on various bikes since 1969. 1967 350 Yamaha, 250 Ossa, H2(?) Blue 750 Kaw, 350 Single Honda(don'...

I've had my Rockster for about 6 years and the transmission seems, for lack of a better term, agricultural. I seem to have the same clunks, rattles and ker-thunks now that I had 6 years ago. I try to pre-tension the shifter vs poking at it. It is what it is. If your previous experience was with a ja...

Oil check ritual. Put on side stand, if arriving. Put on center stand after 10 minutes or more. I check every 10 to 14 days during regular 19 mile daily commutes. This allows for the mystic oilhead oil level variances. I track the oil down until it's at the bottom of the window or below. I fill to t...

I use a minimum of a synthetic quart in 3000 miles. Usually more, RARELY less. It seems to vary. Actually my feral cats are more predictable than oil loss. On a totally unrelated topic, this weekend I checked the air in my tires for the first time since Xmas. I like them at 40lbs and not 'squirmy'. ...

I found the correct base in a multi chip cool white LED. Search this list or the Rockster list. My light was burning a bit dim (no comments please). I carefully lined the black rubber enclosure with metallic duct tape which made a BIG difference. Dusty Burman Phoenix, 46f at 0600, no grip heaters re...

I replaced mine with an LED device. Seems I ebayed it for 7 or 8 bucks including shipping. Several chips facing outward in a cylinder. It wasn't really bright as I had expected it to be. I decided the problem was the black plastic/rubber box that it lived in. I used metalic duct tape to 'line' the '...

What I meant to say was that I replaced the rear pads after 11K. The original owner thought that he replaced the rears at least 2 times and couldn't remember replacing the fronts. So it sounds like the rears go 11 to 15k miles and the fronts go almost forever on my Rockster with ABS. I use the front...

I have a Rockster with PR2's. I commute a short 18 mile freeway round trip. A few trips from Phoenix up the Yarnell Hill to Prescott but not often. I've got almost 22k and not down to the ware bars. I grab the throttle on top vs the bottom to get plenty of 'twist', ya know. I brake hard with the fro...

I purchased my rockster used with the Ztechnic screen. 24k miles later. It's a great around town, freeway, 200 or 300 miler for Arizona. It's a bit low for buggy or rainy riding based on where the stuff hits me (smack dab in the face shield). When I encounter bugs big enough for tail numbers or rain...

Input shaft splines???????????

$1600?????

Dusty in PHX

Saturday I barely bumped my left front turn signal and the stalk broke. I removed the lens and unplugged the wires to remove the stalk. It's plastic of some kind with a male threaded part cast in. It broke at the thinnest, weakest point. DUH..... With it removed I noticed that the wires and connecto...

I have an 04 Rockster (68k mi) mostly freeway to work in Phoenix year round. About 8.6 miles, 3 +- miles of city streets. My over all mileage is 40.226 over 129 tank fulls. Usually 37 to 39 MPG commute only. Up the Yarnell Hill to Prescott and back I-17 is around 45+ mpg. I burn Costco premium and u...

My tank bag / top-tail bag experience is limited because I mostly ride to work and the the occasional run up the Yarnell Hill to Prescott. I'm not sure I really care for the mag attached tank bags. Mine isn't really quick on and off at the gas pump. It needs a place to sit. The Vetter bag on my poor...