I have burned up my clutch the last week. I have only 7,000 miles on the bike but most of them are in town riding with aggressive acceleration from the lights. This seems a little premature in my opinion. I installed a second OEM diagram clutch spring the first year I had the bike. This made a world of difference.

The clutch options I am considering:

1. Replace with what I am currently running. Two OEM
 diaphragm springs and OEM steel and friction plates.

2. Barnett spring conversation kit with OEM steel and friction plates.

3. Barnett spring conversion kit with Barnett steels and Kevlar friction plates.

My concern with number three would be the clutch would not slip and cause problems with my gears. The clutch is a cheep sacrificial lamb compared to other componenets. As a side note I do not ride the clutch causing it wear out. I believe the 300 mm rear tire has a lot to do with it.

Thoughts?

With blood, sweat, tears, $$$, advice from my RoadStarRaider family and endless time in the garage I finally got my ride set up in the FM Crusaders Bike Show in Fargo, ND. I snapped a few pictures and will get a bunch more tomorrow. None of these really show the bike well (blame it on the photographer and not the bike  ).

Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny so I hope to get some good pics.

Enjoy and thanks to all of you!!! I couldn't have done it without everyone!!!!!

I have heard a lot about Bronze Wool and was wondering if it would work for this situation. I am cleaning my chrome with Plexus (recommended by MyWorld a couple of years ago) and the stuff works great. The problem I am having is trying to get the little bits to dried on bug remains off of the chrome. I have some Yamaha Polish in a tube that works great but it is two step process. First putting the polish on a rag and rubbing the area to for the bug remains off and then get a clean cloth to remove the haze left behind from polishing.

Hopefully Broze Wool would be an easy alternative.

Thanks!!

Well I have been waiting for the right time to get a new paint job on my ride. At this point the tank is off and bike is in piece so it makes sense to do it know. Currently my ride is the Black Raven (the fast color) but I want a change. Looking for some opinions:

I want to thank Brent and Timmy for their help on getting me hooked up with some new platinum cables. I have worked with Tejas in the past and love their customer service. It is the reason I keep going back.

Their original price was much higher than what I found on other sites. Brent and Timmy to my surprised called me back and said they opened a new account with another vender on steel cables which allowed them to drop their price. No offense to their competition but I originally tried Tejas but they were too high so I was about to place the order when Timmy called and said he got me the same price.

Thanks Tejas!!!

Wavz

Ok I have admit I was going thru roadstarraider withdrawals for quite awhile. My life is a blur right now with wife, kids, business, hunting show, etc

But getting back here is going to cost me some dough. I a going to get my bike out of storage tomorrow and begin winter mods. The plan is:

Rear Fender
Tricky Air Ride
Progressive Front Shocks
Steel Brake, Throttle and Clutch Cables
New Handle Bars
Custom Swing Arm Bag
Front Fairing
Polished Brake Resevior and Switch Housing
Mirrors

I am going to get new personalized plates and looking for some input. I have a couple ideas but if you have something let me know.

As many of you know I am running a 300mm rear wheel and want to focus on that. Here are a couple ideas:

RLNAFTY - Rolling A Fatty
300MM
PHATTY
BIGWHLS - Big Wheels

Pretty excited. I entered my bike is the local FM Crusader Bike Show this past weekend. Last year I was sent home empty handed but NOT this year. My bike was put in the "Radical Custom" division and came home with 2nd Place!! There were only two metric bikes in the show out of nearly 60 bikes. 1st place went to a decked out Street Glide....pretty awesome bike.

I took some pictures with my phone...not real good. I am kicking myself for not taking a good camera. Maybe next year I will remember. Anyway here are a few pictures.