Don't forget the other side of the wheel has brakes too if you're doing this job. Nice bike, I have a 2007 RTSD you guys are running the stock exhaust sounds like. I switched mine to a set of SharkRoad megaphone slip ons and the bike sounds awesome. It's nice and loud and sounds like a V8 muscle car. People are always complimenting the sound of min. They are great trip bikes and yes the motor runs forever with little to no drama. I have 80k on mine and she's running like a watch! I just finished a trip from Washington DC to Knoxville TN so I'm going to do my front brakes soon.
Hi @kman-mi7su, Your right. Need to both sides. Sounds like you have your bike set up just right. Yeah, we've had about 4 of these RSTD bikes. Everyone has been a great bike.
Congratulations for the comprehensive and clear video. Well done, I'll be sure to watch you again. One question: should I lubricate the cylinders or not?
Me personally, if everything is working good, I'd save that for another maintenance service. It's a good question. You could ask a service shop also if they would recommend lubricating also. I can ser the pros and cons. We just did the shoes and everything worked great. Thanks for watching.
The front lights came on the bike when we bought it. I couldn't find a brand name on them. I bet they came from Amazon. Here's a link to a similar one that you could take a look at amzn.to/3NEKN6q The luggage rack has always come on the Royal stars we've bought in the past. I looked real quick and found a Wompus Rack that you might want to take and look at. Here's the link www.wompusracks.com/yamaha-rack.html One other option for a rack would be to call your local dealer and see if they can get one ordered. Might be a little more expensive but worth a call. Good luck hunting.
Swapping out pads looks pretty easy to do on that bike. Thanks.
Yeah. Very easy for sure.
Don't forget the other side of the wheel has brakes too if you're doing this job. Nice bike, I have a 2007 RTSD you guys are running the stock exhaust sounds like. I switched mine to a set of SharkRoad megaphone slip ons and the bike sounds awesome. It's nice and loud and sounds like a V8 muscle car. People are always complimenting the sound of min. They are great trip bikes and yes the motor runs forever with little to no drama. I have 80k on mine and she's running like a watch! I just finished a trip from Washington DC to Knoxville TN so I'm going to do my front brakes soon.
Hi @kman-mi7su, Your right. Need to both sides. Sounds like you have your bike set up just right. Yeah, we've had about 4 of these RSTD bikes. Everyone has been a great bike.
Congratulations for the comprehensive and clear video. Well done, I'll be sure to watch you again. One question: should I lubricate the cylinders or not?
Me personally, if everything is working good, I'd save that for another maintenance service. It's a good question. You could ask a service shop also if they would recommend lubricating also. I can ser the pros and cons. We just did the shoes and everything worked great. Thanks for watching.
So, did you actually use the old pads again because it didn’t look like you opened up those EBC pads and put those in there?
Yeah. We put the new ones in. The old ones had plenty of pad left but made all kinds of noise. The new ones worked out great.
If I may ask what did you get your luggage rack from I've been searching forever and I have the same bike and also your driving lights
The front lights came on the bike when we bought it. I couldn't find a brand name on them. I bet they came from Amazon. Here's a link to a similar one that you could take a look at amzn.to/3NEKN6q
The luggage rack has always come on the Royal stars we've bought in the past. I looked real quick and found a Wompus Rack that you might want to take and look at. Here's the link www.wompusracks.com/yamaha-rack.html
One other option for a rack would be to call your local dealer and see if they can get one ordered. Might be a little more expensive but worth a call. Good luck hunting.