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Well, I can't believe it. All the talk about how reliable Valks are and now at ONLY 11 years and 99743 miles, my son is going to have to spend $3 and 30 minutes of his time to change a shifter shaft seal!  Geeezzz. |
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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2009, 04:39:22 AM » |
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I met a guy at the dealer yesterday with a 97 that had 165,000miles on it! Wow! That thing was clean too! Looked better than some I've seen with 20k. Hope I can do that !  |
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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2009, 04:41:30 AM » |
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Tell me about it! I had to replace the battery in my Valk this past weekend  Thats the THIRD battery I've had to put in this so called "reliable" bike in eleven years  |
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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2009, 04:56:29 AM » |
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waite till you guys have to change the blinker fluid............... thats a job in its self  |
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« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2009, 05:27:57 AM » |
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waite till you guys have to change the blinker fluid............... thats a job in its self HHHHMMmmmm Blinker Fluid!!!!!! Maybe that's why my blinker is a bit slower now? (looking in the manuel for the blinker fluid reservoir.)  |
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« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2009, 05:49:37 AM » |
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I know. Between the Valk needing some kind of maintenance every 10 years and it raining here in Arizona every 100 days, its hard to get anything done.
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« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2009, 05:53:10 AM » |
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I had to replace the battery in my Valk this past weekend Thats the THIRD battery I've had to put in this so called "reliable" bike in eleven years If you run a Battery Tender 24 X 7, year round, when not riding, they will last onger. My '99 IS is still on the original, with no signs or symptoms of a problem. It is time to change it on principle, but I am curious how long it will go......stupidly so. |
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« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2009, 06:22:22 AM » |
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Wheres the chain oiler on this thing?
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« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2009, 06:24:23 AM » |
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I met a guy at the dealer yesterday with a 97 that had 165,000miles on it! Wow! That thing was clean too! Looked better than some I've seen with 20k. Hope I can do that ! This is a guess but I'm bettin' VRCC member DDT has real close to 400,000 miles on his 1997 by now. As far as I know he's the man for high mileage. Several have over 200,000 RJ comes to mind being one of them. |
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« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2009, 07:35:28 AM » |
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Right now, I am in the process of changing the muffler bearings .
Got the mufflers off last night , can't find any damn bearings , though
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« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2009, 08:04:00 AM » |
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I think mine needs a new pms6 on the electro magnetic transducer ..
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« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2009, 09:39:51 AM » |
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I think mine needs a new pms6 on the electro magnetic transducer ..
I have an extra PMS6 for sale. Interested ? |
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« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2009, 10:12:04 AM » |
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HEY YOU GUYS ARE SCAREING ME ALL THESE NEW THINGS TO CHECK LIKE BLINKER FLUID AND MUFFLER BEARINGS. IM A NEW VALK OWNER JUST TWO MONTHS NOW ONLY GOT ABOUT 20 MILES ON HER ITS COLD UP HERE IN THE NORTHLAND.AND NOW I GOT ALL THESE NEW THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT ITS GOT 19000 WHEN SHOULD I START CHECKING ALL THIS STUFF  |
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rmrc51
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« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2009, 10:25:13 AM » |
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HEY YOU GUYS ARE SCAREING ME ALL THESE NEW THINGS TO CHECK LIKE BLINKER FLUID AND MUFFLER BEARINGS. IM A NEW VALK OWNER JUST TWO MONTHS NOW ONLY GOT ABOUT 20 MILES ON HER ITS COLD UP HERE IN THE NORTHLAND.AND NOW I GOT ALL THESE NEW THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT ITS GOT 19000 WHEN SHOULD I START CHECKING ALL THIS STUFF Snohunter, I can't help with the other items but you really don't have to worry about the Blinker Fluid. It's very easy to replace and basically free. Just go to your Dial Tone Tank and use that fluid. It's actually the same stuff! |
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« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2009, 12:04:34 PM » |
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I had to replace the battery in my Valk this past weekend Thats the THIRD battery I've had to put in this so called "reliable" bike in eleven years If you run a Battery Tender 24 X 7, year round, when not riding, they will last onger. My '99 IS is still on the original, with no signs or symptoms of a problem. It is time to change it on principle, but I am curious how long it will go......stupidly so. I still have the origional battery from my 99 Valk also and never had it hooked to a battery tender. I had an issue that I thought might be battery related so I put a new battery on only to discover that it was not the solution I was looking for. So I put my still good 99 Valk battery on my Rincon 4x4 and am still using it. |
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« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2009, 04:34:46 PM » |
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HEY YOU GUYS ARE SCAREING ME ALL THESE NEW THINGS TO CHECK LIKE BLINKER FLUID AND MUFFLER BEARINGS. IM A NEW VALK OWNER JUST TWO MONTHS NOW ONLY GOT ABOUT 20 MILES ON HER ITS COLD UP HERE IN THE NORTHLAND.AND NOW I GOT ALL THESE NEW THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT ITS GOT 19000 WHEN SHOULD I START CHECKING ALL THIS STUFF Snohunter, I can't help with the other items but you really don't have to worry about the Blinker Fluid. It's very easy to replace and basically free. Just go to your Dial Tone Tank and use that fluid. It's actually the same stuff! Just be sure you dont mix the left blinker fluid with the right blinker fluid. That can cause the Knutin Pin to come loose and you will feel occillation in the finsel strut. |
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« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2009, 05:50:05 PM » |
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I think you gus are all wrong .Just go out an get a metric screwdriver an a metric hammer .I do most of my oun repairs .if it won't unscrew I beat it out
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« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2009, 06:23:16 PM » |
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I had to put a new battery in my 99 I/S last year because I forgot about the clock draw, my 2000 std still has the original I hate winter !!
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« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2009, 06:57:18 PM » |
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I met a guy at the dealer yesterday with a 97 that had 165,000miles on it! Wow! That thing was clean too! Looked better than some I've seen with 20k. Hope I can do that ! This is a guess but I'm bettin' VRCC member DDT has real close to 400,000 miles on his 1997 by now. As far as I know he's the man for high mileage. Several have over 200,000 RJ comes to mind being one of them. Best I recall...DDT was a "she", not a he. Still a bunch of miles though...  |
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Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2009, 07:24:23 PM » |
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I met a guy at the dealer yesterday with a 97 that had 165,000miles on it! Wow! That thing was clean too! Looked better than some I've seen with 20k. Hope I can do that ! This is a guess but I'm bettin' VRCC member DDT has real close to 400,000 miles on his 1997 by now. As far as I know he's the man for high mileage. Several have over 200,000 RJ comes to mind being one of them. Best I recall...DDT was a "she", not a he. Still a bunch of miles though... Your recall is wrong ...DDT's name is Bruce and I've met him many times |
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« Reply #20 on: March 19, 2009, 07:35:30 PM » |
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Got the coolant reservoir tank replaced under warranty; cracked nipple where lower hose connects. Other than that, the only failure has been a right front turn signal bulb and doing the start button maintenance to make the headlight come back.  |
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« Reply #21 on: March 20, 2009, 06:00:02 AM » |
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FLAVALK you're thinking of TNT (Vicky).
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« Reply #22 on: March 20, 2009, 06:17:13 AM » |
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I had to replace the battery in my Valk this past weekend Thats the THIRD battery I've had to put in this so called "reliable" bike in eleven years If you run a Battery Tender 24 X 7, year round, when not riding, they will last onger. My '99 IS is still on the original, with no signs or symptoms of a problem. It is time to change it on principle, but I am curious how long it will go......stupidly so. I still have the origional battery from my 99 Valk also and never had it hooked to a battery tender. I had an issue that I thought might be battery related so I put a new battery on only to discover that it was not the solution I was looking for. So I put my still good 99 Valk battery on my Rincon 4x4 and am still using it. I thought I was the only one riding with an OLD battery.......original battery in my '01 I/S Mark |
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« Reply #23 on: March 20, 2009, 08:09:05 AM » |
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FLAVALK you're thinking of TNT (Vicky).
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Yep I'd say you are correct after thinking about it he was thinking TNT . I know Vicky as well and I've meet her several times also even went to her home when her husband passed away. |
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« Reply #24 on: March 20, 2009, 12:36:19 PM » |
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FLAVALK you're thinking of TNT (Vicky).
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« Reply #25 on: March 20, 2009, 07:25:29 PM » |
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This one i'll keep there,  |
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« Reply #26 on: March 20, 2009, 09:03:19 PM » |
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I met a guy at the dealer yesterday with a 97 that had 165,000miles on it! Wow! That thing was clean too! Looked better than some I've seen with 20k. Hope I can do that ! This is a guess but I'm bettin' VRCC member DDT has real close to 400,000 miles on his 1997 by now. As far as I know he's the man for high mileage. Several have over 200,000 RJ comes to mind being one of them. Tim Bob from Alabama talked to DDT the other day and he had 385,000 on his 97. I have 241,000 on my 97....... Figure it will outlast me at this rate... It will go to a good home when I croak, my son wants it.  The Trike with 206,000 on it will go to my youngest daughter.  |
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