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No, your best bet is to let it run til it warms up. Usually indicated by a fast idle at the beginning and then you will hear the rpms start to drop. With your bike being new I would give the time to let it warm up when you need to start actually using it for start ups. “gagging” it or rolling on the throttle while the choke is open is not necessarily a bad thing but it does no good either. Just give yourself dome time…heck use the warm up time to do a pre ride inspection….ya know, lights, air pressure, tire condition etc.

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Don’t use the choke unless necessary, only after trying to start it w/out first. The rough running is likely to partial flooding, especially after rolling the throttle to get it running. The choke is there for cold starts, but some bikes are more cold natured then others.

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With that as Sangria and others have found out you have to be careful with Local laws. It would be considered a forward facing light and the candle watt, color would be severely limited.

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yup…. a lot of riders I know in the cruiser world know of this type idea and have known for a long time. Some even go further by off setting the lights to stray from the “known” patterns to get the brain to focus on it trying to figure out what the heck makes that light pattern. For example the same 4″ running lights on the highway bars much lower.  I have also seen a new after market deal that has running/signal/brake light combo that has the illumination just above the side mirrors.

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Whats this about protecting it from the elements? Its a trailer……… any given trip will find it in the rain. If your worried about it getting hurt some how I would suggest yet another trailer.

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My only caution…… remember your feet at stops. I know it sounds funny, but after 2 days in MSF riding on a Blast and I went back to my cruiser I about dropped her a couple of times having to remember where my feet had to be. Your timing gets thrown off a bit. Sport bike your feet are used to swinging forward and down… not so much with a cruiser/standard type. The hardest re training for me was feet back up… all the starts and stops had semi trained the muscles to tuck under me…..left a couple of rubber marks on the chrome forgetting I was back on my cruiser and had to lift up and forward.

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Ok…..adding the option to format the posts and replies with colors is a good one…. now if it would just translate from the typed post to the final product after saving it.

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The Vulcan 500’s wheel length isn’t really all that long. The thing can handle with the best of the smaller bikes and give you more then enough umph for anything your planning on using it for.
Get the MSF out of the way first then start butt testing things.

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Definitely good for the beginner….. now pt.2 on sharper bends?

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Old 4 wheeling trick. Anytime you plan on muddin or washing the mud off you always have to check to see if you remembered to do it. IF you forget, you are left praying that someone brought the WD40 to disperse the water.

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silicone fill?

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“Loud pipes are mostly about ego. Either for the sound or the supposed “performance” increase. The “Loud Pipes Saves Lives” quote is just used to validate it. A hi-vis helmet or jacket would help avoid many more accidents than any pipe but you don’t see many of those on the road.”

This is a situational problem solver. It’s one of those arguments like that of vitamins or vaccines. Does it work…. no one can tell, because the situation that it “did” rarely will ever evolve the same a second time with alternate solution as proof. Hi Vis gear certainly is a much more constant “can you see me now” type of precaution, however as most argue they do you very little good if your in a blind spot or the cager is more interested in text messages then seeing your neon yellow vest/helmet. Folks buy air horns to be heard in front of them to warn drivers ” Hey I am beside you and you are coming to close” the same is for behind you. If your watching your mirrors and see someone approaching way to quickly, you can goose the throttle that certainly gets their head back up from the phone, because they heard something loud.
Don’t be quick to judge matters that might not meet your experiences or situations that you may not find yourself in. Granted I am not defending the obnoxiously loud pipes that can still be heard 2 miles down the road. However having audible pipes have saved my butt at an intersection twice now. Once was a cell phone situation the other was rubber necking. Goose the throttle, while leaving your escape options open and then knowing your “danger zone” for reaction time in case it doesn’t work, will do you well rather then thinking…”Hey I glow in the dark…surely they see me”. Take every chance you have to be noticed…both seen, and if that doesn’t work…..heard!

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Nice intro….and welcome. It’s funny, me and my daughters have a running joke around here. “don’t piss off a Hobitt!” They always thought it was funny how small and non dangerous they are til you get them riled up. Then they are 3 foot furies.

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Very nice. What fairing shield did you go with? I got the 9″ as I had heard from everyone the smaller ones gave a buffeting effect. The 9″ puts the turbulence over my head.

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Yea. That’s a huge problem with custom work on any bike. Insurance companies only are in it for cars and trucks and have no real idea about motorcycles. That and it’s near impossible to keep up with the constant changes a bike goes through with the personal accessorizing. Some do a better job then others. Progressive has a type of policy that can carry a portion of accessories but if you go from a bike to a trike they have no way of figuring expenses, especially if the Trike was a DIY project. Harley has now started selling Trikes as an original VIN’ed vehicle. But you have to buy it as such .

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