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Nice bike.

In case no one has mentioned it, make sure you have the tools to pull the tires from the rim and spare inner tubes. On a spoke wheel you will need to replace the inner tube if you have a flat tire. Do not let that fact keep your eyes other than where they need to be, for fear of running over something.

With time you will learn to quickly scan everything, everywhere, and often; it will eventually become a habit and you will then not need to force yourself to constantly check both rear mirrors, your blind spots, your speed, the tachometer, as well as the road ahead of you, it will happen automatically.

To ride safely takes a lot of work at first, until the work becomes routine, habit, but it will make you a better rider and driver when in a car. When a passenger I often find that I pay more attention to the road and traffic than the driver of the car and have witnessed errors that only the grace of God could have kept an accident from happening.

Many people do not look, so, cars run into other cars, trucks or anything on the road.

I wish you safe and happy riding.

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Elwood1960,

Yes, those are stock breaks, and thank you.

Clay,

Thank you.

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Sorry to hear about the repairs you had to make, I passed up a Honda VT 750 just for that reason, too many things that needed repaired. The seller was honest and had the parts for most of the needed repairs, however, I am older and did not feel like doing repair work, I wanted to ride.

The Magna is a great motorcycle. It uses more fuel than other cruisers its size, however, it can run with any size motorcycle and is fast for a cruiser.

I wish you safe riding.

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Woot!!

Again, thank you for helping me out with the pictures.

As to tassles, they were on a bike that I missed by 10 minutes

However, they were on the bike I wanted, a very nice Kawasaki Vulcan with full sized windshield and chrome everything. Personally, I think chrome is nice, but much more important is the condition of the bike and how well it rides.

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My nick is a long story.

The short story is that I always wanted to use swingman, however, everywhere I went that nickname was used, as well as variables, so I finally stopped trying to use that nickname and settled on swing848 for many of the forums I visit.

And, thank you for the welcome!

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I recently purchased a 1985 Yamaha Virago. Prior to purchasing it I sat on it and could not get my boot under the shift lever without looking for it, not a good thing when actually riding, so I had the dealer increase the shifter height an inch. The mechanic could not get it beyond 3/4 of an inch and still engage.

The dealer called me up and told me the bike was ready for pick-up. After getting on the motorcycle I could not up-shift. The king sized salesman could shift it but with difficulty. So, I told them to lower it to its original position.

A couple of days later they called again and said the bike was ready and I had no problem this time because I wore my shoes. The salesman gave me the name of a company that makes a boot that will fit under the shifter at that low angle, can’t remember the name of the company, but my wife was with me and she is my memory.

I was an unhappy puppy.

The shift lever is even with the foot peg, so, I have to lower my foot, even with shoes, to get under the shifter. I do not know why Yamaha did not follow Honda’s lead and allow a simple adjustment at the shift lever on this cruiser.

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