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"Pyle!".....as in Gomer

Bought the Fuel-X Pro from Hitchcock's just now. I'll find out in a few weeks if it helps or not. The spark plug was far too lean for my liking.
$200.00+ well spent? We'll see.....:unsure:
 
I have the deluxe pegs "on order" from the RE dealer here near me in Las Vegas where I bought the Meteor a couple weeks ago. I ordered them a week ago and they said it would take "7 to 10 days" for them to get there. If I don't hear from them by Monday (closed on Sundays), I'm gonna call and check on the status to tweak them about it. I'm really looking forward to getting them! (y)
 
Well, after publishing my post above about waiting until Monday to call the RE dealer here in Las Vegas to check on my deluxe pegs, my impatience got the better of me and I called them late yesterday afternoon to check. The parts guy put me on hold, checked, and lo and behold, they had arrived! He said he hadn't had a chance to check on what had arrived that day from RE (besides RE, the dealer also sells and services BMWs and Triumphs). An excuse or was he telling the truth? 😄 Who knows? I was glad I called yesterday and didn't wait until Monday!

I then called the service guy there, explained what I had and what I wanted to do, and he said they could put them on for me if I got it over to them this morning. They opened at 9 AM. So I zipped over there, paid the parts guy for the deluxe pegs, took them over to the service guy, and they were on and I was outta there in about an hour and a half. Service charged me $49.50 to install them and I can definitely live with that! Got the bike back home, cleaned off the new deluxe pegs and the bike, and I should be ready to roll now as that's the only upgrade I'm planning to make to the bike.

My timing has always been less than ideal in many instances over the course of my life and buying the new Meteor this close to the brutal 4 month plus "hot season" in the Mojave/Las Vegas high desert area is going to make riding a lot extremely challenging indeed. We're entering into what I call the "vampire months" here. You do things you have to - if possible very early in the morning or wait until the early evening hours - lol! Since I'm retired from the "working world" and see no good reason to get up early - except for appointments and such - that means most of my riding for the next several months will probably be restricted to the early evening hours to avoid those triple digit temps. 🤬

Anyway, I'll attach a couple of pics of the new deluxe pegs - look and feel much better than the stock pegs!
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smilespergallon said:
My local dealership is completely out of backordered service parts. I had to supply an oil filter to them last week because I had one and they didn't.
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A couple of years ago I needed a woodruff key for a Himalayan and ordered it locally.
Weeks passed and it was not to be seen, I had given up and made one and also ordered some from India.
Year or so later the dealer called me for one and got a job finished with my stock.
They are not a big ticket item! It is hard to understand why every dealer hasn't got a couple.
 
I think I mentioned this in another thread but I took Pyle's headlight apart yesterday to access the speedo connector. I've seen in other YT vids that the dreaded white grease can cause the speedo issue, along with sun. I disconnected the speedo and no white grease to be found. :unsure:
I sprayed both connections out with e-contact cleaner, dried, then reattached it with some dielectric grease on the connectors. Mrs. 2LZ said she has some stick-on round dots in her office I can use to cover the center of the speedo. Hot season coming. Curious to see if these fixes actually work. :)
 
The grease is just a rumor. The spray will give you a temp fix. The sticker is the only thing (other than replacement) that I have seen reported as permanently fixing a bad speedo. My second speedo failed once and has not failed again, I did nothing to fix it except remind the thing that it is not the first of its kind to get replaced and I have no problem doing it again. That was a year ago, so I think it heard me.
 
smilespergallon said:
The grease is just a rumor. The spray will give you a temp fix. The sticker is the only thing (other than replacement) that I have seen reported as permanently fixing a bad speedo. My second speedo failed once and has not failed again, I did nothing to fix it except remind the thing that it is not the first of its kind to get replaced and I have no problem doing it again. That was a year ago, so I think it heard me.
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Just because I was in "take care of pending s--t" mode this morning on the laptop, once I got done with the real important stuff, I decided to contact my dealer about the sticky speedo issue. As smiles said, the connection grease thing was just a rumor. It started sticking again in the sun on yesterday's ride. So, I emailed my salesman.

I emailed that my speedo is doing the sticky thing and that, even though I bought the bike used, I thought I still had some warranty left? Maybe they could just ship me a replacement speedo, I'd swap it out, and then mail them back the sticky one. My dealer is a two hour minimum drive, and I didn't really want to haul the bike there, to have it sit in the shop for "Only God Know How Long."

I heard back from my salesman within 15 minutes! :D He said that he thought all warranty work had to be done at the dealer, but he'd contact the service manager (which he CC'd on his response). Within about 20 minutes, the service manager emailed us both and asked for pics of the sticky speedo/key off, the VIN, and the odometer/key on, which I quickly provided.
We'll see! I was just ecstatic about their quick responses, regardless of outcome, at this point. :)
 
The first one my dealer sent it to me, I returned the other one. The last one RE required a photo before they would send the new one. I sent one and they sent one to the dealer. Dealer said they could restore mileage if I kept track ,but had to be done at dealership. Good excuse for a ride. 250 miles round trip. Worth it to me. This one has been working great, and to have the real mileage is a bonus to me.
 
smilespergallon said:
My dealer maintains that they have no idea how they might possibly correct the mileage and RE is unhelpful.

But I have the number memorized, one day I shall have it corrected. 1212.3 miles should be added to the current reading.
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I have seen the Diagnostic tool that RE supplies at a dealer, reason it was out is that they had just replaced a speedo and used this to set the mileage.
 
smilespergallon said:
My dealer maintains that they have no idea how they might possibly correct the mileage and RE is unhelpful.

But I have the number memorized, one day I shall have it corrected. 1212.3 miles should be added to the current reading.
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Echo @Dool2 and @iowa al . I was at my dealership one day and watched the tech do it on someone's bike after the speedo from a Classic (?) was replaced. From memory, it was more a laptop with screen connection on a rolling stand than a hand held code reader. He used the same screen set up to read pdfs to install accessories, my reason for being there. There were a few Classic/Bullet speedos stacked on the bench and the tech adjusted the mileage on that one bike with a few key strokes. Because it was quick, I assumed he'd done it before. Trust it works out for you. When I had an issue with my Interceptor clock housing I went a different route, but I believe RE has upped their support game since then. Which may be wishful thinking as I know there can be hiccups.
 
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