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    Another welcome from VA (2015 R3T here)! Like a few folks have said, once you get it out for a ride and crack open the throttle, the grin you get will be hard to wipe off.
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    Strange oil light behavior

    Man, I knew the minute I bought this thing it was going to be an obsession....Seeing that pic of the R3T torn down to the cylinders....Holy hot **** that is some sexy engine p0rn right there.... Parallel, that wouldn't happen to be a Steibel horn you have mounted there is it? It looks...
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    Arizona , still looking

    Howdy, from Virginia! 2015 R3tour here, just eased over 16,000 miles (more commute/traffic miles than open road/mountain miles). Only problem I had was a cranky oil sensor that got replaced ~2200 miles but after that, the next ~14K miles have been trouble free.
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    How best to secure an EZ Pass transponder on a motorcycle ?

    A little late to the party, but, I use a leather ez-pass holder I got off of Amazon. Heavy-duty and has a long/strong Velcro strap that wraps around bars. A tidbit- In Va, if you ride without your tag, the system will also take a pic of your plate and match it in the system automagically...
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    Strange oil light behavior

    I know it's nearly 2 years since I posted this thread, but, I know for myself its' interesting to see/read about folks repairs/upgrades/etc farther down the road to see if there were any side issues or whatnot. So far, that oil-light has never come back on and I'm up in the 16,000 mile mark now...
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    Hi all

    Another howdy from Virginia! Definitely need more / bigger pics of that trike!
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    Lucasoil fuel injection cleaner...

    Heh, I was actually going to ask if anyone had been using Lucas in their Rocket (like a lot of folks, I've used it in my truck forever).
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    15,000 miles on the tour, and a lot of hard lessons

    I truly hate to see anyone else have to be in the same situation watching a horrible monster like Alzheimers/dementia slowly (sometimes not so slowly) fade someone away. Pop is a navy man like me, and I can summon up a pile of cuss words with the best of them, but he would go on 8 hour (yes 8...
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    Learning some hard lessons

    Learning some hard lessons
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    15,000 miles on the tour, and a lot of hard lessons

    So, it's been 15,000 miles now on the Rocket and I can definitely say I love this thing more every **** day.... I joined this site right when I got it, and only a couple months after my Dad died from Alzheimers (I had moved him in with me for a year or so). I lost mom to Lymphoma in march of...
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    Strange oil light behavior

    Hehe, believe me, I had some wild thoughts pop in about them trying to do something silly; I've seen some shady **** done. Good stuff for a laugh though guys :)
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    Strange oil light behavior

    So, got the monster back yesterday afternoon. Checked it out in the parking lot, thanked the dealer folks for their work and rode off. I didn't baby it and pushed it hard right from the start. Spent a couple hours riding it around. Hitting the lights, brakes, combinations of high/low...
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    Strange oil light behavior

    Troy, thanks for adding in your experience with what may or may not be a similar problem. If you don't mind, do please come back and update with what your issue turns out to be, just in case I end up with something similar.
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    Strange oil light behavior

    The strange behavior kept happening, and I kept checking the oil level/temperatures/etc and everything looked just fine but I just couldn't take seeing that light pop on/off any longer. So, after being at the dealer for 2 weeks it turns out the oil pressure sensor is indeed bad. They tested...
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    What do you guys think of this rumored BMW?

    Man, I must be just in one very cranky/specific phase because I am not diggin that thing at all and I'm a beemer guy from way back (last ride was a 1994 K1100LT). I just don't like its' lines, and I agree with Canberra, it's about as ugly as the Vision.
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