New Goodies

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Saturday I went to Venco Wings in Loudon Nh. and got a few new goodies for Wanda. (2008)

Front and rear tires. Bridgestones. Formally ran E3s. It is to early to tell exactly how much difference there is as I have not done enough miles on them yet. I can feel that it takes less pressure using counter steering to do the twisters. One thing is for sure, maneuvering in tight and close as in a parking lot is a lot easier. Of course the fact that they are new tires helps. Had 12,500 miles on old tires with decent thread left but got tired of the howling.

A Venco volt meter. A product of the shop owner. The read out is red LED display. (not LCD) Easy to see even in day light. Now something I did not know. When you turn the key you get line voltage. (battery) After starting it takes approximately 18 seconds for the reading to come up to 14.6 volts. You can watch it on the meter. This is to prevent a voltage surge to any of the sensitive electronics or accessories you may have added.

Baker air wings. A great addition to deflect cold air or to direct warm air now that cooler weather is coming.

Muth directional mirrors. Neat and functional.

A brake light modulator. Of course for safety to get the attention of drivers behind you. May not work for people on cell phones but really is noticable.

LED fog lights not incandescent. 35 watts each that have bright white light. To see better and to be seen by oncoming traffic.

A Martini trunk light set. They wrap around the trunk and have 80 individual LED red lights. Now 80 sounds like a lot but they are small bulbs and are embedded in a chrome strip and look quite nice. They are also hooked up to the brake light modulator.

So now I have spent the kids inheritance. Just remember, the price of the Goldwing is the down payment on the accessories.

Ride long and often.