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i found new flanders bars but the part number was2 didgets off from the flander bar number we need for our bikes, ordered it to see if it will work. can always send them back if they aren't go'n to work.

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Sorry for not responding this past week, its been kinda crazy for me. I plan to get back to the bike tomorrow, and see if I can get this thing lined up. I am trying to get it into neutral so I can roll it in and out of the garage without disconnecting the final drive.

@zzyzx aka Ed Jones sells the standard adapter for I think $135. I make an adapter with bolt on legs $180 shipping included in the 48 states.

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Are these jack adapters still being offered? I would like to purchase one if possible.

Thank you sir.

Glad you made it out safely out of the rain and mud. Great experience like on the RSV is priceless. Thanks for sharing.

I checked eBay and found several sets of Venture handlebars. I used 2 inch Riser extensions to get mine to set back farther. That may be an option for you if you can find a set of Flanders.

I'm sorry to hear about you laying the bike down but glad you are alright. This is why we should post things it is like a record of what we have done to the bike.

yep freebird, those are it, can i still get them n where do i find them?

Buna N size 218 O ring I ordered a pack of like 50 for about $10 from WalMart. Should be available from Amazon/eBay.

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Can you share with us the size O Ring and where it can be obtained.

Were they Flanders bars? Announced them and they did have about 2” more pull back.

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Sounds like an adventure and did you get the Metzlers to where they need replacing?

I had about 3,000 miles of tread left on my Metzlers this spring, when I broke the Sofaglide out of cold storage. Whatever shall I do with that, I thought. Can't switch out tires with tread still on them. I know! I'll go to the Johnson Space center in Houston. That's about a 3,000 mile round trip. So, I changed the oil, installed new rear brake pads and off I went. It was a wee bit chilly when I left the NW burbs but, by the time I hit St Louis, it was warming up nicely. Down I went, through Arkansas to Texas. I have never driven in the eastern part of Texas before. I was lied to by all my John Wayne movies. I was expecting flat and desert and tumbleweeds, but here it was all hilly and tall forest almost all the way to Houston. Luckily, the Lord of Hosts saw fit to restrain his rains,... mostly. There is nothing quite as sphincter tightening as getting caught in a sudden downpour while cresting a hill in the Ozarks at 75 mph on a road covered in clay dust. Friends who live in the Houston area took me out on a couple rides, first through the Sam Houston National Forest and then through the surrounding countryside. I could easily live in Texas if I wasn't trapped in IL. Apparently, late April was the perfect time to go, temps weren't super hot and I was right in between storm systems. All good things come to an end, however and eventually, after visiting the Johnson Space Center, I had to leave. On the way home, I decided I would come up The Pig Trail in Arkansas. I overnighted in the town of Ozark, AR and started on the trail in the morning rather that trying to navigate it in the dark. That was when God decided he hadn't blessed me enough and insisted I ride through the mountains in the rain. It rained on me all day. The Pig Trail looks like it would have been fun in the dry but it was pretty scary in the rain and cold. On the plus side, my Frog Togs work perfectly. Somewhere along the way my GPS decided it did not want to be on the Pig Trail anymore and it took me onto AR-412. Not knowing where I was I just followed the Garmin. Eventually, I ended up on a back road that was not paved, WPA N I think. This is an access road, made for tractors and farm equipment, (I call it the cow path.) By the time I realized the GPS was trying to kill me it was too late. I had gone down a hill that I was never going to get back up. I couldn't turn around so I had to continue for the rest of the 8.8 miles to AR-65 North, in the rain. At 1,000 pounds, me and my Venture were now on a hill climbing adventure! I was a muddy trembling mess by the time I got back to the highway. Lessons learned, never trust the Garmin and the RSV is an impressive hill climber. I rode in the rain all the way up to Hannibal, MO. where I overnighted again. In the morning it was cold, (45 degrees!), but the sun was shining and it was dry. I ate breakfast at a little place that was full of farmers and then made for The Flat. The Flat is what I call the middle portion of Illinois, that vast featureless prairie. Coming out of Missouri on I-74 is not so bad at first, it's hilly and the sun was shining. Eventually, though, it flattens out and then, Blah. I hung a left at Springfield and rode I-55 the rest of the way home, fighting the GPS all the way. As a punishment, I guess, it tried to take me off the highway and through every little town we passed. Stupid Garmin. I set it to avoid tollways and gravel roads and on this trip it put me on both. The bike ran like a champion the whole way. 400+ miles a day every day for a week. you'd never think it had 70,000 miles on it. I think I'm gonna head to Deadwood, SD next time I get a few days off. Cheers!

I’m sorry to hear about your incident and I am glad that you’re ok! Maybe you can search your old posts on this site for the answers as to which handlebars you had.

lad the bike down sat afternoon. nothing hurt but my pride on me. bike has cosmetic stuff that can all be replaced. need new handle bars, the ones that had i think another 2 inchs of pull back on them. can't find my receipt to figure out who i ordered them from. can anybody hep me out or remember who had and sold them. would appreciate the hep

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Hi guys, I just got this bike, and unfortunately it has sun damage on the LCD screen. I bought a used one of eBay and was trying to pull out the old one to replace lcd, but it's proving difficult to even get it out after splitting the fairing. The inner fairing is covering it and the frame won't let you pull it out sideways. I was able to pull out the cassette and radio, but it looks like the only way to get to the display it is to unmount the inner fairing so you can pull it back more. How do you get the frame out of the way, or how do you get the inner fairing loose? I see a couple of bolts on the front side of the inner fairing that looks super hard to get to due to the shocks and handlebars, but I'm not sure if they are what I need to get at.

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