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So KOA ASHEVILLE WEST it is!

We just booked our cabin.

Happy Sunday morning to all! In the garage to do an oil change for my wife and then cut the grass. Great weather today. Ride safe all!

Sounds like a plan.

I just saw a video, today was #143 2 to go.

It wouldn't hurt to go there next year and see how it is. It's only a $20 fee if you have to cancel. Woody, if you want to pick your spot the rest of us will fill in around you

Good morning to all! Hope you are having a good start of the weekend. Today, I'll pickup my iPhone 17 Pro Max at an Apple Store 41 miles away. I am already reserved a time slot this afternoon for pickup and hopefully the wait is not too bad. I heard these iPhones are selling like pancakes. Ride safe.

TGIF to all. Ride safe and enjoy the weekend.

Hi John, He is one on ebay that claims to be open but unused and has all you want. https://www.ebay.com/p/1322895779, if that doesnt work and you dont mind getting dirty, Sport Wheel in Jordan Minnesota have a number of used Ventures on site and you could remove the needed cable your self and maybe cable 1 as insurance also. They have a number of parts on the bikes and they are 83-93 Ventures. Sport Wheel is on Hwy 169 between Jordan and Shakopee Minn. https://www.sportwheel.com/ Let me know if you have any question. Rick F.

You know where Shirley is gona stay.

They have cabins and tent sites

No I just had them go over the chassis grease points and what I need to watch out for in maintenance.

I'm glad I found her a good home. Feels like she's still in the family. Did Hannigan give it a checkup?

I think that's a good option.

Has anyone looked into Asheville koa west for the meet up, might be an option.

Hi all, in July I rode through Bear Tooth Pass, AMAZING! Literally the day I got back home to Minnesota, my throttle cable broke! Whew, that was lucky. My local repair guy found the p/n on the oem diagram, it lists "41V-26312-00-00 Cable 2 (pull cable)". He ordered a new cable from Ebay with this p/n, but now that he's doing the repair, he found the cable doesn't come with the adjuster elbow piece (photo attached). And the new cable's terminator doesn't fit through the old adjuster elbow; because the terminator is too large to fit through. We can't put it together with what we have. Cable 1 (push) is still available from Yamaha, but Cable 2 (pull) isn't. I don't find the right cable with a web search. Does anyone know where to get this cable with the adjuster piece like the OEM diagram shows??

Naah, they’re arguing synthetic vs Dino.

I wonder what those two bikes are saying to each other, looks like they are having a conversation about Ronnie. 😊

I’m sure $$$. I’ll stick to a V4 carb unit I don’t have to make payments on. On that note I bought Motorcycle Mike’s trike a few weeks ago.

Don’t know a lot about the Challenger but it looks great. I’m sure it’s expensive.

They have sold to Cypress Creek Motorsports. Dave and Ruthann are staying on staff for a three year transition before fully retiring. The Venture was never a huge seller for them but I don’t see very many people willing to invest that much $$ into a bike that’s been out of production since 2013. He did tell me they’re hanging on to the molds. The trike market is falling just like the touring market, younger people aren’t buying them. I use the same powder coater as Hannigan, he told me a couple years ago that he gets trailer and side car frames but very few trike frames anymore. They have a 3rd gen in right now getting a sidecar fitted to it. Cypress Creek builds a ground up trike using Chevrolet V8s and automatic transmissions. Called Challenger Trikes.

I guess we shouldn’t be surprised. I don’t know. I didn’t know that Hanniganv had sold.

I stopped in at Hannigan’s factory today, one of the office guys told me they dropped the RSV and a few other bikes out of their lineup this year. I don’t know if it has anything to do with the selling of the brand or not.

I did 1098 miles on my IB run in 2019. No desire to ever do it again, never mind every day.

Everyday, there is always something new that comes up in the news. Sounds to me it is a huge network.