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Good story,,, take care of it well!

Very nice. The day that I bought my first ‘99 Venture off the showroom floor, I reactive a Valk Interstate that morning. It was a difficult decision but the RSV just barely edged it out. They are great bikes.

Great job bringing that bike back from the land of perpetual “when I get around to it!”

I remember when I turned 16 my Dad said I could only buy a bike as long as I took a motorcycle safety course. I signed up that spring and over a long weekend we drove non stop on little Suzuki 125 dirt bikes…if I recall correctly. Great skills and information learned. I even got a slight reduction on insurance from taking the course. He will enjoy it. Good luck to him, Mark

A friend of mine just turned 70 and traded in his full dressed Harley for a Heritage Softail Classic. Much lighter to ride and he’s enjoying it. That’s a nice transition bike as we all get older and want to keep enjoying the open road. I hope you enjoy your new bike, Mark

That’s a great story and what a great friend. I have a 1999 interstate as well and is my go to bike for longer trip, but as you pointed out, the Ventures are still more comfortable to ride and take some maintenance to keep them on the road. I also get a lot of compliments on this bike. I hope you enjoy it. Mark

Nice looking ride.

1999 Honda Valkyrie Interstate. I sat on one 26 years ago and would think on getting one. Now there is one sharing room with the Ventures. And I don't think they care for it much. A friend of mine had this one and it had gotten to be a topic of when he was going to get it back together again after taking it all apart to fix a few things and just give it a good going over. He has been slowly losing his zest for working on cycles and for riding also. as it seems has been happening to a lot of us. We were out for breakfast, and he was telling me that he had decided that I needed to bring a trailer and pickup my Valkyrie and get it out of his garage that he wanted some more room. I asked him how much and he said its yours to take and bring it back to its glory. So, after breakfast I went home got the trailer and tools and after around 4 hours was able to get it on the trailer. I had a few days off from work, so I got busy on it. Changed all of the fluids greased and cleaned and tuned and got to take it out for a ride. And it purrs like a kitten. We went to a get together in town for collectors and antique cycles and got a lot of looks and compliments on it. And he said that he was happy to see what all I had done with it and couldn't believe how it turned out. I tried to give the key to him and said its yours take it home with you. He said no that's why you got it. Have to say that it felt good that he was so happy to see it like that. But it hit me that one of my oldest ridding friends has decided that his time for ridding is done. I did tell him it won't ever be sold it will be handed down to the next one that has that gleam in his eye for a cool old cycle. And that it's going to be a while before that happens because it is way too much fun to ride. Not as comfortable as the Venture but I think I can get it close. Orlin

If it's anything like the 1st gen, then the coil position relates to the cylinder position. Front coil to front cylinder.

Now that's a Harley!!

I've been impressed with Deka, but the Deka label is often under the sellers label.

I only use Yuasa brand in my bikes

I've been using O'Reilly for years I had one go bad on me while in Florida one time and the local O'Reilly's made it good.

I use only AGM batteries, lead acid usually lasted 1-1/2 years. I get around 5 years now. I usually use Interstate or the premium Super Start from Oreilly.

Looking to replace my Walmart battery. I have been reviewing all brands. They of course can be confusing to a non tech guy. So I again come to the experts. What brand/type of battery would you guys recommend? Thanks, Labill

Absolutely!! We were at Sturgis this year and there was a very sizable CanAm contingent there. So just because you’re a little more gray than last year doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep on riding. But the twisties aren’t as much fun!

Thank you, Ronnie. We aren't Coming down until Wednesday so I'm pretty sure it will be here. If it doesn't, I'll get a short bolt that size, put a rubber seal on it and run it with that until the plastic one comes in. Can't leave a steel bolt in the radiator very long. It may not come out again.

Don messaged me and said to meet at Tim's we met at before by Zedenos on Victoria at 1pm Saturday!

Good Thursday morning to all. Got caught on a downpour yesterday, but it was all good. Took it easy to reach my destination. Surprisingly, only my lower leg area got wet and the rest of my body remained dry. SVTC will get a nice shower this afternoon and a good wipe down. Ride safe.

Phil make sure the battery is good and connections clean and tight. I had a low voltage symptom for several months 12.9-13v, battery and stator tested good so I replaced the regulator with no change. Replaced the battery due to age and it jumped to 14 volts.

Here is a thread written by our dear old friend bongobob. Very good information.

Tested across battery terminals today with battery at 12.85volt and engine reved, tester said 12.88volt. Riding around my volt gage was showing 12.3v. 11.9v with highbeam on. Acording to repair manual, symptoms say probably Voltage regulator. Anyway to test? Book says you have to try good one in place. Have spare battery incase right now!

Steve if you have trouble getting it in time let me know. I have a radiator off a bike I junked. I just checked and it came out easily.

Hello Venture Crew. I rode the Venture last week and noticed some coolant dripping on the ground after riding for an hour. (Really thought I had a leaking radiator hose.) I finally got around to checking for the problem yesterday and found the leak was coming from the radiator drain plug. I put a wrench on it to tighten it, and the head of the plastic plug broke off. Thankfully I had a left-hand drill bit and was able to spin the threaded part out without any problems. A new one has been ordered, and I will be able to ride it to Vogel next week.

Based on my age trajectory and the desire to keep on riding, a trike or a CanAm is not off the table. For me, I also had the urge to pull the trigger...but I am also not ready yet. If one would own a CanAm, it is wise to also have a motorcycle to ride. Just saying...