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That is good news. I'm sure you can get some of our brothers here to come and ride your bike too LOL.

Nice looking bike!

Happy to hear it’s going well.

Sorry to hear that, Im really looking forward to seeing everyone again that we haven’t seen since Covid interrupted our get togethers. I have been talking to another long time member from up north about the possibility of having a get together up there next summer. Hopefully that can come to fruition and we’ll all have a chance to catch up.

GREAT FIND! LOOKS LIKE IT WILL SERVE YOU WELL!

Take a good look at the bulb to make sure it's ok. I installed a Sylvania Ultra, the bightest, and it burned out in seconds. both low and high beam. So, I replaced it with the base bulb and it worked fine.

Good news indeed!

Nice catch!

We had our discussion and made our decision. WKY is not on our radar this year. Too many issues to deal with,,, sure going to miss all you 'all though.

Couple hours from the Corvette plant and museum. 1-1/2 hours from Nashville. Bourbon trail is further east of us. National quilt museum in Paducah if you want to learn how to sew. Southern Missouri/North Arkansas has some mountains and riding I hear, we haven’t made it over there yet. Bass Pro Memphis Pyramid if you’re into that. If you’re into fishing hang around a day or two, the new boat should be here by then. Room for 3 or people to fish in it. St Louis is about 4 hrs away if you like baseball.

Hello RideEmAll, Welcome to Venture Rider. Please feel free to browse around and get to know the others. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. RideEmAll joined on the 05/01/2024. View Member

Hello SleeperJunky, Welcome to Venture Rider. Please feel free to browse around and get to know the others. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. SleeperJunky joined on the 04/30/2024. View Member

Looks good.

What else is there to do in the area besides, ride, boat, fish and camp. I have to be in a wedding on June 15th in Missouri and don't want to go home in between.

My old trailer is looking sad, so I figured I'd replace the fenders, remove the rust and give it a coat of paint. I happened to be perusing Craigslist and found a heavy duty trailer that was used to haul a trencher, smaller, but 10 ply tires, so it sits lower,... 2500 lb axle. It needed all the brackets that secured the trencher removed and a coat of paint. Wasn't really rusted, but would be soon without new paint. Spent the last day and a half doing just that, plus I welded a couple of new tie down points on it, then mounted a wheel chock I had in the garage. I'll still want to make sure the wheel bearings are properly greased, but that should be it. It's a little narrower and longer than my old trailer., (4x9) old one was (5x8). Should be a great trailer, dedicated to towing the bike. I'll still spiffy up the old trailer, but I'm diggin' this one much better for hauling Black Cherry. At $650.oo I think I'm well bought.

Hello Venture Friends. I met with the Nurse Practitioner for a follow up on my surgery in January. I got some great news on my recovery. My back is healing very well and I can now lift 20 to 25 pounds and bend and twist a LITTLE. The bad news part is I cannot ride a motorcycle or shoot a gun for another 3 months. What was actually stated was, "NO HIGH IMPACT activities for another 3 months". I didn't bother telling her I didn't plan on "high impact" issues with the bike, but no one plans those either and they still happen. So, I will get the bro-in-law to ride it a little to keep it a little active. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Steve

I traded my 2008 RSV in toward a 2023 Indian Challenger. I loved my Venture and wish Yamaha had properly updated it to keep me on board.

Just got out this week with new tires mounted and feels great again. Bike is 2012 Royal Star Venture with just under 125,000klm(77,670mil).

Got bike back from shop with new tires last week! They took off another $50 as I removed saddle bags, chrome bar protection and trailer hitch so cost me a total of $535Can. Did lay bike on it's side as wasn't used to it and too sharp and too slow turn( no damage). Took a couple short trips (bad weather)around then 50klm ride the other day!

Welcome aboard ! Several Canadians on the sight. I'm in Kitchener Ontario.

Here i have a royal star venture 1999 and when i bring back my horse at home after winter storage i see no low beam but high beam are ok so i change the bulb cause i'm sure it was blown but even a new one has no low beam but high beam are ok , i'll verify wires - switch - earth of bike - corrosion not present and everything are ok then i think about relay are blown somewhere but don't know which one and where it located neither if rsv has this kind of relay so i request help here, I'm not a mecanician so if i can fix my own motorcycle i think it's the best way to knew it Thank's in advance

BRILLIANT... Thank you so much! That is perfect!

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