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Dennis Kirk usually has a good selection. I order my fronts there but use a car tire on the rear.

I still ride my 1988 daily and on big trips. My mom who's 69 years old went with me to the Olympic National Forest last fall. She took her 2005 Goldwing Trike and we put on about 5000 miles in ten days. My old bike rolled over 100k miles on that trip. Since we got back in the second week of September, I've put over three thousand miles on her since then. We are looking to finally upgrade after eight years of ownership to a 2021+ Goldwing. Certain parts are getting hard to obtain, especially in decent condition. My rear spring is starting to get pretty soft, and its hard for me to trust buying one off of Ebay that I have no idea the condition of. I don't have room to have multiple parts bikes laying in the garage right now. I do all my own maintenance, including tire changes and balances. I'm pretty meticulous with my old Venture. I didn't have to touch a single tool on that last road trip. After we get the Wing, I'll keep the Venture and still ride the crap out of it, but I'll take my lady with me on the Goldwing on big trips. The Venture has been and continues to be one of the most consistent, reliable and solid aspects of my life. I've been through alot in the last 8 years (haven't we all??) and the Venture has been reliably by my side then entire time. We have our first baby on the way, due in June, so it'll be a slow riding year this year, so I'll focus on plastic repairs and keeping it running in tip top shape. I'll share a few pictures of our Washington Trip for proof.

got an '84 and '86. '84 is a bastard bike -- all 1200 parts on an '88 frame, and the '86 has over 120k miles on it, and was featured at the old Venture Days shows in the 90's.

i currently have michliens on my bike. i just typed in motorcycle tires on ebay and the size's , and scrolled till i found what i wanted. dunlop should wake up with the elite 4's, i know we're not the only one's with that tire size! there were good tires!!!!!

I have michlien tires on my bike. I think i got them from Dennis Kirk. I love them.

The “audio” button is also the power button for the system. If it’s been turned off or battery unhooked hit it to turn on. Not trying to be funny but sometimes the obvious escapes us, wait til the kill switch on the bars gets you like it has the rest of us.

Hey there! I've seen your bike posted on one of the facebook groups sometimes. Before you get too crazy re-adjusting idle screws etc, did you replace the jets from the 1300 carbs to the 1200 carb jet sizes? Some of the jets are different. There's a chart somewhere on this page that has different jet sizes for different years etc. If your jet sizes are okay, you may need to turn your pilot screws out an eighth turn at a time until it quits, that will richen the mixture. Also, in my experience, I believe that I have an air leak at from the boots that go from the airbox to the carburetors on the bottom side. That might be leaning you out as well. Another thing to think about. If you're running stock main jets from your 1200 carbs, your emulsion tubes may be worn out of spec. The needle rubs against them and can oblong them. Maybe you're actually running a little too rich. You can get some smaller thickness washers ( I dont remember the size i replaced mine with) and drop those needles a little more into the emulsion tubes to lean it out and see what you get there. What are you getting for fuel consumption??