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Tcro still makes stick coils bit it's just as easy to make them yourselves with some eBay shopping

I've been running a the Skydock heavy duty diaphragm spring on both the RS Venture as well as a reasonably stock Road Star Warrior, now my buddies heavily modified Road Star Warrior eats diaphragm springs and we were forced to go with the Barnett kit with Heavy Duty springs.

Yamaha is known for weak clutch diaphragms (springs) that loose their clamping power with age. I've done both a Barnett pressure plate swap on a built Road Star Warrior 1700cc as well as Skydocks Heavy Duty diaphragm & similar EBC diaphragms. It's easy to do the work on the side-stand with simple hand tools with out loosing any oil.

Volo is over an hour drive northwest of downtown Chicago in light traffic, HD in Milwaukee can be more than 2 hours if you hit traffic. If you are driving in from Ohio: Studebaker Museum in South Bend, Indiana RV Museum in Elkhart, IN Auburn, Cord, Duesenburg Musesum in Auburn, IN (just north of Ft Wayne) Early Ford Museum in Auburn National Auto & Truck in Auburn

My Yamah GP1200s are notorious for bouncing and porpoising. If you're having problems with keeping the ski in the water in chop you can shim down the tail of the ride plate with some stainless washers, same as triming an outboard. I spend Saturday manhanding my dock and peir back up on their trailers. Mom's place flooded and the peir almost floated way with the skies and pontoon attached. Luckily we grabbed them and tied them off to the shed.

With the amount of R&D Polaris put in to making Indian it's own stand alone brand I could really see this working. The Electric TT bikes that Victory put together shows an interest in the sport bike market and with Eric's engineering prowess there are major possibilities. I hope they give him the freedom that H.D. never did.

Not sure what you're referring to with the "bags" but my experiences with touring: Ask the attended at the hotel if there is a secure place to park, ie by the front door. My ram mount for the GPS & Phone stay on the handlebars, but any and all electronics get locked away in the saddlebag for the night. Tank bag gets locked away for the night Disk lock & cable lock to the other bike I'm usually touring with Lock the saddlebags Now, I live in the greater Chicago area...I take as much off the bike as I can. Once I get out into the "country" a bit I'm a lot more lax on what i keep on the bike.

I can't help but laugh that it has a listing for Archer Avenue in Chicago because it's HAUNTED! I references Resurrection Cemetery, that I was working at earlier today and the ghost of Resurrection Mary that I know OH SO WELL. http://www.dangerousroads.org/haunted-roads/4917-archer-avenue.html

Especially with the Keggy-Fuel tank on the back of that thing, that's no fair weather bikers...

And this is why I stick with Yamaha for EVERY power sport... I have a '96 Yamaha Venture 3-seat 700cc twin with 170 hr and a '97 GP1200 2 seat 1200cc triple. I have done nothing but carb cleaning, spark plugs, and a fuel level sending unit for the 1200. Do you know how long these sat before you purchased? The output shaft seals are not really known for going bad to often unless they dry-rot with lack of use.

I keep the Road Toad's in my bike at all times, they pack small and are handy when you get caught in a pop-up rain shower. They've been with me through 4 bikes now and other than a bit of heat damage that was properly repaired with Frogg Toggs brand heat patch they have stood up well. Been through all day wet riding multiple times without getting clammy. I still keep them for around town use but touring and I know their will be rain I wear Tourmaster pants.

Mine seems to do the same thing but will eventually lock into a speed. I was in MI last week and kept trying to set it at 72mph, it would slowly slide back to 68mph over the course of like 3 miles but then would be rock steady at 68 for miles (speeds as shown on GPS, not dash).

Just installed an iSimple on my buddies HD SE Ultra last week. The model he picked up had RCA & 3.5mm outputs so I don't see why you couldn't just Y off the existing radio input and include the iSimple Bluetooth box into the system on the standard Aux input.

You'd need to put a Ground Loop Isolator on the audio side... http://www.amazon.com/PAC-SNI-1-3-5-3-5-mm-Isolator/dp/B001EAQTRI I think there is a filter you can put on the 12v side, but I don't know of a model or what to search for off the top of my head.

Your basically a day ride up there for me up to Muskegon. Maybe next time I get some time off I'll shoot you a message or next time your heading down to SW Harbor Country you let me know.

@cowpuc, Knowing where I saw you in the morning you and I were probably having the same conversation mid-afternoon. We were filling up in Topinabee on the way back from St. Ignace and a guy pulled up at the other pump (in his car) and started chatting about his '07 Midnight. I've put some work into my bike with a Stratoliner front wheel and HD pipes being the most obvious and he asked about them, as well as telling him I did a valve adjustment and carb work. He pulls a trailer so i asked if he ever looked into re-gearing from a V-max, he didn't even know it was an option. He asked how long I've owned the bike that I know so much about them and working on them, even though it's only a year 1/2 this sit has provided so much information. I told him to check it out and look me up if he ever joins.

Kinda hard to stop and chat in the middle of one of the largest and longest bridges in the world... I nudged the wife and said "Look, it's an older Venture. Wait....THAT'S PUC!" She responded "Yea, right. Like you really know who that is"

Looks awfully similar to the Venture owner I spotted over the weekend...even has the same bike.

Rider magazine had an article on that bike. They were riding around the globe 2 up. Can't find the article anymore

Well the Weather botched the Lake Erie Plans so We'll be doing Lake Michigan again and staying dry. Going Counter Clockwise from the south end of the lake. If you see a Beige '99 with a Venture sticker and red FD and a Beige/Black HD Ultra stop and say Hi.

Oooo Oooo, one of the project I'm collecting parts for in this winters mods, full front end "reconstruct" with HID headlight & Light Bar along with a bunch of other stuff. I'll be getting in touch with @slowrollvw

The wifes BCBS covers us...already called.

No intention of bringing a gun with...about the only "weapon" is a pocket knife and Gerber multi-tool

I have Foremost coverage on the motorcycle, simple to contact your agent and request a Non-Resident Motor Vehicle insurance card. No cost, wait a few days and TaDa you have coverage in Canada Is it possible to go to Canada with stopping at a Tim Hortons Its mostly riding planned, leaving next Friday the 26th. Friday Chicago - Cleveland Saturday Cleveland - Niagara Falls, ON Sunday Niagara - Windsor Monday Windsor - Chicago

Last time I used debit internationally they held a large chunk of money, I tend not to use debit anyways. I'm gonna call my CC company and inform them that I'm traveling since I've been declined at the gas station across the street from my house for making to large a purchase! If we're only over there a day 1/2 I'll just wing it with US Currency, I don't think we'll be doing to much Mom & Pop type stuff but more traveling. Thanks Guys!