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Battery Warning Bypass
Shorty replied to cabreco's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Why not just drill a hole in the top of the battery and stick the probe down into it? I got my battery from Walmart and the hole was too small, I drilled it out bigger and it works just fine. -
Way to go Steve. I was wondering the other day when you would be retiring. I've been retired for 7 1/2 years..... AND LOVING IT. I'm still helping my son out by torching the centers out of semi wheels so he can crush them to get the tire off....... done around 600 of them so far. Centers weigh around 35 pounds (600X35=10 1/2 tons) and the rest of the wheel 51 pounds, and the tire weighs around 125 pounds. He's gettting $240.00 a ton for the steel.... glad I can help him. I'm in better shape now than when I was working.
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I liked the 50s El Camino the best. Here's a picture of my 56 El Camino that I built and of the model I also built.
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Here's the stuff I use. I also use fiberglass cloth with it. It's costs less than $5.00 at Auto Zone. Works great.
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Single engine motorcycle
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New owner questions
Shorty replied to Trevor Heath's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Trevor, You have un-knowingly purchased the fastest color Venture....... Silver!!!!!! Is your's a Standard or a Royale? My 88 is a Standard, and the color is Salt Lake Silver/Anthony Gray. I've only seen four of this color combination and I've owned two of them. Does your's look the same? Here are two of the bikes, the front one is actually a 93 with 88 plastic on it; me and my bike are in the back. My bike has 127,000 miles on it and doesn't use any oil. Me and the other two owners have only used YamaLube 10w/40. Dunlop 491 Elete II is the ONLY tire I'll buy..... I've had Avon's and hate them. Tom -
Here's what I did. It's a little hard to see in this picture but for the person behind you it's really bright (LED). It flashes, so as long as I have the brake lever or foot brake on it's just blinking away. No holes were drilled, it's put on with two sided tape, and has been on there for a number of years. You could put it under your luggage rack. I bought it at either Auto Zone or Advance Auto. I just spliced into the brake light wiring, works GREAT, and was fairly cheap.
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My avatar shows me on the south side of lake Superior with my chaps and leather coat on WITHOUT electric..... temp was in the high 30s. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in '61 I rode my 250 Honda till the middle of Dec., lowest temp was 11F. But then guys I live in the South too, Southern Minnesota.
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I forgot about Rick is also a winner, actually the FIRST winner.
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:cool10:YES WE HAVE ANOTHER WINNER!!!!!!!!! :rotf:Ya didn't win anything but you and Kevin won it anyway
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Come on guys...... Doesn't anyone know this mystery man?????? Here's some more hints: his first name starts with S and his handle starts with E
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Yup it's a 27 Ford, shortly after the picture was taken I sold it to a guy that Parted it out, it was toooooooooooooo slow for me.
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Yup, and who is setting right next to Yooper? The same person is setting next to Lowell in the 27 Model T. Another picture......
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Do ya need another Hint? Let's see how observant you are. Of these eight people shown here, four of them show up in the other pictures, which four? And again which two are the Venture Riders?
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Yup and he's on a Venture!!!!! He's also in the left back seat of the Model T. Who are the other two members are in those pictures?
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I lost some pictures and went through looking for them and came across some pictures of some of my great friends and fellow members.... do you reconize any of them, besides the Icebergs and me?
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I put the Domed Sticker on the lower edge of my trunk where my old North Central Irregular (Venturers) sticker used to be.
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That must be why I NEVER hear any chirp out of my 88
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Gas Miliage
Shorty replied to johnbroughman's topic in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk
Don't know, but I got them from Earl (skydoc_17) -
Gas Miliage
Shorty replied to johnbroughman's topic in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk
I have a 88 Standard Venture (the fastest color - Salt Lake Silver/Anthony Gray) with 127,000 miles on it; I get 42 - 43 mpg @ 70 mph and use the mid-range gas. Two years ago I also got 30 - 32 mpg. I changed the plugs, plug wires, did the Sea Foam thing, had carbs gone through, new diaphrams and slides, new air cleaner, had valves adjusted (first time ever... and one was too tight), Carbs Sync, and with all this my milage went up to 38 mpg, AND THEN it went up to 42 - 43 mpg when I did the Needle Shim Mod. -
Where do you live?
Shorty replied to slim_32's topic in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk
I live just up the road from you...... SPAM Town USA (Austin MN) -
You can trust me Ruffy.... I'm a Doctors brother.... GO SEE A DOCTOR or it just might be that saddle on your Second Gen that's the problem. Go out and get a First Gen.... the Saddle is wonderful
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Sure looked like him
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I was watching Austin City Limits tonight and I think I saw Steve playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band........ was it Steve??????
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I had a guy follow me way toooo close on a knearled road, I tried to get him to back off but the jerk just stayed on my a**, I couldn't pull over and let him by because there was no shoulder, finally the construction ended and I just pulled over and let him go by. I followed him right up to his house, got off my bike to give him a good talking to. Started to take my helmet off BUT saw that there were two of them and left it on just in case.........