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Great Video Stan, Way Cool!!’ Love it and the bike! She on the road to recovery.

I’ve used it for years for carbs and for cleaning valve bodies. Used to use it to clean the carbs while the car was running at high idle. About the best thing I’ve found to get an old clunker started.

That’s some great shade tree mechanic repairing Puc!!! A great simple fix for very little cost, lass than $4.50. I did some looking to find me some E6000 and found it on ebay, Amazon, Michael’s, and other places. Comes in black, white, and clear. WooHoo. 👍👍👍

I am in need of the actual phenolic/plastic slides. My needles are good but two of my slides were cracked. They have been stuck in the carburetor for years and after a week and a half of soaking wit Barrymans B12 and PB they came out in two pieces

Check with Mike Eykamp "The Diamond Cut Guy" (Eusa1) might have one.

Sorry to hear that John. Hope you find something soon.

I am in need of 2 diaphragm slides for my 84 VR. (part #20 in picture) If anyone has a couple they are willing to part with or know where I can get a complete set please let me know. Just don't feel like having to pay $150 each for the dealer part. Thanks!!!

Cyril May. To much S**t song.

Met a real sweet gal that loves to ride so we headed north to the root beer run and for a day at the international. Got to ride the Smokies with SilvrT. Picked up an 84 to rebuild. It’s been a much better year for me.

Use Ride-on sealer/balancer and it will help prevent puncture leaks. I’ve use it in both bikes and in the 99 the past 4 years and would not ride without it. Here’s a video deminstraiion link on how well it works.

Road hard but still running. Hope you two are having a great time. Be safe and enjoy.

Thanks Bill. Hope all is well with you. Never made up your way as first planned but hope to do so soon. Ride Safe!

The saddlebags on my 83 also leaked but I cured them by using screen spline rubber in place of the collapsed factory rubbers. A bit hard to do with the lid attached but it worked fine. Be careful taking the old ones out and take a piece to Home Depot to match the size but one step bigger.

Thanks Bob!!!👍. I’m in no hurry until the 84 is on the road. Got my 99 back together And have done a few long rides. Not the same nice bike you saw in St Charles but she’s a Venture and rides real nice. Much appreciated. The 99 as she is today.

I still have my 83 with that front set up and I liked how it handled. Hope to get it back in the road again too. As for the seat having the stock one to use I can choose which one fits me best. Thanks!

You bet bud! Hoping to get the 83 back to what she looked like before the fire as well. That will be the next project. Don’t have the room you do but also don’t have as many scooters either 🤪😁

Sort of a Barn Find. A few weeks ago buddy of mine gave me a lead on a Venture that had been stored for some 20 years. I was able to make contact with the owner and Patty and I drive over to North Carolina the next afternoon to take a look at it and were quite impressed at what we saw. It was a 1984 Venture Royale Canadian model with just over 34,000 miles on it. There was sim fading but all the plastics were there and all in fairly good shape. Apparently the original owner put the bike up in a climate controlled garage some 20 years ago then, five years ago that owner sold it to another gentleman who was looking for an easy project he could tweak and ride. A week after owner #2 purchased the bike his wife filed for divorce and kicked him out. The bike then sat covered in his buddies garage for the next five years until about six weeks ago when he traded it to owner #3 who doesn’t ride, so she put it up for sale. I guess you could say this bike is sort of a survivor barn find since it’s I such good shape for being nearly 34 years old. I made a deal with owner 3 and purchased the bike that also came with a few unexpected extra accessories. Along with the bike, which has a Corbin seat with rider backrest on it, we got the original factory seat in near new condition, a trailer hitch already installed, all the shop manuals, and a box with extra foot pegs, hwy pegs, and accessory mounts, some gaskets, a heavy duty cable lock, and a few other items. What was missing thou were keys for the ignition and bags but... I found an old key in one of my old junk bags that work on the ignition and another that works on the saddle bags, tour pack, helmet locks and all the other locks. It’s going to get some long overdue attention over the next few months and I hope if all goes according to plan to have it on the road by spring. I will try to post progress pictures from time to time.

Thanks. Would you happen to know the filter number off hand.

I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a spin on filter for the 1st gens that doesn’t require an adaptor? I thought I saw an older post a few years ago but cannot find it. Thanks.

Kind of like truckers pulling doubles. Good thing for pull-thru’s

Rick, may have found you a solution to your need for an open truck bed along with the 5th wheel trailer. Bike in the bed, trailer behind. 👍👍

Thoughts and prayers to the family and friends for their loss.

Dollar Tree sell an 8 pack with a carry case for $1.00