Flyinfool

It may not make any sense, but there is only one.

Still not to bad. The only plastic I had to pull to do neck bearings was the same as for springs plus the front fender. I do not have the lower fairings on the bike or you might have to pull those to.

The venture is easy to do springs, It literally took longer to get all of the tools jacks and stuff out and put away than it did to do the job. Changing the springs is an easy half hour job if you take your time and down a few wet ones while working on it. Once the bike is jacked up off the ground. Let all the air out of the front suspension. Pull the drain plugs on each fork. 2 screws to remove the plastic ignition switch cover and one connector for the cruise control lights. 2 big nuts to get off the plate that the Ignition cover was attached to. 1 screw each to remove the fill pieces from the fairing. 1 clamp bolt on each handlebar. Pull off the rubber cap on the top of each fork. 17mm hex driver to remove the fork cap. Pull out old spring and spacers. Put drain plugs back in. Fill with oil to proper level. Drop in new spring and spacers. Reassemble in reverse order of how it came apart. Go for ride. Literally the longest part of the job is waiting for the old oil to drain out. But you can be working on a cold one during that time.

Based on that video the venture forks are a lot different than the V-Max forks.

I think I would have pulled out my phone and took his pic and a pic of his license plate and turned it into the police. It might make more of an impression while he goes thru the process of going thu the system before he gets his wrist slapped and gets released. I must admit that I would likely have lost it when he said he was taking it because his son wanted it.

I don't know it it would work to try to measure the factory preload. The factory springs are a bout 6 inches shorter than the progressives and wound from much thinner wire.

It could also be as simple as a dirty connection to the battery.

:sign yeah that: Many "modern" chargers will not even try to charge a dead battery. You need to keep that good old cheap stupid charger around for the days when you drain a battery all the way down. OR You can connect jumpers from the dead battery to a good battery and then put the new charger on both batteries till the dead one is brought up enough for the smart charger to recognize it. This will fool most of the smart chargers.

They NEVER specify which September.

I reduced the preload on the front springs today. It made the bike handle a lot better but I think there is still more to be had by further reduction in the preload.

Well better late than never. Today I finally got around to adjusting the preload. I measured the spacers as is at 1.094 long. So I cut one in half with an 093 cutter I ended up wit new spacers at exactly .500 long. I put these in and went for a ride. The first thing I noticed was that the windshield now clears the door of the shed by about a quarter inch. It was rubbing before. The slow speed handling is much improved, but not quite what I am after. I did not get a chance to hit any curves at more than 30 MPH so I will have to wait till tomorrows trip into work to try out handling at higher speeds. I will likely leave it like this for a month just to get used to it and see if I want to take the spacers out all together. I really never thought that a half inch would make this much of a difference in handling.

It is a common issue with the 2nd gens to get a plugged vent line causing fuel starvation. The woosh when you opened the cap is the big giveaway. It is known for various insects to crawl up in the vent hose and plug it up. If you do not clear the vent hose it WILL happen again, and again......................

That aint as silly as it sounds. I put a big powerful magnet on the bottom of my bike to trip a traffic signal that I go thru often. I have found many nails and screws and other steel junk stuck to that magnet over the years. I figure everyone of them was headed for the rear wheel. My theory as to why the rear is that one that seems to collect the nails and not the front is; The nail is laying on its side on the road, it is not pointed in a direction to puncture anything. the front tire rolls over it and causes it to start bouncing down the road and the rear gets there just as the nail is point up and POOF. My magnet will not pick a nail off the ground, but it will snag one that is about 2 inches off the ground. Maybe I need a bigger magnet...................

Another angle to look at. Check your bikes voltage across the battery with everything turned on that is normally turned on for a ride to be sure that the bike charging system is up to snuff. It could be possible to loose one diode in the rectifier and that could cause the excess AC ripple on the line. This could manifest as a slightly low charging voltage under load. Another trick is to set your meter for AC volts and check across the battery with the bike turned off The meter should say zero. If the meter reads zero then you can do the next test. Some meters will read the voltage wether it is AC or DC, some wont. Now start the bike If there is AC coming thru the meter will see it.

You da man.............

Part of what you want is for the cables to be welding cable. Welding cable is made up to be much more flexible and is much easier to snake thru the bike. A welding supply shop may be able to make them up for you also. A local marine supply store also makes up cables.

I guess it ain't all that hard to do that one extra click. I am sure that even us old farts can muddle our way thru this one. Thanks Don for all that you do to keep all of us ungrateful pot stirrers and even some pot lickers happy. I know it is a thankless job.

Do you also need to be a supporting member to receive a PM with a pic?

I just sent you a PM with a pic................\

Well at least we have had 2 quiet nights in a row. But then they are strictly enforcing the curfews to not let anything even get started.

After reading up a bit, the 4K GoPro can use your phone via bluetooth or WiFi as the monitor, you can even control all functions of the camera from your phone. I have to vote for the 4K.

That is a toss up. I love my 4K tvs picture quality. having a display on the camera makes it so much more convenient to use, and/or preview a vid. 4K will eat gigabits a lot faster than 1080p. How much shoot time can each one give? File sizes will be massive, will this make a difference to you for uploading or transferring the files?

:sign yeah that: There were several different people over the years that were making up the cables. But none of them are still members here.

If you want to send pics to someone privately you need to exchange email addresses and then send the pics via email. The email function of the forum does not allow you to attach pics either.

I think he meant CTFW, Chase The Front Wheel. I typically ride till mid November, I stop riding when Deer hunting opens and then there is usually SNOW on the ground by the time I get home from deer hunting. I do not have heated anything. Just a warm coat and good gloves. I have ridden more than once dressed in full blaze orange from my chin to my ankles.