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Everything posted by s.tyler58
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I like the volume of the HD pipe but after about four thousand miles I'm not sure I love the tone... Sometimes, well, a lot of the time, when I'm gettin on it, it sounds like the blat of a trumpet. It's very tolerable above 65 MPH. My guys did a great job creating the mid pipes and adding a drop down hanger bar from the saddle bag Bar at the rear. So I could probably put any tailpipe on that I want. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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When I was married, 1 Spring it became time to buy a new lawn mower. My wife wasn't convinced we needed to spend the $70 more for self propelled push mower. I let her push the mower without it and she did one lap from the front of the lot to the back of the lot handed it to me and said, "yep! you can have a Personal Pace mower." She never touched a mower again! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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I was pulled off on the north side of the Overlook parking lot. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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Okay, I confess, it took as long as it took for me to wander that far away from the motorcycle for my shadow to catch up with me! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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I'm not sure what the previous owner covered up there. I mean I glanced at that photo and saw a dark image standing with a hand on my handlebar and behind the bike from where I was standing at first glance. I'm really surprised you guys don't see it Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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Is that a specter mounting or dismounting my bike on the Nebraska side of the Vermillion South Dakota Bridge over the Missouri River? Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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If only there was a "love" reaction button on here! That's beautiful Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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What I love about thePucster is that he acts like he's totally clueless about how much he means to all of us. Quite a legacy to be proud of Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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I haven't checked his YouTube page lately. It is awfully hard for him to stay this quiet normally Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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Backrest is installed
s.tyler58 replied to s.tyler58's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Turned out to be the seal between the top and the reservoir was leaking down The Handlebar side where I couldn't see it. it was tight but I just had to clean it up and put it back together. and celebrate joyfully for the rest of the day that that was all it was. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk -
My grandpa's green 1959 Star Chief with bubble wrapped seats Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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Reversing the shift pattern
s.tyler58 replied to s.tyler58's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Bahahaha! Did he just say "really bang through the gears" in reference to Hardley? Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk -
I think he miss read the word fork not oil Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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1989 Gas MPG
s.tyler58 replied to uhfradarwill's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Seems like I rarely get as good as 32. The Road King pipes may have a little bit to do with that though. I do enjoy leaving people at lights that look at the old man on the old bike as boring. ;-) Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk -
Where's that varmint Puc disappeared to lately? Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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Kind of makes me wonder if anything has topped that day in the time since he posted?That is awesome! Private Aviation is a whole nother world! Just prior to Desert Storm, I worked for a publisher in Lincoln and I designed and implemented a publication for advertising turboprop and jet aircraft for private and corporate owners. It was called the executive controller. My territory covered Texas Kansas and Oklahoma which are major aircraft industry state. I'm very proud of the fact that that magazine changed advertising methodology of an industry! Within 9 months of our initial publication date, our subscriptions and distribution and advertising Revenue surpassed that of the dominant advertising publication for the previous 35 years. (AC Flyer by McGraw Hill) Within 9 months of its inception we were the top publication to advertise high dollar aircraft. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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Sometimes when I tell someone that doesn't ride about a ride in 90 degree Heat and they will mention that at least I have the wind. I simply explain that the wind just changes it from an oven into a convection oven! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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Backrest is installed
s.tyler58 replied to s.tyler58's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
I just returned from a beautiful morning ride of an hour and a half. 65 degrees, Sunny with no wind to speak of. Rode out to my little spot on the river and had my coffee and came home. So my clutch master cylinder has decided that my left index finger needs to stay moist... Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk -
Slots in handlebars?
s.tyler58 replied to 83Venturevyz's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Were those drilled and threaded to replace the nut at the end of the handle bar? Aluminum? Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk -
Backrest is installed
s.tyler58 replied to s.tyler58's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
It's just one of the crosses I bear for my girl. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk -
Backrest is installed
s.tyler58 replied to s.tyler58's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
I remember asking about turning it upside down and even hand drawn diagram but I remember the consensus being there wouldn't be room because of the engine case but I'm with you believing that it certainly could easily be turned upside down. I can't tell if I have to pull off my exhaust to get to it? Isn't it above the collector? Also where's the fuel filter? Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk -
Backrest is installed
s.tyler58 replied to s.tyler58's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Thanks in a big part to you Vid! I am loving her more almost every trip! I think that a good portion of the tire wear is because I do a lot of hard engine-braking because my brakes should be wrapped in crime scene tape! The leaking fork oil pretty much did them in. It will be nice to get to a point where I can just kick back relax and ride without worrying about why my gas mileage has dropped to 28 .72 from just over 32 MPG. Or that I really need to adjust that shift linkage under the middle of the bike where my lift gets in the way. I just don't want to tear the cover off of the clutch slave area again to get to it . Making it sometimes hard for 2nd gear to always engage or sometimes downshifting into first . I have that reversed shift pattern remember . However, I have changed my riding to never using fifth gear below 60 and most of my city streets cruising at about 3500 to 4000 RPM and shifting in the high fives to low 6s. Couple weeks ago someone said that should actually raise the gas mileage which seems counterintuitive, but he said it. After a 100 mile test drive with the backrest, I decided it was just too high and too far forward for me to be comfortable. It pushed my knees forward about 2 -3" which changes all my leg and feet positions and does not allow me to sit back into the bucket of the saddle. So this morning I did a little more customisation and am about to head down to Northwest Missouri to ride some blacktop roads with hills and curves for a while this afternoon. Looks like I might be racing/dodging storms on the way home which is always exciting. I'm adding a couple of pictures of the bike and how I was able to bend the backrest to a much more comfortable position and I'm going to have to do something to be able to put the cover back over the backside mounting area. Because I have the pad slid down as far as it will go and tightened below the slot that it's supposed to screw down into which would hold it about an inch and a half higher, the original cover for that area will no longer allow itself to be put back on. Using a large crescent wrench and a board to support where I wanted it to bend, I was able to bend it without cracking any Chrome and now it sit's down in the small of my back and allows me to recline in the fashion I'm accustomed to. Being able to recline just enough makes absorbing bumps transmitted through the more rigid backrest much more of a nodding head motion rather than a jarring up and down Spine and Neck bounce. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk