s.tyler58

First trip out I ran out of gas at 146 Miles. Fuel gauge comes and goes and never accurate. No reserve that I can find on my Venture. Had to walk 15' before a driver took me to get gas and brought me back! Super Blessed that day! That gauge is on the winter To Do list. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

That looks like a blast! Kinda surprised that that you weren't standing on the seat! Mine got a little wobbly at 115. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Triple digits don't get ya mpg[emoji23] Shhhh. You weren't supposed to mention that remember? Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Would love to see 40 miles per gallon on my 83! I've been lucky to hit 30. Most I've ever gotten out of a tank is 146 miles and it's left me carrying a gallon of gas in the saddlebag all the time because no gas gauge. ( another project added to the winter list.) Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

That was at 60 to 65 miles per hour with bout 4 small little towns. 2015 Optima EX Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

I'm still planning to deliver a video to you all but couple of 14 hour days at work have hampered the effort. I drive an average of 35000 miles a year with my work so it's not like I'm sitting at a desk or doing labor. I thought this was interesting yesterday I was down along the Nebraska border with Kansas and drove 87 miles and I wanted to show you my mile per gallon average over those 87 miles so you might get an idea of how flat parts of Nebraska are! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

I like picking on him. I haven't met him but he knows I love him. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Puc has much upper body strength for an old guy! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Now I can't wait to get home to practice! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Yes the older and skinnier I get the more I rely on Leverage instead of muscle. I've tried that and maybe the extra 3 in you've got on me in height is enough to make the difference. I'm 6-foot 160 pounds. Shoot bike doesn't even know I'm on it! Even more advantage on those Hardley Riders Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

I'm thinking about putting my shop in my office which is heating heated and air-conditioned in the service area and I've got the room. But that also means creating space to work moving my tools and being 7 minutes from home. My garage is not connected so very cold. The power line out to the garage as broken in the ground and I just run a drop cord for about 5 years 4 lights and power tools. Kerosene is very expensive Heat and electric just doesn't make sense on an extension cord 75 foot. So that means once I procrastinate deciding where to do the work, I'll procrastinate starting to create space, and then once I do that I'll just Dive Right In and it'll be March before you know it. I got about 1,400 miles on it over the last two weeks. The high where I was driving today was 43 degrees with rain through the first half of the day. I figure if I get one more good ride day and I'll be ready to park it. The last struggle I'm having is that I cannot get that sucker on the center stand by myself for all the money in the world. So I guess it's back to the universal gym in what used to be my front bedroom for the winter. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Hey snyper I haven't reached a point where I can take off on her for a trip like. I still want to make sure about some things before I park it and start tearing it down. Mechanic wants to do the brakes I should let him quote it but I keep thinking that'd be a good winter job for me to tackle. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

I'm still working my way home from a day on the road another 40 minutes I should be home. So this is dictated to my phone and some punctuation funny words and stuff. It's as if this rocker arm was intended to be used with a foot Peg because you can't really get your toe under it to shift up in a reverse pattern yet we almost have to catch you with your heel to lift it up and the rocker in the back is below the level of the footboard so it's absolutely useless so everytime I shift I'm having to use my entire leg which is probably good for me but really. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Wow! You all have so much info! You know what! I'd probably Pony up $2.50 a month for all this information! All very good, you know what's funny, Kretz probably nailed it because I really haven't ridden much in five years and never on a bike like this. I do have spongy weak brakes that I intend to replace the lines and rebuild the system this winter, which causes me to do a lot of engine braking, which nine times out of 10 times I'm in first gear by the time I'm stopped five feet off someone's bumper. This particular light was at the bottom of a hill and I distinctly remember trying to get into first at the light (after stopping) because I was the first one there I didn't have to stop as hard that particular time. And then there's puc with his books, videos and 1 hrs classes on every subject, (Man, don't you just love that man?) when I needed a simple reminder that an oil change cleans up a lot of s*** , Also I changed the oil right away when I got the bike but now at about 1,800 miles I better change it again. Now that brings me to a conversation about forward controls. I love love love the ability to move my feet around on foot boards! I hate hate hate the reverse shift pattern and the fact that my shifter has rear lever so you could upshift with your heel with the backward pattern, however my shifter the rear of the lever is below the footboard so of no use. I used my toe to upshift and end up kicking my heel into the front of the lever to downshift. If I weren't still a youngish working man, I'd show you with video, however I got to go to work so I'll do that later. The fact that my shift lever is as tight as I could possibly get it using an extension on an allen wrench for torque, and yet that SOB still will spin upward... ah crap, you'll have to wait for the video. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Thanks.both of you. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Yesterday I put about 130 miles on and when I returned home, about a mile from home, she would not downshift at a light. Clutch engaging everything as far as I could tell was the same except it wasn't changing gears. I got a third gear start which wasn't very fun and turn the next corner to get off the main street and then all of a sudden I was in first gear. Sat there with the clutch in everything shifted fine, went on home and parked it in the garage. What the heck? Transmission was rebuilt less than 1500 miles ago. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

That radiator sure looks like a big Target for rocks Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

https://youtu.be/Pze5HCyr5OQ Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Now I guess I need suggestions for new exhaust. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Here's a quickie with her at idle. This was 50 miles into my 200 miles. She's pretty loud by the time I got home. Ran out of gas on the interstate. Had a gallon in the saddle bag. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

OK. I have her back. Put 212 miles on. Left exhaust gave up and crumbled inside. Here's a Littleton video from the ride. Missouri River valley on the right, Bluffs on the left. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Back in my day the speed limit was 55 miles per hour Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

I have her! By the time I rode home she was spitting antifreeze from where they had bumped my repair to the overflow connection tube. Also at idle weather in gear or out there is a rattling down by the transmission. Actually sounds more like something loose inside the exhaust rather than a problem in the engine as it doesn't change the sounds with RPM or clutch engaged. Oh and they forgot to bolt the seat down. I'm not complaining I'll just get to love her up a little tonight before I sit on her all day tomorrow. Sounds different with four cylinders firing. And I got a little backfiring with deceleration that I never had before. Also she's quite quick for big old girl. The Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

I'm sure the last lesson will be the bill! I do want him to get me to a really solid starting point so that I can recognize any degradation and repair it as we go. And he does let me find my own Parts which is rare. He also breaks everything down to show me what he did. Very much like the orthopedic surgeons that I deal with in my daily life, they LOVE to tell you the intricacies of how wonderfully they performed their last surgery. We agreed early on that I wanted to pay for his expertise and talents and wasn't afraid to do that but would prefer to get my own parts when he thought I could find a good deal. He's actually quite impressed with my friends from venturerider.org. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Sorry I speak to text typing. Sometimes it just makes stuff up and when I'm driving I don't bother to edit very well Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk