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OK, We've got three.... and they're intertaining too... Maybe I didn't say it right, lemme try again. Even if you log on once in three months you're concidered shirt tail active. Lurk everyday and you're active....even if you don't post. I'm refering to those that register, and then disappear, never to log in again for whatever reason. So I wonder just exactely how many of the 3800 fall into that last catagory. Every thread has a box at the bottom that lists those that have read the thread. So there is a tool to record visits. There's also a stat in the CP file that records that members last visit to the board. Couldn't a search be done to eliminate those that haven't visited in the last 6 months and 'zero' posts to get a truer picture of how many real members we actually have? If they do come back they can always re-register???
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If your fan kicks on just before the needle gets into the red zone and the temp goes down a bit when it's blowing, that's all you need. Personally I think an aftermarket fan would't be of much help. Some owners have installed a manual switch to turn the fan on earlier which may help in your situation.....
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I wonder if you could use that Alumite Rod and do the welding yourself???
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I hate to be the devils advocate here, but I wonder just how many of those 3800 have posted more than twice, or how many have visited the site in the last two or three months even if they just lurked.?? Total numbers might be great to talk about, but I think fewer active numbers might be a better yardstick to the size of the board..... Quality instead of quantity..
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I picked up one of there couplers a while back and so far haven't installed it on the Piggy. Why? Basically didn't have anything to pull it with until recently. The nylon block needs to be through drilled to secure it inside the tongue. The design is pretty straight forward and simple. i thought it would contain roller bearings to make it easy to rotate. It doesn't. Klaus (kbert) installed one a year or so ago, and you might get ahold of him to get the straight scoop.
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Has anyone else installed this on their 2nd gens?
Condor replied to 1BigDog's topic in Watering Hole
This is just a wild guess, but could it be that when you turn on the driving lights and start pulling amps from the battery that the sensor detects a low batt situation, and until the alternator brings the battery back up to full charge voltage the meter stays in the red or yellow as long as your running low rpm??? If the 2gen rectifyer is anything like a 1Gen, the alternator doesn't start putting out until above 2000rpm +, and the yellow will stay on until the motor runs above that range and gets the batt back up to full charge voltage??? -
Is it true what they say about Texans, Redneck? If BS were white they'd all know how to ski......... Gota love dem 2ndGens tho-. All bark and no bite.........
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It's called chemical warfare!!!!
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Condor replied to MasterGuns's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Denden, I tried to get it to play...even down loaded the latest and greatest Media 11 player, and nada. All I got was dead air..... -
I thought it might have been a Canadian bike except it doesn't have a KPH speedo. I'll know more once I start digging into it. I didn't look at the born-on tag. Just took the sellers word that it was a '91. Besides all the '93's I've ever seen are blue on blue. MOF I own one. Once I take some pics and post them, I'll let everyone put their thinking caps on and we can figure it out. Maybe it's a Canadian that's had it's dash replaced??? Although the original owner was from Ruidoso NM. ?? It's close to Roswell.... maybe that explains it.....ooweeoo
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Yeah, it's black with grey panals. Looks. I thought it was an all black 'Midnight' from the original pics the owner posted, but I like this combo even better.
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Ya know. I gotta admit, I had been looking at 2gens. Don't anybody faint. I actually rode a couple. Sorry guys... I guess it's my being horizontally challenged... but 2ndGens just don't feel 'right' to me. I get on one and my knees are in my eyeballs. OK not my eyeballs, but you get the idea. That's what I like about a 1stGen. It sits high, and I can stretch forward on the highway pegs, or keep 'm under me on the stock pegs. I even find myself resting the back of my calf on the highways on long trips. With the passenger packed with a duffle bag I can lean back, and it's very comfortable. So...... that said I went out and bought another 1stGen. A '91 black/gray. I don't know if it's a repaint... I can't find the color combination listed in the history section.... but I really really like it. It's got more chrome on it than I care to admit. Would look great cruising East L.A. in SoCal.... It's got more V-Line stuff on it than I've never seen before??? The rear end lighting will look good around christmas. And it already has a trailer 'receiver' hitch installed and wired. It has a few seedy cosmetic plastic areas, but every thing it needs I have stashed!! I'll post pics when I get it smoozed.
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DELTARAT had the same thing happen to him when he bought his '89 off Ebay. Rode it back from L.A. to Sacramento, and barely made it on a bike that was supposed to be perfect. Mainly carb problems and he's still trying to iron things out.....
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Nice job Jack.....
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Yeah, I think we need to delete the 2ndGen Tech talk section from the board.... They don't need it, and it's just taking up valuable band space. I mean heck there's never any posts in it anyway... They're so perfect. I think they should get rid of the 2ndGen Tech Library too. The articals are just fictional ramblings.... :rotf:
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That's why I try to use USPS when ever I can, but sometimes it's unavoidable......
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I ship to Canada all the time with my business. But I'm lazy, and the only complaint I have is that filling out all the customs forms is a PITA. Shipping in the US is a breeze with either USPS or UPS. Not so on something going north of the boarder.
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Don, where do you dig this stuff up??? You have way to much time on your hands........:rotf:
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Yep, 83#2 was that same way when I got her. Only it'd been sitting outside in the rain for a couple of winters. The plastic was perfect. Got the engine fired with carb cleaner after grinding the starter for about 5 minutes. Fired and shut her off emediately. Dumped in fresh fuel and a can of Sea Foam. Fired 'er again, and the longer the engine ran, the better it ran. Not great, but good. Bled the black fluid out of the clutch and brakes, and road it around the next day. After tossing in a set of fresh plugs, and syncing the carbs, it ran awesome. Strongest motor of the two 83's. You might try adding a little Sea Foam to fresh crank oil before tearing the clutch apart. Once that engine starts to warm up a bit those plates should seperate, and tranny will start to move around.
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It's unfortunate but Red Wing has probably gone the direction of just about every other US manufacturing company. However, there might be hope. With the US dollar value falling against the worlds exchange rates we might be looking to the US for better quality, cheaper goods again, and we'll start exporting instead of importing everything. I looked at those Red Wing boots when searching for a pair, but they didn't make them in my size. Ended up buying a similar type pair of EMT boots, with the side zipper, off Ebay. Found them very comfortable, and broke them in on the Ft. Collins trip.
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I run Kuryakyns on both my '83's and haven't had bit of problem with the chrome. MOF one set I bought used from a Harley rider, so they were really used..... I think most of the damage to the crash bar chrome comes from the clamp rotating because it isn't torqued down tight enough. It may also be because to clamp size is too big to tighten. On the 1stGens they have a vertical bracing strut up front. I mounted mine on it using an offset. It allowed the peg to sit farther forward and still keep it tucked in enough to not get in the way.
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This morning on the way to Sam's Club, while in a left hand turn lane a 1stGen made a turn in front of me coming off the street I was about to turn onto. And...... I flipped a u-ee and chased him down to a hardware store he pulled into. If he hadn't of stopped I'da never caught him being as how those 1stGens are so fast and all. Pulled along side as he was sitting there and struck up a conversation. He lives in Cresent City, and keeps an '85 up there, and an '87 down here in Sacramento. His '87 is identical to mine only in one piece.... I envited him to our Dec 1st M&E and told him about the board. Hope he shows up. Nice guy.
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Don't think you can Lowell. The RA position is strickly voluntary. Ya gotta make money to write it off...........:whistling:
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DANG Lowell!!! You win again. The Venture Riders roving ambassador, and the King of dropped bikes.....
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Yep, Ebay has them all the time. Just make sure the seller guarantees it not to be DOA. Cleanliness/condition also have a lot to do with the quality of the part. I see a lot of 'grunge' coils listed. I thought I might have an OEM, but just checked my 'stash' and couldn't locate it.