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I'm confused as to what you need. You pulled the cassette to make storage, but now want to put it back in? Or you're just trying to use the door to cover the storage area? Explain please.

Did this work out for you? Otherwise, I think my cassette deck is still on the shelf. Let me know.

If she can't hold her beer, I'd be happy to hold it for her. I'll even drink it for her if it's cold. Hi, Renate

I'll try to answer your question as they came. Yes, some caches are in what seem to be "odd" places. We tend to not try for the ones in the busiest spots, or right in town. Too many "muggles" around wondering what you're doing and willing to destroy the cache after you are gone. We tend to head more for the country sites or quiet park hides. The simplest, cheapest way for you to give this a try is maybe with your etrex, entering the coordinates for a cache one at a time, and let it lead the way. We use a Garmin Nuvi 500 I think it is. One of only a couple navigation (car) type GPS that is really designed to do caching in a slick fashion. With one of these, you can set to car mode, and it will lead you to the closest access (not always the best approach), and then switch to walk mode and get led in tighter. It also will have the description, hint, and the latest logs in it if you download them. That's the downside. You have to download them to have them. To try your etrex, just go to the geocaching site, run the curser over the "Play" tab, and click on "Hide and Seek a Cache". Then you can enter an adress or zip code and a search radius, and it will give a list of all the caches in the circle. Then you can jot down the coordinates of the ones you want to try for, and away you go. You have only the coordinates and whatever you wrote down about the cache to go on. Not the best, but it's how we started too. There are much better ways to go, however. I think you smart phone is actually the tool to use if you get into it. With the right app, you can fire it up anywhere, and it will show you the caches in the area. It will bring up the description, hints, logs, etc. My sister and b-i-l use their phone all the time as does my daughter and her family. I don't know the app they are using, but I can find out for you. It is fun with the kids ( and grandkids) but some of the caches are really tough to find for the kids. Bigger ones are better for them to find, and they have little trade items in them that the kids can swap for. Take an item, and leave an item. Let's the kids have some practice in making choices too. I don't know if you realize what you are looking for. The smallest caches will be in little magnetic cans, maybe 1/2" long and 3/8" across. Stuck to anything metal, bridges, gaurdrails, benches, cannons, tanks (these are the worst), who knows what. They range up thru 35 mm film cans, old pill bottles, cool whip bowls or so, and on up to ammo cans, and a few beyond that. That should get you started. Just ask if I can help... Larry

Biking and geocaching are a great pairing. We do lots of both. There are so many geocaches around the country that you can never run out of them. We find that geocaches will bring you to neat places that you likely would never find in any other way. We've been to small town or county parks and historical markers , scenic spots and such that we never knew were there, even though we live pretty close to them. If you want to spend a weekend caching in a particular area, a good way to approach it is to go to geocaching.com, put in the location where you plan to center, put in how many miles out you're willing to look, and then let the site find the caches in that area. Then you can sort them by "favorite points" and come up with some of the best in the area. Favorite points get awarded for lots of reasons- an especially clever hide, a great location, a spectacular view, a great story or experience at the site, who knows? Sometimes the points may indicate that the hide was extra devious, and may be a real challenge, even for experienced cachers. Those are the most fun when you find them though. There are some really creative and sneaky people out there doing some of the hiding, and those are the ones we really enjoy. If you have any specific questions on caching, fire away. I'll try to help. Larry

If you set it up like it is pictured in post 3, push the button and lift the end of the wrench---counter-clockwise when looking from the bit end of the tool.

The intercom will work with the sound thru the speakers, but to get the sound in the headsets you do have to switch it in the controller. Hit the "select" button once, and the display should show HS (headset) or SP (speakers). The up or down arrow will toggle between the two. The intercom has its own volume control, so you may have to set that up before the intercom will work. That's into the "select" button a few more presses, then set the "IC vol" to suit you. Good luck, Larry

Great pictures & great quote, but how did that Sir Burton fellow die in 1290, when he was born in 1821?? Have a great trip! Looks like you're off to a nice start.

According to my not-so-recent, but also not re-cycled Star catalog, here are the part numbers: Headlight visor: STR-4NK58-10-00 Passing light visors: STR-4NK58-20-00 Turn signal visors: STR-4NK58-30-00

Lots of good Christmas times in my years, due to good family relationships and always getting together with those who could make it and remembering those who couldn't. Great ones when our kids were little, and now as our grandkids are 6 and under. Best one, however, would be Christmas 1977, when my (now) wife said "Yes" and we went to the family parties as an engaged couple for the first time. Thanks to all who have shared. Merry CHRISTmas to all of you!!

:stirthepot:If the bull has an udder, it's not a bull, it's a cow......and that ain't no BULL.

Are you using the push-to-talk buttons when you try the intercom? Don't touch them. The IC is always hot. PTT buttons for CB only. As I type this though, I THINK that if you press the PTT buttons as if you are going to use the CB, your riding partner will hear what you say in their headset too. I don't know what else to try besides a get-together....

Any chance the bike has Mic-Mutes on it? I don't have them, but I think you toggle the mics on and off by pressing the push-to-talk button for the CB. Only other thought I have is get together with another Venture owner and try the headsets on a Venture that the system is known to be good. Could help pin down the problem.....

I respectfully have to disagree..... If every country did as you suggest that we do, we would be so short of oil that we would all have bicycle pedals on our Ventures, and we'd be paying unimaginable prices for gas, if we could gt any. As someone stated earlier, it's mostly supply and demand. We (the world's people, and especially US) have not done much to curb demand, or to increase supply. We gripe about what it costs to drive our big vehicles with one person in them many miles to work or play, and keep right on doing it. It doesn't matter what product, service, or commodity we talk about, if people will pay the price being asked, the price isn't going down. It will go up until enough people stop buying. Careful what you wish for.......

I cut mine off - at the top. I see you're in "central MN". If you want to make a run to SW MN, I'd be willing to help with the project. I have an air conditioned shop and plenty of room right now. Just a thought for you.

We did #9 & #11 in a rented car a number of years ago. Would definitely like to go back and rent a bik, but I'm not sure that I could get my sweety on the back if we're heading to roads like that. She white-knuckled it plenty in the car. Beautiful area though, great place to vacation.

I pulled the cassette deck on my '06 to put in a set of gauges. I've still got the instructions Ponch sent along with the gauges, and I took a quick look at them. I see nothing about a jumper anywhere. As I recall, you could just pull the caseete deck without affecting anything else. I'm guessing that some connection got loosened up in the process of doing everything else. Good luck!!

:soapbox:That story would be MORE funny if it were LESS true!!!!

You can adjust the volume of the rear speakers compared to the front speakers with the radio controller. Press the Select button, and you should get the hs (headset)-sp(speaker) choice. Use the up or down arrow to choose speaker. Hit select a few more times and you'll get to "fade". Use up and down to move the volume front to back or back to front.

That would be normal if it was in gear. Makes me think the neutral switch is the problem???

Looks like I have the process figured out. I'll need an email address.... Larry

I've got a paper copy of the instructions. If I can figure out how to scan and send them, I will get them to you. Larry

Don't let that other thread convince you not to ask for thoughts and prayers. If someone chooses not to pray, that's their choice, but that doesn't mean that others of us shouldn't. I only post about prayer requests if I actually have met the person making such request, and I have met only a few people on this board, so it seldom happens. At this time, however, I felt the need to say that the requests should not stop coming because some people choose not to believe or participate. Here's praying that somehow all involved will find the comfort and support to get them through this. Understanding of WHY this should happen will probably never come, but to be at peace with it some day in the future probably can. Larry

There's a couple members in Mankato, Rochester, Austin, etc. Take a look at the community tab near the top of the page, go to members, and you can pull up members by state. I'm west of you a ways near Morgan. Once upon a time went to college in Waseca (yeah, now a correctional facility) I don't know what that tells you.....

Here's a link to what I did: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=57290&highlight=digital+voltmeter The meter was from www.digitalmeter.com . Got the gauge set-up from Ponch and did some customizing. It's a lot bigger project than just a voltmeter, but I like the way it turned out.