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Looks nice and I'll bet the girls are happy about it. One observation though, shouldn't the tarp be stretched tighter. A loose tarp tends to flap a lot and then come apart as well as catch more wind. A tight tarp will shed the wind easier and not flap. Just my thoughts.

There is a little hose, goes to the left front carb manifold. It's a vacuum hose for the spark advance I think. Often times this one gets cracked. It should have a restricter in it as well if I remember correctly.

Hi Gil, good to have you back. Hope life is being good to you, you deserve it, and if you're worried about the snow? don't! it'll go away soon enough.

The 85 seat is different than the 83-84. It's wider in the passenger section. The backrest is wider as well I believe.

Yep, plate is empty!!

Wow Dan, prayers for you as well and those you care for. May the Great Shepherd smile on all who are discomforted.

It's got to be tough to go the road by ones self when it's been the two of you for a long time, kind of rips the stuffing out of I would think. Prayers for comfort and support for you Rick, may there be blessings from above.

Often times I have no idea what to type for things like this, so I read through the thread and grab what comes to mind. This time it's Puc who gave me the inspiration. 'nobody goes home unless we all go home'!!! Now I am a realist, sorry about that, but I don't work well in the make-believe,,, so here goes: For all of us, there is a time to leave the others behind, and to follow the call to the the life here-after. For some of us that call seems to come too early,, away too early,,, and for some others we wonder what is taking so long. So it seems that often times things are messed up and the leaving-time will not co-ordinate with our plans. Some of us just go quickly and for some others it seems to take forever. None of us has much of a choice in this part of our existence. As we get older, and I have that experience a little already, our bodies start to break done a bit and we need to deal with that as time goes on. It's awesome that we have others to support us through that time when needed, but it really doesn't slow the happening much. We need to face the fact the life gets less as we gets older and that sooner or later there is an end to all this. Now back to Puc's statement. All of us will be heading home, sooner or later, and it is my wish wish that we all end up at the same place, so that we can enjoy the company and continue with the good times we started here on this earth. Chances are Owl, that I won't see you again in this life, but I sure look forward to having a good time on the other side. Don't even know if I'll get there before you, or if you get there first. Either way, we'll see each other then, if not before.

The indent on the rubbers is not an issue, but spring tension would be. Glad you did the steel wool trick, but it might take some more work there. Not sure you did the rubber any good by 'sanding' it off, any wee little scour marks will let air through. I would look at replacing the springs, although giving them a little stretch might get you by. Not sure how much stretch may be too much, but you can do a trial and error. If you have a spring manufacturer in your area, you might try them. Springs are made by wire size and turns mostly, so it would be helpful to have an original to compare with. When I did my towers, I used 000 steel wool on the end of a wood dowel and put it in a drill to get the job done. Wrap the steel wool on the dowel, tape the end in place with black tape half way up the dowel, making sure that the business end was well covered. The finished surface needs to be perfectly smooth, no marks at all,,,, use a magnifying glass to check, and make sure you use brake clean and lots of air before re-assembly.

Yep, I think that Don has it right, but you need to know Him for you to get it. There is a lot of comfort and guidance available with Him, and it costs absolutely nothing, in time or money. We can give you all kinds of nice words, come and hug you maybe, send you a bank roll, but all that doesn't help you a whole lot. Yes, it will give you some mental support, and maybe even ease your burden a bit, and so you have what I can give, prayer. May you find blessings, even in your time of trouble.

Nah,,, just put the wings out first, that's why they're there ain't it?

I'll see if I can get Ben to come along, then we'll send them two out for IC at the Oberlin DQ. Should be a good nights sleep after that I tink!

I agree, I might spend some of my money, but only if I was 40 still. Seems to me iffin I was to land one of these in my yard I'd be old and grey before I would have a chance to actually drive it somewhere, and then my kids would probably put me somewhere so I couldn't drive it damage it maybe. So seeing as I'm somewhat over 45 I'll keep my funds for more important things, like IceCream, but I would be up to going for a looksee.

Then again, it could be the spacer.

So,, a couple of thoughts. The first is that you mentioned small holes in the portioning valve, but I didn't see a mention of you approaching the small hole in the MC. This one, if plugged will cause a caliper hangup, but I think your problem maybe elsewhere. When you re-built the caliper, did you use new seals? and did you perfectly clean the seal groves? Cleaning the seal grooves is a pain in the neck, time consuming job. Those grooves get loaded up with what could be described as hard-water deposits. Cleaning the one side is easy enough, but getting the side you can't see is a bugger. If the grooves aren't perfectly clean and you used new seals, the left over dirt will push the seal towards the piston and cause a drag. On the other hand, if you re-used the seals because they looked good enough, then the same may also happen because the seal is still being pushed towards the piston. I use a right-angled pick to clean the grooves and it will take upwards of an hour to do a good job. I also thought about your comment that the caliper didn't release well enough when you opened the bleeder, but did when you loosen the banjo. This would indicate a dirty bleeder seat, or a plugged bleeder. Hope this helps.

Don't go by his first looks Puc, it'll change some after a day or so, so if they say he looks like you or has some of your features, hang on, he may become very good looking down the road. In the mean time, enjoy, and congrats!!!!

WOW,,, that's awesome,,, do they have any more daughters?

This is really not fair, tripod is stuck away behind lots of refurbishing stuff for the store and the owner is too busy getting things cleaned and refurbished. Ah,, not to worry, it'll change soon enough,, thinking HotDogs soon!!!

We started our own butcher shop\meat market in 1986. We are well known respected throughout Brant County and beyond, even as far as Texas I think. We love what we do, and that is to make people happy. Peperettes we are well known for. Offer is always open, and Carl's Burgers haven't changed in years, but we have added a Boss Burger and a Bacon Burger with beef and pork.

So that would indicate a high resistance at that point. That could consist of a loose battery clamp, a loose cable attached to the clamp, or dirty, or both. Resistance is something stopping the flow od current through the wire and respective connectors. Each wire and each connector has a resistance, but should be low enough to accommodate the required current flow. When something goes wrong, the resistance goes up, generating heat, and that heat, if it gets hot enough, could create smoke. So your point of interest should be the battery terminal. Also, a full battery is 12.6v, not as some would think 12v. If you check your battery and it shows only 12v, then it either has gone flat and needs a charge or it's toast, could be either. To crank a starter with only 12v in the battery will cause excessive amps to be used by the starter and cause it to over heat.

Won't be doing that until we get our neighbour thing settled away and have built phase 2,,, so I'd say: Next Year?

Sorry all, but I don't have any pictures just yet, but we are finally moving in to start operations at our home place again this week. The store part is only half ready, but the processing, cooler and freezer are operational and approved for use. It's been an interesting road. First we had thought to double the size of the building to accommodate the production process that we had been doing back in 2008 when we had had a provincial license, but our neighbour got his nose in the way and protested to the Onatrio Municiple Board, so for the present we have the original size building back with a restroom 4 times the size that we need because of the HC rules. Anyways, we are happy to be moving in, it'll take a week or two maybe three to get things all organized, but we are HOME!! If you are wondering what happened?? http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?114271-Some-pictures

If you let he smoke out of the wire, then you have troubles. The first place I would look for an issue is where the smoke originated. The wire got hot for some reason and heat is created by resistance, a poor connection, too small wire size or such. This could do damage to the starter and could let the smoke out as well. The starter is designed to run at 12.6 volts or better, and at that voltage it draws a certain amount of amps. As the voltage goes down the amps go up, creating heat, and too much heat creates smoke and if you let the smoke out, the wire starts to get burnt, which creates more resistance and more heat.

Now how did this happen, Larry had a birthday and there was no posted party,,,, bummer,, and I was sooo busy yesterday Blessings for the year ahead Larry, and may you be kept in His care.

If you bought the plugs at a discount or cheap it is entirely possible that even though you thought they were a brand name, that were they a cheap knockoff instead. On the other hand, if memory serves me correct, NGK are the only ones that seem to work well, with few complaints, in the Venture. Just make sure you buy them from a reputable parts supplier rather than some other outfit that sells cheaper products.