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  1. Marcarl
    Wow Dano,, look what you started. Now we got ourselves an old fashioned family get-together. Opinions flying from the top to the bottom and from one side to the other,,,,, but you know what amazes me????? The fact that through this all, we are not cutting each other up, we are not berating each other. Most of us have said that the post was insensitive, even Trader admitted he could have done different,,,, but I did not read things about leaving this site, that someone should go elsewhere,,, etc. I read honest opinions, and suggestions, maybe even some guidance as to how to carry forward. Folks, friends, we all screw up at times, and sometimes we need to be called up on the carpet for doing so. Well we did that in a grand olde fashioned way. Thanks for being the family we fondly call: VentureRider.org.
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    Ok, so what's staying at Big Tom's?????
  3. Marcarl
    Yep,, that's snow alright,,, need somebody to plow it off for you?????
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    Are they plowing it yet??????? Can hardly wait,,,, low of -3 tonight. Ya I know, I'm different,,, but that makes me, me.
  5. Marcarl
    Guess it's time to ride over to Big Tom's,,,, Taters must be gone so he has the house to himself!!!!!! PARTY TIME!!!!
  6. Marcarl
    This just ain't fair,,, you got two summers in a row,,,,,, watch you don't wear out that Harley prematurely.,,, and OH have a great time. Let us know when you get back.
  7. Marcarl
    Good to hear. looking forward to it already
  8. Marcarl
    So what's so different about that bracket,,,,, I'm missing something here.
  9. Marcarl
    Yes we can ship the US,, cost will be worked out,,,,, sounds like about $5.00 more... maybe.
  10. Marcarl
    I think there is also a clause that says how many miles per year you can drive an antique, and if you go over that you loose the designation. It would probably also have to have an antique designation to start with.
  11. Marcarl
    There is one argument that is often not used in such cases. The insurance will go on line to find a similar MC and then make that a starting point. Only thing is, is that MC would not be ready for the road such as yours was. So now they need to add to the price the cost of actually getting it ready for the road,,, in other words, licensed and certified. That at a minimum would be what I would expect.
  12. Marcarl
    We will bring this into the throne room. There is no better place to bring our problems.
  13. Marcarl
    He could make the inserts for the side covers as well. My guess would be that the material cost would be higher but the labor a little less, so I would guess about the same for them, but if there is interest I would be willing to double check just to make sure.
  14. Marcarl
    Should have called me first,, I have a shirt and pants somewhere just for that job,,, kind of like tailor made!!!
  15. Marcarl
    They didn't load right the first time,,, they're there now. Don't you have work to do????
  16. Marcarl
    This is to see if there is any interest in having engine side covers made. The part #s would be: 41R-21731-00-00 and 41R-21741-00-00. They are a 1st gen part only. Will be made from Mirror Finish 18 gauge Stainless. The right side will not be dimpled for the screws, but I figure a couple of nylon washers glued in place should work just fine. Cost would be about $100.00 for the pair and may include shipping. It maybe cheaper, depending on how many we need. We just worked out a maximum price today. The ones shown are chrome, so for identification only.
  17. Marcarl
    What I did with my wheels, is to buff them as best as they would get,,,, they looked good, I then polished them with Classic Cloth, from Classic Cloth International, South Dakota (couldn't find a website). That was 4 years ago,,, today all I need to do is to wipe them and they shine. I did the same for my engine covers this past winter, but I'll not make any claims yet,,, but they sure look good still,,,, not worth it for me to chrome them for sure. If you really want to be annal about it, you can wash and treat once a year and be good. Before this I had stripped my engine covers and forks,,, buffed them and them used a poly coating,,, not happy!
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    Or mix a bit of ground up ABS from a drain pipe, mix with acetone and you're good to go.
  19. Marcarl
    I think it's time you have a party,,,,,, a VentureRider party,,,, we could all come to help you out with your dilemma.
  20. Marcarl
    I am really a firm believer that one vacuum gauge may read different from another, so I made my own using just one gauge with 4 shutoffs. The shutoffs act as a the restrictor as well. Total cost at the time was about $40.00 I think. And I got my own homemade tool. It works great, but you don't have the advantage of seeing all four at once. For me that is not an issue. Having just one gauge also saves time to check that all the gauges are still reading the same. I'm going to add to the design of this unit today. The 4 plastic tube leads will be shortened and then a coupler inserted to add some rubber vacuum hose. The plastic tends to get hot, and then the ends tend to get loose and I've even had the tubes collapse from the heat of the engine.
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    Just seen this thread today. Glad to hear how it turned out,,,, not so glad that it happened. Now I wonder if I have to worry about you everytime when you go out to play,,,,,, oh never mind, don't call me,, just go!
  22. Marcarl
    Yep,, thanks for the reminder, but to get him home and the cost of a can of cleaner, you just never know, there might be enough flow that over a prolonged period of 5 hours running something might help things along,,, and he says when he got home he was quite pleased with the way it was running. Now did I say I cleaned the carbs,, like a bench cleaning,,,, nope,,can't do while they're not on the bench.
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    Thanks Goose,,,, yes, the thought did run through my mind that it was running so crappy on the carbs that the butterflies had to be too far open. 3&4 could be closed enough to create some vacuum while it was running on 1&2. It was pretty hard to tell if it was running on 1 or 2 or 3 and which cylinders were firing when. As it is right now, we poured and good amount of cleaner in a full tank of fuel and he had a 5 hour run ahead of him. Maybe that will help,, maybe not, we'll see. looks like we need to do a carb cleaning on this one.
  24. Marcarl
    Just put it in your garage and you'll never know it's there. Someday your posterity will find it and say...... look what I found,,,,, what is it????
  25. Marcarl
    It's an 88 Venture. Owner is Trader. Bought it from somebody in Chicago this year. Ran like crap when he bought it. Smelled rich, but plugs don't show it. Wouldn't idle without the choke on. Thought to do a carb tune on it yesterday. Found #2 cylinder wasn't firing. Cleaned the carbs with spray cleaner and a bit of air. Eventually got # 2 to fire. Still ran like crap. Tried to do a carb tune. ( I have a homemade one that has 1 vacuum gauge with 4 shut-offs that works just fine when ever I used it before and tests out just fine right now). Got no vacuum on # 2 or # 1 cylinders. Could get vacuum to show on 3 and 4 but the screws had to be turned to their max. Tried adjusting the throttle cables, worked better but didn't do anything for vacuum. Checked for leaks in the manifold boots, around the intake, around the airbox, and anywhere else that might be of interest. Called Squidley out of bed and found out what Lonna was up to,,, and it wasn't making cheesecake, so we talked instead,,,, thanks Lonna. Went out and convinced Steve (Trader) that it was time to get a compression tester. I bought it, he paid for it and then left it here???????? Compression tested to 180 on all four cylinders. engine was warm, not hot. Switched the vacuum lines form side to side to make sure things worked right. Expected to see #3 and #4 drop in vacuum, but 1 and 2 still didn't have any vacuum. Far as that goes, they seemed to maybe even have pressure because the needle seemed to keep wanting to go past the stop post. Set the screws to where I thought they would be most beneficial, (no vacuum showing anywhere) put it all back together, fixed the battery lead and put the tools away. End result: garage is cleaned up, bike runs without choke but still smells rich and idle screw is turned into the limit, Steve is on his way home and hasn't come back yet. I am now the proud owner of a brand new compression tester. AND WE NOW KNOW THAT 1ST GENS DON'T REALLY NEED VACUUM TO RUN! Now the big question,,,,,,,,,,,WHY???????
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