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WELL WE WENT TO BARBER'S TODAY TO SEE THE RACES AND SWAP MEET. seen this venture for $125. notice handle bars!! carbs and outer skin gone, probily locked up! does anybody need parts bike? guy lives in ripley, tn. got his contact #. thought about buying it but no place to hide it from susan!! LOL!

well we went and spent several hrs watching the races, walked around some of the swap meet and tried to sign up for a test ride on a KLM. they said they book the whole day's rides in 50 minutes, so I hope to get there early in the morning and try again. several of the guys in scrc has gotten them, and have done several rides of 2 or 3 thousand miles. I don't know if I want to do that kind of riding, but I want to see and feel how they handle. wasn't too crowded today, but probly be worse tomorrow.

give him my number and tell him to call me and i'll help him get around the area and some good places to eat at, don.

my son and me are going to all 3 days of the races and swap meet. if anybody is going to be there, just give me a call or text at 205-593-6440 and we'll try to met ya'll.

Sorry to hear of this! Hope he keeps getting better. tell them we are thinking about and praying for a great outcome! i'm sure he will be fine, he needs to take it easy, till they do all the tests. let us know if there is anything we can do to help out, Don & Susan.

WELL!

we're going in the cage, so no worries about roughing it. grandson went to Washington with other granma, so we are taking his sister with us to get her out to see some of world she probably never get to see. trying to get to most states and attraction we can in 10 days. hope to get to san Antonio, TX first and see whats there worth seeing, maybe some of the less seen by tourist. then head on to Tuscan by las cruces. I remember going up to hatch and then back down to I10 and back to deming, but may go to pietown(heard about it on foodtv) and taste them! we want to go to Sedona to see horseshoe and other sites. thanks for the imfo and advice, hope to keep y'all advise on this thread as we go along. hope we can meet some, and maybe meet some new ones, Don.

susan, my granddauther (14 yrs) and I are hoping to head out west from AL soon and hope to see a good bit for several days. have a sister in aburq. NM and hope to get to the grand canyon too. hoping I can remember the roads I took from Las CRUCES to Tuscon thru the area they grow all the chile peppers. going to grand canyon from there, maybe hit edge of CA, so susan can put that state on her list. try to follow rt 66 back up to OK on way back home. if you know of some great places we need to stop at, let me know and i'll try to put it on our list!

when you fill it back up make sure you put right amount back in, may need to allow time for it to drain down into forks. there will be an air space in top to allow the forks to compress. the air in top will compress to absorb the bumps. 10w oil will make it better in absorbing the bumps and diving of the frontend when braking. to help get cap back on without cross-threading, I try screwing the cap on without the spring first, when the threads engage I back it up till it comes loose and then put a mark on the cap and fork so when you are starting to screw the cap on and pushing down on cap and spring, you have a starting place and if it starts to bind up within a half turn you know it's cross-threading. don't force it till you have a round or two by hand, then you can use a wrench to tighten. frontend needs to be off the ground while doing all this. hope this helps out, Don.

Tankerhank has put a venture motor into a '99 royal star. he's on this forum and runs one on delphiforums http://forums.delphiforums.com/royalstar/messages/?listMode=1 I think he did a write-up about it too.

we have seen a few miatas and like the looks of them, and a friend had one for several years, till he totaled it. susan had a 280 z and really liked it, so I have looked at a few, but folks want too much for them. I've had 2 "68 firebirds, one I did a complete restore, brand new convertible top, but was offered too much money and a "69 chevelle for it, that was a good while back. have been looking at some lite wrecked cars, maybe fix 1 up for us,o'course susan don't want me to do that because of the time involved, but may get a friend in the business to help out. thanks for the good wishes and maybe see y'all on the road!!

10245.1 WELL!! HERE I SIT ANOTHER YEAR OLDER AND STILL HAVE A LOT TO DO!! 62 yrs old and trying to get my stuff in order to see when I maybe able to retire. would like to in about 4 yrs so I can do a little traveling around to the states I haven't been to yet. done about 38 states, and want to do at less 49 and some of Canada before I give it up! been busy getting house finished. doing upgrades to save money on hvac, upkeep of outside and yard work. have several projects I have been wanting to do over the last few yrs but may have to get rid of some. maybe selling a few things in the near future to lighten the load I put on myself. susan has been wanting to get some kind of small sports car to take some trips in so we can relax while doing it, but I'm more comfortable riding the bike than driving a car over a long distance, but have to take her comfort into mind as we do these. I'd also like to host another royal ride-in here so maybe we can see a lot of old friends and newbe's like in the old days before most didn't know much about these great bikes of ours. this has been one of the best things I have done in life, that has giving me much joy and happiness. ok enough of the sappy, looking forward to the coming yrs ahead and doing some great things, Don.

seafoam in a small pan to soak and brush off debris does good too.

You may want to look at the choke cable adjustment and see if it is closing the butterflies all the way shut. The adjustment is on the broad arm that goes across from side to side of the carburetor. I have found that sometimes if the cable is not adjusted right, it can not close the butterflies all the way. Also the pull cable maybe broke and not pulling enough, usually it breaks where the cable and threaded piece joins. I made a video of setting the flow height, which is about 9 mm. Also look at the floats and make sure they are level with each other, I have seen them more than a millimeter different. You get running and enjoy the ride! http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?75252-checking-float-level-on-96-01-royal-star-28mm-carbs

I don't know if the same gov is still in office but when we went there, the govr was openly welcoming bikers to WV for the riding, they were redoing a lot of the roads to make them more open to bikers. they have a good web site, http://www.wvcommerce.org/travel/thingstodo/outdoorrecreation/motorcycles/default.aspx I always like for someone from the area to helps out, they can show you more places that you may miss and places to avoid. SLOW ROLL, it's your turn to show us around your area!! LOL!!