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Ok folks. We are back but there is a ton of work for me to do. I will be adding features over the next weeks but not much for a few days as I’m presently on vacation. Sorry about the drastic change but it really wasn’t my choice. More soon

Yes. You will have to fabricate a bracket though. Easy job.

Any of the turning mufflers will. Electra Glide, Road Glide, etc. Be aware that there were a couple of years where Harley put the catalytic convertors in the mufflers, you'll want to avoid those.

That appears to be a great buy for somebody wanting a first gen.

The biggest mistake people make is trying to upload pictures that are too large. Most phones now days take huge pictures. They need to be resized to no larger than 1024 x 768.

No, Yamaha never offered it on any year of the RSV. There were a couple of aftermarket models available so maybe they put one of those on it. Also, I sold a lot of them that I made from First Generation Venture stands. There is a write-up in the technical library that shows how it's done.

Looks good. I like the black seat much better than the tan one.

Page 4-93 of the service manual states 129 ft. lbs.

Not the same issue but here is a thread that shows a good bit of information about the shifter and etc. https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?138861-Did-anyone-else-have-a-2nd-gen-lose-4th-amp-5th-gear&highlight=Drum

So sorry to hear about this. I never had the pleasure of meeting him in person but really enjoyed his posts and the pictures of his bike. What a very creative man. My prayers go out to his wife and family. I just don't have the words to express. I hurt just thinking about the despair that a person must be in to do such a thing. Truly sorry.

Folks, I hate to do it but I am going to have to update our site software soon. I've been putting it off for several reasons but the fact is, out server software is now obsolete and to update it, I'm going to have to update the VBulletin software. This will be a major update and to be honest, I don't really like it at this time because we will lose a lot of custom features that I have added over the years. Hopefully I will eventually be able to add most of them back but in the meantime, there will be some things missing. The fact is though, it has to be done. We are running a pretty old version of PHP, like 5. something and they are now up to PHP 7.6 or so. This software will not run on the newer server software. I wil give you all a heads up before I do it but expect it soon. I expect a couple hours of downtime when it happens.

ahhh....you are probably correct. At any rate, they will be continue to be banned.

I agree with you. Don't think that most people would choose an IP address based in China. I have no doubt that the spammers who sign up here with Chinese IP addresses are actually located in China.

Nothing in the video at all. I just wondered how it fit in with the discussion about people trying to spam our site. Nothing wrong with the video. When I saw that she works for a VPN provider, it just made me think of the other stuff I posted about. Somebody here had mentioned at some point that you shouldn't ban people based on their IP addresses because they could be using a VPN. I was just saying that the IPS address is only one of a list of criteria that I use. BUT...if the IP address is from China, Pakistan, India, etc., they are typically banned very quickly.

I'm not sure what that has to do with the discussion of spammers trying to access our site except to say that maybe I am banning legit users that may be using a VPN. Not sure. I will say this though, I use a number of criteria to decide whether or not to ban anybody. I will also say that probably 100% of those who sign up and state that they are from New York, Alabama, and almost everywhere else you can think of but their IP addresses clearly show that they are from China, India, etc., get banned. Is it possible that I occasionally ban a legit member, possible but not likely in my opinion. If people are so paranoid that they falsify their information when signing up, I really don't care that they get banned. I can assure you that very few legit people get banned when I use the multiple criteria that I use. Not only IP addresses but other things also that I won't reveal publicly. I very occasionally get an email from somebody who says that their registration was denied due to being on a spam list. That has never been one that I banned personally but was caught by anti-span software that I have installed. I usually trade a couple of emails with them to verify that they are legit and then set up their account manually. I have never, a single time, received an email from somebody that I personally banned based upon the criteria that I use. I think that I go above and beyond to keep our site free of spammers. I will continue to do so and if I inadvertently ban a potential member then so be it. If they contact me, I will correct it but otherwise, I don't give it another thought. Mine is not a perfect system but it is serving us well.

One note. The stock mufflers have a gasket. You will not use it with the Harley mufflers.

I have one that I will loan to you. PM me your address and I'll get it in the mail.

I've been trying to think of his name ever since responding to this post. I knew it was Rick Butler but now remember, his partner was Dave Henderson.

Also, KuryAkyn does make weights for their grips.

I know of no recent outages. I check the site many times per day and have had no issues.

Just finished my morning ritual of banning the spammers. Every single day there are at least a dozen trying to get into our forum. Mostly from China but some from the Ukraine, Vietnam, and some from India. As well as a few other places but China is the majority. I'm going to see about blocking all traffic from China. It gets old. 99.9% get banned before they are ever able to post anything. I would guess that there are very few, if any at all, Ventures in China.

I don't remember seeing your post about it or I would have told you. Rick and his partner formed Tri-Star industries many years ago. It has long been gone but they made a lot of windshields back ion the day as well as other parts for the Ventures.

You have to be really careful with blood pressure medicine. My doctor prescribed some for me several months ago and it was a fairly low dose but was too much. I installed a stairlift one morning and was on the way home when I almost passed out while driving. Pulled over to the side of the road and sat for a while. Finally felt I could make it on home but had to pull over twice more before getting there. Finally got home an checked my blood pressure and it was way too low. Don't remember for sure but something like 65 over 40.

I think only the '99 models were missing the additional supprort and large washers. They didn't actually recall them but came out with a free support kit. Nothing was sent out to owners but members of the forums and etc. became aware of the fix.

Don't know what you are trying to post but that link doesn't seem to be it.