Freebird

If you go the lemon law route, be prepared for a long battle. It is effective but is not a quick solution. I have been through two lemon law cases, Once against Chrysler for a Dodge Truck and one against Yamaha. Both a long time ago. I was successful in both cases but both took a year or longer. One was in Texas and the other in Ohio. It's a great resource but you have to be in it for the long haul. It would have been easier to just sell buy vehicles and replace them but I am too stubborn for that. It turned into a personal matter for me;.

Really enjoying watching this build. I can remember when I would have enjoyed doing it. Now I just enjoy watching YOU do it.

Most Briggs riding mower engines have an automatic compression relief that works off the flywheel. It holds the, intake valve I think, open just a bit to relieve compression when starting. Valve clearance has to be set properly for it to work as it should. How long since you have adjusted the valves? I used to check and adjust mine about once per season. I say "used to" because my current mower has a different engine

Yea, I kept waiting for Jay Leno to pull in with his motorhome. Oh well, just more proof that this group has become more about lifelong friends than just the bikes. I'm happy that people get here regardless of how they do it.

It may depend on what brand of headset you have. I know that with J&M and most others the cord is two piece and you can order a new lower cord for different bikes. Example, my Star Venture uses the same cord as the Harley and still had the cords from when I owned my Road Glide. They work fine on the Star Venture.

Check with @RDawson. I tagged him so he'll probably see this. He has made some very nice ones. I think he is making and selling them but he will need to confirm.

I am NOT Freebird. . Who was that imposter.

Hey, we had plenty of stuff by the Icelandic Black Death is the magic Elixir. . I only had about a pint of it left over from a previous event.

Mr. Puc, you post them wherever you wish. I'm sure everybody will enjoy them regardless. Steven, we were short on Black Death so YamaMama didn't get fueled up enough.

Thanks. I had read that somewhere but never seen a picture of it.

Hey @captdrac and/or @crossbowme , could one or both of you give Craig at Clearview a call? I talked to him on the phone this morning and he told me that he is ready to proceed with a windshield for our bikes. What he needs is a stock windshield which I'm sure he will return to you. He would also like to hear your likes and/or dislikes of the shields that you purchased. I'll send you both a PM with is information. Sure hope that one of you is willing to send him your OEM shield.

Started a Maintenance Day picture thread. I know more of you took some pictures so please add them so that others here will feel bad about not attending. https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?141453-Pictures-from-Freebird-s-Maintenance-Day&p=1062918#post1062918

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Here are a few more pictures. Phoneman posted these to the Facebook page.

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Once again, it was our honor to host you at our home this year for Freebird's Maintenance Day. Eileen and I both love having you here and it sure seems quiet when you are all gone. Here are a few pictures, hope the rest of you post yours also.

I've read that the bike comes with the trunk installed but with the rear bolts not installed or somethings so that the trunk tilts forward so to that the bike fits into a shorter crate. Not sure of the details.

Maybe I didn't read closely enough or you just used a different term for them but did you clean all the jets really well? I'm mot talking about just soaking them but running a small wire through them and soaking and rinsing them again and then repeat a couple of times. I know of several here who have cleaned their carbs and still not gotten the jets unplugged until finally running a wire through them.

I pretty much agree with him. My phone is much easier to put a destination in that the NAV system OR a Garmin. I never use the NAV system on the bike or even in my vehicles. That being said, If it was not working correctly after I paid so much for a bike, I would still expect it to be repaired.

No apologies necessary but you were missed. Several people asked about you. Hope to see you again soon.

I've owned three RSVs. All of them would exceed 105 MPH. With the speedo corrected on all, I've seen 112 to 117 on all three. The 117 came on my second '99 model with the Dynatech module and the VMax rear end. NOTE....it is TRUE that they will actually run faster in 4th gear than 5th. My highest speeds on all three, even with the VMax rear, was in 4th gear. Now you weigh more than me so I can't say that's not affecting your final results. I'm am 6'3" and around 200 lbs. Probably 210 at that time.