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and now we know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKEuzxC4eGc

If you'll confirm that you are talking about the first gen, I'll move this thread to the correct forum so that others can hopefully find it later.

Well the part number is shown right in the listing and seems to be correct. Boats.net has them also and shows what they are supposed to fit. You posted this is the watering hole instead of either First Gen or Second Gen tech talk so I am only guessing that you want them for a first gen. That part number appears to be only for the Royal Stars and the second gen Royal Stars and RSVs. http://www.boats.net/parts/detail/yamaha/Y-4NK-14714-00-00.html

As far as I know, it's working correctly. Did you complete all the steps?

Some folks will tell you to NEVER mix a bias tire and a radial. The fact is though, Yamaha even sells a bike with one of each. I personally wouldn't be afraid to do it. That being said, I have to also admit that I have never tried it so can't speak from personal experience.

Shawna, Thank you for taking the time to post here and telling us a bit about your charity. Sounds like you are doing good things.

Please take the time to vote. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?108934-Internatonal-Rally-Location-Time-to-VOTE

Poll is open at: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?108934-Internatonal-Rally-Location-Time-to-VOTE

After giving the members a few weeks to make their recommendations and step up as volunteers, it is now time to put the location for the 2016 International Rally up for a vote. If a location is preferred that you do not see on the list, it will be because it may have been suggested but nobody stepped up to help organize it. Hopefully, I didn't miss any of the locations that were suggested and supported with a volunteer. This poll will remain open for 14 days. Just a quick summary: Maggie Valley, NC Viroqua, WI Richmond, IN Mississippi Gulf Coast (October) Ontario, Canada Davis, WV

OK...I think this has been discussed long enough. If anybody was interested in volunteering and recommending a location, they have had time to do so. I will go through all the responses and create a poll now.

OK....sorry that I spread false info. I guess it's been too long since I've owned a First Gen. Didn't know that they are a different size.

I think it's the terminology that is confusing the issue. The bars are the same size. The sleeve is the sleeve, NOT the bar. Like I said, many (I thought MOST) times the grips come with a new sleeve and just slides on. I've never seen anybody refer to the right side as being 1 1/4" because it's really not.

I'm a little confused. You said you got the left grip off, that is usually the one that has to be removed using air or in my case, I just insert a thin screwdriver between the grip and the bar and work it around. It's the throttle side you are having a problem with though. It's been my experience that the throttle side uses a sleave and the entire thing just slides off.

OK folks, this is what I have found out. NOTHING! Actually that is not entirely correct. I have found out some things but just NOTHING from the chat provider. The chat room is hosted on a remoter server separate from our site. I pay yearly for the hosting. I think it has been a pretty good solution. There have been a handful of glitches over the year but it has been much better than previous chat solutions that I had tried. The companies website is still up but submitted support tickets to tech or sales are not being answered. I did some more research and leaned that it is not just us. Nobody is getting replies, chat rooms have expired and other than their site being up, they appear to have gone out of business. Now I never did any autopay with them. They would send me an invoice and I would pay it. This year I never got an invoice. They do have an automated online payment system. A LOT of people have lost money by using that system because it is still taking peoples money but nobody is getting anything that they pay for. So...it appears that the chat room is dead for good. At least the one we have used for several years. I will have to do some research and see if I can find anything that will work for us that is somewhat affordable. Will let you know as soon as I can.

He is still a supporting member here. You can send him a private message. He was last active here at 10:04 a.m. today. Here is link to his profile. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/member.php?10098-Golf-amp-Venture

Don't know what you are using but the old chat room is still not working. I've received no response to my email so far.

hmmm....first job. I guess I was in the 4th grade so what...9 years old? There was a miniature golf course within walking distance of our house. Back then, they used sawdust instead of the artificial grass that is used now. So my job was to smooth the sawdust a few times throughout the evening. I had a stick with a rope tied to each end and a sheet of carpet nailed to it. I would drag that carpet to smooth the sawdust. I don't remember how much I was paid but I think it was about 25 cents per hour and I got free golf passes for my family.

Apparently it expired the end of July. I pay it annually. Again, they failed to send me any type of reminder or invoice so like every year, I just sent them a message telling them that they screwed up again and to get it turned back on and send me an invoice and I'll gladly pay it. They have a good chat solution but terrible to deal with. I will get it turned on ASAP unless they try to jack the price way up as they usually try to do.

Folks, I simply will not pursue this. I always understood that there was a patent on the product. If there is not, I would need proof of that. If somebody else wants to do all the footwork, get the permissions, etc., I would be willing to submit it to my people about manufacturing them. If it were to work out, I would be willing to sell them to our members, the Venturerider members, or whomever at the same price but I am not interested in fighting any battles to get it done.

You wouldn't need an aluminum mold for the number of them that would likely be sold. We use some aluminum molds for popular items that we know will sell for many years but the custom stuff is made of MDF wood. They can be used MANY times if necessary and even repair if needed with a wood putty. If it weren't for the patent issue, I would be willing to have you send that one to me and I would get a quote on having them done. Even doing ONE wouldn't be an outrageous price. I won't get into the patent problem though.

I think that we could make them with no problem at all. BUT...I think that somebody bought the patent and I have no desire to fight a legal battle.

Condor, are you SURE that you are remembering it correctly? Vacuum molds are very cheap. Now injection molds molds are very expensive. My company does both and we do custom vacuum molding every single day and the molds are so cheap that they are destroyed immediately after using them.

I ALMOST posted your second one in my first post. Not only do some of them leave the baskets in the MIDDLE...put some (MANY) actually have them at an angle so that they literally go almost from one side to the other. Sometimes I just want to crash right through them. I agree with all of yours but the last one hit home also. What is even worse is those in the 10 or 20 items or less lane that apparently think that 20 bottles of soft drink are actually only one item. Or multiples of this or that. And yes, I've had that exit thing happen to me also. It actually happened to my wife a few weeks ago and almost caused a serious accident.

As I was on the road for yet another week of meetings, one of my pet peeves attacked me many times. It got me to thinking about pet peeves and how it might be interesting to hear what yours are. I'll start with a couple. This one is a bit humorous and my wife says that I am being silly. She is very probably right but it's just somewhat of a fun one for me. What is it? I KNOW you are DYING to know.... HOT DOGS and BUNS! Why is it that most hot dogs come in packages of 10 and yet most hot dog buns come in packages of 8? What is up with that? If you are bothered about the number of hot dogs and buns not coming out even....that means you would need to make 40 hot dogs? 4 packages of hot dogs and 5 packages of buns to make it come out right. It's a conspiracy...a CONSPIRACY I tell you. Another one, and the one that I faced several times today, big trucks trying to pass each other. Today I was driving on I71 between Cincinnati and Kentucky. It was mostly a 4 lane highway once I got past the 71 and 75 split. So two lanes going my direction and a lot of hills. Much of that time was spent behind a big truck who felt that he HAD to pass the big truck in front of him on the long hill. He pulls out to pass in spite of the fact that he is only able to muster a speed of about 1 MPH more than the truck that he is passing. So 10 minutes later he FINALLY manages to pass the other truck and get back into the right hand lane. If you don't have the power to get around the truck in front of you, STAY BEHIND it. Don't be an inconsiderate ass and back up everybody else. I have others but will let that get it started. But fear not...I do have others...MANY others.

According to your profile, you ride an '83 model. That would make it a first gen so I moved your thread to the first gen tech talk forum.