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Beautiful bikes, both of them.

Excellent article. Also copied to the tech library. Thanks.

Maybe I'll win them. FINALLY sent my registration form and payment. Now come on folks....join us in Saint Charles.

I just made my reservation there. Not sure how many rooms they have left but I managed to get one. I use my hotel points and when I checked a couple of weeks ago, they showed none available but they had one today. Maybe it was due to your cancellation. They actually showed at least one more.

I think I was here.

That number is for total stored messages. That includes SENT messages, not just your inbox.

OK...I REALLY want to give away these three tickets so I'm going to extend this for ONE more week. That will be it.

Well, this is over now. I will have to check with Patti to see how many people are registered.

I stated in that post that I was done giving "head's ups". Sorry if you are offended by that but it has been discussed many times and I've given MANY heads ups and just won't do it any longer.

Yes, I deleted it. Here is the reason. Sorry but this is a pretty well known rule now. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?87332-Classifieds-No-more-mister-nice-guy

I think I need it give Puc his own password protected forum to post. And not give the password to anybody else.

Sounds like the notorious ignition switch failure.

You say it doesn't work but don't say what the problem is. It is common for these to need some desoldering. Take a look at this tech article. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?493-CLASS-E4-Error-Repair

That looks GREAT Eck. Amazing how much it looks like a mini version of the original. Great job.

I know this is going to sound dumb but just to make sure. Have you checked to make sure the microphone is rotated correctly? Once my wife's was pointing out instead of toward her mouth.

No petcock on any fuel injected bike that I know of. I actually liked having one for a number of reasons.

Never hurts to check the valve clearance at some point but regardless of what you may have read about other people getting, I can assure you that your gas mileage is very good from what you stated. If you are getting 36 - 38 at speeds +/- 80 MPH. I would say that you are average or above what most get. 42 -43 backroad riding is good also. I've seen a very few of those reports of upper 40 MPG but they are very rare and not normal.

I don't understand your reasoning for thinking the valves need adjusting due to the gas mileage. 36 - 38 is excellent at those speeds. I'm not saying that everybody shouldn't check the valves at some point but I don't think you have any issues with gas mileage.

Appear to be Taiwanese. Here is all I know about them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Corporation

I appreciate the reports on the Rushmore but I have to tell you, it goes contrary to everything I have heard. I know a couple of riders who have them and they say that they run just as hot. I also talked to my dealer about it and he told me that their tests have proved that it runs absolutely no cooler. I haven't ridden one so can't say one way or the other. The dealer told met that it allowed them to make some performance improvements without heating them up even further but that they don't run cooler. Of the two riders that I personally know that own them, both have had multiple problems with overheating and the small radiator burping out the coolant. One is a Tri Glide that a friend traded for. He traded his 2012 Tri Glide for a new 2015 Tri Glide and tells me that it was a HUGE mistake. He has had it on the shop 7 times for overheating and they still haven't solved the problem. I'm really glad to hear a good report about it but I'll take a watch and wait approach to it just as I will the Roadmaster. I'm actually not in the market for a bike. My Road Glide only has about 9,000 miles on it and I pretty much have it all setup as I like. I just thought that, for the most part, the new Roadmaster looked pretty good and if the reviews had been better in regards to the heat, I would have gone and tried one out. I'm over it now.

I'm 99% sure that is a Precision Plastics shield. I just don't know if they are still available.

So we need people to get registered for the rally. Here is what I am going to do. I'm going to personally pay for and give away 3 raffle tickets for the grand prize trailer at the rally. There is a catch though. I'm doing this to encourage you to get registered and if it doesn't work, I'm not buying the tickets. It works like this. 10 days from now, I hope that we have at LEAST 75 people signed up and officially registered and paid for the International Rally. If we have at least 75 people signed up, I'm going to hold a random drawing and draw ONE name out of those that are signed up and paid. The winner will receive 3 free tickets for the trailer. That's it. All you have to do is get your registrations in.

Folks, are you going to the International Rally? I certainly hope so. There are only 76 people signed up and only a handful of those have actually officially registered. The time is getting closer than you think and we really need to get an idea of how many to expect. PLEASE take a few moments to get your registrations in and if you haven't decided that you are going, let me help you with that decision. PLEASE GO! It will be a great time. Registration forms are here: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?98176-2015-International-Rally-Registration-Forms

Please edit your profile and add your bike year and model to the custom title area. Then it will show right under your username and we will know what bike you are talking about. It appears that you are talking about the first gen and it sounds like you probably have the Precision Plastics shield. Here is a link to their website but they don't have a Venture shield listed any longer. You might send them an email and ask. http://www.precisionlexan.com/default.asp

and I think that is good advice. I'll just keep my Road Glide. I'm actually very happy with it.