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OOPs...just thought of another one. I said Harley Ultra and that would probably still be the strongest contender but I would also look at the Triumph Rocket III Touring. Sure wish they would finish dressing it out with a fairing and etc. though.
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Sounds like you ran across an idiot salesman.
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I'm really sorry to here of this accident. Skydoc is always there for us when we need his help...sometimes before we even KNOW that we need his help. Was really looking forward to seeing him at Maintenance Day. I hope he can at least ride in the car by then and you can both come. I promise to have a nice lawn lounger for him so that he can just sit back and relax.
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Well I love the cruiser styling so for me it would probably be a Harley Ultra.
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Royal Star kickstand hole size to fit 2005 Venture ?
Freebird replied to cb1313's topic in Watering Hole
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There are several places that sell seats for the Venture. Corbin, Travelcade, Russell, Mustang (recently announced) are some of the more common ones. You will find folks that love and hate all of them. I have the Corbin and love it.
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I wish I was in the area, would be happy to help out. It can be hard to find that sort of problem.
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WOW....good to hear from you Lowell. So you are a free man now.....Lord help us all.
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The Mic-Mutes works fine with the Buddy Rich cable. You just toggle on the mic before you start your call so that they can hear you.
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Thanks. Haven't seen the package yet but I'm sure it will be here soon. Thank you VERY much.
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I don't remember the internal memory but it lets you use a SD Card. I have an 8 GB card in mine. For some reason, Garmin limits you to 1000 songs but that is a lot.
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Nice...but it's going to be a LONG time before I'm in the market for another bike.
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Very nice camper and I understand your reasoning in regards to wanting to spend time with your son. Dylan is a senior this year and I can only sit back and be amazed that the years have gone by so quickly. We will miss you at maintenance day though. I think you have been to all of them.
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I don't wear a full face but there are a lot of threads here about what folks do wear. Do a search for helmets and you'll find a LOT of information. Webbike World also has some very good reviews on a lot of different helmets. http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-helmets/motorcycle-helmets.htm You will also get differing opinions in regards to whether the Snell rating is preferable to the DOT rating. Some tests indicate that it is not but since you want Snell rating, I won't go into all of that.
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Here you go. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=13180
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I don't use any of them. I had a request to add the feature and it didn't require too much programming on my end so I added it. Have no idea what advantage it offers.
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Ironic that you just posted this while I was making another post about an Iphone app that I just added us to. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=48372
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OK folks..I know very little about this as I don't use an Iphone, Blackberry, etc. I had a request to add this feature so decided to give it a try. If you use one of the phones that support this app, you are welcome to test it out. I noticed on their website that they do have a beta app out now for the Blackberry also. Tapatalk is a mobile forum app for iPhone / Android and soon to be on Blackberry and Nokia. Tapatalk supports vBulletin (3.x and 4.x) and phpBB forums and forum owner can activate this service for free. Tapatalk supports all the usual forum functions plus full screen image viewing, image upload, caching (less reload), private messaging, all these features are accessible in just a few simple taps. Tapatalk for iPhone: Showing New and Unread Posts: http://www.quoord.com/tmp/iphone/IMG_0036.png Full Thread Viewing and Pagination Support: http://www.quoord.com/tmp/iphone/IMG_0037.png See Who's Online: http://www.quoord.com/tmp/iphone/IMG_0038.png Reply to Post and Image Upload: http://www.quoord.com/tmp/iphone/IMG_0041.png Some of the large forums activated Tapatalk support http://www.quoord.com/tmp/iphone/IMG_0042.png Tapatalk for Android Total Android Look and Feel http://www.quoord.com/tmp/android/main.png Same feature set as iPhone: http://www.quoord.com/tmp/android/threadmenu.png Quickly Reply to a conversation: http://www.quoord.com/tmp/android/thread_bottom_menu.png Latest and Unread Posts indicator and multi-tabs support: http://www.quoord.com/tmp/android/latest-v.png Full screen image support - support landscape mode also http://www.quoord.com/tmp/android/imageview.png Check out http://www.tapatalk.com for more information!
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Folks...I'm in Cannon Falls, MN this week at our semi-annual sales meeting. LONG days this time. Then they took my laptop for the past two days to do some upgrades with the software so I've been unable to even get online until tonight since early Wednesday morning. Sorry if I have missed any questions here or via email. I'm working through about 1500 emails right now but if you have emailed me and I don't answer within the next day or two, please try again. Headed back home tomorrow night and am READY.
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There's at least some truth to that. My nephew wanted a bike a couple of years ago. Tried to buy a VTX 1300 Honda and Honda Credit denied him. His credit really was bad. He then went to the Harley dealership. He ended up buying a used Harley that cost more than the new VTX that he was looking at. Was approved through Harley credit with no problem. I know a year or so ago though that Harley Credit had to refinance a LOT of their debt and did so at a MUCH higher rate. Warren Buffet ended up financing about 300 or so million dollars of it at around 15% or so interest. I just did a search and found some info on this: http://www.my68flh.com/2009/02/04/harley-gets-600-million-bail-out/
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Saddleman Seat Opinions
Freebird replied to Sleeperhawk's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
I did for a very short time. Absolutely hated it. Also the fit was terrible. There was about a 1" gap between the front of the seat and the gas tank. Some people have had good things to say about them but I can't. -
I don't think that's correct. I know of several '83 models that had the frame problem. I thought it was corrected AFTER the '83 models.
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It would probably be possible with some custom programming but it's a lot of work and has to be done every time there is a software upgrade. It's just much easier for people to add the info to the custom title area. Much easier on ME anyway.
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As most of you know by now, Bob Edwards departed this world yesterday, Friday April 30th, 2010. Many of you also know that Bob was a co-founder of the Venturers Motorcycle Club along with my self in 1997. Here is a short excerpt from the Venturers history page. "In early 1997 Bob Edwards purchased a 1983 Yamaha Venture touring motorcycle. Living in the small state of Rhode Island with few sources of information, he resorted to the World Wide Web, looking for any references about this rig. Soon he found a discussion board with many Venture owners who were feeling rejected because of Yamaha's discontinuance of the marque. Bob decided to start a webpage in hopes of meeting others in the same predicament. The "Yamaha Venture Webpage" was born in the winter of 1997. Later in 1997 Don Nelson of Texas (at the time), in a unrelated effort, started a discussion forum based on the Yamaha Venture Royale he had just purchased. The two websites continued to grow independently throughout 1997 into early 1998." It was shortly after that when Bob and I combined our efforts to create what is now the Venturers Motorcycle Club. Obviously there came a time when I decided to go my own way to create the VentureRiders club and to be honest, there were some periods during that time when Bob and I did not always see eye to eye on various issues. I am so very thankful that any bad feelings between the two of us were put to rest long ago and he and I did share a number of emails over the past few months about the dreaded disease of cancer that we were both fighting with. Unfortunately, his was much worse than mine. It would not be hard to come up with a LOT of great things to say about Bob but I will try to keep it short. The biggest thing is that he had a huge heart, a sincere love for riding and genuine feelings for the many that he counted as friends and a fierce loyalty to the club that he helped found. I feel that my life was enriched by knowing Bob. I am glad that I was able to meet him face to face and ride with him at least one time and I will never forget the warm person that I learned him to be. Some of the emails of support that he sent to me in regards to my own cancer when he himself was fighting a much harder battle with his own...I will cherish his kind words and he will not be forgotten. Godspeed our friend....we will someday ride together again......
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HE LIVES! HE LIVES! :cool10::cool10::cool10: