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    Name of Restaurant Jumbo Jimmy's Street Address 1065 Bainbridge Rd (RT. 222) City Port Deposit State or Province MD Website (Optional) - Quality of Food Great Quality of Service Great Biker Friendly? (Parking, Trusted Location, Etc.) Yes Kind of Food? (Mexican, Chinese, etc.) Burgers, wings, steak, seafood Alcohol Served? Yes Additional Comments Big place, Very biker freindly, pool tables, large tv's, inside and outside bar, excellent food. If you are traveling I95 it's only about 3 mins off of exit 93 west, then make a left on RT.222 and you're there. Or RT. 222 off of RT.1 north as soon as you cross the Comowingo Dam.
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    I got my shorter windshield from Cee Bailey they also make aircraft windshields, it has been great never scratches and I use the short one (just below line of sight) with no buffering in the summer, and the stock one in the winter.
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    Does anyone know of someone that makes a shorty "wind deflector" only 3" or so? I have the 7" on it now but would like a very short one for summer, kinda like the ones they make for the Electra Glide.
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    You can find them on ebay for less than $100 usually. The guy that sells the bracket and clamps, on ebay, will also sell you Harley mufflers. The whole set up is around $200 I believe. I tried my LOCO! Harley dealer and as I expected, because I asked for them he wanted $250 for used mufflers.
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    Nothin' is holding it's value in this economy right now. Besides, Harley's are made with 50% "metric" parts now. The "die hard" Harley guys hate to hear that. I owned 2 Harley in the past 10yrs.
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    I bought the adapter kit off of ebay for I believe 80 bucks, this allows you to mount ANY mufflers that will fit a Harley Electra Glide or Road King. I did this because I have always used Vance & Hines mufflers on every bike I've owned, good quality and sound. Unfortunately they don't make a muffler for the Venture but the adapter takes care of that. They sound great, low rumble at idle, slight rumble cruising at 70mph, and loud only when you really get on it and get the rpm's up.
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    I sold my 05 Rocket III standard. I had to bike for 2 yrs. never any problems and the power was ridiculous (obviously). It was great to blow away those $40,000 custom show offs with my $14,000 completely stock Rocket. Not to mention the kids on their crotch rockets. You should have seen the look on their faces when an "old man" on his cruiser with windshield and bags passes them smiling at 140mph+. But I got the speed out of my system and went back to a tourer which I aways liked. By the way... The standard Rocket III is 147ft. lbs. of torque, and 140hp. The Rocket III Tourer's engine has been modified... 153ft.lbs. of torque by only 100hp. Be careful, if you got the money your gonna buy it, that's what happened to me!
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    My 07 has been up to 120mph with stock speedometer. Still pulling too. What's this speedo healer that I keep hearing about?
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    I've put 1000 miles on my 07 since I had it at the dealer for the "chirp" and "whine". They did NO greasing, just realgined the drive shaft, and reseated the bushings on the "fingers" in the rear. That's what the technical service bulletin told them to do, appaerntly it worked so far. P.S. the rear end work only took them 3 to 4 hrs. I hope some of the more dishonest dealers out there aren't just greasing rea ends and letting them go.
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    Oooo, Let me nip this in the bud! Just kiddin' ladies, I'm happily married to the same wonderful lady for 15 yrs.
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    I don't notice a whine on my bike either. My 2 previous bikes had straight cut gears also, maybe I'm used to it. Of course I had a Harley too so ALL noises sound normal to me!
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    Geez! I aready apoligized to FLB and I'm still getting it. I'm glad my thread wasn't "Mistake getting married!?"
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    I know for a FACT that there is a technical service bulletin that they put out about the rear end noise. I just had mine fixed and got it back today. The fact that they put out a bulletin is admission by Yanaha that they know they have a problem. If you have another Yamaha dealer near you that you haven't delt with yet maybe you could stop in and talk to their service department and ask them about any service bullitens on the Venture.
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    Got the stock gears in mine. I'm 310lbs. and I regularly shift into 5th at 40mph, when riding moderatly, with no lug what so ever. If I need to pass I down shift, no big deal. Guess it's a matter of preference. By the way, I used to have an 05 Triumph Rocket III, before the Venture, so I know what power is!
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    I know for sure the "whine" in the rear is a warrenty issue. Actually the dealership have received a technical service bulletin on this issue. My dealer showed it to me.
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    If it was meant in fun, I appoligize FLB. It's just that It really ticks me when people spout this crap about anything other then a Harley or any other American made bike is junk. I've been around too long in the biking community and had too many different bikes to think that way. Again, if it's a joke, my appoligies.
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    Thanks for the responses everyone, makes me feel a little better. I figured problems were magnified by the amount of bikes on the site. By the way flb 78. First of all I don't buy a bike for resale value, I buy a bike to ride. That being said if I was going to buy a bike for resale value it wouldn't be a Harley, their cutting production because they can't sell their over priced bikes that have mostly "metric" parts in them now anyway, while the "metric" bike manufactures are going wild. My local dealership is selling 15 to 20 units a day(I know the owner). To get a Harley equipped like my Venture would have cost over $20,000!!! Got my Venture as a left over model for $6000 less. My riding partner is trying to sell his Ultra right now, he paid $18,500 for it 2 yrs ago and can't get more than $10,500 for it now! Nice resale value. Keep your ignorant comments to yourself. Better to keep your mouth shut and thought a fool then to open it and remove all dought.
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    I just bought my new 2007 Venture on June 3rd. I have only 800 miles on it and love it! I previously had a 1998 Harley Electra Glide I put 87,000 miles on it before I sold it, the only problem I EVER had was a bad starter clutch at 15,000 miles. I'm starting to get a little concerned as I read about the multitude of problems posted in the forum and I'm hoping that I didn't make a mistake buying the Venture. I have always liked Yamaha products i.e. atv's, dirt bikes. My first bike was a 1000 Virago. I liked the way the Venture looked and I couldn't bring myself to pay $20,000 for a new Harley. Now at only 800 miles my Venture is in for the dreaded "rear end clicking" and head gasket leak(not leaking yet, want to have the head bolts tightened). I have been dealing with the same dealership (Pete's Cycle Co. in Baltimore) for over 20years now and they have never let me down so I'm not concerned about their ability, but you can't blame them if a bike is poorly engineered. When I walked in the service department and started describing my 2 problems I didn't even get to finish, the service manager said "we know about the problems". He even showed me copies of the technical service bullitens. I don't mean to sound needy but can someone convince me, honestly, that I made the right choice? Keeping my fingers crossed, but it's hard to ride like that.
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    Bought just the Harley muffler adapter kit off of ebay. Then you can use ANY slip on Harley mufflers that fit the Roda King or Electra Glide. I bought and installed Vance & Hines mufflers. They sound great!
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    I've got the Cee Bailey 7 " shield. It's perfect, I can see over the sheild by about 3" and no buffering. By the way I'm 5' 10"
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    Thanks Rod and Freebird, I'll look into it.
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    Anyone know where I can get a jet kit for my '07 Venture? I've looked at Dynajet but it stays it's for years 1996 to 2001. I don't know if this would work or not. Don't know if they changed something on the carbs after 2001. Any Help? Thanks.
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