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Although I'm sure I'd enjoy having a go if I ever came over to visit,You ever come over for a visit, I'll let you try shooting with some of my guns, as I'm sure others on this site would also. Good call. I'd like to make the same offer. Stop by and we can go in the backyard and rock and roll with some "assault" weapons. I'd bet that a lot of Ventureriders are firearms owners and would be glad for the chance to introduce someone from across the pond to the experience. There's a lot of good folks out there armed to the teeth. We outta' ask Freebird to set up a range at the next MD. lol:whistling:

Looks great, but with that paint job, you really can't even tell it's a "Venture". Congrats on a job well done.

Not having the right to self protection sounds just as strange to me. I'm just sayin' Just because you can't doesn't mean you shouldn't.

Can you imagine the nun sitting at her desk grading these papers, all the while trying to keep a straight face and maintain her composure! PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WORDING AND SPELLING. IF YOU KNOW THE BIBLE EVEN A LITTLE, YOU'LL FIND THIS HILARIOUS! IT COMES FROM A CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEST. KIDS WERE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE BIBLE WERE WRITTEN BY CHILDREN. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RETOUCHED OR CORRECTED. INCORRECT SPELLING HAS BEEN LEFT IN. 1. IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, GUINESSIS. GOD GOT TIRED OF CREATING THE WORLD SO HE TOOK THE SABBATH OFF. 2. ADAM AND EVE WERE CREATED FROM AN APPLE TREE . NOAH'S WIFE WAS JOAN OF ARK. NOAH BUILT AND ARK AND THE ANIMALS CAME ON IN PEARS. 3. LOTS WIFE WAS A PILLAR OF SALT DURING THE DAY, BUT A BALL OF FIRE DURING THE NIGHT. 4. THE JEWS WERE A PROUD PEOPLE AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH UNSYMPATHETIC GENITALS.. 5. SAMPSON WAS A STRONGMAN WHO LET HIMSELF BE LED ASTRAY BY A JEZEBEL LIKE DELILAH. 6. SAMSON SLAYED THE PHILISTINES WITH THE AXE OF THE APOSTLES. 7. MOSES LED THE JEWS TO THE RED SEA WHERE THEY MADE UNLEAVENED BREAD WHICH IS BREAD WITHOUT ANY INGREDIENTS . 8. THE EGYPTIANS WERE ALL DROWNED IN THE DESSERT. AFTERWARDS, MOSES WENT UP TO MOUNT CYANIDE TO GET THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 9. THE FIRST COMMANDMENTS WAS WHEN EVE TOLD ADAM TO EAT THE APPLE. 10. THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT IS THOU SHALT NOT ADMIT ADULTERY. 11. MOSES DIED BEFORE HE EVER REACHED CANADA THEN JOSHUA LED THE HEBREWS IN THE BATTLEOF GERITOL. 12. THE GREATEST MIRICLE IN THE BIBLE IS WHEN JOSHUA TOLD HIS SON TO STAND STILL AND HE OBEYED HIM. 13. DAVID WAS A HEBREW KING WHO WAS SKILLED AT PLAYING THE LIAR. HE FOUGHT THE FINKELSTEINS, A RACE OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN BIBLICAL TIMES. 14. SOLOMON, ONE OF DAVIDS SONS, HAD 300 WIVES AND 700 PORCUPINES. 15. WHEN MARY HEARD SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF JESUS, SHE SANG THE MAGNA CARTA. 16. WHEN THE THREE WISE GUYS FROM THE EAST SIDE ARRIVED THEY FOUND JESUS IN THE MANAGER. 17. JESUS WAS BORN BECAUSE MARY HAD AN IMMACULATE CONTRAPTION. 18. ST. JOHN THE BLACKSMITH DUMPED WATER ON HIS HEAD. 19. JESUS ENUNCIATED THE GOLDEN RULE, WHICH SAYS TO DO UNTO OTHERS BEFORE THEY DO ONE TO YOU. HE ALSO EXPLAINED A MAN DOTH NOT LIVE BY SWEAT ALONE. 20. IT WAS A MIRICLE WHEN JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND MANAGED TO GET THE TOMBSTONE OFF THE ENTRANCE. 21. THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOWED THE LORD WERE CALLED THE 12 DECIBELS. 22. THE EPISTELS WERE THE WIVES OF THE APOSTLES. 23. ONE OF THE OPPOSSUMS WAS ST. MATTHEW WHO WAS ALSO A TAXIMAN. 24. St. PAUL CAVORTED TO CHRISTIANITY, HE PREACHED HOLY ACRIMONY WHICH IS ANOTHER NAME FOR MARRAIGE. 25. CHRISTIANS HAVE ONLY ONE SPOUSE. THIS IS CALLED MONOTONY. :rotf::rotf:

I'd have to believe my 87 Standard First Gen could do better than that. Coming off the line, and shifting to 2nd, the front wheel would definitely be off the ground if I were racing. I've always wanted to run it in the 1/4 mile, but never got around to it, so I may be wrong, but I'd be disappointed if I couldn't get to the mid 13s.

I think if I was young, and on a crotch rocket, I'd have to pop a wheelie in front of them just so they'd try to catch me. LOL:rotf:

I used to have a 74 GMC Motorhome. You old timers may remember them....they had the dual rear wheels with air suspension and were front wheel drive. Whenever I'd go into an Autozone, Advance, O'rileys, or wherever, and ask for parts they'd always try to sell me GMC van or truck parts. When I'd explain it had an Oldsmobile driveline and was front wheel drive they wouldn't believe me....I've been told more than once that I'd better "double-check that".....lol I'd end up having them look up the parts for a 74 Toranado with the tow package.....same driveline. Makes you wonder what these guys today would do without the computers..

So far it seems that the consensus is to avoid it from one week before to one week after the rally. Different folks have mixed feelings about the Motorhome. I'd love to make it an extended affair, but I only get one week paid vacation, and I usually go somewhere with the wife for that week. I'll see what my friends think after reading this thread. Thanks again everyone for the valuable input.

That's another issue that could be a bit of a problem with riding long distances. The guy who called rides a Suzy Volusia 800, and another friend rides a Yammy V Star 650. They don't have windshields or monster motors for extended highway travel. Another friend who rode up to the North PA mountains with us last year has an old Harley (82) that was a project bike that he kinda went over, but not too thoroughly, ending up in the need to leave the Harley at the cabin, and I had to ride him bi-otch on the back of my Venture, and just to add insult to injury I taped the sign to the back of my bike. I wouldn't have done him like that, but he was big time into the "If it ain't a Harley it ain't s**t attitude, so I had to make him pay.

This is just the kinda good stuff I was hopin' for......Thanks, and keep it comin'.

One of my buddies called me this morning and says he wants to go to Sturgis this year. He says he want's us to take my motorhome, with the bikes in tow up to the area, and either stay at a nearby campground or at Sturgis itself. (I don't know that that's even an option) We'd be coming from Ohio, me in Central, and my friends in NE Ohio. I've nothing against the idea, and while I get that you're supposed to actually RIDE to Sturgis,......the motorhome's pretty comfortable, and I think it'd be quicker. I think I'd like to ride there, but with us all in our early 50s, it'd be tough to get away from work for as long as it'd take to have an enjoyable trip. In any case, I've always wanted to go to the area, to check out the sights on the bike, but don't know that it'd be a good idea to go during the rally. I'm betting it's pretty crazy, and I'm not a big fan of crowds. I'm also figuring that it wouldn't be much fun riding to see the sights while dealing with all the traffic. I'd like to hear from those who've been there during the rally or not....what are your thoughts....to go or not to go, and if so...during the rally or during an off time...???

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If she "runs fine"....why are you removing the carbs???? Run some Seafoam through them and you'll be fine. Don't go lookin' fer trouble that's not there.....you may create some new trouble in the process.

Just sent them a message letting them know that I'll be participating in the boycott. I've bought a lotta stuff from them over the years.

Hey, you're only human. I get spanked all the time. I always figure the guys who think they know it all are dangerous. I rarely give their opinion much weight. We all do one thing well....some of us do a few, or even several things well, but no one can do it everything well and even a competent, full time bike mechanic will have issues from time to time. Judging from your post, you're waaayyy more capable than most guys here.....certainly more able than me. Glad you got your issue resolved.

If I won the lottery, I'd buy myself a new ridin' mower........one of those big fancy jobs......

I quit deer hunting about 10 years ago. I have a cabin in North Central Pennsylvania where I started hunting in '77, when there were deer EVERYWHERE. It was a lotta fun back then. It wasn't a matter of whether you got a deer, but how long you'd wait hopin' for a big-un. Back then big-uns weren't that common. Lots of 6 points and down. Then, in their infinite wisdom the Game Commission started handing out doe permits en masse. It was cool for a while, everyone had meat on the pole, but we didn't realize what we were doing to the deer heard, until, one season we looked around, and there were no more deer. I saw one buck up there two years ago,....he looked lost. Now there's barely any deer in these pristine Pennsylvania woods, and I'm so happy to see one that the last thing I want to do is kill it. The Game Commission is still "managing" the doe herd by increasing the doe permits this year????? They appear to want to kill the last few left standing in the county where I used to hunt.....I still go up, but now I just hunt with a camera. Not much to take pics of though....

Wow...glad you didn't get laid up from that. The irony is that it happened right in front of a Lawyers billboard asking if you've been injured.

Payment sent. Thanks:cool10:

I don't think too many folks realize it, but there's more than just two candidates running for potus.

I'm in for one. I can do Paypal, send a check or money order, or even drive up and hand ya the cash.

Thanks everyone for the great input. I'm not struggling right now (rare) so I'll go ahead and spring for the Michelins. The wife usually drives the car and I'd like her to have every advantage......she does the cookin'. lol:cool10:

Need to get new tires for the cage (08 Taurus) Went to Sams Club, where I can get BF Goodrich Touring T/A tires for a little over $100 each, ....more like $140 each installed and out the door. Michelin Defender XT tires would be a little over $155 each, plus the add on charges, which I didn't get a quote on, but should take the price to around $190 each installed and out the door. Are Michelin's worth the extra two bills for the set? This car (great car) has 120 k miles on it, so this will probably be the last set of tires I'll put on it. I anticipate this Taurus will easily run 200K, but at that point I'll probably want to get something a bit fresher. So, the question is: are Michelins really that special?

I've had the same issue since I've owned my first gen. Has NEVER failed to start for me though. I was planning on doing a 4 brush starter upgrade this Winter. I have an 87, and I've read that the second gen starters are 4 brush and will work. Is this true across the board, or are there specific years I should look for..... I'll start cruising e-bay soon as I know what will bolt right in and work the way it's supposed to. Thanks.