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Getting delivered today per tracker. Gary

Look at the two picture albums linked below. The Rebirth of an 83 Venture series is the 83 I have completley rebuilt and modified motor to a VMax configuration. Rebirth of an 83 Venture The Hybrid folder is this winters project. Taking an RSV chassis and inserting a VMax configured 1300 into it. The Hybrid 1st Gen/RSV/VMax project You can also open threads I have started by clicking on link below, there is a lot of stuff there related to these two projects. Find all threads started by dingy Gary

On the gasket, I would think he should have one in hand when he pulls cover off for inspection prior to buying it. If it was mine & I was selling it, a stipulation of allowing the cover to be pulled would be a new gasket goes back in if you don't buy it. Gary

Yes you can. Gary

The grooving will be on the inner surface of the clip, not the exposed outer edge. You may be able to see grooving at split line. Gary

I thought someone here was making & selling fork boots. I haven't seen them mentioned for quite a while though. For some reason I was thinking it was one of the moderators, maybe Black Owl. Gary

Larry, Sorry about losing your mother 1st of all. You might want to checked if that is in fact a legal requirement of your state after you have taken care of your mothers and things have settled down It sounds a little like a ploy a funeral home could possibly use when a family is vulnerable to get them to spend money for services that are not wanted. While this would not help in the case of your mother, it might give you some insight into your choice of a funeral home in the future. I am in favor of cremation, but my wife is very against it. Cremation is not mainstream yet, but of the several funerals I have been at where the individual was cremated, it seemed to be a less somber setting. The cost is what I am looking at, when I pass, I would rather my wife dispose of my body via cremation, which is much more economical than being embalmed & displayed in an expensive box, then put in a vault. I won't need the body anymore so save some money, take a cruise or a vacation with the money saved. Nobody is gonna come look at me anyways. If she goes first, then I will do what she has requested. Not because it is what I think is right, but I know her family has similar feelings. Both of my parents wanted cremation and there wishes were complied with. Gary

Looking at the post referred to it has the color codes for the rear as: Left Rear Speaker--------Red + Left Rear Speaker--------Brown - Right Rear Speaker-------Red/Yellow with a gray Strip + Right Rear Speaker-------Brown/Black - I have a front sub harness in my hand from a 2003 RSV. It does have the two color coded wires that are marked for the right speaker in it. But the left speaker pair colors are not present in the harness at the connector coming out of the Radio Master unit. The schematic shows 17 wires coming out of this connector and that is what is in the harness I have. Very possibly there was a change at some point, just relaying what is in the 2003 harness. Gary

Attached is a PDF I made of data Prairiehammer posted See if you can read it. Gary

I remember this also, but I can't locate a service bulletin that verifies it. Attached picture shows a shot of the junk block that is setting in my RSV Hybrid project. It is a 1200. Red arrow points to where I recall the blocks being center punched at. This block was marked as repaired. This is left side above middle drive cover. Gary

Not disagreeing with you Carl. The washer, however is the cause of a couple of other failures that make the transmission jump out of gear. The rounding of the dogs on the fifth gear (#13 in fiche) which engage with the second gear (#14 in fiche) is what actually causes the jumping out of gear. This wear would probably be prolonged quite a bit with a rider such as your self. Picture attached of the dogs on the 5th gear wheel from a tranny that was failing. Not very obvious, but the left side of the dog is rounded quite a bit more than the opposite trailing edge. Gary

Attached are some pictures of the cause of failure in the 1st gen MKI transmissions. 1st one has a good clip pair setting on right. Gary

It is not absolutely going to fail. Depends probably a lot on how hard bike was pushed in 1st-2nd shifts. Main culprit was a pair of retainer clips on the rear transmission shaft being to soft and wearing. This allowed rear shaft to offset farther than design allowed thus causing tranny to jump out of 2nd. There are other parts that get damaged when this failure is not fixed at its onset. Usual mileage number I have heard is 50,000 and higher. There is a lot of awareness about this issue, since it isn't an easy fix. It's one of the main talking points when someone is contemplating buying an early Venture. There is probably no way of finding the percentage of failures for this issue though. Even the VMax'x have a very similar issue, but not as often. Gary

Last 1985 that has 2nd gear problem had last 4 digits of 1413. Service bulletin attached One way we could start finding out production numbers of the Ventures is to post our serial #'s. That would then allow us to get a minimum production run by taking the highest # and subtracting 100 from it. Serial #'s aren't a huge risk to publish in my opinion. You can walk up to almost any vehicle and read the serial number from it. Gary

The 16 count means there are 16 of these in the motor. The shims are somewhat unique in that you would not need 16 of the same, but that is the way many parts suppliers software works. Picture is from partzilla.com site. Above 1st red block is notation 'Price is for one part' Gary

I just happen to have a fairly nice one that I got for my RSV Hybrid project and found out it wouldn't work. You can have it for what I paid for it plus shipping. It was included with other parts I got from Piinwall so shipping to me is covered. $39.95 & actual shipping to you. 6.47mm thick, 2001 RSV Gary

2013 International Rally Trailer Opportunity The International Rally committee has purchased a Shadow Diamond trailer to be used as a fund raiser to support the International Rally and the VentureRider.org SAF funds. I have setup a separate PayPal account to receive donations for an opportunity to own this trailer. The donation amount is $10.00 USD per opportunity, 3 opportunities for $25.00 USD. The trailer will be awarded to the lucky donator on Wednesday July 31 2013. Trailer will be at the International Rally Chestnut Mountain Resort, Galena, Illinois. PayPal address for donations is garydinges@neo.rr.com Please mark PayPal payments as Personal - Gift or payment owed. If this is not done, the committee will be charged a fee for PayPal use. Please put your Venturerider ID in the PayPal Email to recipient block – Nothing else, I will now exactly what it is for and I get your name and email from paypal. Screen Shots of each step of the PayPal gift donation process attached at bottom of this post. Postal address is: (please include or PM me an email address & VR screen name) Gary Dinges 592 Michigan Avenue Mansfield, Ohio 44905 I will send a reply to each donor when donation received. There will not be a "ticket" sent. DO NOT use any wording on PayPal that imply this is a raffle or similar, it is not a raffle. It is a donation to help the VentureRider Special Activity Fund. This is the only purpose this account is being used for, so I will know what funds are for. Motorcycle Trailer Specifications: 14 cubic feet of storage REAL Star Aluminum wheels standard Independent Torsion axles 600 lb 5 year warranty on axles Box is all aluminum OUR LED lights come with a 2-year warranty 5.30-12 6 Ply Tires and wheels 5 lug rims Star aluminum wheels Chrome center caps Chrome lug nuts Aluminum luggage rack standard 200 lbs empty Tongue length.....35 inches 1-7/8 coupler Box 48 long 28 wide 19 deep Aluminum Cooler Rack standard 2000 lb Safety cable (poly coated) Tongue stand with latch standard 4 flat male wiring Wiring harness factory tested Stainless steel latch with lock and 2 keys Lid has SINGLE self assisted strut Box is trimmed in diamond plate Welded aluminum construction Tongue weight 17 lbs Carrying capacity 400 lbs Interior has Indoor/Outdoor Carpet 60 minutes assembly time Lower 48 shipping only! 50-state title 5 year limited warranty on workmanship, i.e., welds, etc. ************************************************************************************************************************************* Added 3/3/13 : M61A1MECH has said he will donate one of his trailer sub harnesses that will allow the trailer to be hooked up to the winners bike with no cutting or splicing of the bikes wiring. If you are interested in getting one of these for your own bike/trailer contact him. Thanks Steve !! Gary ************************************************************************************************************************************* http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af193/gdingy101/frontiso_zps6f9eaf14.jpg http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af193/gdingy101/leftside_zpsc0fd033a.jpg http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af193/gdingy101/rear_zps9f0547a8.jpg http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af193/gdingy101/rightside_zps90463bd1.jpg http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af193/gdingy101/topopen_zps46de0624.jpg http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af193/gdingy101/wheel_zpsa4cb1fe8.jpg

Not that isn't a neat idea, but are going to get much for a shirt every one already has one of? Really ?? Gary

I think the line 'we believe is the sister to the little boy' might be a clue. Gary

Did it run OK at some point after you put the new TCI in? Then develop the bog issue. You didn't get the version of the TCI that had the cutout issue. Also look at this thread, it helps people know what bike you have. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=58880 Gary

What if we don't want a shirt? Last year, shirts were a separate line item. My wife is not a tee shirt type. Not that she doesn't have a few, but they have craft type things on them, bears, snowmen etc. Gary

Actually, it will be just about impossible for the contents of the package to be guessed. I put a some things in there that I have had that my mom used to wok with. She has been gone since 1990 and I think Angel will find this stuff useful. I've been wrong before, but its worth a shot. Nothing kinky here don't go that way!! But maybe profitable. Gary

Oh no my friend, those fine newfangled ULTRA modern machines known as an RSV by many (and HD1AB's by some) are very unfamiliar with a shock problem, now aren't they ??????? Gary

Let's see who can guess exactly what's in the box first. First totally correct answer gets a steering head wrench as a prize. Angel can post what he got, should have it Tuesday. A little help, its in a shoebox size priority mailer box & weighs 8 lbs., and box is full. You can all track it, USPS.com 9405509699939633008056 Entries end 30 minutes prior to his getting it. Gary