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I am truly sorry Owl, I know how sensitive you can get, and I totally jonesed you fine folks that do the PIP. Please forgive me and my indiscretions, you Minnie sodians are some of my favorite lunatics

John....I read this and started laughing like hell, were really not all as prudish as we appear. Some of us are, but there are others, like myself, that will partake every once in a while. We just mind our P's & Q's here on the site and when there are kids around. I have helped a few of the members here back to their tents, cabins or even into their houses before after a few too many ahem...libations

Here's another thing that some might not be thinking about. There are a couple mini rallys that are held every year. The Western NY gang does one at Pioneer Motorsports, Dragon Rider does Vogel down in Blairsville GA. If someone wants to do a mini rally without all the hoopla (and headaches) of the International then do that. You dont have to ride all over the place, this is really about folks coming together and sharing some time with eachother. I like the rides, but I love to interact and mingle with old friends and make new ones....

I have a stock set off a '99, PM me if your still looking.

If you go up top in the header on the top of the forum pages, there is a search tab. Type in cassette deck and it will bring up all threads on the cassette deck and any thread that has cassette in it. I know there are several threads where members have removed the unit and is just what you are wanting to do. Personally I would investigate a bit further and even though you would render the deck useless, I would modify it to keep the door so you could open and close it just like it is stock....

Steve, The '08 International WAS in Canada, in Kitchener Ontario. It was hosted by Reiney Rooster, Marcarl, Brick, HalRSV99, BradT and several other's. There was plenty of Americans that came across the border, New York, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Missouri, just to name a few of the states members came from to the rally. This really is all about someone stepping up to the plate and saying YES, I will host it here. There has never been a specific committee that decides when and where it will be, it's all volunteer. I have rode some beautiful roads in Canada while we were living in Michigan. The Muskokas are one of the best rides I have done anywhere in North America, it's beautiful. I think it was 2 years ago that some of the West coast Canadians did a mini rally in the Kootenays (sp) and it was a hit. If you or any other Canadian wants to host another International, step up and say, "Hey I'll do it" and we'll give it the same consideration as whats going on now between KY and AL.....

Can't say personally that I have seen a trailer like that over here in the states, but it is a nice looking one.

The 1st pic leads me to believe that one is a MKI as it has a manual schrader valve on the shock. A lot more MKI's didn't have the CLASS and were standard models, Royales had to be ordered as such. The 2nd pic is probably from a MKII, these are just educated guesses, your mileage may vary....

Thats unfortunate as I like to be able to tune the ride depending on how I'm using the bike. I go from solo to 2 up bags loaded pulling a trailer and like to be able to adjust for that, such is life

Is that rear shock an air adjustable one, or set it and live with it? I wish there was an aftermarket shock that would enable you to tune the shock with air, but I dont know of any that do?

BTW... To whoever ends up hosting this next rally, my offer to Kevin rings to anyone that wants help. If you want me on the committee, I'll be happy to help y'all.

Sorry for your family's loss....but congratulations on the new family member

I love to rattle your cage every once in a while

...but I thought it was Our site Freebird

Greg, That is not a schrader valve you have pictured there, it is for bleeding the linked brakes that are on your 1st gen. The schrader valves, if your bike doesn't have the CLASS air control system, are up by the ignition key switch and down on the left side of the bike where the dampening knob is which is just above and to the rear of your left foot riding peg. The standard Ventures had the manual fill schrader valves on them for airing up the suspension. The Venture Royals had an onboard air compressor that is commonly called the CLASS sysytem (Computer Leveling Air Suspension System) If you have a small controller on the right side of your upper fairing cover, you more than likely have a CLASS on your bike. Otherwise you will find the schrader valves where I mentioned. If you have questions my # is in my profile.

Anybody?? Nobody??? Somebody!!!

I have a friend that had one and it was a decent bike for tooling around town with. I dont recall him having and issues with it, if the price is right on one...grab it

Kevin, If we call it Kentucky for next year and you want some additional help, I'll be glad to help you on the committee if you would like.

I would charge the battery up, out of the bike, to a full charge again. Then I would take it in and have it load tested, they have to be fully charged to be sure the load test is correct. That will give you a general health indicator of your battery. If it's good, I would start looking for an issue that could be draining your system. If it's not good, buy another battery...

It grinds if you have the clutch pulled and in a gear? If thats the case, it sounds more internal to me and something that you are probably going to have to break into the engine and check out. I would open the clutch cover 1st and look at the basket and clutch pack....

Dan, It's good to see you on, and Thank You for coming on and letting us know that y'all are coping as well as can be expected. We'll keep you and your family in our thoughts for continued healing....all the best to all of you.

I believe I found the culprit in this whole fiasco. One of the phase leads seems to have a small ball of solder at it's connection point. It has pushed through the casing and is sticking out for all the world to see. Once I push it on the case completely, it makes contact and thus giving me all the issues. I'm still sending it back, and unless they absolutely wont give me a refund, I'll still go with a buckeye. Here is a pic that I took of the problem child...

I have been thinking about it too and you 2 are probably on track. I have also seen where the shaft broke at the u joint coming out of the case, where the rubber driveshaft boot is.

Not really, you can either bleed it the old fashion way or use a vacuum bleeder which is lots faster. If you have questions my # is in my profile