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Ok, I will tell y'all about some of our past here, but not right this minute. It is going to take a long time for me to type some of the shenanigans and post pics of the carnage that ensued. I have wanted to have an area or a thread of some of our history. We lost a lot when the site crashed in '06 while Lonna and I were galivanting across the country for 28 days. I promise I will fill y'all in on some of our "Trophys" that we have had here at VRO.

Gary, I might have one. If you get a chance and want to take a ride north from Alvin, your more than welcome to come to the house and see what I have that you m ight want or need I'll try to remember to get some pics of what I have up in this thread. Been stupid busy myself and dont get on the site as often as I should

I think I will just keep calling you.....Bob

I have BOTH of them, the Bakersfield dirt is still in a bag in the garage and the dream catcher is in it's case. Perhaps if the moderators can get some time we can discuss incorporating the dream catcher back into our routine here on the site. There is a LOT of history here that many of our new members just dont know about. We'll see if we can get the fire stoked back up again

Thanks for the update Roy, great news that he keeps on getting better, all the best to you folks

We have a winner!! here's your kewpie doll

Mike, Years ago I used to make the cable sets, it's a labor of love. I sold them for $40 a set, the materials I used, and shipping them came up to right at $30, so I was making $10 on each set and had over an hour into making and mailing them as there were several processes involved in it. I just got very short on time and had to stop doing it. I would love to see someone pick them up again, I need a set for the '86 I have. If you can get after it and have them made, I'll buy atleast 1 set from you

This one is really just a parts bike now Mike. I have already helped a couple of the fellas out on the site with parts they needed to repair some damaged items on their bikes. I'll just continue with the parting out as I will make more off it that way, but if I know you, you'll come up with something else, you have a knack for that

So it was the output shaft that was broke? It's good to know that the 2nd gens will work in it's place, good luck with the fix.

I remember that day all too well, good that your still her with us...

I still have your old one down here, doesn't look like I'm going to use it though, I just dont have the time or monies right now to do this '99 down here. I'm more than likely going to part it out and not worry about a G2 for a while

This is just me personally, but I have never seen a badge like that on any Venture I've laid eyes on. It'll be interesting to see what others add.

That bike used to belong to Hazenson when he lived back in Michigan. I remember when he hit that deer, I came close to buying it, but nothing worked out like I had planned. Good to see that it will see road time again.

I figured the oil loss would have been more than that, learn something new everyday

Oh my God, what a drama queen! Blah, blah, blah, the door swings both ways there buddy. I figured you were abducted by aliens deep in the Canadian wilderness and they decided if you were a typical human specimen that they weren't going to waste their time trying to find intelligent life on this planet! Hows that for stirring the pot OLD man! Good to see you back, you old so and so

I'm right here you big Goof! Good to see your mug on here again, I started to think that you wandered off into the Canadian wildness never to be seen again

Happy Belated Birthday Stud Muffin!!!

I remember one of our Canadian members (Mother) had a set of speaker pods on the top of his trunk. You would have to do some fabricating, but it can and has been done. Obviously you should use an after market radio as a stock stereo just isn't up to the task of pushing 4 speakers....

Hey Brad (nice name) I see you have a '99, max in the front is 7psi max in the rear is 55psi. Use a hand pump to inflate the shocks, especially the front ones as you can blow the seals out pretty easily. I'm 280 lbs, on my G2's I would run 5 lbs in the front. Solo riding, 35 to 40 psi in the rear, 2 up 45lbs or so. Loaded up completely max it out at 55lbs....

Happy Birthday Jeff!!!

Steve, You have a PM from me with what you need

I did a little digging and found this info on the '04 Volusia Front Tire Size 130/90-16 Rear Tire Size 170/80-15 At Motorcycle Superstore I found 2 styles of Shinko that I would run, the 230 Tour Master, which is sitting on my '86 right now. Then the 777 which I am going to try very soon. The 230 Tour Master is made in the sizes for the Volusia 130/90-16 Tour Master $69.99 170/80-15 Tour Master $87.99 130/90-16 777 is $77.99 The rear was not available in the exact size the closest size is a 160/80-15 $100.99 That rear tire is slightly narrower, and slightly shorter, but would work on the Volusia. You can see the savings, as anything over $89 is free shipping so your looking at $158.00 for the 230 Tour Masters (for both) and $179.00 for both of the 777's, here's the link. http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/0/0/Motorcycle-Tire-Finder/Tires.aspx?WT.ac=All_Tires_-_Footer_1_05.07.12_TFBanner#&&Back=1-0-1-292-0-2-15-4

FWIW....I put a set of the MT66 Pirelli's on Gunboats '99 RSV before he sold it. Now I know that an RSV and a Volusia are 2 different bikes, but I was not impressed with those tires at all. I personally will never buy them again. Now some guys might argue the statement I'm about to make, but I have had good luck with the Shinko's that I have put on my 1st gens. They are priced right and I like the performance out of them. The only draw back is they wear a bit quicker. I am going to try a different style of Shinko (the 777) on my '86 and see how they perform. I dont know what size the tires on the Volusia are, but you may want to see if they have a set that will fit it....

That looks like part of the AIS system that the G2's have. There are 2 units, 1 is behind the radiator and is plugged into #3 intake manifold nipple. The 2nd one is down behind the underside of the engine, by the coils and is hooked into the #2 intake manifold nipple. That hose in your pic more than likely hooks up into the #3 manifold. Many folks discoinnect the AIS after the warranty is up if they start to get popping. Some here are against that, some folks do it. I'll bet thats what your looking at....

I just looked that the parts breakdown for the inner tubes, the part #'s have a couple different prefixes. The '83 is 26H-23110-00-00, the '84 and '85 are 41R-23110-00-00, I checked the '86 which was the 1st year of the 1300cc MKII and it's part # and the '89 were the same at 3JJ-23110-00-00 I'm not sure what differences the prefixes make in the part, but I dont think they are different, I'll bet they are all the same part. I'll let some others chime in that might have a little better insight about the prefix numbers. I do have 2 sets of MKI '83 to '85 forks that I believe are in reasonable shape. If you'd like I could take a look and see what the tubes look like if you would need them.