sleepy2
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mrwhitebikes:Pretty well have a good idea where somethings are and the pictures show the good side of a 2 car garage--mostly storage for things I or someone else might need! Am in the process of cleaning and organizing most of it! Will see by spring!
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pegscraper---It is MY 2000 Roadstar Silverado 1600(replacement for my 87 Venture Royale that was in accident last summer:95:----will put it back on road as soon as I can find cheap parts or find fairing I can adapt) Wife figured I(she) would like a newer model, but after a couple rides to Port Dover and Port Elgin area she wishes I had of bought another Venture to fix mine. Still looking for fairing and a few other things to rebuild 87 as long as I get it straitened out with insurance on how it is to put back on road. Once they said I could buy back and just fix it but then later they said I have to get a structional integrity test(strip bike to get frame checked by tecnition (only fairing got hit and laid down on ground--slow impact) Am still thinking on changing stock bacrest for passenger to higher one and also for a trailer hitch (for the Roadstar)
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Last minute preparations to go for a ride. Homemade table I made last year is great for prepping - oil changes - cleaning - etc. Goes to total of 39'' and is about half height in pictures. Works on hydrolic-ram after the original design of floor jack didn't work out. Works great with multiple height adjustments and can do it with a touch of a button instead of jacking up and down with the jack.Have used it to work on a few other bikes and is great also for lawn tractors and snow blowers.
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I did the same on my trailer also and they are GREAT!!!!!!!!!! Worked great without problems after 2 years use.
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VERY nice !!!! :thumbsup:Wish I had one ,thought about making my own but wife says I have too many now(old {early 70}single snowmobile with square tubes down both sides so new ones won't fit BUT great for putting bike on(Marcarl has seen it with my damaged 87 on it)--4x7' utility for garbage dump runs--home-built pull behind that tows behind bike--and last-4'x6' 1960's canvas tent trailer.
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I watched my 84 Venture go off in the sunset and....
sleepy2 replied to Terry Richardson's topic in Watering Hole
Very very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wish I had her! Good buy! Makes we want to get mine fixed but no parts to fix!:thumbsup::clap2: -
Good games and hard to do sometimes. Worth the game to try out. Thanks
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Wizard765--I think is was just a twitch that he pushed the wrong number.(was this a help Carl?) Chabichaka--I am#2 behind you in signing up for May M&E at Marcarl's Is everyone else aware or waiting to see who else is coming?Could also be the economy right now I guess.
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First SORRY Bongobobny for not putting a viewer discretion on those pic's but I did describe them in the write-up before. Your comment was right tho. Chabicheka-- I am there every Friday the13th except 2years ago when we were on a family trip to Ohio
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Lou---when I first saw you it was from the back and side so I didn't notice the hat(didn't recognize it was a Venture hat) but the Harley Davidson patch threw me off .So I wasn't sure until about the 3rd siting that it was you and by then it was too late. Carl----I'm not sure if you meant that I missed out in your message but couldn't be helped as we had to hurry back sooner than anticipated(friends wife needed him home) so I didn't have time to stop in.(sorry)
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Hey Lou: got down to Port Dover around 11:30. Saw you on the road a couple time's taking pictures but by the time I figured out it was you and I found a place to park(I was driving a white Mazda(Ranger)pickup with topper and bush bar on front) you had disapeared. Kept looking and taking pictures and spotted 2 83-85 Ventures riding around and then parked in Timmi's but didn't know the riders.Also seen(uuuugggg:happy-emoticon:) the next new THONG MAN ridding around. I say next new one because we seen the original walking around(fully dressed) with his trademark (THONG MAN) beltbuckle on.
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Anyone else going to Port Dover for Friday 13th ? My son's will be along with a friend from work. NO we will not be ridding as good chance of bad weather and it is raining right now and around freezing temp. Wanted to but don't want to take a chance(long season to go) If we have time we might be able to stop in to Carl's in Brantford on the way back. I guess we could be like some other bikers and sneak bike in on trailer and just fib about ridding there. Hope to be there around 11:30 or so
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Condolences to the family from my family!!!! Just remembered meeting and ridding with him and a couple other bike people before I joined up on this site. They left London and met me in Woodstock and had a ride around here to Brantford where we ate and discussed riding and possible joining up to the group. He seemed to be a very good person and very easy to speak to. He will be missed .
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I had a bike jack from Costco like the sears one and am not too confident using it with my bikes as they seem too lean too much and seems awkward standing it up and then putting jack under before I can lift it so I built one somewhat like the one afabonline has. I can lift either bike or work on my lawn tractor and snow-blower also. It will lift with a hydrolic cylinder half way then can go to a total height of 34'' WHICH MAKES IT GREAT FOR DOING OIL CHANGES and under-work on tractor. Only thing with home-made is weight. To make mine more solid it weighs too much and is harder to move around BUT better to be more solid than not enough and flimsy.Works for me!!!! Could show pictures if wanted.
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First seen and took pictures of the same bike at Friday the 13th a year or so ago. It was said to have been driven some(but probably trailer queen)
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Had no story about advertising but that was mine and Beverly's(phantom wife) FIRST date place and many many more until Woodstock's A&W was torn down. Even did a drive thru (and drink) on our wedding day car procession. 25 years now and still go once in a while. It was my everyday haven and hangout after work for a very long time. Everyone always seemed to know me and I STILL have people recognizing me as UNCLE Phil(nickname at the time) mostly because of my nephew always calling me uncle and it caught on from there.Still miss those days even tho there is a new one here now(noway near the way they were)Wife hopes I don't win a lottery as one of the first things going to be done is bring back a COMPLETELY retro drive-in complete with door to door service and maybe sometimes roller skates.Come on numbers!!!!I'm waiting/waiting/waiting:mo money:
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Just got back from Yamaha test ride at The Power Garage(new Yamaha dealer) in Woodstock Ontario.They had about 15 bikes-- took out the Warrior(not for me) then finally got to drive a second generation Venture. Now I know what everyone is complaining about the WWWWHHHHIIINNNEEE talk about annoying,could hardly pay attention to radio and driving.Bike only had 195klms on it.If this whine is that bad on other peoples bikes I'm glad I didn't buy one .Was fine as long as I didn't give it gas but I wouldn't have gone anywhere otherwise.Talked to rep about it and he said it has been this way since beginning and will probably be that way until new model(maybe)He would like to also see the new V-max engine put in it.
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Thanks Margaret --she's used to it because after I said it she said to her girlfriend that was at the supper--"see I told you he would say that" Thanks also to you Eck and Wizzard!!!!!
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Since the wife wanted something DIFFERENT for our 25th I waited to the last minute(nothing new) and had her follow me to drop off truck at repair shop and took me to bike shop in town(called ahead to get them to go along) to pick-up a part.Before we left home she informed me that she will probably be laid-off in Dec. so DON'T spend any money??????????????OOPS!!! So my old helmet box was brought out for her and of course she thought it was a new helmet. Had to remind her after she thanked me (boys thought she would cry) that we had to take it BACK because she and I would be laid-off for a few months---bet you guessed what her answer was!!! Then she told me that she didn't buy me anything because we didn't have any extra money after redoing renovation on livingroom so I just figured OK maybe later. Nope !!! Waited untill Sat, and boys took us to Brantford for supper and after desert wife went to go to ladiesroom and got down on her knee and handed a box to me(rather fast so noone would see her) and asked me to remary her----I said no but reconsidered really fast before I got hit. Rest of the night went really well as there was asupprise party waiting. All in all it was great and ready for another 25.
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Thurs. went to Port Dover then along lake to Port Stanley--St. Thomas--London and home(Woodstock). Yesterday went to Goderich for the day and had a great turkey dinner.(since my sister-in-law isn't cooking turkey only ham)
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Sent D.V.D. to sarges46 today. It is a good D.V.D. to watch and I have tried out a few of the things already. The slow turning with back brake on helps a lot for better control in turning tight corners and in parking lots.:happy34:Recommend it to everyone!!
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Received D.V.D. from Sunman(slow mail) and am in the prosess of veiwing it. Will send to sarges46 when I get done.