Woody

my wife and son have been having a virtual yard sale for two years, it must be virtual because I have not seen it happen yet and nothing is gone.

When I had my 2006 I had the fairing off doing some wiring for an accessory I was adding and while I was there I unplugged and check the connections and also applied dielectric grease to help keep out moister and a few connectors felt a little loose so I used a zip tie to secure them which was probably over kill since I had not had any trouble out of them before.

Beautiful bike and welcome to Venture Rider family

I have a Gopro used it when I first got it

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone from Woody and Trina 🍺

My first RSV was that color also, I sold it right here in Alabama and I still see it around some times.

The older I get the more I believe in the here and after, sometimes I sit and wonder what I am here after

Mike nailed it, I have a backhoe but it was still back breaking and a lot of work I had rather been riding the bike but digging the ditch and laying the conduit saved me some money. I had some cyst remove and as soon as the stiches come out I'll finish the wiring in the new box.

I told my kids get an education or you will end up digging ditches, well it turns out digging ditches pays pretty good. I decided I wanted to move my power to the house under ground and the utility company says that's fine but after he gave me a price with them digging the ditch verses me digging the the ditch I decided to dig it myself. Plus when I mentioned where the water line was and he told me I would have to remove a section of sidewalk he was really leaning towards me digging the ditch. So he lowered the price and supplied all the conduit and fittings and I became a ditch digger, I did hit the water line so I was a plumber for a while and I tunneled under the sidewalk then laid the 3" conduit and covered it all up making a muddy mess.

Yes sir we already have it scheduled,

Glad to see you back

If we rode it I called it a good ride

I will start off with the same disclaimer as Marcarl, I will be very interested in the opinion of others, I'm not very savvy when it come to rusty tanks and what to look for,,, but,,,, I would be sure it is disconnected from the system making sure the petcock is open and wipe it out and then blow it out with compressed air, flush it out with water until it runs clear and watch for any sign of the tank leaking while it is full of water. Then wipe it out and use air to help dry it best you can, connect the line with the old filter in it up fill it with gas and double dose of sea foam and drain that tank through the filter into something you can see the gas in to check it's condition then replace the filter connect everything up and refill the tank after running out that first tank change the filter and monitor the new filter and change as needed. Just my two cents

I believe I read where they have the bolts out, maybe craigatcsi will give us an update.

I couldn't find the right emoji so I'll guess something to do with old man __________.

There's another bragger, I got up at 6:30 this mourning because I wanted too

what about the rear shock, I found having at lest a little air in it made the bike handle better in curves. If the rear shock is bad it can make it scary and bouncy in curves.

Sounds like bragging to me 😎

Well I finally remembered to reserve T24, Hope everyone is doing well!

Hey, Jerry I am in Talladega not close enough for a ride together but we may be able to set up a meet and eat about half way there sometime. I use to have the 06 Black Cherry I really enjoyed it.

Hey Matt, off subject just a little bit I would like to invite you to become a full member of this great and very informative site, it will be the best 12 bucks you will ever spend on your bike. I would also like to invite you to come by the KOA in Swannanoa in August 2022 to meet some of the members of our venture rider family. 🍺

you can also lower the triple tree and it is like adding power steering, but be careful in a parking lot because it is so easy to turn you will go full lock before you know it. I know 🙄

Welcome to Venture riders, Great looking bike RDawson has already started the good advice and this forum is a treasure trove of information on the first gen, so get ready.

As Mike said the more the Merrier, load up and show up.

Joe now your just testing me to see if I'm paying attention are you gonna be in 23 or 25, oh I know Bobbie fixed it. 😄