Chaharly

Glad to hear that things are good and you're over your headcold. No idle hands for you I suppose. Its been busy around here too. Still going to school, I have 6 classes left until graduation, I just took a Certified Survey Technician Level 2 test for work which was 4 hours long and I'm working on getting my Part 107, SUAS drone license, so I feel your business.

Still have my 88 Venture Royale! I put about 10k miles a year on. We had our first child last year, so it was hard getting it done but I did it. Even did an iron butt last year. The year before I rode with my mom, she has a 2005 goldwing trike to Washington and back from Nebraska. So we're still out here!

That must have been quite the power nap! Haven't seen you post on this thread for awhile! I'm terrible about lurking and not actually saying anything. We need more people like you out there! Hope everything is going well!

We sure appreciate it, for $12 bucks a year, I'll let it keep paying. This site has done much more for me than the money that I've spent on it has cost. Love you all!

Ladies and gentlemen, at a ripe old age of 32 (soon to be 33 in May), I must admit I'm feeling my age somewhat... We took a trip to Kansas City on Saturday and pulled the trigger on this little beauty! She's a 2012 GL1800 Comfort/Audio. It was advertised as ABS but I don't believe it actually has ABS equipped. Its got 59,000 miles and we picked it up for $8,500. I still have the 1988 Yamaha Venture. I've had that bike for 12 years, bought it with 22,300 miles and it now has 112,000 miles. I started to feel it was getting sort of long in the tooth, and since having the carbs out again this winter and having it idle better than it ever has, I finally cussed when it started idling not perfect (still idles good, just not perfect) and decided it was time for an upgrade. I've been around Goldwings my whole life and have ridden several 1800s. The original goal was to get a 2021 + Goldwing, but after sitting and thinking on it, financially it makes more sense to stay with the last generation. Plus I love this color. I think its beautiful. The sound system on this 2012 is better than the 6th Gen Goldwings that I have ridden. I now need to go through it, change all the fluids, add some highway pegs and maybe look at new windshield. We live about 200 miles from Kansas City and I rode it home in 48 degree weather. Those heated grips and seat make a huge difference. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep the Venture or not. Its been a great bike for me all these years, but I've done almost all the kinds of different maintenance and I'm starting to feel as though I'd like to find another, smaller bike to maybe start to restore. Anyway! Safe travels everyone!

It was 74 Sunday and 78 Monday here in Omaha. I got the bike put back together and put 240 miles on Sunday and fought the wind, but still had a good time. Monday I put 35-40 miles on the bike on the way home from work (I live about 6 miles from work lol) and rode to work yesterday. Woke up to over an inch of snow on the ground this morning lol Ride Safe!

Yes sir! I'm not getting too ahead of myself. I'm saving up about 5 grand for a down payment. We're looking at a 2021 plus, low mileage for hopefully less than $20,000. There's a beautiful 2018 with only 8000 miles in Lincoln, and they're only asking $15,999 for it. Really tempted to get that one. The 2021 and up have upgraded audio and a bigger trunk with better rear backrest for the passenger. I'll have graduated with my Associates in Civil Engineering in May and this will be a gift to myself! As for the Venture. Got the tank taken off and rust proof-ed and very happy with the results. Its a decent sized job, but really not too terrible. Looks tougher than it is!

Good morning folks. Had a rash of VERY unseasonably warm weather here in Nebraska this week. We got 190 miles in on sunday. Now I'm tearing the bike apart to once again tackle the rust in the fuel tank problem. The bike has also developed a nasty leak which is coming from what I believe to be the clutch cover. Blows oil all over me and the bike after awhile. Will tear the carbs apart one more (and for the last time, i swear) time and try to solve the idle issue. We're upgrading to a sixth gen goldwing this fall/winter.

No Tree this year. 2 people plus the little baby in the 1 bedroom apartment, we sure didn't have the room!

Howdy! We had our Christmas early in the month. Now Its time to just have our little family Christmas at home. The lady will take my son to his brother's for Christmas, so its probably going to be a quiet Christmas for me! Later in the weekend I'll be going to my mothers about 2 hours away and wiring up her motorcycle trailer and acid washing my fuel tank! Happy Holidays!

Hey guys, I've been having problems with my back right carburetor's pilot jet plugging up and losing it at idle. I've noticed when I fill the tank that I have a little bit of rust build-up in the neck of the gas tank. Earlier this summer, i opened the tank where the Fuel Level Sender is bolted in and it looked pretty good. I did notice the fuel level sender had some red tinge to it, like theres just a small amount of surface rust building up somewhere. Well yesterday I pulled the fuel tank, (Its not that bad of a job. You can do it and leave all the bags on and everything wired up. I took ratchet straps and strapped it in four places to the rafters and unbolted the rear frame, sub frame, whatever you want to call it from the bike and it lifted up with enough room to get the tank out) and dumped the 3.5 gallons of fuel that I had in it into a 5 gallon bucket and took a peek inside. I think me sloshing the tank around knocked some of the rust off, as it looks pretty good in there, but you'll see by the pictures that my fuel filters are real nasty orange. The one with the red fuel line running to it has maybe 20k miles tops. What is a good strategy to get the rust out of the tank, and can I put WD-40 or an oily substance in it to sort of "fog" the tank and keep it from rusting for the rest of the winter? I plan on replacing my rear shock and spring, as 110,000 miles makes it feel like its getting pretty soft. It'll be much easier to do this time with the tank off the bike! Any advice is appreciated! Thanks!! CJ

Yamaha came out with the 1700 VMax years ago and its been discontinued. Though I still agree. Have the new venture be sleeker and styled more like the new Goldwing with the 1700 V-4 and I would have bought one new sight unseen. Theres a market for it. Just look at the BMW K1600s

Its been 70 the last two days here in southeast Nebraska. Gonna ask the missuss if I can go for a ride this afternoon. Bike is sitting in the work parking lot ready to roll.

Glad to hear you've been getting family time too. I'm sure those grips and seat really do make a huge difference. Family is doing good, going over the usual developmental road bumps. Little man is learning that he cant have Mama whenever he wants and he doesn't like it! Rode again today, about 43 degrees this morning. I may try to squeeze a ride in Sunday, weather permitting.

Braved the 35 degree morning for the ride to work yesterday. Had to drop the baby off to my sister's this morning, so no ride for me today!