I have no desire to ever go to the Sturgis Rally but we are planning a a 20 day loop of the country next year and will just incorporate International in with it since St. Charles is actually on my original route.
Glad they are figuring things out and hope you get back to 100% soon.
Last MRI I had of my head they did not find anything, but they did find a sinus infection.
I have had bad luck with numerous aftermarket ones and keep going back to the OEM myself. There is the Shindengen regulator that requires you to do some rewiring and it is supposed to be good but I have not tried it myself.
I can relate I lost my Go-Pro a couple weeks back and have now found out that you can get tethers to keep the camera/phone from flying away if the mount or cradle breaks.
Have done a couple of Patriot Guard missions with both those clubs in attendance and never been an issue and never given a hard time about the Venture.
Last time something like this happened to me I got a text from the guys girlfriend after I got home saying he had been arrested. If they are not extraordinary circumstances I would ask him to bring the parts to you.
use Google and type what you are looking for then site:craigslist.org and it will search everything.
Example if you are looking for a Venture type in Google Venture site:craigslist.org motorcycles