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If the needle valve hangs up and fuel flows into the cylinder it could result in catastrophic engine failure. If the piston is down in its stroke with fuel in the cylinder when you crank the engine the piston travel cannot compress the fuel and you will have, at the least, a bent rod. I have had hydrostatic lock but I was fortunate the cylinder with the fuel had the piston at its uppermost travel. So in my case when hit the starter button the starter engaged but the engine was locked up. I pulled the spark plugs, cranked it over to blow the fuel out, changed the oil, flushed the float bowls, and was good to go. A tiny fleck of dirt can do this and you don't have any warning or any symptoms of any kind. I now turn the fuel off as a habit every time I turn the engine off

If you have it torn down that far you may want to consider going the rest of the way to the bearings to clean and repack them with new grease

Bob, we use the Uclear brand of communicators. We use iPhone for phone, Uclear intercom, and iPhone for music and GPS. The tool I am missing is the CB. Does your product allow CB to be added to my system?

@Mad Dog, if you use the Mr Gasket pump you will need to be sure to turn the fuel off at the fuel tank petcock when you turn the bike off. This pump does not have the built in shut off valve to prevent fuel from potentially filling your cylinders with fuel resulting hydrostatic lock

My RSTD had the factory positionable tips. They were more of a slash cut. I replaced those mufflers with Baron 4-2-4 Nasty Boys. They, too, had slash cut tips that can be rotated to any position. Both of these are options as they will fit the Venture. I still have the Baron mufflers in the shop and plan to use them again. It interested send a PM.

After ignoring it, my curiosity got the best of me and I had to check it out. Only took a few seconds but entertained me for a few. I guess I must be as bored as you!

Thanks for the updates Larry. I'm enjoying seeing the progress and am looking forward seeing to seeing the finished bike!

@Golf&Venture i have a fair amount of experience with Air Force bases. My daughter, son in law, and one of my sons all served in the Air Force. Another son in law was Army. I do recall the pride they all expressed when we visited. I appreciate your advice and while I may not visit, you brought back some pleasant memories. Thanks

I believe we have a member who manufactures the tool to sell to members

Yes, MJ. The front crash bars are 1 inch

It is not worth trusting your life to something as cheap as a tire.

All of the above work but anymore when I get into it I have to go to a Dr and get a shot of some kind. Seems that each time I had a reaction over the years the rash was worse than the time before.

I've heard this one is pretty good http://www.volocars.com/#sthash.2c02PvYe.dpbs if you are in Chicago you are not too far from Milwaukee and the Harley Museum

My Uclear and my old Chatterbox lasted all day using Pandora and GPS through my phone and the occasional intercom. We just have the habit of bringing our helmets to the hotel room and plugging them in. We elected this after having corded comms and forgetting on occasion to unplug, especially after a long ride. Not disaggreeing, Don, just sharing what works best for us.

@syscrusher - that was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the thorough response!

No, I plan to hang on to it. I consider it part of the bike and may use it at some point in the future.

We will have a week to use up.

My wife and I are looking for advice on sights to see for a non-bike vacation. She will be in Colorado Springs for business the week of Aug 31 and I will join her Sept 4. We plan to rent a car and see whatever we can fit into a one week time period. We are are no longer into extreme hiking but when we do a vacation we are on the go and trying to see as much as possible so we tend to prefer scenic and historical sights. Since she will be in Colorado Springs we will start out from there and will end up in Denver where are flights are in/out. thanks in advance for any tips/help

I went with the Uclear brand. We love them. No boom mic or wired mic since they are built into the speakers

As I recall, my new guards came with rubber spacers. As you mentioned they were a rubber hose sliced lengthwise

I too, was using plastic mounts and just added a Ram. Wish I had done it years ago.

yes - that was solodadof2 referenced above

I believe my Wolo air horn was $35.00 at O Reilley Auto Parts. It was a couple bucks cheaper the Harbor Freight. You can order a stainless mounting bracket from member carbonOne. He also has a plug n play wire harness with the needed relay. Both high quality and makes the install very easy and fast.

There is at least one write up by another member who dissected several filters and determined their motorcycle filter was inferior quality. I believe it was similar to the Yamaha factory filter in (lack of) quality. I don't recall the reason(s).