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Sadly the Venture is still dead, all the talk is wishful thinking. RIP Royal Star and Venture

Great news Puc, keep us posted.

I would check with Carbon One at this link on our classifieds for a hitch set up http://www.venturerider.org/forum/photopost/showproduct.php?product=30&title=rsv-2f-rstd-reciever-hitch&cat=15 I would suggest checking out my classified section(see links below) , I have plug and play 4 wire or 5 wire set ups to match your trailer. I always just kept my harness ty-wrapped to the hitch insert that takes the place of the center tie bar on the saddle bag stays. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/photopost/showproduct.php?product=459&title=5-wire-plug-n-play-trailer-harness&cat=18 http://www.venturerider.org/forum/photopost/showproduct.php?product=458&title=4-wire-plug-n-play-trailer-harness&cat=18

Once you get the spread sheet built the easiest way to find something like a name will be to select the column you want to search by clicking on the letter at the top of the column. Once the whole column is selected press the Ctrl key and the F key at the same time, that brings up the Find option box, enter the name you are looking, select find all, or find next and the program will find it for you. If you want to find the sum of the number sin a column or a row, use the sum function, look for the funny looking E in the ribbon headers, that is sum function. I use Excel a lot for work and at home, very easy and handy. Let me know if you need any help.

The 1800 Goldwing riders forum started showing a bunch of adds right around the first of the year so a lot of folks over there are using Adblockplus. I installed it and it works very well, I am not using EDGE, still using Internet Explorer, so I have no idea if it will work for Edge. Adblockplus is also free but asks for a donation. On the 1800 Goldwing riders forum there was an added plus to using it, their site has a bad habit of not opening thumbnail attachments, you click on a thumbnail to view a picture and the screen goes dark gray and when you opt out of that screen, it puts you back in to the general forum page, not the previous page you were reading. Installing Adblockplus fixed that issue, so I keeping it. Good luck.

Have you looked through this area of the web site? http://www.venturerider.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?13-First-Gen-Tech-Library-READ-ONLY!

Maybe it is a stink bug, http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-03-12/features/bs-ae-stink-bug-winter-20140311_1_stink-bugs-michael-raupp-thomas-kuhar , Hope it is not a bed bug. http://www.pestworld.org/pest-guide/bed-bugs/

One thing to remember is that on all Royal Stars 4th and 5th gears are overdrive gears, if you are cruising around at 40 or 50 MPH in 4th or 5th and give them a lot of gas, they stumble. Use 1st to 3rd up to about 60 MPH , then go to 4th, no real need for 5th unless you are on the interstate at 70 plus. Take it out and stay in 3rd gear, find a nice straight section of deserted road or an interstate om ramp and crank on the throttle. The rev limiter should kick in around 95 and it will not take long to get there. Another thing that caused me trouble on my Venture, which is essentially the same bike as yours, mechanically, was when I installed K&N air filters I opened up the air box, resulted in a very lean conditions and when I got on the throttle it would sometimes bog down like it was running out of gas. So check the air filters and the air boxes form modifications. I fixed mine by shimming the needles on the carbs. Welcome to the forum and good luck with the bike.

Well you could not have picked a better place to land in Florida as far a riding than Brooksville, all of eastern Hernando, Pasco, Citrus and Marion county are some of the best riding in the state , IMHO. Look forward to getting together with you one day, as long as you do not mind riding with an old fart on a Goldwing.

Nothing even close on their website. This is what most are using for Ventures, http://www.carbtune.com/

I agree with BongoBob, easiest thing to check is for vacuum occurring in the fuel tank due to partially clogged vent line. Run it again until it dies, immediately remove the fuel cap and listen to see if you hear the sound of air rushing into the tank. If you do and the bike starts without waiting the 5 minutes, then that is your issue. If not, I would lean towards the fuel pump going out after it gets hot and needing to cool down before it operates again. Good luck, keep us posted.

I am telling you head south, you will not regret it , ride 365. you will love it.

Merry Christmas and have a Happy and Prosperous New Year

Anyone up in the frozen north that wants to move south, come to New Smyrna Beach, Florida and let me sell you a house. Forecast to be 80 degrees and sunny on Christmas day, just saying .

I found a You Tube video for reconditioning rechargeable Lithium Ion batteries, like they use in yard tools. I had a Ryobi battery that was so flat the charger would not recognize it. So I did what the video said, used a power supply to charge the flat battery with just enough juice to allow the charger to recognize it. It did work, the battery did charge up, it did power the tool, but the charge would only last about 1/2 the time as a good battery and the battery would not hold a charge on its own. If I left it in a charged state on the shelf, a week later it was dead again. So yes that worked, to allow me to charge the battery, but it did not recondition the battery. Wet cell lead acid batteries may be different, for the cost of a box of Epson salts like the video showed, it could be worth the effort, but I am not sure I would want to trust it on my daily driver that I depend on to get to and from work, especially this time of year if I were up north.

Here is one link to a YOUTUBE video , there are lots of them out there for free, they could work.

Here is one place to start, plug your VIN into the decoder and it should answer some of your questions. http://www.cyclepedia.com/motorcycle-vin-decoder/

Bob, That is not a bad area, I stayed in a Marriott Courtyard that is just on the other side of Adamo Drive, while I was on a business trip a few years ago, it was not a bad area. If you have not made reservations and have no real desire to stay at the Hampton Inn, you may find the Courtyard just as comfortable and less expensive. If you need a recommendation for dinner, try the Cheddars location near by , it is just a few blocks away, it is part of a small chain, but food is great and portions are huge. Have a great trip and you should try to catch Barry as you drive by , you will not be to far from him.

Cats are in between kids and dogs, you have to wait on them like you are their servant, but they love you no matter what. I like animals better also. OK back to regular programming.

Few more dollars headed your way. Should be about 1/4 of the way there now. Good luck to you and Gunner.

No problem, I am glad someone was able to give an knowledgeable answer, no offense taken.

OK I stand corrected, did not realize there was a driveshaft or jack shaft, but makes sense I suppose. I was thinking in a more traditional sense I guess. Good to know, Thanks

I do not have any ideas, but as the Road Star is belt driven, I doubt it has anything to do with drive shaft splines. Try going here http://forums.delphiforums.com/1602 and ask the same question, they may know.

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Will that include Seven of Nine? She should be worth something just for the trunk lid.