SilvrT
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ahem.. I took an Indian for a ride once....well ok, more than once. Seemed really good...at first. NEVER AGAIN!
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I'll work on getting this info for you...
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kewl! how about NDRTKR (Undertaker)
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I'll wait...until it comes out at the video rental store. The cost of going to a movie nowadays (at least around here) is nothing short of robbery!
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I'm sure the boys from "slick 50" would agree! :sign20:
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How about re-torqueing the bolts? Never really had this problem on any of my scoots. As an added note, years ago I had a Truimph Bonneville 650. They were notorious for oil leaking. I rebuilt that engine and the only actual gastket in it was the head gasket. I used silicone on all the other mating surfaces. Never had any leaks after that.
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heh ... here in BC they recently passed a law that no establishment can openly display cigarettes. You go into a store and generally, behind the cash counter, is a wall of smokes... now the wall is covered. The idea is that if ya don't see them, you might not be inclined to buy them ... B/S! ... If you're a smoker, it isn't the visibility of the smokes for sale that entices you to buy a pack! Furthermore, they also recently passed a law that says no one can smoke in a public area that is within 3 meters of any public building doorway or air intake and Vancouver went one step further and increased that to 6 meters. So, essentially, if you smoke, you really can't walk down the street without breaking the law! For a while when that law first came out, every security guard in every building was kicking smokers away from the building entrances... that was maybe 6 or more month's ago... now, they can't be bothered because to enforce it would take up too much legal resources, ...police, courts, fine collecting, etc etc. Now, I tried quitting a couple times ... hasn't worked...yet ...but frankly, all these "penny-anti" tactics are, IMHO, silly. If smoking is so bad for a person, then why not just make it illegal and be done with it. Smoking pot is illegal and it has nothing near the ill effects of cigarettes and the reason it's illegal is nothing more than the government can't come up with a "legal" way to profit from the growing, distribution, and sale of the stuff. Booze is legal just like cigs yet they do everything they can to dissuade people, rehabilitate smokers and drinkers, ...there's more money spent in that process than a person can imagine ... it's their only way of justifying the taxation of it. ok, I stop now... the hair on the back of my neck is rising (and I have none)
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In order to access this, we need your username and password ...... NOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!
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of course we couldn't see her...she was doing the videotaping (sorry to pop everyone's bubble!) :rotf:
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2nd gear question
SilvrT replied to mikexup's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
FYI... I changed to synthetic on my '87 (which has a Barnett clutch) and it immediately started slipping. I changed back to regular oil but that didn't cure the slipping. I think there's stuff in the synthertic that messes up the friction plates on older bikes that have been using regular oil for so many years. (seems I read elsewhere here something about that). So, maybe not a good idea to change to syn oil??? ... In any event, I doubt it will increase the longevity of that thrust washer...at least not to any reasonable extent. -
The idea of using the opening where the cassette was would be a good place to mount some gauges. A guy could make a nice faceplate that either fits the opening or overlaps, painting it to match the dash of course.
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heh.. considering it took me most of the afternoon, 3 beers and 2 rum & cokes, .... I don't think mass production will happen anytime soon!
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Exactly the reason I posted this thread...so ya'll could steal my idea and make one too! Having said that, whoever does make one...yanno the rules!! ( pics )
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heh... Brian... the way it's snowing and raining here, I will have to dream up things to do coz there won't be anything to do otherwise coz I've already done them coz I have so much time to.....
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A supply of condoms !
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So, it's Saturday, it's raining/snowing, I have nothing to do. Have my fairing split to install an extension to the Aux Audio line coz I removed the cassette and I was thinking about auxilliary power switches for things like driving lamps or whatever. Remembered seeing others with those chrome 3 switch boxes on top of the front brake reservoir (I like those) and also remembered the nice rocker switches below the gauges on the Harley Ultra so, I started fabricating and came up with the following.... First pic is the Factory "bare bones" cruise switch. Second 2 pics are the completed result. Rest of the pics are in order of build process. I had some flat 1/8 thick (appx) 2" wide aluminum that I'd used for something or another. I cut a piece 6" long. Used a cardboard template to determine the appx cutout below the cruise switch. Made the cut and then realized I needed tabs to mount it. Was going to use some angle brackets but decided it would be easier and cleaner to bend the existing aluminum so I had to re-cut (hence the "fixed up" pic). Also realized that the original size (using angle brackets) would hit somewhere near the ignition switch when the wheel was turned to pin. Made the bend and checked for positioning. Cut the holes for the switches ( appx 5/8 by 1 & 1/8 based on the rocker switch I used). I drilled a hole big enuf to get a jigsaw blade in and then cut to appx size with that...then used a file to finish off, checking often to get it just right so that the switch would pop in (forgot to take pics of the switches but I used the kind that have little "pressure tangs" on the back) I drilled 4 holes for mounting screws and used some short sheet metal screws and screwed them right into the plastic. I drilled small pilot holes first. After all the cutting, filing, and checking for fit was done, I smoothed all the edges, roughed up the surfaces, cleaned it with thinners and painted the bracket with a "textured metallic" paint (black of course). I toyed with the idea of smoothing and polishing the aluminum but I felt it would not blend with the overall look. Rocker switches mounted....not yet connected to anything but hey... one day they will be!
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heck Brian, you'll have a NEW bike by the time rocket is done with it!
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Considering buying a Venture, but have concerns
SilvrT replied to MPK's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Well heck, I might as well chime in here too! Years ago I had an '83 Aspencade ... it had "noises" ... after a while I resigned to the fact that they were just the sounds the bike made and I learned to ignore them and enjoy the ride. Had that bike for 6 years...cried when I had to sell it. Then I got an '85 Venture ... man did it have a gear whine ... right around 3000 rpm so, I just stayed away from that rpm as much as I could ... learned to ignore it when I did and enjoy the ride. Had that scoot for 6 years and loved it. Then I got an '87 Venture ... no gear whine but it had other noises that bothered me...at first...then I learned to ignore them and enjoy the ride. Still have it although it's gonna be sold come spring... LOVE that bike! Now I have an '06 Midnight Venture ...have only been able to put about 1500 kilometers on it since I got it ... it has a whine ... guess what? ... I'll learn to ignore it and enjoy the ride coz I just LOVE this bike! Every other bike I've owned before the above had their own specific little sounds and quirks. When you first get them, it's bothersome until you realize (in most cases) that it's the nature of that particular beast...then you learn to ignore it and enjoy the ride. Some times the sounds are an actual mechanical problem so you either get it fixed or sell the thing. My point being I guess is, that no matter what you buy, you will probably have to learn to live with that beast's particular sounds and quirks coz they will all have something IMHO. -
Kinda figgured that since the last one you said you just took. Now that's MY kind of {{{{ winter }}}}
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What I like most about those pics is.... NO SNOW !!
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cool... wonder how it was done? if you go to http://www.bergall.org/temp/venture/ .... it's a public listing of all his files ... some good one's in there!
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where's the PICS ? rule #1 !!!
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dang! ... my left eye is "off-centre" and really doesn't see things so well all by itself so no luck on 3-D for me!
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Just wanted to add this... I was looking at buying an '09 Ultra in Nov. Sticker at that time was 24,900 which included ABS. Guy told me that due to the decline of the Can dollar, prices would jump considerably before end of the year. As it turned out, I couldn't afford the Ultra and bought my '06 RSMV. I was in the Harley dealership just before xmas to buy my son's xmas gift and sure enuf, same Ultra...price up by 3 grand! Have you noticed that difference?
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When I redid my '87, I did not experience this problem...probably because I sanded right thru the original paint where the pinstriping was before I primered. I had to primer and sand at least 3 times before topcoating. I used a good automotive quality primer/surfacer and used 180 sandpaper on the first primer coat, then re-primered and used 220, then re-primered and used 320 sandpaper prior to a final coat followed by wet-sanding with 600 before the color.