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learn here... http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?94309-Ahhhh-the-summer-of-14-ADVENTURE-SERVED-UP-GORMET-STYLE!!!!&highlight=ctfw Chasing The Front Wheel

Are the holes cut soas to differentiate between male or female? Does one hole smell worse than the other? (that will differentiate for sure!) :Laugh:

I wonder if my Vic can tow this ... https://www.facebook.com/interestingengineering/videos/790928144310225/?fref=nf

or 81

I was 40 (or at least I felt like I was) ... now I'm 68 ... but I sure don't feel like 40 no more! LOL

Just realized as I watched that vid ... it's not just Harley riders that BLIP the throtte!

How coincidental ! Wife and I are just completing our wills LOL

lol ... the saying "two bricks short of a load" comes to mind...

Nope, I'm branching off at Everett and heading inland via Leavenworth, Ellensburg, and stopping overnight at The Dalles where I'll hook up with divey and dale. Heading down Rte 97 from there although I'm not sure which way they are going.

Glad to see you back and that you're going to VW2015 ... see U there!

YVW and glad to see you had nothing else to do

Interesting site to while the time away on if you have nothing else to do... http://www.ridestopngo.com/ and another if you still have time to spare... http://www.victorymotorcycles.com/en...endurance-team

Oh yeahhhhh!! Are speedo's back in style?

Here's wishing you another 25!

How many of you remember? Back in those days it was common to see these in various public places such as bus depots, train stations, etc. It was also common to see the walls covered with jokes and other forms of humor or drawings of various kinds. Some were quite "graphic" to say the least! To a degree it was almost worth the dime to get to read all of that "stuff". It always intrigued me to find some of the same "jokes" in different bathrooms in different parts of the country ... as if the same "author" had been there too! One of my all-time fav jokes on those walls is ... Here I sit, broken hearted, Paid my dime and only farted... You don't see pay toilets any more, at least not in my part of the country but go to a gas station to put air in your tire and it will cost you a dollar!! Too Funny that is! 50 years ago I had to pay a dime to pass air and now I got to pay a dollar to get air!! Irony??

Right ... I think

@divey Yup, got my room booked. Might even run into you enroute if you're going down 97. I'm branching off I-5 at Everett and taking Rte 2 over to Leavenworth and swinging south on 97 from there.

Oh man you're HILARE ! I will have to try that ... but it won't be just the ears .... (well maybe not!)

Yes, you will have to experience it to really know. For the most part I could handle it ... but it took effort and concentration. Something to consider which might have been an effect for me is depth perception. Mine isn't as good as it should be and this can contribute to imbalance. Another thing that probably contributed to my struggles with that bike is age ... I'm well into my 60's and no where near the strength I had when I was 40 or even 50. In my 50's I had an '85 Venture. Another top heavy bike but I had no problems man-handling it then. Times when I would struggle are; Coming to a stop at an intersection. If the road surface was irregular, I had to focus on balancing the bike and coming to a full stop first before I could check traffic, etc. Not an issue with the Vic. Making a tight turn at low speed in places like a gas station or making quick turns. I'm not afraid to admit I wasn't comfortable with that and therefore could not do them very well. Again, not an issue with the Vic. Backing out of my driveway onto the street. Hardly any incline at all however, the concrete was old and slightly broken up and irregular. Plus there was the curb. While stopped I was unable to comfortably hold the bike with my left leg while keeping my right foot on the brake. Had it not been for that one thing, I'd probably still be riding that '06 as it was a beautiful bike, I'd put a lot into making it my own, and my wife loved it. It did have the clutch basket whine but I could have lived with that. That said, I simply can't be happier with my current ride and the wife loves it too ... just not as much as the Venture. Go ride one ... test it under various conditions and do it with a passenger too ... only then will you know if it's something you can handle. Good Luck!

THAT is one thing I won't forget. I learned that lesson the hard way. Several years ago I went on a ride from Kamloops, BC, down thru Spokane, over to Butte, down to Salt Lake City, over to Reno, then to Sacramento and back up the West Coast hwy. It was late July. Never put on any sunscreen. By the time I got to Salt Lake, I'd badly burned my nose, upper and lower lip, chin, ear tips. By the time I got to Reno, some of it was pussing, bleeding, and scabbing ... I can't imagine how bad I looked to others. No wonder I couldn't get any ladies to dance with me that night in Reno LMAO!!!

For us "northerners" in the West who've been basking in great spring weather (well at least the West coast area) with temps soaring around 25-30 celcius (77-86 f ) ... what's another 14-23 f (8-13 c ) degrees? Yep, Yreka forecast is for temps around 100f during VW2015 ... bring lots of sunscreen y'all! We're almost there!

As a former Midnight Venture owner who's 5'10" and 150lbs I never did get "used to" that top heaviness at low speeds and it was even worse for me when riding 2-up (which was most of the time). I changed the front tire to a 130 and installed the leveling links ... that helped a lot but not enough. After 3 years I decided the only resolve was to change to a different bike so I bought an '03 Wing. Night and day difference. Now I'm riding a Victory CCT ... same thing. Extremely easy to handle at any speed. Not meaning to discourage you on your purchase ... just stating the facts from my perspective. Other than that, the RSMV is a great motorcycle.

That's where I hung out when I had my Wing. A pretty good site although there are a few a-holes that like to get under ppl's skin.

I was gonna click the "like" button but I was too lazy ....

I wuz gonna say that but I like bragging about my Vic ... LOL