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IF YOU CAN FIND ONE,,,, Harbor Freight put their little MC pull behind on crazy clearance sale $199.
I was not able to find one.
I have one assembled with some upgrades that I will sell you for that price. I'll even meet you half way to do the exchange. PM me.
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I filled up my 2007 Silverado on Friday trip from Chambersburg, PA to Richmond, VA on Saturday afternoon. I didn’t think much about it at the time but I do remember the pump delivering the gas as running very slowly.
About 10 miles north of Richmond on I-95 the truck chugged to a stop. I sat for a few minutes and it started right up. Went about 5 miles and she stopped again. Waited, restarted and went about 2 miles and stopped again. I continued with this process with the results dwindling as I went. The final stages only allowing me to go about 200 yards. It appeared that either the fuel filter was blocked or the fuel pump was shot.
I finally chugged into a police sub-station in Chesterfield, VA and called ConnerCamp (a former member here, sold his Venture but that’s another story). By now it was early evening. Steve picked us up and gave us a ride to Auto Zone where I purchased a can of Seafoam.
I added the Seafoam to an estimated 8 gallons of fuel and ran the engine for a few minutes. Tried to drive the truck with poor results.
We allowed the Seafoam to soak overnight and tried the truck the next morning. It ran with absolutely no issues. We took several 30-minute trips and the truck ran fine. We left Chesterfield on Tuesday afternoon for the trip to Chambersburg, made it with no issues.
The miracle cure worked again, I’m a believer.
I paid a courtesy visit to the gas station today to advise them of my analysis of the situation. Of course, they assured me that their fuel was clean and their filters had been changed last week. I didn’t try their pumps to see if they delivered faster today than last week. I think I’ll avoid them in the future.
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Ronnie, I have a brand new (less than 10 miles) Harbor Freight clam shell with some upgrades. When I bought my trike it came with a trailer. I can meet you halfway, or more,to deliver (retirement is so cool). Titled in Pennsylvania. PM me for the price.
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Good Morning Clive and welcome to Venturerider.org. You will find answers to almost any question you may have about the Yamaha Venture, Royal Star Venture and RSTD on this site. Some info may be available concerning Gold Wings and Spyders and maybe a little about Harley touring motorcycles. With the hundreds of years of motorcycling experience available here someone may have an answer to your Sportster question. Please don't think we are rude if we don't reply, we just don't play a lot in your sand box. Thanks for taking a look, stick around, this is a great bunch of cyclists. If you're interested in attending a rally check out the WNY (Western New York) rally on the calendar for Aug 15-Aug 18, 2019. Great time and attended by many of our Canadian friends.
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Prayers up from Rose Mary and I. We'll keep you in our thoughts.
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Thanks Earl for posting this. Being a bit of a B*** Sh***** myself I do occasionally enjoy kicking back and listening to a professional. Now down to the garage to change my blinker fluid.
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For the members who have replaced the stock shock with a Hagon: I would like to have your failed shock to add to the exchange pool. I repair leaking shocks at a minimal cost to our members. The more I have in the pool the faster I can turn them around. PM me for my shipping address. I will gladly pay the freight.
Thanks,
Fitz
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Don, I received the right hand wind deflector on Monday. Over the weekend my neighbor found the one I lost. I will keep your unit as a spare and share it with any Venturerider that needs. Thank you for every thing you do.
Fitz
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You always do us right Puckster like at he Venture unveiling at Americade, at a rally with the VEEP, with hands on help for a fellow biker or just CTFW down a desert road.
Thanks for what you do Brother!! God Bless you, your family and the Good Ole US fo A.
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Try this site for your re-chromed requirements http://www.carchrome.com/ They are in Middletown, PA not far from Harrisburg. They should be able to re-chrome them for you.
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I have that one but one of the screw holes at the top of the bracket is split. It should work fine though. It's yours for the cost of shipping if you want it.
https://www.venturerider.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=114801
That's what I need Don. PM sent! Thank you.
Fitz
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OK...I read these posts too early and didn't absorb what you are looking for. I do not have the clear deflector that bolts to the lower part of the fairing.
What I have is the clear deflectors that attach below the passing lamps. Sorry.
I'm looking for the clear deflector below the passing lamp, right hand side. I need the entire unit. Mine snapped of at the bracket. Just the screws and a little tab of metal left.
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I'm in search of a left side (Kickstand side) clear wind deflector that bolts on to the lower portion of the front fairing. must have all 3 of the attachment tabs and not be extremely scratched up.
And I'm looking for the right hand side. PM me.
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better not look down any further ....
Now that's funny, I don't care who you are!!
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I had the same thing happen about a month ago. Hit the starter button and all went dark. Hard to believe but the battery died just that quick. Check the easy stuff first.
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With a nice scoot like that a new wife wouldn't be hard to find!!
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truth be known I have to take responsibility for the Canadian loss since I got my right and left mixed up at the start line but even so we were quickly gaining ground and only lost by nose. Should have worn my moose hat. with the bigger nose.
As Lead Dog on the USA team I saw that we had it won at the mid point, kicked it into neutral and coasted to the win. The chants of USA, USA, USA were an inspiration. I guess it was hardly fair with the home field advantage and all. I just think the world of our Canuckian friends, great competitors and great friends. Can't wait to see them again.
Rose Mary, Cousins Bob and Jan, and I had a great time. We'd like to thank the WNY crew for all of their hard work. This was Bob and Jan's first motorcycle rally, they say they will be back next year on their Ural. We got a little hungry as meals were few and far between, let's see what was that schedule--breakfast at 8:30, snack at 10:30, lunch at 12:00, beverage at 3:00, dinner at 5:00, ice cream at 7:00, hot dogs at 9:00. I'm glad I don't see the doctor for another 2 months.
Thanks again guys, what a great time.
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Thank you for your kind words BRB and Sylvester. To date I've repaired about 15 RSV shocks. With the exception of one I repaired for MONSTA a couple of weeks ago all appear to have been successful. MONSTA's unit arrived in Hawaii (after a long rest at an FPO due to my transposing the ZIP code) with an oil soaked box. When he applied air the unit leaked around the seal between the chrome cylinder and the housing. This leak is very unusual and I'm sending him a replacement unit today.
I would like to hear from other Ventureriders that have utilized a repaired shock. Successful or unsuccessful, I'd like to hear your results.
Ride Safe, Ride Smooth,
Fitz
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Random, welcome to the forum, sorry to hear about your shock problem. I do repair these shocks but only the Oring just above the bottom clevis. If your not leaking oil then you have an air leak somewhere else. Most likely it will be the seal between the ram and the housing, the one that is about 4" dia. I haven't replaced that seal and I'm sure there is not a seal replacement for this shock. Yamaha made it so it could not be disassembled (see my tag line below). Please don't use an air compressor to add air to these shocks, you can't control it enough to avoid damage to a seal somewhere. I have attached a pic of the disassemble shock.
The places to check for an air leak are:
1. Just above the bottom clevis (I can replace this oring).
2. Between the ram and housing (visible after removing the rubber boot)
3. The seal between the top mounting lug and the black housing (there is an Oring in there)
4. Where the air hose meets the housing (another oring)
5. The schrader valve.
Let us know what you find.
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Our fellow Venturerider Skydoc17 lives near you in Roaring Springs. I'm sure he could help you. Send him a PM. He usually communicates with paid members only (shameless, just shameless recruiting).
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I'm with Freebird on this one. Remington 700 BDL 7MM Mag. Shoots to kill, kicks to cripple. Straight back recoil, very little muzzle jump. I received Sweet Lips from my parents upon my high school graduation in 1970. She is a legend around our hunting area. None of my Uncles, Brother-in-laws, Son-in-laws or cousins have ever desired to shoot it twice, once was plenty for them. I've shot a couple of hundred deer with it. I've down graded to a 7MM-08 for most of my deer hunting now. But when the chips are down and the time is short to collect some venison I go straight to the ol' 7MM Mag. She fits like a glove, comes to my shoulder with the scope exactly where I need it. High speed venison on the hoof never have a chance. I love that old cannon!!!!!! You've go me thinking now, I might have to go abuse myself this afternoon.
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I bought my 2003 Hannigan Trike, triked in 2014, with 74K miles earlier this year for $13,250. Included most Hannigan options such as reverse and a very nice trailer. The Indian dealer in Northern KY was asking $12,999 for the set. I bought it from the gentleman that bought it from the dealer.
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Just so it didn't leak any oil on your Tony Llamas[emoji12][emoji12]
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Plus, you built and sold this bike for 14 model years without a tachometer? Really? You have dishonoured your clan, and must now perform Seppuku in the town square.
Need to build a tool kit for this bike. Are there ANY random SAE fasteners, or are they all metric? What about Torx, any of those?
Here's the TL;DR: Great bike, love it. Happy I bought it. Needs some tweaks. What do you think?
Welcome to the Venturerider Family. Yep, no tachometer!! If you're aggressive ride it to the rev limiter, if not just remember these scoots love RPM's. Some say "Ride it like you stole it!" I don't recall any factory SAE fasteners but you may have some on non-factory accessories. No Torx that I can recall, mostly Allen head, hex head and JSO phillips. Be safe and enjoy. Come here for any questions you may have, these members are GREAT.
Vogel 2019
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The third weekend conflicts with the WNY Rally in Chaffee, NY. I would like to attend if it is another weekend. I'm pretty sure some other WNY attendees would visit the Vogel rally also. Keep us posted!!