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Hunting season is 3 weeks away. My fingers freeze when riding the 4 wheeler on those cold snowy early morning trips to the stand. The thumb throttle finger will go numb. When my hands are cold I'm done hunting. I need a glove that will keep my hands warm. They must be lightweight and be shooter friendly. I don't want to loose the sensitivity on the trigger finger not to forget access through the trigger guard. Any recommendations from you hunters in snow country? I have been wearing two pair and still get cold.
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Hey all...I noticed something for the first time during a ride yesterday. I've had my 89 VR for about 6 months now and I'm really enjoying it. Yesterday I was riding with a small group of guys so I was driving a bit less agressively than usual. So I was doing more one handed driving than I ever do. So I noticed when the bike is in decel, throttle rolled back all the way, as the bike hits about 40 mph with one hand on the bars the front wheel starts to go into a pretty strong wobble. It is not a full tank slapper but it shakes pretty hard and I want to get both hands on the bars asap and this straightens it out quickly. When I do it with both hands on the bars I only feel a slight wobble coming through my hands. The wobble tends to disappear after my mph drops to around 35. one note: yesterday before the ride I did adjust my CLAS setting moving the front end from from a pretty low setting up to 18 lbs if memory serves me right. Anyone have any ideas on what might be causing this? The front steering head bearing was repacked about 5000 miles ago. the tires are elite 2s I believe. thanks everyone! Bob
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As long as its above freezing and I have a reasonable expectation of arriving dry, I'll ride to work. Last year, the cold started getting to my hands. I wore pretty good gloves with a separate glove liner. In the low to mid 30's, my fingers still got cold and the combination glove/liner was so thick it was hard to hit switches and the throttle was harder to control. I thought about heated grips, but I wasn't too sure about how to change them out. I didn't want to spend $100+ and find out they didn't fit or just felt wrong. I had seen some heated wraps and I think Goose made a home-made set of wraps but I wanted something a little more permanent. I may have found my solution. I bought a DualStar Heated Grip Kit. http://www.dual-star.com/index2/Rider/heated_grip_kit1.htm I also bought Grip Puppies. http://www.casporttouring.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=GPLARGE&Category_Code=grips I don't have a real problem with the stock grips, but I figured a little more size for these big hands and a little more padding couldn't hurt. I simply stuck the heating elements on top of my stock grips and put the puppies over everything. It was in the low 40's this morning. I rode without the glove liners and with the heaters on low. Once in a while I had to open my grip a little to let some air in to cool things down a bit. Time will tell if the foam holds up to the heat ok, but for now, I love what I've got! My wife's hands get cold real easy. She is a little reluctant to ride in what I consider just cool weather. I think I may get a set and put them on the rear grab bars. Might give us a few more ride days.
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Looks like Yammer Dan and I might be in Baltimore MD Saturday on personal business of the chromed first gen type.Not sure of exact times yet but a meet for lunch would be good. Maybe a few extra hands with loading a first gen.:cool10::cool10: P/S Mamamo is staying at home so Ladies Welcome!
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Who makes chrome levers for the venture. Tired of getting tot work and my hands look dirty. Thanks Jim
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Idle hands while waiting for the parade to start!
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:confused24:My 2006 venture has a problem with hands free travel. It first happened on a road trip loaded down my dealer said just needed more air in rear shock. Now it doesn't happen all the time but i'm scared to let go of my bars. As long as you have hands on bars there is no problem but when you turn them loose evan in decell they "sometimes" speed wabble. Has anyone else had this happen and do you have any thoughts? I have checked brakes forks and wheel for play and can't find any thing wrong.
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I have had a problem with one of the saddlebag latches on my 2004 Venture. The latch is extremely difficult to open. It closes just fine but to open it I have to press down on the latch with both hands really hard. Does anyone know about this problem or how to adjust it?
