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Well, as some of you know I traded my 89 Honda Hawk in for a 88 Venture Royale about 2 weeks ago. The first weekend I got it I put about 400 miles on it and then parked it, planning on quickly completing a short list of changes. Well between learning more about the condition of the little do-dads on the bike, reading all the magnanimous ideas here and the internet, that short list quickly turned into 2 pages of 'things' to do... hehe.. *sigh* So... Since some of these are ideas already on here and some are my original ideas I thought I would post them all with pics to share. Some are finished and some I will be posting later as I complete them. So here we go!
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Finally, after being laid up and then recouperating from my bypass surgery, I got to go for a ride last weekend (7th). Rode up Hwy 31 to Montgomery where I spent the night. Took off Sunday morning to ride down 82 and 29 to Crestview and on down to the coast. I had driven this route this Spring in a bus only from South to North. Anyway, got to Union Springs where I rode around the town looking at old houses for a short time, then headed out of town. At the main intersection I had a red light. While waiting a car pulled up behind me. When the light turned green I looked and then slowly pulled out. The next thing I knew I was staring into the grille of a Dodge SUV on my right. I had no time to react; the SUV hit me, pushed me sideways about ten feet before it stopped and I fell over to the left. The bike went down hard. I rolled a little then layed there for a minute. Long story short, the impact broke the two bones just above my right foot and dislocated my ankle. They took me to Montgomery for surgery and I came home tuesday last week. I have just about given up on bikes. I am hoping that they total out the Wing, even though I really love it. And it only has 2350 miles on it. Two accidents in one year with quadruple bypass in between. And I have this horrendous scrape/bruise on the left side of my ribcage. I think that's where I hit the left handlebar going off. Well, I won't be making any ride-ins or meet and eats for at least 6 weeks. And then if I do attend it will be in my truck. I am over motorcycles. !!!!!!!
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I know this is short notice, but the little lady and I are leaving Dallas for a place just south of Branson, Mo. tomorrow (Friday) morning. We are vacationing for the next week and wondered if anyone local to that area would like to get together. We will be in Ridgedale Friday thru Thursday then heading to E.S. to hook up with the gang there. Weather looks like it is clearing up there, so some good riding and eating may come into play.
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I have two unused 2008 Venture International Rally T-Shirts I would like to part with (finally showed up a few days ago). I do not like them and they were not what I ordered. 1 black short sleeve XL 1 black short sleeve XXL I was thinking $20 shipped for both in the US. Let me know.
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Well after 9 weeks my now clearview shield came in today. I bought the Med. 3" shorter then stock. I took it out of the box and it is a bet shorter then I thought it would be. It is hard to tell until I get it installed hope it not to short .Now for my question, there was 2 small pieces of rubber about 3" long could anyone tell me where these go? I think it may be on the short lip that is on each side of the shield but not sure. has anyone installed on on there bike lately? :7_6_3[1]::7_6_3[1]:
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Saw this in the Ny Times... a little short on details but interesting... some of the comments are also interesting. story
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I pulled up to my local auto parts store at about 7:00 this evening to pick up some spark plugs for my RSV and I parked next to a young guy and his Vstrom. He had the seat off and was starting to take the plastic off. We exchanged hello's and commented that he hoped I didn't have his problem. A short in the electrical system due to melted insulation on several wires that had made contact with head. As I walked away to go in and get my spark plugs I noticed that he was from out of state with an Arkansas plate. When I came out I asked what I could do to help. While Riley (the owner) had fortunately found the short it was in one of those places that you could see but couldn't reach into. Neither he nor I had ever worked on a Vstrom. After I had assured him that I would not leave him stranded we spent the next 2 hours in the parking lot stripping the bike down by taking off the fairing and tank in order to get access to the wires. The store personnel were great in that they let him borrow tools from the shelf. We managed to get enough slack in the wire bundle and separate the melted wires in order to wrap them with tape. While we worked we got to know each other a bit and I found that he is a photographer who shoots weddings. So do I, or I did. So we were able to talk photography as well. Just as dark fell we had the bike back together and running well. He had another 40 miles to go tonight to make his next stop. He was very appreciative of my help and I enjoyed helping a fellow rider out. Hopefully, I'll get my spark plugs installed tomorrow night. DT
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Some of you may recall on 6/21/08 I came in contact with a 200 lb wild hog at about 60 mph. Pig did not make it Road Star Silvarado did not make it. I on the other hand just got released to go back to work on light duty today. :whistling:Gonna get back on rsv in the morning for short ride to Snyder for a gun and coin show, need to wait for the :no-no-no:wife to go to work she is not quite as thrilled about riding as she used to be.She will eventually come around. Glad to be here! Kilowatt
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I know this is pretty short notice, but I am going to tune my carbs on Saturday. If any of you want to come to Borger let me know and I will make plans.
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I want to extend my handle bars out (cause my arms are short), but don't want to replace my handlebars. I looked through some of the threads for info but didn't find anything. Any help is appreciated. Thanx Glenn
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Nancy, is was great meeting you at Skids last weekend, Meeting you was the highlight of my trip, Seeing those pictures of Mark through the years made me feel like I had know him for years, thank you so much for going out of your way to come and see all of us.......... You and Mark did a fine job of raising Kenny, and just by talking to Kenny for the short time I can see that Mark was more that just a father but a friend and mentor to him...........I hope to get to your area in the near future and learn more about Mark, and who knows maybe Kenny can go for a ride with us.......... Thanks again and Gob Bless.
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Just listed my Short (From Yamaha) windshield in classifieds if anyone interested,Just bought 2 weeks ago. Tom
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Saw this new product listing another board. With Rain-X being harmfull to shields, and being discussed in the past in several threads, I thought Raincoat might be something to look into for those riding in the rain. http://www.motosolutions.com/ Here's a short video. Looks pretty good to me.. Hope the link works. http://76.12.111.23/Videos/RaincoatDemo.wmv
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:confused24:Fellow VR riders who has a short winsheild out there that can tell me how they like it or not? I bought an 06 VR a few months back and want to go with a shorter windsheild but I am concerned about how a short winsheild will effect my wife who rides with me from time to time. You know the saying if momma's not have nobodys happy and beleive me I want her happy so any feed back is greaty appreciated. Mark
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I seldom go on You Tube, but a friend flagged this to me. It is an intersection car/cycle crash where the car obviously ran a red light. This is not for the faint at heart as the biker took a bad hit. But, on a lighter note, there are many more short videos attached near that are down right funny and it is amazing how stupid some people are. RandyA [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a68i-NDjdlc[/ame]
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Went to my club meeting to night and was able to make the ride home in short sleeves. 65 degrees on 19 december got to love it !!!!!!!!
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A remarkable phone call from a 12-yr old boy to Houston radio station KSBJ FM 89.3. So profound, the station has it posted on their website. Click below to listen to it. It's short. [ame= ] [/ame] Merry Christmas, everyone and Ride safe! Bobbie
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Didn't like the big whip antennas and I never use the CB so now I got a single short black one. Removed the CB mount and tied it up under the trunk. Got a short black rubber universial from parts store for about 5 bucks. I had to make the threaded adapter by drilling and tapping a bolt but it works great cost little and it is what I was looking for. http://bigbikeriders.com/photopost/data/500/2508antenna_cropped_red_2_.JPG
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Here is a short artical on trikes in this mornings paper. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071106/news_lz1n6read.html
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Hello all, Hey i'm looking for a little help here. I placed a bid on what is suppose to be a seat for a 2nd gen RS. And now the seller has posted a note stating that he's not sure is it in fact fits a RoyalStar. Please, if you have an early model 2nd Gen-RS 97-2001'ish, could you please take a look at the ebay link and post any opinions [pertaining to the seat, not other various short comings that my ail you ] FYI...not that i want to replace my Corbin saddle - i love it. i would just like to have the oem set on had too. Thanks in advance. Ron
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gps is in the shop,so i will have to wing it this week---???????
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I know it's a short notice ride, Come if you can, Meeting at Applebee's, Warrrenton, MO for breakfast 8:30 to 9:00 then 10:00ish ride, ride, ride, with a early to / mid - afternoon lunch, perhaps Hermann or Fulton. wayne
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A few short clips from Cache La Poudre Canyon: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkevVyBC-is]YouTube - Powder Canyon 1[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsdh5gdp-fw]YouTube - Powder Canyon 2[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvA5BKvVBkY]YouTube - Powder Canyon 3[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qbl4nYfGos]YouTube - Powder Canyon 4[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ytpR3y0kz8]YouTube - Powder Canyon 5[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byyzR3s86w0]YouTube - Powder Canyon 6[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bva3L8QIZjs]YouTube - Powder Canyon 7[/ame]
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I know some of you have this. Interested, but leary. 3 hours of battery power just doesn't make sense to me. What do you do about the short battery life? Do you carry spares? Is there a way to hard wire it to the bike? Thanks in advance.
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Kuryakin grips coming up short!
Guest posted a topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
I just finished the tune up and I purchased the Kuryakyn 6235. The web site states that the 6235 are for all Venture Royale. I have an 1984 VR and what I don't understand is that the grip on the left side seems to be too short and very loose when I put it on. The package says 6235 but could there have been an error in packaging or am I doing something wrong? Simply puting on by itself, there is a alot of play, then it comes up about 1" too short? Thank God I cut open the left side first...and just as I thought I could go for a ride tonight!!! :bang head: Anyone else run into this problem...or is it me again? The instructions talk of the spacer but from what I see and understand that is for if they are too long? It's a conspiracy for me not to take it for a ride!!!
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