Guest BLUGEM Posted January 28, 2008 #1 Posted January 28, 2008 Well thanks to Don, I've learned how to get on this thing. So if all goes bad blame Don. While not new to bikes and riding I am new to the dresser deal, and so far the wife love the venture! I was born ridding and raceing M X and was a factory rider for bulltaco, so you know how old I am. We have owend allmost every make of bikes in the last 30 yrs. In 02 I bought a V* 11 cust , it was cheep and I wanted a new bike. The plan was to buy a real bike ( as my H D ridding buddies say) the next year or so. Well that was 30k miles ago and the 11 had been cut and choped and hot roded and painted , you know the deal. Now I have a 15 K in a 02 11 V* that I would never part with! So with fixing up the11 to the point it was not a long distance bike we had a chose to make. The wife was rideing a 06 11 V* But we keep eyeballing the dressers out on the road. and starting shoping. We looked at all the bikes and keep comeing back to the venture! So in 07 we bought a 07 bule @ black R S V and have not put less then 500 miles a day on when we hit the road! with over 3K on it the first summer ( picked it up in july and winter hit in nov.) Can't wait for spring. Sorry for rambilg on , but don't worry about reading this fast cuse I type slow! Would like to hook up with outher riders in Idaho Thanks for your time . Thankes Kevin @ Nancy P S we are restoring a 1962 ca72 honda dream that we'e owned for28 yrs. and are looking for parts. Thanks again Kevin
Midnight Rider Posted January 28, 2008 #2 Posted January 28, 2008 Kevin, Welcome aboard !!! By far the best motorcycle forum on the net hands down. You have to becareful of who you talk to on here. I will give you a heads up if there name don't have Midnight in it don't talk to them.:rotfl: Ride safe, Dale
old hippy Posted January 28, 2008 #3 Posted January 28, 2008 Kevin, Welcome to a great family here. I won't even hold it against you that you have a 2nd gen. Check out the rallies and hopefully we'll meet up sometime.
Yammer Dan Posted January 28, 2008 #4 Posted January 28, 2008 [q Well thanks to Don, I've learned how to get on this thing. So if all goes bad blame Don. uote=Midnight Rider;169624]Kevin, Welcome aboard !!! By far the best motorcycle forum on the net hands down. You have to becareful of who you talk to on here. I will give you a heads up if there name don't have Midnight in it don't talk to them.:rotfl: Ride safe, Dale Now look what you went and done Don!!! Another 1st we 1st Genners will have to slow down and wait on!!! Going to have to start everywhere a day sooner!! Wait a minute, another day of riding?? Welcome Kevin, if you were looking for a nice quiet place to hide...... I do like the color of those 07s. BLUE!!
DragonRider Posted January 28, 2008 #5 Posted January 28, 2008 Even though you ride the slower of the two generations of Ventures, your still welcome here...............Now that you know you are welcome here, join in the fun and come to a meet and eat and meet a bunch of great people........we are all family here............
lonestarmedic Posted January 28, 2008 #6 Posted January 28, 2008 Glad to see you here. I joined last fall and have found a bike and a pile of great friends. This place is not your usual internet community. Here is where we meet to plan rides and places to get together in person. If you are ever near Texas, stop by for some BBQ and a hill country ride. JB
Nighthawk II Posted January 28, 2008 #7 Posted January 28, 2008 :LIME:This is the site for Fun, Food, and Frolic!!! Just jump right in and don't worry about being long winded. You'll need to be at times. Don't let those OLD Codgers with those OLD BIKES get to ya. They claim that they're faster but we all know the truth....So WELCOME and glad you're here. Tell the wife not to be shy about gettin on cause she'll meet and get to know a great bunch of ladies on here also.
MamaMo Posted January 28, 2008 #8 Posted January 28, 2008 Welcome to the Board. As everyone has said We Are Family here. Hope you will have a great time here. By all means have your Wife join also. There are some of us ladies that like to post on the board, also we get together in the chat room and get to know each other, by the way come visit in Chat. I can say that everyone I have met is the greatest. Hope you can make it to some of the meet and eats rallies etc. or just check on the board and see who lives in the area you are traveling in and give them a call.
Guest Popeye Posted January 28, 2008 #9 Posted January 28, 2008 WOW! A real Honda Dream. That brings back some memories. 305s weren't they? I remember a friend getting a new one.
Freebird Posted January 28, 2008 #10 Posted January 28, 2008 I looked at one for sale locally here a couple of months ago. It was much too rough for what he was asking though.
BuddyRich Posted January 28, 2008 #11 Posted January 28, 2008 Never could get use to the shifter being on the wrong side.... Welcome to the Site
johntanya Posted December 28, 2011 #12 Posted December 28, 2011 I will be purchasing a 2011 venture in a month or less. Is there anything bad or good that I need to know before that time. I also own a 2007 Honda VTX1300 with 25k miles on it.
BuddyRich Posted December 28, 2011 #13 Posted December 28, 2011 Great bikes. You'll have to get use to the V4 though. Wind it out till it sputters and your just then hitting the rev limit. The V4 want those high RPM's. That's where its power band is. Good luck with the bike and welcome to the site. The best on the web.
Pegasus1300 Posted December 28, 2011 #14 Posted December 28, 2011 Welcome to the site.When you get your 2011 if it is used be sure to go to a Yamaha Dealer and have them transfer the 5 year warrenty into your name. Get the maintenence records from the PO if he has any or change the oil/filter and rear drive oil to establish a base line for yourself.There are tech articles here that will teach you how to do those things and they are very simple to do.Many of us do our own maintinence and will be glad to share. Depending on mileage check your rear brake pads as they tend to wear quite fast. One trick is to swap them inner for outer to prolong life.Its easy to do. There is a company in Spain that makes an iPod interface that reads thru the CD screen and allows your controller to run the iPod,worth looking into.Check out the other tech articles for questions you may have and just ride the heck out of that machine,you will love it. BTW this thread died 3 years ago so you may want to start a new one with any questions/comments you have.
Venturous Randy Posted December 28, 2011 #15 Posted December 28, 2011 Wow, this post started almost four years ago. Evidently the original poster did not stay with us. RandyA
KIC Posted December 28, 2011 #16 Posted December 28, 2011 Well he did buy a 2nd Genner....par for the course....
Yammer Dan Posted December 28, 2011 #17 Posted December 28, 2011 Well he did buy a 2nd Genner....par for the course.... And you know they can't keep up!!!:whistling:
halfwitt Posted December 28, 2011 #18 Posted December 28, 2011 Yammer what have you done to KIC already?
dingy Posted December 29, 2011 #19 Posted December 29, 2011 Yammer what have you done to KIC already? Just another Educated Consumer. Gary
Rick Haywood Posted December 29, 2011 #20 Posted December 29, 2011 And you know they can't keep up!!!:whistling: How did you get out of your corner?
johntanya Posted December 29, 2011 #21 Posted December 29, 2011 I've only been riding for 18 years but I ride over 12k a year. In that time I've owned 3 hondas 750 magna 1100 spirit 1300 vtx, 750 kawie vulkan and a 750 yamaha virago. I borrowed a kawie voyager for my honeymoon ride. It was 1 week and i went from nyc to niagra falls through canada the 1000 isles to NY, VT, NH, ME, MA, CN, in 1 week. It was a great bike very comfy. I'm wondering if the venture will be as comfortable on such a long ride. I'm looking forward to joining your family. Are there groups that meet in nyc or nj?
Yammer Dan Posted December 29, 2011 #22 Posted December 29, 2011 I did nothing.....!!!! Be hard to find a better ride for long trips than the Venture. Right Rocket??
KIC Posted December 29, 2011 #23 Posted December 29, 2011 I had a BMW K1200LT and although I have only had my Venture for a couple of weeks I have already found it to be a better ride. Just make sure you focus on a 1st generation bike so you can ride with the upper class.
mraf Posted December 29, 2011 #24 Posted December 29, 2011 I've only been riding for 18 years but I ride over 12k a year. In that time I've owned 3 hondas 750 magna 1100 spirit 1300 vtx, 750 kawie vulkan and a 750 yamaha virago. I borrowed a kawie voyager for my honeymoon ride. It was 1 week and i went from nyc to niagra falls through canada the 1000 isles to NY, VT, NH, ME, MA, CN, in 1 week. It was a great bike very comfy. I'm wondering if the venture will be as comfortable on such a long ride. I'm looking forward to joining your family. Are there groups that meet in nyc or nj? Sounds like to me you have come to the right place for your questions. Just that on this post it could go unnoticed. 1st gen, 2 gen debate never ceases but is all in good fun. I myself ride a 1st gen and am very comfortable on any of the long rides like you did on the Voyager. As far as meets in NYC or NJ there should be someone that can answer you here if the debate doesn't gobble up your question.
KIC Posted December 29, 2011 #25 Posted December 29, 2011 1st gen, 2 gen debate never ceases but is all in good fun. Facts: The sky is blue (fact) Water is wet (fact) Obama sucks (fact) 1st Gen is better than 2nd Gen. (fact) Need I say more ? Next question ?
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