Converted another one.............

[DragonRider]

Well this Saturday a friend and former co-worker of mine will be picking up his new to him 87 Venture Royale. Been trying to get him to ride mine, but he wouldn't, he formerly rode a Kaw Concours, but got rid of it for a 4 wheeler for his farm. Well I kept finding bikes for him here and elsewhere and kept baiting him, finally found one very reasonable here in the classifieds for $1000.00 which if he didn't buy I was going to buy and add to stable. But he bit and will be getting it this Saturday. His handle is Krider so how about a big welcome from our VR family, a few have met him, and one of the first he met which could have gone bad was 86er and his buddy, Bubba. But that didn't scare him off. Now that makes 2 I have converted to Ventures, the first being Jamie aka Wingman, so now I have two riding buddies from this group very very close to me, looks like I will be busier helping them out with their bikes when needed, neither or very mechanically inclined...........LOL

[Yammer Dan]

So that's three of you going to be looking for a Mechanic??? LOL!!! Now if I could find somebody to work on this thing. Have I mentioned I HATE COMPUTERS?? Yeah I know Skid....DON'T PUSH BUTTONS!!!

[DragonRider]

I do all my own work, had a lot of help from others on here with special help from Muffinman, learned a lot from him!

 

So that's three of you going to be looking for a Mechanic??? LOL!!! Now if I could find somebody to work on this thing. Have I mentioned I HATE COMPUTERS?? Yeah I know Skid....DON'T PUSH BUTTONS!!!

[Yammer Dan]

Just joking Lewis. I once took a bike to a shop and was explaining to the head mechanic what I needed done when I realized what I was doing. Took it home and did it myself!!! I agree with the Muffinman thing. He really knows his Yammys. I have picked a lot of brains on this site. There are some very knowledgeable (spelling?) people round here. With this site if you can hold on to a wrench not much is out of reach here. Head messing with me today so I may need info again. Congrats on getting the new folks. If they chose you over Bubba we gonna have to keep a eye on them.......

[DragonRider]

Yep, Dan, I figured when I was able to pull the motor our of my 83 and swap tranny's and get it back together again and it ran like it should, I guess I can do just about anything to a Venture, done quite a few repairs on it, some I thought twice about doing. Like you said if you can hold a wrench and speak English, the folks on here can walk or talk you through most any repair. I have done the clutch, tranny, rear end swap, diaphragms on carbs, throttle cables, delinked front brakes, modified front brakes to R1 brakes and calipers, repaired lots of plastic, and helped Muffin and Dokon fix the middle pinion gear, which was the very first repair made on my bike, right after the first Vogel.

 

 

Just joking Lewis. I once took a bike to a shop and was explaining to the head mechanic what I needed done when I realized what I was doing. Took it home and did it myself!!! I agree with the Muffinman thing. He really knows his Yammys. I have picked a lot of brains on this site. There are some very knowledgeable (spelling?) people round here. With this site if you can hold on to a wrench not much is out of reach here. Head messing with me today so I may need info again. Congrats on getting the new folks. If they chose you over Bubba we gonna have to keep a eye on them.......

[Yammer Dan]

Now if I could just figure out how to clean them......

[cowpuc]

BREAK BREAK BREAK FOR CRYING OUT LOUD BREAK,,, you two elbows quit your lip flapping - BREAAAAKKK!!

There,, thats better,, sheeshhhhh,,

 

Hey,, KRIDER,, welcome aboard and CONGRATS on the new bike!! You done well my friend,,,,, actually times 2 that - first with the bike, second by following Lewis here - stick around - this place is almost as much fun as riding a Venture!!!!

P.S.,, ya might wanna question the type of friends you hang out with,, a true friend would make sure you ended up with the fastest of all Ventures (that would be an 83) - just thought I would mention that...

 

Ok,, back to normal lip flapping ya bunch a toe nails..

[DragonRider]

Puc, its hard to find an 83 thats running let alone running and good looking to, but this 87 looks really nice. This is about the 4th or 5th bike I had located for him, and if he wasnt buying this one I was.........to good of a buy to pass up. Besides he was really being tight with the bucks, so this one was perfect for him.

[cowpuc]

Well yea Lewis,, only cause there are some people who are HOGGIN em all and keepin em all to their selves....

[Yammer Dan]

Quiet??? I can be quiet!!! Hogging what? Have no idea what you are talking about!!! Quiet?? You will wish I would say something about the middle of the winter but I will be playing with my collection. Now back to my corner to shine a few 1st Gen parts....