I Christen Thee....Mighty Mouse!

Patmac6075 · May 5, 2015

Thanks to all those who have helped out, either with advise or parts, or just moral support....glad to be a member of this fine forum.

Well, as you may have read previously I had bought a non-running, no title, very little history 84' Venture Royale from a guy on Craigslist...said his Grandfather owned it...never had it titled in his name...and it had been sitting in his garage since 2002 because of an electrical issue...and unfortunately, grandpa had passed, and he was just trying to unload it as a parts bike.

I took a chance and bought it thinking it would be easy getting a replacement title....well it wasn't. But I did get lucky and had a title search done...found the last registered owner and sent him a letter detailing my situation and asking him if he'd file for a lost title...he did and sent it to me...would only take what it cost him at the DMV and postage....told me "Someone had done the same for him years back and he was just repaying the favor". So now I have it titled in my name!

Got to working on it....found green gas in the float bowls....yes GREEN GAS! But the engine turned over fine and all the electricals seemed to work...only problem was, I wasn't getting any spark...thought maybe it was the TCI, so I started to strip it down and in the meantime I got to know the bike a little better...drained and refilled all fluids and started doing a mental checklist on the status of everything...after quite a bit of work and more than a few $$$ I had a whole bunch of parts laying around my garage and no idea why the bike wouldn't start...

Turns out a mouse had taken up residency behind the headlight at some point and chewed through some wires for the kickstand cut-off...so the bike would turn over, but wouldn't spark...got those wires fixed and viola! It started right off!

So, in honor of my little furry friend I have given my bike a name....Mighty Mouse. I've also changed my avatar. Still much work to do, but we should be road worthy within two weeks.

Stay Tuned!

Freebird · May 5, 2015

Great story and great new avatar. Good look with the rest of the project.

Prairiehammer · May 5, 2015

Keep at it Pat.

Hope we helped get the 'Might Mouse' on the road and under your butt at speed. Perhaps your project needs another 'companion'? Pearl Sweetheart is available...just for the MM.

Flyinfool · May 6, 2015

NOOOoooooo

Keep Pearl away, You don't want distractions or a pile of Mini Mouses that need more wires casserole.

It always feels so good when you hit major milestones like getting the title, and getting it to start.

Zzyzx · May 6, 2015

That's Cool!

Should get a special T-shirt to wear for the first ride.

Patch · May 6, 2015

Right On!

Yammer Dan · May 6, 2015

Great News!! I name most of mine with whatever pops in my head. But that 2nd Gen......:bang head: I named it "Silver" just wondering how Tonto is going to take that???