JohnMidnight Posted May 11, 2012 #101 Posted May 11, 2012 Bike broke down. Needed help, found the Venture Riders last year, but didn't have money to do anything to join, then found the Venturers, then well here I am on both sites. and well, if you see a John Midnight around. Flip a few coins, and it might be me
Evan Posted May 12, 2012 #102 Posted May 12, 2012 About 4 years ago, I started thinking about the bike owned by an old friend who I used to ride with back in the early 90's. It was a 1st gen. Decided to look for one and found the one that I eventually bought after I did a web search and stumbled across this forum. In fact, it is this forum that helped me decide to buy my VR. What a stroke of luck - both finding the forum and buying the VR.
Max Posted May 16, 2012 #103 Posted May 16, 2012 thankfully found last summer through search engines, would have been great to find VRO months prior. The VR was an impulse buy and required lots of tweaking and tlc. Relied primarily on our local dealer up to that point. (which in all fairness has a couple of great old school techs)
Pegasus1300 Posted May 16, 2012 #104 Posted May 16, 2012 Followed Don over to the MTA,then came here when he started this up.Membership got lost a couple of server crashes ago,but when I came back to the internet myself I found you all again.I keep a membership here and over at Venturers.Org.I have good friends on both sites and have learned many things from all of you and really enjoy talking Yamaha V4.
Huggy Posted May 24, 2013 #105 Posted May 24, 2013 Actually I did a search and I was told by a member of the XJbikes.com forum, MidniteMax, about this site. I also belong to that form. I don't know if he goes by that here though. This a great forum and I find that this site is fantastic as is XJbikes if you own a Maxim or Secca.
Bodaggit23 Posted June 28, 2014 #106 Posted June 28, 2014 I was looking for the manual for my 1997 RSTD and stumbled here. Sadly, the manual is not available here, but I found a site and purchased a download.
Barrycuda Posted June 28, 2014 #107 Posted June 28, 2014 Just curious. How did you find this site? This awesome site came up when I was doing some RSV reviews prior to purchasing. I remember bugging FREEBIRD with several questions and was a proverbial thorn in his side. All this BEFORE I joined, which tells you the quality of the people on this site. Getting answers without a second thought. Thanks Don, if not for you I wouldn't say I'm a proud member of this site!!!
keithert Posted June 28, 2014 #108 Posted June 28, 2014 Just curious. How did you find this site? I met Don at the 2000 VTS Rally in Somerset KY. Kept in touch periodically since.
stanG Posted June 28, 2014 #109 Posted June 28, 2014 Bought a first gen that didn't run and was searching the net for info on how to fix it. Whala... There it was. After the trial period I joined up. Been a member ever since. "Have fun out there" stanG
Scifiman Posted January 5, 2017 #110 Posted January 5, 2017 Google is my friend. While searching for louder pipes for the 08 Venture I had recently purchased I stumbled across this forum, been a member ever since.
10spd Posted January 6, 2017 #111 Posted January 6, 2017 Did a search a few years ago befoer i bought one. So glad i remembered this site. Its well worth being part of this family Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk
SilvrT Posted January 6, 2017 #112 Posted January 6, 2017 I'm surprised I haven't responded to this thread already! Looking back over the posts I see there are several "Expired memberships" as well as a number of "Guests". Would be interesting to know what happened with those folks. Anyhoo, I found this site in 2006 right after I bought my '87. I was getting the E-4 (or whatever it was) code on my shock air controller. Found the answer here and made the fix. Been an active member ever since although it's been several years now since I've owned a Venture. Met a lot of great people from here and look forward to meeting more in the not too distant future as my wife and I embark on an 8 month tour of Canada and USA (pulling a 5th wheel) starting August this year.
theportunionkid Posted December 10, 2017 #113 Posted December 10, 2017 Oldest son found it when trying to diagnose prob on venture. One of the best things ever!
Freebird Posted December 10, 2017 Author #114 Posted December 10, 2017 WOW....I started this poll way back in 2008. Cool that people are still responding.
mraf Posted January 18, 2018 #115 Posted January 18, 2018 The cascade of handles is like reading the past. So many say they are lurking, it would be nice to hear from them again. I suppose some of them have moved on to other bikes by now. Getting back to the original poll it was a search engine that brought me here after buying my 83 many moons ago. This place fits into my sanity or insanity depending on how the day goes. Don, you have done good in keeping this site friendly since the beginning.
RDawson Posted January 18, 2018 #116 Posted January 18, 2018 I was using the old Google machine trying to repair my 1st Venture. Lurked and read a lot of fixes before joining. Dumbest move I made was lurking for so long. Best $12 I've ever spent.
Condor Posted January 19, 2018 #117 Posted January 19, 2018 This is hard to believe.... 23,500+ views and only 115 replies?? What gives??? I know it's an old thread but..... Com'on...
Poppa Phill Posted May 23, 2020 #118 Posted May 23, 2020 Picked up the 87 last year and it had a ton of issues. wouldnt start etc, Came here a bunch of times reading stuff. went all in on the first day, Loving every minute, best $12 investment on the planet!!!
jeromeb Posted May 24, 2020 #119 Posted May 24, 2020 Just curious. How did you find this site? My RSV is the first bike I've owned in 35 yrs. This was after weighing my wants and needs with the dollar amount I had to deal with. (Fixed income means smart dollar being spent.) The search began by Youtube and rider opinions etc. Venture Riders showed up in the search. The result was a 2009 RSV and a membership with riders. I'm a happy guy.
Patch Posted May 25, 2020 #120 Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) I was send here to monitor. Crash landed. Waiting for @Flyinfoof to repair my millennial warp drive. In the meantime I thought this a good place to practice my communication skills while keeping an eye on Fools weather technology! I am one of several aliens of the group. Here is the full story: Edited May 25, 2020 by Patch
Poppa Phill Posted July 23, 2020 #122 Posted July 23, 2020 I stumbled in here the same day I brought the Burgundy Lady home looking for fixes and such things as make the bike work vrs being a ground mounted paperweight! Google Pointed the way..
Allen Clark Posted October 12, 2020 #124 Posted October 12, 2020 I found this place using Google, and so far I am enjoying the topic on this forum.
Popsnana19655 Posted October 12, 2020 #125 Posted October 12, 2020 Seen the bike on Craigslist really cheap. We were looking for at goldwings. Like how it looked but no #2 gear. Looking up how hard it was to repair. Seen some of Puc Puc youtube post he talked about VR forum. Anyway I asked about repairing and the price kept dropping. Was getting a scared. Told buy it and skip 2 gear. 3/10/2020. We love the bike. Put over 6k miles on her. Now she is on the stand with a milkshake. But we will definitely fix her.
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