What did you do to your venture today?

[dueyk1111]

like the look of those. would you be willing to make more of those and sell them? i would take a pair!!!!

[saddlebum]

Finally finished the repairs and repaint to the left side and rolled it out of the garage for a trial run around the neighborhood. Tomorrow I hope to get the insurance back on bike.

[Marcarl]

3 minutes ago, saddlebum said:

Finally finished the repairs and repaint to the left side and rolled it out of the garage for a trial run around the neighborhood. Tomorrow I hope to get the insurance back on bike.

Looks clean and SHINY!! Nice goin'

[saddlebum]

My makeshift paint booth

[saddlebum]

6 minutes ago, Marcarl said:

Looks clean and SHINY!! Nice goin'

I had no choice. I knew If left the rest dirty I would not hear the end of it. But thank you just the same.

Edited July 4, 2023 by saddlebum

[saddlebum]

Today I renewed the insurance and lic plate and rode it to work.

Edited July 4, 2023 by saddlebum

[Marcarl]

30 minutes ago, saddlebum said:

Today I renewed the insurance and lic plate and rode it to work.

You WORK?

[saddlebum]

Hey @Marcarl  FYI!   It's hard work handing out repair orders. 1- you have to pick up the phone and page a tech to the office, 2- you have to lift a piece of paper known as a repair order off the desk and hand it to him, sometimes even explain it to him. ( if your lucky you get time to catch your breath between 1 & 2 ). 3 you got to tilt the chair back so you can rest up for for the next time you have to execute 1&2. Sometimes it gets really rough you have to answer the phone to answer silly customer questions like (when do think my truck will be ready) 

Edited July 5, 2023 by saddlebum

[Marcarl]

22 hours ago, saddlebum said:

Hey @Marcarl  FYI!   It's hard work handing out repair orders. 1- you have to pick up the phone and page a tech to the office, 2- you have to lift a piece of paper known as a repair order off the desk and hand it to him, sometimes even explain it to him. ( if your lucky you get time to catch your breath between 1 & 2 ). 3 you got to tilt the chair back so you can rest up for for the next time you have to execute 1&2. Sometimes it gets really rough you have to answer the phone to answer silly customer questions like (when do think my truck will be ready) 

You didn't say anything about lifting a cup, or going to fill it, or going to the throne,,, or actually getting there in the first place.. You have it soft, I tell ya.

[saddlebum]

On 7/6/2023 at 9:24 AM, Marcarl said:

You didn't say anything about lifting a cup, or going to fill it, or going to the throne,,, or actually getting there in the first place.. You have it soft, I tell ya.

That's because I am far too busy monitoring the air conditioning unit in my office to get involved with those other issues but they are on my list of things to get around to when time allows.

[Marcarl]

2 hours ago, saddlebum said:

That's because I am far too busy monitoring the air conditioning unit in my office to get involved with those other issues but they are on my list of things to get around to when time allows.

Got a call from your boss. He was wondering if I knew anything about what you do all day. I sent him your list and he was pleased that the AC was on the list and he is looking for a 'wireless' coffee refill cup for you.

[saddlebum]

On 7/7/2023 at 12:01 PM, Marcarl said:

Got a call from your boss. He was wondering if I knew anything about what you do all day. I sent him your list and he was pleased that the AC was on the list and he is looking for a 'wireless' coffee refill cup for you.

[saddlebum]

Took my bike out for its 1st out of town ride since getting it back on the road. Guess what!

[Marcarl]

5 hours ago, saddlebum said:

Took my bike out for its 1st out of town ride since getting it back on the road. Guess what!

Guess you went the wrong way again!!

 

[MrLube]

Took my '05 RSTD for a rip with Granddaughter.

Just replaced clutch with help from skydoc_17.

Really hooks up now. Way better giddy up and go from stop. No more slipping. 

This site has been great. Just became subscribed member.

Are there members from Manitoba here? How would I find out besides asking here?

 

Cheers

[Skid]

Not the Venture, but I got new flag poles and mounts on the Ultra. I had to get the mounts that attached underneath the rack 

[Marcarl]

9 hours ago, MrLube said:

Took my '05 RSTD for a rip with Granddaughter.

Just replaced clutch with help from skydoc_17.

Really hooks up now. Way better giddy up and go from stop. No more slipping. 

This site has been great. Just became subscribed member.

Are there members from Manitoba here? How would I find out besides asking here?

 

Cheers

Hopefully I got this right:

Go to the search on the top bar of your screen, drop down menu to members. Put nothing in the box. Goto search 'more search options' and enter only the province. Voila!

[RDawson]

12 hours ago, MrLube said:

Took my '05 RSTD for a rip with Granddaughter.

Just replaced clutch with help from skydoc_17.

Really hooks up now. Way better giddy up and go from stop. No more slipping. 

This site has been great. Just became subscribed member.

Are there members from Manitoba here? How would I find out besides asking here?

 

Cheers

Welcome to the greatest Venture site around. Go to the drop down menu and click community map, blow it up and zoom to your area to find members. 

[BratmanXj]

Over the weekend I finally had some down-time to address my power draw and charging issues on my '99 RSV.

Ordered an ignition switch bypass relay off this forum.  Pull the tank to find the switch harness connector ground pin half melted.  Cut the end off and shrink-connector the relay harness into place.  Pull the ignition switch and open it up to polish the contacts.

I was getting barely 12v of charging at 2,500 rpm with the radio & spot lamps turned off.  Orders a Rick's High Output stator and some new gaskets back in May that have been sitting on the bike seat for 2 months now.  Pulled the left side appar to find 1/2 of the stator epoxy heat-hardened and flaking off. Buddy comes by to help me remove the harness bolts inside the side cover (15 min where I needed 4 hands) then drinks all my beer.... It starts to rain so he leaves his Harley Ultra and takes my car home.

Next morning I'm buttoning up the bikes and figure I'll check his bike over with my routine.  Front tire at 26psi and rear at 22psi.  This apple didn't fall far from his father's tree, who never did anything until his vehicles broke.  I send him a text giving him grief and he responds with the following pictures from is Road Star Warrior where the rear tire stem blew apart when he attempted to check that bike's tire pressure!

So my Venture is mostly back together, no power draw with the ignition off and 13.5v at 2,000 rpm with the radio on.  I'm still fighting to get the master cylinder primed after a rebuild, the piston face had a nasty groove that would bind on the brake lever pin.  As for my buddy, there's a set of D404s on order for the Harley ('10 & '13 date codes on his tire) and Shinko Verge for the Warrior.

[luvmy40]

I sold my '86 to my Daughter's fiancé today. Sorry to see it go but I just don't haver room for two anymore.

 

Bye, bye Beauty!

[Marcarl]

2 hours ago, luvmy40 said:

I sold my '86 to my Daughter's fiancé today. Sorry to see it go but I just don't haver room for two anymore.

 

Bye, bye Beauty!

Somebody got a REAL NICE scooter.

[rpep1982]

I rode my 89 like I stole it!

[larrydr]

I sold my 83 Venture ...  Even if the mind wants to do things you used to do and your body says no ....We all will have to down size at some point in our life  

[RDawson]

Found a flat rear tire, puncture in the middle of the tread. Pulled the wheel to find the pumpkin dumping gear oil. 🤬🤬🤬. New tire mounted and waiting for new bearings and seals for the final drive. All right before Vogel. 

[saddlebum]

On 8/6/2023 at 8:44 AM, RDawson said:

Found a flat rear tire, puncture in the middle of the tread. Pulled the wheel to find the pumpkin dumping gear oil. 🤬🤬🤬. New tire mounted and waiting for new bearings and seals for the final drive. All right before Vogel. 

I feel your pain Brother I am replacing the back tire as we speak, which of course ruined any plans I had to ride this weekend. Came back from walking the dog on Thur when suddenly my line of vision was drawn towards the rear tire of my bike to note a big lengthwise split in my rear tire (a split not a cut) and probing it revealed it was separating from the cord as well. The tire still had better than 50% tread and was new in 21. As well it spent the past year sitting on my lift in the garage. This is the third set of Dunlop's I had to replace before its time. The first set (E3's) I replaced because the bike suddenly started to slide sideways on highway ramps despite still having 30% tread, the rubber just got hard. The second set E4's developed a bad case of hair line side wall cracks to numerous and deep to feel comfortable about. And now this second E4 with the 2 1/2 " split to the cord down the inside of one of the grooves. BTW it too was starting to get slippery in the turns, so maybe seeing the split was a blessing. In any case I am done with high end Dunlop's if any thing I would go back to the 404. However I decided to give the SHINKO 777 a try since they seem to have a good following on this site.