New Westminster, BC

[SilvrT]

I happened upon a rider today from New West (that's what we call it around here). He was riding a pristine 1984 Venture Royale (a Blondie). He's been on this site but only occasionally, not sure if he's a paid member. He was getting gas and we chatted a bit and when he fired that bike up it purred better than new. Couldn't help drooling over it as it sure brought back memories of my '85 and '87 ... two of the best bikes I've owned aside from the XCT.

 

Didn't catch his name but I expect I'll run into him again one day seeing as we live so close.

[cowpuc]

,, that was my very first Venture!! Bought it out of an estate in 1987 with 20k miles on it - the old guy who bought it new ran it till the stator died - parked it and then passed away leaving the scoot to his daughter. She had no clue what to do with it and it had to go = WOW did me and the kids have a ball wearing out that bike = kids named it "Beeg" which was short for "Big Girl"!!! Here I am now on number 6 with Beeg being the only Blonde we have ever had = LOVED THE BLONDE!! Beeg's side covers have been on all of our scoots since 87 and now have well over 1 million miles on them - they are cracked, old, worn out and look goofy but they are hopelessly filled with endless memories of gorgeous sunrises, flying lit marshmellows being mistaken for UFO's, mountain side roll overs, Grand Canyon deer trails and out running mad Harley riders in the Black Hills with one of my kids screaming "we beat another one Daddy"!!

[cowpuc]

Oh,, sorry,, got so excited when I read "Blondie" I almost missed the point of this whole thread -

Dear Mister 1984 Blonde Yamaha Venture Royal rider in New Westminster B.C. - if you read this, PLEASE sign up for a free trial on the site and post a picture of your bike - eh!! The guy that started this thread knows the forum rules about not posting pictures and he is now facing a ticket and possibly probation if some pictures dont appear!!

Looking forward to seeing and hearing about your bike!

Your friend

Puc

[bongobobny]

Hey Pucster, when I first got my '84 it's first name was "BIG" because after the Honda CX650 I was riding that's exactly what the bike was, BIG!! A few months later it got the name "Goldie"