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Welcome to VentureRider. What started as a simple site for riders of the Yamaha Venture, Royal Star, Royal Star Venture and the Star Venture has turned into so much more than that. Though the great Yamaha Venture motorcycles are still our primary focus, we have many members who have eventually moved on to other brands/models or who have stopped riding altogether but still remain members dud to the lifelong friendships they have made on this site.
Whether you have questions about your bike, looking for parts, or just wanting to talk motorcycles and riding, this is the place to be. Our members are friendly and welcoming to all. My name is Don, Freebird in the forums, and I started this site around 15 or so years ago. I have met many of our members at our various rallies and meets and some I only know from their posts here on the site but am proud to call them friends, brothers, sisters. I like to think of this as our club, not MY club. I try hard to implement features that the members request. It's not always possible but I do try.
This is a subscription based club. You can read messages in most cases but can't post, search, and etc. without becoming a supporting member. We do offer a free 2 month trial however so you are welcome to check us out before paying the small $12.00 per year dues. Upon expiration of your trial membership, you will lose the ability to post messages. At that time, you can click on "Store" and then "Subscriptions" if you wish to continue. We hope you like what you find here. We have few rules but the major ones are no religious debate, no political debate, and no "X" rated content, nudity, dirty jokes, etc. We are a family oriented club so please keep things PG or at least PG-13 rated.
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RDawson 2,019
1 hour ago, Woody said:oh wow did I get full and because not as many showed up we brought enough home for a couple of days.
I made the mistake of hosting the wife’s family dinner, a very small group. I seem to only be able to cook like it’s my family (35-40 people). There’s enough left over for a Venture rally supper. Now we get to go Saturday for the big one, at least we can leave the leftovers at my brother’s house.
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47 minutes ago, skydoc_17 said:
Sorry for the slow reply gents, was out of town, and just got back. Here is the link in the Member Vendor's section.
This kit has the shim tool, picks to remove the shims, About 80 assorted shims and feeler gauges. I also send out a set of new Valve Cover Gaskets, and instructions for a flawless gasket install. Feel free to PM me if I can help. Check out the link for more info about what is in the kit.
Earl.
Hey Earl,
Thank you for the reply, I didn't think to check the member vendors portion! Haven't gotten into this yet as work has been pretty crazy, I have been doing a lot of traveling & I leave again for a week on Dec 4th so likely wont start tearing the front end apart until the middle of Dec but will absolutely PM you if I have any valves out of spec. Would definately love the valve cover gasket install instructions, I have seen quite a few people post about still having leaks after doing the work and that is the last thing I wanna deal with since its fairly time consuming to remove everything in order to get this job done. I do already have gaskets in-hand for the valve covers as I have had this on my to-do list for quite a while and also recently got the 2 twinkie gaskets for preventative measures. Was thinking I would take the carbs apart for a cleaning while out & I have ordered one of Ivan's jet/needle kits as I have heard nothing but good things about them. I am guessing everything else in the carbs will likely look pretty good or at least be easily cleanable since I run ethenol free fuel w/ stabilizer 90% of the time but know from experience that its always a good idea to replace the bowl gaskets. I have done many carb re-builds in the past but have never taken these apart, I do have the gauges to do a carb sync once its all back together. Do you know if the K&L carb float bowl gaskets are good quality? I know 95% of aftermarket stuff for carbs these days are crap. Will post link to the kit I was looking at getting, basically 4) K&L carb kits for $80. I intend to keep this bike long term so I keep doing little upgrades to keep it in top shape. Appreciate you!
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skydoc_17 748
Sorry for the slow reply gents, was out of town, and just got back. Here is the link in the Member Vendor's section.
This kit has the shim tool, picks to remove the shims, About 80 assorted shims and feeler gauges. I also send out a set of new Valve Cover Gaskets, and instructions for a flawless gasket install. Feel free to PM me if I can help. Check out the link for more info about what is in the kit.
Earl.
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Woody 613
oh wow did I get full and because not as many showed up we brought enough home for a couple of days.
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RDawson 2,019
Glad it’s not any worse. I watched Col Steve Austin as a kid, now I think a lot of us are becoming the new $6 million men. I’ve got the screws and anchors in my shoulder and a hardware store in my back according to the X-ray tech a couple weeks ago. This getting old stuff ain’t for sissies 😫
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