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Make the plans and God willing, I will show up. I am so looking forward to getting back in the groove of riding and socializing with other riders.

Sounds like fun. I'll give it an early yes. Been in the area before and wouldn't mind going back. Not to far from there this weekend, we're in Paris, TN helping B2Dad celebrate his 75th birthday this weekend.

WOWZY WOW WOW WOW!!

Robin says yes! so I guess I have to show up too. You might want to check with Don to see if he is going to plan a maintenance day for June so the dates don't over lap.

GREAT -----THANKS A LOT----- now you got me thinking if I remembered to re-install the washer or not on the oil change I just completed. Sometimes when you've done things so often, you just go through the motions. Odds are if I pull it back apart I will find I did and if I leave it until next oil change I will find I left it out

Sounds like a great idea. Lisa and I would like to attend if you can work it out.

sounds great thanks

I ride almost 800 miles to the WNY rally, 550 to Freebird’s, and trying to fit Vogel in my schedule at 350 miles. I don’t know how many can/will travel this far. If we can get the turnout it can be anything from an MD type thing at my place to a rally. Lots of good riding here for short rides or long, we can plan a tour of the Hannigan factory, or just sit around and eat and tell stories (assuming the border is open). TN highway 232 (West TN Dragon) is 30 minutes away. Ky lake is well known for bass and crappie fishing, 20-30lb catfish caught regularly with occasional up to 80 lb. May/June cats are biting from the bank. Civil war fort and history nearby.

How did I know you were going to say that?

A '91 we would refer to as a 1st gen MKII. '83 thru '85 are the original 1200cc motor (MKI) '86 thru '93 are the 1300cc motor and a body style change (MKII)

We have had a saying here at VRO, plan it, and they will come. Give plenty of notice on the date so folks can work their schedules. If 1 other rider shows up, it's a success 👍

Glad you’re back in the saddle again! As Gene Autry or Aerosmith would say. Do yourself a favor, tuck away any pride and take an MSF course. I took a five year hiatus between business travel and moving but got back into it again last year. Dusting off my old steed and buying my Venture, I took an experienced rider course and was very thankful, it’s amazing what you forget. Might even get you some reprieve from the sisters 😀

Welcome back Steve, know what you went thru, mine was just an 8 point buck I gave a ride to. Quit takin' the prozac the doc stuck me on a couple yrs ago, now gettin' my brain back into wanting to ride more. Good luck in getting your riding legs back under ya!

Hey Steve good to see you back.

Welcome back brother 👍

I don't see how that is supposed to work. It looks like its just glued to the ceiling as I see no bolts and were are are the lift cables and winch.

VERY important to have 10-15% tongue weight.

The tongue measured from axle to ball should be 1.5 to 2 times the width of the axle. You look to good there. Weight distribution is also critical to get the proper tongue weight. The location of the axle to the rest of the trailer is irrelevant.

Yeppers @AGrengs,, we/I did exactly that for years!! Got to the point though that I simply can not do the carb and such upkeep because of my hands/health.. Matter of fact, I sold out all my mopeds/scooters and also our Honda 250 Helix this spring and applied the proceeds toward E-Bikes. I/we trail rode our Helix two up as well as street rode it.. It would do 70 on the Highway no problem and was remarkably trail worthy. We also did the Honda CT-70 routine,,, with moped stickers on them they were wayyyyy fun!! I still have my sons 1971 CT70 (his 8th birthday present) and my daughters 68 CT90 (her 8th birthday present) in the basement but all the others are gone. An FYI,, we did have numerous Chinese made 50cc and 150cc scooters/mopeds thru the year going all the way back to the early 2000's when China introduced them to the U.S. market.. I was picking them for $85 brand new back then and selling them for $450.. Those were/are remarkably durable machines imho. Cool thing was the price of parts - new carbs for $8, brake parts kits for $6, complete drive train including engine for $70. If you go that route for something to beat on try to land something with the GY6 drivetrain.. Those proved to be most versatile in my experience.. I sold one years ago to a neighbor who put over 20k miles on hers.. Pretty cool considering how inexpensive they were.. Main thing with them is to keep a close eye on oil level if you run long distance at speed as their oil capacity is tiny and they,, as all 4 stroke motors do tend to aspirate small amounts of oil and even a 1/2 ounce can make a huge diff in engine longevity.. Word to the wise so to speak

I've been replacing the lights with LED. I did the turn signal relay a little different than the write up: I cut out a section with dremel cut-off to better access the jumper: This made it easier to solder the leads: Then I epoxied the housing:

New stator, stator gasket, forward bevel gear gasket, oil filter, fresh 15/40 dino oil, hard wired stator, new battery, new tie wraps holding side covers on, rear tire @ 45 psi, front tire @ 42 psi, checked brakes for stick calipers, toggled kill switch to fill the bowls, choke on, hit starter,, moved choke to half choke when she fired up to keep from blackening plugs while I walked inside to tell Tip I was going for a test ride. Volt gauge bounced right up to 14.5 volts when touching throttle. Was greeted with pure V-4 torque when nailing throttle in 5th gear at 35 mph and ran solid up to 90 like a good running V-4 should. No hesitations or misses, just pure V-4 elegance from bottom to top. Headed to HD shop on this, Tweeks maiden April 24, 2021 spring test ride to see if any of my HD riding buddies were out braving the cold. Tweeks was greeted with the usual WOWZY WOW WOW - now THAT is a touring bike.. Lots of admirers as I admired the gorgeous 20 or 30 HD's sitting in the lot. Felt sooooo good to be back in the saddle, indescribably delicious to say the least.. Summer cant get here soon enough IMHO...

Took it off the work table, and went for my 1st ride of the season. A little later than I normally would begin riding but the more I worked on it the more little things I found that either needed to be or may as well address. including top set polishing removed parts on the buffing wheels I mounted on my wood turning lathe, while they were off the bike.This of course led to having to remove and buff parts that I initially intended not to bother with but once you start bring some aluminum pieces up to a chrome like finish, the ones you were just going to let go look even worse. So off they come and to the make shift polishing station they go. Swapped out rusty chrome crash bars with a good looking set I salvaged from an 87 I stripped down for parts and all this being fitted in with refurbishing a hard top camper that belonged to my son. Thanks to my big mouth I stuck my foot right into a cowpuc ( pun intended @cowpucLOL ). and got myself elected to do the work. But that is another story.

My work in progress 89 vr Drilled in a bunch of leds into the reflectors on the back last night and bench wired them over lunch Added a full strip on the top reflector as a third brake light and two small strips as running lights. Plan on wiring them in on the trailer circut.

What I did to my venture today.... Gave her a bath after finishing a 5- day, 1900 mile road trip! BTW, does anyone else ever think about selling all other worldly possessions and spending the rest of your life just seeing the country on your Venture???? Couldnt stop thinking how awesome this is! Photos from middle of nowhere(northeast corner of New Mexico, Hiway54). Small town with three buildings, one of which was this tired old service station. After snapping a few pics, curiosity got the better of me & I had to peer in the garage bay windows. I was floored by what was inside!