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Look at your Politicians. The VAST MAJORITY are Lawyers.

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Better at milking than a dairy farmer. I was told once by a retired awyer friend of my father's that many laws or rules are created by the lawyers themselves for their own benefit, more then for the benefit of the people.

So much for saying that a Venture will run on anything, of course being 10 years old shows that the owner is a real, honest to goodness Dutchman.

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Well now, you forced me to google Aspen 4 to find out what it is. So you made me learn something.

I just purchased a mud tray. Drill a few holes in the bottom and put aluminum foil over it if needed. Need to try adding a few more holes in the side. I've picked them up at home depot for $5 - $10. Never thought about using Pellets in it though. I've used oak, hickory, pecan, apple etc. Even tried osage orange. Found this a little helpful.

Here’s 55lbs of ribs being smoked for July 4th party.

Plain n simple to me is the best brisket. We get real creative on pork butts and loins. We dry rub with an array of ingredients and smoke em the same way. We never and I mean NEVER let our ribs touch boiling water like some. Now southern BBQ sauce is altogether different. Vinegar based, spiced up, and scrumptious.

I managed dealership service depts for 25/years. It’s a money maker for them and has no positive impact for passenger cars and trucks

Low, slow, consistent temp, The mantra of southern BBQ’rs. Smoke at a steady 225* with a pan of water in the smoker to reduce the stall. Cook til 160 internal, pull it and wrap it in foil. Put back in til 200*, pull it and put in a cooler to rest at least an hour. While smoker is warming trim the fat cap to 1/4” or less, trim all other fat and silver skin off. Rub brisket with mustard for a binder, use salt and black pepper for the seasoning. plan for 1hr per pound cook time.

And lawyers who are looking for a buck to be made.

It's not just your Opinion Earl. Ì whole heartedly agree with every word you said. I remember when arguments were quickly solved with bare fists and then sealed over milk and cookies or later a few shared beers. Win or loose it was Quicker and less stressful than involving lawyers for every little thing which they love to drag out forever to fatten their purse and now you have cowards, slandering from behind the skirt commonly known as the internet.

I have I always said that the smartest guy is not the guy who thinks he knows everything but it is the guy who is aware that there is still much to learn.

LOL. I always tell people I don't know everything but I know who to call or can find someone who knows. That's why I refer people here.

I wouldn't mind running into him to set him straight.... but from his attitude what would be the point. ANYWAYS....the point of this thread was to suggest that anyone with a Facebook group supporting Ventures should have a link to venturerider.org and publicly support this forum. Without this forum (and Venturers.org) there would be a definite lack of technical support knowledge. I've yet to see a Facebook group that has the vast array of easy to find documentation that exists here. Kudos to Freebird and all current and past members !

That's him. He was a full member when membership was free. Once Freebird asked for members to pay teenie weenie member fee he couldn't just quit but had to go on major rant. Ran into him at a timmies one time and got an earful from him. I could not get out of there fast enough but not without making a few quick remarks in freebirds defense first.

It’s not just FB that gets their panties in a wad. I was part of a forum that unfortunately was run by liberals. There was a convo about vaccinations and masks. One guy who was a lower admin, I shredded his argument with logic before another senior admin jumped in to help him in his error. The problem was is that these liberals thought that because they were “admin” that their opinion on a subject gave them an unquestionable stance. I’m sorry, but unless you’re dealing with a site policy violation, EVERYTHING an admin says regarding a subject is subject to the same scrutiny as anyone else’s opinion. They didn’t see it that way. Now I’m banned from the site because I wouldn’t cowtow to it. They even lied about a violation I didn’t commit to get me “re-banned” after another admin let me back on. It’s sad and their loss. They even went so far as to block my IP address, so regardless that I can’t post anything, I can’t even look at the site! Talk about petty!

Yup....that's the guy that a number of us have had run in with. Think the admin's name is Sonny. Sorry to say but he is a Canadian out of Hamilton Ontario - bad example of Canadians, eh. He was a short term free member here and scavenged some documentation. Facebook is "free" and like you said he makes profit from advertising but has a hard on for spending $1 per month to get (mostly) intelligent and experienced information. We all know that Freebird doesn't have this site to become rich.

Your not far from wrong. I see a bunch of whining babies that don't understand the concept of 'your siting on a hot engine with a can of gas between your legs'. I've been kicked from the one guys page so I registered with my wife's account and posted that he was making more from the ads on FB than @Freebird made on the $12 per year and he need to leave his butt hurt attitude out of the site. It opened a can of worms before he deleted the thread and kicked almost 20 people from the group. There are more FB pages that are a waste of the precious time we have. All they want to do is complain about the GPS, the SVTC is too hot etc etc. I just leave those groups within a few minutes of reading comments. And, . . . . I always recommend people to come here. I tell them it's one of the few sites where you get excellent knowledge access for all 3 generations of the Venture. Only the one guy had a problem with that.

I'm on ventureriders.org and venturers.org. Both groups have good people and a ton of information. We're all bikers and as a rule bikers are not, generally speaking, thin skinned. That being said, you couldn't pay me to use Fascist book.

I referred a new owner here on FB this week, he showed up here the next day. I haven’t got kicked off yet. I’m not on the guy’s site you mentioned.

One of my other favorite past times on other sites when answering questions, especially when I really cant help a person in need is responding with "go ask the GURU's on VR,,, if they cant fix it no one can".

I post get togethers here, not on Facebook. I'd rather go to vr.org rather than Facebook any day ! Besides...all the important people are here.

One of the facebook groups was started by a very dis-enchanted ex VR member. Seems after all these years bad mouthing VR is still his number one priority. So sad.

I drilled a hole to take a sleeve large enough to accommodate an, I believe, 5/16 or 3/8th bolt, whatever the wheel inside diameter was. I then welded that in place and got at least a grade 8 bolt. The wheel came from a caster that I got at Northern Tool or someplace like that. The hardest part was centering the hole to where I got the proper clearance from the bottom of the foot to the bottom of the mounted wheel of about 1/8th inch. I did not put a wheel on with a bearing because just a little grease will do fine. The bolt I used had an unthreaded area that was about the width of the wheel. I also used a locking nut and a thin spring washer to keep from rattleing. RandyA

Years ago I took 1/2 inch out of each leg of the center stand and it makes it a lot easier to get it up. A half inch out of the stand is like putting the bike rear tire on a one inch plank. I also put a steel wheel on the outside of the right leg and on smooth concrete I can spin the bike around by placing two fingers on the side of the trunk and pushing slightly. The wheel is about 1/8th lower than the foot. I tend to run as low of air as I can with out the bike bottoming out in the rear shock because of being inseam challenged, so this works best for me. RandyA