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Wish that lop eared Carbon_One varmint would of invented an adapter for the 1st Gens,,,,, if ya had one of those on that prize table at MD this year I would pull the old "hey you guys,, LOOK at the pond monster" routine while I lured the adapter into Tweeks saddle bag next to the left over fried chicken legs:big-grin-emoticon:

They fought for the land of freedom and then lived the way of life they fought to protect!!! AWESOME POST HERE that I copy/pasted @luvmy40 - THANK YOU serving and for sharing!!!

Proper salemenship code must read differently in Zona cause around these parts its customary to not let the customer know about add-on and hidden fees until they have paid for the product and taken a sip (makes the product non returnable - we also follow USDA rules to the letter)... It's ok though Vaz,,,, after a short time of hangin with Tip, Tweeksis and I and you'll catch on to our way of life up here:stirthepot:

OUTSTANDING POST HERE .40!!!! Hope you dont mind but I just cannot let this one go by without a follow up = I HAVE TO COPY/PASTE THIS OVER IN THE WATER HOLE!!!!! By the way,, THANK YOU for your service in protecting our way of life brother!! Also by the way,,, did you know you can get one those club honor badges by simply requesting one so all members far and wide will know that you proudly served?

,,,,, what da heck,,,, I will take one on the chin for all V-4 lovers past, present and future and risk repeating myself in the hope that Mom Yam may be listening here instead of to her faithful Strat riders this time (nothin wrong with the Strats,, they just arent Ventures IMHO): """"I have been a Yamaha enthusiast for many many years and they have proven to me over and over again that they are TOPS!! Owned a couple early YZ monoshock MX bikes way back and they were AWESOME!! My little RD350 and RD250 (remains still in my basement) were giant killers - proving Yamaha's superiority in R&D!! My 73 XS650 beat across the country with me on its back several times, chopped it and rode it many more miles until sold. Bought a brand new 650 Special, AWESOME "cloned" mini Harley that saw the west too!! My faith in mother Yamaha has been proven 5 times over by my continual riding of the 1st Gen Ventures starting in 1987 until present day with my 83 that has almost 300k on it!! Fact is, folks at Yamaha, I AM READY FOR THE NEXT PHASE!! All that said, here is my feeble wish list: 1700cc V-4 "V-Max" motor.. Detune it if you must (just like before) but please,, dont do another V-Twin - got enough of em.. You guys can do it,, I KNOW YOU CAN!! Shaft drive! EFI with a tunable tuner - even if its an add on - please provide one so we can tune it!! LED lighting. Engine guarding and saddle bag guarding. Adjustable bars like on the first gen. Factory tank and windshield bags. Fixed Fairing. Get the same Doctors who advised you on constructing the seat of the 1st Gens (cant remember what you call those guys) to advise you on this one - my kids, wife and I LOVE what they did!! Keep the seat height difference between the rider and passenger no more than 3 inches (2 is great) - raising the passenger higher causes weight imbalance and makes slow speed riding harder. Ease of removal of the trunk(s) for changing rear tire. Center stand. Forward boards with normal foot pegs located rearward so standing up while riding is still possible, shift and brake levers at both locations (no heal toe please). Hand warmers. Key removable rear trunk and bags. Grease zerks on all main pivot points. High output stator even though it has LED's. Double check the gear sets in the tranny and make sure they ramp up solidly. Oversized clutch to insure NO slippage in high gears with xtra weight. 42 millimeter front fork tubes with progressive springs. Imbed reflective tape (or use reflective paint) in paint lines (like pin striping) so all profiles of bike light up when grazed by car lights. Add a large foot onto side stand - tired of bending over to pick up stand plate after parking on loose ground. Explore which tire sizes are the most common and build around those standards so tire choices and finding them are easy. Remember those long grips you used on the first gens? Use those, I love bending them back onto my knees. Enclose the motor well to keep ANY objectional heat off both riders BUT - use lots of venting with plenums to act as heaters when needed. Windshield it so the rear rider remains in the protective air pocket - functional vents in shield and fairing to adjust air movement if needed (hey,, could be asking for servo operated shield but I dont care for more things to go wrong). 6 speed Over drive tranny. Use GOOD solder, especially with ECU pins. QC the daylights out of it! DONT go cheap and trust the Chinese!! Dont short us on wire harness leads so wiring is tight - xtra 1/4 inch really helps!! Make fairing panels easy to remove but not so they fall off. Supply printable shop manual disc and printed well written owners manual. Supply GOOD factory tire pressure guage. Chrome is out for me, I LOVE dull stainless (like the pipes on the "New" V-Max),, matter of fact,, build mine with no rustable chrome and all dull stainless!! Intercom, CB and radio would be nice.. Keep the tape deck. OK, if you REALLY are reading this and you like what I am talking,, PLEASE make mine just a little faster in stock form than anyone elses.. Not that I would ever use the extra pazzaazz but I have buddies that I gotta compete with and just KNOWING I have the fastest one would be worth an extra grand to me I KNOW you can do it!! Keep the faith mother Yamaha - I AM!! Puc"""" 2019: The Return Of The Jet Eyed

Hey ya lop eared varmint,,, ya want focus in your video watching turn on something from Hollywood but if you want pure craziness,,, your ol friend the Pucster is the one to watch:moon: Love you too brother!! Puc

Your nickname is "Gas"?? Never knew that,,, here I been calling ya Ty all this time....

I totally get that Yamster as I am from the Great Lakes region too BUT Mom Yam did give the new scoot star billing as a Trans Continential touring bike and I am sure that there are folks (myself included) that take that title to mean that the new Venture will be at least as capible as the older versions of handling the tour those warmer regions should the rider be so inclined to tour such areas.. Personally,, I LOVE the desert and consider CTFW across it on a yearly basis the very heartbeat of touring a motorcycle - especially when it's in all it's +100 degrees glory and so dry that not even 1 moskeetoe can survive= no bugs allowed!!

Funny you mention this Bog,,,,,, I just noticed my membership with that group of lop eared VR varmints club is about to expire and was thinking of putting up a lemonaide stand on the route to MD just north of you to see if I could come up with the quick cash to pay my dues. If you happen to end up taking the Northern route to go South east to Dons and notice a couple old guys (gotta friend I am riding with who has a GPS so we dont get lost), a pretty lady, a normal bike and then a homely one covered in stickers in the ditch selling lemonaid = STOP and buy a cup = it's only $12 a cup (may as well make enough to cover future dues too).. Ride safe and see ya in Oberlin!! Puc

The little lop eared varmints gotta go in for tubes in the ears, adinoids out and possible tonsil removal this Friday.. If you think about him, please lift him up in prayer and/or share some thoughts about him sending him some love.. He's a fun little varmint that his grandpa wishes I could take this surgery for - wonderful thing this being a Grand Pappy is!!! THANKS IN ADVANCE FOLKS!!!! Puc This is an old vid,,, the little Junior VR member is wayyyyy into walking by his own self now but you'll get the point of what I mean by PURE PRECIOUSNESS by this... Prayers Up Birdie!!

If you go to 22 seconds in the video below you can clearly see the floorboards Mom Yam had on early demo bikes out in Sturgis = August of last year.. Are these the same as yours American or are they as you were thinking = "square boards"?

I actually think my tire wear has more to do with high speed desert travel on high high temp tarmac than wear from off roading Chief.. I only say that because it is customary and common for me to find my rear tire gathered in the form of dust smeared all over my saddle bags after touring thru areas like Needles California to Vegas, Death Valley, Area 51, Big Bend Texas, Arizona south of the south rim, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and on and on.. Just my take from my experience... I never really noticed any form of unusual wear from off roading them...

I certainly cant speak for anyone other than myself but I have a hunch that the big question about heat issues revolve around a couple of criteria.. One of those is how the new Venture is going to function in higher Ambient temps (+90) as found when touring in area's like the deep south or the western states during the summer time.. I think the second criteria has to do with handling traffic jams and the like when the engine is getting no air movement across its cooling fins - this especially being the case in those same area's subject to regular everyday normal tempts well over 90 degrees ambient. In the end,, I suspect that due to the overwhelming comments being made now by folks who own and are riding this new wonder scoot and clearly seeing absolutely no evidence of any form of heat issues for themselves or their passengers (backing up what Mom Yam has been saying all along, that she had found a way to completely do away with the heat problems associated with past air cooled big twins) that in due time we will see video proof of someone taking the temps of the bike and the rider/passengers legs and feet with an infra red thermometer as suggested by numerous folks to add varifiable science into this debate.. After reading all the comments about no heat issues being found I truly look forward to that day and anxiously await the proof positive that Mom Yam really truly did do for the push rod air cooled V-Twin that which no one else in engine history has been able to do!! Exciting times to say the least!!

,,, heyyyy Tip,, LOOK WHAT DA CAT DRAGGED IN - IT'S THE ECKSTERRR!!!! Missed ya brother!!! Hope all is well down yonder and THANK YOU for the wisdom of the South found here!! Coming to MD?? Feeling better here every day and have full intent and a double :fingers-crossed-emo to make it down there this year!! Would be honored to shake your lop eared varmint paw if your headed up!!!! Puc

Nahhh,,, I figured drilling a hole thru the dash to bust that little red one eyed monster was more trouble than it was worth (and probably let water in and create other more serious issues) so I just taped over the thing on the outside.. Kind of cool too because late at night,, after "magic hour" and just when we were tired of riding 16 or 18 hours and covering a thousand miles or so,,, that little red one eyed monster could still be seen trying to peek around the tape..... Coulda made a bigger patch of tape but I sort of enjoyed teasing em...

:scratchchin:Sooo,,, with all that extra torque,,,, what about just taking off in 5th gear all time?? Now that I am riding a 1st Gen with a 2nd gear in it,, I am shocked at how easily it handles launching in 2nd,,,, seems like this new one should do 4th or 5th gear stop/starts with no problem and forget all that shifting? I spent some time driving truck and I know from experience that using those lower gears wasnt even necessary if ya didnt have 40 ton on your back,, does the same rule apply here?

Got cha,, so it's faster/quicker if you shift at 15 mph in 1st, 25 in 2nd, 40 in 3rd, 55 in 4th and 70 in 5th??? Just seems like a lot of shifting compared to what I am used to coming off a 1st Gen that loves to run up to 70 in 2nd or my sport bike that will pull 105 in 1st gear (to get back to the comparison Joe was making.. I am a little confused (TOTALLY NOT UNUSUAL) by the whole torque thing I know,,, my little 1200cc putzy non torquey V-4 will also climb her butt right out of a non downshifting 35 mph 5th gear crawl while loaded down with 2 people and packed to the gills for touring without so much as a glitch and find its way over the hill to 100 mph... I just dont see the connection between needing to pull and shift like I am riding a semi truck tractor on a motorcycle I guess... By the sounds of things,,, I think i better grab my camera and go hunt down another SVTC demo so I can experience sport mode first hand

Yamster,, I personally LOVE your enthusiam and way with words.. Years ago we had a member here who went by the name of "Miles" who you totally remind me of.. I used hunt our forums for his awesome ride reports - frankly,, the guy,, like you, was amazing and it showed in his reporting too .. THANK YOU for joining up here and revitalizing the true spirit of our sport in a way,, IMHO, not seen sense those awesome days when Miles tantalized our club with his awesome adventures!!!! Looking forward to many many more of your awesome reporting!! Puc

So in sport tour mode,, this attached video is 100% different in its speed in each gear and its power delivery in each one? Will it stand on it's back wheel if you bang 2nd gear in sport mode and/or do so by just wicking up the throttle (like I assume your sport bike would?).. Sounds like a TON of fun Yamster!!! Sounds like you REALLY need to snap on a go pro and record some of you adventures = what you describe would make for some AWESOME YouTube fun!!!!

Years ago, on one of my 400 dollar, short shift thru the blown 2nd gear, earlier 1st Gens I ran out the last 200k miles of its life with a hunk of black electrical tape over that flashing red light cause I decided it was more fun to ride the thing then it was to play hide and seek with Murphy and his little tea party with his band of road gremlins inside the electrical system of that old scoot:7_2_104[1]:

WOWZY WOW WOW WOW Yamster,,, THAT indeed sounds flat out INCREDIBLE!!!! I know from comparing the difference between my R1 and my loaded up 1st Gen(s) on high speed hair pins that just the centrifical force differences between the weight of the two machines really effects how hard you can push the heavier 1st Gen - basically,,, if you dont slow down A LOT compared to the more sport bike oriented R1 you will be tossed off the outside edge of the road like a kid trying to eat a candy bar while riding a fast spinning merry go round. Sounds like Mom Yam really is onto something here!!!!!!!!!

,,,,,,,,,, the ONLY place in all that where I personally even started to get cornfused was the part where you said "trust me"... Maybe it's cause the last time I did that I ended up having to dig out from under 10' of 100% pure Wisconsin White Wash and that really was not that much fun:missingtooth:... Maybe I need to work on my anti grudge holding device some here and know that I can trust my neighbor once again and be rest assured in knowing that 10' drift was just an accident and he will never ever do that again!!

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Thinking Gary may be talking about a 2nd Gen here XV... I only say that cause I know that due to the tendency of the 1st Gen's to easily reach Max Q, Mom Yam spent an extra amount of time and effort designing the windshield mount on the 1st Gen so long before this could happen, the pilot of the 1st Gen would see other parts go flying past them on their way to possibly damage heat shields needed for re-entry as a warning that something was terribly and dangerously wrong. Hey Gary,,, glad your OK!!!!!!!!!

But if ya take the difference here and invest in the lift adapter for your bike and use it with care - think of the future fun you can have ripping your bike apart and saving cash while doing so brother.. It's the old "teach your brother to fish routine",,,,, which I TOTALLY subscribe to - I just want to do everything I can do to make sure my brother and friend comes back from the fishin trip in one piece