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Yep,,, and that @VentureFar (how ya been Neil?) brother of mine is one stand up, Iron Buttin, far ridin kinda of varmint who still believes in the old school idea that to really get to know a scoot ya gotta ride er out for more than a couple miles. IMHO,, his unbiased thoughts and opinions shared in that report should be paid very close attention to if a person is considering purchasing a new Venture..

Gary,,, is there a chance you could tell us what kind of ambient tempts you were running in and whether or not you were successful in aquiring some stop and go backed up traffic like you went looking for to test the Venture's capabilities in heat management in real life touring occurences?? Having not had the opportunity to shake down one of the new Wings yet I still have that testing to look forward to so my opinion on the Wing is pointless BUT,, for all the good/bad/ugly I have read about it, I truly think you are in for some AWESOME riding out there and wish exactly that for you! Please hang around and keep us updated as you and your new bike get out chasing the front wheel!!

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I just wanted to take a second and wish all you Mothers out there,, regardless of race, color, creed or type of bike you ride, a very very Happy Mother's Day.. THANK YOU for standing by your children thru thick and thin - for without you,, our world and all it has to offer would have been history a long time ago. A lot of lop eared VR varmints of my species here would never guess this but I have a Mom and she actually put up with a lot of guff from me when I was growing up.. I wasn't always the tame, quiet, thoughtful, highly intelligent soul that I am now. There were days - years actually, many of them, that I am sure my Mom would have just as soon shipped me off to a boys school as to look at me but that dear sweet Mother of mine kept it together thru all those years and played a big part in my survival... THANK YOU MOM for being you and for all you did for myself and my 6 siblings too!! P.S. - just wanted to wish Marcarl a very special Mothers Day too. I didnt forget cha Carl,, HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO YOU!! I have been,, and always will be the ONLY person who my Mom would climb on the back of a bike with - talk about Motherly Love...

I once ran cross country with a smoked stator by purchasing a battery charger and hanging a car battery on the side of my bike, disconnecting the lights and running the ignition off battery only.. Worked good,,,, not as good as the one Squidley had waiting for me at his house in Texas when Tweek's stator went though.... Yea,, its hard to outsmart Murph but the old carrying the xtra parts routine does usually prove effective for me too David... One thing about it,, clean socks and shorts are always available a Walmart 24/7 but try to find a Stator or the like while out CTFW - personally,, the maintenance department on my scoot is well stocked when I am heading out for a 2 monther cause me and Murph - we love to ..

Sorry to hear about the loss of your precious Buddy Larry and Joyce... Thinking of and praying for you both as the two of you work thru the grieving process of losing a family member that had only one purpose when he stepped into your lives = to be your friend.. Thanks for fulfilling your calling of being a friend to my friends so honorably Buddy,, you were loved and you will be missed.. Puc

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I gotta get my other hand repaired,, this one handed typing puts me at wayyyy to much of a disadvantage when competing with the likes of Fool!!!!

Yep,,, definitely a good point only dont rely on that logic if riding here in West Michigan cause I know for a fact that our LEO's are human beaners too and they tend to look at speed limits as more of a suggestion than an absolute like the rest of us.. Around here you would be well served to take Freebirds advice on using a gps to check for speedo accuracy.. I never have checked my 1st Gen but after a brief encounter on my 6 speed R1 at 172 tached out in 5th gear I did gps check her speedo and found out it was actually 4 mph slow = DEFINITELY GOOD TO KNOW WHEN RIDING THAT TICKET PRINTING MACHINE!!!!!

Got that right Daws!!! Prayers Up!!! Wish I could have made it down there for DanL's funeral but it just wasn't meant to be.. Out of respect/love for my brother, I am going to do the only other thing I can think of and hold my own personal moment of silence for my friend,, I plan on purposely logging off here from 1pm until 2pm and shutting off the computer.. May sound nuts but if I had my finger on that big internet switch thingy I would shut the whole thing down world wide for that time period (if DanL' was here, he'd smile at cha and say "yea, Puc would actually do that) cause my friend was that special.. Yep,,,, Prayers Up

If ya looked in a Websters under the question of why I always encourage viewers of my goofy YouTube fixit clips to join us here at VR you would find a link to your post above as the answer.. VERY WELL DONE DUEY!!!!

I 100% totally agree with ya Cruise,, when it comes to singing the muscle bike song, nothing on God's green earth carries the tune like the VMax (start at 2:20 to hear Crud doing his part).. While far from being part of his little brother Maggie's R1 litre bike world, those little 1200cc V-boosted V-4 Max's mopped the floor with everything the competition could toss at em (from Magna's to modern V-Rods) and are still Benchmark in both size 1st and 2nd Gen size brackets..

Don't worry none about it my Texas Hero,,, I got enough etiquette to keep us both out of harms way... Besides,, after some of the incorrect comments being made above about who really is the Huggin Master and all that stuff,,,,, I am thinking of holding free on site etiquette and code interpretation classes during the rally that you may find informative and/or entertaining..

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Indeed oh sweet brother of mine, Sir DragonSlayer you did.. DO NOT,, under any circumstances or any condition enter any form of hugging contest with those purdy VR ladies.. Doing so is futile as there is only one Master of Huggitry (aka Puc) and there is no sense in suffering the shame and sheer disappointment of defeat therein.. Now that about covers it..

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There ya go Gary,,, get right into it and go right after it!!! Hopefully you are going to be doing your testing with a passenger onboard and hopefully that passenger has some experience on riding two up = THAT would be awesome,,, icing on the cake so to speak.. Another simple thing that I would suggest is to bring along one of those infra red themometers and take temperature readings of both the bikes heat on items that are near the rider/passenger legs/feet as well as the rider/passenger legs/feet while sitting in one of those traffic back up situations that anyone who attempts a real deal tour is going to encounter.. IMHO,,, putting some real scientific proof by quantifying things would really add to reducing the subjectivity of this debate.. Either way though,, I personally look forward to the report of your encounter.. By the way,, have you ridden the new Wing? I have not but I have heard that Mom Honda positioned the rads on it to actually remove the engine heat and blow it out into the air flow outside of the cockpit.. I have read where riders have stuck their hands outside and into that air foil and they could clearly feel a 2 or 3 inch jet stream (my words) of hot air flowing past them.. Any idea if this is true?

IMHO, I think you pose an often overlooked and very important question here 40. These lop eared MD going varmints are always messin with new riders to MD's minds and I strongly suggest you follow the advice of he who is great and powerful and show in the vid below.. Concerning the real answer to your question: It is customary to bring gifts,,, and very valuable gifts, to give to whoever has the most stickers on their motorcycle. Said gifts in the past have been mundane things like gift ear aches from having to listen to certain members doing this and other more casual gifts like the gift of sleeplessness given by those who snore loudly.. In reading your screen name = Love my 40,,,, I cant help but wonder if that "40" doesnt stand for .40 caliber,,, as in .40 caliber Smith and Wesson.. If this is so,,, I personally would see nothing wrong with sharing that love with the person at MD who shows up on the most stickered covered bike by presenting them with a new handgun chambered in .40 Smith.. I think this would make a great way to celebrate your first MD.. :crackup:

solid truth happening right there.. Been there MANY MANY times... Fact is,, if your gonna tour the west coast or east coast,, your going to face what you describe, only the extreme tarmac heat of the west coast seperates the two... A lot of folks dont realize this but "lane splitting" in California is only allowed in multi lane situations.. Therefore,, lets say your on your way out of Tahoe on a Sunday night and headed toward Placerville - that 4 1/2 hour line of traffic can make a bike get SCREAMING hot in those 105 degree temps and NO lane splitting allowed to get the air moving across the fins. Another real burner often over looked in these types of discussions IMHO has to do with cross winds.. The air blowing cross wise thru those cooling fins on an air cooled scoot can also be a scorcher, especially for the passengers legs/feet.. I wish they would have allowed me to let the SVTC set and idle for 20 minutes next to Tweeksis out at Sturgis last year to somewhat duplicate what you are referring to Gary.. The plan was to do just that and then take temp readings with my infra red on both bikes just to put some scientific truth behind it all.. Unfortunately the factory techs would not allow it.. I still think that until that is done,, Yamaha's claim to having solved the hot air cooled big twin issue (thats what we were told at both Americade and Sturgis) is just as subjective as our debating the subject..

Knowing DanL' that big old paragraph probably included words like: use LOTS of Berrymans or Seafoam or Marvel Mystery Oil or better yet a good combination mixture of the three,,, and then he probably went on to explain how much easier life was when he didnt have to worry about remembering his tent poles when he was riding his Panhead (and no,,, he would say,,, I am NOT talking about the shape of my head that looks uniquely like the inside of one of the Wardens skillets) cause all he had to do was tie his tarp on the seat of that 49 Chopped Pan and sleep under it next to his bike,,,, and of course - somewhere at the end of the paragraph would be something about Fried Chicken Good grief,, what are we gonna do without Yammer Dan,,,:95:

Awe,,, YOU are the greatest Larry:bighug:!!!! I totally appreciate the offer my friend but in all actuality I am all set and got er good to go Larry - thinking that precious Tweeksis will outlast me now. So far this week: Swapped out the Progressive 420 that was under her for a good stock one, new Shinko's front and rear with beads, new brake pads front and rear/cleaned all caliper pistons, replaced worn hub, grease grease and more grease on pivots... Now all we need is some decent weather and its MD and then open the gate and get out the way,,,,, Tip, Tweeksis and Puc are headed to the west coast via,,,,,,, via what ever way the coin toss at the intersections lands I am probably way wrong on this Riv but that dont look like hub damage,, that looks like wheel damage.. IMHO,, it almost looks like someone got aggressive trying to either take the snap ring off or they attempted to knock in back in place with a hammer and snapped the lip that catches the snap ring... At least,, thats what it looks like to me.. Not an extreme emergency IMHO but yea,, I would replace it,, I would find a good used wheel for it,, :backinmyday:one like I got xtra's of:big-grin-emoticon:... I would GLADLY swap ya a good one for a bad one (I would just give ya one but one of these parts bikes without a back wheel on it would be a REAL problem for your old buddy to move around)... ,, I just had an epiphany,,,,,, jump on Walt,,, head to Michigan,,, we can rip the old boy apart in my driveway out in the sunshine (FEELS GREAT being outside working again brother!!) and make the swap right here and it wont cost ya dime!!! I will also set up a Puc's MGnEM so the two of us dont starve = we can survive on 1/3 pound Hot Dogs cant we??!!!!!

He dont feel that cool no more but he dont care and THATS a fact,,,,,,, he's just an old Hippy

Yeppers!! And noppers,, I got no video of the process right now but will gladly put doing so on my to do list and make one in the near future Sky... Wanna hear something crazy about my goofy youtube vids? I have been getting a smattering of hate comments on them but I also have gotten a fair amount of,,, "Heyyyyyyy,,, THANK YOU!! You actually answered a question that has had me wondering for a long time"... Helping people out there you dont even know is really fun!!!

Tweaks is still out seeing the country/world only she is doing it one piece at a time... She IS officially a parts bike,,, a purdy one (purdy worn out) but a parts n pieces machine none the less.. That 87 took off and landed in Wisconsin last I heard.. Two strange looking lop eared varmints with Cheesy smelling breath showed up and took that scoot home with em.. I cant complain much about it though cause I twisted their arms while they were here and got em to take a bunch of my jun,,, I mean a bunch of my bike parts home with em too.. I gotta really good video of the two of em somewhere here,,, I get a second I will see if I can find it and post it and see you recognize em.. One of them kind of reminded me of Yogi Bear (real friendly) and the other one was sort of Ogrely like.....