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GORGEOUS pics Dav!!!!!!!! Hope your 2000k ride is going just SUPER out there today!! RIDE ON BROTHER - DO US FROZEN LOP EARED VR VARMINTS IN THE STATES PROUD!!!!!!

,,, few more 's on the subject Raggy.. Thinking of hitting up the local car repair scrap bins and seeing if I can score a few worn out brake rotors = PERFECT for hanging from tree branches off in the willies and should give up plenty of "TWANG" when tagged.. Also a whole lot easier to drag around on the scoot for haulin em up when scouting the trail for such an event.. If we do this I will carry my Ruger MK1 with lots of xtra ammo in case some folks dont own a shooter (cant imagine that) and would still like to participate.. Thinking of a proper name for such an outing,,,,,,,, more I think about it,,, I kind of like "Shoot n Scoot" or an I.C.B.M. "Ice Cream Biker Meet" ..

If ya havent done so, may also drop in some new (stock OEM NGK) plugs gapped at 32 thou (especially if you have been Seafoaming it as SeaFoam has a tendency to glaze the plugs IMHO) and unscrew the plug wire caps and ohm out the caps.. Then clip 1/4 inch of wire off the plug wires before screwing the caps back on..

INDEED!! GREAT FIND CAMMY!!! IMHO,, Bruce Brown did a bang up job with On Any Sunday and motorcycling hero's like Malcolm DEFINITELY made it work!! It was a very special time of life back then - way before the tree huggers got wind of all our fun so MX, Harescrambling and BAJA riding happened openly and freely in every small town across the States... Japanese 2 stroke bikes entrance into the dirt world was HUGELY successful partially because of Malcolm and, some may remember this,, those wing dingers even made some AWESOME success in the street bike circles of the day with Yamaha's lil RD350 (the big 4 stroke V-Twin SLAYER) and Kawi's H1 and H2's... Definitely an amazing time to be young and a rider!! Lots of folks may not know this but because of his Native American heritage, later in life Malcolm set up and operated dirt bike excursions on Indian reservation property giving pale face riders a chance to see a side of America that they would never have been able to otherwise.. I got involved with another team of dirt hero's of the day back then.. A family known as "The Penton's", who produced some AWESOME dirt bikes right here in the states.. After some successful racing (USDT) on their part and in producing the Penton line, John (Penton) and family sold out to an Austrian company named (get ready,,, drum rollllllllllllllll) KTM who went on to develop some of the worlds greatest machines known to the dirt world.. Back in the 2000's I got an invitation to speak about the old days at KTM HQ in a place called Amherst Ohio and John gave me a copy of his memoir book which I absolutely treasure to this day.. WOWZY WOW WOW WOW the memories this all brings up.. Thanks Cammy!!!

Besides a sticker I got a sovenier down there one year in the form of a traffic ticket.... Wasnt much later and I thought the city put a complete stop to the rally Skidder (you remember that or is my mind playing tricks on me,,,,,,,, again?)... Didn't know they started it back up...

ROCK N ROLL!!!!!!! Good find Joe!!! Maggie the R1 is waiting for me to spoon some new shoes on her after finding that pencil width wide thread showing thingy in the middle of her rear tire after giving that Corvette the what for a month or so back before 2018's Spring/Summer ended.. That little putt putt is chain driven and my eyes aint what they used to be soooooo = your find here will DEFINITELY come in handy REAL SOON!! Got er ordered = https://www.ebay.com/itm/Motion-Pro-Chain-Alignment-Tool/232482069401?epid=2230703321&hash=item362102db99:g:yWQAAOSwgspZsxKv&vxp=mtr Also picked up a set of this type: https://www.ebay.com/itm/GearWrench-85481-11mm-x-12mm-Indexing-Double-Box-Ratcheting-Wrench/401518516880?epid=1311952920&hash=item5d7c5e5a90:g:8W0AAOSw3fpawlAI And this type: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gearwrench-89106-Ratcheting-Flex-Flare-Nut-Wrench-16MM-X-18MM/391956528832?epid=1339745193&hash=item5b426dfec0:g:mmwAAOSw5ZtaT-xA To add to my never ending speciality tools too... THANKS FOR THE LINK JOE!!

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,,, gotta go see if I can find the following magazine .... Hope I dont have to finish this story from memory cause some of that might be missing too... I do still have the original pictures I took posted on the man cave wall downstairs so I can use those to joggle my pea brain if needed = ol Puc never leaves a story undone!!

Mean while,, like a hound chasing its tail its time to get back on the trail...

Hey Raggy,,, went State land target practicing recently and, in the process,, I got a whole new idea for a Northern Michigan ride called an Ice Cream Shoot... Numerous steel targets (old car rims so they "gong" when hit!!) are placed in strategic state/federal land locations in the Baldwin area.. The group plays follow the leader to each location, range rules will be 5 shots per stop, per target = for safety sake, magazines are left empty and each round is loaded singularly into the breach as the shooter steps up to shoot = hand guns only and caliber dont matter.. 50 cents into "kitty" for each miss hit. End of ride at Jones Ice Cream where Kitty is split between participants.... :duck::duck::duck::duck::duck::duck::duck::biker::biker::biker::biker::biker::biker::biker::biker::biker::fnd_(16)::fnd_(16)::fnd_(16)::ice_awesome-vi46644:ice_awesome-vi46644:ice_awesome-vi46644:ice_awesome-vi46644:fatsmiley:

"Nav"

SAME SAME!!!! Been down playing with the kid,,, get home here only to find @FlyingFool had made a +6 inch deposit of wet, sloppy White Wash right in our driveway and it appears that he is perfecting his high temp White Wash as its 38 degrees here now and white wash is being added to the stuff as I type = CRAZY!!!

:rotf: Nahhhh ahhhhh,,, the Pucster done got himself one of those get off from probation free cards = read here bro http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?135623-Welcome-to-the-forum-Shadad777-from-Sparks-NV Now that we know brother Jack is easy = QUICK,, jam pile on Condor (nobody pay their dues and just have the Boss bill em to Condor@Paypal !!!!! :sign yeah that::sign yeah that::sign yeah that:

Yep,,, not long ago I read an article about engine heat being a highly desired and required part of riding and touring on the Big Twins and keeping the legs roasted was one of the things that the Star design group sought and Mom Yam listened on. Things like strategically placing the rear exhaust header near the legs of the rider and passenger are part of this design.. Having spent a fair amount of time on the new touring bikes I can honestly say that, IMHO, Mom Yam put the new Venture right between the extreme heat of the Polaris 111 that Polaris uses in their Indian repop (wayyyyy to hot for long distance touring IMHO) and Harleys old Twin Cam 103 in either the Road Glide or the Ultra which was only problematic IMHO in temps over 90 degrees or if trapped in traffic jams (no experience on the new water cooled exhaust valve HD touring bikes to speak of - should have soon as my neighbor is now riding one and will definitely get to spend some time on it). Personally,, I think Mom Yam spent as much time on and did as well on the heat design on this new one as they did on developing the exhaust sound.. In the article I read, as I recall, being able to feel engine heat was only slightly above exhaust sound (Potato potato potato) in desired and needed big twin attributes...

I am no guru on electrical stuff Cha but, IMHO, if you do have AC voltage up on the battery cables then yea, sounds like you found a faulty regulator/rectifier which definitely could/would cause stuff to pop.. Possibly a bad ground down on the reg/rect but not an uncommon failure of diodes/internal components.. Hopefully the ignition system is ok - some of that stuff is sensitive.. I would double check the meter by testing on another system,, say a car or another scoot.. Any system would be fine as no battery should be charging off AC voltage = make sense? If it does turn out to be a regulator - probably find a cheap used one on Ebay to test the system and make sure you dont have other huge issues like failure of major hard to find ignition parts.. I know the old Kawasaki's were extremely sensitive even to low voltage from a poor battery or bad connections = I think I still have 15 or 20 failed H1 Kaw 500 igniter boxes in my junk pile out back from those days.

it gets worse

crazy stuff!!

wow am i gettin old

more fun

hang on!!

and the plot thickens

hang in there,, getting interesting

Still with me brother?

lots of great memories..

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