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Insurance wise, we bikers in Michigan got sold down the stream a number of years ago when the "No-Fault" insurance scam came into effect.. Part of that scam included this thing called the "Catastrophic Fund" that all vehicle owners are required to pay into.. The basis is that whenever someone is injured in vehicle accident and their medical costs go over a certain amount, instead of funding that amount - insurance companies turn it over to the fund managers of the Catastrophic Fund for handling and they (the company's) are no longer responsible = definitely rubbing shoulders with socialism. Digging a little deeper into the whole scam revealed (and it still is this way), a person insuring a bike also has to pay into the "fund" at the same rate as car owners, to the tune of 170 a year.. If you own a car and a bike = 340 a year just for the fund.. The horror story of all this comes up when an unsuspecting bike rider has a run in with another biker, a deer, a bicyclist or any other means of accident other than an actual 4 wheeled insured vehicle.. If no 4 wheeled vehicle is involved in a bike accident that results in personal injury = even though we are forced to pay the fund fee - we do not have access to the fund....

And the components of that particular wild cat load must have found their way off Uncle Sams hit list for high prices this last year because I know Fool is a price shopper like I am and that he dont overspend on nuttin.. Considering that he has been bench testing that load and perfecting it for the last 7 months = DEFINITELY high production, low cost yield of a load!!

You are more than welcome Sha - happy to be of assistance!! You might want to start a new thread about tires and such but I will go ahead before the guru's take over and suggest you consider the Shinko Tour Master 230 line. I just ordered and received my beginning set for the season and I think I have $150 in the set (hold on, I will check) = my 120/90-18 Shinko Tour Master from Chaparrel was 66 dollars shipped and the 140/90-16 Shinko Tour Master from Chap was 78 bucks shipped.. I have worn off numerous tires thru the years and found these to be about the best bang (poor choice of words) for the buck.. GOOD in the twisties, rain and even decent wear in the high temps of the desert region and pretty dog gone good off road charachtoristics for a loaded up tour bike.. The guy that really turned me on to them - a lop eared club member varmint known as "VAz" ( videoarizona ) is now promoting the 777's I do believe = lets see if we can get his attention here and see if he could expound on the how's and why's).. By the way Sha,, around here in the club house - if you wanna gets someones attention you just put a "@" sign in front of their club name and,,, sort of like ringing the door bell on the Beverly Hillbillies = they magically appear - works great!! Forks wise - these 1st gen Ventures came with what I call = Ink Pen Springs for fork springs from the factory.. 1st thing is get a set of Progressives ordered if yours are stock Ink Pen boingers.. If you do the forks, do the bushings along with the seals.. Ditch that nasty fish oil that Mom Yam (and all other metric dirt bikes and streets) used for fork oil,, clean that stinky stuff out of there,, use Bel Ray 12.5 wt,,,, use 1" preload bushings on the Progressive springs - make sure you have the progressively wound section of the springs at the bottom... Add NO air and WOWZY are you in for a treat = especially if you love attacking twisties and riding some off road = good set up!!

Oh yea,,, I usually sync my carbs every time I change my oil at home basically because I am an obsessive compulsive gearhead who has the tools to do the job and Tweeksis LOVES to be tweeked on... Not only that but because most of the modern day touring bikers around here have graduated to bikes with engines almost twice the size of Tweeksis's and keeping her in good tune makes it all the more easier for her to put a smoking on em without speed shifting er... Also, the more carbs/cylinders involved combined with wear that linkages/carb parts get on them from usage and/or the more imperfections occur on things like diaphrams from being dried out from using Ethanol Fuel's = the more sensitive to adjustment needs the system becomes.. Keep in mind to that not everyone has the same "tune" level of need = one of my 1st Gens came from a person who was riding it when second gear started slipping.. Beautiful scoot with only 26k miles on it.. When I test rode I could instantly tell it was not running on 4 just by the way it revved (slow).. I asked him how long the carbs had been out of wack - he said it had been running like that for the 3 years he had owned the bike.. I rode it home +100 miles away - maintaining highway speeds with no problem whatso ever - bike ran great but low on normal v-4 torque and high power.. Got home, pulled the slides and BINGO - one diaphram completely seperated from the slide!! This would have been found INSTANTLY with a carb sync but the previous owner was as happy as a peach riding around on a 900cc - 3 cylinder Yamaha Venture - which,, by the way,,, I am totally good with - its just that I prefer to have my motor to be able to perform its work (torque) as fast as possible (hp) so together we :checkeredflag:even against much larger engined putzy scoots

Snype gets the Hot Dog on this one Ty = go to 10:55 to see the screw that sync's #2 to #1 ,, and then go to 12:15 on the timeline to see the screw to set #3 to #4 and also the one to set left side to right side - all found in the video below

NEVER Sir Bob!!!! NEVER EVER EVER BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!! :dancefool: (start at 1:50 DragonSlayer )

WOWZY WOW WOW WOW ,,, road rage to the limit!!! IMHO,, biker = guilty of Malicious Destruction of property if he touched the car causing damage to it.. If no contact was made = no crime (all sticks and stones stuff). The driver of the car on the other hand,, unless he/she can prove self defense by clearly showing the biker was brandishing a firearm so his/her life was actually endangered = attempted 2nd/3rd degree murder and using a vehicle as a deadly weapon. I too read the comment section on the link = IMHO, we do indeed live in some strange times where otherwise "normal" sane people consistently confuse inanimate objects that have absolutely NO control over their actions with animate human objects who are solely responsible for the results of the use/abuse of those inanimate objects in their possession. What REALLY makes this a scary thought is that there are actually people sitting in seats of judgement who also suffer from this confusion and who, at this time in the history of world - believe that cars/guns/motorcycles/lawnmowers/knives or even peanut butter sandwiches have a brain of their own and are out to get us!! Bottom line: IMHO, if you are riding a motorcycle on public roadways during these days - ALWAYS ride like you are invisible and that no one - other than yourself - cares whether you live or die, cause they dont.. When the road rage starts (and it will) - if you have enough motor to simply outrun the culprit(s) = do so (my favorite ).. One of the HUGELY dynamic things about riding a bike that I have ALWAYS enjoyed is the multiple options that are always present when confronted with road rage and the need to escape thereof.. Even if you dont have the motor to just wick it up a little and say bye bye,, crossing medians or riding up an entrance ramp on the shoulder is always an option as is riding down sidewalks or cutting across yards to escape. Fact is,, I would rather pay a small fine for a citation that an ununderstanding LEO wrote me for doing so than I would end up being dead at the hands of some kid who chose to use his car as a weapon.. Simply pulling over and lettin them pass (I do this A LOT when driving our KIA cause I dont wanna end up K.I.A. with "he lost in a road rage contest" written on my tomb stone ) is another one that gets overlooked a lot IMHO.. Ya just gotta be careful when employing this method because allowing room for the perp to follow you to a stop can be a HUGE fatal no-no..

= look I what found = located here:http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?135623-Welcome-to-the-forum-Shadad777-from-Sparks-NV&p=1033071#post1033071 and I dont mind reposting this new member (Hi Shadad777 = another healthy WELCOME TO VR THERE MY FRIEND!!) in its entirety here: Shadad777 wrote: """""Thanks for the Welcome ! Joined the site today after spending the last few days watching "Puc Puc's" ? YouTube videos - He sure promotes you all a lot (Him and his wife are Great (from what i see on video) He has been a god send to me on my 1984 Yamaha XVZ1200 I bought it 2 years ago,the guy I bought it from said it needed fork seals, and a speed O cable and other than "weird breaks" was good to go. I took it to a local bike shop here in Sparks NV. and had them put in the speed O cable, new fork seals, and asked for a general tune up and to look over the breaks..... well they charged me $480.00 for it and said they attempted to bleed the breaks and the bike needed a "whole new break system replacement" and that it leaked oil but that's what a bike that year would do and to get used to it The front breaks worked just fine and the rear worked, just were very light, and after the shop the rear were pretty much useless. (be nice here...) I have been riding dirt bikes, since I could walk, and have ridden many street bikes throughout my life (47 now) and with the front breaks good, and the compression this Venture has, I was able to ride the bike no prob for 8000+ miles with hardly any rear brakes (that's the be nice part) was still able to slow/stop no prob But now I'm going through the bike ...tearing it apart to address a bunch of little stuff (it has an oil leak about a quarter to half dollar size spot on the ground a week - not bad - but want it gone, going to put on new tires (came with new ones when i bought it and there about gone now) change plugs, change brake pads, and am going to redo the fork seals myself - the bike shop ones started to leak again after the first year so I'm going to go through it myself now - probably should have myself in the first place but with work being so crazy then I didn't really have time. change fuel filter, clean air filter, maybe replace battery, Already flushed clutch and break lines with all new DOT 4 ........... That's where Puc Puc comes in... the web has given me clues to my rear break trouble and Puc's Video showed me right where the darn "Diverting valve ??" was under the faring ... Damn 8000+ miles without the rear breaks totally fixed in 5 minutes after watching his video on that little bugger Well anyway I'll be paying my "due's" Friday for the site here. Please forgive me if I end up getting into trouble and asking for advice to much if so I'm not totally inept with a wrench but by no means a mechanic Also at the end of the riding last year I noticed the dreaded 2nd gear "jump" starting - that may well be over my abilities (will I decide to tackle it ... we'll see, maybe next year - it's almost riding season here Anyway long story long, thanks for the site and all it offers.:beer:""""" To which I replied: Re: Welcome to the forum: Shadad777 from Sparks, NV ,,,, I smell potential get out of jail (the clubs probationary penalty box ) free card in the makings here for someone!!!!!! I am gonna repost this over to the Water Hole (where most of my lop eared VR varmint buddies hang out) before one of the club moderators sees this and deletes it to try and beat the person who deserves the "Get Out Of :mugshot:Free Card" because of what you proclaim here:missingtooth:.. In the mean time: to VentureRider Shadad777 !!!!!! Glad you found us and glad you enjoyed those video's on Youtube!! Hopefully now that you are here you will also discover some of the REAL Venture guru's around here as you actively pursue bringing another one of our beloved 1st Gens back to perfect health and experiencing owning one of these icon's!! Not to many of these lop eared club members hang out here, I encourage you join us over in the "Water Hole" and meet a few of the folks!! Thanks for signing up/glad you found us!! Puc"""" All to which I just wanted to add to all my lop eared nay sayin club member varmint friends who clearly :thumbdown: those AWESOME little video's on Youtube I say = :rasberry::moon::rasberry: and to my dearly beloved pals that I hereby leave stranded in the penalty box of club probation ( @Flyinfool , @yammer-Dan - ya'll listening brothers?) I say = all for one and one for all,,, hang in there my brothers and together we shall once again ride in freedom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:biker:

To cold to ride and with all this chatter about guns, one of my Harley riding buddies and I are gonna go shootin today.. Got shootin irons on my mind and Tip laughed when I woke up singing the following tune.. She is always amazed at how I remember the tunes to those old westerns we all loved so much,,,,,, I told her thats cause she growed up playin with dollies and didnt grow up liven by the code

But before you climb in that hot rod with that crazy biker chick ya might wanna ask her if she checked her seat belt mounts = http://blog.motorcycle.com/2018/04/02/manufacturers/polaris/polaris-recall-2015-2018-polaris-slingshot-motorcycles/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Motorcycle.com_new-content-unsold&utm_source=Motorcycle.com20180409 ..... We wouldn't want our Bossman to get tossed out in a highspeed corner

Yeaaah,, Polaris just found another way for us to be us

Here's my MK1 DanL'... If you look carefully at Fools MK2 you will notice that it has a barrel release button on it to bring the action to battery above the left grip and it also has the safety behind that.. If you look closely above my pointer finger in the pics and notice no barrel release button like Fools = the MK1's used the safety as a barrel release and only had the safety lever on them... You guys ever shoot low velocity ammo in your Rugers?? Really accurate stuff.. I hand made a set of scope mounts for mine (see pic) years ago,, hand filed the dove tails = ugly as all get out and really primative but WOWZY they worked GREAT!!! I used to have a 3x9 rifle scope mounted on it (I know,, no eye relief - still FUN though = .22 dont kick enough to embed the scope into your eye like 7 mag will so shooting a hand gun off a bench = no problemo.. Anyway,,, 100 yard groups at 2 inches!!!!! A RIOT!!!! Good, cheap fun,,,= back when a brick of 22 shells was 7 bucks that is

Brings back sooo many great memories Larry.. I picked up a 44 mag Redhawk many years ago to deer hunt with.. Nice gun but it wasnt long and I soon realized that no matter what grip combo I used - I couldnt get a good space between the trigger guard and grip base to keep from getting bit... My Dad was a cop and years before I used to go shooting with him and his police Smith 38 special revolver = think plinkin with wad cutters,,, lots and lots and lots of wad cutters... If you look at the pics below, I still use his police issued holster to tote my MK1 in,, not a good fit BUT wayyyy LOTS of memories!! Memories of Shootin Dads 38 brought me to looking at SnW for my hunting needs. Ended up with a 29 and thats what I hunted with for years.. Good shooter and very effective and no more biten.. Dad grabbed 629 stainless 44 and thats what he hunted with.. LOTS of fun!! He went stainless cause I shot my 29 loose a couple times (we used to shoot A LOT) = gap between cylinder and barrel grew.. I always told em that I thought the Rugers were a lot more solid of gun = their back straps were much beefier,, if they wouldnt have been such biters I/we would have stayed Ruger.. After hunting years ended I picked up a custom 1911... Its ugly but its got Bo-Mars, adjustable trigger, 8 flute barrel tuned up real nicely to a comp bushing.. The trigger pull is fairly light for 1911 but that bodes well with its Pachmayrs cause they fit my hands real nicely.. I LOVE shooting the 45 acp and would LOVE to grab a matching Thompson like Saunders carried in "Combat" (only in semi auto,,,,,,, not really,, wish I was rich so I could afford a Class 3 and a 25k dollar REAL Tommy and afford to play with it too ).... Gotta love this stuff,,,,, DEFINITELY a great pass time for when we CANT RIDE cause of this confounded weather !!!

Yeppers,, steel cases dont form like brass.. IMHO,, if your gonna shoot steel I have found it best to keep a close eye on breach cleanliness.. Just make sure you dont get a ridge build up of burned powder that can cause issues of misfires or jams when a brass case is used in the dirty breach.. Not that big of deal if ya keep your shooter clean..

I been trying and trying and trying to participate here and because my typing has gotten soooo slow,, I keep loosing my text so I am gonna try this one subject at a time = wonder if its the weather !! Back when I was much younger,, my Dad and I got into hunting deer with handguns (almost as much fun as bow hunting IMHO) and the 44 mag was our weapon of choice.. I already had a back ground in loading and it wasnt long before he and I were crankin out the 44 mag rounds like crazy.. After Dad got really sick, things not being the same,,I lost interest in the GREAT hobby and sold all our/my stuff.. DEFINITELY a good hobby and some awesome memories!!

Not that unrelated to my vid below - my point is sort of irrelevant :missingtooth:and lacking substance,,,, just thinking of how much pure fun go carts are and how the powers that be used to do everything in their power to keep us from enjoying playing with the things.. I just think its WAYYYYYYYY cool that Polaris was able to take it to the limit and sneak one by those who are constantly trying to "protect" us from ourselves and produce such a really fun go cart with a big motor that is street legal:banana: ... I know,, its a flaw in my character but spinning a roadie in a street legal go cart = yea,,,,, ok,,, thats my point So many fun "toys",, so little time...........

I know EXACTLY what you mean,,, brother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tip, Tweeksis and I would love to attend!! Unlike Tweeksis and I,,Tip has never been and she would really like to meet you bunch of lop eared varmints and I think it would be fun to get back down there and hara,, say hi too.. Been tryin and tryin to get back down yonder,,, perhaps this will be the year!!

Yep,, nope,,, yep,,, the whole things gone nuts Ut = not you brother - it REALLY is the market place!! Things have gone so crazy that even the big boys have no clue what to do.. Think about it,,,, Yamaha jumped on the HD wagon thinkin that maybe they could sell bikes rin this soft market by doing so.. With that in mind,, I just read my recently received Rider mag about the "Titans of Touring" where the new Honda Gold Wing was not allowed because it is no longer a "touring bike" and,, get this,, of the three bikes compared to each other = HD was the only one that was water cooled (in an effort to reduce riders getting burned BUT= in another article I read about the modern touring bikes,, the writer stated engine heat was a huge part of the modern touring experience and that it is now,, "unlike your grandfathers Goldwing" - a desired attribute = TALK ABOUT TWISTED!!).. Things are so bad in the market place that the bench mark setter HD is even talking about this to boost their sales (sent to me by a very close friend of mine who LOVES talking scoots = HI DAVE!!!) : https://www.hdforums.com/articles/can-harley-save-itself-with-a-new-engine-layout/?utm_source=jan16&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=content Fact is,, this downturn and shift in prices has been brewing for a number of years.. As early as the year 2000, the big rally in Sturgis was x20 of what it has been the last number of years.. It used to be that people would actually camp on the side of I-90 at the ramps leading into Sturgis cause traffic was backed up over a mile on the highway with folks waiting to get into town = simply put, the town of Sturgis would fill up and the only way in was if someone left!! That is farrrrrrrrr from current status and,,, used as a barometer of interest in overall street biking (it has always been a known fact in the business - what ever happens to Harley sales flows downstream to the all other brands),, its a pretty accurate portrayal of what is happening.. Your not going nuts brother,, the market is..

RSTD!!! Lighter, lower slung, GOOD LOOKING and ya still get to have a RIPPINNNNN dependable V-4 and keep all the knowledge you have earned thru the years of owning a MK2!!! Have seen a lot of em for sale for 4ish and under, low miles and good looking scoots!! Just make sure you get an 05 or newer so you dont get one of the putzy detuned ones with no balance shaft and smaller carbs that Mom Yam tuned for torque... I know you are a HUGE torque freek but trust your old buddy,, you'ld be bored with the pre '05's 75 hp really quick after owning your MK2... Matter of fact,, wasnt long ago that I posted up a late model RSTD for $2500ish.. Didnt last long,,,,, wonder if someone on the site grabbed it?? Seeing LOTS of em at good prices brother - if ya decide on,, whatever - you should let us know what you want so we can help ya find one!! Small world now = shipping cheap and with all our lop eared club varmints scattered all over - a quick nod and someone close would probably be willing to go check it out for ya.... Even though you and your White Washer have been kind of hard on my worm bed (I grow fishing worms) this year = I would be glad to check one out if something popped up in my area brother!!

Flippin adult go cart with a big motor is what that puppy is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!

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BINGO!!!! Now we are cooking with possum fat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry Ty,,, I totally did not get that but NOW I do!!! Currently the furniture for the living room in my son's new home is being stored in our garage and, unfortunately - Tweeks the parts bike is stashed behind the stuff.. As soon as I can get at her, I will crawl next to her stator and see what I can see and make another video for you. I am not sure how much room there is behind the stator cover for rotating that lever in there into downward position.. Looking at the pic,,, it almost looks like the lever will need to be flipped over as well as rotated in order to end up with the angle of the arm to be able to create movement for shifting too = without modding the lever... Never really thought about it but I do know one thing,,, we are talking custom work here and when doing custom modding - ANYTHING is possible!!!!

OUTSTANDING Bongo and Becky!!!! Hope you two have a MARVELOUS time and,,, PLEASE bring us back some sunshine like you did last time!!!! SPECIAL ALERT = don't tell Bongo this but he is going to miss a huge party at his house starting this weekend.. Free food and drinks as long as supplies last as well as a garage tools and Trike motorcycle auction will round out the weekend.. All welcome!!