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I really enjoyed the vid Sky,, thanks a gazillion for posting it up!! One thing I would take issue with from personal experience = the whole "Indian has the best resale value" thing.. Harley Davidson still has the best resale value = bar none IMHO.. Actually, I was surprised at the suggestion that Indian was even considered in that category and as far as the Eluder goes (given a close second?) - the "Venture" line has a very poor history of holding resale value (IMHO of course) and the Eluder hasn't been out long enough to even begin to show any evidence that that has changed.. Truly (IMHO), HD has always been benchmark and as far as what those HD values mean, my experience has been = as HD goes, so goes the market/resale values of all the rest, HD drops by 50% - they all drop by at least 50% = again - that is my opinion and what my experience has been with em.. The theme of the video seemed to be one of answering the question of "which one of these 7 would you spend your money on if you had to choose one of these baggers".. Considering that I would view a new "bagger" as a 1 up bike used for 1 up excursions - be it cross country or playing around town. I still would have to consider "heat" because I just know that sooner or later - I would be either headed west into desert heat to a rally or down into the high humidity/high heat south to one.. Considering that even though I have no passengers legs to worry about burning = I still gotta say that I am not one of those bikers who find the joy in burning my own lower extremities. Not being one of the types who, as I read in a recent report about the top 5 baggers, needs to feel the heat of the engine/exhaust to enjoy my bike,, I would still look at water cooling as a major major plus even on my "bagger". Not much has changed since I spent some time developing my 3rd Gen wish list for Mom Yam like many of our club members did and, truthfully,, thinking about it here,, I must be pretty set in my ways cause not much has changed here.. Matter of fact,, even having mid-ship foot pegs for standing up on for better control when off roading or playing in a parking lots is high on my list. I also know that I LOVE the thrill and huge :dancefool::dancefool: I get from riding a wicked fast scoot = I REALLY get off on doing my best "Snidley Whiplash laugh" when, with just a slight twist of the throttle my scoot and I watch those headlights disappear in the mirror's (I KNOW,, flaw in my character but its how I am ).. Don't get me wrong, I do LOVE the sound of a 45 degree kaa tater dee tater dee tater dee tater big twin but WOWZY,, for my bagger needs - a 6 cylinder scoot that sounds like a Formula 1 race car as well as performing sort of like one definitely adds icing to the cake when in the process of wicking up another :dancefool::dancefool: bye bye time... So the Beemer it would be for this old bent up lop eared club house varmint BUT,, that said,, please know that I would still be honored to ride with ANY and ALL of you Big Twin Bagger Brothers of mine and I would try to keep my Snidley Whiplash laugh to a minimum as my Bagger Beemer and I went flying by ya's while I was standing on the pegs waving bye bye ...

'''I've been bringing bikes back to life since I was a kid''' WOWZY WOW WOW WOW , and obviously you learned a LOT about the art of the restore thru the years = SHE IS A BEAUTY 7,,, :thumbsup: on a job well done!!!! ""and of all the bikes I've had the one I wished I hadn't let go was an '83 Venture. Best all around bike I've ever ridden, I think of it as a full-dress sport bike. I'd go on but I think I'd be preaching to the choir."" And this choir member shouts back = got that right!! A full dress sport bike she is = definitely the best of the best too!! You got the headlight glass for her 7?? I am sure you already know about the 2nd gear issues with the 83's so I wont go into detail there but thought I would FYI ya anyway. Another thing to consider would be slipping in a set of Progressives in the forks to replace her OEM Ink Pen Springs.. Maybe pull the inspection cover on the stator and see if she's got at least the 1st phase stator cooler splatter plate in there.. While ya got that left plastic side cover back off, clip off that stator wire terminal zip tied half way up the frame and hard wire it so the center of it dont melt down and ground the stator wires and fry the stator.. ,,, see what happens when ya get the choir singin:missingtooth:. Sorry bout that,,, cant help myself,, every time I see another one of these flat out gorgeous mile munchin 1st Gens getting treated so special I just wanna :dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool: Thanks for reading??? THANK YOU FOR POSTING!!! Puc

Yep,, got it,, just didnt know till just now that I got it!! Got a couple more in there I gotta shout back to to = THANK YOU for rattling my cage Lenny!! GREATLY APPRECIATE IT!!!!! Now back to the P.M.s!!!

Hold on I will go check it!! I get my PM noticed randomly ,, maybe I missed it!!

@Flyinfool was :smash2: on the end of the work bench in the shed where the White Washer is kept... A piece of wood came loose from his work bench,, did a double endo in the air and landed horizonally across one of the nozzles that happen to be on the North end of the nozzle manifold.. The Wisconsin White Washer is a fairly delicate machine and that little splinter of wood forced the over spray from the infamous machine to cast out North by Northwest instead of directly East like it normally does... Bottom line Cammy,,, you ended up with what would normally have landed in my front yard:guitarist 2:

Yep,, my money would be on some starved windings in there got cooked.. Looks like ya had about 12 amps total available (wattage/voltage=amps) and I would almost bet that washing machine is on a 20 amp circuit ( #12 romex, breakered @20 amps) and the washer motor is rated around 10 amps - maybe 12 with a startup draw closing in on 15 amps - even more if heavy loaded).. Thinking about it,, I wouldnt be surprised that spinning er up to get the water out of the clothes (kind of like dropping your scoot into OD = takes umph and is a known spot for clutch slippage to be noticed) would also be a high amp demand zone - easy to check with a clip on amp probe.. Toss in a few lights in the house being on and that available amperage is greatly reduced.. I would pop the front off it and double check for burned belt cause they can stink too but would do so expecting to see/smell/find a toasted washer motor - toasted windings can sure make a stink.. By the way,, if it is roached,, might wanna check on new motor.. I was shocked at how cheap some of those have parts have become for some models.. I completely rebuilt our dryer not long ago and I dont think I had over 20 bucks in parts for it = wayyy cheaper than new!!

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OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thoughts and Prayers Up Sky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the heads up here to brother!!!

Hey Silv,, seems how that VentureFar tends to fall on the more modest side of the code equation I would love to forward the earlier report he did on the Eluder for you in case you missed it = https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2018/02/07/2018-yamaha-star-eluder-test-death-valley-bust/ Something to wet the whistle while we wait patiently for his next installment!!

Nahhh,, I LOVE the C-Clamp look!!!!!!!! Although I think a smaller C=Clamp for a footpeg clamped on to the taller C-Clamp would also be....

:doh: sorry Boss!!! THANK YOU for cleaning up my Clubhouse mess,, again

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: She is GORGEOUS Zzz!!! Very very well done!!!!:clap2: Excellent piece of work there brother!!!!

My ohhh my does THAT picture bring back memories,, talk about the early days of touring (we just called it riding back then didn't we Ty!!!). I was CTFW on a HD Shovelhead Lowrider (fancy Super Glide) at the time and packed exactly like seen in your pic!! Will never forget pulling under a bridge out in Colorado cause a major T-Storm has caught up with me.. Pulled in beside 4 guys from Jersey who, like me, were headed out "Ghost Towning" in the desert... They were riding Honda Twin Stars (250cc,, similar to the Honda 250 Rebel but less $$) and loaded to the gills in the same way.. We all LAUGHED histarically as we ran to pick up the Twin Stars after a Semi came by and blew em all down when its head wind caught the luggage on each and blew em down.. Later on that trip I got stopped by a CHIP's 4 reaching back in my sleeping bag, pullin out a camera and snappin a pic of em.. He was riding a 900 Kawi not that unlike your KZ Ty (painted white and WOW - like that KZ650 = THEY FLEW!!) and I just had to have a pic.. Balled me out good for going no handed but no ticket... Had a flat rear tire about 1 hour later just outside of Ventura California.. Pulled into a Orange Tree farm and started dismantling the bike to remove wheel to head into town.. Guy that owned the Oranges stopped, took me into Ventura to get new tire mounted, back to put it back together.. Got done and his wife had cooked us up an amazing Taco lunch.. I tried to pay him,, even threatened him when he refused payment by telling him that I was part of the Hell's Angles and if he didnt take my money my friends were gonna get him.. It didn't work,, he just laughed and told me I could camp in his Oranges any time I made it out there.. WOWZY I have met a LOT of great people by CTFW... Sorry for Ty but hey,, you started it

YOU are more than welcome Cha and a double back flip over the top THANK YOU for the YouTube !!!

No reserve auction!! https://www.ebay.com/itm/2003-Yamaha-Royal-Star/332557580339 My the point on the top of my head aint as sharp as it used to be so this might be wayyyy wrong but it seems like one of our clubbers wanted to get a smoke signal the next time I ran across a deal like this on a V-4?? @Spence , @Spencer , SpencerPJ - was that you? Seems like it may have been,,, maybe not...

:sign Rock On:!!! Two great minds Roller,,, two great minds!!! The comment section of Pt. 5 below reads: ""We have learned to never camp at high altitudes while motorcycle touring if we don't have to. Its not unheard of for mountain ranges like the Big Horns to get 3 or 4 feet of snow overnight even in the summer time.. That is why we chose to extend our normal 14 hour ride day out to 17 hours to locate this perfect, much lower elevation watering station parking lot "campground"..

We are steadily loosing our snow over here on the west side of Michigan so those lop eared varmints on the other side are probably high and dry and thinking they are in Florida or something.. That being the case and knowing @Carbon_One ,, it wouldn't surprise me to find out that he is out front of their house riding wheelies, ripping donuts or practicing hole-shots with his asphalt curling Sling Shot while Joyce is shaking her finger at him and yelling - "you better stop that foolishness before you end up in :mugshot:"". That Larry,, he's a really good guy and a really dear friend,, maybe a little high strung but definitely my kinda people:big-grin-emoticon:

Well Sly,,,, IMHO its not the mowing of the grass that I dont care for,,, I actually admire you for having the motivation to do your yard work and all that... The only thing I even find at all unlikable about your thread here are the possible over tones that could play into this. Maybe its just because I never really cared much for yard work anyway that I don't really feel like those over tones are that strong here like others who may be addicted to cutting grass may be,, not sure... Now if you would have posted up some great big 's of your smiling mug while you were dressed in a tee shirt and shorts while sitting on your riding lawn mower while sipping an ice cold pop and risking getting sunburned on your tongue because you were at us than yea,,, those over tones may be a bit stronger ..

One would think a person would mature with the passing of time with unruly, infantile things like needing to write on walls to express oneself coming to pass. A quick glance at the video that we took while CTFW on the west side of Area 51 back in '14 (1st vid, start at about 1 minute in to see what I am referring to) and then a comparo' to the 2nd video we shot last summer out in the middle of Wyoming proves the maturing process is not always successful.. In the spirit of self preservation though,, one might notice that I am not the ONLY person who refuses to grow up = WRITE ON!!!:dancefool:

Probably wont happen but I would LOVE to do that Squid!!! I got a brother who lives down there that I would love to see again!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oLuIuQ6U4A

We had the coolest thing happen to us just west of Ten Sleep Roller.. Here we are,, CTFW on Tweeks out in the middle of nowhere when we round a big sweeping corner and see a tall, lanky Cowboy loading hay into the back of a horse trailer if front of his ranch... No other cars or bikes around and no other folks could be seen at his ranch = nothing to prove to anybody.. That lone Cowboy looks at the three of us, sets his bale of hay down, stands up and gives us a great big "Howdy" of a wave with a big smile to back it up.. After we returned his greeting, he bends back down, picks up his load and walks into his horse trailer... Yea,,, it is beautiful out there,,,, in more ways than one....

That lop eared varmint has got that "so where are you hiding all the apples?" look on his face.... , and that donkey looks like he is answering the question with a typical routine mule come back of: "Sorry I ate em all this morning but if ya give me a ride to the store I will buy us each a nice cold Honey Crisp"..

Seems like just yesterday but it was actually last summer...

WOWZY we love Wyoming!!!