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A watched pot never boils,, no,, thats not it,,,,,, patience is virtue,, noo,, thats not what I am looking for either,, ohh,, here it is,, the dog ate my home work,, where da heck did that come from,, here we go,,,,, a Puc original,, time knows no bounds when putting my thoughts to the pen, writing to me is a lot like dropping a feather off the edge of the Grand Canyon and waiting for it to reach the canyon floor.... Soon,, very very soon!!

NICE!!! THANK YOU DAVID!! I finally got this Adobe Flash to work and got to view the first vid - WOW,, sure brings back memories of being WARM!! Talking about just the 1st Video here - Was that your neighborhood we left from on the way to the Post Office? What highway were we running parallel with and, at about 6 minutes and 30 seconds in the vid, along that highway was what looked like an Arizona State Line sign? What was that all about? NICE LITTLE 11 MINUTE RIDE TO GET US STARTED - THANK YOU FOR TAKING US ALONG!! I miss cactus's Puc

one by one, visit every VR member that is listed on the members list, they pointed Tweeks out of the driveway, Puc let her clutch out and

Great chatting with you a while ago Kev! Thanks for the time my friend, again - hoping to get to shake your hand at Don's Maintenance Day in Oberlin:fingers-crossed-emo Here are a couple of shots of my first bike (trying to stay within those old unwritten rules), that frame shot is all that remains of it BUT - take a look at the donor bike we picked up to rejuvenate the old girl (the red one with me being, obviously, a little older).. The frame pic was easy for me to take as its setting right in my basement, if you ever get a chance to snap a shot of your 1st bike, that good ol Honda 750, and you think of it, of it will you? Be honored to see it!! VideoAZ, if your reading this,, I hope I didnt get you to twisted up on the whole backrest thing.. Prairie has got me up to speed on your situation - GLAD to hear your taken care of out there!! You get a chance, PLEASE join us at Don's!!

Heyyy, Hi Kev, sorry we missed your phone call a bit ago (snuck out and got lunch:fatsmiley:).. I am following you on the back rest ID.. Thanks a zillion for clearing that up, get so much of this stuff laying around in the old parts pile out back it gets hard to know exactly what will fit what.. I appreciate the information Kev! Puc

noticed that the dog license hanging on the pooches collar did not have the proper endorsement on it for pooping in public so

It is very similar to when we get our first snows, its like we all have to learn to drive/ride all over again. Sadly, in the process of doing so the injury and fatality rate goes up. Nothing hurts as much as losing friends and family to the very phenomenon you are talking about Randy, I hope people (myself included) will pay heed to your encouraging words of advice found in this thread!

THAT IS PURRRDYY!!! Excellent advice!! You can sure tell this aint our buddy Randy's first time at sorting thru a dealerships used bike inventory!!

leap into the drivers lap, the dogs rear leg bumped the shifter into reverse and

Yea but its staying at the top where it should be:big-grin-emoticon:

Hey,, you said the doctor told ya to get some exercise,, just trying give you evidence to take back and show the doctor that your following his advice

Ooppssss, sorry Skidder,, nodded out at the keyboard for while there:draming: Where were we,, oh yea.. YammerDan looks at his friend Bongo and explains to him that when he was on his way to the Maintenance Day thingy at Freebirds that he was riding along on his Silver 2nd Gen RSV, minding his own business when all of a sudden he felt the ground tremble around him.. Dan had served in the Military when he was young and the tremble that he had felt brought back memories of those years.. Back then, the F4 Phantom was the aircraft of the day and it was a common site to see and feel them fly over the military bases, Yammer explained to Bongo that his first thought was that someone had flown an F4 to Don's for Maintenance. Bongo had a look of disbelief on his face because he knew that Dan had a history of displaying, at times, a certain element of forgetfulness and that quite possibly Dan had just forgotten to bring the remaining portion of his tent (notice how I fit that in there CaptN'? - THANKS for the inspiration) to the event.. The look on Bongo's face didn't slow YammerDan down one little bit as he continued to tell his story.. Dan told Bongo that he had raised his head up so he could see the sky but noticed nothing that even looked remotely like an F4.. He did notice a Purple speck in the rear view mirror on the Silver Maiden that he had never seen before. Dan tried to wipe it off but it only got bigger.. The tremble got louder and all of a sudden, a Purple colored F4 swooshed by.. Bongo's look of distained unbelief increased as he sneered at Dan thru his now squinting eyes. Yammer continued, what he thought was an F-4 was actually another VR member named Adventurer 08 riding his 2008 RSV and also headed to the Maintenance Day at Freebirds.. Yammer told Bongo that getting blown off the road by another RSV really bothered him, he was use to having the notorious 1st Gens do this to him but not another 2nd Gen.. He noticed that Adventurer 08 had waved at him in a spirited "see ya at the meet" fashion and this had bothered Yammer.. Dan told Bob that in a futile attempt to gain some ground on Adventure 08, he had reached back an released his camping gear from its mount on the top of his scoot. He felt Silver gain a couple miles an hour by doing so and thought maybe he could now catch up with the wily Adventure O8..

Don's probably playing with some new switches he got for his Harley.. Using his Yamaha riding friends as guinee pigs to see how the switches hold up before using them on his bike.. You guys are really lucky I aint in charge,, I would have all kinds of fun creating little messages that would pop up at all kinds of random moments....

EXACTLY my thoughts MM!! Glad everyone is ok Sky, sorry about the car - that was beauty!!

Hope I got the right one and Cha dont mind me trying to help him out... Here is what I found.. If I got the wrong one or infringed Cha, forgive me will ya? 525 American Drive, Francis Creek, WI 54214 [TABLE=class: ts intrlu] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD](920) 682-1284 Yamaha 1985 Royal Venture [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

Bongo smiles at the responsiveness of both the engine and handling of Larry and Joyce's new SS. As he rounds a corner that points the Hot Rod in the general direction of where the Maintenance Day is suppose to be found, Bob notices YammerDan walking down the side of the road with some tent poles in his hand.. Being the angel that Bongo is, he slides the Shot up to where Dan is standing and askes if Yammer would like a ride in Larry's new torpedo.. Dan smiles and says sure, why not.. Dan lays the tent poles across his lap when he sits down and Bongo asked why Dan is out walking around with tent poles in his hand..

I just noticed something that others may or may not be aware of,, in the right hand corner of the this thread is a box that says "rate this thread", I clicked on it and gave Randy's thread a 5 star rating cause I think this thread is really important for others to read - LOTS OF GOOD STUFF HERE!! I am thinking this is probably gonna show up on the thread line within the watering hole, thusly letting folks know that they might wanna read Randy's post and some of the followup info.. Hopefully others get as much out of this thread as many folks already have (judging by the likes/thanks marks).. Randy, its threads like this one that may very well save someones life,, THANK YOU again for putting this up my friend!! Puc

Wonder if this thread should be deleted to protect Brians email addy Don? Cant this be read by nonmembers? Just curious..

Forget all this brake yakkin,, I wanna see some pics of the 66 Flh,, wasnt that the Pan/Shovel slab side generator model.. Yeaaa,, those old bikes came right from the factory with no brakes,, we always joked about stepping down on the rear brake and feeling like the thing was speeding up:crackup: Opppssss,, sorry about the again,, I just get all excited when I read stuff about old Harley's,,,

Having read about Larry and Joyce's plan to invade the Maintenance Day at Freebird's home in Oberlin and, now knowing where they would be staying, Bongo Bob begins his descent into the parking lot where the unsuspecting couple had parked their new SlingShot.. After tucking his angel wings under his flying jacket, Bongo strolls over and addresses Joyce who is still sitting in the seat of the gorgeous red Bat Mobile.. He strikes up an innocent conversation with Joyce and than points at the motel window and asked if that is Larry motioning for her to come inside for a second.. As Joyce departs the SlingShot, Bongo's heart responds to the adrenaline that strikes it as he notices the keys hanging in the ignition switch, the glare shining from the new keys as they swing freely in the warm breeze catches his eye like a shiny new nickle would catch the eye of a very wise, but very curious old Crow..

Really good point CaptN'!! Thanks too for the link back to Earl's VERY informative write up!! I added my name to the list of many folks who thanked/liked that post - GOOD JOB SKYDOC - YOU DA MAN!!

I am farrrr from any kind of guru with all this stuff but,, it might not be a bad idea to change your passwords here and on any other sites you frequent. If nothing else, that will give you something to do until one of these computer geek gear heads jump in a tell you alls ok.. Thanks for the heads up OutKast!

Fly over me over there Cha:yikes:,, I would gladly take a peek for ya:backinmyday: I will even meander down to the Fools and take another shot at disconnecting that Wisconsin White Washer. I jumped over to their website and took a peek at their posted pics.. I like the fact that the cassette player appears to still sport its plastic cover (been a while since I seen one of those). The grips appear to be non-stock, the seat looks like it has been sat in for many hours (my blonde 84 had a tan seat - after 100k it developed that same darkness with lighter colors along the seams - look closely), and the puddle of oil behind the kickstand speaks of higher mileage to me.. Was that advertised at 38k? I would be suspicious of 138k. Maybe get some better detailed pics if ya cant get some smart alec like your ol buddy puc to take a peek!! I am going back to look at the 83 they have listed,, just for the heck of it..

Here ya go MR,, check this link out, Mcgyver has some really pics and info here addressing exactly what I am talking about.. If you thumb thru the posts here you will be shown how to pull the tank but you will also get to see the sending unit and the window into the tank I was talking about.. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/first-generation-venture-tech-talk/84188-bringing-83-street-hopefully.html

Sure, but start with removing the sending unit so you can see if the tank is a problem.. Pull the seat (two bolts - one on each side of the seat - on an 83/84, not sure if this applies to the MK2), you will see the sending unit mount plate on top of the tank, disconnect it, pull the bolts and lift it out - carefully so you dont bend up the rod hanging into the tank. You should now have a pretty good window to look into the tank.. Also, I like to stick my finger in and rub across the top of the inside of the tank and see how bad it is - I have a mirror I could use to check this just as easily but I like to get my fingers dirty.. Hopefully its all nice and clean but if its not let us know and we will give you some pointers in pulling the tank for cleaning and resealing if needed..