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Hey Cha,, THAT IS GORGEOUS!! Definitely a note worthy piece.. Unless you just have the bug to drive there to inspect the bike, you may wanna ask them if they would send some more pics to you. Call them and tell them that you are a serious buyer and that you just need some more info to go on.. I would ask for closeups of the engine - especially the gasket areas where the valve covers meet the jugs. At its age, if the valve clearances have never been done in it, those gaskets will probably show cracking.. Also, look the jugs over for traces of leaking anti-freeze or oil stains.. Get a couple of shots showing the dash board and with radio/cb area's. THen you can see if that equipment is stock.. I would also ask for a shot of the underside of the bike, the exhaust collector included.. You don't want a bike that has been treated like Tweeks,, pipes all banged up and stuff.. If you see stuff in the pics cause you pause, there is nothing wrong with mentioning it on the phone and testing the dealers flexability in pricing.. If it looks as sharp in the close ups as it does in the distant shots, you can just haul butt, get there, start it up - spit check the pipes to make sure she is hitting on all four,, haul out 17 crisp All Amercian Franklins and see if they will take it.. I love this stuff,, wish I could join ya!! She is a beauty,, yep,, lots and lots of space on that spotless gem to hang stickers!! Oh yea,, about this keepin up with Puc,, pack ur bags and ya'll better start gettin use to living on Rattle Snake and hoppers cause SUMMERS COMING!!

I am not much of an attorney and am having a hard time locating the loop hole in the rule book that covers the "I left my camera in the trunk" routine.. I have always appreciated your posts and pics Vidzzz so I will keep digging and see if I can find it.. Might wanna keep that camera duc taped to your wrist from now on though as most of these little loop holes only work one time. Either way, sounds like you guys had a blast out there, hope that backrest proves to be just what you need and we can find one for you to keep!! KIC, THANK YOU FOR HELPING OUT ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER!! Your assistance didnt go unnoticed.

You got that right Annie!!

Might not be a bad idea to see if she could bring a Ural with a sidecar with her.. The Ural might make a fun consolation prize in the event things didn't work out as planned.. Even at that it might not be a bad idea to not Russian to anything..

Indeed, those Spydies are wayyy cool!! Tip and I would love to join you for a test ride/demo day on them Wrench,, I have never rode one either but they sure look like they would be a HOOT!! This thought just occurred to be about our picture posting rule,, maybe we need to alter the bylines of that rule to read something like "anytime a member knows they are going to be within 200 feet of any establishment that caters to motorcycles or bikers, that person shall be required to have a camera in their possession"..

WOW, that is amazing Slowroll!! Hmmm,, Math test eay,,, I suppose you were also one of those smarty pants who was actually able to figure out how to make that Paddle with the rubberball hooked on it with a rubber string do its thing:big-grin-emoticon:!!

WOW Cha, I definitely can hear what your talking about! That higher pitched chirping is nothing that I have ever heard on any of my 83/84's!! Totally a different thing.. I have been using cheap 20-50w in the hot regions for years, like the other guys have mentioned, and all my Ventures have done just fine with it.. I am not sure but I think this is also what the early models suggested in their manuals.. I used it cause in real hot tempts it seemed like the trannys got unusually notchy and,, it always seemed like my motors breathed out a little more oil if running high speeds across open deserts.. If I had that noise happening, the very first thing I would try would be the 20-50 route.. Hey,, any of you guys ever try the Lucas additive? I gotta friend that swears by the stuff in his Harley,, says he can actually feel the engine turning easier and quieter.. Not sure what it would do with wet clutches but,, never hurts to bring up the subject.. Ya Cha,, thats an annoying little chirper aint it... THANKS for taking the time to video it and posting it up,, never knew the "chirp" was any different than the "whine' I have learned to love..

Indeed,, we went from 1.85 to 2.35 here overnight.. Personally,, I am just thankful that it didnt jump right back up to 3.75 like it was not to long ago.. As a side note, if anybody who has there thumb on the controls of fuel prices is reading this.. If you have the thought in your mind that raising prices is gonna cause me to drive less - think again.. Here is how that plays out around our place.. Fuel prices go up, Puc rides his motorcycle all the time and leaves his car in the drive way. Than, because he is a loose cannon when he gets on his bike, he and his wife go into town to get bread and milk on their bike.. 4 weeks later they return home, finally turn off their bike, walk in to discover that they still have no bread or milk (allstimers), the cycle on the cycle starts all over again.. From this example you can see that raising prices will not result in us using less fuel, the best plan of action for doing that is to leave prices at or below 2 dollars a gallon world wide..

WOW ECKSTER - I AM WITH SKID, WISH TIP AND I COULDA BEEN WITH YA ON THAT ONE!! Did you just happen into that area or was this a blind date? Reason I ask is thats the kind of stuff I tend to find when I am good and lost. BEAUTIFUL shots!! I wouldnt be surprised if Honda LTD contacts you and wants to use that area for their new Wing ads..

Heyyyy,, ya bullie, ya buried one of our favorite campgrounds!! You guys got a fair amount of snow out of that last one Raggie,, just about enough to make that tractor smile with glee!! Great ride report - thanks for sharing!! The float in the carb of my poor ol beater blower decided to swallow a bunch of gas and stop floating yesterday. I have soldered it enough thru the years that I figured the old girl deserved a new one.. Went down to Ace Hardware, laid the brass float filled with gas on the counter. The kid looked at it and said. Been a while since I seen one of those, I gotta new one but they dont make em out of brass no more, they are plastic now. I smiled and told em I didnt care as long as the new one didnt come filled with gas.

Indeed, definitely a safety oriented feller,, he also has a fire extinguisher and some AWESOME air horns!!! I had a really really cool extension cord like his last year on Tweeks but I hadda give it back to BikerJohn...

PRAYERS UP AND GODSPEED BROTHER!!!! I agree,, ride your ride and put everyday to good use my friend - we have nothing to fear but fear itself!! Now if we were riding Harleys - we might wanna fear having to push once in while but Go to Cody Wyoming, follow 16A up into and across the Big Horn Mountains, by the time you get across to Interstate 90 you will look back at your thoughts about giving up touring on a motorcycle and do this = .. Welcome back Mr and Mrs Shuttlebug!!

During my first day of Kindergarten in the fall of 1960, a kid by the name of Randy Dillion got up and walked across the desks.. Our teacher, Mrs. Mathews, got up from her chair and Randy took off running.. She caught him and spanked him with one of those Paddles that originally came with a ball attached to the paddle with a rubber string (I hated those things - I never could get em to work).. Three years later, after having just started 3rd grade in the same school system, Beech Wood Elementary in Fruitport Michigan. I had just pulled the handle on the pencil machine in the hallway about 3 doors down from the classroom that I had just walked out of. There were no other children in the hallway at the time.. All of a sudden, the hall speakers came alive and in a very sad and sullen voice - the person said that President Kennedy had been shot..

Hey Riv,, LOVE the Avatar - I purchased a CT-70H for my son for his 7th birthday - he still has it, its sitting in my basement. I also restored a number of them over the years - LONG LIVE THE MIGHTY CT-70!! The current 83 Venture that my wife, Tippy, and I ride is named Tweeks. Tweeks will be the 5th 83//84 Venture that I have worn out (actually I sold one of them at the end of its life cause of tranny problems - long story).. 200k plus has been no problem.. All but one of mine lost second gear fairly early in their lives.. I short shifted em out to their terminal ends of over 200k.. Tweeks has 244k and change on her now BUT, her speedo finally came apart during last summers fiasco while riding thru Dennison Texas.. After that happened, we went to Big Bend, Grand Canyon, California, Washington, back to California, Salt Lake City, Alberta Canada, down to Strugis SD, home to Muskegon Mi, down to a place called "Guntersville Alabama", over to within a couple hundred miles of the east coast by Roane Oak, ran into rain and came back home to Michigan, headed over to Detroit for a sleepover that a guy named Raggie had, up to our UP/s Drummond Island, down the West side of Michigan.. We probably put a few more miles on her, it seems like we rode her a couple other places.. All that said, I think I am safe in declaring that Tweeks has over 250k on her.. She is the highest mileage Venture that I have had so far.. I have to say though, Tweeks IS one tired scoot.. I have read of lots of folks with 300k plus on these bikes, I am sure you will hear from some.. As hard on these Ventures as I have been, I can honestly see where - with proper care and by following the maintenance schedule laid out by Yamaha -- 300k NO PROBLEM!! I do have a 1987 Venture parts bike in the garage with a good motor that I got recently.. Even though its just a parts bike - it is the newest Venture I have ever owned.. I am still not sure what I am going to do with it yet BUT,, I may combine it with the remains of Tweeks when she gives up the ghost and name our new Venture "Memories" or something.. The side covers that are on Tweeks are priceless, they came from my first Venture, an 84 Royal named "Beeg" - many many many miles and memories living in those old Blonde side covers.. Anyway,, sounds like you got the potential for many many GREAT memories of fun and adventure sitting in those two machines Riv,, lot and lots of really good miles... Puc PS, there is an unwritten rule around VR that reads something like "NO PICS = IT DIDNT HAPPEN" or "THIS THREAD IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT PICS" or something like that.. For me, this rule has never been a problem because Tweeks has always been the prettiest bike on the site and I have never had a problem sharing pics of her.. There are folks on here that do constantly get away with breaking that unwritten rule Riv, I hope your not one of them cause I, for one, would love to see some pics of your scoots..

I knew that Bren,, I was just :stickpoke:with you,, its a major flaw in my character that gets me in trouble sometimes.. Not to long ago there were some folks that were and with me about a need I may or may not have for putting a hitch on Tweeks and dragging a trailer around with us.. I think that was during last years ride stories.. Anyway,, this was just my way of trying to for more and getting a rise of some sleeping giants out there..

As long as the request lines are now open,, I wonder if I could get "Cowpuc liked this post" changed to "Cowpuc liked this post so much that he told Tippy about it. She read it and they both like it"? And yes,, we would like 2 of your hot apple pies with that.. Thank you

Close but NO cigar.. He may have a "poser" really cool bike BUT he ain't got Tippy and TIPPY is truly ONE OF A KIND - I have NO worries about anyone one upping me

THAT is AWESOME Brake Pad!! :clap2: People like you and the businesses you operate are the backbone of what makes our country so great!! THANK YOU for your hard work and doing it right!! That is so cool - CONGRATS!

CONGRATS RBIG!! Hope you and your son have a safe, fun journey and that the new bike is EVERYTHING you are hoping for!! Glad your going after it now cause I heard rumors that FlyingFool's White Wash Machine blew a gasket and, even though it might take a week or two for the sunshine to burn off the last White Wash it squirted up there, we are gonna be riding very very soon!!

Thanks Bob! There are places out there that surpass Royal palaces in their shear beauty and THAT particular area happens to be one of them.. I simply tried to give the area's open invitation for all to come and enjoy its regality due justice thru my words.. I am glad to hear it touched you like it did and that you said something. That means a lot my friend! Here's a heads up of what lies ahead as the Majestic Lady shares some more of her gracefulness!! Puc

A couple other folks, friends on here and even my neighbor have asked me about trailers too Bren.. Never could see how trailers would work for us (notice picture of the sign in my response to Bob in the post after this one),, BUT, to serve as a trailer for my story and to entice you into staying on the trail with us, here are some pics of trailers from our journey that might interest you... A couple of these shots include the Shuttlebugs (great folks and VR members) beautiful trailer that Mr. Shuttlebug made with his own two hands!! Hope this helps Brenner!!

Heyyyyy,, look what the Kat drug in,, get it,, Kat - drug,, ohhh never mind,, probably hurts to even smile right now.. SOOO glad to hear from you kiddo!! Hope the anestesia nausea wears off and you get back on your feet soon!! THANK YOU for touching base with us!! Thoughts and Prayers Up

This is UNREAL for the price!! I miss being me... There was a time when I would be grabbing a bank roll and headed cross country picking stuff like this so fast,,, why even the 1st Gen Ventures had a hard time keeping up with me!! Its at 9k with about 20 minutes of bid time left,, be really really interesting to see if it takes a huge hit at the end!! Good grief I love this stuff.. Harley Davidson Other | eBay

If your talking to me Cha, no,,, it got sold out from under him.. The guy only wanted 2 for it and it was gone before he could get to it.. Like I told em,, being all snowed in like we are up here - no need to panic,, LOTS of deals out there!!

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