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Thanks Cha!! and, your gonna have to remind me of which "issue" you speak? A lop eared geezer of a multi issued varmint like me has so many issues,, telling one from the other is getting hard to keep all those little issues organized

I would never say never Fool but the button on these QD's is pretty stiff springed and ya gotta push it in below the rim of the receiving bucket to get it to disconnect.. DEFINITELY no where near as easy to release as, sayyy, one of those cheapy little 3 ball Chinese air hose QD connections that we all love so much.. I would give the sling QD a better than 90% chance of never being knocked open by a twig

OUTSTANDING BROTHER!! Wayyyy cool!! Hey @Skid,, does that SR have a "normal" AR lower? Does the lower and upper pivot open on the forward pin to reveal a removable BCG and trigger group like, I assume, your MP15 does?

I just snapped that two point on for show and tell Skidder, I have never messed with the single point but I am gonna as I did grab one over the winter to try. It will be interesting to see how it works for me, I have 0 training with em like you but have lots of time on the 2 point (hunting).. Lots of FUN!!

Nahhh,,, @Marcarl knows better than that!!: Me: :Im not listening to @saddlebum: :Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to MarCarl::Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to then he takes bite of Hamburger, then he: :Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to:Im not listening to

Not to be confused with one of those lop eared code violatin varmints (hey Sly,, you can ALWAYS send me more pics to post for ya,, ANYTIME my friend!!),, the VR should note that I included PICS with my latest shootin iron drama here LOOKY what finally got here from Cambodia (gotta LOVE E-Bay!),, my $2 sling AR15 swivel finally arrived !! Hard to imagine a fully grown mature man could get so exited about something sooo trivial aint it:hurts:.. Wayyy back last fall when I first started my AR15 build I shopped till I dropped for a low dollar,, low budget, cheap as could be AR bottom end (biker talk for a Receiver) to build on. After a bunch of research, I set out to score on one of the latest generations of the "Plum Crazy" mounts and landed a complete bottom end for $70 bucks - shipped. I had read a LOT of good things on this Polymere receiver, paying very close attention to the exactness in their ability to hold Mil-Spec tolerances on the latest model = it WORKED,, it is AMAZING!! High end trigger group :mo money:dropped right in:Laugh:!! When playing with replacing the trigger group with the latest and greatest, and something I did not notice in all my reading was exactly how complete the unit was/is.. Complete all the way to the little QD's (quick disconnect) cups being built right into the stock from the factory = wayyyyyyy cool!! The QD for the Key-Mod furniture up front came in many moon ago and I have been anxiously waiting for the matching stock QD to get here from Cambodia and TODAY WAS THE DAY:santa:!!!!!!!!! Notice that the "cup" that receives that QD is not needed with the Plum!! I guess I could have tried to talk the seller in Cambodia down 50 cents on the deal and him keep the little cup but, because he shipped for free, I figured what da heck what da hay and sent the 2 bucks!!

Thanks for the Bongo! You lop eared varmints want a GOOD READ? Go back up to BongoBob's post and click on one of the little blue/silver icon's under Bongo's name in his post (these are a good example of clubbers taking advantage of #4 on the new comers list of things to make it happen for them!!). A whole plethora of uplifting goodness right there I tell ya:guitarist 2:!! The kind of read that validates what Bongo is stating above. Varmints encouraging/helpin/lovin Varmints,, dont get no better than that....

Heyyyyy,,, wait a second here,,,, by The Code (and bein an LEO = you of all lop eared VR varmints should KNOW the importance of following The Code) = and there is no where in The Code that says this does not apply for 410 Shotgun shootin irons!!!!!!!! Sure Sly, send me the bill,, as long as the vendor you ordered from accepts Hot Dogs:178: for payment in full,,, the Pucsters got chur back!! After this though:

,, I think you might have fingered it out Fool!!! and stop asking me questions,,, you KNOW I aint right and have very little of the memory matter up there in never land!!:moon::moon:

WAYYYYY COOL!!! If I were in the hood I would keep an eye on that portable gun rest!! I got one but not nearly that nice! On the other hand,, what I would REALLY like is a portable gun vise!!!!!!! COOL BEANS BROTHER! THANKS FOR THE LINK!!

EXCELLENT!! Now I can my afternoon beauty nap with no fear of nightmares about you coming all the way from Sacramento to Michigan just to throw some SDS bits at my poor, little lop eared varmint bald head!! Ahh oh,, now I got a nuther thought,,, Jack, can you check your owners manual and see if it specs "SDS"? Mine clearly specs "SDS MAX".. Hope I ordered the right stuff :doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh: :crackup::crackup:

I was actually born with (or I may have been abducted and have had some kind of ET sensor implanted) the innate ability to detect Alien presence. Besides,, everyone KNOWS that no human has the capability of controlling the weather Fool,,, that kind of activity DEFINITELY requires the skilled hands of someone from farrr off in outer space,,, a REAL spacey kind of lop eared ET varmint !!!

On the other hand, it not be a bad idea, in my case, when living with "Annie Oklie" to have a bright light shining down wind of the shooter cause I would sure hate to end up with a backside full of buckshot after going upstairs while pulling an all nighter working on scoots in the basement and needing to use the potty :duck::duck:

On the other hand, it not be a bad idea, in my case, when living with "Annie Oklie" to have a bright light shining down wind of the shooter cause I would sure hate to end up with a backside full of buckshot after going upstairs while pulling an all nighter working on scoots in the basement and needing to use the potty :duck::duck:

AHHHH OHHHHHH!! I did it again,,, another confounded booo booo on my part here @Condor,, I can only hope and pray this didnt mess up your day here @Condor!! Sorry if I did!! I stopped at HR to grab some bits for my Hammer, noticed the shanks on the "SDS" bits didnt look correct. Left em there to investigate. Came home, checked the owners manual in my Hammer box,,, YIKES:scared:,, my shooter takes the "SDS MAX" = NOT the "SDS" like I had thought it did and like I had told you it did!!! Jack, I did some digging on Ebay and ended up ordering these for mine at the lowest "Buy It Now" pricing I could find on each: https://www.ebay.com/itm/SDS-Max-To-SDS-Plus-Adaptor-Chuck-Drill-Converter-Shank-Quick-Tool-Kit-Diameter/192732973931?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid https://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Pcs-SDS-Plus-Drill-Socket-Driver-Set-1-4-3-8-1-2-Chuck-Adaptor/401344013594?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid https://www.ebay.com/itm/SDS-plus-Shank-Adaptor-1-2-Chuck/152557918995?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid https://www.ebay.com/itm/20mm-4-Flute-Auger-Wood-Drill-Bits-SDS-Plus-Wood-Hole-Saw-Cutting-Tool-Long-HCS/132968339237?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid https://www.ebay.com/itm/11-PC-DRILL-BITS-SDS-PLUS-CONCRETE-MASONRY-ROTARY-BIT-SET-FIT-HILTI-BOSCH/121795921274?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid I know I am weird but :mo money:for tools is a lot like :mo money:on guns,,, just cant get enough of that wonderful stuff!!

On occasion I hear (and have even spoke it many times myself) of the "good ol days in the club". Funny thing that living in the past stuff can be, all the great memories. Don't know about all the rest of you lop eared long term VR varmints who have been around the club for a while but, as for me, it's easy to miss the crowds of folks who used to party (using that term loosely) here. Watching each others "friends" lists grow was always fun, as was watching in amazement as the endless "thanks" and "likes" icon's appeared in posts made by V-4 guru's who helped us fix our bikes or by clubbers who just enjoyed a comment so much they just had to join the throngs and click on those icon's to join in on the HURRAH felt from the post. And of course, there was ALWAYS the WOWZY WOW WOW WOW factor of the feeling one got when pulling into a rally point of a VR Meet-n-Greet or other gathering of the minds in some land far away as your eyes feasted on the lines of mighty V-4 Ventures and their smiling owners. Be it on the West Coast, East Coast, wayy down yonder in the South or even wayyyyyy up thar in Kanuckian land,,, CTFW for hours on end was ALWAYS worth the trip. If your still reading this, you are probably wondering what my point is.. Well, take a breath,, I am getting to it:hihi:.. I seriously just wanted to try and orientate some of our new members on how easy it can be to create a really cool online MC club experience (IN NO WAY DOWN PLAYING THE ENDLESS HOURS THAT Freebird AND OUR MODERATORS PUT INTO ACTUALLY CREATING, SUPPORTING, MAINTAINING A CLUB LIKE OURS = NOTHING EASY ABOUT THAT I AM SURE :bowdown:). Some things you, as a new member can do to make it work in your favor in keeping it all rollin (IMHO of course): 1. When you read something in a post, take a quick "click" on the little "thanks" and/or "likes" icon at the bottom of the post. This makes your friend who posted it feel more at home and will give you those same feelings when they do the same. Maybe get in the habit of clickin one or the other or both as you read. 2. Don't be shy. Your thoughts, opinions, ideas, ride stories w/ PICTURES , are ALWAYS appreciated. 3. Don't be to thinned skinned, as in any family environment, an occasional hurt feeling will arise but 99% of the time the varmint who hurt your feelings did not mean anything personal by it. 4. The creator/owner of the site (Don) has spent many many hours masterfully creating, among other things, an "Awards" section for the club. A little research/reading in that section will show you that there is an award available for just about every kind of activity. Don't be afraid to recommend one of your brothers/sisters in the club for one of these awards. When you do, and after the recommendation has been approved, the person you nominated will have an "AWARD" appear in his signature. Award honoring is FUN and is encouraged, at least IMHO. 5. Please do not forget to request/claim your own, earned, "Badge of Honor" if you are one of the amazing individuals in our family who has served in the Military/LEO/EMT or Fire Department branches of public service.. WE LOVE AND HONOR YOU WHO SERVE!! 6. If you find time in your busy schedule to sneak off and attend one of the many club adventures to meet some of these lop eared varmints face to face (be it at a Rally, Meet n Greet or just for a cup of coffee) DO NOT PASS IT UP! Go to the top of a page, find the "Calendar" icon, run thru the months and find a gathering and sign up!! THEY ARE A HOOT!! Also watch the threads where rallies are posted,, lots of opportunities there. Also keep an eye out in The Water Hole for such opportunities - while many times, the meets found there are spur of the moment shin digs, many lop eared varmints have found these outings to be some of the most entertaining. 7. Don't be afraid to post needs in the "wanted" section or buy/sell area's of the site. Many people have been helped finding some pretty obscure items just by mentioning what they are looking for. 8. Take a moment and make sure your signature area has, at a minimum, the year/make/model of the bike(s) you own. This little tid bit is really helpful to those who are standing inline to answer questions that you may have about your scoot. 9. Being a new comer, many folks find making suggestions in answer to someones question intimidating. Try not to be one of those types, learning new tricks to solve old or new problems is always fun and welcome!! Indeed,, you can teach a lop eared geezer varmint new tricks! 10. If you click on a person's name you will be led to their profile. If you look right under their name in the profile, the first thing you will see is "Add As Friend", if you click on Add As Friend you will be given the opportunity to do so and send a request to the person you selected to accept you as "A Friend". You can also look down at the bottom of their profile and see how many friends they have. While it may sound corny, that little Add A Friend thing can get kind of addictive, especially if your a person who really enjoys and treasures friends in life.. Use "Add As Friend" a bunch,, you wont regret it! 11. If you just signed up and find yourself in the "New Members Thread", please dont stop your adventure in our club there,, after getting that message of "Welcome" in that thread,,, head to the Water Hole and make an introduction. "The Water Hole" seems to be the livelier of the two forum thread areas. The last thing you want to do is get missed on your first day on the site! 12. At the very top, upper right hand corner, of every thread is an often overlooked by very useful opportunity for you to rate the thread you are participating in. Clicking on that little icon will give you an opportunity to give little gold stars to a thread you have enjoyed and/or found useful. Just another way of showing appreciation and participating in club fun!! 13. If you start a thread to make an inquiry asking for assistance, please remember to include the final solution you used to solve the issue at the end of the thread no matter how trivial it may seem. THANK YOU Chaharly for bringing this up! If there are ANY more suggestions like this to add in here, be it from you - the new member or from a long standing member - PLEASE make the suggestion! 14. Completely backwards to ways of the road, here in your club house people really LOVE to be summoned. The problem is is that not everyone hears real well. The Bossman (Don/Freebird) solved some of our hard-of-hearing problems by implementing the usage of the "@" symbol. If you find the need to have a certain lop eared club member varmint respond to a post you are making, using the "@" symbol directly in front of the members screen name will get you the quickest response from the person you are looking for. Look at post 14 above. Notice that Chaharly's name is highlighted and underlined? If used properly, this is a good example of how the person's screen name will appear in your post after you post it. Bottom line,, I have met and am personal friends now with some of the most fantastic, interesting and intelligent people on the planet due to VentureRider.org. Folks from all walks of life and from all over the world (and quite possibly even a couple Aliens from other worlds:cool10:) shave given me the privilage and honor of getting to call them my friend all because of our club. With just a little effort, perhaps you too will find this same opportunity by taking advantage of your 1 dollar a month investment.. I hope you do! Puc

Rereading your question here Maddy I think I might have went down the wrong trail on that last answer, sorry bout that.. The engine number is stamped on top of the forward bevel gear housing at the rear of the engine. Yes, the last 4 digits of that number is what your concern is when looking for the 1414 and above. Not sure how to tell off the engine # exactly what year of bike the engine came out of if you are junk yardin just an engine with no access to title or title VIN.. Normally its the "10th" digit in a VIN that shows year of bike and not sure if that applies to engine numbers on these scoots. I do know that you can't go by the last 4 digit rule though if you dont know the year cause there were over 1400 of the 83's made so somewhere out there are a bunch of 83's with higher than 1414 stamped on the block as the last 4 digits.

Yep,, it's just the last 4 digits of your VIN, as shown on your title, the neck of your scoot or the little white/black lettered sticker on the frame rail on the right hand side of the bike (right side when sitting on the bike/down by the rear brake pedal) just above the exhaust system. Easiest way to find it is just look at the Title. Keep in mind though Maddy that the "1413" reference when speaking of making sure you stay away from future 2nd gear failures on these V-4's ONLY applies to the 1985 Venture. If the bike is pre-85, it makes no difference what the VIN shows in those last 4 digits = 2nd gear will eventually fail. Make sense? Another thought, I purchased an 86 Venture once during an ice storm,, poor thing was in a storage unit and had been for many years. Felt sorry for it, bike was dirt cheap,, had to have it.. Seller helped me load it, handed me the Title, went thru all the hassle of loading and hauling, got er fired up to see what I had before starting the build = ran GREAT for a bike with +15 years of storage under her belt. Thought best to double check the VIN with the SOS BEFORE continuing, side sticker VIN was missing, bent down on the right side of the bike to see VIN on neck = AHHH OHHH = WRONG VIN!! Title didnt match scoot!! Seller would not answer phone or email = ROTTEN LOW LIFE!! Did a stolen vehicle check with the Cops = clean.. Ended up selling as a parts bike.. Moral of the story = ALWAYS check the Title VIN against FRAME VIN (on the neck) before paying for scoot (I knew this going in, had been there before, just failed to live by my own rule one time to many).

Thinking these are the ones I grabbed for mine years ago Jack. I dont recall the 1 1/8th being the issue as much as making sure its "SDS" chuck and not SDS "MAX" or SDS "SUPER".. My Hammer is exactly like the one you just grabbed and I LOVE the thing!! DEFINITELY a performer for what it is!! There should be a grease pocket on top of the hammer (as I recall),, just make sure you keep er lubed and the thing will run for hours,, enough so that your hands will turn numb and any loose fillings will be found 15 bucks,, here ya go: https://www.harborfreight.com/SDS-Masonry-Flat-Chisel-Set-3-Pc-62479.html My sons got a bunch of concrete wall work to do and now I gotta scoot down to HF and grab these for mine,, might not be a bad idea to grab these too while your there,, if they any left: https://www.harborfreight.com/8-in-SDS-Masonry-Bit-Set-6-Pc-62482.html You are more than welcome for the lead ya lop eared side walk bustin varmint!! Dont work to hard

GOOD ON YA VICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:bowdown::bowdown: Now be careful out there with that thang!! When a 1st Gen is hittin on all 4 and feelin its oats,,, they have a tendency to like to rare up on that back wheel when tickled... :guitarist 2::guitarist 2: GREAT NEWS BROTHER!!!

You betcha, you are welcome and THANK YOU for sharing the pics with us!!! Right with ya, can't wait for the 20th for you!! Will be patiently waiting for the ?'s to roll in - someone around this joint will have answers for ya Maddy,,, TONS of very astute gearheads around the club,,, and a few of us back yard types too:missingtooth: Looking forward to your build!!!

BEAUTIFUL brother,,, JUST GORGEOUS!! And if we were closer I would be headed to your man cave just to hear and SMELL that gorgeous little 180 twin fire up one time for old times sake!! I LOVED (and still do) all those early Yams.. Rode em and loved em!! They had a special "tone" to em that is irreplaceable with its synced "tat tat tat tat".. REAL NICE my friend,, REALLY REALLY NICE!! Redoing a Venture is DEFINITELY NOT OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE MADE2CARE!! I can see this rescued 1sr Gen Royale having a really really bright future! YOU DA MAN MADDY!!!

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Got a request from a fellow club member to post up some pics of some stuff I may be bringing to MD this year for "Swap Meetin". ***THIS STUFF IS NOT FOR SALE AT THIS TIME (its stored in boxes and its still winter here, couldnt get at any of it even if I had to ) but hopefully will be available at MD this year.. I dont have actual pics of just the parts to share BUT I do have shots of Tweeksis in all her glory before I dismantled her to make her mine that are posted below. All the Chrome goodies are what I am referring to.. WOWZY WOW WOW WOW, I had forgotten how purdy she was :guitarist 2::guitarist 2:BST (that is Before Sticker Time).. If you see it missing in her AST conversion,, it will be there if we are!! SORRY,,NO PLASTIC OR SEATING!!

Hearing that my friend!! By the way,,, dont know if I ever told you but THANK YOU for your service in supporting our way of life brother,, YOU and all those other folks who took the oath are GREATLY appreciated by Tip and I!! THANKS Jim!! Sooo,,, what in the wild world of protecting ourselves from those who would seek to destroy our way of life is a "Streamlight"? ,, you aint pullin one of those reverse psych thingies on me to return the favor of getting me to :mo money:are ya brother ?? Definitely sounds like something I may have to track down if it is what I think it is:Laugh: Just getting around to checking out my most recent ammo ship!! 5000 Rds of Aquilla 40 grain copper plated high velocity for 3.2 cents a round SHIPPED!! I went to lift the box and could hardly lift it (think I better do some:pushups:) off the porch,, makes me wonder how on earth the supplier could ship this stuff for free!! I aint complaining though,,, more :mo money:to spend on a,, "Streamlight" as soon as Sly splains it to me!!