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Ok,, here is my take,,, if I had an old Goldwing in comparable physical cosmetic condition to that of the 83 Venture (not trading a cream puff Wing for a Venture that some lop eared sticker covering wanna be biker varmint had short shifted his way to 250,000 miles on) that Wing would be longgggg gone!! While I do agree that the little 74 inch, 1200cc V-4 does love to be revved out (gotta get above 5200 R's for it,s amazing HP to really get started) the bike's torque is totally adequate in lower R's to crawl off road mountain terrain loaded to gills with gear and 2 varmints on board WITH NO SECOND GEAR. And,, it will run circles around the Wings of that era in all conditions and get superior MPG in doing so.. My 1st 1st Gen that I grabbed out of an estate sale (ironically,, it was the gold - here we call them a "Blonde" - one too) lost it's second gear @26k and all my other's had lost it well below 40k. Made2care, be curious to know how many miles on the one you are looking at? After discovering the capabilities of this amazing machine with no 2nd gear and it's absolute rideability by short shifting, I literally hunted for 1st Gens without out it as I my family and I wore out our riders.. I would buy em dirt cheap (few hundred bucks), make em run by combining parts (usually involved a carb bank swap as most of the bikes had set for long periods of time due to the costs involved with getting the tranny repaired = previous owners had no idea what they were missing). I have yet to have a - missing second gear 1st Gen - 1st Gen not roll out past 200K thru short shifting with very little needed = other than dropping in a set of Progressive Springs up front, upgrading the clutch springs so when she comes up on the pipe in top gears while fully loaded the clutch dont slip, tires (LOTS OF REAR TIRES) - brakes - occasional carb diaphram repair and syncing (they LOVE to be synced) = normal stuff.. I have also had to swap out a TCI once (the mount location for the TCI promotes moisture build up). Speaking of that, the 83's were a one year bike on the TCI/vacuum spark advance arrangement. The 84's (which my 1st one was) have a different TCI and pull the signal for the spark advance directly from the intake manifold. If you look closely at the intakes and notice the little rubber plugs that you will remove to hook up the gauges for syncing,, if those plugs are on all the intakes = 83, if the #2 has a vacuum line attached to the nipple where the other intakes have the plug = 84. This is important IMHO because the 83 TCI's seem to be easier to find than the 84's should you need one. I know there was a guy looking for an 84 TCI, having problems finding one and I ended up sending him the one out of my 84 that had been on the shelf for many many years.. I have 4 of them for the 83's, 1 of which I pulled from a junk bike in a scrap yard, and have never had a problem locating the early TCI's BUT,, keep in mind,, that other than my 1st 1st Gen, all my riders to this point (I am wearing out #6 as this time) have been 83's so I got lots of spare bits and pieces built up.. Never had a frame failure but as mentioned, would take a peek at the swingarm to frame connection area for that malady. The 1st Gen MK1's (83/84 - no idea on the 85's) came OEM with a plastic water pump impellar. It liked to disolve. I have replaced all of mine except this last one with the upgraded aluminum impellar. If the fins on the impellar dissolve it will run hot. Oh,, by the way,, these bike normally run about 1 needle width away from the hot zone. They also came right from Mom Yam with stator issues waiting to happen.. Mom Yam forgot to install the orfice in the crank bolt to shoot oil on the stator to cool it and also forgot the splash plate for the oil to bounce against. The stator itself is enimic so it ran hot and desperately needed the cooling. All upgrades parts still available as far as I know.. The brake system is linked rear to front, front left is controled by rear brake pedal. If you go look at it and work the rear brake and notice the brakes stick on, just take the end of 2x4 and smack the calipers to free em BUT remember to smack the front left in the process.. Personally,, I could have dragged my wife and kids all over the States on any brand/model of bike I wanted thru the years but chose to do so on the 1st Gen Ventures because they were the most over looked, clearly the most durable + trust worthy, and CHEAP due to the 2nd gear issue.. If had to redo the 1 million plus miles of amazingly awesome times that we have had out CTFW (chasing the front wheel), the 1st Gen MK1 Venture would be my bike of choice to do it on = BAR NONE! Hope this helps! Any other questions = just ask.. Puc P.S. - almost forgot, :welcome1:

I knew it,,, I knew it!!! That pointer finger is a flat out give away to the ET dna my brother. Remembering back to another great time Jack (C Vid), where you joined in with the group "VentureRider.org ROCKS" at the end of the vid and pointed your pointer to the sky = DEFINITELY a match!!!!

Like a kid looking under the ol Christmas tree,,, got my eyes peeled Sly!!! If Ruger didnt change the diameter of the top of the receiver!! If they didnt,, I will order a rail, scribe a lite line down the center line of the sights, center punch the rail with a transfer punch thru the holes in the rail, drill it, counter sink it and tap it, mount the rail and end up with a little brother MK1 of that gorgeous MK3 of yours!! I was thinkin yours was dove tail milled, I called around yesterday before being crystal on what you had there and got a feel for having my receiver milled by a smith.. 2 MONTHS out was the fastest turn around. Didnt even ask price as that ETA is just wayyy to close to the "shootin Batchlor party" I am tossing here for my soon to be Son-In-Law (he LOVES to shoot but is stuck in CommieFornia = to quote my good friend @Condor) this spring. Gonna need the MK1 for that - BIG TIME. Got 5000 rds of Aguilla 40 grain coming too so the MK1 HAS to be here. The drillin and tappin (if this works as planned) I can do right here at home.. Thanks my lop eared shootin iron moddin varmint brother!

Well put down that set of White Washer Nozzles ya got in your hand and grab the camera brother

R1 ,,,never knew Remington made an R1 .. OH YEA,, GOTTA LOVE THEM 1911'S!!! Sooo much fun!! Aint nuthin touches the heart of historic shooters like a good old 45acp 1911!! Then the fun begins in tricken em out = so many options and soo easy to keep the wallet enemic .. I did not even know Remington made a 1911 till now Sly.. I googled it and WOWZY WOW WOW WOW,, come to find out, Remington was making 1911's all the way back to the FIRST World War:scared:.. Wayyyy cool!!

Ahhh, that is interesting! Hey Sly, is the top of the receiver on your MK3 also milled flat to accept the rail from Ruger or is it just drilled and tapped? If it made so the radius of the rail matches the radius of an unmilled surface, could you drop a set Verniers or mics on it and give me the measurement? My MK1 is not bull barreled like your MK3 but I wonder of the actual receiver tops are the same diameter and if so, maybe all I need to do is drill and tap it!!

If I were gonna trike one of these smaller motored V-4's I think I would play around with tossing some gearing at it. My V-Max was lowered geared and probably via the rear end. I would probably take a close look at dropping in a V-Max rear end for the lower gear ratio (if what I am thinking is true). The stock ratio's to torque specs are about right for the weight of the stock bike w/two up and loaded but add in the weight of the trike kit with live axle to 2 wheels and then towing a trailer (if one chooses to do so), I too wonder if that isn't a bit much for stock torque to weight ratio..

Personally I LOVE what the guy did and give em a double dip:thumbsup: ,,, of course,,, if you are the builder and reading this = ya gotta consider the source on that :thumbsup: cause I am farrrrr from anybodies mother on this stuff! I have yet to meet a carburated motor that has any form of decent throttle response when cold,, just nature of the beast IMHO. My experience has been it is VERY difficult to judge performance until she's up to temp. Yep,, the guy DEFINITELY would not pass an xray or pressure test on a power house job site with those welds but I have seen far worse.. Heyy,, he tried and that counts in my book.. Welding advice? Practice until you can SEE the puddle! Once you can develop that basic skill, those welds will become "wedding ring bands". IMHO, sound/rumble is a deceptive thing.. I am with Bongo 100% on the whole put the :mo money:toward the OEM quad carb setup to bring it back to life. Set up like those early engineers at Yamaha did in their RnD to make these 1st Gens run like a scalded cat in the first place is THE way to go IMHO (and Bongo's ).. About the only place in the vid that has me my beat up ol beaner is the young mans comment about doing the single carb setup on a wing and then seeing 170 mph on it .. Anyone who has actually seen 170 mph on two wheels KNOWS that is probably stretching it BUT,, he does not go into what kind back ground he has in frame design and steering geometerys and the like so I spose,, giving him the benefit of the doubt, it is possible that he built up a wing motor and stuck it in a Bonneville streamliner frame.. Of course, if that were the case,,, one would think his weld skills would speak to it

:bighug:right back at cha my friend!!! And THANK YOU for the kind words on my brother, brother!! Him and I fought like cats and dogs when we were little,, he was ALWAYS Dads favorite (my Dad never understood the "gearhead" thing which created all kinds of issues between he and I) so we had that sibling rivalry t:stickpoke::stickpoke:thing happenin 24/7.. Little did we know that, like so many including yourself, we would both be needing those skills for this stuff:doh:. You hang in there and walk as straight up as possible brother.. Try to remember that "straight up" and proud is a thing of the heart more than of the physical.. Works (sometimes) for me!!

Although I know they have all the info they could ever use on us "normal", legal, law abiding, patriotic, constitutionalist citizens anyway but I have never been that appreciative of handing over all the info required to get a CCW here in Michigan,,, wayyy to "infringement" for me.. I hope and pray Michigan follows up with similar action some day.. Probably not soon though cause of who just got in as Guvner here.. Sad.. We did go MAGA back in '16 though so thats a HUGE plus,,, there,, my morning is back :usa::usa::usa::usa: @Freebird,,, when you gonna get us FLAG to wave brother? I know its my tired old eyes but that puny little thing is getting hard to see

WOWZY WOW WOW WOW!! Gorgeous shootin irons there FOR SURE Sly!! Just flat out awesome!!! I LOVE where you went with the MK3!! You mentioned me with this thread gettin the ol fixin and spoilin them shooters motor runnin,, well,, you done returned the favor with this one brother!!! I gotta MK1 that has been a absolute favorite of mine for years,, thousands of rounds of cheap Thunderbolts ran thru it.. It DEFINITELY is a fun, cheap, accurate piece of Ruger history and now,, it IS gonna get a face lift! I REALLY like your add on brother! Seeing that Pictanny strip on top with the (I am assuming?) quick point red dot "scope" aboard just gives me !! I am thinking you had the receiver cut with dove tails and then used a dove tail to pitanny mount on top:178:? LOOKS GREAT! Being a first gen,, my MK1 came with non adjustables (good sites but a pain cause you gotta reaquire aim point every time at the range if your shooting for "Bull" instead of groupin. Yep, your ol shootin buddy is DEFINITELY gonna copy cat cha on that one my friend!!:happy34: I also just grabbed new magazine for mine,, sort of expensive (22 bucks) but the original was getting pretty tired and loose to the point it had feed problems too. If that dont fix it, I will also do like you and send her in and see what they say. I think that mag is one of the things that changed on the "3" Sly, mine has little slider at the base of the grip that you move to release the mag, does your MK3 have a side button release like your other 2 shooters in the pics? Also think Ruger may have done away with that tricky little bolt group carrier release handle on the rear that makes cleaning em tricky? LOVE what you did with it Sly,, JUST AWESOME!! More on the other 2 as soon as my finger reaquire from typin and I eat these Potato Pancakes Tip scorched me for breakfast

I pulled winterization runs on both Maggie and Tweeksis today = 4 March, 2019. Maggie just squinted and ran when I backed her hind end outside the basement into the cold but that Tweeksis,, she got snappy with me and even refused to allow her rear tire to roll over the sliding door floor plate. I had to allow that old girl to remain inside with nothing but the very tips of her muffs hangin out in the cold.. Both of them bid you all the very best in your preppin your scoot for Summer ridin @luvmy40.. @Flyinfool,, I wont tell ya what they bid you brother

Ok folks, here we go,, more AWESOME shooters!! Only, regretfully,, these sweethearts do not belong to me... @Sylvester, Sly,, I got em cooked here brother.. The original pics were fairly small so in the resizing - they got a little blurry (sorry bro) but still very viewable. I am going to go ahead here and post both versions.. Also cant wait to hear the full blown laydown of each shooter... Take it away ya lop eared fancy shootin iron varmint P.S.,, you are welcome my friend!!

Soo one time Tip, Tweeks and I were out in Roswell NM looking for Aliens and we,,, never mind... Talkin to Aliens are ya Jack:scratchchin:?:beer::beer:

Like an old MXin buddy I use to race with use to say Sly,, "Its ALWAYS something!!"!! IMHO, when fooling with these shooters,, the Winter time with Fool playing with the White Washer 24/7 and all this nonsense happening,, it is the PERFECT time for sortin em out,,, Tweek here = Tweek there,, keep playin that tune till we get it right = BEFORE shootin time gets here !! Wilson is a GOOD company,, I am sure they will take care of you!! Had the AR with the Conversion out for some test-n-tune time.. It was working GREAT and then it started having FTF problems,, I got an after market trigger in both the AR's so I thought maybe I was going to have to do some polishing on the BCG of the Conversion.. Got home, took it down and noticed right away that I had a LOT of build up on the bolt face of the conversion. As you know, the 22lr are blow back where the 556's and 308's AR's are gas operated.. I had forgotten how absolutely filthy 22's are.. Now I got er all cleaned back up, did some polishing on the BCG rails anyway,, all looks good and ready for the next test. Also just finished my monthly running of the bikes, both Maggie (R1) and Tweeksis (our 83) to make sure the carbs dont solidify over winter = might be the wrong way but its my way of winterization.. WOW was that FUN,, smelled sooooooo good to bring em both up to temp and tap the mains a few times. "Always something" Anyway,, PLEASE do send those pics of what ever = like I said,, be more than happy to help get the pics on here for something to about!! That's what friends are for brother!! SEND EM Puc

Me too Chuck,, me too but, I got a hunch that either way, permit or no permit, the authorities will be involved in the aftermath of a dead bad guy and if it's self defense and/or innocent lives are saved cause a good guy with a shooter stepped up to the plate, the courts would look favorably upon him. IMHO, it's not a permit that gives us the right to protect our selves, that is all covered by the 2nd.. We have "Enhanced Drivers License"'s available to us, which Tip and I both have. What makes them "Enhanced" is that complete background checks were done to obtain them. I am of the mind that all Drivers Licenses should be Enhanced and that a DL should cover all bases for gun ownership, voting and the whole nine yards. Simple as simple.

Looks like a blast Jack!! That puppy would be fun to take into the Mountains on a clear, no moon night and look for ET's out CTFW!

Yea baby,, THAT is a good one!! Folks on the outskirts of area's where only the bad guys have gun's engaging their 2nd Amendment rights to protect themselves when those bad guys come to town. Definitely a healthy dose of to cheer a soul this mornin Casey,, thanks brother!!

But DADDY,,, AINT CHRISTMAS EVER GONNA GET HERE :680::680: Eagerly awaiting the story and the pics brother!! Glad you found the camera!! Hope it works like new and the shootin iron stuff shines like the morning sun peeking over the Western Montana mountain skyline on a fresh spring morning

I am soooo trackin with ya @Condor! For many years now I have used the cheapy little Digitals (goodbye to film!!). I always grab the ones that take the full sized SD Cards (amazing how many vids/pics you can load onto a 32 gig card:happy34:), gotta be powered by 2 double "A"'s for ease of finding xtra batts along the trail, are vid capable and all that. Set er up on "Economy" shootin and no resizing needed to flood our club with pics. The nice thing about them too is when you drop one while shootin while CTFW, you just go back to the crash site - slide the card out and toss the camera and go grab another (had that happen twice on one trip once ).. I am also one who still carries a flip phone BUT,, my son gave my wife one of these new fang dangled smart phones and it IS really neat! Besides being able to take pics with it,, I can turn a 1 hour text typing message into a 2 minute chore by using Voice Text, can jump on the Web and all that stuff.. While I am wayyyy still stuck in the dinosaur age using my flip phone (the kid offered to get me one like Tips and put my on his "plan" too,,, I declined and stuck with the flip for easier concealed phone carry ) I do gotta admit, I do clearly see the goodness the smart phone package does offer.. Just a matter of preference I reckon...

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!! Makes my long for some !!! Thanks for posting Jag and ALL the very best of many miles of smiles out there CTFW my friend!!

ROCK AND ROLL SPENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:usa::usa::usa::usa:

OUTSTANDING!! Gorgeous hunk of shootin iron there brother!!! Tuffy,, is that Springfield striker fire? My money's on you jumpin to the 5 inch Mod will REALLY be a show off shooter at 50 Yards - CANT WAIT TO READ/SEE YOUR REPORT TUFFY!! Puc

OUTSTANDING :dancefool::dancefool::dancefool:!! Now,, ,,, let's see,,, pictures from the phone to show-n-tell on the Clubhouse wall... If it were my phone, I would email the pic's to me with my phone, then I would save the emailed pics to a picture folder on my laptop, then I would import them into "Paint" for resizing and resize so to a horizontal pixel of no more the 1000 so the clubs server can handle em, then I would resave the resized pic(s) under a new name. Then I would open the "Manage Attachments" icon located at the bottom of the screen I am typing in right now and select the saved pic(s) to upload.. If that didnt work and/or it was just to much hassle, I would check my P.M. box for a brothers email address (I dont put that or my phone number online for the "general" public to see) to send the pics to so he could handle posting the pics so I could do a follow-up explaination of exactly what it is/was we are all looking at = that is an offer of assistance Sly!! Check your P.M.'s for my Email address if you decide to take me up on it = glad to help brother!!

I am speechless, and so sorry to read this my brother.. My little brother by birth (3 years younger) is among the many of us too @WRIDER, his has spread into his lungs and now into into the top of his right Femur where it ate away enough bone that he had to have a rod placed in so he could walk again. That was 2 months ago and they have him back on his feet again, with a cane of course but he is back upright. It is my earnest and utmost prayer that the Dr.'s, assisted by the loving hand of God himself, are able to find ways to do the same on your behalf Rider.. You are in my daily thoughts and prayers brother. I know dealing with this nasty stuff is a daily, oft times hourly, thing but it is a battle worth fighting. We are family and in this together Rider! Puc