BratmanXj

I'll 3rd the Shinkos as bang for the buck tires is your not a guy who rides massive miles every year. I had a 230 Tourmaster on the rear of my venture and got 9-10k miles out of it and rode great. Currently running 777 on my in-laws Stratoliner, Verge 16 on the RS Warrior and looking at the newer 999 for the next tire on the Venture.

I have not tired the newest models of Exedra tires, but any bike I've ridden with that line in the past has felt like it wanted to wander. On the other hand, I've always liked the Battlax line on my performance based bikes for both muscle cruisers (RS Warrior) and Sport Tourers (Concours, FJR).

I purchased Wix 51356... they fit last year and I'm hoping they didn't change them recently

The part number in '14 when I ordered mine - M62097

There were Inner & Outer seals on mine, but its been a few years since I've been in there. I bought a complete rebuild kit from All Balls when I did mine https://www.allballsracing.com/18-3194.html

I know a lot of us here have put a Harley touring muffler on our bikes with no change in carburation... I agree that you can probably go back to stock mufflers without an issues.

2nd this... my '99 left me stranded earlier this year with a bad clutch switch after stopping for gas. Bike would power on just fine, but absolutely nothing when you hit the starter. Ended up a with a shorted clutch safety switch shutting down the whole starting system.

Touring Model Harley mufflers fit relatedly easily, but you'll need to make a mounting bracket & order a reducer clamp. If you search Road King Muffler on the forum you'll find plenty of articles https://www.venturerider.org/forum/forums/topic/63033-hd-rk-mufflers-on-rsv/

Agreed, without pictures we're just guessing.... But Oxford does make heated grips and heat controllers, so please provide a picture of the knob & the grips on your bike.

I've already pulled compression, checked spark & changed plugs and narrowed it down to a fuel delivery issue before posing the question for parts here.

After a year a miscellaneous down time with stator & electrical gremlins, the time sitting has taken its toll on my fueling system. My '99 is missing on 1 cylinder, I've done the heavy dose of cleaner into the tank a few times and even direct injecting it into the carb bowl with no real help. So I think its time to pull the carbs and give them a good cleaning. With that, I have a few questions 1. Anyone done the Ivan's Performance Kit (Ivan's XVZ1300)? I know his fuel injection re-maps are well regarded, and since I'm already in there it might not be a bad idea since I have K&N filters & Harley SE Mufflers that could probably use a slight boost in fueling. 2. I know the gaskets are supposed to be reusable, but I question 25yr old rubber parts coming apart nicely. I did find Service Kits available (XVZ1300 Mikuni Service Kit) and while the DellOrtoShop shows US, its all based off a Netherlands company. Does anyone have known good place to buy genuine (not chinesium) parts?

Hover over the link with your mouse and it will most likely show that it goes to a "bogus" website and not PayPal. The NAME on the email it came from might show PayPal but the actual sender is not from PayPal. Its a Pishing Scam, where they lure to to a website so they can snag your log-in information and take your account. This is why 2-Factor authentication is recommended for sensitive log-ins; the ones where you punch in your password, then get a text/email with a code to verify its you.

Crisis averted! Found the switch top burred in one of my gloves in the saddle bag after cleaning out the bike last night

Had some electrical gremlins, pulled the right and left controls apart to clean all the contacts and I've misplaced the red plastic kill switch cap. It does not appear as a separate part in the diagrams I'm finding. Before I spend $50 on an eBay used control... I'm asking for help here. Does anyone know if this part is available separately? Does anyone have an old trashed control that they'd be willing to part with?

Just to clarify... You looked at the "direction of travel" arrow on the tire and it is mounted backwards for the rear tire? Yes, definitely have it fixed. IF you are comparing the front tire tread pattern to the rear tire tread pattern, those would be reverse of each other. The front tire would have the force working against it when braking vs the rear tire having the forces propelling it when accelerating, hence "reversed" construction from a front tire vs rear tire.

I'm not up on the latest Harley touring bike setups and IF they still have a hook-up for headsets.... But I went with Sena 20s because you can get an extra helmet setup that includes a port to plug into the Venture/GW factory radio & intercom. When the kid and I are on the Venture we use the bike's wired radio & intercom, when we're on the Ural we use the bluetooth. Sena Helmet Clamp for CB/Audio of Honda Goldwing (20S, 20S EVO, 30K)

This is what happens when you own a bike for 10+ yrs.... you start forgetting what changes you've made!

I did add a similar LED Run-Brake-Turn bar under the tour pack and used one of Steve's break-out harnesses that made for an absolutely painless installation. Unclip the main light harness under the seat and put in the new harness provided by Steve, then tag the new light into the breakout wires with the schematics provided! I also used his ignition relay harness last year when my ignition plug melted. On a side note, Happy I picked up one of those Custom Dynamics plug-n-play LED taillight boards back when they were available!

I hang out with a Kawasaki Owners Group up here in Northern Indiana. Been on many Nomads and really liked them, haven't personally been on a Voyager. The fixed fairing on the chassis has always been a plus in my book and I've debated replacing the Venture with a Voyager in the future.

Good thing you didn't have to come any further west than St. Joe County. The next county west (LaPorte) got hammered with 3' of lake affect snow Friday morning to Saturday morning. It was supposed to hit Lake & Porter Co. but the winds shifted to keep it further east.

Just got over a few days of -10 plus wind chill in Chicagoland, now they're calling for some serious Lake Affect snow across northern Indiana (I'm right at the IL / IN boarder just outside of Chicago) with possible weekend accumulations of 12-18". I had my outside frost-proof spigot blow earlier this week and my side-yard is an ice rink!

Baja No-Pinch This is the "hot" item I've been hearing about on the ADV & Ural pages. I'm not sure how well it would work with big touring tires, but for the narrower dirt bike stuff every review I've read is good.

I put those 3/4" round flush fit LED marker lights you see on trailer, yellow on front & sides, red on rear...its pretty well lit up and looks like a small car at night with the headlights on the plow. That wasn't enough and almost got hit a few times cleaning my alley. So I did a similar pole-mounted yellow gyro-light on my JD tractor for the same reason.

Are you looking for just the mufflers, or a full header & muffler? I'm 99% sure I have my OEM mufflers on the shelf in the garage. Send me a Message with your zip code and I'll look into shipping.

Medical friends have called it a worst-case condition of the flu... definitely more than the common cold, but media reports a "sensationalized" version for ratings.