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  1. Dragonslayer
    check out uship.com
  2. Dragonslayer
    I've got a good tach is your interested in replacing it.
  3. Dragonslayer
    I've got a matching parts bike if your looking for any parts. Look at thread "Used parts for 1st Gen"
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    This being the case, sounds like your cig lighter is on the 10 amp circuit with the tail lights. The cig lighter being a heating coil draws a lot of amps by it self and probably should be wired directly to battery with a 20 amp inline fuse and taken off the tail light circuit. And thanks for posting the fuse panel schedule, this helps me out with another problem I have when I replaced the fuse panel I failed to lable them. Now I know what goes to what.
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    On the starter, I had similar problems, I ended up replacing it but when I did I opened the old starter up and found the solder joint on the power lug that connects the windings of the starter had broken causing it to have random continuity. If the nut on the power lug had been overtightened at some time the power lug can turn causing the crack at the solder joint. I would suspect that many starters were damaged in this way. It is a easy thing to do without realizing it or that you had caused a problem.
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    I have a set from an 84, they will fit but they had a different style side vent than the 86 did. might even be a little better for what your talking about doing. You'll have to paint them. I was thinking about using them to do the same thing myself but if your interested I'll sell them for $25.00 a piece plus shipping..
  7. Dragonslayer
    Cool thanks for sharing
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    Please do
  9. Dragonslayer
    You Pretty much have to take the fairings off but The connection end left of the battery is a union which will make it easier to install. Call me if you need any help.
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    I had to deliver the motorhome I sold to Knoxville on Monday so we ended up spending the night in Pigeon Forge. This morning after eating and a little shopping we drove the car back toward Atlanta via Cades Cove, the Foothills Parkway, Tail of The Dragon 129, through Murphy, Hayesville and two lane through North Georgia back to Atlanta. The fall leaf colors are at peak and the was snow at the higher elevations. It was a nice ride even though we weren't on the bike.
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    AAARRRRGGGGGGGHHH..............#%&*^%%&*()(&%%*)o*&^%% IT JUST HAPPENED TO ME AGAIN. I was posting a great story on the thread about "Gas prices coming down fast" and telling how I was manuever the motorhome through the lines of impatient angry motorist lined up at a station advertising $2.07 gas when as soon as I get to the pumps the price clicks back up to $2.46. I was just about finished when the I must of hit the wrong thing and the whole thing disappeared into Cyberspace hell. To bad yall aren't gonna be able to read it, It was a very funny story,. But now I don't have the time or the inclination to recreate it.
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    No way... Now, I can't wait to read your post.
  13. Dragonslayer
    Sooner or later it will look like this
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    Condor, Me too, it is very very frustrating. As you know I can be a little long winded when telling a story and spend considerable time typing what I think is a good yarn and all of a sudden it it lost in cyberspace. I've lost some of my best stories that way. And then once it's gone I don't have the patience to recreate it. I've always felt the word processor on this site is somewhat user unfriendly.
  15. Dragonslayer
    Todd I think your problem is in how your brain to or your typing fingers function work:rotfl:
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    That the word processor on this site seems to be becoming more and more unstable. I keep having lock up problems message deletion and weird things happening when trying to used the enhanced features. The attachment and smilie functions take forever to load up if they do at all and quite often lock the computer up when they are used. Today for some odd reason the program kept deleteing the last paragraph of a post on a private message every time I retyped it about a dozen times. Just the last paragraph. What's up with that?
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    Thanks for the info
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    I did actually ride my bike naked or should I say nekkid one time. I will not however elaborate on where, when, how or why. But I will say it was a very sobering experience and somewhat intimadating. As I recall, at the time, my first thought was that being barefooted I might stub my toes if I had to put my feet down at a sudden stop. My next thought was .... forget the toes what if I fall off this thing, I might skin something else I didn't want skint. Then somehow either the bike seemed four times bigger or I suddenly grew four times smaller. Then I figured what the heck... No guts no glory. I will add that I did not ride far and have not done such again. In retrospect it was more stupid than funny and I would not advise it. Even though a bumper sticker on the back of my bike trailer says differently.
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    around 30k
  20. Dragonslayer
    Glad you got it ok and everything worked out. I probably should have kept that one cause now I'm having right channel issues...... Oh Well Glad your a happy camper.
  21. Dragonslayer
    Cody, Wyoming Meet & Eat next year.
  22. Dragonslayer
    Just got back from a test ride to see if the charging system problem on my bike was fixed. Test ride lasted 530 miles, and it's not. Ride started from Atlanta to Augusta via I-20. When approaching Augusta the old 87 Venture Royale miracously was reborn to 000,000.0 mileage. When we got to Augusta we rode into town to check out Paine College. I was curious what Paine College looked like after all these years. I used to be the Director Of Physical Plant (Facility Manager) back there during the late 80's. Paine College looked much the same as it did when I left it. I'm glad to see that the rehabiltation projects I had done during my tenure where still holding up. Except that the time on the clock tower was wrong again and that saddened me. When I was there the administration asked me to do something about fixing the clock in the clock tower. It never had the correct time on it. For any of you that are familar with the downtown Augusta area or Paine College you might remember that the clock tower could be seen and heard across the downtown area. On the hour the clock tower sounded bells that could be heard for a great distance. The administration of the college was always some what embaressed when the bells rang at the wrong time. The clock mechanism was ancient and I was never able to find anyone to work on it. So I finally resorted to working on the clock myself. I spent weeks in that clock tower refurbishing and adjusting the mechanical gear system that ran the four sided clock faces to get it to run and maintain the correct time. The bell system was actually not bells at all but a recording of bells that sounded through four very large loud speakers. That system was added to the clock later and was an old mechanical Simplex time system that was obsolete when I got there. that system ran on a time wheel that tripped events by little prongs on a wheel that rotated in unison with the clock faces. That will give you an idea how old the system was. When I left Paine College the time on the clock was correct and running, I think I was most proud of that project out of all of the other projects I completed while I was there.I hate it it didn't hold up as well as all of the other ones did. From Augusta we rode north up the Savannah River Scenic Byway to Anderson SC, where got a room for the night. What we could see of it before it got dark it didn't seem that scenic. The next morning we got on the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway as far as SC 28 where turned north toward NC and higher elevations where the fall colors were more vivid. At Ceasar's Head we rode into the filming of a BMW TV commercial. I can't wait to see if the Old Dragonslayer bike will be included in the commercial for the new 2009 BMW turbo. After visting Devil's Kitchen and photo ops at Ceasar's Head State Park we rode to Brevard, NC. At Brevard we turned west on 64 to Cashiers, then Highlands where we had to stop and recharge the battery while doing a walking tour of Highlands, NC. From there we rode the twisties to Clayton and got to the top of Black Rock Mountain State Park in time to catch the last moments of the sunset overlooking the lights of Clayton, Ga. From Clayton it was a dark, cold, 130 mile ride back to Atlanta. Got back safe and sound some 530 miles later.
  23. Dragonslayer
    Sometimes thier name says it all. Aint that right Naked Rider.
  24. Dragonslayer
    You can change your name but you can't change what you are. The Dragonslayer from Atlanta is what I am and will always be.
  25. Dragonslayer
    Brian, Part two sounds great. I'm gonna try to figure out how to add podcast to video stream of photos and videos that show what we are talking about. If I can figure it out and it comes out I'll post it in the Video forum. For all the readers of this post: I was the Guennie Pig for Brian's podcast idea, Who's gonna step up and be the next contestant. I know that all of you have interesting stories to tell about your rides, your experiences, the tricks and fixes you do to your ride or the lesson's you learned along the way. Don't be shy step right up and tell about your experiences in your own words I'm sure there are more interesting stories and better story tellers me and listening to the voices adds a different perspective to the VenturRider.org experience. Brian has done a fine job pulling this element together, Please support the podcast by offering yourself and your stories up for future podcast. This can be a lot of fun if some of you step up to the plate. Looking.... or should I say, I'll be listening for your stories on the podcast link. Thanks Brian, for asking me It was a blast being the Guennie Pig, Your Friend, Bob
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