Dragonslayer
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Dingy shows back up. He was last seen close by at the fire pit near the pond monster pond.
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Reassembling the 87VR XVZ1300 for mayby the 40th time, I'm trying to address and correct all known bugs the bike has had. My current road block is the temp gauge in the gauge cluster it does not work. Or, should I say it does not work correctly. Meaning that it is not calibrated right. Cold the needle is halfway up the scale. At normal operating temp the needle is pegged off the hot scale. Does anyone one have an old set of gauges laying around with a known good temp gauge the could part with, sell or trade?
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I just the hate the parking lot comments of the uninformed when they walk by the Venture and comment nice HD or GW. I actually had a guy stop me the other day and said he used to have a Venture and it was the best V-twin Yamaha ever made.
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Hot sun with Big Tom slurping up the resulting river of luke warm Ice cream oooze.
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Time tells all tales and heals all wounds:backinmyday:
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Motorcycley challenged and Socially insecure HD riders who were agast that the sudden noxious breeze melted the loctite on all of the connecting bolts and caused their bikes to dissassemble on the spot while sitting still.
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Yes Eck, Your right. There is always a negative element in any microcosm of any sub culture of society or society as a whole. My up bringing tells me it is wrong to judge all by the actions of a a few. If it was OK to do so we all would be subject to condemnations by others for whatever reason. The Make, Model or brand does not make the man. But in reality, perceptions end up being reality. Stereo types end up being the definition of the group. These stereo types are perpetrated by the marketing of the brand. I quote," You meet the nicest people on a Honda" What image or brand loyalty does HD market. The resulting stereo types are what they are not because of my opinion but the opinions of the majority that see the group for the characterizations, attributes and attitudes they project. We do the same even in this forum family of individuals who openly applaud each other. I give as an example the good natured jabs and condemnations between the 1st and 2nd genners or the dark siders and the rest of us. I know I am truly guilty of the same. Hopefully, when I do it, it comes across as good natured ribbing and not mean, hurtful or destructive condemnation. Do I care what you ride? Absolutely not. Do I think any less of you because you now ride a GW instead of a Yamaha? Absolutely not. Would I reject the thought of HD riding friends and refuse to ride with them? Absolutely not. Do I enjoy out running HD's? Absolutely........ I can't help it. Don't hate me because 1st gens are so much faster. Because I know, That I could be riding a HD too ........ If I wanted to be a follower instead of a leader. I'm not saying, I'm just saying.
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I see your logic in there somewhere.... I think. So if I understand your reasoning correctly, to reiterate and summerize: "If you don't give a Rat's A$$ you end up with Diddly Squat" Is that right?
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I'm just getting this visual of the inflation Bag hanging up on your chin or something and Popping your head off. I know it is all automatic and nothing can go wrong....can go wrong.....can go wrong....can go wrong I'm just saying
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On board Tequila dispenser which came in very handy when surrounded by a 1%er HD angry Biker gang wanting to do some metric bashing.
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Yes Eck, In theory and principle I agree with you. But, I think Harley bashing is just a natural reaction to the HD brand loyalty snobs mentallity toward riders of anything else that we see so often from die hard HD riders. I myself love to play a game I call smoking Harleys with my first gen at every chance I get. Just to let the Harley Snobs know it was a 25 year old metric Yamaha that just blew them off the road. Only in the safest, friendliest sort of way of course.
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Which is just as useless as the cassette player because it could not overcome the VentureRider ice cream consumption load and quickly burned out with only minimal usage.
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The laborous forward motion of the second gen would not generate enough head wind to over come the lofty wafting fumes of the exhaust.
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My Bad:whistling::whistling:
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And how does this relate to Rat A$$eSS, However you have laborously validated my point of view. Diddly Squat would be a difficult gift to wrap.
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It was either that or take a big swig out of the bottle marked Black Death
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Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin... If you ask me again.......... I'll huff and puff and blow your house in. At which time the worm hole closed and Dragonslayer realized he had made a great mistake since his escape path had closed off and he was hopelessly out numbered by sexy shirt snatching sirens, ice cream slurping Big Tom turkeys and dingy eating pond monsters.
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I wonder if they will do anything about the crappy clearcoat that turned to milk white on top of the flat black helmet on mine.
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So since there was no more ice cream we set off in search of Dingy who had stumbled off toward the pond monster abyss and had lost his way.
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I may have one laying around, I'll have to look in my old parts bin. And, Yes they are the same. -
Kickstand display.
Dragonslayer replied to Mmartin4509's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
You can unplug the side stand switch untill you can fix or replace switch and the bike will crank and run and the light will go away. -
a worm hole that Atlanta Dragonslayer had just emerged from waring a pink t-shirt and holding a DQ Blizzard which Big Tom quickly snatched and consummed in one quick slurp..........
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All righty then, Randy I believe it is time to Get you a postman's uniform and change your handle to Cliff Claven of the Cheers fame.:rotfl:
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Just let the dogs loose they will take care of them cats. I know what you mean. When Irene tore my Breaches open it was a big mess. But, she did it in the Inner Bank. Them bank gaurds weren't amuzed and we can't bank there no more. Seriously, stay safe.