BlueSky

The fact that the girl friend placed the ad for him makes me suspecct that he probably was embarassed to ask that much. I suspect cowpuc is right on this one, that it could be bought for pennies on the dollar.

No worries! Your new leader has decided to deficit spend. Evidently, that raises the value of the currency judging from the U.S.

There is a shop manual for your bike on this site. Check the build dates on the tires if they aren't worn out. Old tires can be dangerous on two wheelers. If the rear tire needs changing, while you are at it pull the rear gear and drive shaft and grease the splines. Lots of folks will chime in with other suggestions, I'm sure.

Sounds like you got a great deal there! Gotta post some photos though so we can enjoy the story even more!

That looks really nice! A trike is the only bike I could get my wife to ride on the back with me.

I use weld tip cleaning wires to poke out carb jets and stuff. You can buy a set for about $5.

Now your wife can afford all that new furniture and appliances that she wanted.

I think Yammer Dan was watching one of these on his way to Freebird's maintenance day.

I know the feeling. I keep lusting over small motorhomes. But, I have never been able to justify/rationalize the purchase. I'm retired but my wife is still working full time. Maybe when she retires or just decides to quit. Before my kids got too grown to go camping with the old man, I had a 25' TT. It was great for towing to the beach for a week from Raleigh. Pulled it first with a short wheel base F150, then with an E150 Clubwagon. Not so expensive if you don't get a behemoth TT.

A couple nights ago, I watched a youtube video of a father and son riding their Chinese Scooters across the whole country. They only paid $100 for the used scooter the son was riding. They would only go about 35mph. Seems you can tour on anything you want to.

Okay, you changed your mind since you posted you were going to sell the Victory and buy an RV and bought the Road Star. Hey, I change my mind all the time.

In fact SilvT has a Victory CCT that he will sell you!

Comfort for the passenger pretty much rules out anything but a big touring bike.

Next thing we hear will be you went off-roading with your wing:Bunny2:

The local Lowes and Home Depot that are about a half mile from my house charges $50 to deliver an appliance or riding lawn mower. Never occurred to me to tip after paying $50 for a half mile delivery.

When I looked at the list of ingredients in the Berrymans, I noticed that it had acetone in it. Acetone is known to chemists as "The Universal Solvent" which basically means it will dissolve anything. It's nice to know that it won't hurt anything in the carbs during a short soak.

My air cooled ZN700 heats up quickly when I use the power. I can only imagine how hot a turbo air cooled engine could get if you used the power?

And that wasn't even Sturgis!. I was looking to see if one of them was Puc!

And the V4 sounds way better than a flat 6!

Better buy before they are obsolete:crying:

I like the Wing because of the low center of gravity and the fixed fairing, not to mention Fuel Injection. Just doesn't seem like a good idea to attach a heavy fairing to the handlebars. I took an 06 for a short test ride back in 2010 and loved it. But,,,,, I'm too cheap to pay the price. That one was even gold in color, absolutely beautiful, with only 8k miles on it. The dealer wanted $17999 for it.....

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?107307-Progressive-front-fork-springs&highlight=progressive

Hey, sold two sweet bikes and bought two sweet bikes with lots of money left over! Can't beat that!

Hey, That ain't cheat'n fair!

Put me in the column that says don't change the oil or filter until you get to the mileage that you normally change it. It definitely won't hurt anything to change the oil and filter except your wallet a little and I really don't think it will hurt your engine to leave it in until it reaches the usual mileage schedule.