Flyinfool

Just in case you need it I just got this $200 off coupon for the HF 12,000lb winch in my email today.

Coolant leaks on these old bikes are quite common. They usually only leak while cold and do not leak while hot. It is due to the rubber o-rings getting hard and shrinking with age. this allows a few drops of coolant to leak out when cold. As soon as it heats up the heat softens the o-ring and it reseals till it is again cold. normally only leaks a couple of drops at a time. You just have to figure out which one is leaking so that you can replace it. Any time you are messing with anything on the cooling system, plan to replace all o-rings that you run into. Even if it is not leaking now, it will soon. AND o-rings are cheap to do "While you are in there"

That "update" that you can not cancel is the malware. If it keeps popping up you may have it on your machine and it keeps trying to get you to install it. Use all of the above suggestions to try to get rid of what ever is causing it.

The meet and greets are not so bad for symptom 2, it is the meet and EATS that will get you. There is also a small quirk in these Ventures that you will probably soon discover. The engine always seem to shut off in front of every Dairy Queen, and many other ice cream stands. But this is a good thing since it give any 2nd gens or Harleys that you are riding with a chance to catch up. This also seem to help alleviate the pain of symptom #2.

I knew that Puc was a bad influence. My only saving grace is that I might already be too corrupt to be able to be corrupted. I just like to frustrate ole Puc with the little weather machine that I brought with me from the planet Zoore when I moved to this little blue planet. Although last winter I think I might have gone to far and it might have been ole Puc that was lobbing shi....stuff over the lake in my direction..... For a more permanent signature that will not wear off like a sharpie have you ever looked at paint pens, it actually writes with paint. The only issue is it does not dry instantly like an ink marker. http://www.sharpie.com/enus/pages/oil-based-paint-marker.aspx http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-markers/=t5bli4

If you are looking to replace a broken one I think I still might have the one that I took of of my 88. it is a bit worn in the bushing area which is why I replaced it. But it is better than nothing. IF it didn't get "cleaned up" the last time thru the shed.

IF that engine has had all of the proper maintenance and care and you continue with the proper maintainance and care, that engine will go 200,000 miles.

All I kin say is "Dats our Puc"

Another thing to pay attention to. Many 2" receiver hitches are only rated to 9,000 lbs pull for winching. I have also been looking at getting a winch for similar applications. All of the reports that I have read on the warn vs the hf are that the warn pulls line a little faster than the hf. the various off road mags rate the hf as a good value. If you are going to be using the winch very often the warn MAY last longer. Because the receivers on my truck are rated 9,000 max for winching, I have been torn as to whether to get the HF 9,000 or the HF 12,000. For the once every couple of years that I will actually need it it, the HF should last me forever. I was planning to mount the winch to a receiver mount and then add a battery tray to that receiver mount so that I can move the winch to the front or rear of the truck and not have to install monster battery cables that will always be getting mud in the connectors. I will have a big deep cycle battery to run the winch. You can destroy a stock alternator running the winch off of the truck battery. I would not use the winch for felling the tree, they are not fast enough. I do have one tree that needs to come down before winter, It is very dead. It is leaning in the wrong direction for where it needs to be dropped. the tree is about 70 feet tall, I will use 150 feet of cable to attach it to the truck to make sure it goes in the right direction. It will not land on the truck. But I really do not want it to land on the house, if it falls north, or the well head if it falls east, or the electrical box if it heads south, it has to go west, it is leaning east. All of the notching in the world will not overcome gravity, a big 4x4 can. A big enough cherry picker or hiring a pro is not in the budget.

If the CB is working correctly you should get readings on all channels. My guess is that there is a problem in the CB on those lower channels. When you connect up your SWR meter. Do not use a separate coax from the meter to the antenna base. Use the same coax that will be used to connect the CB to the antenna, just remove the connection from the CB and put it right onto the SWR meter, then you will need a short coax to go from the CB to the SWR.

Hmmmmm....... I never even thought about temperature, but it makes sense. Has anyone ever checked warm and then again cold to see just how much of a difference there is?

It sure sounds like you two need to go for a short fast ride together.......:bikersmilie:

Snow, Now theres something I have not thought about for a while. And all those tildes look like snow drifts.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The "squiggles" are to the left of the number 1 on the main keyboard. It is called a tilde. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh no ~ old Puc might have learned sumpin today~~~~~~~~~~

Nice Job!!

Go for it. We have all been dieing to have someone put this on their Venture.

It is hard to say without seeing it, but odds are I would weld it back together and add a gusset for extra strength, and maybe add a gusset in the same place on the other side. Of course welding will mess up the chrome. You can either take it somewhere to get it chromed or splash some chrome paint on it, or take this opportunity to paint the whole thing a different color and get rid of some chrome.

Or you could hang loose for a couple of months to see if there is any truth to the rumors that there is a all new 2015 Venture coming based off the new VMAX engine. So then you would be happy to pay $50k for my '88. After all it is faster and it already even has collector plates on it, and it is such a rare version that it took me years to convince most of the experts on this site that it even does exist.

Yes Yes Yes No I'll have to dig to find the details.

I have always dragged a peg and never the center sand on my 88. But then I have never been 2 up. Try putting a tie strap on your center stand to be sure that you do not have a weak spring that is letting the stand sag with the G force generated in a hard turn.

On my 1st gen I have a BiXenon HID head light at 35 watts. This puts out way more light than than the stock halogen and saves a little power too. For driving lights I have the KC HiLiTES 35 series spread beam lights. These lights are focused between a driving light and a fog light. They do help light up straight down the road but they also do an excellent job of lighting up the ditches for spotting deer and other critters that are headed for the road. If you look at the lens they are angled outward. They are not the prettiest but they do work, are of good quality and have a 23 year warranty from a reputable company. They come with 55w halogens. If you are worried about the power you could down grade to 35W halogen. I am planning to convert mine to 35w HID. At first I could not use them in town, just out on the road where I will not spend much time at idle. Now that I have converted all of the brake, turn, and running lights to LED, and with the 35W HID headlight. I can now run these two 55W lights all the time and still be charging at idle.

I don't know if there is a significant difference in the RR between a 1st and 2nd gen. But on a 1st gen the voltage does not drop once the battery is charged. It's 14.0 all the time that the RPMs are up. This is the first that I have heard of a 2nd gen having a "smart" regulator to vary the voltage output based on the battery state of charge. But then I have never worked on the charging system of a 2nd gen either. If this is the case, I might want to put a 2nd gen RR on my 1st gen.

I don't remember if it is 30A or 40A...... Will have to look when I can take the false tank cover off.

Also replace with a name brand fuse. There are documented cases where some cheap Chinese fuses when run right at or slightly over their rating would melt but not blow.

I watched the pilot. It was mostly introducing the characters. I am more interested in tecno than the story line unless the story line gets to some action. The first episode just barely kept my hand off the remote.