Flyinfool

This is why it is important to have an accurate voltmeter installed on the bike. It gives you a chance to see that you have a problem before you are dead on the side of the road or do terminal damage to other pats.

With my recent injury I am also in the same boat in deciding whether to keep or sell the Venture. But just because I may not have the venture is still no reason to leave this bunch of misfits call VR.org. So even if I have to sell the bike I will still be here to cause trouble and make sure that @cowpuc keeps :stirthepot: done properly.

Well the surgery went well and you all are not rid of me just yet. My heart did have a bad reaction to the pain meds when I got home so I have not been able to take any, Oh fun......... I went to the doc today to get the dressings changed and to have her take a look at things. She said it looks really good, and she was impressed that I have no swelling. She says that is a good thing. Apparently I did a real number on that poor old tendon not only did it tear in half but it also was shredded. The tendon is a nice tight bundle of fibers, when it breaks it usually just tears in half and just has to get sowed back together. but me always have to do things to the max, not only did I tear it in half but the bundle of fibers shredded lengthwise from the calf muscle to the heel. So first she had to sew and tie all the loose fibers back into a bundle, and then she had to sew the ends back together. the incision runs from the heel to the calf muscle. I will remain in a cast at least until my appointment next Wednesday, at that time I should get into a boot, but no walking in the boot till around Sept 27. At that time I will start walking with the boot and the crutches. Mid October I will start PT. Oh ya OUCH!!!!!

That day might not be so far away, I already have my walker, and there is no contest on the best ice cream flavor being Butter Pecan!

OK so Molly and I are now working on a special flavor of yellow snow, or maybe even chocolate chip snow, just for my good buddy the Pucster............ Plug up my nozzles he says.........

Just a thank you to @Air Ready Auto and his family that took a few moments out of their vacation to stop and bring me some much needed medicine from Leon's Frozen Custard Stand. Was nice to meet you all and the Hot Fudge was very much appreciated. Thank you

Is a MKI and a MKII interchangeable? I have a MKI that just needs some welding or brazing on the mounting bracket. Unfortunately it will be a while before I can get to the shop to do the welding or brazing. But at least the nipples look good.

I got hit by bird poop in the middle of the chest at 70. The only problem was that the bird had not yet pooped..................

I was just going to head down that road of an intermittent regulator, but you beat me to it. 17V will toast the battery, If you can use Pucs method of disconnecting everything you can, check the electrolyte level if you can, charge the battery and head for the nearest shop. Another option if you have tools, is to order a new RR shipped by next day air so you can install it tomorrow and be on your way. Odds are that this battery is not long for this world. Also keep an eye on all the light bulbs, 17V will stress them to.

I can see that, I'll bet the HD guys would revolt to the presence of a big radiator just as much as we revolted to lack of one. Maybe the bike world will flip flop, HD will end up making water cooled V4s and we will all migrate there, and Yamaha will go to air cooled v twins and draw the HD crowd........

Last night I ended up having a bad reaction to the Percs. My normal resting heart rate is 50-55, about a half hour after I took the first Perc it shot up to 120-125. 7 hours later I finally got it back down to normal again. But it made for a long scary night not knowing if something was going to blow up and take me out. When I did finally get a hold of a doc after the rate had come back down he said that I should have been in the ER, and if it happens again to cal 911. I feel better today just real tired and real sore, I ain't taking no more of those Percs, so it is just OTC Tylenol for now, which don't do much.

or maybe some other kinds of buds while passing through Colorado?

I already have a size 14 foot......................... It just aint connected to my leg anymore.

It was my impression that the "water cooled" HD was just cooling the exhaust valve, the rest is still air cool. But I could be wrong since I am not a big follower of HDs.

And dont forget the Pontiac 6 packs. So even in cars when you wanted performance you had a lot of carbs.

Well I am home, stil haf in the bag.................. but alive, sort of. Hech with chasing the nurses, the doc is real hot........................ but I did get to mess with the nurses a fair amount. Doc said it went wel BUT, It was much worse than the MRI showed. In addition to the 2 complete tears ther wer "numerous" small tears tha also had to be stiched and "numerous small tears that did not need to be stitched. So I was cut from the heel to mid calf. Insted of just a boot I am in a cast from nee down to toes. in 4 weeks I get cast off and then start with the boot. I have not talked to doc yet this was relayed from family that doc talk to right after surgry. I get to see doc on 6tyh and again on 11th to get cast off and stitches out, then a new cast for a few more weeks.

The one on ebay with the VW carb is the one that no one has had great results with, It is functional and the bike will run, but you have to choose whether you want it to run good at speed or have some get up and go, pick only one. The one that did seem to work was a one off that a member here made for himself using a ford 2bbl carb.

Maybe the FJR with a trunk added, the rest is pretty close to what we all wanted.

Thanks, I need all the help I can get. I leave for hospital in about 15 minutes. If I am at all able, I will be in chat tonight prolly still all messed up from anesthesia, who knows what I might say..............

There is such a thing. With one exception, those that have tried it were not impressed.

Well neither the bike nor I are into showing off so we tend to take our naps privately..................... Everything is now set, Sept 1 I head to the hospital at 8:45 am, surgery at 10:45am and the procedure should take 1.5 hours. After that is anyone's guess as to when anything will happen. I have to be pretty well awake before they can send me home since I will have to go up 5 stairs, on crutches to get into the house, and Erika certainly can not carry my lard a$$ into the house. Here's hoping everything goes as planned....:thumbsup:

Would the royal have the controls for the radio up on the left handlebar? What you are seeing next to the ignition switch is not the schrader valve, that is a bleeder for the left front brake. The front schrader valve for putting air in the shocks would be near the right side of the lower triple tree. The rear schrader valve is located above the right passenger footrest. I have a standard so I am not sure where all the extras are. When you look at the plastic it will either have Venture badges or Venture Royal badges

@cowpuc My understanding of what this means is that subscribed members can now see the trial members in the member list, but that does not necessarily mean that they can see all of us. I hope that what it is.

His profile says he has an 07. since nothing lights up at all it sounds like maybe the ignition switch failed. if the ignition was switching on and of that could have caused your backfire. If you have enough tools to get the ignition switch out you can jumper it to get you back going. Do you have a volt meter or test light with you? You can go thru and check all the fuses visually to see if one of them blew. especially the main fuse and the ignition fuses.

To bad you were not able to make it up here. The NRA is hosting its first ever Concealed Carry Expo here in Milwaukee with vendors, display,s seminars, and everything you could want to know about concealed carry.