RDawson

Back atcha Woody. Had to leave the bike at home due to storms but we drove thru Huntsville to pick up the younger daughter and then to Gainesville to grab the oldest. First time I’ve had all 4 of us together since Thanksgiving so a good Father’s Day trip.

No worries Earl, I have some but I don’t advertise them. Ed has been selling them for a while and I think it’d be disrespectful to sell competing products as another member. I have my foot pegs and arm rests I’m starting to push out there. I’m more about helping other members than profiting from the site.

If Ed doesn’t have one contact me this week, I’m out of town until Monday. I’m not going to cut him out of a sale if he has one available but I have a couple of new ones.

Strong storms killed the bike trip, we ended up driving the car instead. I put several miles on the bike Wednesday and the temps stayed down in the 120’s. Final drive was aligned at install, everything went together correctly, not sure what was going on. Everything sounded good, felt good, and it rode true. Head scratcher.

Don’t forget the pinch bolt before loosening the axle.

I’m interested to see your results. We’re leaving Thursday on a Florida trip, don’t want problems.

Rode it back home and hit it with a heat gun, showing at 160*. After a little googling that seems normal.

May be a dumb question but I just did rear wheel bearings and a final drive seal with new gear oil. 10 mile test run and the final drive is too hot to touch, is that normal? I’ve never touched it after a ride before.

New design passenger arm rests. No holes to drill or permanent mods to the bike. Uses one existing bolt on the bike and clamps to the grab bar. $250 to paid VR members. $300 on FB. They flip up for mounting/dismounting the bike.

New final drive seal, rear wheel bearings, a lot of cleaning to get the grease off from the pumpkin seal🤬🤬🤬. AND some new sparkling arm rests for mama, my newest design.

I integrated the horn mount into my passenger peg mount. Been there 4 or 5 years without problems.

You can find sympathy in the dictionary between sh@t and syphilis. 🤣🤣🤣

I’d try it on the road after oil gets through everything and the clutches get oiled well. The first symptom of an overdue oil change on these bikes is the shifting gets clunky and neutral hard to find.

Don’t blame me. 🤣🤣🤣 I became a believer the first time I rode in the rain. Kandi even mentioned how much smoother the ride was on her first trip.

I ended up ordering some on eBay.

If the starter is spinning the starter relay is stuck or somehow getting power to close the relay. I’m my experience that relay has stuck open, but if the contacts arced and welded closed it could cause that.

Received and installed my new seat from Partzilla. Went for a quick 5 mile run just to feel the fit. Clicked over from the trip meter to odometer in time to catch this. Yes, miles not those little bitty km’s.

Several run darkside. I’m on a Nexen.

Does anyone have a set of 2nd Gen passenger grab bars they want to sell? I modified mine to install armrests that I’m not crazy about. I have a better rest design now but need unmolested bars. Rather pay someone here than eBay.

I hope they help her as much as they do my wife. Stay tuned, I have a new passenger armrest design I’m working on. Hope to have the prototype operational in the next couple weeks.

Best I can tell the seams aren’t coming apart but the black top layer of vinyl separated in a couple spots.

I really didn’t know I was looking for a new one either. I had the Butler mod done last summer and it’s not working for me. I looked up new ones on a whim and ended up buying one. I’ll swap my Butler seat for an OEM spare sometime or keep it in case I ever sell the bike, it can go with it. I’ll keep the new one for the next Venture.

I’ll take it.

I’ve seen used ones sell higher than $315. They show the older flat panel seats as unavailable so my understanding is this is the pillow top, I’ll find out when it gets here. . Pillions unavailable.

In my best KY gobblety gook it’s both harder and softer. He removes some original foam, adds a layer of firmer foam and a top layer of memory foam. I’ve read tons of great reviews but it’s not for me. I took it off today to get good pictures, it does have more seam wear than I’d noticed, it is an 80,000 mile seat. To look at it you can’t see any difference after he’s done.