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Collector and exhaust are shot
Clutch slave cylinder needs to be rebuilt
Needs all new brake lines and rebuilt cylinders, should I upgrade to generation two forks and front brakes
Gas gauge needs repaired
I've already been shown how to weld and get my headlight switch working
And now we come to the plastic parts which are not good but I haven't seen anything better online.
These are all things that are more than I feel like I can tackle in an unheated garage and I'd have to buy more tools than what I have now. I'm about $2,700 total into it now.
36,500 total miles. Transmission is rebuilt, front fork seals rebuilt, valves adjusted new valve cover gasket, carburetors rebuilt, new TDI box.
I love how this bike fits me and rides. I just torn as to my best decision to be able to ride all next year
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Exhaust? Or should I just sit down at a real computer and go through the tech Library? I really like the sound of my 83 with the rotted collector and left side exhaust. I put Jardine 2 into one headers on my 80 Goldwing and loved it. Sounded as good as any dune buggy! So my question if you're interested the care to save me search of libraries, could I do the same thing or would I be way out of line on my venture?
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Found that my clutch slave must be leaking. Fill filled the reservoir and bled it.
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Is the secret Beef and Pork? Yum!Secret Family Recipe venison burgers and venison brats.http://www.venturerider.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=110711
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Hey! The Pucster is getting better! Three long paragraphs before the crazy showed up! Congrats Puc! The new meds must be workin'!
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First trip out I ran out of gas at 146 Miles. Fuel gauge comes and goes and never accurate. No reserve that I can find on my Venture. Had to walk 15' before a driver took me to get gas and brought me back! Super Blessed that day! That gauge is on the winter To Do list.
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That looks like a blast! Kinda surprised that that you weren't standing on the seat! Mine got a little wobbly at 115.
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Triple digits don't get ya mpg[emoji23]
Shhhh. You weren't supposed to mention that remember?
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Would love to see 40 miles per gallon on my 83! I've been lucky to hit 30. Most I've ever gotten out of a tank is 146 miles and it's left me carrying a gallon of gas in the saddlebag all the time because no gas gauge. ( another project added to the winter list.)Lol that's too funny all we get is 40z on our bikes.... Kinda miss my 90mpg scooter at timesSent from my LG-K371 using Tapatalk
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That was at 60 to 65 miles per hour with bout 4 small little towns. 2015 Optima EXI'm still planning to deliver a video to you all but couple of 14 hour days at work have hampered the effort. I drive an average of 35000 miles a year with my work so it's not like I'm sitting at a desk or doing labor. I thought this was interesting yesterday I was down along the Nebraska border with Kansas and drove 87 miles and I wanted to show you my mile per gallon average over those 87 miles so you might get an idea of how flat parts of Nebraska are!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171012/970d56b798f97a95737b8b5029aec687.jpgSent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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I'm still planning to deliver a video to you all but couple of 14 hour days at work have hampered the effort. I drive an average of 35000 miles a year with my work so it's not like I'm sitting at a desk or doing labor. I thought this was interesting yesterday I was down along the Nebraska border with Kansas and drove 87 miles and I wanted to show you my mile per gallon average over those 87 miles so you might get an idea of how flat parts of Nebraska are!
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I like picking on him. I haven't met him but he knows I love him.
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Puc has much upper body strength for an old guy!
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Now I can't wait to get home to practice!
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Yes the older and skinnier I get the more I rely on Leverage instead of muscle. I've tried that and maybe the extra 3 in you've got on me in height is enough to make the difference. I'm 6-foot 160 pounds. Shoot bike doesn't even know I'm on it! Even more advantage on those Hardley Riders
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I'm thinking about putting my shop in my office which is heating heated and air-conditioned in the service area and I've got the room. But that also means creating space to work moving my tools and being 7 minutes from home. My garage is not connected so very cold. The power line out to the garage as broken in the ground and I just run a drop cord for about 5 years 4 lights and power tools. Kerosene is very expensive Heat and electric just doesn't make sense on an extension cord 75 foot. So that means once I procrastinate deciding where to do the work, I'll procrastinate starting to create space, and then once I do that I'll just Dive Right In and it'll be March before you know it. I got about 1,400 miles on it over the last two weeks. The high where I was driving today was 43 degrees with rain through the first half of the day. I figure if I get one more good ride day and I'll be ready to park it. The last struggle I'm having is that I cannot get that sucker on the center stand by myself for all the money in the world. So I guess it's back to the universal gym in what used to be my front bedroom for the winter.
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Hey snyper I haven't reached a point where I can take off on her for a trip like. I still want to make sure about some things before I park it and start tearing it down. Mechanic wants to do the brakes I should let him quote it but I keep thinking that'd be a good winter job for me to tackle.
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I'm still working my way home from a day on the road another 40 minutes I should be home. So this is dictated to my phone and some punctuation funny words and stuff. It's as if this rocker arm was intended to be used with a foot Peg because you can't really get your toe under it to shift up in a reverse pattern yet we almost have to catch you with your heel to lift it up and the rocker in the back is below the level of the footboard so it's absolutely useless so everytime I shift I'm having to use my entire leg which is probably good for me but really.
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Wow! You all have so much info! You know what! I'd probably Pony up $2.50 a month for all this information! All very good, you know what's funny, Kretz probably nailed it because I really haven't ridden much in five years and never on a bike like this. I do have spongy weak brakes that I intend to replace the lines and rebuild the system this winter, which causes me to do a lot of engine braking, which nine times out of 10 times I'm in first gear by the time I'm stopped five feet off someone's bumper. This particular light was at the bottom of a hill and I distinctly remember trying to get into first at the light (after stopping) because I was the first one there I didn't have to stop as hard that particular time. And then there's puc with his books, videos and 1 hrs classes on every subject, (Man, don't you just love that man?) when I needed a simple reminder that an oil change cleans up a lot of s*** , Also I changed the oil right away when I got the bike but now at about 1,800 miles I better change it again.
Now that brings me to a conversation about forward controls. I love love love the ability to move my feet around on foot boards! I hate hate hate the reverse shift pattern and the fact that my shifter has rear lever so you could upshift with your heel with the backward pattern, however my shifter the rear of the lever is below the footboard so of no use. I used my toe to upshift and end up kicking my heel into the front of the lever to downshift. If I weren't still a youngish working man, I'd show you with video, however I got to go to work so I'll do that later. The fact that my shift lever is as tight as I could possibly get it using an extension on an allen wrench for torque, and yet that SOB still will spin upward... ah crap, you'll have to wait for the video.
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Thanks.both of you.
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Yesterday I put about 130 miles on and when I returned home, about a mile from home, she would not downshift at a light. Clutch engaging everything as far as I could tell was the same except it wasn't changing gears. I got a third gear start which wasn't very fun and turn the next corner to get off the main street and then all of a sudden I was in first gear. Sat there with the clutch in everything shifted fine, went on home and parked it in the garage. What the heck? Transmission was rebuilt less than 1500 miles ago.
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That radiator sure looks like a big Target for rocks
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Now I guess I need suggestions for new exhaust.
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