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  1. Condor
    http://www.stripeman.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=SFNT It they don't have it, it doesn't exist.....
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    I just went out and pulled one off a scrap bag Dan. Pretty easy....4 crown nuts and a little coaxing. I'll mail it out tommorow morning if you haven't had a better offer... . LMK.....
  3. Condor
    After you do the house cleaning, but before you put the bags back on, coat the contact areas with lemon fresh pledge, or dry slide if you happen to have any. WD-40 will leave a film that attracts dirt over time.
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    Do both the high and low beam still function? IF they do follow George's lead. If you only have high beam then I'd suspect the CPM is in need of a resolder.
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    The bags do get a little sticky from time to time.... the locks too. Just make sure the lock bolt is retracted completely into the lock housing and the give the bag a good rap with your hand toward the rear. The saddlebag lugs should move back to the circular part of the keyway in the mounting plate.
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    How about Jackson Hole Wyo. Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, and the Cowboy Bar... San Diego 1,016 miles Dallas 1,397 miles Chicago 1,392 miles Thunder Bay Ont. 1,430 miles Seattle 875 miles DesMoines..1037 miles I did run into a map making tool, and thought 'what the heck'. So this is what I came up with. As you can see the majority of the Venture Rider Population is located east of the Mississippi, and even though Texas is the largest populated state, if you clump a few of the Lake Michigan states together and include the provence of Ontario with 264 members into the group it really makes a mass of members in one geographical location. What does it prove? I donno, maybe we should be looking at a rally site closer to those folks???
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    Murdering those poor algae.........
  8. Condor
    The CLASS controller runs very slow, and takes forever to change mode. Are you giving it enough time to change after pushing on a button??
  9. Condor
    I can see it now. Some tree hugger organization will start a protect the algae protest and screw up everything.....
  10. Condor
    Now that was COOL!!!!!!!
  11. Condor
    Ride Safe Curtis.....
  12. Condor
    How's compression?? not Compressor....
  13. Condor
    Thanks Bob, I will...
  14. Condor
    Anyone have an extra side stand for a 1stGen I could buy?
  15. Condor
    There's a lot of areas that could effect MPG. Any vacuum leaks? Is the boost sensor working? Is the TCI sending out the right timing signal to the coils? Are the carb float levels all OK? Any leaks in the diaphrams?? How's compression?? Is the choke set too tight and not coming off all the way?? These are just a few things that come to mind....
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    Ditto here too...but it may be a 1st vs. 2ndGen thing???
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    On my '83VR I'm turning right around 4200rpm and 75-76mph. So it's about right on. What about taking a 2ndGen final and putting it in a 1stGen?? Will it fit after plugging the speedo hole??? One thing tho.... I'm getting 38-39mpg at freeway speeds and 2 weeks ago pulled 50mpg on an all day ride in mountain twisties..... I don't think dropping the RPM is going to make that much difference in gas milage. I think there's something else going on????
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    I think the stuff breaks down from UV exposure. Kinda a sunburn. The '83 I sold came with the 'grunge' when I bought it. Steve..hdhtr.. had some stuff labeled Vinyl Restorer on the shelf that we used on the seat and it seemed to seal up the surface. Wish I could remember the name of the stuff, but afterwards I hit the seat with Farnam's Leather New...kinda a glycerine saddle soap mix..., and although the black scars were left the material stopped breaking down. I think the big secret is to not let the bike sit uncovered for long periods of time exposed to direct sunlight.... like riding it to work and letting it sit in the parking lot all day without putting a cover on it...??
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    I got one...you got one two??
  20. Condor

    Trailers Push You

    Condor replied to a topic in Trailer Talk

    The original post was made in '06... Maybe posting about trailer brakes would work better in the trailer tech forum???
  21. Condor
    At 4 to 5 bucks a gallon, I bet traffic thins out....
  22. Condor
    Some random thoughts. The problem we run into is the topographics of the US. Everything in the middle is flat as a pancake. They don't call it 'The Great Basin' for nothing. Great mountains East of it and great mountains west of it, but nada in the middle. If I wanna to ride on flatlands I'll get on a freeway... Heat is another factor. Anything in the southern US is going to be plain HOT that time of the year. I don't want to spend 10 days riding in an oven. So... the only places that make sense in July... to me at least... is north and middle..ish US..., or change the date to something earlier or later in the year?? Brownsville TX in the winter?? OR...what's wrong with going back to Ft Collins?? All the mechanics are in place, we had great hosts in the Moose Lodge, and we didn't even scratch the surface as far as riding goes. We wouldn't have to start from scratch to organize the thing...
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    CODY WY
  24. Condor
    Actually there is a difference. Hydralic vs. Electrical Anti-Dives. I wonder if you're having problems with the AD's not working???
  25. Condor
    Finally got on the website. I guess we did overload it... I noticed that it's possible to send them a set of forks and they'll do the installation. I do have an extra set off an '86, and since I'm not real well versed on fork know-how I though I'd go that route and give it a try?? I also noticed that they don't have any Ventures..1st or 2nd listed... for the dampner???.
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