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I need a lot of body parts too.... The problem is they have nothing to do with a Venture or any motorcycle for that matter..... Getting old is a *****.... http://www.cast-aways.com/images/OldCodger.jpg

Very good video. There were a few areas that I disagreed with, but for the most it was spot on. I also bought a bike that came with one of those 'Made in Taiwan' Bike Master batteries and it was junk. The recommendation at the end rating the AGM the best for our needs was right, but I'll buy Made in the USA....

I just went threw a water pump reseal. The biggest problem I,m having is getting the milk shake out of the system. Also you,ll need to drive the bearing out to get to the seals...

Back when wrenching on the '83 I did replace one of the lowers.... I think off an '87... and found the frame tab was off about an inch off from where the '83's was located. Zip tied it.... :-)

We actually did have a member from Hawaii years ago. Guess he moved on to another surfboard???

I blew my back out in my early 20's. . Ambulance had to take me to the hospital, and spent 2 weeks in traction. After I escaped I went to do some shopping with the wife and bent over to get a drink of water and my thumb slipped off the fountain. Ouch again. Called my dive buddy and Doc, and he said to meet him at the emergency room of the hospital. When I got there he got me up on a gurney face down and told me not to look... I didn't want to see the needle... I could feel it going in through the layers of muscle, and after he pulled it out I was heeled. Cortisone... I skipped out of there.. That shot lasted for more than 30 years. Then in my fifties I blew it out again on my sailboat. It took me 45 minutes to get out of the cabin and up into the cockpit. Big pain. It was late in the day and we were planning on sailing down the coast the next morning. So gingerly I took went below and took a ton of 125 MOTRIN tablets. Probably half the damn bottle and climbed into my berth and figured they may have to call the EMT's again to get me out of there... The next morning it was like nothing had ever happened. No pain. Not even a hint of an ache. It was a miracle!!! So Motrin/IB Propin is what I take now when ever I feel a pop or tweak. Motrin is God's gift to the senior citizen... :-)

Just for the heck of it I just went out and measured the 3 chocks that I have installed. There are two mounted in the 16' trailer, and I had used one of them in the 10' before 'borrowing' it. The uprights measure 7.75" and the rockers measure 7.62". Both chocks were the same. So then I went out and measured the older chock in the 10' that I picked up off Craigslist and rocker measured 7.75" and the upright 8". I did notice that the front tire.. E3 stock size... did settle lower in the upright when I trailered up to Yreka back in June, but the tire was still suspended off the deck. The chock that I borrowed and now in the 16' sat about... estimate... 2-3" higher in the upright. However they both trailered fine... So it looks like the manufacture did reduce the size a tad?? Without getting real technical the measurements were the width from flange to flange. Hope this helps a little.

It doesn't seem like there's any real choice on what to do here. No matter if you replace the motor, or fix it you're gonna have to pull the motor. So pull it and look at the damage. If it's toast, replace it. If it's just a bent rod and a fubar piston, replace them and stuff it back in. Just do it quickly before you forget where all the wires and hoses go..... Don't ask me how I know this... :-)

Thanks for that. Maybe they changed suppliers?? From your pic I can't tell which end the upright is on. One thing I did notice from the manual is that the long leg of the rocker is mounted to the drive on end. If it's mounted on the upright side it may be why you are having trouble getting the tire to fit. The long end would elevate the tire and not let it settle down into the chock farther?? Just an uneducated guess...??

I remember the troubles you had with your chock, but if you'll notice in the pics the '07 tire..not narrow.. fits perfect. This get's me to wondering. Harbor Freight actually offers two different stock numbers for the 1800# chock. I haven't really looked close to see what the difference is, but I wonder if the upright might be a little narrower for smaller bikes on one of them??? OK so I just went to the HB website and they do have two chocks listed. I clicked on #61670 and it acted normal. I then tried #97841 and it didn't work. Seems it's sold out maybe?? So I think HB needs to do a little house keeping... :-) However that still doesn't help to determine if there were actually two different sizes...

I think it's OK to use the bars as a tie down point as long as the rail is about the same height as the grip. This allows the bike suspension to work. A lot of folks who trailer try to compress the suspension and to me that puts all the rebound effort on the trailer which doesn't have dampeners.. i.e. shocks. I'm not sure why as using both the bike.. dampened.. and the trailer will give a heck of a lot smoother ride... My 2¢

The large fittings were one of my biggest complaints. Looks like they listened. Now if we could get Yamaha to do the same.... Thanks for the solving the mystery of the side bib...

It will need a couple of straps, but the beauty side of it is you drive into it, and get off. The bike will stand on it's own. When trailering down the highway you better have the straps. I found a few pics of how it looks when strapped in... Start at the front fork with the rachet. Then take the end strap and wrap it on th rail and then back to the saddlebag guard, then back to the rail. Probably takes 2-3 minutes to do both sides. The straps only need to be snug. I also take a short piece of rope and tie the front wheel to the chalk...just in case. Sometimes I've forgotten to do it and nothing's happened.... I buy the straps from Sam's Club. Heck of a lot better than Harbor Freight...

I'm really confused... Did someone cut a deal and buy this thing?? Or??

Not sure what you need to know, but I'll take a stab at it. Here's a pic of the chock mounted in my 5x10 landscape trailer. I have a Rivco mounted on my '99 and after putting a little over 8,000 miles on it I never needed to put it up on the center stand except when home and wrenching on it. When mounting the Voyager Kit on my '04RSMV I used the chock to keep it up right and it worked very well. If I haven't answered your question, let me know, and be more specific...

I just went by the instruction sheet that came with the Wagner grill, and the long zip ties it came with. Worked well. The only thing that might be useful is when tightening the zip ties do them a little at a time to make sure you don't over tighten one side and then end up pulling it too close to the fairing.

So I went over to Harbor Freight yesterday and picked up another ride on chock for $47, and with tax out the door for $51. I own several of these things, and I usually wait 'til they're on sale to pick them up for $60 bucks. I use one permanently mounted in the landscape trailer for those times when traveling long distances. I also have 3-4 of them mounted in my 16' enclosed for when I say the heck with it for the winter. They can also be used in replace of a center stand on our 2ndGens. Mount it on a 4x8 sheet of ply...keeps it from skidding around... and ride on and pull it off. I don't know if this deal is available everywhere, but it sure beats the heck out of ponying up $350 bucks for a Rivco...

Should have asked them what the side bib was for while you were at it..... :-) I ordered one of them a year or so ago..OK maybe 2... and when it arrived the fuel bibs were too big to get hose on without really stretching the ends. So I didn't go any further. It's still in the stash somewhere... Maybe the newer style has the proper sized bibs?? Back to the side bib. Maybe it's to power the pump by vacuum instead of electrically?? I don't think it's a moisture drain.. Just a WAS here..

Had the same problem with a spare I can't remember the name modular a couple of years ago. Luckily a kid wasn't wearing it when the latch broke. When I took the padding out of the chin piece to see what happened I found the that the mechanism was hooked together with a string and it had broke. The thing looked like it was new, but it ended up in the dumpster.... I now wear Nolan NCOM103's. They've been discontinued so I have several waiting on the shelf for when the time comes to get a new one, I have it....

Finally someone with a trike priced to sell.....

Sounds like it needs to be sync'd to me..... Anybody want to try??

Here's a place that sells switches. Maybe on off a switch will work. http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/Products/ProdDS/616817.pdf

Dang Puc I only do wheelies by accident, not on purpose.... You do man!!

It's definitely petrified wood... But was the tool originally made out of petrified wood, or did it become petrified over time??? Kinda a chicken or the egg question.. I tend to believe it was made out of a hard wood and then turned to stone due to the hole formed in the surface. It's sides are smooth and formed by wear. If it had been stone originally the hole would have probably been chipped out, and the roughness would have eaten up sticks like crazy.

The indian firestarter was kinda what I was thinking too. The top part. Kinda wonder who he... or she was, and some of it's history. If only it could talk. Being petrified, it might be really old.. and really rare??? Regardless it is interesting....