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Gee, I had heard that you were the oil change expert,..... Brian

ok , let me re word this I am wondering if the whole taillight assy including the chrome and signal lights assy could be fitted to the venture easily or would it take someone with body work knowledge. http://www.ebay.com/itm/2006-10-Yamaha-Roadliner-Stratoliner-Rear-tail-lights-in-Excellent-Condition-/251323337297

try this fix, I know some guys use an old style film negative instead of buying the tool. but the tool is cheap and it has worked for me once. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USac5G4SI-U#t=13]How to fix leaking fork seals with SealMate - YouTube[/ame] Brian

I really like the look of the stratoliner taillights. Does anyone know what I would have to change to get the strat lenses to fit on my 03 Venture? Brian

I am at a loss for words to try and express how sad I feel for them at this time. My condolences to their family and friends. Brian

hmmm, wouldn't that be the left antenna? Brian

Brian.... who sez Boomers a chicken if a lil snow keeps him, the missus, and the pygmies away....

welcome! to the site with all the data about the Ventures and all of the bull about the Ventures...(sometimes its hard to sort out which is which until you get to know the characters. ):fatsmiley:Brian

I cant think of anything else that you cant bring up here, that I can think of. I always make a list of what I have purchased on the trip and keep the bills whenever I cross the border. It's just to verify anything asked about what Ive purchased, but I don't know if US customs will ask any of the same questions that our Canadian guys ask when I come back. As long as youre not in downtown Winnipeg you should be fine overnight anywhere. I don't know much about ThunderBay so I think youre on your own on that one, but as long as you stick with a major chain I cant see any issues.(its what I do when I travel, Motel6 or Super8 are pretty good) I would check your map at each gas stop just to verify fuel stops, I am sure youre going to be fine, but lots of stations in the small towns close for the night and on holidays. I would pm tomephil and ask him if he has any more details for you as I think he is in Winnipeg and rides the area, I am about 6 hours west and this is running from my memory. PS 100 kph is about 62mph so it takes about an hour to travel 100 kms , 50kms take 30 minutes etc to help you with that conversion. also be prepared for gas prices they vary widely but here we are 1.25/liter so about 5 bucks a gallon. (liter is about a quart for easy figuring), (I just paid as high as 1.40 a liter in BC a couple of days ago) Canadian money will help, but you should be able to use any ATM anywhere to get it, but there will be a service charge, US currency will work most places but some places treat it as an inconvenience (there are dumbasses everywhere..). and of course your Visa and MC are fine everywhere, but let your card companies know your travel plans ahead so they expect your card to be making purchases in strange places and not suspend your card for suspicious activity.....(don't ask... ) Brian

heres some info sent to me by Neil McRobbie , (a member on the venturer site) about this manifold. It sounds like a Tugg manifold, built by an owner to make use of VMAX parts. Brian From the Venturer site, I couldn't make the link work properly. Carburetor Air Velocity Maintenance of carburetor air velocity is everything to drivability. It is the air velocity across the venturi of the carb that creates the vacuum that sucks the fuel into the air stream. An inordinate drop in air velocity drops the vacuum and less fuel gets into the air. This causes a big flat spot or bog. Those who can remember the old days before the CV carburetor we had carburetors whose slides opened with the throttle. Snap the throttle open at low speed, and the motor would almost quit. You quickly learned to modulate the throttle. A CV carb does this for us. The CV carbs are carefully balanced by the manufacturer to fit the loading and air velocity requirements of the motor with stock airbox restrictions. Open up the intake and the now unrestricted air does not seem to generate the velocity required to suck the correct amount of fuel into the air stream. I think that it lifts the carb slide too soon. Some time ago a guy in Arizona named "Tugs" was producing a hop-up kit for Ventures which consisted of essentially a V-Max-like intake manifold. As part of Tugs kit, he recommended stretching the stock carb diaphragm spring from its usual height of about 6.75" to almost 8". What this does is to force the slide to remain lowered until a higher vacuum was generated at higher motor speeds. He coupled this with a much richer slide needle so that when the slide did lift, there was additional fuel available. By this means, he operated the carb largely on the pilot jet circuit for cruise, but had much more power available for acceleration. I have a Max intake and heads, cams and all on my 1300 Venture, using Tugs suggestions and a low restriction intake. I can tell you that there are no flat spots whatsoever, even running with an open air box. I am not suggesting that this is a simple modification to engineer or tune correctly. It is one thing to just stretch a slide spring, but getting the needle jet correct is like dancing with the devil. Rey Kirkman

I a sorry that I missed you guys, I was looking forward to seeing you and Nina, but I found out that I had to be in Edmonton early. I hope you guys had a great vacation and didn't get too wet or windblown along the way. Brian

Hoping that you have a fantastic anniversary!!! Congratulations!

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heres the pics that I could find , I would have had more through Jasper National park that might have been great,......but I malfunctioned... it wasn't the cameras fault. Brian

Congrats!!!! I think you have just stumped the experts! brian

Here was my entire route, it ended up being a bit different than I had planned, and it was just under 3827kms or 2400 miles . My time ran a bit short and I had to take highway 5 to the Edmonton arean instead of coming up the Banff and jasper. It was a great road with lots of scenery and it takes you past a great photo spot past Mount Robson, the highest peak in Canada. I messed up my cam going thru the Jasper Natl Park area so I don't have any pics of what is probably the most scenic area I visited. I also didn't get shots of the Mountain Goats or Elk grazing right along the roadbed. Ill try and post pics soon. http://rideplanner.harley-davidson.com/rideplanner/ridePlanner.jsp?roadId=567974&locale=en_US

Winnipeg to ThunderBay is a good road, but narrow and twisty, can be fun, but you will have to keep speeds down and its littered with deer. Forest on both sides of road to keep the critters hidden. I think you could have you hands full in getting it done in that time, but I like to sight see as I ride. Brian

I would have gotten in touch if had some advance notice that I was riding that day, but it was a spur if the moment thing when my cousin from Kelowna asked if I wanted a tour thru the area. I am headed to Kamloops tomorrow for a few days with my other brother and his wife. Brian

I am on vacation in BC this year, finally got back to Nelson BC after a couple of unsuccessful attempts to get there with surprise health issues. I met up with a couple of VR riders so far and have enjoyed their company a lot. Last Sat I met up with Chris and Dianne (Panjundrum) at Creston BC , had luch and a great chat with them and then followed them into Kaslo BC, which is a very short ride into Nelson BC where I met up with Kevin Cowndon (kevin-vic-bc). Kevin and I spent a couple of nights in Nelson and spent a day enjoying the roads in the Nelson area and checking out the Ainsworth hot springs, (worth a stop to relax). It poured rain most of the loop around the Nelson area and we even got hailed on around the New Denver area. but all in all it was a great few days. I am now in Kelowna BC and rode around the area yesterday with my cousin. We ended up in Peachland, Summerland, Oliver, and down as far as Qsoyoos probably passing by about 30-40 vineyards and wineries. There are some great wineries and next time I gotta come back with the car so I can taste a few samples. My favourite part was in the morning just out of Penticton BC, we took a rosd that's little travelled that is just amazing called Green Mountain road, absolutely dreat scenery and it winds thru meadows and gets some altitude in places but all in all a nice relaxing ride. So far so good, about 1200 miles on the RSV , I thought I was having brake issues as it would shudder and grind at stops, so I thought the pads were worn down, I took it into Kelowna Yamaha and was very impressed with the attitudes of the staff and the whole operation. I thought I needed pads and the tech came out and said I didn't need them there was lots of wear left, they were just glazed over so he ended up doing something to de-glaze and only charged me a few bucks for the procedure. PLUS I fold a joe Rocket Leather jacket in there in my size marked down to 100 bucks from the 400 bucks sticker on it. Brian PS- thks Kevin for the tips on cornering the beast thru the blind corners it seems to helped a lot! I guess I had just to get the mental thing sorted out. (Ive been told that before, but never about biking.... )

So sorry to hear of your loss. Brian

its time to be in the west if 1/3 of the members are living in the west. If we are talking about being fair to all regions of the continent its just time. I have more time now as Ive changed jobs so I would volunteer to help out anyone that was interested in heading up something in the west. How about a west coast INTL like something in Norcal , Washington, Oregon country. Even Nelson BC to make it a true Intl meet? (Nelson just springs to mind as I am here right now and have met up with 3 Venturerider members since I got here and there isn't any kind of a meet going on, everyone is just here for the great roads) Brian

I have the same tire on the front of my 03 RSV, wheni bought the bike this spring it was squirrely and wouldn't hols a corner very well at all. I found out that the tire pressures were way low and bringing up the front to 40lbs and theMetzeler 880 on back to 48 helped a lot. bt it wasn't perfect yet. I checked and the back tire had cupping and I replaced it with a Michelin Commander2 and it fixed all my issues. I love this tire so far, I have about 700 miles on it and so far so good. I have noticed that the Brickstone is very hard to handle at low speeds and makes for parking lot maneivers something I have to think about and plan, but its good at highway speeds now at the right pressure. Brian

Welcome to the group.! here is a ton if info on putting car tires on RSV's in a section called the Dark Siders. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=106 brian

Probably easier to upload to You tube and post that link here. Brian

thanks Jack, that might have been me you remember looking for one about a month ago for mine. I will call and add my name to the list. Brian