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  1. Venturous Randy
    I think it was a photo op where the biker was supposed to do a short ride by the marina on a walking path that had the short post barriers in place to keep vehicles out. He was attempting to go around one of the posts and did not give enough room for the left bag that stuck out farther than he thought and it tore it off. Once he hit it, he did not have much room to correct his mistake. RandyA
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    Nope, I figure it will be stuck to the magnetic plug the next time I change the oil. RandyA
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    Well, most of us have been going on with our everyday dull lives while you have been gallivanting all over the country. Glad you made it ok and if you ever make it to east Tennessee, look me up. RandyA
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    I had noted a couple of weeks ago that I was having a shifting problem. I was having a problem with the bike not staying in 1st and 5th gear. I could shift it into 1st gear and it would come back out unless I held the shifter down until I put it under a load. I was having the same problem with 5th and also having a problem with finding neutral. I suspected I was having a détente problem and that was what it turned out to be. The spring that pulls in the détente roller arm was broken. I had a spare and was able to replace it by taking off the clutch side cover and down beside the clutch basket I could get to it. Some long needle nose pliers and I was good to go. I wanted to post this as this is not a problem I have heard the Venture having. It appears that the spring was just worn enough to finally break. RandyA
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    When the 750 came out, it seemed like a big bike to me. RandyA
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    On my 83, I moved the helmet locks up under the trunk like the 86 up 1st gens. If I am going to be away from the bike, I will lock the helmets and if it is real hot and we are going into a cool restaurant, we will take the helmets with us. RandyA
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    number. Yep, the one ticket that I bought had the number 6 as the powerball number, which matched. Therefore, I doubled my investment!!!! :cool10: So, when I cash in my ticket I will get $4 back on my $2 investment. I just have to be careful that I don't make a special trip and spend $2 on gas to cash it in. RandyA
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    I have had my 83 for almost 17 years and have put over 135,000 miles on it and as far as starting mine, it is just like miffinman said. The only thing I do different is to turn the ignition switch on and flip the kill switch off and on several times until the fuel pump slows down. I do not touch the throttle and will add choke as it starts to keep it running. RandyA
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    I think I would make two lists of the names of people I have known in my life. One list would be of people I would want to help. The other list would be of people I want to get rid of. So, if I do win, people should think about which list they would be on before they should contact me. RandyA
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    Yep, like Jeff said, grind the edge off and it will help a lot. Also, pull the engine guard out as much as you can. RandyA
  11. Venturous Randy
    Are you having issues with both eyes or one? I have put about 7,000 miles on my 1st gen with one eye this past year. Since I have some slight image that is very distorted in my right eye, I usually wear a patch on it. RandyA
  12. Venturous Randy
    The motorcycles alone sold for: TOTALS FOR Motorcycles: Total Selling Price for Motorcycles $1,386,124.90 TOTALS FOR ALL LOTS: Total Selling Price for Lots Sold: $3,957,039.00 RandyA
  13. Venturous Randy
    This is another one of those videos that can lead to another video and to another video..... RandyA
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    The CB era was rather unique. I had a brother in law that was just about backward when having a conversation face to face. It was just about impossible to have a conversation with him. Then he got into CB in a serious way with a tall antenna/tower in his yard and everything. He could spend a half a day or night talking to people on his CB. My only encounter with a CB was borrowing my brother's twice when I went on a trip and the language was so bad out on the highway that I just turned it off. RandyA
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    Yeah, it is amazing how you can go from a motorcycle clip to a drunk girl fail to a sniper shot from a mile away. RandyA
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    Well, now that winter has gotten here and I need to think about getting some things done, I was wondering what others were planning on doing. I am going to need to do some transmission work as it feels like I have lost the détente action in my transmission. I still have the spring action that will bring the shifter back to the middle, but I am having a problem finding neutral and feeling when it clicks in any gear. Several times I have put it in 1st and it came back out. I have also had the same problem with 5th after shifting and with very little load, it would slip back out. I still have the other engine that has 30K miles on it that I put the 2002 Venture transmission in it, but it had some rust in one of the cylinders and I am not sure whether the engine is worth putting in. I just need to get motivated in getting something done. RandyA
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    Do you ever watch one of the videos posted on here and when it ends it shows about a dozen more to choose from and then you watch one more and then there is about a dozen more....? Sometimes I will end up watching videos for a while that just seem to go on and on. One of the frustrations is when you will have several that pops up that are interesting and if you watch one, you may loose the other interesting ones, and you can not back up. Sometimes I will go back to the original posted video and when it finishes, pick a different one from the last time and see where it goes. RandyA
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    I seem to be getting the same video as above. RandyA
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    My opinion, break in an engine with some wide open throttle through low to mid/upper RPM's and you will seat the rings better. RandyA
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    I have a lot to be thankful for, and as with many here, it has been a tough year. But, I am convinced that next year is going to be a better year. I do want to express my wishes that all here have a happy and safe Thanksgiving. RandyA
  21. Venturous Randy
    I very quietly confided to my best friend that I was having an affair. She turned to me and asked, 'Are you having it catered'? And that, my friend, is the definition of 'OLD'! Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, 'How old was your husband?' '98,' she replied: 'Two years older than me' 'So you're 96,' the undertaker commented. She responded, 'Hardly worth going home, is it?' Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: 'And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?' the reporter asked. She simply replied, 'No peer pressure.' I've sure gotten old! I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. Have bouts with dementia. Have poor circulation; hardly feel my hands and feet anymore. Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92. Have lost all my friends. But, thank God, I still have my driver's license. I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor's permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour.. But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over. An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and told her preacher she had two final requests. First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart. 'Wal-Mart?' the preacher exclaimed. 'Why Wal-Mart?' 'Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week' My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Know how to prevent sagging? Just eat till the wrinkles fill out. It's scary when you start making the same noises as your coffee maker. These days about half the stuff in my shopping cart says, 'For fast relief.' THE SENILITY PRAYER: Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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    Yep, that's going to hit the munchies bunch pretty hard. RandyA
  23. Venturous Randy
    I agree about not seeing the dash lights go out with the CMS problem. A couple of years ago I blew the main fuse by the battery. I replaced the fuse strip and it has never blown again and I could never find why it blew. But, after I did this, I installed a set of running lights that were wired directly to the battery and run through a fuse and a switched solenoid. After losing everything at once, I decided I did not want to worry about being out at night and loosing all my lights at the same time. RandyA
  24. Venturous Randy
    The circuit board in the CMS is a typical problem on the 1st gen Ventures and is well documented and can be intermitten due to it being a cold solder joint problem. But, the start switch may have been it and you may need to take it a part and clean it if it does it again. RandyA
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    I look forward to meeting you and I think you will like this area. RandyA
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