Venturous Randy
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Yeah, I can just see that as long as you stay away from old wemmen in cars. Hoping to get everything worked out tomorrow on your little project. It is amazing what that kid can do on a bike. RandyA
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Congratulations and thank you. If I had stayed in the USAF, I could have retired 22 years ago at 20 years. Sometimes I wish I had stayed in. RandyA
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I saw 100mph one time on my 83 with the Avon Venoms and it scared the crap out of me with the tail waggin. With the E-3's, that never has been a problem. RandyA
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I used to have Venoms on my 83 and replaced the rear with an E-3 and went from a tail wagging bike at 70+ mph to a very good handling bike, even with the front Venom having a lot of miles. I replaced the front tire with an E-3 and the bike was very stable, but did not feel as agile as the Venom. I feel the best handling 1st gen would be to put a new Venom on the front and a new E-3 on the back. RandyA
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Happy, happy birthday and I hope you have a great day and you are one of those special people. RabdyA
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Not Bike Thoughts on Last of the Breed
Venturous Randy replied to Yammer Dan's topic in Watering Hole
Those are nice cars and have good quality and value. Will the value hold up as if they were still making them? Maybe not, but does it really matter much to you? Are you planning on selling in the near future? If not, just enjoy it and run it into the ground like I do my vehicles as I tend to keep them for a looong time. RandyA -
I stuck the edge about 1/4 inch in a large vise and bent it over. Thanks, RandyA
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The long part and opposite wall were just the metal bent up. The sides were small pieces that I rivited on with aluminum rivits. I just flattend them and did a little fill and painted. RandyA
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When I got the bike it had one of those Cycle Sound covers that held the radio that was plastic. I made one out of aluminum that held the CD player verticle, but the player jumped , even on a small bump. I made another one and set it in at a 30 degree angle and that worked better and made it easier to swap CD's. It also gave me a place to put switches. I used sheet aluminum and don't know the gauge, maybe just under 1/16th thick. I bent the edges a little to raise it. The paint is called Wrinkle Paint. I found a better picture. RandyA
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It is just a car CD player and I have a cover that I put over it after I take the face off. So far it has been in some hard rain and so far, so good. RandyA
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After seeing several variations on mounting some accessories on a 1st gen, I thought I would share what I have done. In mounting the GPS, I wanted it to be easily visible, stable and not in the way of other things. By mounting a piece of Plexiglas on the left side handlebar riser, it is off center enough to not be in the way of reaching for the ignition switch and it is stable. It is also easy to take off when parked. Years ago, the vent on the left side broke and I installed a radar detector in the hole. It works very good shooting through fairing and is out of the way and not noticeable. This helps when I make a corner and drive into a Virginia State Police roadblock as detectors are illegal there. I also have a switch on the panel near the radio where I can quickly turn it off. I have also mounted an inside/outside thermometer above the detector and have the temp pickup mounted under the mirror. This gets it out in the wind and also shades it from the sun. I put a sun shield over the thermometer and that helps. With this bike being a standard, I made an aluminum cover that mounts the radio at a 30 degree angle to help keep the CD player from skipping when I hit a bump and it also makes it very easy to change CD's while riding. I also put a row of switches in the panel cover for added lights and the detector. This may be a bit different from some of the others I have seen, but it works for me. RandyA
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Last Sunday and today we were in the mid 60's and I put about 140 miles on the bike. It was a mix of roads with some four lane, marked two lane, to unmarked two lane. I even rode some after dark. It is hard to describe what is like, as it is really different. It is like sitting on the bike in front of a big screen with a movie playing that was taken from a motorcycle going down the road. What you loose is the normal three dimensional effect that is so helpful with depth perception and judging speed, especially something coming toward you. The biggest part is just trying to be aware of everything going on around me. My problem is on my right side, so I am constantly scanning for anything that may come into my lane, whether it is a car pulling out, to a car that is beside me that begins to come over, to something like a dog running out. I stopped by Walmart to see if I could find a good convex mirror to mount on the ride side to help in this big blind spot that I have, but did not see anything I liked. I may check at a truck stop and see what is available. At the present time I am not sure of the vision I will end up with in my right eye. Presently, from the center to the left, I have absolutely no vision at all. From the center to the right, I can see some images, mostly a silhouette from light behind the object, but everything is very distorted. To look slightly to the left and see my TV, instead of it being a rectangle, it is kind of "S" shaped from left to right and is close to half the size with what I see with my left eye. At this time my eye is full of oil and at sometime will be drained and I guess we will start the bubble thing like before. I really hope that it will help the vision as I would love to get some peripheral vision back, even if the left half is blind. I don't expect for the left part of that eye to get better as that is where the blood vessels have died according to my doctor. I did get an eye patch at Walmart and with the right eye covered, it was a little easier to see out of the left eye without the distortion. I know this has been difficult for me, but I have REALLY felt thankful for the vision I have in my left eye this Thanksgiving Day. I want to also thank everyone for their well wishes and prayers. This VentureRider family is the best. RandyA
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If you want to do anything in that area, take the linkage apart that connects the shock to the rear end swing arm and then grease all the fittings, or even better, install zerk fittings and grease the linkage each time you change the oil. RandyA
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Not sure what you asking for. RandyA
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Shock problems on a 1st gen are rare. With you having a standard without the CLASS system, I suspect you have a slow air leak and the first place I would check would be in the valve core at the fill point. I also suggest that you put a good metal cap on the valve stem that has a rubber seal in it. Also, put the setting on 4 for dampening and that will stiffen it up a little. How are you filling the rear shock and how much pressure are you putting in it? When you check the pressure, are you using an air gauge that does not allow air leak? I have had my bike for almost 16 years and I use one of the small Harbor Freight pumps with a gauge on it and they fill slow enough that with it plugged up to my cigarette lighter receptacle and with the roller switch in the cord, I can fill it easy and have good control of the pressure. I also have a digital air gauge that looses virtually zero air when checking pressure. Yamaha done a great job on these shocks and they are hard to beat. RandyA
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not the speedo ....... (?)
Venturous Randy replied to barend's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Ya done good.......with a little coaching. As you said, "Been there, done that". What you encountered is fairly common on the 1st gens and it is a lot more common when the temperature drops. This is just one of those things that falls into the preventative maintenance category that no one does unless they have a problem. This is one of those things that folks should put on their winter projects list to do every few years. If you think about it, it is amazing how long the original lubrication lasts. RandyA -
I miss you too and only wish that when you and Al were here that you would have had your bikes and could have spent more time and ridden the mountains of east Tennessee. RandyA
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Charlie, I hope you have a great and memorable birthday!!! RandyA
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I hope you had a great birthday Craig, I would have loved to have given you a party. RandyA
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After having to go back to the eye surgeon and having to deal with a detached retina, instead of seeing some improvement, it has got worse. I called the Dr's office yesterday and they told me to come in immediately. It has now been determined that my loss of sight in my right eye is due to a lack of adequate blood flow. Unfortunately, this is not fixable. And, this goes back to being type 2 diabetic for 30 years and not always doing a good job keeping it in good control. After my marriage separation and divorce and losing about 50 pounds, I was able to get my diabetes in such good control that I had my A1C in the 6.4 range, which is very good, and that was after going off insulin. After my last A1C creeping back up to 8.3, I have now gone back on insulin. I have gained a few pounds back, but with this eye problem, loosing my job and dealing with some depression, I have not been getting the exercise I was getting. Now, my primary concern is to try to keep the other eye healthy. RandyA
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I hope we will be able to put together an Asheville event for this year. RandyA
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2nd gen is your speedometer correct
Venturous Randy replied to motorcycle_1300's topic in Watering Hole
According to two different GPS's and measure mile markers at 71 mph, my 1st gen, 28 year old bike reads 70 mph, so I am one mile per hour off. Sheech, is that another one of those improvements(?) they made when they made a 2nd gen? RandyA -
Dang, Having to settle with a insurance company again
Venturous Randy replied to Dragonslayer's topic in Watering Hole
I think you have the title of this thread all wrong. It should be more like; "I am so fortunate that I get to settle with someone else's insurance again". You need to give Yammer Dan some lessons. RandyA -
You have already done the hard part by pulling the dash out. But, it still does not sound like you got grease into the bearing area. If you do it from the outside, it will take high pressure like you would get with a grease gun as you are forcing grease around the bearing, which is a tight fit. If you take the speedometer out and put grease on something that will reach the bearing from the inside, it will work in from the top. I have fixed at least four 1st gen Ventures with the squeal and all of them were fixed with putting grease in the bearing area. I still don't think you have a cable problem. RandyA