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  1. Venturous Randy
    Sounds more like a ground problem to me. But, if you still have the glass fuses, you need to convert them over to the blade fuses. It is not a big deal and there are kits available on here. RandyA
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    Are you sure he wants visitors? RandyA
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    They are now here in Johnson City. We went out and ate mexican and got the oil changed in the 86. Not sure yet what we are going to do tomorrow. I would love to show them some good mountain road riding. RandyA
  4. Venturous Randy
    Neat car Lowell. I bet it has about as much space for storage as an early MKI. Good to see you back. RandyA
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    Right now, the spot shows Rocket in Columbia, SC and he should be heading over the mountain to east Tennessee tomorrow. We are looking forward to seeing them tomorrow late afternoon and they will be staying with me. This will be the second set of foreigners we will have had here with Aussie Annie and Alan here earlier. We are planning on eating out somewhere Thursday evening if anyone wants to join us. I will have more details as we get closer. RandyA
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    How are you doing? RandyA
  7. Venturous Randy
    Could it be a dirty fuel filter that will only supply a limited amount of fuel? It could be some rust in the fuel tank with it having so few miles on it in 26 years that could be causing problems. It would be good if you could plug up a good TCI and see how it runs with it. RandyA
  8. Venturous Randy
    Weekend before last Linda and I were in Banner Elk, NC following a truck on a two lane thru a business area. The guy in the truck turned right and an older woman in Jeep Cherokee was coming out of the business and I got a small glimpse of her moving before the truck completely blocked my view of her. I immediate went for the brakes and sure enough, she pulled right out in front of me. I hit the air horns and she then realized what was happening. She did go across the street into another business and I do believe I scared her. I am just glad that I was paying attention or I would have T-boned her right in her door. RandyA
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    About 12 years ago when I built the 4X8 trailer I carry my bike and a lot of other stuff on. I used the rear suspension out of a Plymouth K-car and wanted to put shocks on it. Once I put it together, I knew I did not have a lot of available travel to work with. I went into a auto parts store and told the counterman I wanted to buy a couple of shocks. His first question was "What do they go on?" My comment was "I have no idea". You can imagine the look I got. I then told him I was building a trailer and needed the shortest shock he had available. Another look of exasperation. About that time an old timer type counterman that had been overhearing the conversation stated; "1965 Ford Mustang front shocks", and that is how my trailer ended up with Mustang shocks that works great. Those days are about gone and now about everything is all computer oriented. RandyA
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    I ran in to Don Harrell (tazmocycle) and his wife Susan at an intersection south of Birmingham while on a test ride after I had resoldered my CMU. They invited me to a local bike get together and when I did they asked if I was going to Vogal. I said "What's a Vogal?" At the time I was a member of The Venturers. I went to Vogal one and ended up joining Venturerider.org and life has never been the same. RandyA
  11. Venturous Randy
    I just bought a Markland hitch that will fit an 83 that I cleaned up and painted. I also put a new 1 7/8th inch ball on it. Unfortunately, it will not fit my bike unless I take off the current lightbar thatI have on it. I can send you a picture if you want. And yes, they are getting rare. If I don't sell it, I may try to extend it some to get past the light bar. RandyA
  12. Venturous Randy
    This is how I fixed the one stuck float bowl problem in the 122,000 miles I have put on my 83. I just removed the fuel line going into the stuck carb and blew a little air into it and that solved my problem. RandyA
  13. Venturous Randy
    The Progressives raised the front of my bike also. Now I have to be careful of not getting to the point it leans too much to the left. RandyA
  14. Venturous Randy
    Happy Birthday and hope it was a very memorable one. It was great to meet you folks and have you as guests. RandyA
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    I would want to make sure that the sidecar and the rear bike tire are the same, as in bias-ply. Technically, that are on the same axle. RandyA
  16. Venturous Randy
    Saturday and Sunday, Linda and I put over 500 miles on my 83, mostly two lane back roads thru the mountains and hilly country. On the 1st tank I got 48mpg and the 2nd tank was 46. The 2nd tank was with some steep roads with switchbacks that took me all the way to 1st gear. You should be getting better mileage than what you are saying. I have replaced my diaphragms and reset the needle depths, which made the most difference. I also ride pretty agressively much of the time and my bike does run strong. RandyA
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    One of my favorite campgrounds is Carolina Hemlocks State Park. It is only a few miles off the parkway on Highway 80 just north of Mt Mitchell between the parkway and Burnsville, NC. Is has great showers, a great swimming area that is also great for snorkeling as the water may be very clear. Several of the pools of water may be 6 to 8 feet deep. They also having tubing and rent tubes there. The only thing lacking is the camp sites do not have electricity, but water is available at various locations. There is some great riding roads around this area and it is also close to Little Switzerland, NC RandyA
  18. Venturous Randy
    One of the biggest problem I have seen with the fan operation is the connection on the temperature sending unit. Usually, the connector gets loose and will not ground, which I believe turns on the fan. This connector is behind the bottom of the right fairing. You will have to take off the crome side cover to get to it. Many times, cleaning and tightening the connetion will fix the problem. RandyA
  19. Venturous Randy
    This is a great time to change your fuel filter. RandyAS
  20. Venturous Randy
    I have not given up on it yet. But, at this moment, it is still tentative. RandyA
  21. Venturous Randy
    When coming home from Freebird'd MD, we were kind of in the middle of nowhere on secondary roads and came to a small town that had a McDonalds. That was a good enough excuse to go in and cool off and get an ice cream. It was also nice that they had wifi and I took in my laptop and looked a little closer at where we were and where we wanted to go. RandyA
  22. Venturous Randy
    Between "Gypsy", my Magellan GPS and Mapquest, I don't think much about looking at an Atlas anymore. And, they take up a lot of room in an early 1st gen. RandyA
  23. Venturous Randy
    Yep, I learned my lesson. Many years ago I had aluminum siding put on my house that had shingles, as many of the local houses in the neighborhood did. A sales rep out of Knoxville, about 100 miles away stopped by and gave me a good deal, as he felt the neighborhood had a lot of potiental for him. He also gave me some addresses of other jobs he had sold. So, I looked at the other jobs and agreed on the work. Then I found out he was hiring local guys and I just happened to know them from high school many years before and did not think much of them then, which should have been a red flag The job was with in a couple of hours being finished, doing some trim work and putting the awning back up and it being Friday, the sales rep asked if I would pay him so he could pay the crew and they would be back to finish it Monday. Due to them not coming back, I ended up calling the office in Knoxville and getting the run a round. Before it was over with, I went to a lawer and had them write a letter stating I was going to sue. Then, the owner shows up and apolgizes and finishes the job himself and gives me about 15% of my money back. He was also mad when he saw the potential in the neighborhood that he had lost out on. I know now not to pay out anything, unless it may be for materials I can account for, until I am completely satisfied with the job. RandyA
  24. Venturous Randy
    If you look at the video, he got stopped at the 8 second mark and was hit at the 9 second mark. That does not leave him much time to put together much of a plan for getting out of the way. Also, the only way he got stopped as quick as he did was he was was paying attention and he had a vehicle with good stopping characteristics. It does appear that traffic in that lane did come to a stop unexpectedly for the location. I wonder how many of us on our Ventures, many 1st gens with minimal braking abilities and 2nd gens without intergrated braking and panic stopping with too much rear, would have slammed into the vehicle in front before getting hit in the rear? In my opinion, he was simply lucky to get out of it good as it appears he did. RandyA
  25. Venturous Randy
    Yeah, I feel that way when I am not in Tennessee also. If you ever make it back down this way, ya know where I live. We would love to have you back again. RandyA
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