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  1. Venturous Randy
    Ok, if we are going to try to meet up, we need to give some detailed info on where we are coming from and what our plans are. My hopes at this time are: Leaving Johnson City, Tn at about noon on Thursday the 2nd and ride to Portsmouth, OH up US 23 to spend the night. This would be thru eastern KY. From there, on Friday morning, go up US 23 up to Dayton and hit I71 and up 58 into Oberlin. RandyA
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    Dan, I also missed you and wondered where you were at. I am real glad your problem was diagnosed and hopefully you are on the road to recovery. RandyA
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    Hey Shaun, you wouldn't by any chance have any pictures of how your shock support has gussets would you? Thanks, RandyA
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    Being inseam challenged myself and still wanting good ground clearance without dragging, I picked up a Corbin seat off ebay and scooped about 1 1/2 inches out of the driver seat and it is very comfortable for me. What air pressures are you running in the shocks? RandyA
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    If the vacuum/pressure in the tank went to zero and the area collapsed was a square foot, total force on that area would be over 2100 pounds, if my ciphering is right. RandyA
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    Something to help you get your shoes on because you can not bend over that far any more? RandyA
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    This is the great thing about this country, if you don't want to ride a bike with a windshield, don't ride one. Personally, I like the windshield on my 1st gen and the last time I rode a bike any distance at highway speeds without a windshield, I was amazed as to how tired I was. I feel I get plenty of wind and can enjoy everything around me a lot better with a windshield. But, if you want to ride without one, that is fine with me. RandyA
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    What tires are you running and at what air pressure? Many of us that ran the Avons had the tail wag, but it was usually at 65 and up. Going to the E-3 solved my tail wag problem. RandyA
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    I have an 83 that I bought 15 years ago that had 23,000 on it and I have put another 120,000 on. I also picked up an 85 several months ago and it is showing 57,000 that should end up being my son's if he can ever find time to get it back on the road. RandyA
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    I think that is the bike I picked up in Knoxville, TN for Squidley and met him up in Ohio to deliver it to him. RandyA
  11. Venturous Randy
    More noise while leaning may indicate more of a tire problem. It is probably not too uncommon to hear some clunking while the bike is on the centerstand and running in gear. This is due to the angle of the u-joint with the swing arm hanging down. RandyA
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    It would be a shame to spend some time in the eastern US and not spend some time on the Blue Ridge Parkway and visit The Great Smokey Mountains. There are many of in this region that could help with accommodations. RandyA
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    Just paid mine and my son's as he just joined. RandyA
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    Does it make any difference whether you lean a little to one side or the other as you are riding? RandyA
  15. Venturous Randy
    Before you worry too much about smoke, make sure you run all the Sea Foam out of the fuel system first. Sea Foam will also cause a little smoke. RandyA
  16. Venturous Randy
    Had a beautiful 80 degree, blue sky ride thru the TN/NC mountains today. Linda and I packed a picnic lunch and looped thru the KOA in east Asheville. At this time, for the week of June 10-12, there are 14 cabins available and our campsites at the lilly pond are still available. As I have said, I want to see if there is much interest in getting together for a long weekend meet and eat. At this time I am planning on taking that week as vacation and starting at Freebird's MD and seeing where it goes from there. So, now it is time to see what we can put together. RandyA
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    As far as the sidestand being down, the bike should not run at all with the sidestand down and the bike in gear. That in itself tells me that you have some kind if a connection issue in that circuit. Many times, a fuel level problem is the connection in the gas tank and just taking off the terminal and crimping it a little tighter and cleaning the terminal will fix it. But if your's is a consistent problem, it probably is the float mechanism. RandyA
  18. Venturous Randy
    Well, you missed getting SylWoddy in this picture, but I think you got his truck. Yep, this is West Virginia at it's finest!! RandyA
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    Thanks Mark, I needed that. Yes, Asheville 2010 was a lot of fun and always has been. We have always had a real laid back setting there and I think that has worked very well. We are thinking about riding that way today and talking to KOA about the weekend of June 9-12. So, with this in mind, it is time to see how much interest there is for this year. At this time, Linda and I are hoping to go up Friday for Freebird's MD and meander our way south and end up in Asheville somewhere around Wednesday afternoon or Thursday. With this being a Vogal year, if there is not much interest, we may just may skip having it and try to have a big get together next year. Thanks for posting the great pictures and here is a post from that wine and cheese tasting event. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?p=505856#post505856 RandyA
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    As many of you have noted, the higher gas goes, the more inclined you are to take the bike rather than your truck or car to work or run errands. Let me clearify my question a little better. How high would gas prices have to go to impact your fun rides? By fun rides, I mean those times you just jump on your bike and go, without have a particular agenda, and just riding for the fun of it. RandyA
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    For those few of you that have expressed any interest in the 2nd gen transmission being a viable option in a 1st gen engine, here is a great update. I received the forks and drum today and after doing some measurements on the location of the shifting slot that controls the slider for 1st and 3rd gear, it appears that Yamaha has shifted that slot approximately .080 toward the center of the engine. As noted in the earlier post, that slider was off using the 1st gen drum to the point that the dogs on 1st gear were touching the mating gear slightly and the dogs on the other side of the slider were just barely going into 3rd gear when that gear was engaged. It does appear that the forks themselves are identical. The other change is the tabs that were bent over the end of the pins, the ones that tend to open up and allow the pins to fall out, are no longer there and now it is a machined casting. This is another big improvement in this transmission. After replacing the forks and drum, I set the gearsets in place and it appears everything aligns perfectly and all sliders engage exactly as they should and have the proper clearances when not engaged. All the gears changed perfectly as I went thru the shift pattern. Now, I will gather up all the necessary seals and gaskets to start assembling this thing. I will add some pictures and the last one will be the 2nd gen gearset in place in a 1st gen engine with everything aligning as it should. RandyA
  22. Venturous Randy
    In the 15 years that I have had this bike, a really good year was 8,000 miles and at that time I was getting 35 to 40mpg at best. This past year, while finishing up a divorce after 41 years, I put 12,000 miles on the bike and with the carb changes that I made, I have seen as good as about 49mpg, but usually in the 45 to 48mpg range. The real point here is I can not put a value on the enormous therapy that I got out of the bike this past year and to make it even better, I have found someone that loves to ride that has really made it so very good, thank you my Lady Linda. RandyA
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    before you start cutting back on your fun riding? We are now at about $3.55 a gallon around here and it takes me about $15 bucks or so to fill up when the bike has about a gallon left. At my last fillup, my average was right at 45mpg and I figure that works out to about eight cents a mile. That would still be about $40 for a 500 mile weekend. RandyA
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    http://bgky.craigslist.org/tid/2307256783.html RandyA
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    On my 83, the only time I had with loosing air in the rear shock was the Shrader valve was not tight. I checked it the other day and after it sitting for 3 to 4 months, it was still where I had left it and this is on a bike with 142,000 miles. RandyA
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