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  1. Venturous Randy
    The trick is, when you are riding b***h, is to carry a small plastic gas can. It does not matter if it obviously looks like it would fit in the trunk. Just carring it makes you look ligit. RandyA
  2. Venturous Randy
    When I worked as the Quality Manager for an electric motor company, we did not have to turn in any receipts unless it was over $25 for any meal, we just filled out an expense report. We were told that we were to absolutely pick up the check when with customers. Those were the good old days. RandyA
  3. Venturous Randy
    We are getting Indian Summer on Thursday, it is supposed to be 80º. Then for the weekend it is supposed to be in the 60's. RandyA
  4. Venturous Randy
    I have probably at least a 1/2 inch freeplay and mine releases fine. Is your clutch releasing good enough to allow you to put it in gear while stopped and not pull the bike noticably? If it is, then your clutch does not sound like the problem to me. Also, I routinely change gears to 3rd, to 4th and to 5th without using the clutch. Do you ever do that? I can do this smoother than when I use the clutch. RandyA
  5. Venturous Randy
    I rode thru there alone weekend before last and ate at the BBQ with the screened in area right on the river. At the moment I have no idea what I may be doing this weekend, but if it looks like I can meet up with you guys, I would love to. Maybe we can also get a few others from east Tennessee to get together. RandyA
  6. Venturous Randy
    First of all, this is not Harley bashing, but Harley people bashing. You gotta admit folks, Harley Davidson does one hell of a job perpetuating their image. You really do have to respect them for that. And, they do a real good job of building a bike to fit the market they are selling to. Harleys are nice bikes and I respect them for that. That being said, a couple of years ago I paired up beside one of the Big Dog type Harleys that was extremely loud just ideling, not that the rider allowed it to idle much. The rear tire seemed about a foot wide. We were turning up a long on ramp the was two lanes going into one before it merged on to the interstate. I was on the outside lane swinging to the left and when the light went green, he turned it on and was about a bike's length ahead of me due to the shorter arc and me not wanting to get too close to his lane. There was no doubt he was wide open. So, I cranked it on too. By the time I was at about 8,000rpm,s in 1st, I was already passing him at a good clip. By the time I was that far in 2nd, I was a several bike lengths ahead and coming up behind a car in front of us getting to merge onto the highway. I had to slow a lot and he was right on me. I moved over to the left as far as I could and as soon as I was sure the car was going to stay in the right lane and nothing was coming in the left lane, I nailed it again. He again got left behind. I went off at the next exit and slowed for him to pass before I exited and he would not even look over at me, so I just had to assume I was NUMBER ONE without him indicating so. RandyA
  7. Venturous Randy
    Yep, had a guy coming into my lane the other day in a SUV and I looked over and he was punching something into his GPS. I can't imagine what distraction is going to hit the market next. RandyA
  8. Venturous Randy
    He didn't give you the finger, he was saying......... You're number one!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cool10::cool10: RandyA
  9. Venturous Randy
    Yep, ya gotta be careful with the little "o"s and the big "O"s, they can get you in trouble. RandyA
  10. Venturous Randy
    Couple of suggestions; You may do better without the driver floorboards, they tend to make you have to spread your feet farther. Try to find you a seat that is lower. I picked up a Corbin that needed some repair and while I had the cover off being fixed, I took about 1 1/2 inches of foam out of my seat, and retucked the cover. How much air are you running in the shocks? Yes, the behemoths can be a bit intemidating, but you get more used to it and it does get better. RandyA
  11. Venturous Randy
    Since you asked earlier from a comment I made, the Rider magazine article is in the November issue and is titled Victoria's Secrets. Melborne was his base and he toured Phillip's Island, Mornington Pensula, Yarra Valley, the Mystic Mountains and the Great Ocean Road. Very nice pictures. RandyA
  12. Venturous Randy
    Yeah, the 2nd gear thing came to mind for me also with 56,000 miles. RandyA
  13. Venturous Randy
    Dan, I am not aware of years other than an 83, but if I had any MKI and had the chance to do what I did in adding gussets, I would do it. Yes, the post is in the 1st gen library. [ame=http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1521]83 Broken frame - VentureRider.Org[/ame] RandyA
  14. Venturous Randy
    It really does help on aluminum heads as aluminum has a significantly higher expansion rate than steel does when heated. It does not have to be hot enough to burn you, but fairly warm helps. RandyA
  15. Venturous Randy
    Ivan, just out of curiosity, was the engine warmed up some before you tried to remove the plug? Also, these plugs need some anti-seize on the threads before they are put in. You did not indicate you have removed the plug so what I would do after I blew around the plug to remove any debris, I would spray a penetrating lubricant around the plug and unscrew it some the screw it back in and keep repeating. You may be able to work some lubricant into the threads and save them. The biggest problem with the plug seizing is aluminum gets stuck to the plug threads and wipes the head threads away as you are removing the plug. Good luck and let us know how it turned out. RandyA
  16. Venturous Randy
    If bum and butt mean the same thing, does bummer and butter mean the same thing? I mean how far can you take this stuff? Some people are just idiots. RandyA
  17. Venturous Randy
    Even though I suspect it is TCI related, If you pull out the black wire in the TCI big connector, you will disconnect all of the safety curcuits. You may have to slide a knife blade behind the terminal to dislodge the locking tab. Or, you could just cut it and put a male/ female terminal on for a quick disconnect in the future. If the bike runs better, start looking at that curcuit. Oh, and with this curcuit disconnected, make sure the bike is in neutral before you hit the start button. RandyA
  18. Venturous Randy
    My concern on the baffle lodging somewhere is it blocking off the flow of exhaust. RandyA
  19. Venturous Randy
    Wow, great video and your handling of the camera is phenominal. It amazed me how much picture composition you were able to maintain. Ya done good and thanks for sharing that. RandyA
  20. Venturous Randy
    Wow, an 880 mile day? That's a pretty good ride! Rider Magazine has an feature on the Land of Oz this month. I thought about you when I seen it. Hope you are getting better. RandyA
  21. Venturous Randy
    Isn't it amazing how quick things can happen? And, it don't have to be at 8,000rpm's on your couch rocket. Can you still get on your bike and enjoy a nice weekend? Hope you get to feeling better Lew. RandyA
  22. Venturous Randy
    I was born and raised in east Tennessee and other than four years in the military and working for a company that had a plant in Fort Wayne that I spent a bit of time in, have pretty much stayed here. Laura's parents retired in Birmingham and she wanted to move there, but not me, too hot there. This used to be a good place to find a job in manufacturing, as many companies came here from up north and it is a "right to work" state, so union influnance was not strong. But, many of these same countries have gone farther south to Mexico or China. We have fairly moderate weather in the mountains, as it is usually cooler in the summer than up north and most winters, there is riding in about every month. Along with the beautiful scenery, we also have a lot of friendly folks. RandyA
  23. Venturous Randy
    Five years ago this last Sept, Laura was filling in as a substitute teacher and while talking to a parent, a five year old child grabbed her wrists and dropped down, pulling her forward, tangling her feet. In an attempt not to fall on the child, she pushed the child to the side and her 1st point of contact was the forehead/cheek on the right side of her face on concrete. She sustained an eye socket blowout. It literally disentigrated the eye socket under the eye. She immediately had surgery putting a plate under her eye. Since then, she has had four more surgeries, all under workman's comp. And, she will have to wear corrective lenses due to double vision for the rest of her life. A couple of years later, due to degenerative disc disease and fibromyalgia, she got Social Security Disability. Now, the workmans comp insurance has made an offer to settle and we took that offer to be reviewed by a lawyer. Even though the offer was pitifully low for what she has been thru, we were told by the lawyer that due to Laura being on SSI, even though it had nothing to do with her disability, any money she receives will be required to be paid back to SSI. We can either take the settlement and then her monthly checks will be prorated and reduced over a set period of time, or we can take the money and she will not receive a check until that amount of money has been accounted for. As it was explained, if you receive a workmans comp claim at 25 years old, through an injury that is absolutely no fault of your on, and due to an illness 30 years later you become unable to work, you will still be liable for what ever money you received 30 years before coming out of any SSI payments, even though they are not related. Just thought you all may want to know this. RandyA
  24. Venturous Randy
    Go to this page and see what I did. Mine broke several years ago and I had it welded and 3/8 rods put in as gussets. It is now better than stock. I pulled the plastic off and the rear frame section and flipped it upside down. If you have any questions, give me a call. RandyA [ame=http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1521]83 Broken frame - VentureRider.Org[/ame]
  25. Venturous Randy
    If this winter is any indication of what we saw in the summer and fall, it is going to be cold and wet(snow). This was not a hot summer for us in north east Tennessee and our drought problams are gone. RandyA
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