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  1. Venturous Randy
    That's just too hard to respond to. RandyA
  2. Venturous Randy
    Just a few pictures of Laura Lou feeding her racoons out on the carport. This is a nightly ritual. RandyA
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    I probably have one of the more "unique" early 1st gens with a lot of mods. Functional: Corbin seat lowered 1-1/2 inches, upgraded head light to 86 up style, running lights, arm rests for wife I made with her own cup holder. Blaupunkt CD-MP3 player with 4 speakers installed. Safety: Air horns, Strobes in head light, strobes in trunk light bar with LED lights on trunk when brakes activated. Looks: painted Twight Royal Pearl, a soft pearl purple with ghost flames. Made "bikini" side panels to open engine up with lowers removed. Polished front forks, handle bars and engine covers. There are probably more than I can think of, but all these things are my favorite and I use them all!!! RandyA
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    I occasionally surf thru ebay and have found some good stuff and some junk. I am also amazed at what some of these folks think their stuff is worth. It is not uncommon to see something listed for a buy-it-now price of $150 and on the next page, the same thing listed for $20 and still no or very few bids. My question, as it pertains to this forum is; if I see something I think others may need or want, should I flag it to the masses on here? Because, when I am watching something that I want, I don't want someone blabbing to the world about it. When I am bidding, I kind of feel it is everyone else's tough luck if they do not spend the effort to look on ebay. But, when I come across something I think you guys may want, I want to flag it to the group. I would really like to know how others feel about this. RandyA
  5. Venturous Randy
    I doubt that, as it looks like you would have some serious gear mesh if it was crushed. I suspect any differences would be on the outside of the unit. Just out of curosity, did the same axle get used on both rear ends? If not, are they the same lengths? Also, has the width on the rear end been measured? Are the fork leg thicknesses the same on the bikes the parts came from? Enquireing minds want to know. RandyA
  6. Venturous Randy
    Well, if you had gone to a 1st gen, it would have been more like going from a gocart to a sports bike, not a monster truck. Wow, having failures on those 2nd gens before you even get it home!! (Nice bike) RandyA
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    I just checked on them and they are $98 plus $15.50 shipping. They say the discount will be returned when shipped. As far as I went, I did not see a place to leave a note about being from VentureRider. Was that on the last page? The last I heard they were $68 plus $5 for shipping, is this still correct? RandyA
  8. Venturous Randy
    And some believe we never went to the moon!!! RandyA
  9. Venturous Randy
    When you shoot those people, do they understand what you are shooting them for? RandyA
  10. Venturous Randy
    Gerald and Ramona, we want to thank you again for the invite and the great evening and meal together. We had a very pleasant evening. Randy & Laura Lou
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    I use a strip of contact cement and push the grip on and have never had a problem. It may be a little difficult to remove the grip, but when putting a new one on, I cut the old one off anyway. RandyA
  12. Venturous Randy
    Just one more thing of doing business with China. RandyA
  13. Venturous Randy
    That's too real!!! RandyA
  14. Venturous Randy
    Hey, in that first picture, it looks like Squidley may have an oil leak...from his head. Looks like you guys done real good. RandyA
  15. Venturous Randy
    I guess I am pretty lucky. I have a local independent shop that works on anything. They do good work, but sometimes it may take a while. It is routine to have as many as 50 to 70 bikes in line to be repaired. A year or so ago I stopped by and he had 5 1st gen Ventures in line. He also has a salvage yard in the back and did have a 1st gen until I ended up with it. If you buy the tires from him, mounting is included if you have the wheel off. There is a charge of about $8.00 for balancing. I put on both of the Elite 3's myself and did the axle and jackstands trick for balancing the front. It feels perfect at speed. I bought the rear from him and the front from superstore for $102. I am a happy camper even though the front tire was the hardest I have ever put on a rim. The Avon I took off was not hard, but the Elite 3 going on was. He was also the guy that told me about undercutting the gears for the 2nd gear problem. He was doing that on some racing motorcross bikes. It is also pretty common to see Harleys in line. RandyA
  16. Venturous Randy
    Skid, I have heard of the tank cover coming loose before. I remember someone telling the story of picking up a bike they had just bought and when hitting the highway the front came loose and popped up in his face. Glad you were able to keep everything under control and did not loose the piece to the road. RandyA
  17. Venturous Randy
    Rats! I went to sleep while the race was on and missed it. I turned on the tv a little while ago and was searching to see who won. That is one I would have loved to have seen. Thanks, RandyA
  18. Venturous Randy
    Did you try bleeding some fluid pressure off? RandyA
  19. Venturous Randy
    Lew, I want to again express to you and your wife that you have always done a fantastic job on putting Vogal together. You have gone to great lengths to put together a very organized program. Now, I would like to make a suggestion for you to consider. Last year when we put Asheville together, it was more like an extended meet and eat. There were several rides that were put together and the most formal one was going to Biltmore Estate. Other than that, it was not extensively planned. It was more like "Hey, who wants to go to Chimney Rock" or someplace else. We did have the meet that Rooster put together to eat, but other than that, the get togethers were mostly just winging it. We did have some hot dog meals and pancake breakfasts, but there was not a lot planning. My suggestion is maybe having a less formal get together. All the gifts and everything you did was great, but it can be great without it too. At the moment Laura and I are not sure if we are going to make it to Vogal, and I have been to all three and had a great time. We will just have to see as it gets closer. One thing I would suggest you or someone else do is have everyone coming provide information for emergencies or what ever and fax it to a central person and they can make copies for everyone attending. We did not have any crashes at Asheville last year, but there were several times the sheet got pulled out and people were contacted, such as needing help with a bike breakdown or whatever. I will be having cataract surgery a week or so before Asheville and may need to cage it to there. RandyA
  20. Venturous Randy
    Brandy, I just read this for the 1st time a minute ago while sitting here at my desk eating a sandwich. I got so choked up laughing that I thought I was going to die. Had people come check on me. RandyA
  21. Venturous Randy
    I know you can not do this on your bike, but if you had an early 1st gen, you could do a good 2nd gear wheelie and not only does it wake her up, but the severe pinching on your sides wakes you up too. RandyA
  22. Venturous Randy
    On a hot summer day, I was running a little close behind a car I was going to pass and did not see the dead opposum he was straddling until it was too late. When I hit it, it literally exploded and I had it all over the bottom of the bike and my shoes and pants legs. I did not go down, but I sure had a stinking mess to clean up. RandyA
  23. Venturous Randy
    I have run Valvoline 10-40 in everything I have for years. Like raceman said, I have also pulled the intake off a small block Chevy with well over 100,000 miles and it was as clean as a new engine inside. As far as this oil in my bike, I started having a little clutch slip under hard load at about 70,000 miles. My problem was weak springs. I replaced the springs and at the same time bought a set of clutches for a friends MK2. The springs stopped my slip, but after not putting the clutches in his bike, I put them in mine and with the springs and clutches and pulling a 450lb camper, I feel pretty good about it. Another concern is when I replaced the gear set with a later model, I found that the orange O-ring in the oil galley was broken and sticking out like a worm. So, after running the bike with the oil system comprimized, plus routine 8,000rpm sprints, plus pulling a heavy camper, I feel that the Valvoline 10-40 works just fine. I did try Amsoil Synthetic motorcycle oil a few years ago and the only difference I felt was the lighter wallet and oil leaks I did not have before. RandyA
  24. Venturous Randy
    When helping my grandson study for his motorcycle written exam, I believe it said that in Tennessee the handlebars can not be either 15 or 18 inches above the seat. We got a guy around here that rides a Harley that his arms are straight up when riding RandyA
  25. Venturous Randy
    Looks very good. I did not put the emblems back on mine and won't. It looks much better without them. The only one I have is the one in the chrome strip under the windshield. I would take that one off it I easily could. Makes people wonder what you are riding. RandyA
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