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  1. Venturous Randy
    The best fix I have found is Industrial Strength Velcro. Clean both surfaces and put the Velcro on and it works great. RandyA
  2. Venturous Randy
    Mark, whether you pull the wheels or pay someone else, make sure to remove the rear end and grease all the splines on the wheel and driveshaft. On the carbs, I always take the cables loose at the hand grip before I install them on the carbs then put the handgrip back together. That is what works best for me. RandyA
  3. Venturous Randy
    Humm.... I do remember a conversation at Asheville about a little project you and Leslie were working on. Is this going to require a sidecar on that 1st gen? RandyA
  4. Venturous Randy
    Hey Lew, you guys getting caught up any on your ongoing drought? We are a little ahead so far for the year here in east TN. RandyA
  5. Venturous Randy
    Like a liom here in Tennessee. West Tn got up to 18 inches of snow yesterday and we got about an inch so far here in east TN, RandyA
  6. Venturous Randy
    If you are going to be in Gatlinburg, go on over the mountain on 441 and visit Cherokee, NC, You can also get on the Blue Ridge Parkway there and go back to Asheville. It goes up to more than 6,000 feet. This is the most majestic part of the Parkway. It is a shame you are not going to be there around July 10th as that is when we are looking at the Asheville rally. To be honest with you, there is at least a month of good riding in that area. RandyA
  7. Venturous Randy
    Hey, I became a Great Grand Father about eight months ago and I am still not very serene and wise. Congrats, grand kids are a lot of fun and you can send them home when you are tired of playing with them. RandyA
  8. Venturous Randy
    Well, it looks like we WERE number one in 1983!! At least in the touring class. RandyA
  9. Venturous Randy
    Last year we had sites from about 19 to 25 by the lilly pond. This year I want # 22, which is one down from where Laura and I were last year. Also, these sites are plenty big enough that more than one tent can be set on any of the sites. You may have to pay a slight fee. RandyA I think that last picture explains where the wine went I bought at Biltmore.
  10. Venturous Randy
    What do you mean, we're not number one? RandyA
  11. Venturous Randy
    We all know that if you have been drinking that you need to stay away from a motorcycle!! RandyA
  12. Venturous Randy
    Ken, at this time I think we have a lot of folks that are afraid to commit to just about anything. I hope you can make it as this is just a low key, kind of extended M & E, with some great riding roads. RandyA
  13. Venturous Randy
    Just bumping this back up. RandyA
  14. Venturous Randy
    Laura is going to Birmingham for a week and when she gets back we will go to Asheville and see what is going to take to set it up. I will need to start getting a head count on how many will be attending. Thanks, RandyA
  15. Venturous Randy
    I tried many years ago but just could not get into it. In Blue Highways, The author spent the 3rd day or so in Jonesborough, TN, which is the oldest town in TN, which is also where I graduated high school. He told stories about Jonesborough that I had never heard before. He called it blue highways because in olden days the color of the secondary roads were colored blue and like me, he despises interstates. Any good used book store should have a copy or two. RandyA
  16. Venturous Randy
    I just ordered mine!!! That is at $102.95 shipping included. My local independent dealer quoted me one at $124.95 and with taxes that would be about $136 so I done good. They both showed list at $179. Thanks George, you da man!!! RandyA
  17. Venturous Randy
    I took off one bag and took pictures this evening. I also took a lot of deminsions and will draw up a sketch I can scan. Did not realize how dirty the bike was under there. RandyA
  18. Venturous Randy
    So, you like being abused, huh Cindy? RandyA
  19. Venturous Randy
    I envy you. One of these days I would love to ride the Keys. RandyA
  20. Venturous Randy
    Curt, you beat me to it. This has got to be one of the best reads on traveling around the country. I have at least one hard back copy and a couple of paperback copies laying around somewhere. RandyA
  21. Venturous Randy
    Several years ago I was transfering all my vehicles and home to Farm Bureau Ins and at that time my son had full coverage on his CBR600 bike with them. They would not at the time insure my Venture. I ended up staying with Allstate for liability/uninsured motorist. Now they will insure my Venture and if he drops the CBR600, they will not pick it up again. My yearly is $142 with higher rates. I raise the rates from minimum to a lot higher after Yammer Dans underinsured problem on the idiot that hit him. RandyA
  22. Venturous Randy
    Another suggestion would be to use a very slight amount of something like anti seaze on a bolt and place it or screw into the threads that are left and then use epoxy around the bolt, making sure you do not get any anti seaze on the areas away from the threads. After the epoxy sets up, unscrew the bolt and you have ready made threads. RandyA
  23. Venturous Randy
    I see that now Dan, thanks. Given the rest of the cap is intact, I wonder if he could do a good epoxy job to restore the wall for the threads for the cover bolt? Maybe even epoxy a stud in and put a nut on top of the cover. RandyA
  24. Venturous Randy
    If you want to add a little bling to your rims, chroming is probably not a good idea. You would have to highly polish everything before chroming to look decent. What I suggest is to polish the machined area between the tire edge and the painted area near the spokes. Once polished, it would take fairly routine polishing to look good. RandyA
  25. Venturous Randy
    Got tied up today, will try tomorrow. RandyA
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