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    Thank you very much Yama mama. Being a veteran means so much more when we know it is appreciated. Oldandcrotchety, I agree very much with your statement and that is why I got so irritated yesterday listening to the radio on the way home. I was listening to Shawn Hennidy(sp?) and he had a caller on talking about Universal health care. Her belief was since there is health care available for veterans, why can it not be for everyone? Shawn chimmed in and stated that was the best argument he had heard for that and he did say that it was ok for veterans to get health care because they did work for awhile for real low wages and such. He absolutely missed the point. Veterans have health care because many were put in harms way and many were severely injured and many suffered and died due to their service. Yes, I remember having to deal with a pay scale that was so low I was eligable for food stamps (did not get them), but the main thing was waiting daily on orders that would put me in Vietnam, Korea or some other place where the locals hated us. Yes, I did end up in Thailand, 30 miles from Laos and 45 miles from Cambodia and I had it real good compared to a lot of others. The point is, as old stated, we knew that any moment our lives could and did change and that change could ultimately cost us our lives, and remember, soldiers are people too. RandyA
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    Well, they just had our Veterans appreciation gathering here at work in the Engineering lab. It was very nice and we were given very nice stainless mugs that said A.O.Smith on one side and U.S. Veterans on the other. It also said Made in China on the bottom. Go figure. RandyA
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    There was a time when these companies were not run by "bean counters". The decisions were made that were for the long term, not for short term gains that turned into big bonuses. I can understand why the auto industry workers wanted their share when the top management was getting bonuses that were absolutely astronomical. But, sooner or later, it will catch up to the company and with GM, I believe it is as we speak. RandyA
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    About four months before I turned 14, my dad and I stopped at the local motorcycle dealer. I ended up leaving with a brand new Ducati 125 Bronco. Candy Apple Red. Several things came out of owning that bike. It made me a lot better driver when I graduated to cars. The price of a gallon of gas was about the same as a pack of cigarettes, I had more fun riding and never started smoking. Girls liked to be taken for a ride on a motorcycle. My bike was stolen and thrown off a bridge into a river and when I got it back I completely diassembeled it and cleaned everything and put it back together. Big job for a 15 year old. It ran great. It had a part that got worn and it would jump out of gear. I fixed that and later used that same thinking to fix my Venture. I learned that I loved to ride a motorcycle. Thanks Dragonslayer for your great testimony. Mine was like the one posted. RandyA
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    If you are interested in resetting your speedometer on your 1st gen, let me know. I believe we can get to within 1 or 2 mph. I did mine and it is about perfect. RandyA
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    Dino and Pig

    Venturous Randy replied to 6pak's topic in Videos

    Now that is really funny. RandyA
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    Great advise, but the first thing I would check is the connections at the gas tank. I have fixed several where the only thing I did was tighted up the terminals. RandyA
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    It is also known as Parked Motorcycle Syndrome RandyA
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    Actually it is because many 2nd genners can not count past 2, so we are keeping it easy. RandyA
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    We don't get those comments on a 1st gen. The view most get is from the back anyway! I ment to say "of the back" anyway. Help me out here Yammer Dan. RandyA
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    I know they are having some major snow blizzards out west, up to 3 feet of snow. It is about 73 degrees right now here in east Tennessee, but rain and cooler weather is coming. RandyA
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    Where you picking up a 1st gen at in the southeast? RandyA
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    From those of us that are "inseam challenged", lowering the seat is a good option. I am still running the old springs in the front with about 7 pounds of air. I keep hearing to go to Progressivies and do away with air, but I also hear it raises the bike in the front. I would be interested in hearing if anyone has put in Progressives in a 1st gen and actually lowered the bike by cutting the spacer down some, and what kind of ride did they get. I really don't want to lower the bike much as I tend to drag stuff as it is. RandyA
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    I pulled and plugged the YICS on my 83 due to some rotten hoses. The bike ran so much better than it was running that I am glad I did it. RandyA
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    This is really good info. I usually get around 39 to 42 on my 83 and have been playing around with moving the needles out a little to see if it changes anything. RandyA
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    It is really not that hard to lower your seat. I bought a Corbin seat off ebay that needed the driver seat pad replaced. I took the cover off and while the cover was being repaired, I used an electric carving knife and whittled the seat down a little bit at a time. It made riding the bike so much more comfortable for me and especially those awkard handling moments when you are trying to manover around while walking it. RandyA
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    Hey Tom, Thanks for posting the great pictures. That is a very nice looking 84 you have there. I am fortunate that I am about an hour from the BRP on the Tennessee side. My wife and I have ridden most of the NC part many times. It is a fantastic ride. I noticed you posted a picture of lake Toxaway so I know you were on Highway 80. Did you by any chance go down the other side of the mountain toward Burnsville? The reason I ask is if you did you would have gone thru one of my favorite campgrounds and that is Carolina Hemlocks State Park. It is probably less than five miles to the parkway and a neat place to camp and swim and especially if you like to snorkle. Again, thanks for the great pictures and it makes yearn for next summer even more. RandyA
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    We don't get those comments on a 1st gen. The view most get is from the back anyway! RandyA
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    I work in an Engineering Lab and though we are all salary, it is more blue collar than anywhere I have ever worked. Most of my work has been white collar as I was a Quality Manager. RandyA
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    Just remember, just because you no longer have a Venture does not mean you are not welcome to be part of this site. Keep in touch. RandyA
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    Actually, I have a big thick PURPLE washcloth!!! One note I did leave off is I reapply Plexus on the windshield to fill those tiny scratches before I go for a ride. RandyA
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    Lew, I have to agree with hipshot on this one, I would be uncomfortable having any electrical connections in the gas cap box. Just too easy for something going wrong. RandyA
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    Backfiring while coasting down is usually an indicator of an exhaust leak pulling in oxygen under high vacuum and firing. RandyA
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    Since there are several techniques noted, I will throw in what works best for me. On my waterhose I have a ball type valve below the hand nozzle that will let me adjust from full force to trickle. I use a thick type wash cloth, like a face cloth or what you would use in the shower. For soap, I buy the gallon juggs of auto wash that clean but do not strip the wax( some are a lot better than others). I put the soap in a used dish soap bottle with the pop up and down top. I will wet the bike down using full force but taking care around the radio and speakers. I will spray the wash rag good to make sure I get any left over grit out. I will then squirt some soap on the rag and start washing. I will repeat adding more soap and rewetting the wash rag as needed, again rinsing out grit. I also may use a soft brush to get to some of the crevices. When rinsing, I will spray full force and then turn to trickle to rinse around dash, radio and speakers. I use a bath towel to dry bike and when towel gets a little damp, I will use towel to wipe dash and around that area. I then rinse the rag out, put up my soap bottle, roll up the water hose and go for a short ride to finish drying bike. My fork tubes, engine cases and handlebar risers have all been polished and not clear coated so I will occasionally use a aluminum polishing compound and in just a couple of minutes they are gleeming like chrome again. RandyA
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    When you are disconnecting the vacuum line, are you plugging the end that goes to the carb? RandyA
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