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I suspect that the person you talked to had no idea what they were talking about. The stock Bridgestone Excedra is available for $201.00 with free shipping. Dunlop makes on that is just a bit more. That's just from a quick look. They may be even cheaper if you really look around. That's the rear tire. Haven't looked for the front.

I've just seen pictures of them. I am really happy with what I have though. A LOT of adjustment available with them.

I've seen several people post about this issue. Found this elsewhere and it has helped a couple of people with the issue.

I found this elsewhere and posted it here for another member. He reported. back that it solved the problem.

Basically, the Royal Star Venture's, come in three models. The RSV, The Midnight RSV, and later the "S" models. The ONLY differences were cosmetic. The Midnight Venture has more chrome. Forks, Brake and Clutch reservoirs, etc. were chrome. It started with the Midnight models but later the "S" models also had the extra chrome with the only different being that they were different colors. The Tour Deluxe was different. It was the Royal Star Tour Deluxe. Same frame, engine and etc. as the Venture but no fairing or tour pack. It had a windshield and hard. bags only. That's pretty much it.

Thank you much for the pictures. He will be missed.

Just learned that we lost an old friend Fred Vogt to cancer. Truly sad news. Fred and I served together on the board of directors of the now default Venture Touring Society/Motorcycle Touring Association. He was never extremely active here but graciously gave his permission for me to post many of his old Venture maintenance and repair articles. Fred was truly a Venture guru. There just wasn't much that he didn't know about the first gen Venture. He was a friend and will be missed. I don't even have a good picture of him to add to our memorials. If anybody has one, please get it to me please. Godspeed our Friend. Till we meet again .

If you look further up in the thread, you will see that I installed the 2" Rox Risers on mine. Easy to do, takes about 15 minutes. I love them.

I'm suspecting that you didn't get it uploaded correctly or it needs to be updated. The dealer should have had it all set up and ready to go. I would take it back and make them do their job.

you need to click on Log Out at the upper right corner. Then you can enter your username and new password.

The exception is the "Member Vendor" ads. Those are supposedly ongoing sales and will not be deleted automatically.

Due to the problem of people posting their ads and then never taking the time to delete them once the item is sold, I will be implementing an auto-delete feature in that section. I recommend that any of you with ads in the classifieds copy and save your ads so that you can repost them has needed. I have not decided for sure yet but it will either be a 60 day or 90 day period of deletion.

Mine are black but are Kuryakyn knockoffs. They seem ok though.

No, it did not. The 1999 - 2013 and the 2005 and later RSTD had the exact same engine. Only difference was they went to black fins on the later ones. The early Royal Stars had less power but they stopped making them in 2001 I think. There was no change at all with the RSV between 1999 and 2013 and they were the same as the 2005 -2009 RSTD. NOTE: The early Royal Stars DID have less power.

You can use any engine or parts from a 1999 - 2005 Royal Star Venture or Royal Star Tour Deluxe. They were all the same. You might try Pinwall Cycle Salvage for a good used engine. They usually have a couple. As for what caused it, if the rods are indeed bent, then hyrdrolocking is the most probably cause.

I was asked to post this by a guy that was once a member here. It is, I think, a 1990 Venture Royale. Please contact him if you have any question regarding the bike. I've not seen it and know nothing about it but it looks to be a fair deal for somebody. $500.00 Kurt Aarons 507-327-3280 kpaservices@outlook.com Location Redwood County, Minnesota 2 hour SW of Minneapolis His description:It will need some lovin.

I don't know. Today was bad again. Had a stairlift repair early this morning. Had to leave the house around 7:30. Did ok and got the job done. Headed home and got very light headed again. Had to really concentrate on the drive home. Everything started feeling very bright. Don't know how else to describe it. Like you feel just before passing out.

Been taking Losatran for about a week now. Maybe I do feel a bit better but blood pressure is a bit high.

Yes, this company clearly stated that Medicare and Medicaid don’t pay enough so they charge people with insurance much more. They said that by law, they can charge whatever they want. Paul had already been transported by ambulance to the hospital, that hospital decided to transfer him to another one. Julie took a taxi to the other hospital and it was a 37 minute drive. So maybe 10 minutes by chopper and $52,000.00. They are. Crooks in my opinion.

Many of you have met Paul Heiba, @Motiv here on the site, at my Maintenance Day. Paul and Julie live not far from me and I consider them to be good friends. Reading things like this hurt me regardless of who it is and especially when it's a friend and a VentureRider member. Last year, Paul and Julie took a dream trip on the bike that turned out to be a nightmare. Paul had a blowout and lost control of the bike on their way back home. I'll let this story speak for itself but I can tell you that it is all true. My prayers are with them in hopes that it will get resolved but it appears that the company just wants their money, nothing else matters to them. https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/investigations/diagnosis-debt/it-can-happen-to-anyone-of-us-an-air-ambulance-ride-costing-53-000?fbclid=IwAR0zSC3evSlgTrbGnM6A3TXPAlFo3IJcIlMxJFcF3f_YMEvCvtsdgpaUi9s

I did but I'm not sure it's working as well. Will give it some time to see for sure.

Well, I had to reschedule my MRI and other appointments in September due to the month long lapse in my insurance. I've felt just slightly better over the past week. My wife is probably going to take a trip to Texas to visit her son in Early September and I'm determined to take a ride while she is gone. I have to prove to myself that I can still do it so am thinking about doing an Ironbut. Not sure where yet but I REALLY need to get in the wind for a couple of days at least. We'll see.

Sorry, haven't heard of anybody doing it but I know that even upgrading to the latest software on one already installed has been a nightmare for some. I don't think it could be that hard to install but just haven't heard of anybody doing it at this point.

My Cobra coverage expires on September 2nd. My new policy for some reason doesn't go into effect until October 1st. I think that somebody made a mistake but I've been unable to get it moved up.

That sounds like a GREAT ride. We have ridden in the White Mountains one time and absolutely loved it. Stumbled upon a B&B somewhere in Vermont that just happened to have a cancellation. Really nice little place called the Round Barn B&B or something like that.