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I'm tagging him in this post so he will see it. @Carbon_One.

Am in the waiting room now. I expect about 3 hours of tests today. The dizziness just got to the point of me needing to get it checked. Even driving the car is an issue at times. Things sometimes get real bright like I’m close to passing out. Have pulled to the side of the road a few times to let it pass. Strange because it seems like when I’m working, physical labor, I’m ok but then it comes back. They have already found a module on one of my adrenal glands that they think may be causing problems. It may be making me excrete to much adrenaline. My flight or fight may be out of whack. Today’s tests should help determine if that is an issue.

Things have not been good for riding this year. Last year either for that matter. I've kept it quiet because I thought it was something that would just pass but I'm having some serious dizzy spells. It started a couple of years ago but is progressively getting worse. There was a time when it was only an occasional thing but had gotten to the point of several days a week and this week it has been every day and all day and night. Even when I lay down, I am still dizzy. Not tot he point that I can't function but just have to be very careful. When I got up this morning I had to be careful because immediately when I got out of bed, I was unstable. Had to be especially careful going down the stairs. If I turn my head to fast, it gets even worse. A couple of years ago, they said that I had very slight high blood pressure and put me on a blood pressure medication. Very low dose, 10 mg, but it was too much and was driving my pressure down in the 85/55 range. That made me dizzy and I though it was the problem. I started taking half of what was prescribed and most days it was ok. Now it doesn't seem to be doing the trick and my blood pressure fluctuates a good bit between 85/55 and as high as 160/100. So, I have been going to the doctor to try and get it figured out but no conclusions yet. I have another appointment and some tests today so we'll see. If they don't find a cause for it pretty soon, I'll likely be selling may bike. It is just not getting used at all. I bought it last fall and it's still not even through the break in period yet. I think it has 850 miles on it and I just did the first oil change a few weeks ago. I would hate to give it up and won't until I know if they can get a grip on this or not but will have to make a decision in the near future. Hopefully it is all something that can be easily resolved. They are looking at my adrenal glands now and I may have to have one of them removed but don't know that yet.

Well, this is probably to simple to be your issue but how old is the battery? A weak battery can cause many of the symptoms that you describe. Put it on a charger overnight and made sure it is fully charged. See how it runs then.

I agree that it looks good but not for me. I'm long past the sport bike styling and it would kill my back. Nope, maybe I would be more interested if it were a full touring bike with at LEAST 500 miles range but until then, it's a no go for me.

I don't know any details but it could have been done via a PM. No way to know if it was before or after you posted.

The '96 would be a Royal Star. After the first gen but before the '99 and later RSV and later the RSTD. 1300. Check the history pages for more details.

No offense taken at all. We discuss many different bikes here and everybody has their own opinions. I am looking forward to seeing what Indian comes out with. I wonder if they will reveal it at Sturgis. It will be interesting. If I were in the market, I too would be waiting to at least check it out before buying.

He is in our prayers. The Whipple surgery is a major thing but has worked for many. Hope it does for him also.

You will probably just have to find one for a Harley or something that will work. I don't remember them ever making one for the Venture.

Posting this for an ex member. I usually don't do this but there aren't a lot of these around so I wanted to give any of you who might be interested the opportunity. This came of a new Eluder. He said that the bike ended up being too big for him so he sold it back to the dealer. Original cost on this seat was $1200.00. He is asking $800.00 for it. Great deal if you can use it. Please don't message me about it. Contact Larry Jacobs at jake6470@gmail.com if you are interested.

It will be exciting to see what they have done.

I guess but I don't think it's unusual. I had a '13 Harley Road Glide Ultra that also had VOX and never got it set correctly.

You say you are using plain old conventional motor oil. That may or may not be OK. It depends somewhat on the weight. Most 10w/30, 5w/30 and other various weights have friction modifiers. If it says or has the symbol for "energy conserving", you clutch will be slipping agin before you know it.

OK folks. I've made a lot of changes since these spam attacks started. I think that I have finally made some progress. I have software and etc. in place now that is blocking about a thousand spammers a day. I have turned on the "welcome thread" again. I may have to turn it off again but we'll give it a try. New users still go into moderation and I have to manually approve them for now. That is a pain and will result in some people having to wait awhile until I get to the computer and approve them but it is what it is. Here's the thing though. As soon as a new member signs up and then confirms their email, the welcome thread welcomes them to the site. That is before I get on and approve them through the moderation interface. I haven't found a way around that yet. So you may see some "Welcomes" to members that can't yet post because their membership hasn't been approved yet. That being said, it is a lot better than it was. Now if my hair will just grow. back.......

Very nice write up and thank you for the kind comments.

Yes, I know. Something new that I'm trying to reduce spam.

I can't really help you. Most people that I've talked to do not use VOX because of such issues. I'm not a fan of it either.

Haven’t tried this but saw it posted somewhere. NAVIGATION SYSTEMS GREATER THAN 6 WAYPOINTS SOLVED! Ladies & Gentleman, I found a solution that is working for me to import complex routes into the Yamaha Navigation system on our bikes. It isn't perfect but it works for me. You will need to use/ any software that exports a GPX file in a "Harley Davidson Boom Box Pre 2019" format or purchase a mapping package called MyRoute-app. It is made by the same people who make TyreToTravel which I have been using for many years. The GPS system is made by the same company that makes the GPS system (Boom Box) for HD from my understanding. So MyRoute-app has directions on exporting routes into the Boom Box. I am using 2 routes that I created that are both about 500 miles and have between 40 and 52 waypoints on each file. The entire route will load into our GPS systems, depending on how far apart the waypoints are, and the number of roads in between will determine if the algorithm changes the route slightly. Regardless, all we need to do is to export the GPX file as a "Harley Davidson Boom Box pre 2019" option. The GPS will load the entire file and read. Import as a track and it will allow you to hit go and it seems to work. I don't know of anything else that works, but I'm sure there are other products. I am using what I have available to me and just publishing to you my findings. Good Luck!

I think it looks better than "pretty good". It looks fantastic. Very classy.

It's a great addition in my opinion. I have no problem opening my gas cap with the bars at full lock either direction. I guess it depends upon how you need them adjusted. At any rate, it made my '18 very comfortable.

I'm using a number of different solutions already. Registration requires email verification and "question and answer". I've tried image verification, Captcha, etc. Nothing is working perfectly.

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As of this morning, the count is 813 spammers over the last 30 hours. I am continuing to try various solutions.