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I understand, but no kidding, I have seen some really nice wooden trailers that people have built to tow behind their bike. A fellow I know over in Rowan county Ky showed me his trailer he built from hardwood. He layered it many times over with a clear coating and it was absolutely a work of art, beautiful. http://www.teardroptraveltrailers.com/wooden-teardrop-trailers http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/How_To_Build_A_Teardrop_Trailer/Trailer_Bed Fuzzy

You would be surprised what a good piece of hickory or white oak would hold. That is a good idea, and a lot easier to work with. Bob should consider making a few out of hard wood too. Fuzzy

Good job Mike. Glad you all got that worked out alright. Looks like an airplane console. " Snaglle to tower one, coming in on runway 211, Ventuer out, and two wheels down." Take care and be careful with all those gadgets on there Mike. I got my new designed flag mount back today and I really like it. So does my partner. So I will be posting up the new design and pictures in the classifieds soon. Got a take more pictures and go through the changing process in the classifieds area. I am going to try and leave them all the same price, even though I will be out a little more on them. But they look so much better and are a lot lighter. Fuzzy Fuzzy

That is a Garder Snake we call them. We used to play with them when I was around twelve year old and lived in Mansfield,Ohio. Dan's friend is definitely a black snake. Like him, I see the light brown rings around the snake and have wondered the same thing. Speaking of Ohio, I have hunted in Ohio and fished up there for many years. I do not ever remember seeing any other snake besides a garder snake. Dan I would go off to find a snake in the house, especially a five footer. My wife and I went to town once and left our front door open with just the screen door shut, had a crack at the bottom. Twenty years ago you could do that and not have to worry about a thing here where I live. Well, we returned from the grocery store and I went in first and there was a green snake, about two foot long, in our front room. I went for the gun to shoot it inside the house and wife went for the broom and she ran it out the door before I got back. She knew I would shoot it inside the house. So I am totally fearful of a snake. Fuzzy

Nice job Mike. Looks like you have a winner there. I also have been in the invent/re-invent mode for the past several days. I am thinking and in the process of changing my flag mounts. I have a different design in thought and I am in the process as we speak of getting the first one welded up. I am changing the angles a little and going with a lighter pipe than before. The new angel and different cut will look a lot better and cut down on the weight a little. The schedule 40 pipe was way over kill for the use and very hard to cut at my new angles. I hope you get something worked out there Mike. Good for you. I really like the camera ideas, that is something I might tackle one of these days. I may have to rattle your cage for a little information when I do. Pay no attention to that remark about nice steal Mike. I am sure it is just a joke. All though I have been accused of that and I knew very well that it was a blatant lie. I feel sorry for people whom can not come up with an idea of their own and have to copy someone else. Good job Mike, you and Bob both have really good ideas and plans there I see. Thanks for sharing. Fuzzy :thumbsup2:

Nice family, beautiful pictures. God speed to your son, and I will always have these thoughts and pictures that you have mentioned, we will remember you and yours and the whole team out there taking care of our freedom and helping those don't seem to be able to help themselves. May you all have a happy ending to the beginning of this thread. Fuzzy PS; Don't like any of the motorcycles pictured, but if I did, I would go with the red one.

Is it removable to Joe ? I need to know cause I , well, wait a minute. But seriously, is it removable like some others that I have saw. They used the existing RSTD quick release for the bracket. Are those in a decent price range used ? I have got to really get me one of those, I likey that very well. Fuzzy :thumbsup2: :thumbsup2:

Bad news, hope you all the best. We will remember you in our thoughts and especially our prayers. God speed in your recovery, hope to hear from you all soon. Fuzzy Sounds as if he had a front tire blow out or something. Sure glad they are still with us. .

What trunk is that Joe ? Looks good, can not really tell the color in the video, is it black ? Is it removable ? Been thinking of doing something like that one of these days. Nice Job, the lights are a A+++. Fuzzy

OK, thanks. I checked out the The Darksiders area. I had forgotten about it. Got all the information I needed. Sorry I did not realize this earlier. Fuzzy

Thank you sir. I was using the old folk terms and we always called them all millers. Moth is the correct term. Thank you for the link. So this is a male Polyphemus Moth. Very interesting read, thanks again. The eyes are to mimic an Owl. So really we probably got to see something not many have saw. I have saw them as a young boy. I spent a lot of time in the woods hunting and admiring God's creation. Still I am so amazed at what we see and hear. The first time I saw the Cumberland Falls, I was speechless at the beauty of it all. I still have a lot to see. Fuzzy

My seven year old son was amazed at the miller on the back porch. Dad he said, come take some pictures. One of God's amazing creatures. Their protection from being eaten. Thought I would share with you all. [ATTACH]66526[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]66527[/ATTACH] I touched the screen on the window and this is what you see. [ATTACH]66528[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]66529[/ATTACH] Fuzzy

Gotta be that pig tail then. Sounds like you covered all the check points. Let us know. Fuzzy

Thanks, OK, but do you also put them on the front ? That is a big price difference, I was thinking that a good car tire would be around the same price. I can tell you for a fact that the Avon Venoms are the best for me in rain and also do not track like other MT I have used. Not mentioning other brands other than the Avon. V7Goose has a good thread, or maybe two or three, some where here concerning different tire brands he tried. Very good read. Would recommend it for you. I will see if can find it. I have a lot of confidence in anything that Goose posts. Sometimes he gives us a hard time, in a good way, because we know no better, but we really like his help around here. Have not sen much of my fine feathered friend lately on the site. Hope all is well with him. Here is one I found. http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=22152&page=3 Fuzzy :thumbsup2:

Sorry, I may have miss understood. Maybe a benefit ride is what he meant. A little confused, but no big deal. I have a lot of trouble explaining myself to. An Angel in God's hands though for sure, I do understand that. Fuzzy

No problem, I noticed after I did the write up that you have a 1st Gen, but I think all is pretty much the same. I always go back and refresh myself here when comes time for tires. I said in another post about the same thing, that I have to jump around the tech library several times to get the information I need. I tried to put it all in one area the best I could. I also posted it in the Poor Man section. Maybe if it suits everyone Freebird can put it the Tech Library. I know he will not with out being ask and also if there is one already. I do not think there is with all the info in one place, but I have been wrong more than once in my life, just ask my wife. Someone else may see something I missed to, so please jump in if so. Will not hurt my feelings at all. Just trying to help out and give back to the site that has helped me so much. Thanks all. Fuzzy

Good thought, thank you for this useful post. Hope someone can provide later on. But most children are afraid of these things at an early age. Prayers and sympathy for this family. This would be hard to bare in life. This one is an Angle, and will always be in God's care. Fuzzy

Yep, nothing like doing it yourself if you can. I know some can not and that is the way we will be one of these days, if the Good Lord lets us live that long. I will do it myself as long as I am able. Took me longer than that. I did a lot of cleaning and adding a little more Honda Molly grease. One hand and brother helping. Shoulder surgery and recovering. Fuzzy

I posted this else where and thought this might help someone else to. So copy and paste and add a little and here it is. I like doing my own, I know it is done to suit me. I changed my rear tire today. Here is how; http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=555 #1. Mark the axle position at the side with the pinch bolt line, make a line with the corner edge of a flat file and you will always have it there. Remove the rear wheel. The axle will come out easily if you turn the axle at the Allen head side (rotor side) and pull at the same time. #2. Take the valve out of the tire. Mark the valve placement with the tire location on the old tire and the new tire for location. Make sure you get the tire on in the correct rotational direction. Motorcycle tires are rotational oriented. They have arrows showing the direction of travel. If you have tires that have the balance dot, then if this is the case, the balance dot should line up with the valve and supposed to be balanced. #3. Put the wheel on some small pieces of 2" X 4" or 4" X 4" works best, one on each side of rim in a place that you can back a pick up or some vehicle up to it. #4. I used a 8' long 4"x4" and a 8" inch piece of 4"x4' to put onto the tire edge close the rim, 1/2" or so on tire edge and from the rim. Back a vehicle up to the tire location. I used a pick up with a ball hitch on it and pried under the ball mount stinger. There are tools made for this, but I do not have one yet. I am thinking of adding something to the side of my garage wall and have a friend weld me up a tool for this. #5. Put the long 4"x4" on top the short piece of 4"x4" and under the vehicle/hitch,bumper or what ever to get leverage. #6. Pry down and the tire will brake loose from the rim fairly easy on the first or second try. #7. I use a cheap set of tire irons from JC Whitney. They are 12" long and come with rim covers to keep from damaging your rim. Two sets are nice to have. Only about 10 -14 dollars a set. Remove the tire while the rim is still on the 4"x4" short pieces you laid your rim on. ( The back side is a little tricky, but will come off. I laid my tire with the brake rotor down for this part.) #8. Once you have the tire removed, use a fine wire brush to remove any black junk from the inside rim edge and inside the rim. I used a copper pipe cleaning tool. Then I used WD 40 & PB Blaster to spray on a cloth and wipe the inside of my rim. Cleans it very well after you brush the rim edge and rim on both sides. If you have a plastic 50 gallon barrel, it works great for a bench to work on the new tire and rim. #9. Now orient your tire in the correct direction of travel according to the arrows on the tire and your rim direction of forward travel. #10. Have your self some dish liquid from the kitchen (or regular tire liquid from auto store) to put on the tire edge and the rim edge. Only put the liquid on one side of the tire at a time. Start the tire on and apply pressure to a point that you will need to put the rim protectors on the rim and begin prying the tire on. Only 2-3 inches at a time. Just takes a 3-4 minutes and if you cleaned your rim and lubricated the tire and rim, no problem at all. I can put the front tire on with my bare hands and no tools. #11. Now that you have the tire on, very important to align the tire in the corect spot according to your marks or dot on the tire. Pay close attention to this as you proceed to the next step. #12. Have yourself a small ratchet strap. Put the strap on the tire in the center of the tire and cinch it up tight. Also align the tire edge and rim together as you do this. Pay attention to the markings to keep the tire in the right position. #13. Replace the air valve in the rim. Air the tire and see if it will take air, if not check for problem spot and fix it. Make sure tire is in right position. Make sure you get enough air in the tire to get it to pop onto the rim all the way (watch the fingers !). Check the rim once you hear the pop and make sure it is properly attached all the way around. If not add more air until it is. Set at proper air pressure, factory says 42 rear and 36 front. I personally go a little more because I weigh 278 lb. #14. Now clean and follow these instructions before putting the tire and wheel back on.http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=13263 AND http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1705 #15. Check air pressure again and put the tire and wheel back on. Put the axle in at the mark you made and align all completely. A real good tech section on putting the wheel back on correctly is http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=515 AND http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4660 Pay special attention to properly aligning the axle to the mark you made, filed my mark into the pinch bolt line, tightening the acorn nuts and aligning the wheel and dive link properly and getting the drive shaft aligned and inside the yoke. Not sure if there is a good tire removing thread in the Tech Library. I never found one with all the information in one place. Had to skip around. So if this works then ask Freebird to put it in there. He usually will not, unless asked and there is not already an existing write up. I am not sure about that. I have been wrong before, just ask my wife. Someone else may see something I missed to, so please jump in if so. Will not hurt my feelings at all. Just trying to help out and give back to the site that has helped me so much. Thanks all. Fuzzy

Well when I first read your post here, I thought," Why worry about interstate speed when you ran 100 mph," then I re-read your post and see that you meant 100 more miles and no wobble. I am sorry you all, but you have more nerve than me. I am thinking that a car tire is designed to run flat on the black top, or somewhat. A motorcycle tire is designed for curves and leaning well into the side walls. But you all are putting 20,000 mile or so on a set of them from what I gather. And sounds like they are safe from what I have read a couple year ago, but still I just could not do it with out talking to some tire engineer and getting some more tire manufacturing facts. Are you putting them on the front also ? Just wondering. I just put a new set of Avon Venoms on yesterday and I love these tires. Over 12,400 on the last set. I say you do what you like, not my business. Not bashing what your doing, just sounds unlikely that it would work properly at all riding conditions. What is the main reasoning of doing the car tires ? Mileage maybe/cost. Or better tires all the way around ? Fuzzy

I saw a lot of tires being changed out at Don's. He has a tire changer and usually someone has a balance tool if you really need one. I use the Avon Venoms and you really do not need a balance tool after the first tire change and rim balance. The Avon Venoms do not have balance dots on the tires like some others. With some other brands you line the dots with the air valve on the tire and they are balanced. The Avon Venoms are balanced so close that they do not need a dot according to Avon, and I have to believe it because there tires work great for me. Well sounds like I am selling for Avon Venom. But I am not, just trying to help you out. I just changed mine out today and just like has been said, you can take the tires and wheels to someone if you absolutely can not change them. I changed my rear tire today. Here is how; http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=555 #1. Mark the axle position at the side with the pinch bolt. Remove the rear wheel. The axle will come out easily if you turn the axle at the Allen head side (rotor side) and pull at the same time. #2. Take the valve out of the tire. Mark the valve placement with the tire location on the old tire and the new tire for location. Make sure you get the tire on, in the right direction. Motorcycle tires are rotational oriented. They have arrows showing the direction of travel. If you have tires that have the balance dot, then if this is the case, the balance dot should line up with the valve. #3. Put the wheel on some small pieces of 2" X 4" or 4" X 4" works best, one on each side of rim in a place that you can back a pick up or some vehicle up to it. #4. I used a 8' long 4"x4" and a 8" inch piece of 4"x4' to put onto the tire edge close the rim, 1/2" or so on tire edge and from the rim. Back a vehicle up to the tire location. I used a pick up with a ball hitch on it and pried under the ball mount stinger. There are tools made for this, but I do not have one yet. I am thinking of adding something to the side of my garage wall and have a friend weld me up a tool for this. #5. Put the long 4"x4" on top the short piece of 4"x4" and under the vehicle/hitch,bumper or what ever to get leverage. #6. Pry down and the tire will brake loose from the rim fairly easy on the first or second try. #7. I use a cheap set of tire irons from JC Whitney. They are 12" long and come with rim covers to keep from damaging your rim. Two sets are nice to have. Only about 10 -14 dollars a set. Remove the tire while the rim is still on the 4"x4" short pieces you laid your rim on. ( The back side is a little tricky, but will come off. I laid my tire with the brake rotor down for this part.) #8. Once you have the tire removed, use a fine wire brush to remove any black junk from the inside rim edge and inside the rim. I used a copper pipe cleaning tool. Then I used WD 40 & PB Blaster to spray on a cloth and wipe the inside of my rim. Cleans it very well after you brush the rim edge and rim on both sides. If you have a plastic 50 gallon barrel, it works great for a bench to work on the new tire and rim. #9. Now orient your tire in the correct direction of travel according to the arrows on the tire and your rim direction of forward travel. #10. Have your self some dish liquid from the kitchen (or regular tire liquid from auto store) to put on the tire edge and the rim edge. Only put the liquid on one side of the tire at a time. Start the tire on and apply pressure to a point that you will need to put the rim protectors on the rim and begin prying the tire on. Only 2-3 inches at a time. Just takes a 3-4 minutes and if you cleaned your rim and lubricated the tire and rim, no problem at all. I can put the front tire on with my bare hands and no tools. #11. Now that you have the tire on, very important to align the tire in the corect spot according to your marks or dot on the tire. Pay close attention to this as you proceed to the next step. #12. Have yourself a small ratchet strap. Put the strap on the tire in the center of the tire and cinch it up tight. Also align the tire edge and rim together as you do this. Pay attention to the markings to keep the tire in the right position. #13. Replace the air valve in the rim. Air the tire and see if it will take air, if not check for problem spot and fix it. Make sure tire is in right position. Make sure you get enough air in the tire to get it to pop onto the rim all the way. Check the rim once you hear the pop (watch your fingers !) and make sure it is properly attached all the way around. If not add more air until it is. Set at proper air pressure, factory says 42 rear and 36 front. I personally go a little more because I weigh 278 lb. #14. Now clean and follow these instructions before putting the tire and wheel back on.http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=13263 AND http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1705 #15. Check air pressure again and put the tire and wheel back on. Put the axle in at the mark you made and align all completely. A real good tech section on putting the wheel back on correctly is http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=515 AND http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4660 Pay special attention to properly aligning the axle to the mark you made, filed my mark into the pinch bolt line, tightening the acorn nuts and aligning the wheel and dive link properly and getting the drive shaft aligned and inside the yoke. I wished you lived closer, I would come help you out. Fuzzy

The 8" block around to build from is what I done and it works great. Garage very warm, no problems with moisture either. Do not skimp out on the insulation and walls, insulated 10' wide garage doors. 8' ceiling hight. I put in one steel square tubing across several ceiling joist and attached big eye bolts to hang stuff from. Mostly to hang deer for processing. My 30' wide X 40' long is very warm, even with out heat it is never been at or below freezing (once was -5 degrees outside/ 38 degrees inside coldest ever). I have 4 windows in it. I insulated walls with 4" and ceiling with 6" and put moisture barer plastic on walls and then 1/2 " Sheetrock. I put the attic trusses in it to store stuff up stairs, with pull down attic stairs. TV, freezer, recliner, radio, telephone and pellet stove when I need heat. Air conditioning in wall, I planned it from the beginning and built an air conditioning unit spot in the wall. Plenty of 110 plugs and one 220. Wired to box with heavy wire from my house on it's own 100 amp breaker. I fixed my florescent lights so that I could plug them in. I put recepticals on the ceiling to every 10 foot. If light has a problem, just unplug it and take out a few screws and work on it on the floor. Built a 4'x6' porch on it at the entrance. Poured it as poured the garage floor. Everyone said why a porch on the garage. Then after I did it, wow what a good idea. I keep my grill on the porch and I can sit there and watch the rain and grill to. The dry wall was simple for me. I hired a friend whom is very good and he hung it in one day with screws and mud-ed the seams once. Came back next day and done seams once again without any sanding. I painted it bright white the same week. Sheetrock takes a lot less paint and is cheaper and warmer. The chip-board will suck up the paint and is not as warm as sheet rock with the mud-ed seams, air tight. I did not put drains in my floor and have regretted that. So I would say spend the extra money for the drains and put them in. I slanted my parking area half way toward the doors and sweep out the melted snow and salt water with a squeegee. Works but aggravating in cold winter weather. Also regret not putting in a frost free water faucet inside the garage. I have rules set with the family. No stuff allowed to be thrown in the garage and left sitting for more than three days. Put it back where you got it when done. Clean up your own mess. Sorry, could not find my pictures. Maybe take a few today sometime. Glad your able to get started on your new garage. Hope you the best. Keep us posted with some pictures of your new project. Fuzzy

Dan your getting there, good to hear. How about a dozen or so up-date pictures ? I was checking on progress. I saw that this thread has over 35,000 views and over 700 post. Fuzzy

Thank you sir, I appreciate that. I was thinking of what I posted, as I was just as of about thirty minutes ago on the rider mowing the yard, " I also got to bleed those front brakes again", I thought. I'll get the wifey to help with that. I would like to go out into the garage after supper and I rest a spell. Maybe get at least some of the cleaning and parts back together. Shoulder hurts after mowing the yard, even as I wear the big sling. I would like to get the bike off the jack and parked so I can get my truck back in the garage, 1998 Chevy half ton with 50,000 miles. I don't like leaving it out during Spring/Summer when possible severe storms (hail). Fuzzy

Ok all, my nephew stayed 4 days with me this week. He is 20 years old and we done some turkey hunting. Then he helped me get my bike up on the layrin bike lift and we changed the front tire. Then my brother came over this morning and we changed the rear. So now this is what I have gotten done on the bike, with a whole lot of help. I am a decent boss on the how to part and I can hand a tool with the best of you, one arm,left shoulder surgery. So I did help as much as possible, until it came to the lifting that required two arms. #1. Flanders bar upgrade from Buckeye Performance, with stainless brake lines and throttle and clutch. #2. Removed all the old fluid and put in new brake fluid and clutch fluid. #3. New Plugs. #4. A.New Avon Venom front. B. New Avon Venom rear, greased rear diff. I already had done the spline and new diff gear oil last year at only 3000 mile earlier. Still going to do; #1. Wash and wax the wheels and mufflers before replacing on bike. #2. Change oil. #3. Check the K&N air filters to make sure they are OK and properly seated in the canister. I read where Freddy had done his and they did not seat properly, so I am going to check mine and make sure they are alright and fix if not. #4. I am going to get everything back together. #5. Wash the whole bike and add some wax. #6. Order a new set of bigger mirrors that I saw somewhere for around $30.00. Put them on. I think that is it...... Oh Ya, hopefully get to ride it in about 2-3 weeks ??? Doctor appt. Wednesday, May 2nd. I may be released to drive,work, and ride sometime in the very near future,I hope. Fuzzy