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    I left the references to the Venture clubs in Europe, but removed the reference to European VentureRider get-togethers. That sound right to you, Squeeze? European Venture action, but not specifically VentureRider oriented.
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    Congratulations, one and all! Remember, grandpa, we don't spoil 'em, we make sure they're well loved. It's in the job description.
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    Personally I think it's only adequate. It doesn't really sound all that encyclopedic, more like something written by a guy who usually writes on forums. You can see who's written what by checking the history tab. The Wikipedia Yamaha Venture page links to five pages about the bikes with the V-4 engine. We're running into issues over the club part. I had to pare it down because the upper editors were not happy. Apparantly it was becoming more of an article about the clubs than one about the bikes. We kind of have to walk a fine line on that one or they'll pull my/our/the chain. Someone who didn't register as an editor has added a paragraph about STAR, complete with phone number, on the Royal Star page. I don't exactly care but I'm back to worrying about getting leaned on by the folks above. I don't want them to gut the whole thing. The stuff about the European clubs has been added by others. I don't want to step on that. I can remove the "and Europe" from the VentureRider paragraph, since I don't know of any meets in Europe.
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    I think they do, it's just that because of the shape of the overall machine the sound waves wind up going a different direction. I was at Deal's Gap, parked all the way in toward the cabins/rooms up against the side where the road is. At that point the road was probably twenty or thirty feet away and just above head level. I heard a bike going by that sounded just like an angry sewing machine. I looked up expecting to see an RSV. It was a V-Max. The sound, however, was exactly the same as my RSV when I'm running a little low in the rpms. When I changed windshields to a 3"-under Clearview, the sound from mine changed noticeably. I don't hear nearly as much as I did with the stock windshield. I also think that the frame mounted fairing on the VR prevents the sound waves from being focused on the rider. I'm not saying there might not be other factors in manufacture that might lead to more or less noise on specific designs - perhaps Yamaha paid more attention to tolerances on the VR and earlier V-Maxes leading to less noise. I don't really know. None the less, the potential is there and I've heard it on some.
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    The ones I got were giving me a bit of grief fitting in. I gave them about two swipes around the outside with a file and they fit perfectly. I haven't heard anyone else mentioning problems so they may have the size right by now.
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    Gary, it's great to hear from you again! I sure hope the docs can figure out what's wrong with both your grandson and you. We don't want to lose either of you.
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    spam

    Bummer replied to barend's topic in Watering Hole

    Watch out what you ask for. The government has already passed laws against spam. In order to do that they had to define it. Now that there's a definition, spammers send out their junk mail within the rules. If you get multiple identical messages from the same address, it's officially spam. If the messages are different, or the addresses are different, it's officially not spam. I'm not sure I want the government helping any more.
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    Define too rapid. I have the LED retro replacements on my bike. I did not use load equalizers. My turn signals flash more rapidly than stock, but it's much like having a burned out bulb on a standard system. In fact I've had several people tell me I have a burned out bulb. I count those as people who 1. have seen me, and 2. will not be running me over. I like that. I will not be adding equalizers until a whole bunch of LEOs force me to. Suggestion: try them without equalizers. If you don't like it, you can always add them later.
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    My first crash was on my '85 VR in about '93. I was following a buddy riding a silver 750 Seka, which was a mini-Venture with fairing and bags. I was more than two seconds behind, though probably not more than five, on my brown and gold VR. We were on a one way street in downtown Indianapolis approaching an area with a building construction fence on the right. There was no traffic. As he passed the alley immediately before the construction fence a car slowly pulled out directly in front of me. I could see the back of the driver's head. I hit the brakes and began downshifting. When I let the clutch out in first I was going too fast for that gear. The rear wheel matched engine speed. The back end snapped sideways. I was down. The bike slid into the side of the car. The impact was just hard enough to compress the bike's suspension and pop the front license plate holder off of the car. It was a fairly low speed crash and the bike only had a few scratches - shoulder of the fairing, rear crash bars. You couldn't tell the car had been hit except for the license plate bracket laying on the ground in front of it. I had a hole in the left knee of my jeans and a bit of rash on my hands. The guy in the car liked bikes, he'd seen the Seka and was admiring it as he pulled out. He simply hadn't noticed me. The silver bike caught his eye, the brown one didn't. I learned a few things, aside from the fact that people don't always see everything they should: Don't let the clutch out casually in first gear. It'll spank you. Hard. Blue jeans are not protection from abrasion. They go away in a flash. The first thing one does in a crash is grab whatever one can. In my case that was the ground. Since then I've tried very hard to trust my brakes and not downshift as rapidly. Had I not shifted into first I could probably have stopped in time. Since they've become available I always wear kevlar lined jeans and a kevlar shirt. They won't help with the bounce, but they're great for the rub. I always wear gloves. The palms of the hands are a terrible place to have road rash. I also feel that bike color can matter, though I didn't really do anything about that. Since I retired the Maxi Brown/Marshall Gold '85 I've had an '05 Midnight RSV and an '06 Black Cherry RSV. Seems I'm hooked on those dark colors.
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    dutz fasteners

    Bummer replied to mraf's topic in Watering Hole

    Dzus. Depends on the style. Here. Here. Here. If those don't get it, try Googling for "dzus fasteners".
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    How about this? Mitch'll take care of you for a price.
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    This is the quarter without Mr. Potato head. (I thought I'd uploaded it, but clearly it's not here.)
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    Get the Eclipze LEDs. 1157 for a 2000 model, I believe (two locking pins). I think the BAZE (three pin bulbs) started with the '04 year, but I'm not absolutely positive. 1156 for the rear. You do not need load equalizers unless you really want them. The lights flash a bit fast, like having a burned out bulb. It gets attention, which is the pretty much the point.
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    I have the older 128 LED model. Going on 40k miles and four years now. So far I've had no issues with quailty. The web page mentions a lifetime limited warranty against LED failure.
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    I don't know of any "standard" bulbs that would fit in the turn signal housings and do what's needed. (Assuming he means driving and not running lights.) I guess I should have said two NC relays, one for each side, each opened by that side's normal turn signal wiring. They'd be on all the time as driving lights unless a turn signal was activated. When used as a turn signal the activated side's light would go off each time that part of the turn signal circuit lit. Kind of an un-flash. Still, it'd be a flash. I think.
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    You lucky dog. Did you send 'em your bank account routing info? So you could receive your prize, of course.
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    So the real trick is to find a wiring diagram for the Euro version to see how the circuits differ from the US model? I've never even heard of anyone having a Euro (non-US) wiring diagram. Speaking of McGuyver: Could you wire them direct, with NO relay triggered by key-on, then use a NC relay triggered to open by the turn signals? Driving lights come on when the bike is started, then flash when the turn signals operate.
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    I have no idea how long it'll take to kick in, but it worked for my Mom. She took it for years.
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    Can't say I blame ya' Squid. If the job situation doesn't change here in the rust belt I'll be looking that way too.
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    Do you actually need the rain cover? I have the old Venture Line bag left over from my '85. No cover. I just hook it to the trunk rack and go. We've been through some serious rain with it, and it's never gotten wet inside (knock on wood - I can't believe I typed that out loud).
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    Well, if you mean driving lights as in illumination he can start here. Look at the Moon Shinez. Wiring may be a bit of a challenge (or not, haven't thought about it yet) but that seems like a start.
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    Ow ow ow. Easy with that stick. At least I got a 50 mile ride in yesterday. It was a balmy 42. Over the road surface. 38 standing air temp. Not too bad for Indiana this time of year.
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    Finally, some normal winter. Looks like I'll be getting up early to take Irene to work. She has a pickup and doesn't like to drive in the slick.
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    Cd player

    Bummer replied to coldinnd's topic in Watering Hole

    I paid a premium for the whole kit, clamp, gel holder, and custom fit cable. Mounted it against the trunk bulkhead as was recommended by Yamaha in '05. It skipped a lot. Took up way too much space. Had to carry CDs around. Not worth it, as far as I'm concerned. It's laying around here somewhere. Just something expensive to trip over. Like many, today I use a "mp3" player. I got a 30 gig hard drive based player that does a lot more codecs than just mp3. I routed an audio and a power wire into the trunk through the hole for the CD wires. I use 8+ hour playlists and let it play. I turn it on and just drop it into the mesh pouch. No problems. It plays through Aux and volume is controlled off of the audio head on the handlebars.
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    I bought a fairly expensive set. It had different tips. They rotate exactly when they're not supposed to. I tossed it. I bought another that you have to unpin half of the handle and move where it hooks on to go from inside to outside. Major pain. I still use it, but only with a couple of screwdrivers and a punch. Still looking for an actually good pair.
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