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    Well...our Buddies left about 30 minutes ago to get back to Bogalusa Sure did have fun with them for the short time they were here
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    Just got back in from a 130 mile run up north of Huntsville to meet up with Kbran and Bethy Boo! There headed back to Louzianner and are spending the night with us! We may not have went to Cody, but I started the trip with Ponch and Kathy 10 days ago as they headed north out of Texas and now Kenny and Beth here as they are headed back home Life is good when you have buddies on VRO!
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    Ok He's not joking anymore
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    Thanks Folks, I know it means a lot to Ray and his family for the support. He is going to be in Indianapolis today as I understand this is where his son is, thank you again.
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    Folks, Last night I reciecved a call from oldschool, Ray Crosby in Temple TX. He is on his way to Chicago on his bike as his son, Chris, was involved in a hit and run. He is broke up pretty badly having had to undergo surgery to pin and screw his leg and arm back together. If you could take a second and send a little knee mail up to the man upstairs I know Ray and I would greatly appreciate it.....
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    It's very doubtful Lewis, but you never know whith us I did locate the VR banner, Black Owl has it and I talked with him this morning as he was about 3 hours from his home. He will get it shipped to you, just send him a PM with your address
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    Thanks George
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    Either Lone Eagle (Vic) or Condor has it as I sent it to the International. I'll see if I can find who has it and get to Georgia
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    I had some info on what jets needed to be replaced written down somewhere. You only have to buy 2 as you swap a couple of the jets from their original spots to other carbs, there's 3 different size jets in the setup. I'll see if I can find it, I had a former member do my carbs on a '99 I had and I was very happy with the results after it was done, unfortunately I only got to put on about 1500 miles on the bike before it was totalled
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    Dont let the miles fool you, I bought an '89 with over 100K on it as the body was beautiful. She ran like a clock and was/is a great machine. rode it 2 up loade3d to Freebirds MD in '10 in Oberlin Ohio from Texas and she ran great. I sold it to one of the members here with 110K on the clock and he rode it from Houston Texas to Atlanta Georgia with zero issues. As long as it's been maintained fairly well you shouldn't have any problems $1100.00 is a good price as long as it's not all beat to hell.
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    Al, Here's where you can buy the lenses http://www.jpcycles.com/product/3300730
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    Happy Birthday Charlene!!!!
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    Yeah...you start to look like Big Tom!!!
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    Ron, What brand tach is that?
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    Enjoy your new ride and the upcoming trip...you know where we are.
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    Check out this thread that I started to find them.... http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=60659
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    How much are you looking to spend? There are a couple here in the classifieds, one from Kbran is a good bike. I also have an '86 that is going to be up for sale soon...
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    Rigged, it was Rigged!!! This is sarcasm folks...
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    Vic, I have a Triple Tree for a 1st gen at the house, I'll have to check and make sure it's complete. Shoot me a PM and we'll see what we can do for you.
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    Personally I would take the wheels into a shop and have them install the tires and tubes. They have all the right tools to do it and if there is an issue you have some recourse. I do all mine on the Ventures, but they are all tubless so that easy.
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    Kevin, As a rule of thumb I have always used on bleeding brake systems is do the furthest caliper from the master cylinder 1st, which on the bike will be the right front, then go to the left. This is how I was taught in school many years ago and I have used this method for better than 25 years on my vehicles
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    Shaun, I suppose the question that needs asking is will what you can get out of your bike really help you out. It's not like your going to get huge money out of it being as old as it is. I know how I am and the times that I haven't had a bike I was miserable. I do also know about selling bikes to make ends meet, I sold my '08 because funds were getting tight and I didn't have to have a new bike payment. I also sold an '89 for the same reason as I had to pay for a bankruptsy. It's no easy answer, but one that only you can do, I wish you all the wisdom with your decision.
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    Brett, 1st thing I will say is check all your spark plug wires to insure that all are working properly. There is a resistor in the caps that corrodes and wont give good spark. At minimum I would replace all the wires, caps and plugs as well as the fuel filter. Open all the carb bowl drain screws and flush the bowls out. I can almost guarantee that the carbs all varnished up and probably the jets are plugged with crap. Many will recommend that you drain the gas tank of all the old fuel, put new in and a full bottle of seafoam to attempt to clean the carbs out. Mind you that if a carb is completely plugged seafoam wont do much good as it needs to flow through all the passages in order to loosen the crap. I would also determine which cylinder you feel is not firing and tap on it's corrisponding carb bowl to see if you can get fuel flowing through it....others will chime in in a few
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    Thanks Cliff
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