RandyR
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Fuel cock and shifting ?'s
RandyR replied to Venture Rob's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
4th and 5th are both overdrives on 2nd gens. I don't shift into 4th until 45/50mph and 5th until 65mph. -
Tom, Thanks for hauling the Shiner beer all the way from Texas for me. And it was good visiting with you. Randy
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Good seeing you again Larry. Glad you got some good rides in after the back problems. The scenery was fantastic.
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very nice looking bike.
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And great job you did on Quickstep's 1st Gen. Thanks for that.
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Could you post a link to where your pictures are? I looked and couldn't find them. Thanks (I should have brought a camera, but didn't) Randy
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I'm sure I'm at least well done. We seemed to have a good crew at our cabin last week.
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see you at Vogel. have a good trip
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today's a feet-up and rest day, for sure.
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Gary, it was good to see you again. This was my longest trip on a motorcycle. Glad I did it.
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Oldschool....
RandyR replied to Squidley's topic in Inspirational, Motivational, Prayer Requests, Etc.
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I'm home in Georgia. Logged 4700 miles since leaving. The venture ran like a champ. Missed a turnoff going accross the badlands after leaving Mt Rushmore on Saturday and wound up on a 20-30 mile stretch of construction where the road was dirt and sand and gravel and heavily rutted crossing the Pine Ridge Indian reservation. Maybe the worst long road I've ever had the misfortune of travelling. I survived, but came close to a wipe out a couple of times. I'm glad I went to the Lttle Bighorn on Friday. The trip accross the Bighorn Mountains on hwy 14 was one of the most memorable scenic rides. And the Little Bighorn historic park was better than I had been led to believe. There was a VR mini rally at Crazy Horse on Saturday. At least 3 Ventures in the parking lot. Wrongways, mine, and a Midnight with Canadian plates.
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Am just west of St. Louis for a break stop and sandwich. Have a motel reservation in southern Illinois tonight about 3 more hours ride ahead. It was another scorcher today riding accross Kansas and MO.
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It was a great time. Looking forward to some of your Venturerider brew at the next international rally.
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Tom, Great seeing you again. And Thanks for the Shiner beer. I should be home Monday evening. Am in central NE right now.
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Good to meet you two. It was good riding with you. And thanks for all the help you and Graderman and Lorrie provided when I got that flat tire in Casper last Sunday. Got to see Crazy Horse and Mt Rushmore yesterday and rode thru the Badlands on my way out of SD. Am in Broken Bow NE now getting ready to hit the road for Georgia.
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ok. tty
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I'll try to be there.
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I'm about 80 miles north in Belle Fourche SD. Went to Little Big Horn today and had a great ride accross the Big Horn mountains on hwy 14. D**n near tboned a young antelope on US212. Wally, I'm probably too far away to make it to Custer by 7:30am. If your plans change to a later time in the morning, I could get there.
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Picked up a bent over nail in Casper WY. I'm with Phoneman1981 and graderman and friends. Put a plug in but still have a slow leak. The good news is I'm with friends. Yamaha dealer here is closed Monday. The good news is I made to an airconditioned MacDonalds on the plug. Going to try to replug it and make it to Cody. Thats 200 miles. Friesman1 (Brian Fries) and Camos (Clive) and I are sharing a cabin at Ponderosa. Take the cabin if I'm late. I'll send email to Ponderosa.
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Many thanks to Phoneman1981 Mark and his lovely wife Lee for their hospitality. Scotts Bluff is a lovely small city. Off to Cody this morning.
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Well. Back from my test ride. Runs like a champ up to 75mph. Accelerates and stops ok, so I guess I got it back together right. Just need to put the bags back on and clean it up a bit. Will head for Kentucky in about 3 hours, first stop on the way to Cody.
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I still have the rear wheel off my RSV. It took me 2 days to get the drive shaft back in the yoke after pulling it for inspection and lube after having a new tire installed. Finally a friend came over and helped and we got it done in about 4-5 more tries. I want to do a good test ride locally before taking off for Cody. I'm planning on leaving early this evening and doing about 250 miles. The heat wave is in front of me.
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depends on HOW many shims total that is. New shims are selling for $7-$8 each. By kit should be 1/2 that per shim. Its low probability you'll need any smaller than 2.60mm or larger than 2.80mm for our engines.
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good luck Gary. see you at MD next year on your Venturemax