Chaharly

Local stealership...

I got a stamp scale maybe i should just buy a pound of the fleet beads?? https://www.zoro.com/dyna-beads-tire-balancing-beads-16-oz-fleet/i/G7478344/?msclkid=b2d9c93662d4102f22019216192e2fb9&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=PLA_US&utm_term=4581733672894334&utm_content=Auto%20%26%20Truck%20Maintenance&gclid=CIL2kd7Gz9sCFSygZQodonwOdQ&gclsrc=ds

There is no dot on this one! There is a little white chalk mark which may have come from the tire or the guys who put it on. Ive been looking at the tire closely as well, but it doesn't seem to me have any rough spots or cupping and it runs super smooth at 60 I think it maybe raised the bad part of the vibration another 5 to 10mph. I'd hate to break the bead again and throw another ounce in. This will be like 27 dollars worth of beads at this point!!! I contacted Dunlop, we'll see what they tell me I suppose.

Absolutely gorgeous and I am TOTALLY jealous! I could never own a first gen like that though... I'd be too afraid to bugger her up!

Its just stuffed too far in the back for me. Facebook has me spoiled with the chat feature being right up front for me to see!! I always forget about it!

Would it be too late or in bad taste to maybe send a bouqet of flowers or something to his family? I'll happily put a little more in the SAS fund as I'm sure many others would be as well!

I put on a new Dunlop E4 before we went to Colorado and noticed out there that at interstate speeds I had a bad vibration. My local dealership told me to put in one ounce of beads which seemed a little shy to me so when we got back I bought another ounce and put them in the tire. Still the same bad vibration right about at 80. We took all the old weights off and everything. Should I run 3oz of tire beads or should I just get is balanced by a pro? Its a little dangerous and DEFINITELY SCARY going at those speeds. And I'm someone who finds himself at 80, or 100, or 120 ALOT!!! Heres a video of it. Sorry I couldn't get the video straightened out

We're gonna need a full blown comparison to the first gen when you get some miles on her

I've got 10k on my Elite 3 which is a dual compound tire and I'm probably good for another 3000. I'm running an Elite 4 on the front now and I'm hoping to squeeze 20k out of it

200 miles on certain days and you'll be pushing the bike! aim for 150 to be safe, though I agree... if the bike came with the fuel gauge then theres no reason not to fix it

In my few Sturgis experiences, people tend to wave at the goldwingers and ventures. They know we're not out causing riff rafff lol

Well I decided with 30 year old wires, i'll just replace the wires with new copper core wires. Might go the NGK route, but I'll take a look see at yer link ya posted! I'm not having any issues with mis-firing or anything. Just a piece of mind thing! Ive never heard of snipping wires at a tune up?

I saw those on ebay awhile back and didn't jump on them. But I bet if I emailed NGK they could get something set up

Doesn't seem like ill be buying from this store anytime soon lol

I didn't realise the shipping was so outrageous. I saw brother @cowpuc 's YouTube video and he was only using 5kohm boots. Not sure what to order now lol

A few weeks ago I pulled up to work and saw a real Sharp 1200 suzuki bandit sitting outside. I was on the 919 hornet so of course I was admiring this bike. I always go home at lunch and while I was on my way back to work and I see the bandit and it's owner sitting on the gravel road just north of our work. You could just tell the kid looked confused. I was kind of watching him in my rear view and decided to turn around to see if he needed help. As I got turned around the kid revved that bandit up, dumped the clutch spun it around on the gravel and promptly dumped the bike. I pulled up and helped him stand it up and said "first bike huh" which he replied a weak "yeah". Well when he dumped it he busted off the left rear view and the clutch lever but luckily someone with a vice grip saw it. I told him that bike is probably too big to learn on (both on CCs and in seat height. I rode it back to work for him and the whole bike had a shimmy, like bad, coming from the front. He wad riding it on a flat front tire. I get to the parking lot and reach for the front brake... nothing... no lever... I get off and tell him he broke his front brake off too. He said he bought it that way. I told that kid get air in the tire and to get a fricken front brake. Told him he had no business riding that bike with only a quartet of the braking power. Turns out that's how he ended up on the gravel was he rodded up that road and couldn't stop so he ended up on gravel. Told my buddy that dude doesn't have the mentality to be on a bike. Told him that kid was gonna die on that bike. He told me I was over exaggerating (same buddy that dumped my Bike, this was before that though). A couple days later I overheard him talking about ordering something from Partzilla and I saw him buzzing around town a few times as well. I chose not to ride with him as I didn't want to be a contributing factor to him killing himself. Finally Wednesday before our Colorado trip I did some overtime at the plant and saw his bike there. Kinda looked as I rode past... STILL NO FRONT BRAKE!!! Unfortunately that first night on our trip I got a Snapchat of a ball of fire on main street. Buddy said a biker was hauling ass through town and smoked an SUV. Hit it hard enough to turn it around 180degrees. The city blocks in Wayne are only 300ft and they were estimating that he was nearly doing 100mph... with no front brake. He succumbed to his injuries that night. There's still a mass of burnt plastic and chopped up pavement where it happened. You can tell he tried to swerve left to avoid it but the SUV kept coming. He was a good kid and I wish I would have done more to get him off that bike...

https://m.ebay.com/itm/NGK-LB05F-Spark-Plug-Resistor-Cover-Cap-90-Degree-5K-Ohm-14mm-Thread/331997523281?epid=1993377053&hash=item4d4c982d51:g:ff8AAOSwheFas16l

Awesome man!

To test ride the new Venture Transcontinental! Emailed my local dealership through the Yamaha site and they said it'll be ready when I am. I've talked to Jeff the owner recently and he said he has to pay a certain amount once the bike hits 50 miles. I wonder if they've made it into a demo bike, or if it truly has under 50 miles. If its a bike that's gonna be sold full price to someone, then I'm going to baby it and just try to review it as a touring motorcycle. If its a demo bike... well I'm gonna give her the onions... I'll give a write up when its done!

Lemme know how well the V-4 pulls that trike!

Could you meet me tomorrow? I'm going through Omaha and may be able to see what's up with it

@cowpuc has got a video on here somewhere of him rodding around on his V-Max. I need to turn that sound into an alarm clock!

Have you ridden a venture before?? Just remember it isn't your Daddy's Harley! Let that puppy wind up in those RPM's. Honestly if I was you take it out and hit the rev limiter in first gear to see exactly what I mean. Then do the same thing at Wide Open Throttle!!! Enjoy the bike! What a gorgeous color!!!

Hope you change your mind!