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Ok that sounds simple enough. I thought the brass cap was right against the screw, but knowing that there is a gap between them totally takes my worry away. I drill for a living through light duty aluminum and the like so I'm fairly confident I wont mess it up too bad!!!

Well the fork seals are leaking pretty bad and it likes to bottom out pretty hard. The CLASS system fills up, but then in a short amount of time they will run out. I ordered a Dunlop 404 for the front, progressive springs and new fork seals. I plan to cut the spacers for the progressives down like they are described in the READ ONLY section. I know that they will be just fine without doing this, but I like having to use the CLASS. I always dreamed of owning one of these new, because of all the neat toys so I'd really like to continue using the CLASS system and continuing my illusion of riding a "new" 88 venture! I dont have the tool to install seals, but maybe @Freebird wouldn't mind renting his homemade one out? Any advice or things that I should do once I've installed the progressives would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance guys!!! I'll let you guys know how the installation goes and what I think of the ride afterward!!!

Well I got my girl running on all four yesterday, but It still has an intermitten misfire when not totally warmed up. I know they set the pilot screw really really lean from the factory, and I know mine have never been adjusted. What size drill bit do I use and exactly how can you tell when you've bottomed out into the pilot screw?

Yup looks like the battery acid took about all the clear coat off anyway. I'll just leave the vents on cuz I know the people that are gonna are me, myself, and I!

I think I'll just run to radioshack and get a resistor. Thanks guys. Now about the corrosion on the engine, what would be a good way to start cleaning it off?

that thing is too cool! Ths

I was considering putting a post on seeing if anyone wanted to meet up in the area and grab lunch. But I went with dad and although I'm not working right now he only had a few days off. Ohh now you got me thinking BBQ too. All in all me and dad had a pretty good drive up. Probably saw about 300 or more deer in indiana!!!! Ill keep you guys posted on the progress!!!! Thanks all for the kind words and the stores that made me feel alot better! Glad to see I'm not alone!!!

I was just wondering for the sake of curiosity and the thrill of being creative! I figure since its just a fluid level sensor it'd sense when the fluid got low in any liquid/acid battery so it wouldnt really be a bypass. We filled it up anyway so I'm DEFINITELY not drilling into it now! Its a cheap liquid/acid type just to get me started. I dont let them sit in the winter anyways I always try to start the bike once a week for a good long time.

Thank you so much! This one looks to bee the most solid. Ill have some pics of the finished product once I'm done!

Ok fellas I'm going to do a bit more work on my 88! My first question is that the motor has alot of corrosion on it. Looks like maybe from road salt or something like that. Its very common corrosion for an old engine. Whats a good cheap way to clean it off? Also, The battery light is flashing and my new battery doesnt come with a sensor port. I'm not interested in putting a resistor in, I'd almost rather drill a hole in the battery and install it there. It is a six cell battery that I believe I can just take a cap off and put the sensor in that hole. The reason that i'm not Jerry Rigging it is because it had a battery leak on the engine before, and there is alot of paint missing from this. Any opinons would be much obliged! And i'll make sure to do a repost of my successes with it! Thanks in advance guys!!!!

I love giving my friends heck about the badges they run on their trucks! Truth be told unless you were gonna plow into it at sixty I don't think any stock truck will get through that. We used to take drifts like that in my buddy's Ford Tempo and with those cars we found wed actually drove ON TOP of most the drifts. You would HAVE to be doing at least 60 in that little car and you had better NEVER hit the brakes! Now that ive got a 4x4 I don't usually try to get it stuck because I learned that once you get a 4x4 stuck it IS STUCK!!! My brother in law taught me to back in first and if you get stuck going backwards you can usually just throw it in drive and go right out! Seems like you ended with some good times and great stories so all is not lost!!! Glad you made it out ok with no damage besides that goat on your hood:255:

I never thought about Velcro. That's why I love this site you can get ideas from alot of really smart people. I always seem to do things the difficult way. I must just have a slow stubborn brain!!!

Thank you this is exactly what I'm looking for!!!

Stupidity on my part Dear Watson! I talked to the man several times on the phone for over the course of a few weeks and I'll be honest. I just blindly trusted the guy! Its a pretty good lesson to learn this early in my life though! We tore into it today a bit and for the most part the plastic seems to be all there. I havent found anything broken plastic wise except for the tabs on the right side panels! And as far as that special trip to Montana goes, I think I'll just turn the other cheek while I'm riding the bike he wished it could've been!!!! Well with seeing your what was it 5th venture with over 100K miles on it I know damn well these are reliable bikes. And youre right, once I got home and got a little sleep I fiddled with it some and I'm happier than I was when I got home. that is definitely true my friend, you guys have saved me time, money, frustration, but mostly you are all so cool about everything. i get lost on this site for hours even though I'm usually just lurking soaking up the information!!!! I tried convincing dad to pull the enclosed trailer so I wouldnt have to torture my new venture with that sticker all the way home! I dont think he really appreciated the comment!!! But i'm going to tell him what ya said just for the kicks and giggles of it!!! And really being that I'm still in a brace and it has only been 4 weeks since surgery I wont be doing alot of riding anyways. Thatll give me plenty of time to take and make it a pretty kick a$$ bike!!! Haha I didnt think of it that way! I figure with this color its going to be dirty about 10 miles out of the driveway anyways. I'll probably only wash it twice a year!!!! I'm just picky, and I'm jealous of every single person who got to ride out with a venture new. Some day I'll get myself a brand new bike, and then I can only blame myself for scratches it has on it. Really guys its not as bad as I was making it seem. I was just really hoping that he was a gold ol' boy who really took care of it and babied it. It seems these ventures never get the respect the goldwings have. Dads owned well over 15 goldwings, and thats with more than 10 being 1500s and I've NEVER seen super gouged out goldwing paint. Thanks for the inspiring words guys, like I said i started tearing into it tonight and my wrench head brain started spinning and honestly I was just happy with having something to do and something to care about again! You guys rock!!!! Thanks you!!!!!!

We'll im not such a fan of loose plastic. The tab that holds the front of the side panel is completely broke off so I don't have the ability to just glue it back on. I'm thinking about taking a bolt that'll stick snugly into the rubber grommet and glueing it where the panels supposed to be. How d you guys repair yours? thanks in advance guys!!!!

I'll take a set! Heck if you can make a set for the lower fairing vents, I'll take those as well! Seems like a great Idea. I notice with mine they seem to open and close whenever they want! Would aluminum damage the plastic on the side panels though?

Congratulations man! Sorry your trip couldn't have been a little more smooth, but I agree I would've definitely had rather been on the Goldwing for that ride! Glad you made it back safe, and thanks for being an inspiration to me to hop on and do an IB ride!!!

Well we went to Ohio to pick up the 89 that I was so excited about. Spent $40+ in tolls one way to get out there. Was not really impressed with the toll roads at all, thats is just price gouging and not fair to travelers.... Oh well, I was excited about getting my 89 with only 23k miles. I'm the third owner and was told it had no broken plastic and no major scratches. I certainly didnt believe that it didnt have ANY broken plastic, because of the nature of the First Gens I had just assumed there would be some hairline cracks etc. I was under the impression that I was getting a good deal because we talked him down to 2400 bucks. So after driving 975 miles one way we got a place for the night right outside of Leavittsburg, the town I was getting the bike at. Got ahold of his buddy who was selling it for him the next morning and went out to take a look at it... Boy was I dissapointed... Did the first walkaround and noticed that the left side of the air dam (oil filter cover?) has a hole big enough in the left side that I can nearly fit my hand through. The fairing looked to be in excellent shape though. Walked around the left side and noticed about a foot long gouge in the darker cherry part of the left saddle bag. It is a pretty deep gouge, probably nearly a millimeter deep by a centimeter wide. They had Jerry Rigged a lawn mower battery in the trunk to the motorcycle battery and had just run wires to both batteries. They said that way itll start without them having to buy a new battery. When he opened the trunk to show me the battery I immediately noticed daylight coming through the lid where the passenger arm rest (?) meets the trunk lid and noticed a huge gouge going down the right bag vertically. Again probably about a millimeter deep and a centimeter wide, nearly a foot long. This gouge started from the lid of bag, down through the pin striping and into the darker paint of the bag. Continued my walk around until I found the side panel has a broken tab that holds it on by the fairing. No big deal, I've seen this happen before. I looked at the front tire and discovered it was the original tire on the bike. This guy rode for 7 years on a tire that was 20+ years old. We got it fired up, and although it was cold blooded it did seem to run fine once it got warmed up. No bad engine noise, no serious misfires. I hopped on and checked the clutch and the brakes and they all seemed to work ok. The gear position indicator worked on all gears, the horn worked, and the cruise control turned on right away. Being that Ohio was blanketed in a sheet of ice and snow, I couldnt get it out to go on a real test ride, not that I wanted to anyways because the bike was not sold as advertised. It has an oil leak coming from somewhere, which didnt bother me too much, a 27 year old bike is going to have some problems. Looked at the title and found that it was also an 88, not an 89... Another lie coming from Leavittsburg. We put it on the trailer and brought it out into the daylight and to my pleasure it did sparkle and it still did look pretty nice. I couldnt get ahold of the guy who was actually selling the bike, because he lives in Montana and it was 7am ohio time. So looking at it in the light i was debating on just leaving it and heading home, but I decided that since we've already spent 200 on fuel and 50 on tolls the cheapest thing would be to just buy the bike and put all the work I put into my 99 into this 88. I really dont want to work on this bike because the last time I put my heart into working on a bike I took it out and totalled it and broke 2 bones in my arm on the first extended test run. The air pump seems to work good, the front shock fills up fine, but I believe it needs fork seals and probably new front springs. It doesnt seem to want to fill rear shock, I dont know what I'm going to do about that. Also I noticed on the way home that they let the battery leak all over the engine and the paint is flaking off the right front head really bad.... I also noticed when I got it home that the front left turn signal cover seems to be pushed out, there is a big gap between the windshield and the chrome trim, and the right speaker doesnt work. So basically I drove 2000 miles to pay 2400 for a bike that is probably worth closer to 1800 dollars. It sort of leaves a bad taste in my mouth just thinking about it. So after the drive was finished I spent 3grand on an $1800 bike that needs alot more work than I was expecting and was clearly not sold as advertised. I need to get ahold of the guy to send me a spare key, but I feel like I might fly off the deep end and really give him a piece of my mind. I may not call him at all. Really thinking about changing my trip to Arizona this summer to a trip to montana, inviting him out for a cup of coffee, and giving him a nice swift size 14 boot up his A$$ just so I can really get my $3000... Just needed to vent guys!!! If you guys have any suggestions for any easy fixes please let me know! Thanks!!!

I just imagine that skinny bellys are bad for business at BBQ joints! !!

Oh man that sounds good too. I think I'm going to have to go on a rib adventure this summer!!!

This one is easy! Bohemian Rhapsody by queen!! I grew up watching Wayne's World its still one of my favorite movies. I love crooning along with Freddy Mercury. 2009 I got my licence!!!

I'm just lucky I don't live around a good BBQ joint, I certainly would gain a TON of weight.

Happy 30th Birthday (again) Freebird!!!!!!!!

Correction its actually called We'll Smoke U BBQ

Went to a place called still smokin' in Gretna, NE. Its a hole in the wall BBQ joint that had a half rack of ribs 2 sides and a drink for 12.99. I have NEVER eaten ribs that have fallen off the bone like that! I literally was peeling the meat off with my french fries. Home made sauces and everything. If you ever find yourself in omaha/counsel bluffs. DEFINITELY GO THERE!!! It is now my new favorite restaurant!!!! We also went to the World of Wheels! What a show!!!!!