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eusa1 thanks man yep pinwall has some and yep plastic is plastic even the so called chrome ones. so thanks to you pinwall has one same color as her bike price. 25 bucks plus shipping. you the man. much thanks.
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ok im looking for a battery cover for a1986 yamaha virago xv700 is this the left or right side cover? a old girlfriend called and just had to ask me if i can find one? and im not sure what side its on i found a chrome on on ebay. but it just says left and right covers for 60 bucks??? sorry guys and gals what can i say im not a parts salesman.
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today i went out to give the venture a ride after doing brakes rotors and tires. i put on about 55 miles and things where starting to come out of it what i mean is the bike was running good. idle around 1000 rpms at the stop lights. can hit 80 mph and thats in fourth. well i was just enjoying the day when about 5 bikes came up and went around me they stoped in a nearby town about 5 miles down the road i went past. about 2 miles down the road the bike started to act up. cut in cut out? i looked at the gas gauge still showed 2 lines? then poof it quit. i pulled off to the side of the road going now what? my bike is stuck on reserve i think as i cant turn the petcock. not broke just stuck afraid to use pliers. well while im looking like a lost child. these bikers came up and said whats wrong. i said not sure it just died. like it ran out of gas. well they rocked the bike and said sure sounds like ya got none. so off one of them went came back with 2 galons of gas put it in the bike slow cranking for some reason new gel battery. but after about 4 cranks she fired up. i said what i owe ya. he shook my hand said nothing. and vroooomm they where gone. now gas cost about 3 bucks here thats 6 bucks. i will never forget. daman thats his plate .. so all in all its been a nice day.
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well im in need of a new jacket and helmet. i want to be seen.as much as possible. im thinking of a white helmet but not sure of the jacket. i want to go with a look that almost makes me look like a motorcyle cop. and be legal. i have a shoie helmet but its over 9 years old. and fell and hit the bedroom floor from a height of about 5 feet. so i just dont trust it no more. as for a jacket somone thought they need mine and helped them selfs to a old black one i had from like 10 years ago. im sure if i look at the local pawn stores it would turn up there. due to good food it wouldnt fit now anyways. so if any one has a jacket and helmet they would be willing to sell let me know. im a big guy weight wise 245 lbs size 46 waist. not sure of my chest size. ii wear 2 xl t shirts if that helps. my helmet size is xl. any ideas where to look for this gear?
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we put a foot down we get points taken off. and yeah i want to see my fat arse at 245 lbs try that LOL
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ok bike is comming along took it out yesterday looks like im going to have to have the carbs done? i did put on 80 miles. and got the tank with the seafoam down to a 1/4 tank. she kind of kicks in and kicks out at 75 mph? im thinking fuel filter if i can find the son of a gun? also i got a front wobble? i think its the front at 60 mph but comes out of it when i slow down to 55mph then comes out of it again at 70mph. just before it acts up like with the kick in kick out thing. ok maybe 60 mph and gooseing it in 5th gear aint the way to go. at 60 in fith i give it gas and thats when she acts like shes going to quit. still backfires some when it idles and i let off the gas comming to a stop. these are the old plugs i followed a members advice and didnt install the new ones because the seafoam might be fouling the plugs. im going to run er again tomorrow then fresh gas about 1/4 more seafoam to the tank. and run it like i stole it. well untill it at least hits75 mph again. im thinking the bugs are starting to come out of this old girl. let me tell ya though even at 70 to 75 mph its a fun ride compared to the maxim 750cc. which is also a fun bike. but nothing like the roll on power the venture has.
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i went in at the end of 1976 not a nam vet but i got 2 of them best damn openers ya can get.
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i just showed it to my 18 year old niece she said wow that would be cool to show up at the prom with.
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i thought of renting a small u haul and bring a air mattress a sleeping bag. roll the back door up and sleep in it LOL
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what kind of water damage can a water craft get? hmm wonder if someone was welding a first generation to a second for better performance? and poof up it went:doh:
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flb the rotors where bad and when i bought the bike from the last owner he gave me all 3 rotors to replace. when im done with the repairs i will take pics and show what they look like the old ones. had some nasty groves in them. and i could push the rear brake way down before the bad boy would even start to think about slowing down. maybe im just one of them parinoid pepole? but i figure if ya got them use them. so here is what i done so far 1 new tires 2 new brakepads 3 installing the rotors 4 draining rearend and refill .5 bought the molly honda grease and going to check the splines? 6 a fresh oil change and filter 7.installed a new fresh gel battery have to do the resistor thing to stop the battery light in dash, but wire wasent there to start with? 8 anti freeze looks ok and still good.? 9 figure out why last owner installed a pull and push switch for the fan? its where the fron air should be by the key cover. so wheres the front air valve? 10 run the heck out of it to clean out the seafoam, then install new plugs. and the most important thing keep cleaning the 2 bars for enough cash to make the payments.
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so far so good i did get a call tonight on my cell from a member here and im sorry i didnt catch who it was. my little 7 year old niece tried to get it and deleted it from my phone. kids gotta love em.? anyways front tire is back on and mounted to the bike new pads installed as well. rear tire still off. i sprayed the heck out of the rear area with degreaser. lots of road gunk under there. thinking of a quick rattle can black spray while i can reach some of the area. i was shocked to see that there was no cotter key on the back axle:scared:. some one did what looked like the old safety wire on the front one. i use to to do that on dirtbikes. so im thinjking what the heck was the last owner thinking? plus either im blind or its small but i dont see an arrow on the back tire for the rotation. its a dunlop? ok ok could be the 5 beer sight adjustment why i can see it:innocent-emoticon: and the cute women who stopped by to see what we where up to? they brought the beer so with cold beer and hot women time to take a break. they left about a half hour ago. phone numbers and a next weekend meet gee life is getting good again.
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rear shot looks something like a owls ponytail? i heard something about:innocent-emoticon:
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im so not going there politics and religon means i make my own food in the kitchen
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well there off. the tires whew there are some good pepole here. now time for the rotors? these look like allen type? but also doese anyone sugest loctite. when installing them? see i told you im going to try working on this beast. if i get frustrated i just walk away for a while. its snowing so cant ride anyways. also i heard something about moly grease the splines? and ok how do i empty or refill the rear end? any thing else i should know or do while the rear is off? grease the swing arm maybe if i can find where to do that. also real dirty and gunky there? from the records i have the tires where put on 2 years ago. but im going new never can be too safe. even though the old tires still have the tips on them. the bike sat on a flat for a year? rear one. so i bought dunlops. like the ones that are on it. as im sure thats the way to go? and then im sure i will be bugging ya again when the time comes for the brake pads and bleeding:innocent-emoticon: gee its fun to learn about these bikes/ oh i should say a 84 venture royal that could help
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well im sure there is a link some where for this? but being not to good at the computer age. i have no idea where to look? so im going to ask the good pepole here.. im working on the venture doing tires rotor and brakes. well front tire came of nice. but. do you have to remove the back fender and the right muffler? it looks like the axle wont come out with out removing the muffler?
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wow thats bad news did you take the dog to the vet? it might have gone into shock at one point.
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micarl i should explain. i was trying to get the bike into a parking space by doing a uturn from the space next to it. not enough room LOL i was told that you have 24 ft uturn radius for a bike thats over 500 cc? well i guess 2 parking spaces is not that much. friend said its about 3.? well the 250 cc i took the test on the uturn radius is smaller so me being silly i though the big old girl (venture would handle like that) nope noway. boom down to the left it went. i didnt sign up for this wonderfull site before then or i wold have to donate LOL
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well today after a long year of not riding. i took out the yamaha maxim i was going to give to the girlfriend before we broke up. the venture finaly made its way to a friends house for the tires and rotor and break work. all was going well but i dont know if any one else ever felt this way? but when i hit the highway. i was scared for about 20 miles. then i started to come around. a friend said im rusty? maybe should see about a refresher course? i took the motorcycle safety course 2 years ago. but that was on a little 250cc bike. i passed with a perfect test run. no mistakes back then. now its time to see what im doing wrong? im thinking take the maxim. through that course. then move up to the big boy? i do have a hard time makeing a u turn on the venture. i once did a low side on it. came in to a parking space thinking i could turn it to face outwards and found out i ran out of room? didnt want to hit the parked car so just kind of let it slide down on the crash bar. no damage but man what a bear to get back up. a good friend has now taught me how to get these heavy bikes back up. i was doing it all wrong. never try to muscle that bike he said. he showed me how to get it back upright from both sides. well that has been my day. hope to ride again tomorrow
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i guess my ass is kind of large a lot of girlfriends and one ex wife rode my a$$ a lot
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way to go squid. as you know i have been a member for not to long but you where the first to send a friend invite. and some personal pm,s enjoy the new job.
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sorry but for some reason i cant remember the 70.s? but i sure did love brownies for some reason. ? i was born in 58 so cant be considerd a true hippy. but at age 14 i did try to make it to woodstock. with my brother and some friends got caught. hidding in the van
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hello . i have a friend who owns a motorcycle shop. he has a 84 venture sitting there just like mine. well he worked on it durring the winter. i didnt know he did this or i would have had mine in there. but anyways back to the question on hand. after working on it . he has had it for over 5 months and so far the owner has not called or made any contact with him when he called the phone number its no longer in service? we rode over to the address where the man was suppose to live. and he has been taken to prison. for over 15 years? my friend said he would like to get this out of his shop. i offerd him the cost of the work and parts he done on the bike. plus what it might take to get a title.? i offten heard about something called a mechanics lean/ but cant that get you a title? this bike runs well. looks crappy. but for around $360.00 for the work he done. and what a title might cost it could be well worth it?.
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well when i break down i call mine drtTsob thought that might look cool on the plate:rotfl:
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i went for a job interview today. for a janitorial position. while there they asked if they could do a back ground check and credit check? i said yep no problem. well they said they all ready did it from me filling out my aplication 60 days ago. i said ok what did ya find? they said you have a great back ground check for anything criminal. i said thats great . they said now here is some thing that bothers us some? i went ok here it comes what is it? they said you have a credit score of the mark of the beast? i said huh? thye said it comes back 666. which is a D rateing. needless to say i didnt get this job? what the heck does a credit score have to do with cleaning a damn office building?
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