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vzuden

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  • Birthday June 9

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    Gary VanZuiden

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    Dunlap, IL, IL, United States

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    Dunlap, IL

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    IL

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  • Bike Year and Model
    2012 Midnight Venture S

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  1. I used one for several years on my first bike (grasshopper). It worked ok and was very low cost
  2. I’ve hauled a couple of second gens in my 8 ft trailer. I bolt down a Harbor Freight wheel chock through floor in the front
  3. Search under Horn Bracket and you will see several entries on this
  4. CarbonOne used to make brackets and harness but I don’t believe he is active any longer. You can search on his name and maybe find something
  5. Fuel will drain past the pump. If you have a stuck float needle, fuel will drain into the combustion chamber and likely hydro lock the engine. There have been some ruined engines because of this. i had this happen once but was very lucky, the cylinder with the raw fuel happened to have the piston at the top of its travel. When I hit the starter it was locked rather than starting to turn over and slamming that piston into uncompressable fuel and busting the piston,, rod and or block. I took the spark plugs out,and turned over resulting in fuel spraying all over. The crankcase usually fills with fuel too. Now I absolutely never shut my bike off without turning off the petcock. I don’t even think of it as it is now such a habit. The reverse when starting - turn the fuel and pull the choke out
  6. Do the passengers have legs?
  7. I would sure try for a June ride
  8. I will bevjust down the road in Madison that weekend but unfortunately I have plans I can’t change. Hopefully next time, your rides are in beautiful country and are always enjoyable.
  9. Can you reach them with a Dremel? Maybe cut a slot into the side? I use plastic wing nuts - non metric. The standard threads will give but bind enough as they turn onto the metric threads
  10. Rebuilding is definitely the way to go
  11. vzuden

    Fuel

    No reason to use anything but 87. Higher octane is poorer grade and is only needed for high compression ratios to reduce preignition.
  12. I thought that write up had the dimensions. There are some jpeg files attached to it that may have what you need. I can’t open them on my phone so I can’t confirm. If you can5 see them either, contact Freebird he may be able to help
  13. Go to the tech library - Road King Muffler install
  14. Lowering the front or raising the rear does improve the low speed maneuverability. I prefer to raise mine but I can handle the slight increase in seat height. I have not experienced the smaller tire but I recall hearing that it has a negative effect on higher speed handling. If you can’t do the rear height increase you could slide the forks up in the triple tree. It should be pretty easy to do.
  15. Yep. I too think it was the early 2000’s and it was the left muffler. After that period of time the cat was separate.
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