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i now have over 21,000 on my bfg c/t. installed it on april 06 '08. went to the 08 international rally in canada. towed a fully loaded trailer and my daughter sarah, round trip was 4,238 miles. handles great i mostly ride 1 up, tire still looks good. i think i will go up one size to a 165 and give it a try when the 155 wears out. best reguards don c.
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After Market Exhaust
gunboat replied to OutlawRider's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
i bought my used '99 rsv with the bubs exhaust on it sounds great. easy to take on and off. i do all of my own maintance. stay away from the stealer, except for warrenty work. don c. -
we wake up saturday morning to see it had rained after we went to bed after 10:30 pm friday night. the temps were in the high 40's & low 50's. i had been up about 24 hrs at this time. the people at the old motor motel tell joe there's a john deer tractor supply up the road that may have some winter coats. but no they didn't so he bought a cheap rainsuit to put overe the sweat pants & shirt he had bought in vernon,tx the day before. about 1,300 miles all in all it was good. we were just 80 miles short of jerry w house. we could have made it if we had got an ealier start. but life is good got some riding time in with my son. best reguards don c.
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thanks for asking what happened. i had my work jacket in saddle bag. i had worked a double shift thursday. went to work at noon thursday got off friday morning at 7:00am. joe had stayed at my house thurs. night. at about 7:15 am on the way home joe calls and tell me his rear tire is flat. tell him to use air compressor to air up tire & find leak. have to take tire off & go to local m/c shop but they don't open until 9:30 am. ( this is were that brake drum bolt to stabilizer doesn't get tighten up i guess.) we are on the road out of houston about 10:30 am. ran in to first rain storm just south of electra,tex. we stop at wal-mart in vernon,tx so joe can buy a jacket, 'cause it's getting cooler. stop in childress,tx to gas up & buy some coffee. joe ask if we were going to get a hotel there. i said would like to make it to i-40 before we stop ( still over 200 miles to amarillo). we push on and finaly we stop in memphis,tx for the night, it's now 9:30 pm. don c.
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joe's bike broke down in memphis,tx just about 45 mins after calling jerry w. bolt that holds rear brake drum to stabilizer bar broke/ came loose. lever on the drum rotated from the 9:00 o'clock position and wegded into his swingarm. locked up tire had to drag bike out of middle of street to sidewalk. took about 3 hrs to fix, broke the splined shaft that the lever that operates the brakes broke off. lucky hardware store was just 2 blocks away. had to buy hammer 2-10" cresant wrenches & a crow bar to fix. also lucky that joe was coming to a stop light and was going slow. friday we had be doing 80-90 mph on different parts of i-45 & US 287. joe had no rainsuit nor a jacket. his v-star has no windshield. joe told me it was suppose to in the 80's all weekend. rode all the way back to houston with no rear brakes. stayed at my sisters house in ft.worth saturday night. got cought north of ft.worth in a very bad rain storm we both got soaked. made it home today at 4:30pm. best reguards don c.
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hi jerry looks like ya'll had a good time, may be next time. had a few troubles but made it home in one peace. life is good, my son & i are alive and ok. tried posting earlyer but was taking to loong to tell the whole story and computer timed out on me. now i have a story to tell around the camp fire. thanks again jerry. thank you lord that my son and i are still here. best reguards don c. :shock3:
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hi jerry my son is riding up with me today. stayed at my house last night so we could leave right after i got home this morning. as i got within a few miles of the house he called me said he has a flat rear tire. leaking from the valve steam, tryed to fix it but no go. will be taking the tire to a m/c shop to have it fixed. still coming just will be a few hours behind our go time. will try to make amarillo or some place on i-40 by 9:00 pm today. will see if he's a hard core rider on his v-star. will see ya saturday good loard willing and the creek don't rise. best reguards don c.
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hi wanderer thanks for sharing that story of the beginns of the guardian bell. best reguards don c.
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hi jerry i will be there some time saturday morning. talked to my son last night he's not for sure, but that's ok. looks like some great weather for this coming weekend. thanks again. best reguards don c.
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hi eddie sent you a paypal for 4 patches. payed a couple bucks extra to help out. thanks in advance don c.
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thanks buddy i guess we will have to take it to a dealer,can't get the radio to do anything. best reguards don c.
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hi all i need some electrical advise on a 2002 ford windstar mini van. not mine but a friend of ventureriders. it would not start even with jumper cables. took battery out and down to auto parts store. they tested it, was low on charge but good battery. they charged it to specs. the ternamels were dirty as well as the battery clamps. cleaned all of them. before putting battery back in used jumper cables to start the van, van started up. installed battery. thought everything was ok. but now the remote door opener won't unlock the doors. also the radio does not come on and the twin side doors will not open with the electric motors. doors will open manualy. have checked all the fuses and rotated the control relay for the doors with another same rated relay from another circut. no fix. they said the remote door opener was working before removing battery. anyone have ideas. thanks in advance don c.
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way to go you guys. have a great time and thanks for remembering. :happy34: don c.
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hi cindy gold bless you all, sorry your having to go thru this. prayers being sent to the old man. best reguards don c.
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thanks jerry got the day off oked. i will be heading up your way on friday morning may 1'st when i get off work. looking forward to meeting you. best reguards don c.
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hi jerry putting in for the friday may 1'st off so i can get a head start on the trip to north texas. told my son joe about it said he wants to ride his v-star 650 up too. we haven't been on any long rides together so far this year. my newest g-daughter ( joe's ) is expected to be born around may 13th or so. this will be the last chance to do a long ride together for a while. will be good to see some you north texas guys. best reguards don c.
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hi and thanks for joining. you will find a lot of great info in the tech sections and in posting any concerns. i have the light bar "L" block your asking about. it's one of the best invements/mod i have done. it makes pulling the front faring off easy as you don't have to pull the light bar off every time. don c.
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hi jerry may 2 it is. sounds like a good idea. looks like a couple of tank fuel and about a 10 hour drive as the crow flys. looks like a meet & greet for the north texas bunch. best reguards don c.
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try the left side of the page ( main menu) go to rallies. open it up and go down to the international rally. there is the regestion page there. hope this helps. don c.
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hi buddy and to all who have family members in the armed forces. thanks to you and your sons and daughters who serve and put them selves in harms way. best reguards
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thanks rocket those are the ones. ya know i had a great time there even with the odessy batery going south on me. thanks again o'buddy. best reguards don c.
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thanks rocket for the call to remind me of the wet t-shirt contest. dirty ducks more like a drowned duck. but ya know i wasn't the only wet one there. once your wet you can't get any wetter right, brad ol buddy. only thing is someone got pictures. o by the way sarah's is lil' ***** of the heavy horses m/c club. she thought that was . best reguards don c.
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ol' knucklehead of the dirty ducks m/c club. now sarah my 14 y.o. will probley agree with the ol' knucklehead. don c. :crackup:
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thanks for shareing looks like you all had a good time. best reguards don c.
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Leather Tank Guard
gunboat replied to Aussie Annie's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
annie do you know anyone who could make you one? seams like someone down there would be working with cow hide/leather. used to be a company called tandy leather here in the states. where you could buy leather and tools to work it. don't know if that company is still in business or located down there. best reguards don c.