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    Man Brian, I know how much time and effort you put into your trip. I am so sorry to hear how it has turned out. Heal fast. As far as the insurance end, you need to scour the ads from ALL over to find good clean matching or similar bikes. I will be a fight, but you will need to show market value and repalcement bike costs to fight and win against them. Take care and recover for another trip at another time. Bill
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    You can check out, but you can never leave.........
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    If you don't have good thumbnails... ( nervous habit ) ... use a credit card..
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    I agree ...that's the one where you said I was a nice guy !
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    But on the 2nd day... your fair game....
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    What he thinks he typed with his left hand: Being the dumba$$ that I am, I fell last night and hit my right hand on a landscape rock. (No, not riding the bike, doing yardwork!) The result is a chipped bone just below the middle finger in the palm of the hand, and a partially torn ligament. So unless I can get the cruise control to work at under 40 mph and just use the rear brake, I'm grounded for awhile. And aren't you impressed that I typed this using my left hand only? And I'm not left handed! What we see as a post: Being the dumba$$ that I am, I fell last night and hit my right hand on a landscape rock. (No, not riding the bike, doing yardwork!) The result is a chipped bone just below the middle finger in the palm of the hand, and a partially torn ligament. So unless I can get the cruise control to work at under 40 mph and just use the rear brake, I'm grounded for awhile. And aren't you impressed that I typed this using my left hand only? And I'm not left handed!\ Hope you heal fast !
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    Well I thought I had two 83 parts bikes, but from the VIN numbers, it looks like they are both 84's. I pulled the dash off of the one, and it doesn't match the picture in the prior post. Here are the pictures of my dash I pulled.
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    Check the front and rear bulbs. I have seen it that when a bulb goes out, or loses connectivity, the flasher and the remaining bulb will flash fast. You can get to the speedo by removing the front headlight.A lot easier and faster.
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    One recent leak was discovered to be the vacuum line on the front left carb to the TCI (?). It is the only line that comes off the lower carb area. Also, you might have a bad diaphragm in one ( or all) carbs. My 87 kept idling up once warm... to the point of ridiculousness. Once I checked my diaphragms, they all had holes/tears etc from age. The other trick is to spray starter fluid around the carbs and lines to check for a leak.
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    I wasn't around this situation. My wife and I were driving in my daughter's Cherokee through Dallas/Ft Worth on our way to Ft Bragg, NC in May 2010 and had a swarm of sport bikes come flying through and around us. I held my line and lane. I kept thinking how other people would react. When you have bikes with loud exhaust come whipping past on both sides of your vehicle, weaving in and out of traffic it was spooky. They were like a swarm of (big @$$) wasps just taking over. And from my law enforcement/legal experience, that cop had NO RIGHTS to stop, or collect evidence. First of all, if you watch the video, that guy was riding slower and letting all other bikers pass. 2 or 3 cop cars passed him before Buford the cop pulled him over. Can't find a law stating that you are guilty by association of having a bike. I am glad that the helmet cam kept rolling. I think the whole stop and arrest was bogus, abusive, and the cop should be severely punished for his actions. AND... before a few of you start with me, I used to be a trainer for FLETC ( Federal Law Enforcement Training Center) and my main responsibility was training Feds on legal and correct high risk traffic stops and arrests.
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    Thought I would pass this story on... I actually got caught up in one of these sport bikers runs while driving through Dallas/Ft Worth one night on my way to meet greet my daughter's return from Afghanistan. It was crazy...10 pm at night, probably a hundred bikes screaming past , in and out of traffic, I was doing 70mph+ and they passed me like I was standing still. All I could do was hold my lane and hope none of them went down in front of me. Still....this cop was wrong ! And... I want to know where/why the two other cops went running away.... http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cop-pulls-over-motorcyclist-in-order-to-confiscate-his-helmet-cam-arrests-him-when-he-objects/
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    Thanks.. I'll get the VIN's of the parts bikes tomorrow and my 87 & 89 off the titles tonight. I will also get you the VIN's off of IronHorse Ike's 83 & 84.
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    I will go pull what I have off of my parts bike tomorrow. I'll let you know.
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    Voted
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    Here is the list as I see it. I re-enteresd my name as when I had it I had to travel out of town for a friends funeral/PGR escort. So I would like another opportunity down the road to watch and learn. 6. Radian - Dan 7. Playboy - Vincent 8. Dacheeda - Kevin 9. Albyzee - Alby 10 Hunter 1500 - Don 11 Mike from Ohio added 6/8/12 12 D4klutz 13 warrior/honeybee - mark 14 ragtop69gs - Jay 15 KIC
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    I have never used it, but it is not supposed to change pressures which are affected by the outside ambient temperatures. So you don't lose lbs when it is cold, and ( I think) it doesn't increase with higher temps. I put slime in my KLR650's tubes, but have never put it in tubeless tires... not sure about that..seems it would be very messy when changing a tire out..
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    Drop right on over to 1st Gen Tech forum.. BIG discussion going on now, join in today at no extra charge: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=69310
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    I will try to get over to where my parts bikes are. My purple one has part of the dash still on it. I believe it is an 83. Is there a way to tell the exact year from the VIN ?
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    If BongoBobny doesn't have one, I can look at my one parts bike and see what is left on it's dash. I presume it is in the dash under the gauges ?
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    Hmmm...first time I have heard him called that...... But he is a pretty good and helpful guy......
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    Congrats on the new machine ! Hopefully your wave won't be from the side of the road asking for a tow... Sorry...couldn't help myself....
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    You only harass the ones you love.... So they say....
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    Congrats.
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    I always check all my tires in the winter because of the cold affect. That's how I found my old gauge to be defective when I was adjusting the pressures as it became warmer. I just forgot to check the Venture. I will go to a more frequent tire pressure check with it now.
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    I heard that if you park a Harley over the top of it, it will die from the oil leaks and the embarrassment.
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