creole

Thanks for the info. We plan on coming through the first or second week in June. Any thoughts on what to expexpect the weather to be like then? I know its always a gamble, but if you guys are like us its reasonable to expect .........no rain.

Yea, I saw that too. We are coming out of the Tetons on HWY89, clipping Idaho down to Salt Lake, just cause we've never been there and it's on the way. I came across the Mine while planning the trip and thought what the heck? That's a big ole' hole and thought surely we could look over the edge somewhere at an "overlook". Then found the website saying there was a visitor's center and tours and such......Don't care about doing the tours per Se' but thought we could at least take a look and get a pic or two. From there we are going East to Dinosaur CO and trickle through the Rockies on our way home. With the Loop planned we can't get too far West into Utah or Idaho (Pretty big loop as it is and running out of days- doing close to 3000 miles in 9 days or so) I know that's not die hard riding, but for our group of "wanderers"....it's kind of what we do. No destination, No timetable, No Cares, Just a general route as a guideline so we can figure vacation days and make Hotel reservations as we go type of thing. What have you got in mind? Creole

Tried to call them today to see if there was another alternative.....didn't notice on the website, they're closed until April... Have to wait a while to call back unless someone's been there recently.. I'll post what I find out unless someone chimes in with sumthin'

That's awesome!!! Kind of a "Dune Buggy" "Rock Crawler" "HULK MAD" (if it were green) Kind of a thing......got some money in that motor.....can tell just by the sound..........Built stout with the poundin' he's givin'.........uh......sorry.......is my redneck showing again.........

Anybody been to the Kennecott Copper Mine in Utah lately? We are looking to swing by there this summer on a trip through yellowstone, tetons and such. Noticed today on their info page that Motorcycles aren't allowed there any longer, not even down to the Visitor center? Looks like it might all be paved to the visitor center? Is there anything to see without getting in? Thanks, Creole

lol nice..... some things to think about goin' on here!

I was working on a fourwheeler a few years ago and needed the tank off also. In stead of using a plastic pop bottle I used a plastic water bottle, rinsed it out with a bit of gas, drilled a hole in the lid smaller than the fuel tubing (the tubing squeezed through the smaller hole sealed without any problems), filled it with gas, screwed the lid/hose onto it and flipped it upside down on the frame, poked a small hole in the bottom of the bottle (upside down it's now the top) so the fuel would vent. 20 oz of fuel runs a surprisingly long time......drove it all around the back of the house that way while I was testing my handy work. Like said above, to refill the bottle, stick a piece of electrical tape over the hole and hold the bottle with your finger on the tape, then remove the tape when you put the bottle upside down. When done throw the bottle in the trash........Unless you just want a fuel bag hanging from the ceiling all the time....

How many lights are you planning to put on a circuit? As others have stated unless the garage circuits are severely overloaded, adding a few lights shouldn't require the need to run new circuits just for them, unless you had other expansions in mind. Each 100W (standard) bulb will pull .83 amps. So two light fixtures with two 100 watt bulbs adds less than 4 amps total to the circuit.

My last bike was a Vulcan, I really liked it too, but don't miss it at all. I think the venture is Great and not really that hard to work on. I really like the comfort aspect and just an all around good ride! I like the throaty v 4 sound too:big-grin-emoticon:

???No.........I don't think that's it........?

Well I'll take any name suggestions into consideration! Where to start......Married for 25 years this spring, two kids, one almost 19 and out of the house, the other 16 and driving. This is the 5th bike we've had since we've been married and all but this have been cruisers. Pre kids my wife rode around with me,then there wa a 15 year period she wouldn't ride so I rode solo but didn't realley go anywhere. With the last cruiser and the kids older and friends who took bike trips, we bought the venture and she has really gotten into riding with me again. The trips are something we are really enjoying as the kids have their own things going. I'm an electronic technician for a gas company owned by Transcanada ( maybe you have heard some of the hubbub over their oil line) but I'm in the gas end of things. I like to hunt and fish although not as much as I used to but enjoy outdoor type things and hope to retire by 55 if I can swing it (11 yrs to go). Since we married early (19) I'm ready to get back to enjoying life and leaving all this work stuff behind!

Very Nice.... You know..... my last bike was a Vulcan also and even though I was a trekkie in my college days, I wouldn't even have come up with something as obvious as Spock. Gonna have to get one of my riding friends to name this poor bike or it's going to be Jane Doe (aka Unidentified) or John Doe for that matter......Not sure about the gender/name thing, is that temperament related? Creole

Riderduke, Thank you for your generous offer. However, why don't you buy the 2013 and donate me your 2004?

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These are great! Guess I tend to overthink it a bit. The closest I've ever gotten to a good name foranything is my truck......... I call it "Thirsty"......it's a Dodge 2500 4x4 v10.....11 MPG is a good run on a tank of gas.....

Ok ..... stupid question, do you folks name your bikes? I think its kind of neat when people do, especially when you hear the name and then it makes sense to you. Isn't there even some superstition or something behind it? I however, am somewhat creative but stink at this naming thing. Couldent even come up with a name for our boat ( you know how people put those witty names on the stern). Finally gave up, my dry, nerd type humor just doesn't work for this type of thing. Just currious. Is your bike named? P.S. not looking to steal names

Thanks all for the info. Hadn't considered anything really but Yamaha and HD. Before we bought the RSV we were looking at goldwings. Ended up preferring the style and sound of the RSV and truthfully might even like the v4 over the vtwin as compared to the vulcan 88 I sold when we got the RSV. Nothing wrong with the others, just a preference. Well that and all the CROW I'd have to eat in front of my HD riding buddies after all, We have the only "Other Bike" in the group. LOL We have plenty of time to enjoy the one we have that's paid for and reliable without making a change of any kind, yet these warm January days seem to make me look at options!

slow roll, Thanks for the info. The paint places out here don't seem too interested in painting motorcycles, but I could probably talk them into it if I stripped it down and re-assembled after painting. Did you have to do that or was it a turnkey job? Anyway, I've always been under the impression that painting plastic was kind of an art when it came to making it stick long term, wasn't sure it was worth the effort, especially if the original paint isn't bad. Donald, Somehow I didn't realize they did a production run in 04........were there other color choices with white being one of a few choices offered?

Oddly enough, I've never preferred white anything. Although the last two pickups I've owned have been white, but they were chosen out of purpose not color. The last was chosen because it was the right truck to pull our 5th wheel and boat together and just happened to be white. I do like the fact they seem to look clean longer (not very good at taking the time to clean vehicles). However, Really liking the look of the white motorcycles for some reason, and my wife really wants our next one (very likely to be new) to be white.......good enough reason for me!

Okay.....I called Yamaha a few months ago (before the 2013's came out) to ask about ordering RSV's with custom colors (specifically white). Customer Service guy at the corporate office told me the new color would probably be dark or maybe even black, and no they would not take orders for custom colors. I told him we definitely want a white bike for our next one and although we love our RSV, if Harley is the only place we can get white, that might be what we buy (I would rather have the Yamaha!). The best offer I've gotten is from a local (nearly local 96 miles away) dealer, and was to buy a new RSV and they would send it downtown to the body shop and have it painted white before I came to pick it up. Only a cool $1800 (about) additional to the cost of the new bike. For that money we should be getting close to a factory painted white HD. I know Yamaha had a white millennium edition in 2000 or so and only made a few (maybe 1500?) SO I got to wondering if maybe that color should be rolling around for a full production run in the next couple of years. I guess, out of all this what I'd like to know is...........Has anyone had their 2nd gen RSV completely repainted? If so how did it hold up? Thinking at this point, maybe we'll just have ours repainted and wait it out. There's nothing wrong with our paint except the usual rock chips and normal type wear. Still cleans up nice and shines beautifully, with the exception of a rub on the fairing from the PO. Creole

I think it'll work out ok. It's still too cold here to go for a ride, but maybe tomorrow I can give it a try, supposed to be nice this weekend for a bit.

Hey everyone, I needed to split the fairing for a couple of things, one of witch was to do the tape deck to storage mod. I used the link from "the venturers" forum (many thanks to those folks over there!) Here's the link: http://www.venturers.org/Tech_Library/index.php?action=article&cat_id=002003&id=386&highlight=conversion I pretty much followed the directions given, but found that after the face was cut open (I used a dremel tool instead of knife), I couldn't retrieve items well at all because my sausage fingers barely reached 1/2 way back (to the point they show inserting the block of wood) and the lip left at the bottom in the front would be particularly difficult for me. Instead of inserting the block of wood, I used a thin sheet of aluminum and made a new bottom for the compartment that sloped down at the back and the front of the aluminum was flush with the bottom of the opening I cut in the tape deck. The aluminum was kind of "Z" shaped and fit so that it would be wedged between the front of the compartment and the back after the lid was in place. After the bottom was put in I glued some imitation leather in the bottom and up the sides as one piece so there weren't any holes for things to fall through. This helped me retrieve items because I didn't have to deal with the lip at the front any more, but did little to help me reach things at the back with my short fingers. So... further work led me to design a tray that slides in the compartment that has a back on it, that fits in the compartment and can be pulled forward to retrieve what's inside. I used two sheets of lamination plastic heated together to make a rigid thin piece of plastic, that I cut, folded and super glued together to form the back and sides (at the back only). I think this approach makes it more useful to me and thought someone on this forum could use the information. That all being said.....I failed to take pictures as I went....Sorry I'm kind of bad about documenting as I go and just kind of "do things". I did try to draw an illustration to explain it all better and did snap a few of the finished compartment with the tray. I'll try and upload them, hope it works. Creole

Thanks everyone....great suggestions!

Thanks Meach. I had some points in Colorado picked to see, such as Pikes peak and the Royal Gorge. I didn't know anything about Leadville or the John Denver museum. I'll throw them on the list for the group to consider. I had heard the touristy traffic could be a drag in Yellowstone if you went at the wrong time, I just don't know what the right time is (probably prime riding time).

So this weather thing is driving me nuts.....No rain, sleet, snow, etc. By looking out the window here in NW Oklahoma, it looks like it should be 75 Degrees. The ground color and leafless trees aren't even a giveaway, because in this drought everything is the same dull brown color year round anyway. However, the real temp is about 35-65 Degrees with a knife sharp breeze it feels like about 15, but with the occasional day thrown when it really is nice enough to go for a ride on the bike. I guess the point of all this is that we, and a small group of friends are planning a ride through the Tetons and Yellowstone sometime around June. We're not sure what the loop is going to look like, but we might hit KS, NB, SD, WY, ID, UT, CO and NM (did I get those right?)all in the same trip. Besides the usual well known things like the badlands, devils tower, Mt Rushmore.... I'm looking for things of interest that maybe you couldn't find with a google search of "attractions in ______". It seems the more planning I do for this trip, the longer Winter is taking...... All thoughts appreciated as always. Creloe