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    Well there ya go Annie! See...I made two friends in 24 hours! I'm on a roll now! Thank you for accepting me as I am. Most lady folks have trouble with that.
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    You weren't the only one with bee problems with the lemon pledge. I ran out of Plexus last summer and used lemon pledge for a week or so. I park my bike in back of the building where I work and a few days after I'd started using the pledge I'd come out and find the fairing and windscreen crawling with yellow jackets. I'd move my bike to another place the next day and find them again. Dozens of them. Went on for a week or more. I'd seen the posts on here about it and washed the daylights out of my bike with soap (unscented) and water didn't use anything on the bike for a while. Never had the yellow jackets again. Went back to Plexus and haven't had any problem with them since and still parking in the same spot. They do the fly bys but don't linger on the bike. Must be some truth to it. I didn't really figure the yellow jackets. I'd suspect bumble bees, honey bees or even the sweat bees first. Mike
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    Jason, Here are the pics I was talking about. You can see the discoloration on the float I found to be absorbing gas. It is very soft in that area. I think you can see the marks from my fingernail in the pic. The other float worked fine and never sank on me. It is fairly firm with no weak spots.
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    Sound like a great ride Lutz. I got nuttin to whine about. I took a weeks vacation and did 2,432 miles in six days though five states. Made at least 4 turns, saw a few curves and even went up some hills. Threw caution to the wind and went down them to. Whew!! Something about living in Nebraska just lacks excitement ya know. Oh yea...saw some cows! And a raccoon. Mike
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    Yeah! It's like, amazing ya know, it's just so like, so intense ya know! Hang on......be right back....... Ok.....take that Annie! See how easy it is with a Venture?
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    I was eyeballing the bike listings on Craigslist here in Omaha tonight and saw a post from yesterday for an '84 Venture Royale. Had a few pics and it was a match to my Blonde. Looked to be in pretty good shape. He stated it ran great but had a few minor issues. There was no asking price......just make a offer. Dang. Wrote him an e-mail to set up a meeting. Got an answer about a hour later that it was sold. Well I'm not surprised. It did look pretty good. So I wrote him back and thanked him for the reply and sent him a pic of my '84 and wished I could have seen his. Got a reply to that in another half hour. He says "I still have this one." (see pic) So it seems again that nobody can have just one Venture! LOL! We been exchanging e-mails all evening and are going to get together for a ride in the next week or so. I invited him to check out the site so maybe will drop in and check us out.
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    Kind of had the same battle 3 years ago when I first got my bike. Blowing gas through the overflows at weird intervals and at the worst of times. Found two floats were actually saturated with gas. When I had a chance to weigh them on a digital scale I could see the difference. Not much, but it did affect to float level a lot. I had picked up a spare rack to and ended up giving the spare floats a coating of airplane dope to reseal them. That did the trick.......but it did add a bit of weight to the floats so the bowl fuel level had to be reset. Probably my fault......I did two coats. It didn't leave much room for adustment. I had trouble getting the fuel level up to specs so I did end up replacing all four floats with new. That did finally solve the problem. I found that the floats from the '86 V-Max were the exact same. I think it was about $125.00 including shipping. Looking back at the headaches I had with the carbs at that time and now 3 years with no problems.......money well spent. Mike
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    Dang Lutz.... I'm getting all misty just thinking about that ride. I'm going to out right cry if you made that trip on the new Max. All I got around here is mountains........of CORN!!!! Mike
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    Check your local hardware store. I found two stores around here that stocked them. SS is a little harder fo find but they are available. I tried the hardened black with the allen head but they rust very quickly and the allen size is very small. If you go that route be sure to use anti-seize on them. I've seen several bikes that used a standard chrome or SS allen head bolt with a chrome or SS washer under the head. They used a small but thick 0-ring under that for fill the countersink recess in the top of the cover. Looked like that worked pretty well also and looked fine.
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    Morning Lutz.....er......afternoon I mean. Good to see ya around again. Mike
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    Dan, The screws in mine were rusted so bad I had to pull the coil mounting bracket out and take a hand impact to the screws. I don't know the bit size but it was one I had in a bit set that was bigger than a #3 with a blunt end. Any thing with a pointed end just did not bite. Maybe a good soak with a rust buster and a blunt tip bit you can work them out. Changed the screws to allen heads while I was at it with a coat of anti seize to. I can change the unit now with an allen key. The heat shields were in a box when I got mine to. Ran two years without them. After I did my valve covers I decided to put them back on. With doing that and adding the chrome sidecover block offs it made a huge difference in the heat off the engine. The seat stay cooler and the legs don't feel it as much.
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    I don't know if this will work on a 2nd gen but it looks like an option if it can be mounted up. One of the quys found the info a while back. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1297 Mike
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    Hey Kat, Weird....I used to have a cat named Kat. But anyway...you might sent any questions on that to "Squeeze" by PM. He's one of our resident go to guys that happens to live in....get this.......wait for it......Germany! Might save some time in the effort of sorting out the language issue and he would probably know what it would take to deal with the strict regulations over there. Tell him Snaggletooth sent ya....then duck! He's not on the site all the time but he checks in a lot. Mike
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    And hence, the need for a organized filing and storage system. I think I'll stick with my storage system. Never to be used. Might need someday. Use today. Use tomorrow. Used already. Think about it. Moved it. Sell it. Give it away. Trade it. Replace it. Fix it. FUBAR Burned out. Broke. OEM NOS POS Move to new box. Look for matching piece. Chrome it. Paint it. Epoxy it. Duct tape it. Screw it. Identify it. WTF? YNK. (Ya never know) And that's not even listing all the subcatagories. And there is the invisable stuff that ya know is there but can't see it. I need more room.
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    Hey Herb... This the lil critter you're looking for? Let me know and it's in the wind tomorrow. Mike
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    If the '84 and the '86 are the same you can have the one off mine. I think I still have the old cover on the shelf from when I did my upgrade to the blade style fuse panel. But then again.......I got to say......it would be a good time to do an upgrade yourself. I mean ya got a good excuse at this point. PM me your mailing address if you want it. Mike
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    Hi Barend, Last winter I was talking to Squidly about putting chrome Drag Speciality 4 1/2" driving lights on my bike. I already had the mounting brackets he made on it but was concerned about the same bracket that you had break on yours being able to handle the extra weight. Of course Squidly had a plan. I sent both brackets (tabs) down to him and he welded a gusset into the 90 degree angle on the mounting brackets and that stiffened them up right nice. No more vibration or flexing. Not a big project to do yourself, if you weld, or a local shop should be able to do that for ya pretty cheap. Something to consider. Solved my problem. Mike
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    I'm still in. Mike
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    My '84 did that when I bought it. I tightened all the connections but it still did it a bit. When I did the fork rebuild I replaced the o-rings in the collars on the tops of the forks. No more leaky. That bike sat for 9 years in storage without being ridden so they were pretty dried out.
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    Perfect!!! Open holster.....not concealed.......er......hope his cruise control works. Or has a matching rig on his left side. LOL!
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    Dang! Missed something again! I came down through Ute on 183 Sunday morning. Mike
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    There was rider here in Omaha early this season, before the salt and gravel were gone, that claimed he hit a pot hole and lost control and crashed his bike. He's been stating that he's going to sue the city for damage to his bike and the medical bills for his road rash. Waiting to see how that one turns out. Now the street here are still a mine field from the nasty winter we had, but still, we all know the risks of riding and with less than ideal roads that risk is increased. Apparently he was not wearing proper gear either if he pulled as much rash has he claimed. But on the other hand......the city has done a pretty poor job of getting the streets back in shape.......maybe they need to be held responsible in some cases. The shoulders of I-80 look like a hub cap flea market in some areas.
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    I noticed my '84 has been reading differently lately to. I've had the shifter pedal off more than a couple of times in the last year for different projects so I started there. First thing I found was the scribe mark on the shift rod was not lined up correctly with the cinch space on the shifter control arm. Not by much but enough to make a difference in the reading in the "N" position. Got that lined back up and found the green neutral light was coming on on que but the gear position reading was still not solid. Would flicker a bit. I have been changing the adjusting link on the shifter for the difference in the boots I wear from winter to summer. That also made a difference in the gear postion display. The lower I'd get the pedal, the more solid the position display would be. Couple of things to look at anyway.
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    I have a Snap On roller chest and a 6 drawer top box that I bought back in '72 when I was just starting bending wrenches for a living. Stands about 5 1/2 feet tall. Paid I think......$800.00 bucks for the set new. Been one heck of a box but it was not enough room for all the things I have collected over the years. I saw this thread a while back and started looking around for a new setup. At least another big box for all the extra stuff. Looked at a few that were mentioned and they would do the trick for what I need. I ran into one of the Snap On guys a few weeks ago and asked what he had for used boxes. Showed me a few pics and asked what I had. Came over and looked at it and offered me $3,700.00 towards a trade on one of his bigger....er .......massive roll arounds. I just laughed and said I was keeping the tools. Nope......that money was for the box only! I about fell over. But then again.....when the numbers came up on his used roller he wanted $8,500.00 for it. Sears is looking pretty good right now.
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    Oh Dang! Ouch! That looks a lil bit dry.
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