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Oh Dang...... I only got to the Indians before the drooling started. Major bucks there no doubt about it. Last time I was watching an auction with a complete, original, running and unrestored 1936 Indian the bidding was at $116,000.00 and the reserve had not been met. I couldn't watch anymore. What a collection! Be fun just to be there for the sales. Mike

Ya got me on the yellow 1st gen. Not seeing it here at all.

If you have a decent hardware store nearby check them out. There are several in my area that sell the tamper proof drivers in the old nuts and bolts section. Sold as single units so you wouldn't have to buy the whole set, only the one you need.

This was Dano's original thread on the upgrade. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=44547

It is a great mod for the bike. I was one of the first to have it done and it is still doing it like it did the first day. Sadly, the man who does the machine work is Dano. Our Dan Obert. You may have seen he was involved in an accident this week and in the hospital with some serious injuries. It may be quite a while before he is able to return to doing this project. Bear with us and hope he recovers well and soon and able to return us soon. If you have any questions on this mod PM me and I will try to answer them. I'll find the Dano posts from the past and post them on this thread. Mike

Shouldn't make any difference with the standard 194 wedge bulbs. Will work either way. If you convert those to the LED's like I was talking about they are polarity specific. Only work one way.

Here are a couple pics of the changes I made to the markers using the WLED X5 LED's. To compare, the two upper left lights are the new WLED X5's in RED. All the other lights are standard 194 bulbs. They do have the high power bulbs that are a bit brighter but the fit looked to be a bit tight. You can see the red is much more defined even compared to the 194 bulbs that almost look orange.

I have replaced almost every bulb in my '84 with LED's from this source. http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=%2F1157.htm All the marker and running lights I use are the wedge type bulb as well as the dash lights. These are just plug and play with no modifications. I have not done the brake and turn signals yet as I'm adding a hitch and still playing with what to do with a trailer. Brake light will be done this winter but they will require a load resistor for each bulb. http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=%2Ftail-brake-turn.html%23flasher As far as what color bulbs to use, buy the same color as the lens. White or colors are filtered out using a different color lens. Take at look around this site. It is extensive and will provide just about any bulb you need. Bulbs are available in different intensitys so you can go mild or bright depending on what you buy. Each bulb section has a spec sheet for the bulb you are looking at with measurements to make sure it will fit within the space provided. I've had mine for three years with no failures on 26 bulbs. Great support from the company also. Mike

Thanks Brad, Appreciate the info. Good the hear. Mike

I was reading the other day about ten items that will probably not exist within the next ten years. The stand alone GPS was at the top of the list. With the developements in the Smartphones the need for a dedicated GPS system will be greatly reduced and more than likely eliminate the need for it all together. But from what I understand, currerent cell phone GPS apps are based on cell tower locations, and not satellite fed info. That would cause some issues with accuracy with current methods. But I'm sure there will be considerable improvements in the next few years. But what do I know. I still carry a flip phone. Mike

Ah Dang! I hate hearing this. Dan's a great guy. Up and at 'em big boy! Heal well and heal soon. Thoughts on the way for Dan & Rose. Mike

That is why I love this site! There is always a solution. Nice job by the way. Looks very good. Mike

That lil fact on the ground drove me nuts until bongobob set me straight when I installed my new horns. Did the trick.

Hi ya Kevin! I had to take the shot, as cheap as it was. Can't be to critical. First time I took my daughter to a petty zoo she was petting a young calf and kept saying, "nice puppy, big puppy." I starter getting her out of the house more after that. Mike

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Nope, they are activated by the air intake as the engine fires and runs.

Chicken Lips Kevin......Chicken Lips! Geesh, city kids ya know. :crackup: Never mind me......it's that voice again. Mike

I had some issues with my '84 a couple years ago. I pulled the radiator and took it to a local radiator shop to have checked. Pressure tested fine and found no leaks. The service manager was impressed with the quality of the thing. He was more impressed that it came off a 25 year old motorcycle. I had him give it a dip just for the heck of it and put it back on. Been fine ever since. My problem turned out to be a flaw in the upper hose that was spraying coolant straight through the core making it look like a failure in the radiator. So with that info I'd say it would be fine and worth it to have it repaired. But like Dingy said there are a lot of used ones out there for fair prices. That would be the less expensive way out.

What I had read about the GW units used in Japan was they were developed for get a tow vehicle through the massive traffic congestion there quickly. Once there they were only used for removal of a vehicle blocking a traffic lane and get it off to the side of the road. Not used for any distance. Seemed to have worked well for them.

We have a fella here in Omaha that was a young business man about 35 years ago. He had a couple of start up deals going on and one of them hit it HUGE! Made him a very weathy man. Now, he was one of he guys that would drink beer and burp with the rest of us and he never changed after making it big. Still a fun loving guy and generous as could be. He had a house built on the biggest hill in the most expensive part of the city. Huge castle like home that took up an entire block. Very private, full security and just fantastic to visit there. But he had a sense of humor his neighbors did not enjoy. He went and applied for a permit to build a heliport on his propery. The neighbors, the city council and everybody was throwing fits. They fought it in court, protest letters and just would not quit. We asked him one day what kind of chopper he was getting and he just laughed it off. Never wanted one and had no plans for getting one. He was just having fun with the neighbors. I wish I had enough money to tease the neigbors like that. Got a couple that need to see a Cobra hanging over the house.

And Dingy has a downloadable manual on here somewhere. Anyone got the post with that info?

This one shows the upgrade parts needed, but no how-to on it. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=61890&highlight=shifter+pins Maybe more later. Search "shifter pins" in the 1st gen tech talk section. There are several post there.

I don't mind the voice so much but it sounds like my ex-wife. Maybe I should have given her the meds.

Grab a beverage, there ain't no easy way, or short one to explain my day. Voices in your head are good. Yes they are! I woke up this morning and had things to get done, but I had this lil voice in my head telling me to just stay home. Every time I'd think I need to run here or there I'd get this "JUST STAY HOME" thing bugging me. I kept busy around the place and got some stuff done in the basement and did some cleaning. It was progress anyway. But, I had to stop in on a couple of my clients stores to check displays. So as it was pretty nice out I took the bike as I usually do. I didn't get three blocks from my house and hit the red light at my first turn. I was several cars back so I had to wait for a chance to turn after the green turn arrow went off and oncoming traffic went through. I had what looked like a clear shot after that and started my left turn. A car coming from my right side ran his red light at about 40 mph and missed me as I slammed to stop. Not easy in the middle of a turn and with that danged voice yelling "I told you to stay home!" I didn't know it yet but I should have gone home. I was only three blocks away. I gathered myself and headed on down the road to Interstate 80 and got on East bound headed for Iowa. Normally a 15 mile ride to the first stop. The local road crews have been hard at work again doing resurfacing and they had a new stretch about 100 yards long where they had been grinding the surface again. I hate that stuff because they suck at it here. Deep and wobbly grooves and it can take a bit to keep it rolling straight through it. Checked my mirrors and dropped my speed a bit and rolled into it. I checked the mirrors again and another bike was coming up fast on my tail. I still doing 60 and he's gaining. I try to move to the outside a bit and I look again and he's right there against my right saddlebag . I mean less than a foot away. I hit the end of the rough stuff and jazzed it hard and pulled away form him. He did not try to pass me again. He must have known how I felt about him at that point. And that danged voice was rattling on and on and on. OH! Shut up! So I'm making progress, about half way to my first stop. Now there is another section of construction at the 13 St. Exit. I'm in my left through lane and nobody on my six. Cool. I have one car in front of me on my right doing about 55. Seems to be doing ok so I move to pass. About the time I get even with her rear bumper I see the left turn signal come on and I get one blink and she's moving into my lane. Jeesh! I hit the brakes and the horn and she swerves back into her lane and slows down. Ok, get around this one. I start to pass again and she swerves right back against me. I'm braking and moving to the breakdown lane and the same time and she just rolls on. I caught back up to her in about a 1/2 mile ahead and pulled up on her right side. Yep, what I figured. Texting! And the voice is saying "I told ya so." Yeah, yeah....I'm riding. Leave me alone. Ah ha! My exit. A couple hundred yards and I'm good. So I make it to the parking lot and I stop at the cross walk in front of Sam's to let the busy shoppers roll back to their cages with their hard won supplies. Got a parking spot in my sights and I'm thrilled to be there. I made it. Now I'm sitting there with the bike in 1st and waiting for a clear shot. All of a sudden I'm shooting forward. Kind of thrown against my backrest and going ahead. I thought I'd slipped off the clutch lever but my hands were still on the grips. Only went a few feet but is was a bit of a surprise. Totally unplanned! I looked in the mirrors and there was nothing there, nutttin, nobody, nada. Very odd. I threw down the kickstand and leaned it over to get off and there were people running towards me. What the heck! I get off and turn around and there was the reason for my rear end jolt. A frigging scooter. A lil bitty scooter. And a lil old codger laying next to it. He had a couple of decades on me so I'll call lil and old. And dumb. No helmet, no gloves and a T shirt. At least he didn't have sandals on. He's bellowing about his wrist being broke and his knee is bleeding. He's being a PITA about his "bike" and why I had stopped at the cross walk. I'd been there of about a minute so he had time to see me for sure. One of the folks that came over called for the EMT's and the police. They actually showed up in pretty good time for a parking lot accident. Two of the witnesses told me and the LEO that the codger had come out of a parking lane and never slowed down while turning in behind me. He was dragging both his feet on the ground the whole time. An experienced rider, I think not. I wandered over to the EMT's as they were looking at him. Nothing broken and just a scraped knee. He's gonna live. The scooter, probably not. Those things aren't made very well. I looked at him and said, "You are the reason I was supposed to stay home today." The voice said "That's telling him." Ah shut up! The last thing I heard out of the lil voice was "I told ya so! You never listen to me!" So looking over my bike I had a smudge on the rear light bar. Nuttin bent, broken or damaged. Almost a 900 lb bike VS scooter= I win. Ya know, I don't wanna sound like a wussy but I took a different way home. Long way around, mostly side streets. Spidey Sense was on full blast. I'm taking the cage to work tomorrow. 45's in the glove box. Bring 'em on! I'm proud. I survived my first ever motorcycle accident involving another vehicle. Alive, well and looking for the meds to deal with the lil voice. Mike

Now that is nice to hear. Hope they do right for her. Mike