Hi again,
thank you very much for your welcome messages.
I am not really a forum "user". Normally I take distance to them but yours kept the interesting touch and a language "level" as should be everywhere, so did I try and registered myself.
About the Venture: The first full-dresser I have had was the 1300 venture from 88 in white. After tons of racing bikes, driving allways with both feet in prison, I decided to slown down with a Venture. It did not go, I drove with this bike like mad over the alps, overtaking all other bikers on ducatis, gsrx, fzr and so on. the Venture is a racer with dresser-look. I changed the intake (from the V-Max) to have enough power uphill and this worked pretty well. My Venture was able to pass ducatis driving up the mountains and made beautiful wheelies on 2. And 3. gear. The racers made eyes! It was also confortable to make big trips. I had only problems with the high speed stability above 100 miles/hour in the corners, the bike danced like a egg. After changing front and end suspensions got better till aprox. 120 m/h.
Sound quality was poor till I changed the speakers and inserted 120 W ones. After 70000 miles I sold the bike and buyed the ultra glide (wanted to slow down). This was a mistake, I wish I had the money to keep all the dressers I once drove. The are all fantastic!
No one is perfect and this makes the character, no one has really problems driving the way they are made for. Some are better in details than others. No big differences. I woukd like the power and raceability from the Venture, the soundof the Harley, the smoothness of the 1500 gl and the lightness of the 1200 gl. I never rode a 1800 gl, this could cover some points of them but not all. Cornering clearance is not enough, it is to heavy and I like most the design of the 1200 gl. Well, I think I should stop writing...
Have a nice day
