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It has been a long time since I had my Venture, so I have forgotten a lot about it, but if the Venture has any rubber lines in the rear brake system, it may be that those sections have weakened over time and stretch or expand when pressure is applied. If there are rubber sections, maybe it is time to replace them, preferably with braided steel covering. Just a thought. This would not necessarily have anything to do with air bubbles, but could affect the ability to lock up the rear wheel and slide it, which the Venture should do very easily, as the rear brakes are known to do that even of good dry pavement.

Don't know if it applies the same in this situation, but I know a collapsed brake line can cause some problems. When you bleed at the caliper, does it seem to have good pressure?

Joe and Bobbi made it home

Yes, open and close like always when doing a car. I did not know if there was a problem with an air bubble like I had on my gold wing clutch. It seems like it should be easy, but my brake got worse every time I changed my rear tire.

I know...Dumb question, but I gotta ask.... When bleeding by pumping the pedal, are you tightening down the bleeder screw before releasing the pedal? If bleeding with a vac pumper, are you tightening down the bleeder screw before removing? I'm just wondering if you're letting air back in after bleeding....

Lisa and I got home around 730 last night. Thanks to y'all for another great get together. It was wonderful to see so many of my Venturerider friends again. Already looking forward to the next one. Will post a pic or two when I get a minute.

I put a Bluetooth receiver in the bike. Just stream any playlist I want off the phone. Way easier for me.

Just walked in the door. Stopped to eat with the youngest in Huntsville.

Just walked in the door. We detoured through Huntsville to visit the rocket scientist.

Patricia and I had to come home Saturday morning and didn't get to go see the crew before we left. It was a wonderful trip and I was thankful to get to meet some fine people. I pray everyone makes it home safely. Steve.

I heard Skid, Mike & Shirley, made it home safely. yawl let us know when you make it home, you know family worries.

We are glad to see everyone and we had a good time and some nice rides

It is possible that you need to rebuild the master cylinder. It's not a difficult or expensive job, but sometimes necessary.

OK. I drained and ran new DOT synthetic fluid today. Still can not get full pedal. Rode the bike and it will not slide tire on dirt road. Looks like there is still air coming out while using the vacuum pump. Why is that? Is there a trick to bleeding to get air out. As I said every time I change a tire off, my brake pedal got softer. I have fluid coming using my vacuum bleeder, but it still looks like air bubbles coming into line from the bleeder valve. I took bleeder valve out and put thread tape on, replaced and still looks that way. I have never done brakes other than pump and bleed on cars. Is there sometime I am over looking or a trick to bleed. I read somewhere about someone using what they called reverse bleeding, where you force fluid back into the reservoir thur the bleeder valve. I'm at my wits end. Any suggestions will be appreciated. If you know of anyone on here that could help. Thank you in advance.

2nd gen are not linked. Make sure you have fluid. I change the brake fluid in all my bikes every two years regardless of miles ridden

Ride it to get it warmed up, leave it running and get a propane torch that has propane in it. Open the torch valve but do not light it. No go around the intake with the propane torch and see if there is any change in the engine. If not, an intake leak can be ruled out, if there is a change then you have a leak and needs to be addressed.

Can't remember if the 2nd gen has linked brakes, so the front left with the rear. If they do you can find lots of air in the line going through the triple tree. There will be a bleeder screw there.

Blue sky, thank you for your post. I'm having same problem. 2002 RSV 135k miles. Every time I change a rear tire, my brakes got worse. Now will not slide tire on dirt. I just used my vacuum pump to change all fluid and still looks like bubbles coming into the clear line. I have run about 4 or 5 oz thur it. Any other advice. I have never rebuilt a master cylinder. Thank you.

I, he did not in this case. Just the rubber diaphragm and slipped down.

Did he rebuild it??? Did it correct the problem??? thank you

The brakes on the RSV are not linked. Take a look at this thread.

The brakes on the RSV are not linked.

Another question about the unit, it works great with the one glaring issue. When it starts it is on disk one. However there seems to be no way to switch disks without having to go to last song on disk one play it then it switches to disk two. The get to disk three again go to last song on disk two, play it and then switches to disk three. Keep repeating till you get to disk six. Or just play the entire disks and on to the next. I can find no manual on using the changer from the Yamaha controller. Any thoughts?

Good evening to all. Simply relaxing on a Friday night. Just got done watching a nice series of Tough Rides for 3 Episodes involving 2 brothers that circumnavigate China, India and Brazil on motorcycles. It was fun watching all three episodes and it was never boring from beginning to end. Because of the show on Prime, I started checking out the BMW 1250GS Adventure bike and I wish to get some time to check out the bike in person at a dealership near me.

OK. I drained and ran new DOT synthetic fluid today. Still can not get full pedal. Rode the bike and it will not slide tire on dirt road. Looks like there is still air coming out while using the vacuum pump. Why is that? Is there a trick to bleeding to get air out. As I said every time I change a tire off, my brake pedal got softer. Does the rear brake pedal operate just the rear or is it like a goldwing, front and back?