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This morning I did something I haven't done in years. Let the bike shut down in gear . Of course, I couldn't understand why the bike died in the first place. It just wound down from idle... Then nothing. Wouldn't start. Wouldn't even crank and the overheat light was on. Well, I thought it was overheated. This is Arizona! Checked coolant. Nope good. Checked oil. Nope good. What the heck? Gave up and went inside restaurant for breakfast... Thinking maybe when it's cooler it will start. I had no idea if the RSV had a shut off switch if overheated. Never heard of such a thing having had both gens of Ventures . After eating I came out and.... Nothing. Decided to call Ronnie. I know he has both gens so he would be a good bet to ask. I'm a pretty good mechanic and have rebuilt lots of cars, trucks and bikes, but for whatever reason, my brain wasn't thinking! He called me back right away. And took me through some procedures. Then he asked if the bike was in gear. I hesitated because I never shut bike off in gear unless I'm parked on a steep slope. But he was right. Dumb me! For whatever reason, I left the bike in gear with kickstand down. Sigh. So thank you Ronnie for calling me back and helping me through this. I'm glad I got to know you at a Maintenance Day in Ohio. And double glad you remembered me! This is what the $12/year is for... Friendship. So if your year is about up, don't hesitate, send in the $12! You never know when you might need help. David /Videoarizona

Guaranteed my rear brakes won’t lock up. I changed the oil recently and left the drain pan in front of my bike in the shop, a few days later some circling wind decided to relocate my shop roof into the woods out back. Two days of downpours followed raining into the shop overflowing the drain pan into a nice big slick on my floor, the falling rain splattered the oil all over the bike including I guess the rotors. Without really thinking about it I took it for a test run the next week, I quickly realized at the end of the driveway no matter how hard I stomped the pedal there was absolutely no chance of lockup. I can’t really recommend this design of antilock brakes though as the stopping distance is exponentially increased. 🤬🤬🤬