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    So what plug wire size is on the 2nd gen? I see the link to the splicers. They say they only work on 7mm size.
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    Yup! Those would be them. Thanks a lot.
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    Hey folks. Just picked up a beautiful original luggage trunk rack for my 88 and want to get it mounted. At one time, I saw some cool large washers used under the rack (topside, not under the lid) where the rack posts contact the box lid. They had a star encircling the center hole. The hole was in the center of the star. Has anyone seen these or understand what I am talking about from my description? I'd like to locate some. Thanks.
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    Well, if that's a Midnight Venture... Maybe he/she/it should be riding it AFTER DARK - for everone's benefit, but (hopefully) no one's enjoyment.
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    You have a PM
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    Maybe because of the time it takes to lock on satellites at start-up and weather:250: interferring with GPS function sometimes.
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    Went out today and took another look at the '88 and why my battery icon may still be lit up. You may recall that I have the AA battery mod instead of the 2.2k ohm resistor mod. Removed the new AA battery I just installed in its holder the other day. Found a loose connection under the coil spring in the AA battery holder. Tightened that up, installed AA battery. Wahlah! Battery icon gone. My wife and daughter are having some sort of FOO-FOO party in the house. So, it ain't dark yet, I'm going for a ride. Thanks for all of you folks' help. Rusty
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    If you do use a 1.5v flashlight battery, ensure with out doubt that 1.5v battery neg is attached to frame/mc battrey neg. and pos attached to warning wire. To reverse this could put -neg 1.5 below or less than ground, and could have in effect MC charging 14-15 volts to ground(frame) +plus -1.5 volts below ground(frame)=16.5 volts potentional internal CMS. This voltage would be getting a little high, and unhealthy for the CMS:2cents: Yup. That's how it's hooked up. Thanks for all of the great info. And my battery is gel type, but I don't know how old it is. It was in the bike when I got it last fall. Battery load tests fine. The local Radio Shack is only a mile or so from me, so I'm going there for the 2.2K resistor. Rusty
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    Thanks Squid
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    Bob, You have a PM from me. Rusty
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    (BUMP)
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    Great point! Agree 100% Do that all of the time for about 5 miles or so. Did it on the VMax this morning.
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    Looks interesting. Where do you buy it?
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    Aaahso, I can understand that. Spacers can be a very good thing. Well, after my 40 mile ride this morning in 70 degree weather, my differential still feels hot. Imma keep on researchin' Thanks folks.
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    For the last month or so, I have been getting a battery warning icon on my 88's dash. The whole bike has been garage kept and is literally nearly perfect with only 16K on it now. After it came on the first time, I checked the battery's health and my charging circuitry to find everything in good order. So, anytime the key is on, engine running or not, the battery icon then is on most of the time, and the little red light will be flashing. Occasionally, but not always, they will both return to normal after riding a bit. I started reading the resister mod posts. I went out and found a 1.5V AA Lithium battery connected between the negative terminal on the battery and the old probe's white spade connector. Haven't heard of a 1.5 v battery mod before. Just thought I'd ask if any of you have seen that.
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    Thanks Squeeze. I don't have an infrared thermometer (yet...my birthday's next week..... It's 70 degrees out this morning. I'm about to take about a 40 mile ride then see what the rear feels like when I stop.
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    So what was your problem when you installed the FJR rear end?
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    Yes:thumbsup2:
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    O.K. As a follow up, I read some posts on a VMax forum. Most of the guys talked about hot rear diffs on their VMaxs. Many considered the specified rear axle nut torque to be too high and lowered the torque (some by quite a bit) and think their diffs run much cooler now. Every time I have changed a rear tire on my VMax or Ventures, I stick with the recommended 110 ft/lb torque. Do y'all think that is too tight? Any of you ever use a different spec for your rear axle nuts? Rusty
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    Has anyone felt their rear differential after a ride to see how hot it gets. I've never really paid attention to mine in my Millenium. I see that some of the older diffs have cooling fins on them, but the newer ones don't. My issue: I put a 2008 Venture rear (the whole pumpkin - after machining the hole in the boss for the shock and plugging the speedo sensor hole) into my 1998 VMax to lower the rpms. Seems to work well and I like the 500 or so lower rpms at highway speed. Gas mileage is better too. But the diff seems to get pretty doggone hot to the touch after a ride. Now I know that I live in the south and it has been really hot lately. But I've had this bike since '99 and I didn't notice that heat with the original set-up. Could have been hot too, just never boticed it. I hear no cracking or creaking going on back there. Do you think I have something discombobulated? Any ideas?
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    There have been some pretty good points made on here. My Millenium's tripmeter and low fuel light took the "deep six" a few years ago @ somewhere around 30K on the clock. I've read several posts where this has happened to others. I'm probably going to change out the sending unit soon. What's to say that your fuel sending unit won't go out while you're riding and you end up stranded while you wait for the low fuel light and tripmeter to start up? I've worked in electrical/electronics all of my adult life and have a lot of faith in that stuff. But when they decide to croak, that's it, you're done. We all agree, I think, that wind, load, towing, and other conditions can cause our mileage to vary greatly, so we can't always figure on a certain mileage from a tank. If I fill up as soon as I switch to reserve, my tank pretty much always takes 4.5 gallons to refill. So, I continue to run my petcocks on all of my bikes as they were designed, with the petcock in the on position until I actually need reserve. My bike gives me plenty of warning before it runs out of the main tank. By the first "cough" I switch to reserve, simple as that. When I was growing up, none of the bikes had fuel warning lights, etc. So, if you forgot to switch your ride from reserve after filling up and ran completely dry later, you could have been the one on the side of the road, and the brunt of all jokes from your buddies. Why would anyone want to run their bikes on reserve all of the time? To each his own, I guess. The only reason I can see for always runing on reserve is if you constantly had a just long enough commute on a major highway that switching to reserve in traffic could be a problem (like slowing down in the fast lane) for you while you await the fuel pick up, so you run on reserve all of the time because you know you can make it home with fuel in the tank (now, was that a run-on sentence or what?) Is that a fair assumption? That said, the rain has cleared, I don't have to work tonight, so I'm going to the garage to see what wants to be ridden today, the pre-electronic rides or the more modern bells and whisltles ones. By the way: The wealth of info on this sight is absolutely astounding. I've beneffited a great deal from reading all of the posts and from actually meeting some of you at M&Es and along the roads. Y'all all oughta applaud yourselves.
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    Totally agree with Yammer Dan on the Castrol and on looking at the bottom half of the starburst (circle) on the back of the oil jugs. If that section is empty, I believe it is not energy conserving and - in my opinion - won't bother wet clutches. Since 1980, I've used Castrol 20/50 in all of my bikes and all of my autos (that didn't specify energy conserving oil like 5/30). Driven and ridden a gazillion miles and have never had any internal engine problems. Of course, I do all of my own maintenance in my shop because I don't trust my maintenance/repair jobs to anyone else. Maybe I'm a bit anal or maybe I just like to pull my own wrenches. Either way, Castrol has been good for my stuff. But, I also agree there are plenty of other good products out there.
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    Hey Yamaduck. Don't forget about me too. We'll have them seeing triplets. Rusty
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