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A lot of us have commented about the changes Yamaha made to the Venture, air/oil cooled v-twin instead of the more expensive water cooled V4, belt drive instead of the more expensive drive shaft and made similar statements about how it isn't a Venture. I'm sure it's a great bike but nothing like its heritage. All in the way a guy perceives things. The new GW is mainly just a little smaller, lighter, with an updated flat six and new front suspension. It's not even close to an FJR. The FJR has a semi-sport bike seating position with your legs folded up and leaning forward with weight on your arms with only 26 degrees rake. New GW has an upright riding position like always with a 30.5 degree rake for cruising. I can understand why some GW owners are disappointed if they want those huge comfy seats for all day touring. Yamaha went after the Harley touring market and Honda has never done that. Looks like they went a little to the German touring bike side.

I was about to be drafted when I volunteered. So, I wasn't really a hero trying to save the world. But, I would never have considered going to Canada to avoid the military like many did. The training was tough and the assignment to S. Korea was a hardship tour, but I'm glad I got the experience of being in the military. I learned a lot about troubleshooting electrical equipment and I learned a lot about the world and life. Just about everybody my age knew someone who died in Viet Nam and that includes me. A friend died over there, a cousin came home with a bullet hole in his abdomen, and another friend came home with a bullet creased helmet as a souvenir that he had been wearing. 58,220 potential Venture riders we lost in Nam. About 350,000 more were wounded. Terrible times.

My 81 CB900C had a fairing that I believe was the same as the Goldwing fairing. They also have a driveshaft. Nobody has mentioned that yet.

Thank you for your service Joe! I googled navy designations and found that ET usually meant Electronics Technician but couldn't find what the C meant. What does that stand for? Looking at the navy designations, my job in the army would be FC for fire control since my job was repairing the equipment that tracked the target, tracked and guided the missile, and fired the missile. It was nerve racking when we had a drill and the operators found something out of tolerance and I was called in to repair it quickly or advise the Battery Commander on what to do next, such as the signal from the missile was too weak. That happened one time and after advising the BC of it, he terminated the drill instead of selecting another missile and continuing and he caught some heat over that. If I had been smarter, I would have suggested selecting another missile and saved his butt. I don't think he held it against me though because he praised me when I left to go home from S. Korea. The maintenance group in the fire control area was headed by a Warrant Officer who could BS with the best and knew very little. I was tempted to suggest to the BC that he request another but I was afraid he would hold me over and I didn't want that to happen. We were on a site way out in the rice paddies and the Warrant Officer was changed at least 3 times. The first two were good at their jobs, but the last one was a complete zero. At least he wasn't nasty or at least to me because when I left I was the best tech that he had.

Look at it this way. The USA already has a trade deficit with Canada. And as the Canadian money loses value against the USA dollar it will help Canada sell more goods to the USA. Canada is currently our 2nd largest goods trading partner with $544.0 billion in total (two-way) goods trade during 2016. Goods exports totalled $266.0 billion; goods imports totalled $278.1 billion. The U.S. goods trade deficit with Canada was $12.1 billion in 2016."Feb 9, 2018

I bought a CD off ebay that has many of the Yamaha bike's manuals. Accoring to it the slider pins are supposed to be torqued to 18 ft lbs and the bolts that hold the caliper to the forks should be torqued to 29 ft lbs.

I owned a CB900C also for quite a while. It's a great bike. That two speed second tranny didn't change the gearing that much but it helped.

Sounds good Skid! I'm always ready for burgers and fries!

Ahh, I didn't even notice the two exhaust pipes instead of four... 45 hp from what I read.

After googling 86 nighthawks, I can't find a photo of an engine that looks like the one in yours?

And one front brake disc. My Kawa has two. Is it a 700cc? Is that your GW?

If you hadn't traded trucks, would you have still busted your budget?

Very similar to my 85 Kawasaki ZN700. Except my Kawa has 74hp instead of your Honda with 80 and my Kawa has a 5 speed. The other difference is my Kawa has a disc brake in the rear and the Honda has a drum brake. Both have shaft drive. Yep, fun to ride for sure!

We'll be happy to see you return if you settle down and buy another bike. Heck we'll be happy to see you return if you don't buy another bike. Best Wishes!

Maybe change the thermostat? Maybe even use a lower temp thermostat?

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Yeah, I still see that 95 Honda Goldwing trike for sale for $1,000. Should send him the money by paypal and then go pick it up to make sure it isn't sold to someone else!

I just completed ours. For some strange reason we pay less taxes if we file separately. So, 2 Fed returns and 2 NC returns. When I was contracting in other states, I started using turbotax and found out that sometimes the state returns were not correct. So, I had to do them myself. I don't like turbotax keeping all my tax information anyway.

Yep, the stator/rotor makes AC power and it is converted to DC.

Sounds like he needs a manual. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Suzuki-Factory-Service-Manual-with-Binder-SR-8010-E3-suzuki-dealer-GS750L-manual/201805603245?hash=item2efc8d21ad:g:a3sAAOSwo4pYlLaa&vxp=mtr

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Your bike may need new bushings in the forks if the seals aren't lasting like they should.

Anybody remember the mini-series "How the West Was Won" starring James Arness, Eva Marie Saint, Fionnula Flanagan, Bruce Boxleitner, and Richard Kiley? It was fantastic. I watched it as a re-run in 94 or 95. Then in the last couple of years, it came out for sale finally and I bought the whole series for me and my wife to watch. My Russian wife loves western movies.

Don't know about the 2nd Gens, but the first gens starting in 86 have 4 piston calipers. I bought an R1 caliper and it doesn't look like the total pistons diameter is any larger than the stock caliper pistons. The pads are the same size. The pistons in the R1 Caliper are different sizes perhaps causing the improved braking. If your stock calipers are clean and working properly, I doubt you will see much improvement. Just my smelly opinion. I haven't installed mine yet and doubt that I will because the hose has to be twisted to mate up to the R1 caliper.

I just watched a western movie on showtime this morning named "Texas Rangers". Not bad. I enjoyed it. I also love the movie "The Outlaw Josie Wales" as well as a couple other Clint Eastwood westerns like "High Plains Drifter" and the series "Lonesome Dove" is super good. The book, "Gone to Texas" was what Josie Wales was based on and the book is at least as good as the movie. Lonesome Dove is 6 hours long and my kids typically don't like westerns but they sat through the whole thing with me hating to even get up and go the bathroom.