BlueSky

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.

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A back door to the shed and you can ride it thru!

I know what you mean. I have a 29" inseam and I used to be 6' tall. I need long tailed shirts and short legged pants that are hard to find in my waist size. The Venture doesn't seem too tall for me though. Maybe it's those stock springs in the front?

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According to my manual, my 89 venture has a wet weight of 783lbs. I just looked up the wet weight of a 2007 FJR1300 and it is supposedly 644lbs. 141 lbs difference. I doubt the FJR will ride that differently from the Concours. The Concours has a rep for being more top heavy I think. I know the 2006 and earlier were very top heavy. They both have a 26 degree rake which makes them harder to track straight for cruising. The Venture has a 28.5 degree rake. I've been looking and thinking about a lighter comfortable replacement for my Venture for a long time and I haven't been able to come up with anything I would buy so far. I thought about a Honda ST1300 for a while but never bought. It's supposed to be easier to handle at low speeds than the other sport tourers. I'm like you in that I just don't like the cruiser style (harley clones) with their under powered vibrating v-twins.