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I just addressed this problem on my bike (05 Venture). The tech write up by V7Goose is a different problem than the cracked fairing. I called V7Goose and asked him what he would do to repair the fairing. He said to get a can of Oately ABS glue to repair the fairing. The glue will say for PVC for the front of the can but read the label on the back and if it says for ABS also, then get that. Per V7Goose if the tab isn't completely broken use a tooth pick to get the glue into the crack. Also put the broken pieces together then pull them apart to get the glue into the crack real good. The glue melts the two pieces together and I believe they are stronger than when new. I also did the fix V7Goose recommends for repairing the two tabs on each end of the metal piece that runs across the front. This piece has the holes for the windshield bolts. My windshield and fairing is stronger now than when new. For some people this may not take much time but I'm not mechanically inclined so it took me a full day. Hope you get yours repaired without a problem.

Last week I posted about going into the fairing to clean and grease the connections to my radio and found a bad crack in fairing. One of the tabs that are on the end of the chrome piece was completely broken and the tabs on each end of the metal piece that the shield bolts go into were broken. I used Oately ABS glue to repair the fairing and the end piece on the chrome peice. I did V7Goose's repair for the end tabs on the metal piece. The windshield is solid as a rock and there is no loose play in the shield when you clean it. I started at 5:30pm yesterday and worked until dark, about 8:30pm and started again at 10:00 this morning and finished at 2:30 this afternoon. I am whipped. It looks easy on paper but I was beginning to wonder if I was going to get everything back together. I thought I was going to have to cancel my trip for tomorrow through wednesday. I don't won't to go into the fairing for a long long time.

Went to dealer, they don't have one in stock. Shock. The did have a container that has different sizes of metric bolts, all stainless steel. There are two in the container that are the same size as the windshiled bolt but the head is a little larger which may be better. Will find out when I get home.

Thanks southbound. Now I am going to the dealer but doubt they have in stock. Removed my fairing and have one missing.

Anyone know the yamaha part number for the bolts that hold the windshield in place on an 05 venture. I think there are six. I looked at the part diagram on yamaha site but not sure about which bolt. Thanks.

Hey GAWildkat, Thanks for your reply. I would like to meet with you and Mike for help with the repair but I am going on a 4 day trip starting sunday so I have got to try to repair the crack before then. I may still need to get with you when I get back.

Hey Keith R, The first part of my post about the broken tab on the fairing isn't covered by the threads you mention but the second part of my question regarding the 2 bolts on each end of the metal part that holds the windshield bolts is covered by V7Goose's thread. I looked up the thread in the tech section yesterday and am going to try to do what he says. Thanks for your reply.

My radio has been going crazy so yesterday I went into the fairing. I don't have pictures yet but will try to describe what I found. Looking at the bike from the front and center the first tab to the right where a bolt goes to hold the windshield is cracked and the crack is almost completely across the tab. What is the best way to repair this? What kind of glue etc. Next the metal strip that has the 6 holes to bolt the windshiled is place is being held by a bolt in the center above the headlight. There are two bolts on each end of this piece that have a rubber washer and what looks like a rubber nut on the end and it appears there was a tab that this bolt attached to. It looks like a piece of the tab is broker so these two bolts are not doing anything to hold the metal piece in place. I'm very uneasy about riding my bike like this. It looks like the windshield could come off at speed. Any advise on how to fix this. The fairing was replaced under warranty in 2010 but is cracked already. Thanks for any help

I don't know why some people don't ever want a vent. I have had the clearview with a vent for 8 years and would never go to a shield without the vent. Everyone has their preference.

I have the clearview XL windshield with vent. Wife says there is no buffeting.

Yamaha sent a factory rep to my dealership to inspect my bike because of problems I had with the rear end. The factory rep said to use honda moly 60 and sent the yamaha mechanic to the honda dealership to pick up some. The yamaha factory rep said he used honda moly 60 for his personal use also.

I thought you were leaving this site. Why are you waiting?

I have an 05 Venture I purchased new. Have never put air in the front forks and bike handles fine.

I wouldn't want to be the guy in the front of the car.

Great news. It couldn't have happened to a better person. This lets you know Mike is a very qualified person to get a raise from Ga Farm Bureau. Just a couple of years ago they were almost broke. Not only could they not write new business but they had to get ride of existing business because they didn't have enough money in reserve to support the premim they had on the books. That's why they signed a contract with Progressive to sell auto insurance and Travlers and ASI to write homeowner insurance. They contracted with Foremost to sell mobile home insurance. Another suprise they got was settling the liability claim for the crematory they insured but the owner wasn't cremating the bodies. You might have seen this on the news. A friend of mine, a former farm bureau agent, knows the claims manager personally. There was a high level meeting with the executives and they asked the claims manager for his recommendation. He said we can settle this claim for 6 million and I recommend we do that and move on. The executives said no we are going to fight this. The claim was settled later for 93 million. This hurt the GA Farm Bureau. They should have never insured the crematory because they don't have the expertise for this kind of commercial account. This doesn't have anything to do with Mike but just wanted you all to know.

With most insurance companies if you carry comprehensive coverage you can get roadside assistance for an auto for about $1.67 per month and for a motorcycle for about $7.00 per year.

If you disconnect the tape player does that disconnect the port for a MP3?

Oh, I left out my main question. The new software program we will have to run is windows 7. So I was wondering why we couldn't upgrade to windows 7 with our current computers.

Thanks for the replies. We are an independent insurance agency, so we don't have an insurance company telling us what to do. It is true microsoft won't be doing any upgrades, patches etc. We do have a firewall and wouldn't turn on our computers without antivirus protection. We use the business version of avast. The IT guy did say every hacker out there will probably being going after businesses using xp. Our computers work fine and I didn't want to buy new computers unless it was necessary. It is always something. It never ends.

Background: Insurance agency. Have a server, Dell power edge 830, Two Dell Opti Plex GX620's and one Dell latitude D830 laptop using a replicator. The two desktops and laptop are used as workstations. All put in service in 2006 using windows xp professional. The IT guy we use was in last week to tell us microsoft won't be servicing windows xp. We knew that. He says we will have to buy a new server and workstations and use windows 7 professional. Do you guys agree that we will have to have new computers. I thought we could just change from xp to windows 7. Thanks for your expertise.

You can't fix stupid. School administrators seem to be the worst with their no tolerance. It should be called "no intelligence".

When I think it can't get any worse it does. The grammys were pure trash. I saw different segments of the the grammys on the news the next day. Was madonna dressed like colonel Sanders or Boss Hog. Pure Trash.

The new goldwing and valykrie have a similar loook.

I used Daytimers for years but switched to Anytime Deluxe a few years ago. I like the program but I need a program where you can scan documents into the program. Anyone know of a good organizer that you can scan documents into the program. Anytime Deluxe would be excellent if you could scan.

An oxymoron: Military Intelligence