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Seems a bit steep to me, but it's hard to say without seeing it in person. I picked up an '86 in extremely good condition with about 23000 miles on the clock for $2300.00. It had been sitting in a garage for for quite a long time but needed nothing but a battery to be road worthy. Granted, the head cover gaskets seep just a tiny bit. I also got extremely lucky with an '06 RSV with about 4 times the miles but also very well maintained for the same $. I would definitely want to see it in person and take a test run. Not sure I could justify $3900.00 unless it is truly immaculate though.

How's the Maxim coming? I'd love to see some pics when she's back on the road.

The FOBO Bike 2 arrived today and is up and running. Super cool! As for the Tee fittings, they will have to wait til I put new rubber on as I hadn't thought about the fact that the current stems are rubber. I'll install the short steel stems that came with the FOBO when I do the new tires and then install the Tees. In retrospect, I should have ordered the hard mount Tees. That's what I get for buying stuff spur of the moment!

Glad I stopped by this thread again! I was feeling a little down as the last time I checked the fuel economy of the '06, I was only seeing 36MPG rather than the 41MPG that I got the first few tanks. I had completely forgotten the Speedo DRD would effect the odometer. Next trip I'll run a GPS odometer and check to see what the differential is.

I have dabbled at knife making for many years. I'm sure I've posted pictures of some of my past projects up here from time to time. I have always used what's known in the industry as the stock removal method, i.e., I start with either a piece of flat bar stock or a pre cut flat blade blank and remove everything that isn't a knife. Then I make and attach the handle or scales. It has been a very rewarding hobby and I've even made a dollar or two here and there selling a project when I get bored with it. The whole family became obsessed with the Forged In Fire series a few years ago and we all started watching Youtube videos from Alec Steele and Jason Knight around the same time. About a month ago my son asked me when I was going to build a forge. My wife looked at me and said "Yah, when are you going to build a forge?" That was a mistake. As it turns out, I could buy a two burner propane forge from a builder in Ukraine for less than I could build one. Thank you ebay! Anvils are, evidently made of solid gold. after perusing ebay and craigslist for a few weeks and finding nothing but hunks of rust for $1,500.00-$3,500.00 I gave up on finding the deal of the century and ordered a nice 70 lb. knife maker's anvil for $400+/- from Centaur Forge in NC. Then I found out that black smith tongs are fairly expensive as well. This time Amazon was my savior. I found a set of pre cut blanks to make five sets of tongs from Ken's Custom Iron on Amazon, all 5 were about the cost of one good pre made set. I remembered a youtube video Alec Steele did a few years ago about making a good smithing hammer from a cheap Harbor Freight hammer. Off to HF to corner the market on hammers. 2 ball peen hammers, 2 one hand sledge hammers and a cross peen hammer, a couple flapper discs for the right angle grinder and about 3 hours labor and I have a decent set of hammers for the forge. Then a trip to the local welding supply store for a leather apron, some wire brushes, soap stone, etc, etc. Last weekend my wife and I went down to Logan OH for a beginner's Blacksmithing class at The Southern Ohio School of Black Smithing with Doug Lockheart and family in lieu of the Rally at the Shores(Thanks Bro Cuomo!) We had a great time, made some new friends and learned some basic smithing skills. While we were at the class, my son built the anvil stand and set up up the forge on the back patio. Yesterday I got to work and made a couple pairs of tongs which I used today to forge my first knife from 1095 bar stock. I am STOKED! I am now, truly a knife maker! Granted, it is far from perfect and will need some serious work on the slack grinder, but it is still a hand forged blade that I MADE! All this so I could post up some pictures. The forge: The Tongs: The blade before I forged the tang: And with the tang: u Like I said, it will need some work on the slack grinder but all in all, I think it turned pretty good for my first serious smithing attempt. The knife, when finished will be a Scottish Sgian Dubh(pronounced "skiːən ˈduː/ skee-ən-DOO") to accessorize the utility kilt my son talked me into buying, and I actually rather like to my surprise. I like it so much I ordered another one. To anyone who actually made it through this epic, long winded post to see the pictures, THANK YOU!

Wow! That's a great deal. Sure wish I had that kind of scratch laying around. It would be kind of cool to a have Gen 1 MK1, a Gen 1 MK 2, a Gen 2 and a Gen 3 together in the garage!

1st Gen. refers to the original Yamaha Venture made from 1983 to 1993 and is also broken down further to MK1('83-'85) and MK2('86-'93) These are a more traditional Touring styled bike along the lines of the Honda Gold Wing 2nd Gen refers to the more American Cruiser styled Ventures produced from 1999-2013 and includes the Royal Star Venture and the Tour Deluxe Both have the water cooled V4 engine that also, in a modified version powers the Vmax power sport bike. In my mind, passing lights and driving lights are the same equipment but can be wired differently. I.e., only on with low beams or always on, etc.

The Morgan Carbtune Pro seems to be the most popular one around here. I have it and have had no problems with it. I've used it for many years on many different bikes. https://www.carbtune.com/

That doesn't promote their agenda. The people pulling the strings couldn't care less about Black Lives, White Lives or any lives but their own. eliminating Black on Black crime does nothing to hold the masses under their thumb.

That almost looks like someone was running 2 stroke oil in the fuel. Dirty 2 stroke oil.

I've got two that need re soldered. I'm just too darned lazy to do it! I can usually putz with the one installed right now and get it to work long enough to set or check the pressures.

just throwing stuff at the wall:banana: I'd start by checking the fan switch. If the over heat indicator came on but the fan wasn't running, it's either the switch or the fan itself. Of course it is possible that the water pump is shot. You did say that it was low on coolant. Water pumps typically leak when they go bad. That would not account for the fan not running though.

If you look in the accessories section, there are two different styles of T fitting. One is installed in place of your valve stem and the other just screws onto your existing valve stem. I ordered the ones that screw on. I put angled valve stems on The beast to make checking and filling easier. I am going to try these Ts on the '06. They look to be about an 1-1/2" long with a side stem, so you mount the TPS sensor on the top leg and fill through the side leg, 90 deg. opposed from the standard stem.

Thanks! I just order a set of these and the T fittings for the '06.

https://www.tonnopro.com/just/tonno-pro-hf-360-tonno-pro-hard-fold-tri-folding-truck-bed-cover I have the soft tri fold from Tonno Pro on my '08 F150 and it is a great cover for the money. Installation is stupid easy and fast. I bought mine through Auto Zone when I worked there.

I used these on my '83 and they worked perfectly. https://www.ebay.com/itm/311235893434 Oops! It looks like those aren't available from that seller any more. Still a google search for '76- '87 Honda GL1100 caps should do the trick.

Here is the correct assembly

I miss spoke in my previous post. The screw with the gasket is not on the stator cover but is the bottom screw in "mid" cover behind the stator cover. See parts 22 & 23

Is one of the missing screws at the bottom of the stator cover? One of those screws needs a copper gasket as it actually penetrates into the oil sump/crank case. Also, the spot where the stator wires exit the stator cover is notorious for leaking oil.

I wouldn't call it "jumpy" the movement isn't a smooth sweep like a coil deflection needle or a rotary actuated needle. That's just the nature of an LCD display with a fairly low resolution. Another vote for the 12 O'Clock labs SpeedoDRD device. Use their calculator to figure your setting and make sure to get your data at 55-60 MPH. It took 10 minutes to install and program on my '06 and it's speedo is dead on now.

Well, I didn't make the Niagara run but we did ride down to Hocking Hills/Logan, OH for a Blacksmithing class and the phone mount was solid. Rock steady, no vibration and the wireless charging work perfectly with my S10+. I didn't hard wire mine to the battery, I wired in a power port connector(cigarette lighter adapter) and plugged it into the power port in the left inner fairing. That way there is no chance that I forget to turn it off and kill the battery.

I have never used POR-15. I have had great success cleaning 30 year old gas tanks with white vinegar. Fill the tank 1/2-2/3 with vinegar and let it soak over night. Flip it over and soak overnight again. Rinse immediately with gasoline as it will flash rust if you use water.

I haven't pulled the plugs on my '06 yet but, I seem to recall several discussions here about the Gen 2s having some oil residue that winds up being on the left side. IIRC, it's from blow by vapors that run to left when on the side stand. I'm sure someone will come by with some real information soon!

Didn't read through all of this but, Here Ya Go! https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?135681-Sena-Freewire-works-on-the-2018-Venture And this: https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?135689-Take-your-2018-Star-Venture-wireless-with-Sena-Freewire

So, what exactly does this do for you? There don't appear to be any speakers included, so I assume it pairs with Bluetooth ear buds. Does it have integrated streaming services or does it have to be paired with a phone or radio? If so what is the advantage over just pairing your buds to your phone? Now I get that the Pro model adds a noise cancelling microphone, but don't the upper tier Cardo and Sena's also have integral noise cancelling microphones? I'm not seeing what this adds to anything for a seeming exorbitant cost.