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https://www.ebay.com/itm/BATWING-FAIRING-WINDSHIELD-4-YAMAHA-STRYKER-MODELS/323952403083?fits=Model%3AStryker%7CMake%3AYamaha&hash=item4b6d11628b:g:WjoAAOSw37VeY2t5 Dozens come up on fleabay.

Just food for thought. I am still getting used to the cruise control controls and I find if I am not actually looking at the right control pod I have a tendency to hit the cruise control cancel switch when I am trying to hit the start button.

I installed the trunk lid luggage rack on Beauty today. Considering side bag lid guards as well.

The 1986 XVZ13D (S-E) Factory Service Manual list the valve cover bolt spec to be 7.2 ft-lb or 10 Nm In reality, you are probably not going to get a torque wrench on all of them anyway. The valve cover bolts bottom out on a shoulder and the rubber cushion is what tightens the cover down on the gasket. Just bottom them out and give a good added snugging. Or, as my motor pool Msgt. used to say, torque them to "Gutentight". ETA: As usual, Marcarl beat me to the punch!

An old school carb clean method is to mix lemon juice concentrate and distilled water 1/1 and heat to boiling on a hot plate. Dump the whole carb in and simmer for several hours. This can sometimes smell pretty bad. I wouldn't do it in the kitchen. after everything cools down clean it up with non chlorinated brake parts cleaner. This method does not destroy the rubber bits that are not already completely unserviceable.

With Ohio shut down and my job, unaccountably (I provide service and essential parts supply to every major pharmaceutical company and medical research center in the country) deemed non essential I have been working from home so I have had a good bit of free time lately. Kris is laid off for the foreseeable future So far I have upgraded the lighting in the master bath and kitchen to controllable LED fixtures(also a new incandescent vanity light in the bathroom), installed new, seat height, elongated bowl, high efficiency water closet fixtures upstairs and down, picked up ceramic tile, a new shower stall and all necessary sundries to remodel the downstairs apartment bathroom, and carpet tiles for the rest of the downstairs floor plan. Kris and I have been providing daycare for the grand daughter as my son is the only one of us still putting in 40 hours a week outside of the house. This makes getting the above mentioned projects done a bit of a challenge. As it happens, it is possible though not confirmed that our whole family has contracted the WuFlu and recovered with only mild symptoms. It's also possible that we all just coincidentally had minor colds and or flu. Your guess is as good as mine. All in all, we're all good here!

Yeah, I already screwed up. I spent the day upgrading the kitchen and master bath lighting. I'll dedicate tomorrow to following the CDC's directive to be a hermit. Hmm, I need to take stock of the liquor cabinet.

I paid $1.79/gal last week. I see prices from $1.79-$2.00/gal in the NE Ohio area. The Cincinnati are was slightly higher a few days ago

I just ordered this: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B085RQWRQT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The plan is to mount it on the trunk luggage rack when needed.

This web store still has the REDA cans listed and they also have another brand that is of similar design. http://www.eglidegoodies.com/id357.html

A Nova by any other name is still a POC:2cents: Nova, Omega, Ventura, Appolo; Every broke teenaged motorhead's salvation in the '80s

PM sent. Prayers up. Give our best wishes for speedy recovery to your daughter in law.

So, white smoke is not good from anywhere. But, please clarify where, exactly you see white "smoke"( is there any chance it's steam?) The '83 will run right on the red line of the temp gauge. The fan should kick on when the needle hits the red. That is normal.

another one https://www.ebay.com/itm/2007-Yamaha-Royal-Star-Venture-XVZ13-XVZ-1300-Rear-Fender-Tail-License-Plate-A5/193358682319?hash=item2d051358cf:g:J5AAAOSwoBtW6uqb:sc:USPSFirstClass!44429!US!-1

There's a black one on ebay right now: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-XVZ1300-XVZ-Royal-Star-1300-2005-2013-License-Plate-Base-141369/333541569569?hash=item4da8a07421:g:1B0AAOxy0NtTGCAo

BTW,

Good Morning reddwarf19655! First off, It's a Venture, not a Ventura(that's a Chevy;)). Second the battery is an 18L. If your venture has the battery water level probe still intact, you will either want to get a lead acid battery and install the probe in the 3rd or 4th cell in place of the cap or if you go with an AGM battery you will have to either deal with the battery warning light flashing or do a simple modification with a rsistor to get the warning light to go away. https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?489-Battery-Warning-Bypass BTW, The '83 is a great bike even without second gear and you got it for a steal if it is at all rideable!

Monster Bobber???? :banana::banana::banana::banana:

Marked the date on my calendar! It would be nice if Kris can get her Vento(Virago 250) on the road by then. It would also be great if my boy can break free so Beauty and The Beast can run together for the weekend.

I doubt there is anything available that will be anywhere near plug and play. If I were going to do this, I'd look at a split Harley Fatbob tank. There may be metric equivalents, IDK. A split tank will be the easiest, IMHO to mount and make look nice.

I'd double check the cable routing from the sheild seat to the cam/pulley. IIRC, you can get one or both cables on the wrong side of an axle and it looks fine but doesn't work very well. There are some plastic bits on the axial links that look like the cable should be run over them but they don't actually ever contact the cables.

I've never been an ATGATT (All The Gear, All The Time) guy. I gear up for the occasion. I get it, there is no way to see the future and know for certain that I won't be involved in an accident. I also know how many miles and how many years I have logged on two wheels without a real accident. That is not luck. I have actively avoided major catastrophe on many occasions, several of which I might not have been able to see/hear/anticipate if I had been wearing a full face helmet. So, to answer the question; No, I certainly do NOT always wear a helmet

The fan won't kick in until the gauge gets almost into the red. On my '83, it is actually into the red before the fan kicks on. I still contend that the reason for the blow out was 37 year old heater hose.

I'd venture:cool: to say the problem is 37 year old rubber heater hose. You said your temp gauge was in the normal range and the blowout did not burn you severely. I'd replace the T-stat just because and all the rubber hoses, cause they're old, ya' know. $0.02 YMMV

Riding a motorcycle is as close to flying as most of us will ever get.