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I'll have to check to see if I have the Laser Max. If nothing else, you could send me the laser and I'd send it back with the holster. Do you have the original LCP or the LCP2?

FlyinFool, What gun are looking to pocket carry? I can probably do a Kydex pocket holster for you.

Well, I could not even instigate a wobble on the ride in to work this morning. Maybe I imagined it? I did, however find a seeping leak from the left anti dive/fork seal. Not dripping but definitely seeping.

I did not drop the front end for anything. I didn't even remove the fork brace at the fender. Just pulled the calipers, fender and wheel. I added a pump (small hand pump) probably 4-5psi to the forks at Bob's urging. The wobble seemed to be diminished greatly on the ride home from work yesterday. I doubt that little bit of air pressure made the difference. It's more likely, in my view that I either exaggerated the wobble in my mind. I'm putting close to 100 mi./day on her so I'll see how it goes today.

When I got off the plane coming home after Desert Storm/Desert Shield there was a contingent of Vietnam veterans there to welcome us back. They told me there was no way they were going to let one of us come home without a family to meet us.

This winter I delinked the brakes and installed Progressive springs in the front. I also got a new custom seat. All of which necessitated adjusting the rear suspension. So I am running no air in the front and 40psi in the rear. The ride is at least 2" higher than with the old springs @ 12psi in the front and the rear shock air maxed out. When I installed the progressives, I did a non technical check of the head bearings. They felt fine. No hitches and good motion from stop to stop when pushed. The front wheel bearings also felt and sounded good. The bike now has a distinct front wobble at 40mph. Not uncontrollable but worse than I'm comfortable with. She always had a slight wobble when decelerating through 35mph. Very slight, almost unnoticeable. Oh, the trials and tribulations of riding vintage scooters!

Doesn't anyone make an after market fork brace?

Any Gen 1(1983-1993{?}) clutch master cylinder should work. The front brake masters are different MKI to MKII but are backward compatible.

Are you talking about the clutch master cylinder? The clutch slave cylinder? Or the friction clutch assembly it's self? There are a plethora of Venture master cylinders, both clutch and brakes on ebay and the clutch slave is still available new from Yamaha and most vendors(partzilla, boats.net, etc.) PM skydoc_17 here. he may have everything you need.

I listed local guidance, tools and mechanical help available. I don't have a trailer but I do have an 8" bed and ramp on the pickup. Should I also list trailer as available for recovery?

Steven, It looks like the missing post is in the Carb Rebuild Parts thread.

OP, The plastic box in the above picture looks to be the YICS chamber to me. It will have four hoses that go to vacuum ports on the heads. It can be removed and the ports capped.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/K-S-CARB-AIR-CUTOFF-VALVE-SET/311303198756?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649#vi-ilComp I haven't used them, but there they are.

You can build a vin to match the current "requirements" there is a strict formula for them but I don't know it off the top of my head. I seem to recall a thread floating around here somewhere that went through it. I did this for an '81 Yamaha SECA for my insurance agent. Her under writers kept kicking my policy due to an "invalid VIN" so I built the VIN from the formula and there was never another problem. I don't know if this will work for the licensing agency, but it might be worth a try.

Those Harbor Freight T-Handle Allens are OK for most light work but they will probably not be strong enough for the clutch slave job. Get a set of 1/4" or 3/8" drive hex drive sockets and an extension set. The cheap stuff at HF will work fine in that style.

Sad to see you go MiCarl! I enjoyed your posts at the XJ forum as well as here. You should still come around from time to time and keep us updated on your tractors. BTW, I was born at Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna, OH. Literally right around the corner from Speedex.

That is the YICS chamber. Yamaha Induction Control System An inovative piece of Nippon engineering that looks great on paper and may even give some modicum of real wold advantage, but actually doesn't do much. A lot of us have just removed them and capped off the YICS ports on the heads. In the XJ series engines the YICS chamber was milled into the head and you needed a special tool to block it off for synchronizing the carbs. I just left mine blocked on a couple XJs and never saw any performance or efficiency difference. My Gen1 MK1 Ventue's YICS chamber was leaking badly when I got so I just removed it.

I found a 1986 VR on CL in Sydney, OH. About 200 miles from me. The post clearly stated there was no title and the crappy pictures(13 of them) showed a bike that had been partialy torn down. "I bought this to build a trike and then changed my mind." was the gist of the description. The asking price was $300.00 The only damage I could see in the pictures was a fairly harsh scrape on the top rear corner of the "cheekbone" of the left main fairing. it didn't look smashed, just scarred. I called and a asked specifically if there was any serious damage to any of the plastics as they were my main interest. He said the scrape in the picture was the worst of it but there were some other scrapes and scratches. Nothing broken. I dove down there today. 3hrs, 18 minutes one way. That thing looked like it had been run over buy a truck The scrape in the picture was the best part of all the plastics! The bike was in a pile at the edge of the road just off the driveway with a "for sale" sign sitting on top of the mess. It looked like it had been sitting there all winter, uncovered. What did this idiot think I was going to do? Just give him $300.00 for a pile of crap because I just drove 3 hours and didn't want to go home empty handed? It was all I could do to not slap the stupid off of the guy. I took one look and said "Thanks for wasting my Saturday", got in the truck and left a skid mark down his driveway. Why can't people be honest? Serious question.

The Ignitech should work with the factory "Boost Sensor" for timing advance. BTW, did you have Ignitech set the programming for COP application?

Just a little good natured ribbing there Pucster! I happen to agree with you about the factory gen 1 seats. Mine's just in bad shape and after 3 years of looking for a decent replacement, I gave up and ordered a new custom seat.

I am primarily interested in the main fairings, side covers and lower fairings. If I can trade sub frames and luggage, I might do that. I will keep the front end for swapping next off season. So, my '83 windshield will not fit on the '86 fairing? I ask because it looks in the pictues like the '86 windshield has been shortened to about 8" Am I going to have to trade all the fairing mounts as well?

I found a 1986 VR on Craigslist about 160 mi. from me. He is asking $300.00 OBO. He says he bought the bike to make a trike. He tore it apart but never did anything else with it. He claims it ran before he dismantled it. He didn't say it ran well, just "It ran." He said the plastic is all there and mostly good. Only one or two cracks, supposedly. He does not have a title. I am going to be about 40 miles away from him for a couple days next week. I'm going to try to carve out the time to go take a look at it. My question is this: Is my assumption that everything except the luggage is compatible with my '83 correct?

Hmm, that looks an awful lot like a custom, aftermarket seat there Puc... :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/311235893434 The above link is for a set of four plug caps for the '76-'87 Honda GL1000/1100/1200 which calls for the NGK DPR8EA-9 spark plugs. I just ordered a set. I'll let everyone know if they work, but I can't imagine why the won't.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/311235893434 I thought I'd resurrect this thread and add an option I found. The above link is for a set of four plug caps for the '76-'87 Honda GL1000/1100/1200 which calls for the NGK DPR8EA-9 spark plugs. I just ordered a set. I'll let everyone know if they work, but I can't imagine why the won't.