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  1. Marcarl
    Is it the muffler or collector box you speak of.
  2. Marcarl
    We will ask for guidance and peace for all of you.
  3. Marcarl
    Couple of things I've noticed. Your reservoir should have an expansion chamber in it, in other words there is a rubber cell in the top, one part with the gasket and it looks like the air bag of a accordion. This design is so that there is lots of expansion room available in the reservoir as it fills about half the space. The calipers need to be very clean and you must remove the seals to get this done right. Crap will work it's way under the seals and so make things run tight. The piston is not the most important, seeing as most of it does not deal with anything under pressure or with the brake fluid. It should be clean though, to keep everything else clean, and if it's starting to pit and rust, you should replace it. There is a wee little pin hole in the master cylinder that will also give you the same symptoms, if it's not clean. It's not easy to see and bit of a rotter to find, but if you haven't dealt with it, you probably haven't found it yet.
  4. Marcarl
    Hey, the job site looks nicely cleaned up,,,, has the dept of labor been there recently?
  5. Marcarl
    It did it again,,, this morning of all times, just turned the ignition on, and voila, no LEDs. So did further checking. All incandescents work. I have the front air scoop and the wheel covers with incandescent in them, and they came on. Brakes lights worked, LEDs. Headlight and driving lights worked, also incandescent. So what doesn't work are the running lights that are LEDs. They are not all grounded together, so I have more than one grounding spot. They are powered from the running light circuit at random, so also not from a central spot. When I start the bike, they come on right away.
  6. Marcarl
    OK, that's one thing he can do without,,, and that's those mirrors,,, because,,,,,, the 1st gens are always out front,,, maybe better offer him a set of binoculars.
  7. Marcarl
    You'll find more than one spring in there. There's six of them and they is all held in place with bolts that don't like it iffen you tighten them a little too snug. 5.8 ft pounds is the torque you are looking for.
  8. Marcarl
    No wonder we are what we are,,,,,, everybody comes here picking our brains. Is it any wonder we don't have any left?
  9. Marcarl
    We all knew all about those events and figured FreeBird was safe for at least this year, now we'll have to get him a Bird Mobile to keep him safe from you.
  10. Marcarl
    Here's the scoop: 1985 Venture Royale 148,000 km New stator and RR AGM battery showing 12.36 volts, sitting for 36 hours All lights are LEDs except for headlight, signals and driving lights. LEDs are wiring in to the running light circuits at random, and brake lights are LEDs as well. Outside temp about 10 degrees C or 50 degrees F Here's the gremlin(s) Wayne and I were out for a ride on Wednesday night. Rode for about 1.5 hours then stopped for coffee. Wayne said that one of my LED banks in my trunk was flickering, so after coffee went out to check it out. I turned on the key to light up my life and low and behold, NONE of the LEDs were working. I tried again but still nothing. So I fired up the scoot and revved it up, blink, blink and all the lights were working. Turned everything off and had the same scenario. So I drove home figuring to check it out and fix the issue. Now I don't have any issues at all,,,,can't get it to repeat. Did I leave the gremlins at Timmies, or are they hiding somewhere?
  11. Marcarl
    You could have made a shorter garage, or lower the roof,,,, or moved to a different neighborhood.
  12. Marcarl
    My wife says I have 6 kids and 17 grandkids, not bad for a 25 year old Dutchman.!.!
  13. Marcarl
    Can I come too??? just kidding, we have 'company' this weekend, bet she'll want to go for a ride though!!!!!!
  14. Marcarl
    Bet they were in a hurry and thought it was a HD, and when they stood up to give the final yank they realized that it was a real bike,,, so they left it!
  15. Marcarl
    Depends on where we are going.
  16. Marcarl
    Not a whole lot of luck at this website Earl,,,, maybe did something wrong,,, could you check it out?
  17. Marcarl
    I have a resistor on my scoot that works for almost anything. If there is too much voltage it gets switched to amperage on the fly, and if the amperage gets too hot, it dissipates through the helmet. I have not tested it for small items, seeing as I don't have a small item situation, but I am sure that if I had a small item that would be resisted as well. As far as letting out the smoke is concerned, if and when that should happen, I suggest leaving the scoot where it's at and run for safety.
  18. Marcarl
    Never had that happen to us,,,, I can only imagine the feeling of loss. Praying for you all, and will ask for the Comforter to be present.
  19. Marcarl
    Can't really say that I'm starting a ride night again just yet, but tomorrow looks good so I plan to go for ride. Next week I have a meeting, but after that it will be every Wednesday night. 6:30 pm is when I plan to leave,,,, any comers or hangers on?
  20. Marcarl
    Just by chance I have a Slip Stream on mine, it's a part donation from another member here,,, I forget who. Anyways, I've had it installed for 6 seasons, and so far am a happy camper.
  21. Marcarl

    Caution

    Marcarl replied to Marcarl's topic in Watering Hole

    No, there was nothing wrong with the Avon,,,, the Metzler had a piece missing, showing the threads. Sorry about the confusion, guess I figured everybody had a handle on the Metzlers.
  22. Marcarl
    Now is that Lancaster, or Lancaster? Only 10 toolboxes,,, ya right,,,,, have you looked on your workbench lately, and the shed out back, and under the workbench, and in front of Blondie and behind Blondie and on the walls???
  23. Marcarl
    It even kind of looks like a Venture,,, maybe it's a VentureWannaBe. Best of all to you and your new ride,,, enjoy!
  24. Marcarl

    Caution

    Marcarl posted a topic in Watering Hole

    Don't want to make this another tire thread,,, no need,,,, just want to report that I was riding with a friend yesterday, who rides a Wing,,, not that it matters,,,, but he had his tires changed to Avons,,,,,,,,, from????????????? Metzlers,,,,,,,, and why am I making this post??????? he was surprised that when they showed him the rear tire there was a piece missing. It was time to change the tire, but not super urgent. We do not know the date on the tire, how many miles or how long it's been on the scoot. just so you know
  25. Marcarl
    Cheektowaga,,, your kidding RIGHT?
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