LibertarianCRF

Mm. That was unclear. Rear brake is the issue. I just replaced the clutch discs so I wasn't able to tell if the oil I'm seeing coating the lines is brake fluid from the brake lines, or oil from the case. I'll take a look at it tonight.

Riding last week and noted that the brake needed to be depressed further than normal to engage so I thought maybe and adjustment was needed before new pads. Got clear into the "spongy" feel a few days later. Yesterday while riding it lost all resistance. Spring was the only thing giving it any tension. Hooked up a vacuum pump and ran fresh fluid through it. Never got a consistent stream of fluid into the collection tank and hose had lots of bubbles but I could watch the fluid going down on the resevoir. It is back to spongy resistance and is braking the bike, but it's not 5 by 5 yet. I cannot see any clear leaks but I replaced the clutch spring and friction discs so I need to recheck it today now that I've gotten all of the oil cleaned up and given it an opportunity to leak again.

My name is Trey and I hail from West-ish Texas. I'm a Nursing Home Administrator and love motorbikes. Previous scoot was a Honda Valkyrie and loved it, but my current needs put me wanting something with better fuel mileage (I commute about 2 hours round-trip per day) and I'm at an age that I'm interested more in comfort. Spent some time looking around and found that the Royal Star Midnight Ventures checked the boxes I wanted and looked good doing it. Found that the Venture shared a lot of the same technology as the Valk (shaft drive etc), but was designed to be easy to access for maintenance. It was a good move. Like the Valkyrie, I suspect that finding mechanincs that will tear into these Ventures will be difficult, so I wanted to introduce myself here and position myself with access to experience and hopefully some walk throughs on maintenance and repairs. Found quite a few good ones on YouTube. Looks like it's going to be one of the easiest big-bikes I've services and I cannot quantify how excited about that I am. For example, air boxes that don't require tank removal to get access has me giddy.