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What Jeff posted is adequate, if you want the good stuff McMaster Carr numbers are below. Electric tends to flow along the surface of any given wire. The cable below has over a 1000 strands in it that supposedly allow better conductivity of current. This cable only comes in orange, but you could put heat shrink over it. Very flexible easy to route . Picture of cable attached from McMaster, they nicked conductors not me. Below it is stock cable. 7818A11 Heavy Duty Welding Cable, #4 Cable Size, .420" Overall Od $3.64 per foot. 7113K249 Standard Ring Terminal, Noninsulated, 4 Awg, 1/4" Screw/stud Size $10.65 for pack of ten. Gary

If you are that far in there, I would replace the 8 barrel diodes that have been known to fail. All the ones that have failed looked good also when new. I don't know what causes the failures of the diodes, probably moisture contributes to it. But once they fail, the TCI is pretty much junk. Picture is of bad diodes in center of photo. One has already fallen off, wires on either end are visible just above the two blue & gray diodes in center. Gary

No, I was the guy that you waved out of the parking lot at Pioneer and you didn't tell me NY had a helmet law. It took a good Canadian to let me know about 50 miles later, after we had passed at least two cops sitting in the median. Thanks Wayne !! And I don't have a problem asking Robin, I gave her a patch at international that she had on her vest about an hour later. "Why yes it is a F#####g Yamaha" She owes me one !!! Gary

Don't beleive that B.S. Tom told me if I came to international last year, he would make me an honorary WNY member and I would get a fancy shirt. SHEEP lied. !! Gary

Not from the factory. That's at minimum, 20 year old machine. No telling what previous owner(s) may have done. Gary

Be cautious doing this. Use a c-clamp to gradually move piston out slowly. If you blow one out before getting other close, you then have no easy way of moving one still in caliper. You need to clamp BOTH pistons & block off crossover passage. Gary

I have both of them in the garage. I can set both of them on rear wheel of Hybrid this weekend & see if offset is the same. Rotor diameter is the same I know 320mm. The caliper offset is probably the same. I have an excel sheet I created showing info I have collected about various Yamaha brakes and it shows RSV has slightly smaller 'B' piston in rear caliper. This would lead to a little less force imparted on the pads on the RSV. Difference is about 12% greater on the MKII's. PDF of sheet attached. Picture shows an MKII rotor on a VMax wheel with an RSV caliper and mounted in an RSV swing arm. Don't try this at home kids !!! Gary

Left side in area of passenger foot peg. Go to Autozone to match one up. May have to McGyver mount a little. Gary

She is doing a little custom work for the Hybrid project as we speak. Tank, side covers & rear fender. She is fun to work with. It's gonna be different. Gary

Also indicate if you want to go to dinner on Friday at Quaker Steak & Lube please. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=345&day=2013-6-7&c=1 Gary

Poster is indicating his rear brake is the problem. I have tried a wide variety of front calipers on my 83 to improve them. One thing I have not tried to do is upgrade the rear as much. The RSV's have a rather touchy rear brake system due to it is too good. This can cause bike to be high sided in a 'panic' type stop. I am with Bob completly on cost can be high to rebuild caliper and skill level & tools needed. But there is such a thing as 'Too much brakes'. This is primary reason I am very hesitant to let anyone ride Tweety (83), the front brakes on bike are far superior to any Venture, they are to the point they can be dangerous to someone not familar with high performance braking. The MKII's have a rear quad piston caliper & a 320mm floating rotor. Pretty good setup when working well. Gary

Well Then you could still lose, since you have a 2 integer spread in inputs, the number could be from 126.001 to 127.999 Right of decimal point values droped, then selected number is either 126 or 127. Is this how you are asking me to set it up ??? Gary

You dirty dirty old man, did Marcia read this?? Gary

Also, a 1999-2012 Ventures have a 4 brush starter. Sometimes cheaper than a VMax, that name seems to be worth a premium to many. Gary

Any modern car has the vehicle ID # visible through the lower windshield on drivers side as far as I know. Gary

I have just a few, see if these help. I still have the light bar, probably going to put it on Tweety at some point. This was an 83/84. Ended up parting it out, strangest thing, these blue ones don't seem nearly as fast. Gary

I will find something to donate to St. Jude auction, they need it more than the slackers on here. !! Gary

Shifter shaft issue has been resolved. One of my model shop machinists at day job reworked a 1st gen and a 2nd gen shafts for me on his lunches. I needed a longer shaft to accommodate the forward control linkage setup. I couldn't use the 2nd gen shaft as it was due to larger O.D. I had him cut 1st gen shaft just past the lip seal on the left side. Then he cut 2nd gen shaft off at a point were it and the now modified 1st gen shaft would equal the unmodified 2nd gen shaft length. He drilled & tapped both shafts and a case hardened threaded dowel will be used to join them. Red loctite int 1st gen shaft & blue loctite on 2nd gen side. This way, if I ever need to get back into motor, the shaft can be split and slid out of case. It's a plan, it may fail though. Worst I can see happening is the threaded dowel breaks, which will leave me stuck in whatever gear I happen to be in. Doubt any catastrophic type failure will happen if this occurs. Fuel tank is getting frequent flyer miles, off to receive some customization. One of our sponsoring vendors, Ace High Leathers is doing a little bit of work on it for me. She needed tank for fitment. This bike is gonna look different. Progress is being made, target is to have it ready by MD at Oberlin, 1st week of June. Gary

Jeff, I don't think you have an issue here. Since you have to leave Tuesday & trailer donation handed out Wednesday, you gotta come back and get it. By the way, I volunteer to eat your Happy meal at Wednesday dinner, Thanks Bud !!!! Gary

OK, he has package. Now if it just doesn't backfire and have collateral damage, all will be good. Gary

Think 21st century technology... All entrants listed on excel spread sheet and numbered. Random number generator contained in an engineering app I have on my I phone to pick winning #. App I have can be set to pick random # between two input variables. Say #1 to #245. It will be on a separate device from excel sheet so there can be no linkage when # is selected. That way we don't have cost or hassle of buying tickets. Gary