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Here's another way out in left field thought, but anything is possible. Are those two black plastic heat shields that keep the exhaust heat off the motor still on the bike??

We probably ALL will...

I think all you do now is just unplug the solenoid once you have the venting rerouted. On non-Cali Ventures, the plug is just not used and left empty...

OK, today is a much better day for news!! I will now open up and let you all in on another news issue! Last Monday Becky had a colonoscopy and they found something, and the surgeon was pretty sure it was cancer so he took a biopsy. We have been keeping this quiet but this afternoon we got great news, Becky is cancer free!!! Praise God almighty! We were prepared for her to have surgery in the next few weeks but that won't be needed now!!! So keep praying for both Patti and Scott, and Mike, thank you for starting the go fund me page, there is a lot of additional expenses that insurance most likely won't cover!! Everybody open their hearts and pocketbooks, remember what goes around comes around, give and you will be blessed sometime in return...

Yup Puc, that was Sexi before it grew an appendage! I don't know who made that video, wasn't me, but yes indeed an excellent job!! Brought back very fond memories!! PS Casey, part of being "in the club" is to have your thread hijacked...

Hey Puc, there was a great link after your video to the 2009 International Rally at Dogpatch Arkansas! My '09 was only a couple of months old there, and my trailer was still gold colored and paneled to match the '84...

Link to Bobbie's post... https://www.facebook.com/bobbie.powell.50/posts/10210600165695033?comment_id=10210601001995940&notif_t=feed_comment_reply&notif_id=1493594160463357

Not a great day today... 1. B2 Mom was in a 1 vehicle accident today according to Bobbie Powell. She is in the hospital but no major injuries, no broken bones, etc. According to Bobbie's facebook post, she is in good spirits but is staying in the hospital overnight for observations. Their truck may be totaled. 2. Member Mother, who lives on the shore of Lake Ontario, is getting flooded out due to the continual rising of the lake. He showed pictures on facebook of a crew sandbagging, and pictures of his flooded out yard. From what I understand, the lake is supposed to continue to rise for the next week! So, prayers for both people and all involved!!

Tell 'em about that Chili Beer you get Don...

Myself I prefer an oversized shield, and as Snyper mentioned using furniture polish to clean your windshield all the time makes the rain bead up and blow off better!! In this case, the faster you go the better it blows off!! Use plastic chrome door edge protector around the edge of the shield to cut down on the amount of water that rolls back onto the inside of the shield. Also, try a pair of amber hunting/shooting glasses in the rain, you will be surprised at how much it improves your visibility!!

I might be wrong on this, but I thought the proper ratio was 5.1%...

***SIGH*** Rainy days are sooooo boring...

https://www.google.com/#q=why+aren't+mirrors+white

Hey, uh, Pucster, Temporary Learner's Permit is TLP, not TIP...

That's a lot of work but in the long run probably the most effective!

Ya know who else had super polished engine covers?? Swifty!

Interesting question Carl, so I will help you a little with your research... https://www.google.com/#q=What+reflects+light+better,+white+or+silver? There seems to be quite a variance of opinions there, and the real answer is in what you are trying to accomplish! In the old school trick of tail light reflectors, as far as diffusion vs projection, the answer lies in the fact that a tail light reflector is a parabolic dish and will reflect all light into more of a beam, making it APPEAR brighter to someone directly behind you. With the front rubber bezel on an MK1, the shape of it is somewhat in the form of a parabolic dish, but not quite. I wish I could find those old pictures, they showed which headlight APPEARED the brightest. If you remember we both had Silverstar Ultras installed and there was the third bike in the picture which had stock lighting, I think it was Wayne's. There were a lot of both Ventureriders and Venturers attending that night, and yes, I do seem to remember Run in bare being there, and Gambler, Will Burke (from Venturers) and quite a few others!! I remember back in the mid 80's our company spent a good sum of money to change all of the fluorescent light fixtures from white to silver, and everybody immediately noticed that the work area seemed dimmer after they installed them! Yes, we will always be friends in spite of differing opinions!! PS I just remembered there being a 4th bike, an MK2 in the comparison, and I think it was Ben's...

The oily carbs are pretty characteristic of overfilling the oil when you change it. With the bike level and straight up, AND cold (not been running for around a half day minimum) the oil should be between 1/3 and 2/3 on the site glass. Any more and the oil just gets blown out the engine as blowby and up in the carb area...

All RSV's from 1999 to 2013 are all the same bike!!!

Piggybacking on Micarl, in the past, mostly with cars, I have found I sometimes got a little better average MPG going from 87 octane to 89 octane, but when you did the math for money per mile, it was always more expensive regardless of the one or two MPG. I may or may not have noticed any difference in throttle response going from the two. On my 1st gen, running higher octane eliminated spark ping under a load such a going up a hill towing a trailer, etc, but with my 2nd gen there is no noticeable difference in performance. A long long time ago there was some truth to actually doing some damage to an engine using higher than needed octane, but that has been long since eliminated...

Ummmm, buy better-looking ones off of ebay?? As far as what's on the bike, you're in for a whole lot of sanding and polishing to return them to looking good again. You could have them bead blasted and powder coated to any color you think would look good...

Does this help you? Look in the lower right for the cruise control unit wiring... http://www.venturerider.org/wiring/86-89%20Yamaha%20Venture%20Simplified%20Circuit%20Diagram%20Rev%20D.pdf Here's a link to the downloadable service manual from the 1st gen tech library... http://labs.trunkful.com/vrmanuals/index.cfm What kind of problems are you having?? the usual issues with the cruise control are the switches on the brake and clutch handles, more specifically the brass pivot pins wear out giving slop to the handles causing the safety switches on said levers to cause the cruise to kick out...

OK, Pucster, I am a little corn-fused about just what it is you are really trying to say, but if you want to install a LED in place of your OEM headlight, here is what you have to do to make all gone with the RLU!! Step 1, unplug it, throw it away (or sell it to someone who needs one)! Step 2, jumper the Yellow wire to the Yellow/Green wire. These wires are the high beam wires. Step 3, jumper the Green wire to the Green/Red wire. This is your low beam circuit. Step 4, remove the irritating white "headlamp fault" lightbulb. It is called the "reserve pilot light" on the schematic and only lights up when your low beam or one of your tail lights goes out if memory serves me correctly. Yes, even one of the two tail lights going bad can trigger it... Now, it's been a while, but I think on the CMU there is also an LCD indicator for the headlights as well. I'm pretty sure connecting the Yellow to Yellow/Green in step 2 handles that... Besides the safety feature of the RLU automatically switching the high beam on if the low beam blows, The RLU is IMHO kind of moronic! A good rider checks all of his lights prior to setting out on a ride, and if you are riding at night and your headlight goes out, you're going to know it immediately!! As far as daytime riding for safety, well a pair of driving lights pretty much overcomes that need too!!! Another thing I want to mention about the MK1 headlight is to paint the black rubber bezel around the headlight WHITE!!! It makes a world of difference!! Last I checked, it is scientific proof (No, not the liberal's alternate scientific facts...) that white reflects all light, and black absorbs all light! Now silver is actually a variation of gray, which is part black, and I don't care how shiny you make it, it does not reflect light quite as good as white! So, using metallic tape over the black rubber does not work a good. This is a very old "old school" motorcyclist trick to make your tail light more visible at night, paint the silver reflector white...

Wow, Bubber, believe it or not, I WAS just thinking about you a few minutes ago!!!

Huh! And I thought LOL was "Laughing Out Loud"