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Quite so, understanding how and why something works is far better but by following simple instructions it isn't necessary to know the why of it.There are multiple ways to bleed a system, almost like talking tires. I have the vacuum pump and a pressure system along with bottles and hoses. Yet I usually use the old pump em and bleed em way. When explaining to someone not familiar with it I always go back to the old way, no special tools needed and since it can be done out on the road everyone needs to know how. By understanding the hydraulic system I've never found one I couldn't get bled. The Goldwing I mentioned, I bled the new slave for 5 minutes with little pressure which told me I needed to go high. Bled the banjo 3 times and presto she had pressure. Back to the slave and cracked it twice more and brakes are good.Getting air in the MC pump is something that can easily happen and clearing that air is an absolute necessity before attempting to bleed the system. This should not be necessary to say but if there is air in the pump it will not move fluid.
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There is virtually no difference between the systems on a Gen 1 and a Gen 2. Yes the handlebars are different and the Gen 1 bars can be adjusted but that should not cause a significant difference to how the method I use will work. It works the same on both my 89 VR and on my 90 VR. Turning the bars to right lock gets the MC more or less level. Even if the MC is not exactly level the only difference is a bit less fluid capacity in it. An extreme angle will quickly uncover the relief valve port and or the intake port which will make the job impossible.I disagree, Clive. It took me about 10 minutes on the 2nd gen, but almost an hour on the 1st. Each time I've done it...the same. Don't know why. Maybe the tilt of the handlebars being different, or the angle of the clutch assembly. But I would like to agree with you and yes, I did read your post quite a while ago...even printed it out. That all said, it just didn't work for me. At least on my 89.I have been bleeding the hydraulics the same way for over 10 years and can pretty much do it on autopilot so a variance of 5 or 10 minutes is insignificant for a beginner. The fact that you were successful bleeding your Gen 2 and somewhat less so your Gen 1 should indicate that you did something wrong with the Gen 1. That said, it is still better than the hours and hours or days and days others have reported for doing this simple task.
A short time ago you stated you think that pumping the lever slowly is better than pumping it fast. It is not and that makes me wonder what else you did differently. To that point, everyone who has attempted to bleed these systems must have noticed how quickly air will rise in the fluid. Remember, you are pumping from the top down so the slower you pump the higher up the air will move which adds up to two steps forward and one step back.
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I am amazed whenever I read posts like this. If you know how to bleed a hydraulic system it will take only about 5 minutes to get all the air out. I have posted how to do it numerous times but apparently to no avail. Bleeding the clutch and the right front brake are the two easiest things to do on a Venture. About equal to checking the tire pressure mostly because getting up and down gets more and more difficult as the years go by.
Chris, Bleeding the clutch system is hell on wheels. You can let gravity help. Open bleeder valve down low. Fill master. Tie the clutch handle back and let it sit for a day or two. But you need to find a way to keep the master full. Some have even taken off the banjo bolt up top and forced fluid down the line then put her together and bled the master. Only problem, if one little bubble in the master gets into the lines, you are back to square one.
Another way is to force the fluid back UP the line to the master. But again, you run into the potential of missing one little air bubble.
BTW, If you want to see those little air bubbles in the master I'm talking about....one or two should pop up in the master reservoir by just gently squeezing the handle just a touch! Little squeezes should move a bubble into the fluid. They get caught right at the junction of the banjo/master cylinder interface.
I didn't do either of above. Grins... Just opened the bleeder and pumped that handle. Took a long time! Like 45 minutes. Just because of that experience, I went to Harbor Freight and bought a pressure bleeding system. I use it for the brakes. Didn't want to change brake fluid and spend hours doing that by hand. The clutch was bad enough.
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My 90 VR had that clunk when crossing the curb bump onto my driveway. Greasing and setting the head bearings fixed it.Just ordered them. I have the dreaded front end clunk when hitting frost heaves or pot holes. I'm checking the stem bearings tomorrow, but I'm sure these springs will help. -
Right, your leading link forks do the same as a raked triple tree does but are the better choice to fit your Mad Max style Venture. Yah never know, I might do something with my XV1100 when the time comes that my Venture is too big and heavy for me. Trouble is the Virago just can't handle my grocery trips to Costco. I'll be in a bit of a pickle when that time comes.My current venture forks are extended quite a bit. Not happy with the slow handling, I rebuilt the forks with a leading link (my design) which actually moved the front wheel forward even more - but reduced the trail dimension down to 3 inches. Very quick handling now.zag
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A long time ago I was planning on putting some extended forks on my XV 1100 but became Venturized before it happened. I had decided the simplest way to go was to use a 3 to 5 degree raked triple tree to reconfigure the steering dynamics. My research indicated that system should work well. I'm pretty sure the Yamaha Stryker came from the factory with a 3 degree rake but that was quite a while after I gave up on the idea. Often regret not doing it.If you want an extended front end, these tubes would get you going and you could decide if you were up to taking on the project of a completely custom front end. Of course, even these fork tubes will require angling the steering head so the long forks don't cause the bike frame to sit up at an angle. Cutting the down tubes and bending the steering head upward and reattaching everything is enough of a project.zag
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Is rooting very difficult/hazardous? I have a low end Motorola that does not have much storage space. I put in a memory card formatted for internal storage but very little gets put on it and I keep running low on space for apps. Most of the apps I have on the phone are google crap that I never use so it would be helpful to get rid of them.My phone is rooted and degoogled so to install an app I have to snag it in API form and install manually, or use Fdroid.If you have a link, or even a brand of box that you recommend that would be great. Heavy tilt towards any brands made outside China, if any are. It actually sounds like it has a lot of headroom for when my viewing habits change. Do these things work with satellite internet? Thats what I'll have after I move.Thanks!
I would venture to say there are no Android boxes that are not made in China. There are a few Like the Rasberry that appear to be not built in China but have Chinese parts so is there really any difference? My personal opinion is that because electronics for the most part will break in 90 days of use or work more or less forever, just take your chances and go for the feature/price point that seems to be the best bang for the buck.
This unit has every feature I want with a medium price. It's made in China. It has more RAM and more storage than than the two boxes I currently have.
This one has the Amlogic S905 chip rather than the Amlogic S912. I've read that the S912 is the better choice but have never seen a reason why. My first Android box had the S905 and it worked just fine for 5 or 6 or 7 years, can't remember, it was retired because Kodi was upgraded over time and needed a newer version of Android to work. I regard these things as cheap enough to be considered throw away items.
Do get a Bluetooth or similar keyboard to use along with the supplied remote. My preference is one with a backlit keyboard and uses batteries rather than a built in battery and charger. Makes for one less thing to wear out and I use rechargeable AA batteries instead.
I've never had satellite internet but would expect the various supply methods would work transparently to your home network devices. I have cable broadband internet with a dual wifi capable modem upstairs and have a separate dual wifi router connected by cable downstairs to widen the range. My phone can connect anywhere on my lot. Cable is faster than wifi but the Android box upstairs is connected by wifi and the one downstairs is connected by cable and they both work the same so they are well within the parameters of the Android boxes.
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My preferred source for these things is amazon.ca mostly because shipping is free with no border hassles.I'm glad to know this, I was out just this morning and picking up a Roku was on my list. I usually get overwhelmed in town before I get to the end of any list of more than about 2 items so no Roku yet. So I'll skip the Roku and try out the M8s box if it might work just as well. Do you have a recommended source for these boxes? I see plenty on Ebay and the range of quality looks pretty vast.Can these boxes be rooted or will already be able to remove Google play and Google services from it?
Thanks! I'm actually happy to go the M8 route.
I was checking out Android boxes for a friend a couple of weeks ago and found what I thought was a pretty good one for about $70 CDN. Prices are probably lower on amazon.com but I can dig up a link or two if you would like.
I don't think Android boxes have Google Services installed. Google Play is a good place to get a browser for them and it is also easier to get the Kodi app there than installing it from the Kodi site. These boxes are generally not geo-located so you can watch videos from other countries without getting blocked. I'm guessing that means they don't need to be rooted like a phone might be.
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Sounds like my bandwidth is well under what is required for an M8s but I'm not done with the idea. It's too cool.
From all else that I have read, the Roku might be the best choice for cheap and workable with my ultra-slow internet, so I'll do that for now but the M8s is on my short list as soon as I get moved. I wont expect one to work with my speeds, but I'm not going to be able to resist getting one and playing with it. It should be usable after I get moved.
The M8S is just one brand of Android box and there is not that much difference between all of them. Roku is most likely just another version of an Android box that has been specifically set up to run the Roku app. It will also run the Netflix app and it has other video apps including a YouTube app that is very good. Not a lot different from what comes with a Smart TV. Android boxes come with a bunch of apps built in and other apps available from Google Play, just like for Android phones. I put Chrome on my Android box and use that to watch the news streaming in HD.
The good thing about having a Roku or a plain Android box is that it is not tied into the TV so if there is a problem with that end of things it is not necessary to throw away a perfectly good TV to get video streaming back. These video boxes are not much different from a PC in the way they can provide video streaming. The big advantage over the PC is the cost is so much less. A decent graphic card for a PC costs about twice what the whole Android box costs with all the necessities such as Wifi, good graphics and a decent processor built into a 5" square package.
For a few years I ran Linux on an old obsolescent PC that eventually needed a new graphics card because the resolution of the videos available kept increasing. A new graphics card was going to cost twice what an Android box could be purchased for. So it's not cost effective to upgrade old PC hardware to run video.
A friend of mine started with Roku and had a Roku account for a couple of years. It worked great until she had watched all the videos they had that she liked. Then she got a Netflix account and the same thing happened after a year. There is new stuff getting put up but not that much and even less when filtered through what you like to watch. She uses the Android with Exodus the most for movies and only uses the YouTube app on the Roku because it is better than the one on the Android box.
Buffering is totally related to the amount of data being streamed and that is mostly affected by the resolution of the video and the speed of your connection. If you can stream video over your PC then you can also stream it over either a Roku or an Android box.
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I give a Plus 1 to Android boxes running Kodi and Exodus. A decent one on Amazon will run $60 - $70. As mlgower said, the S912 chip is supposed to be better for running Kodi, however I have been successfully using a couple with the S905 chip for about 7 years and don't have any complaints. The amount of RAM memory is probably just as important. Mine has 2 GB but these days there are boxes with 4 GB available.
I have two of them, one is plugged directly into my network and the other is connected by WiFi and both work about the same. You will need a minimum 7 MB/S internet connection and to get that reliably it takes a 15 MB/S account. Otherwise buffering becomes a headache. The down side to getting your video entertainment off the internet is the amount of bandwidth that gets used. Haven't looked lately but I seem to recall using about 300 GB/month.
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The forks are different as puc mentioned but they are the same size and are compatible. The MkII forks have a different caliper pattern and better calipers and make a worthy upgrade to the MkI.
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Before spending$30 + try this.Go to Harbor Freight and buy a Mighty Vac vacuum pump with the brake bleed kit, about $30.00 IIRC. It takes about 3 minutes to bleed the rear system and get all the air out.24 inches of clear tubing. 1/4 inch thin wall works easiest but 1/4 inch thick wall can be used by boiling the end and opening up with a suitably sized Phillips screwdriver.
Loosen the bleeder valve on the caliper, put on the hose and open the bleeder valve. Make sure the hose goes up to form a loop before it goes down to the container.
Press the pedal until all air is out and the fluid is clear. Don't let the fluid in the MC get too low or air will be getting back into the system and you will have to start over.
Close the bleeder valve and remove the hose.
The whole job will take less than 10 minutes.
You might just as well do the left front brake line because, after all, they are integrated. Now that you have found out how easy it is to bleed brakes you might just as well do the right front brake. All three brakes can be bled in a half hour or less. The right front brakes and the clutch are the easiest ones to bleed.
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Good on ya Cammy:thumbsup:,, I fixed mine too brother,,, I just never look down
Hehehheh, I think you might be the only one who could get away with that mod.
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The main problem that created the glare is the angle of the dash. My solution was to pivot the whole dash back so the face was at 90 degrees to my line of sight. There is no way there can be any reflection from the sun because my body is in the way. This had the added benefit of making the trip gauges easier to read.This is a very old post, but I thought I'd share something that helped me with dash glare for those that experience this discomfort.I took my gauge face off and sprayed it with flat black paint. Hardest part (slowest) was taping the clear and warning/turn signal areas up. It helps considerably. I will still get some glare from the clear areas at times, but it is minimal. I was getting the majority of the glare from the black areas of the entire gauge face and this really helped tremendously.
In order to pivot the dash it was necessary to make a couple of spacers to spread the OEM supports. It took quite a bit of fooling around to get it to work but was definitely worth it to me.
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That's pretty much what I found out when I got some work done last year. I am convinced one of the root canals that I needed was due to an abscess which was the result of a botched filling and then the second one was caused by the first one. He, of course got pissy when I brought it up. Anyway, what I saved more than payed for my three weeks in Puerto Vallarta.My wife's old dentist had great reviews, we even gave him one. BUT what most people won't know is if he was doing a good job, or merely covering up problems that would surface later, as they have done in my wife's case.There were a few of us gringos in the office and most of them had a similar story of thinking their home dentist was a good one until they got the new assessment of their dental health. Kinda shocking.
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I knew you couldn't pass it up but....Now you KNOW I gotta respond to the President Trump and "his" wall comment. 1st, IMH :usa:O, it is not his wall, it is OUR wall, America's wall to keep out those who choose to violate our country's laws by coming here illegally,. It does intrigue me that, as a Canadian you can not see that the action we Americans are choosing to take by building our wall not only protects our sovereign nation but also protects your home land. Whoa, don't lump me in with the Loopy Left. You absolutely need as much wall as you can get because without it immigration policy inadequacies cannot be adequately addressed. I say it is President Trumps wall because it will be his gift to you all after 30 years of indecision and the bipartisan failure of both parties to deal with the issues involved. Looks to me that it is the President against the DC swamp. That's a tough row to hoe and he is likely the only one who will actually get it done. I wish you all luck with it.
Regarding getting dental work done in Mexico, I have heard some horror stories but way more good stories. I went to Dentoamerica in Puerto Vallarta and they were very good but I don't know if they are located in other cities. My gal pal's sister was living in Phoenix and got some work done across the border not too far from there. Don't know the details but could inquire if you think you might be interested.
Google is once again your friend with this. If I remember correctly, a titanium implant cost about $1700. Anyway, I gotta get two of them when I go back there, or wherever it is I decide to go.
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Right, or Mexico might be easier. I had a couple of root canals done when I was in Puerto Vallarta last November. Cost about $600 compared to the $3000 my Canadian dentist wanted.Or go to Guatemala. My wife has a friend who went there for implants because they were so much cheaper and the dentist was great. I think he makes most of his money on foreigners.Cowpuc, take a quick trip across the border before the Pres gets his wall built to keep you in.
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The main road near my house finally got plowed this afternoon. Don't expect that to happen on my road for another week or so. Not that it matters too much as I have enough food to last 3 or 4 weeks however, my meds are going to run out in 10 days. Hope things get back to normal before then... and that my bike will start after such a long siesta.
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Yeah but it's probably closed due to weather because the air services into the harbour are down and they can't fly in from their mainland mansions on the North Shore and Marine Drive. It's like a big Catch 22.Don't understand it. It should never snow in Victoria with all the hot air coming out of a certain building! -
That is the way this place is supposed to be.Have nice memories of Victoria.This is how it actually is under 18 inches of snow and it is still coming down.
The Never Ending Winter.
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You are either not creating enough gas or you forgot to light it cuz it is snowing again.I wonder if they can shut my "gas" off ....:snow::snow:
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It's about time and I hope so. When it comes to the Tar Sands it's very expensive and transporting that evil muck in a pipeline to the US Gulf coast is an environmental disaster of epic proportion just waiting to happen. Why take the chance and export jobs along with it? Refine it close to home then transport the finished products to market.So recently our Premier has started advertising that AB. is going to begin refining our resources right here at home.!? Is this a rebellion?Remember when there was a huge issue with Mad Cow disease and the US would not allow importing Canadian cattle to their feed lots? The cattle industry almost shut down for years and lost multi millions of dollars. The guvmint spent millions in subsidizing ranchers just to keep them afloat, sort of. Canada has everything it needs to fatten cattle but it doesn't have enough capacity to slaughter them. Would have been a good time to build that infrastructure instead of pissing the subsidy money against a wall. So the industry recovered but we still don't have any more jobs.
Exporting raw logs instead of lumber and plywood is just short sighted stupidity.
Gaak...I think I just had a rant. Whoo Hoo!!!
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I was certain it was against the law but the NDP/Green Party got into power so things are going to Hell around here. Mother Nature probably had her gas shut off.Whoa!In VICTORIA???
Is that allowed?~
Rgds, WRIDR
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On another note My father used to say that the old Farmer he worked for back in 52 when he emigrated here from Holland always maintained that Canada had all the resources to be self sufficient but if we continued down the path we were going we would be nothing more than a warehouse and exporter of raw materials for the rest of the world and that only the wealthy would benefit.Has that farmer been proven right??
Unfortunately the answer is yes, thanks to short sighted politicians and the socialist yearnings of too many. When I was in high school I was aware of the long term folly of exporting raw materials then buying back finished products. That was a long time ago and nothing much has changed since then.
I hope my American friends will take note of the dangerous proposals of AOC and the radical Left. Their popularity is very disturbing.
Regarding GM moving their plants to Mexico and China... Perhaps Trump will take note and put a an import tax on all US companies who move to China to help them build their economy to dominate the world. That is their 100 year plan.
Canadians are doing a similar thing, as well as allowing the Chinese to buy up resource companies who will be sending their products directly to their homeland. Canadian politicians are unable to formulate a 5 year plan never mind a 100 year plan.
. 1st, IMH :usa:O, it is not his wall, it is OUR wall, America's wall to keep out those who choose to violate our country's laws by coming here illegally,. It does intrigue me that, as a Canadian you can not see that the action we Americans are choosing to take by building our wall not only protects our sovereign nation but also protects your home land. 
in Victoria with all the hot air 
coming out of a certain building!
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Can't say for certain if this is your problem but active files cannot be deleted from a hard drive. It is quite possible there is a bad file in your temporary Internet cache that is always active, think unauthorized tracking.
This is how to clear the temp Internet files in Edge:
If that doesn't work try running a scandisk either from Safe Mode or even better schedule a scandisk for the next boot. That should fix any broken files before Win 10 loads.If that doesn't work it gets a little more complicated. Using Windows Explorer find the folder that hold the Temporary Internet Files. Write down the path that is shown in the address bar at the top. Reboot to a command prompt in the same menu that Safe Mode can be activated from.
Type: CD "the path you previously wrote down" - press Enter
Type: dir - press Enter (This should give you a list of all files in the temp Internet directory)
If you are in the right directory you should see the folders and files you saw when in Win 10.
You want to be sure you are in the right directory before entering the following command because everything in the directory will be deleted, never to be recovered.
delete *.* - press Enter
Good luck Venturing into the Tech Sector.