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  1. Keemez
    No set screw that I've ever seen or noticed- I too thought it was just friction fit. It was totally my fault cuz I neglected to push it back on fully. I think. Maybe somebody swiped it!
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    Headlight adjuster knob? I forgot to secure mine on the shaft a few days ago and today I discovered it was gone. Whoops. Come on Dingy, I know you've got one.
  3. Keemez
    Yeah but didn't you go in there and rotate the needle on the shaft? That was you, wasn't it? I did the same thing later on after having read that thread. Now it reads quite low at low speeds and dead on between 70-75ish.
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    No worries- we were keeping an eye on the Hardley girl who seemed to be a rather inexperienced rider (right in front of Bummer). All three of us had to get going pretty quick immediately after the parade. Thanks for inviting and hosting us- indeed good to meet some VR folks for the very first time.
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    Just for a frame of reference here, 1500 miles covered within 24 hours is an AVERAGE of 62.5 miles covered for every single hour. It's nearly a challenge to maintain an average speed over 60mph even if you're rolling down the interstate nonstop. That leaves two options: A) Speed like mad and have a few rest periods. B) Still speed but not take any rests or breaks, which is a recipe for trouble. I suppose states with 75+ mph speed limits would make it a more feasible goal. Still quite a challenge either way. Gotta give the feller lots of credit for having a serious go at it. For further reference: The 495 mile trip between where I live and my parents' home near St. Louis takes me at least 8.5 hours to complete the trip almost every time. My usual interstate speed (WI and IL have 65mph rural interstate speed limits) is 73-74mph with a few spirited bursts over 80 and approaching 90 a couple times here and there. 495/8.5 = 58.235 average mph, and keep in mind my typical travel speed for the vast majority of the trip. That just shows how fast you have to be travelling in order to maintain an average over 60mph.
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    Are you planning to leave as a group from your place on Sunday for parade lineup? I might just ride on down there myself and join up with yas for the parade. Name a good time for me to show up.
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    Just pull the outlet line off the petcock and put a separate drain tube onto the fitting; put other end into container of your choice and turn the petcock to reserve. As for what sort of gas; you're not going to do any damage by running high octane through it- it just costs more to go up in fumes is all. If it's got ethanol in it (as most gas does these days) probably not a good idea to let it sit for an extended period; either ride it out or drain it out and then see if you can find stations in your vicinity that sell ethanol-free stuff.
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    Oh sure... leave no room for me! (or anybody else)
  9. Keemez
    Always the optimist...
  10. Keemez
    Here's an (untested) one (entire cluster) for about 80 bux: http://www.ebay.com/itm/140649614293?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
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    Now now, let's not get crazy here. An engine pull IS a bit of a chore, but if you can successfully do your forks, you can successfully do an engine pull. IF it's even necessary in the first place. It may not be- with any luck you can follow the other suggestions here and possibly salvage just by popping the valve cover off. I pulled my engine out last spring just to do valve clearance check and some serious degreasing/cleanup (ok, ok... I fell victim to the "while I'm in THIS far I may as well XYZ too" plight). Was it overkill? Big time. Was it worth it? Big time. You'll never be more intimately familiar with a motorbike than you are when you finish R&Ring the engine. Don't even think about selling either one of those. You've done 75% of the work already. A little more and you're home free.
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    So, what did I win?
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    1/4" stainless huh? $$$$$
  14. Keemez
    Wait, wait. You have a kitchen in your basement? And one on the main level I presume? Must be nice!
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    That's almost exactly on track with me/mine. You still had roughly 1.1ish gallons of gas left in the tank at the time you filled up; at 40mpg that'd be another 44 miles before you actually ran out. Pretty much right on par with what I said before. Since I have consistently tracked mine, I'm not afraid to ride at least 30-35 of those extra miles out and refill it somewhere in the 5-5.1-5.2 gallons area (this is filling it absolutely full right up to the top of the neck, every time). Course I often carry a 1 gallon jug in the saddlebag just in case, but I've only used it twice and both times were when I intentionally ran it bone dry.
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    See post #3: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=67407 Since I bought my '93 in the middle of 2010 I've kept fairly close track of mileage with it. Didn't get every single purchase and also had a couple of real wacko entries that were way outside the norm, but the overall average (including the wacko entries) over 9000 miles of riding comes out to 40.1mpg- not too shabby.
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    It does seem to be working (for now). Whew!
  18. Keemez
    Does he live in Burnaby? :stickpoke:
  19. Keemez
    WD40 and lots of rubbing. Let it "soak" good for awhile first.
  20. Keemez
    This theory does make sense, but I was curious if it was as simple as seeing "some" sort of signal and that being good enough. Probably not. I think my best bet is hoping that my poor solder job holds together.
  21. Keemez
    Well dadgummit- I was fixing an oversight with respect to my upgraded dash lighting project when I inadvertently pulled one of the leads off this speed sensor. I managed to poorly solder it back on (for now), but I'm not very confident it's going to stay. Then I got to thinking about this thread again. Wonder what would happen if a guy literally just bypassed the sensor and spliced those 2 leads together? If I had a spare I'd zip it together and test for us. Does anybody have a spare cluster (harness) that they'd be willing to let me do a little investigative testing with? All I would need is this connector snipped off with as much wire as you can provide. :fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo
  22. Keemez
    Those are where the little storage pouch/bags mount. One on each side of the fairing and one mounted to the right rear of trunk (underneath passenger "armrest"). I found that they get in the way of my knees and generally annoy me, so I removed mine (but the hardware is still mounted to the fairing).
  23. Keemez
    Have somebody help you lay the bike on its side and it will be quite obvious at that point.
  24. Keemez
    No. Those days are gone- there's too much computer interference on modern equipment wherein the overall control module has to see a number of valid inputs in order to permit fuel flow and ignition to occur.
  25. Keemez
    I hate days like this... and the dang thing wasn't even empty either. Not only that but I had to do a secondary transaction to fill it the rest of the way. Pump auto shutoff on me.
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