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  1. Prairiehammer
    HEY! I'm not old, I'm a carpenter! The splines are still used today.
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    The rectangular pieces are spline for joining mitre joints. They're inserted into a narrow kerf cut into the ends of mitered door casings. These splines then hold the mitered casings together to form what we call "U"s of pre-assembled door casing. The discs, if they are of thin sheet metal, may be used in the old days as button nails are used today. One would nail or staple through the disc with a hammer tacker while applying tar paper to a roof. The discs increased the holding power of the fastener to prevent wind from blowing off the felt.
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    I would like one for my 1990. Just to clarify: ANY payment via PayPal is an additional $8.00? Or just a PayPal payment that is not labeled as a gift? Nevermind about the PayPal question; I get it now. You don't want to try to circumvent PayPal fees by suggesting a buyer label the transaction with you as a gift. Gotcha. PM with a mailing address and I will send a check. Thanks for offering this group buy especially with your value added items.
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    Another way to identify 2 brush vs. 4 brush externally: Originally Yamaha used a 2 brush starter from 83-90 in the Venture. The 91-93 Venture and RSV used a 4 brush starter. Upgrading to a 4 brush in the earlier bikes may have taken place......so how do you know? If you examine the end plate of the starter and its a Mitsuba SM-229 series....its a 2 brush. If its a Mitsuba SM-13 series...its a 4 brush. Mitsuba builds starters for many manufacturers....some with different teeth number on the gear, direction of rotation etc...so don't think any used SM-229 or SM-13 model will fit your bike. (Thanks to Neil McRobbie)
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    From September 21:
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    I've contemplated installing the EBC HH pads on my laden '90, but have reservations due to the reported high rotor wear. Rotors for my bike are very expensive if one can even find them. Any First Gen owners with long term HH pad installations out there? What is the accumulated mileage with the HH? Notice any significant rotor wear? What kind of riding have you subjected the bike while wearing the HH pads? One probably shouldn't attempt to put a price on safety (good braking), but if after spending $100 for just the pads and then perhaps several hundred more for rotors (or worse, having no ride-able motorcycle because one can't get any replacement rotors) after a couple seasons of back roads, two-up, trailer towing touring, well that is unacceptably expensive.
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    Smart Alec at fourteen... Not much has changed in the subsequent decades, eh, Steve?
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    Bracken is a fern. Why did your 'mates think twig and fern were appropriate?
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    Brian, I received the modified switch plate and it fits with no interference, however it seems to be cocked a little in relation to the switch housing.
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    Thanks for the effort, Steve. Keeping the Spirit in our First Gen hearts a flickering.
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    Not according to Cycle Magazine. They ran the '83 Venture through the ¼ mile in 12.69 seconds at 103.92 mph. They also tested the 1986 Venture and it ran the ¼ mile in 12.5 seconds at 104.5 mph.
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    My suggestion to reinstall the anti-dives was to eliminate a possible cause of the non-compliant suspension. Perhaps the block-off plates are an issue? Inadvertently get a pair for an 83-85 or maybe Earl forgot to mill them to allow bypass? Just sayin' Relatively easy to eliminate the anti-dives as an issue that way.
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    Put the anti-dive units back on. Don't hook them up electrically. See what that does.
  14. Prairiehammer
    Umm, That ain't right, Gary. #1 is left rear #2 is left front #3 is right rear #4 is right front Cylinder
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    Perhaps. But US didn't enter World War I until 1917.
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    If you are speaking of the seal/gasket in the aluminum channel around the perimeter of the saddlebags; someone used spline material for window screening. The spline is a vinyl tube with fine exterior ribbing. It is available in different diameters at home centers. Remove the old gasket and push in the new. The tongue part of the opposing aluminum extrusion will compress the spline and form a dry seal.
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    Check with your local cabinet/laminate counter shop. Most use a low volatility SPRAY contact cement to apply plastic laminate to a wood product substrate. Might check with those same people about a preferred adhesive for metal to wood. Metal is often adhered to wood substrate for bar tops and back splashes.
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    Go here and enter your VIN in the provided box for a description and model of the bike: http://www.motoverse.com/tools/vin/kawasaki.asp
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    Dual antennae mount for MKI.
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    Redstate.com is hardly an Obama supporter. :rotf:However, the EPA (yours, mine, ours) has made a requirement that either a pump be dedicated to E15 OR that a minimum of four gallons of fuel be purchased. I don't know how they are going to enforce it (can't complete the electronic pay-at-the-pump purchase until four gallons dispensed?) but the AMA has this article regarding the mandate: http://www.americanmotorcyclist.com/news/rightsnews/12-08-07/Officials_mandating_minimum_four-gallon_gas_purchase_from_certain_pumps.aspx
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    Granted it isn't made today, but the Honda GL1500 was made virtually unchanged for 13 model years. The GL1800 has been made for 13 model years. The Kawasaki Voyager XII was made for 18 years virtually unchanged! And of course Harley...challenge you to identify the year of an Electra Glide. The first generation V-Max went 23 years before a major revamp. Imagine what they were screaming on the VMax boards. The First Gen Venture was produced for 11 model years.
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    Further research tends to indicate that it is a carbon fiber or kevlar friction plate, perhaps from Barnett? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Road-Star-Barnett-Carbon-Fiber-Performance-Clutch-Kit-/350474876438?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5199ee3616&vxp=mtr
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    Is that a slipper clutch? http://www.r1-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=285478
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    I filed the HORN button opening larger and have sufficient clearance (holding the broken plate to the bike's switch body) now. It looks like if 1/32" more on the left side of the HORN opening and perhaps 1/64" more along the top will give good clearance. Note that there is PLENTY of clearance at the bottom of the HORN button opening. Also, the HORN button pivots from the right side. This means the HORN button clearance requirements increases as it is depressed, as it swings left. (But you probably knew that already). Attached is a scan of the broken switch plate face showing the amount of material I removed to make it fit without interference with the HORN button. Approximately half of the chamfer along the left end of the opening was removed. Slightly less than that at the top.
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    Brian, I just mounted the switch plate on my '90. There was interference between the HORN button and the switch plate. When one depresses the HORN button it remains depressed. I thought a little tweak would fix the interference, but the mounting tab broke off! When the switch plate was mounted it seemed to sag a little downward on the left, causing the stuck HORN button (at the upper left corner of the HORN button). It is a nice piece of machining, but unfortunately the tolerances are apparently a little too tight.
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