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    Battery electrolyte level sensor on my 1983 is connected to a white with red stripe. That jives with Dingy's 1983 wiring diagram as well.
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    So what are you going to do with all your free time, now? Congratulations and live long!
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    Keep the black side down. Good luck.
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    It is possible (likely?) that the gauge is not the problem, but the temperature sending (thermo) unit. Some have found the bullet connector there has loosened and/or corroded. Try cleaning and squeezing the connector. The wire color is green w/red stripe.
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    Brian, I'm afraid you are SOL for finding records of eBay sales more than 2-3 weeks old. EBay has been steadily reducing the amount of archival records they are maintaining. When I first started on eBay in 1999, one could search all the way back for a year (or more). Then it was six months, then it was three months, etc. Now the search string for completed Venture bike sales is only back about two weeks.
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    Looks like he got T-boned by a Buick. I sure hope he didn't lose his leg or his life. Some good pics of the damage. I don't think there is more than a handful of salvageable parts. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1987-Yamaha-Venture-Royale-1300cc-/221114114187?pt=US_motorcycles&hash=item337b6da08b
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    Picasa (free) allows me to tweak my pic; some HDR-ish.
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    Angel and Cabreco, Those items are not the heat shield or port block-offs. They are simply color inserts (decals) for the chrome block-off plates.
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    My rural mail carrier carries a scanner. She scans my prepaid online self printed labels (Priority Mail) as she removes the package from my mailbox and places the package in her Jeep. She scans any package I receive that requires delivery confirmation immediately before placing into my mailbox. And I don't think it's because she is my sister-in-law.
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    Name of Restaurant Marko's Street Address Milwaukee Street and IL71 City Mark State or Province IL Website (Optional) - Quality of Food Great Quality of Service Great Biker Friendly? (Parking, Trusted Location, Etc.) Yes Kind of Food? (Mexican, Chinese, etc.) Italian-American Alcohol Served? Yes Additional Comments Some really good Italian food; homemade pasta and sauces; blackened rib-eye steaks.
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    Name of Restaurant Rip's Street Address 311 N Main avenue City Ladd State or Province IL Website (Optional) - http://www.ripschicken.com/ Quality of Food Great Quality of Service Great Biker Friendly? (Parking, Trusted Location, Etc.) Yes Kind of Food? (Mexican, Chinese, etc.) Tavern fried chicken Alcohol Served? Yes Additional Comments -
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    Very nice! But I don't think it will run away from a First Gen...at least up to Sixty, anyway. Boxster 0-60= 5.5sec. Your '86 will/should do 0-60= 3.6sec.
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    A tube may work...heavy duty tube.
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    Speaking of International...did you get the information I sent via email? While you were in Asheville?
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    Rick, I wasn't trying to be anal or nit picky about the nomenclature, it was just that the thread title asks about driving light lens and most readers would think you were speaking about the auxiliary lights we often call driving lights and thus might not open the thread to learn what you were really seeking was the turn signal lens. I was just trying to help.
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    That's good to know, BrianF, because the 1985 parts catalogue I have shows the vertical choke lever as on the 1984. Perhaps they changed during the 1985 production? Some with vertical and some with horizontal?
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    Not to make too light of an obviously scary episode, but watch out for TRAINS! They don't tend to pull out in front of you, but I was sitting at a railroad crossing waiting for the train to pass and it derailed and took out the crossing signal right in front of me!
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    I think it was the 1984 and 1985 that the choke lever is mounted vertically between grip and switch housing.
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    I believe the trunk light is fused from the HAZARD fuse. 15amp. Double check that the fuse holder clips are making good contact with the fuse itself. VERY common problem with our first generation fuse blocks is bad fuse clips. Sooner or later you will have to replace the OEM fuse block. Most convert to the ATC type fuse blocks. Skydoc_17 has a kit for that.
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    Brian, I'll take one.
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    Rick, Calling the front turn signal a "driving light" is confusing. I understand that is what it was called in the reference you cite, but in the Yamaha Venture parts catalogs the component you are seeking is called the right "front flasher light assembly" or for the rest of us, the right front turn signal. The front flasher light assembly, PN 26H-83320-70, lists for $183.63, discounted (?) to $143.07 at boats.net. http://www.boats.net/parts/search/Yamaha/Motorcycle/1984/VENTURE%20-%20XVZ1200L/TURNSIGNAL/parts.html Apparently it is still available from Yamaha. The lens is not sold separately. Your best bet is to seek one on eBay. Here is a pair, for $40: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-Venture-1200-XVZ-XVZ12-Used-Original-Fairing-Turn-Signal-Pair-1983-M3-/110933545555?hash=item19d4279253&item=110933545555&pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr
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    Well, I don't know how they define skinny butt, but I think I have skinny butt. (6'-4", 200 pounds of pure muscles).
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    Steve, I feel your pain! I am 6'-4" with a 36" inseam. When I bought my '90 on eBay and drove 275 miles to pick it up, I was planning to continue on to Lake Superior and ride my new acquisition around that lake. As soon as I swung a leg over and sat, I knew I wasn't going on that trip. I headed back for home. That 275 miles seemed the longest 275 miles I had ever ridden on ANY bike. It turned out the previous owner was very short and had removed foam from the seat bottom and edges and had added foam to the "cantle" part of the stock seat. The bike came with a Markland backrest and although I adjusted it as far to the rear as it allowed, I had to stop after fifty miles or so and remove the backrest; there was simply not enough room for me. I also removed the fairing pouches at the first gas stop, but had to put them back on after ten miles. The male snap bases were eating my knees! After much trial and error, I finally reached a compromise by removing all the foam the PO had added to the cantle and removing much of the stock foam forming the cantle and by adding high density foam to the seat under my butt and even more foam to the area in front of my crotch to help with the sliding forward. There is a limit to how much padding can be added to the cushion before there is not enough vinyl seat cover to cover the foam and still be able to wrap the cover over the pan and staple it. Later, I installed a Bead Rider beaded seat cover. This helped a fair amount as far as monkey butt and it raised my butt another ½". I also elongated the seat mounting tab holes to allow the entire seat to be positioned about ½" rearward. This combination allowed for a 500 mile day on our trip around Lake Superior, but...it is no Iron Butt candidate. Currently I am using a Saddlemen Road Sofa with a built in backrest. When I received it from Dano, I excitedly installed it and hopped on and argghh! My knees were back into the bags and at an acute angle! Even though the Road Sofa had been modified by Rick Butler with his Butt Butler, I was squirming within fifty miles. The Road Sofa sits me noticedly taller in the saddle, but it is HARD and much more constraining than my modified stock seat. I added the Bead Riders to the Road Sofa and again they helped the butt burn and raised my butt a bit, but I can't back up enough to get any legroom. My next step is to remove foam from the cantle of the Road Sofa. The bucket of the Road Sofa also seems too narrow, pushing in on my hips. Foam will be removed from there as well. The backrest on the Road Sofa offers enough adjustment to fit me comfortably and is the only reason I am keeping the seat, for now. I measured from the nose of the seat pan to the cantle on the Road Sofa and compared it to the modified stock seat. I am able to sit a good 1½" more rearward on the modded stock seat than the Road Sofa. One consequence of raising my butt as opposed to your desire to lower the pegs: buffeting around the helmet became annoying as I was sitting partially outside the envelope of calmer air provided by the windshield. I have mostly solved that problem with a Laminar Lip attached to the stock windshield. Debbie commented that her portion of the Road Sofa is a bit taller than the stock seat. She also said it is quite firm and that her...umm...lady parts fall asleep after an hour or so. Jodie's mileage may vary. How did Jodie like the Road Sofa on her last LD ride? How did you adjust the pegs on your '86? My '90 does not have any adjustment in the pegs, unlike my '83. I measured the '90 peg position and compared it to the '83 pegs in their most forward position and found the dimensions identical.
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    Old man's bike, indeed! Humph! I bought my first Venture when I was 33! I suppose to a 19 year old, even 33 is old.
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