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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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    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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