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    Name of Restaurant Embassy Street Address 70 Broadway Street City Wawa State or Province ON Website (Optional) - Quality of Food Good Quality of Service Great Biker Friendly? (Parking, Trusted Location, Etc.) Yes Kind of Food? (Mexican, Chinese, etc.) Homestyle, mainstream Alcohol Served? Yes Additional Comments Downtown. Street Parking. French fries poutine with cheese...mmmmm. Homemade bread and buns paired with a juicy hamburger. And peameal for breakfast if you want.
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    If the frame is broken, it gets quite a bit lower.
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    Thomas: In MY kit (I am not certain what is original) there are five sockets: 19, 17, 14, 12, 10mm. I believe there should be six sockets, but I am uncertain what size the sixth should be. I have a box end wrench in 17 and 14mm. There should be another box end; size unknown. Two combination wrenches: 12, 10mm. Large single end box end wrenches: 27, 22, 19mm. "YamaCo" Deluxe adjustable wrench. I am currently looking for accurate information as to what tools are in the original, unadulterated OEM kit for a Venture Royale.
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    1990 VR. There is one larger box end wrench missing.
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    Yep, it's an original. Branded zippered pouch with the Venture stylized "V" on the front. The sockets are metric MITOYO, 3/8" drive with extension and ratchet. Perhaps, the Standard didn't have the same tool kit as the Royale? Perhaps the 1990 kit was different than 1988.
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    I still have the original OEM tool kit in my 1990, but there are some empty pockets for sockets in the pouch. Can anyone inventory a COMPLETE, unadulterated First generation 1986-1993 tool kit and tell me what is supposed to be in there?
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    Thanks for the consideration Dano. If you have an original Yamaha rack for my bike, that would be ideal. Appreciate it. Earl, that looks very nice on the MK2. A Second Gen rack is definitely a viable option. Thanks for posting your pics. P.S. WOW! You got your crashed trunk replaced already?!
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    Finding an original Venture Line trunk rack for my 1990 has been a fruitless endeavor. I like the look and quality of the Yamaha rack for the Second Gens., it is readily available and quality seems excellent (unlike the JCWhitney stuff). Has anyone out there in Ventureland ever installed the Yamaha Venture trunk rack intended for the newest Ventures on a First Generation, 1986-1993? If so, pictures would be great.
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    I was sorry to hear about the accident in the parking lot. I may not have shown enough empathy when we talked this evening, but I am REALLY sorry to hear of your misfortune. Glad (hope) you are alright. Need the name of a good "knee breaker"?
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    And, I have good news! I have rear brake! Although I can't positively identify the exact cause of the misbehaving proportioning valve, I was finally able to get reliable rear brake application. For the past couple of days I have been trying to remove air WITHIN THE PROPORTIONING VALVE. It seemed to me that there must be some air SOMEWHERE causing the p-valve to block flow. Although the following didn't immediately fix the problem, it seems to have eventually accomplished the cure: I pumped (with the pump function of a Mity-Vac) brake fluid BACKWARDS through the rear bleeder until fluid came out the open reservoir fill hole. I did this several times, with the thought that vacuum sucking wasn't getting the air out of the prop valve as conventional pumping and bleeding wasn't opening the prop valve, so let's try pumping the air back into the reservoir. I also pumped the brake pedal and simultaneously loosened the big (19mm wrench) cap on the prop valve to evacuate air. I would get momentary application of the rear caliper, but then subsequent pedal depressions did NOT apply the brake. I persisted until suddenly, I had normal operation of the rear brake! Repeatedly. For whatever reason, it appears the prop valve would close off the rear brake application pressure if there was any air within the proportioning valve body or rear caliper. At least that is what it seems to me. Apparently the trick is to remove the air, even when the p-valve is closed! I don't think you can bleed the proportioning valve conventionally, i.e. pumping fluid from the rear master cylinder to the rear caliper. Well, maybe if luck is siding with you. Tomorrow morning will be the test. Will the brakes work correctly after sitting overnight? Wish me luck!
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    Thanks, Gary for taking the time to respond and post pics of the p-valve. I have disassembled the proportioning valve several times and find nothing out of the ordinary or anything that doesn't look like the pics that you posted. As noted above, the hose is clear to the rear caliper. What would a FAULTY proportioning valve look like? Mine looks new, like the one you posted. What if there were a problem with air in the master cylinder that can't be bled out (Earl's theory) or a problem with pressure differential to the front caliper? A restriction in the metering block perhaps? Many people are familiar with what the proportioning valve does when it's working properly, but no one has indicated what would cause a proportioning valve to NOT work properly. The rear brake has worked in the past, what would have caused it to stop functioning?
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    I replaced the rear caliper with a freshly rebuilt unit from Earl (Skydoc_17) and installed a new master cylinder rebuild kit. Bled the system 'til I am sick of brake fluid and STILL I have no rear brake. Please read previous posts. All symptoms remain. This is really starting to suck!
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    The driver of a minivan that was rear-ended by a motorcycle in Victorville, Calif., got all the way home before he realized the dazed biker had landed in his back seat, the Victorville Daily News reports. Karen Hunt, a spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's office, says officials call the incident "a non-injury collision with a twist." Hunt says officers initially feared the biker had gotten caught under the vehicle because callers who reported the accident didn't know where the rider was. Deputies say the driver had slowed to turn into his street when the crash occurred and proceeded for a half-block to his home. Calling out to his wife that he'd been rear-ended and needed to go back, he turned around to find the shocked biker in the back seat, the newspaper says. Hunt says the biker did not need any medical attention because the helmet sustained most of the impact. All he asked for was an icepack for one of his hands, the paper says.
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    I rode my '90 to Florida and back (Illinois), about 2500 miles in 6 days. My old '83 VR and I went to Canada via WV, NY, MI with no issues (twice). Just ride it...three hundred ain't nuttin'.
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    I was not able to crack the banjo bolt at the proportioning valve because it is not accessible behind the master cylinder and frame. To loosen that banjo bolt I had to dismount the master cylinder, loosen the banjo and remount the master cylinder and then depress the pedal. I decided to just remove everything. I removed the reservoir, the master cylinder with proportioning valve, the brake hose from the proportioning valve to the rear caliper and the rear caliper. I removed the proportioning valve from the master cylinder and removed the internal workings. Everything looked like new. I noted the position of the various parts and cleaned everything, even if it didn't look dirty. I used shop air and blew out all passages. I blew into the hose (by mouth, first) and found it open. I used shop air to blow it out real good, too. I used shop air on the caliper and all the pistons moved out. I pried the pistons back into the caliper body and again applied air and all four again moved out. I opened the reservoir and found it pristine as well. No deposits, nor crusty jello, nor sediment anywhere. I am going to reassemble everything, but since I didn't find anything out of line, I am skeptical that the problem has been resolved.
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    I installed Speed Bleeders ™ on the clutch and on all brake bleeding points yesterday (perhaps I shouldn't have chosen Friday the Thirteenth) and flushed all clutch and brake fluids with new fresh DOT4. Everything was going swell until I replaced the last bleed valve on the rear caliper and could not get any fluid to come out of the bleeder when I attempted to bleed the rear brake line. I replaced the Speed Bleeder with the OEM and attempted to bleed as normal and again no fluid would emit. I removed the bleeder and depressed the brake foot pedal, but still no fluid at rear caliper. I can see that there is fluid in the open port where the bleeder fits, but none comes out when I depress the pedal. I have a very firm pedal and the left front brake works. I tried rebleeding the entire system and did not encounter any air at the front or at the metering bleeder near the steering head. I removed the plastic elbow with the reservoir fill hose attached to it and drained the reservoir. I examined the two ports inside the master cylinder that are visible when the elbow is removed and noted that the orifices were open as I depressed the pedal. I reinstalled the elbow, refilled the reservoir with fresh fluid and rebled the front left, the steering head metering bleed valve and attempted to bleed the rear once again without success. Same results, no fluid and no pressure at the pistons. Applying the pedal does not apply the brakes on the rear wheel but the front left brake works fine. It seems to me that the proportioning valve mounted on the master cylinder is stuck, perhaps, but I don't know enough about the internal plumbing of the master cylinder/proportioning valve to know if this is likely. It is not an easy task to remove the master cylinder and or the proportioning valve, so I am asking for guidance towards some other cause for me to have no pressure at the rear caliper. The last time I rode the bike a couple weeks ago, the brakes seemed to work fine, even two up. I only encountered a problem after I installed the Speed Bleeders™. (Thanks to your suggestion, Condor!)
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    Sorry, Bill, but the Davis Rally is the same weekend.
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    Are the dash lights still dimmable when the incandescent are replaced with LED?
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    Bob: Do you by chance have an amber plastic cassette rain cover laying around that you would like to get rid of?
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    Chocking When I use my Mity Vac to bleed the brakes, I often experience the solid stream of bubbles you experience. I found that these bubbles were not a result of air within the system, but air leaking around the clear hose where it slips over the bleeder. Sometimes, too, if you unscrew the bleeder too far, outside air, as opposed to air from within, is sucked by the bleeder threads. Try applying a bit of heavy grease to the bleeder valve before slipping the hose on to it. Also make sure the hose fits tightly on to the bleeder valve. This leaking air will also break the vacuum formed by the Mity Vac and result in very little actual bleeding of the air in the system. You should probably see old dark fluid coming out as you make an effective bleed. If not, there is probably no actual bleeding going on.
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    Steppenwolf... I too think you have done a good job at packing that bike. Even got matching luggage.
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    I didn't mean to say that the two different shots were related...just that it was coincidentally the same curve. The one is of a guy on a RSV while the other of the guy flyin' was a 70 something guy on a Harley. No relation...I guess.
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    Look at this shot. Same place, same trees, same stumps, etc. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hBMgJiXA_aI/TZ1syyRaPfI/AAAAAAAAmgk/UmVS0DJxGBc/s1600/img_2820.jpg
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    Black liquid shoe polish?
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    Wish I could help ya, man, but ya can't get there from here.
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