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Not a word, Ronnie. I sent him a private text as well. He seems to be ok judging from his ebike riding with Tip on you tube. I'll call in another day or so if he doesn't check in.....

Thanks guys!! It was the switch, she was seized up pretty good, thru some dw40 on it and now it's out much further and working, so happy to have this working again in case it was ever needed. Saddlebum I can see what you are saying and can see myself having to do the same thing at some point, what do you use for a sleeve?

I'm really liking the comfort of the venture royale. I used to like the adrenaline rush of my 1000 honda superhawk. The only thing I found was I would get way to sore on longer rides and I'm only 32 years of age but I feel i grew out of it and wanted comfort. The venture royale still seems to have a ton of torque, I love twins and how they sound, really the venture royale has everything I would want in a bike, the new star ventures look really nice too but have yet to drive one. I do seem to be digging the linked brake system, I can admit of only drove 8 different bikes in my lifetime but this bike is special, I can see why my grandpa loved it so much and took it everywhere

So he posted on youtube 2 days ago, I'm guessing that the expired membership status means he has moved on to his next chapter in life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag5sECa0dj0

Hey Marcarl, I have to admit, I have rarely seen you post about something that has you scratching your head over it, so this will be an honor to add my two cents to the mix! With that being said, The guide bushings that keep the upper fork tubes in the center of the lower fork tubes will wear out just like the fork seals. In fact, if the guide bushings are excessively worn, they will cause a perfectly good set of fork seals to start leaking! Because of the "Rake" of the front fork tubes, (angle of the tubes in relation to the center line of the motorcycle frame) the guide bushing inside diameter will become "egg shaped" over time. When this condition increases to the point where the lip of the fork seal no longer contacts the upper fork tubes, leakage will result. There are usually two guide bushings in each lower fork tube, try replacing those. Earl

I'm waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting.... For my fork seals for the '89. Yamaha seals. Guess they have to go find the retired guy who ran the machine that made them.... Been over a month and looks like maybe September they will ship. We shall see... David