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,,,,,,,,, I snapped a picture of that switch for another member a while back and posted it... Might be able to find it with a search here - will check it out... Hey Bob,, most of the times I have had problems with that sending unit it has been a loose connection resulting in the gauge reading nothing (needle reading no temp).. If the device actually fails is it possible for it to fail with the result being a "high" reading? Britt,, dont let ANY of my questioning Bongo here be misleading.. Picture yourself having just walked into an Electronics 101 classroom with yours truly leaned back in a students desk and Professor Bongo standing at the chalkboard covered in dust and at me wondering why he ever took the teaching job .. Oh,, by the way,,,, signing up for the actual classroom is only a buck a month - well worth it,,,,,,,,,,,,, especially if you enjoy giving college professors a hard time:crackup::crackup:

Hey Bongo,,, got another one we both forgot!! Hey Britt - me and that varmint BongoBob would like to you to VentureRider!!!

also may want to check the coolant bypass valve down below the rad and make sure it is in the correct position.. Its a small black valve Teed into the coolant lines,,,,,,,, located above the oil filter housing,... Need a picture?

Got some mighty healthy advice from my good friend Bongo there Britt.. Might add that the early Ventures had a problematic plastic water pump impeller. I have swapped out a couple of them that had gotten so fragmented that they circulated very little coolant.. May just need to change it out. Not a bad job but very important and one that if the bike were mine and I could not verify thru the previous owner that it had been done I would take a peek at it. In the process of doing so I would also swap in the new seals for the impellar shaft.. You also may find when you open the water pump up you have a bunch of goo built up in the water pump cavity. If so, dont be fooled into thinking all is good just by cleaning it up. If she's still got the plastic impellar, swap it out even if it appears ok - those plastic pumps are a disaster waiting for road gremlins to gather at the most inopportune time..

Marriage

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!:clap2::dancefool::dancefool::thumbsup: and ENDLESS :ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886 Few years ago I ran into a group of guys from Germany riding those puppys out at the Sturgis Rally.. Said it was all they could find for rental bikes within a few state area.. Those guys were having the time of their lives playing in the mountains on those puppies and I know for a fact they had wayyyyy more than a few hundred bucks just in rental:biker:!! GREAT FIND RR!!!

WOW ZZZZZZZZZZ WOW WOW WOW ZZZZZZZ WOW WOW WOW IS THAT PUPPY LOOKING PURDY!!! Ya got a TON of TALENT there Drag:guitarist 2::thumbsup: You do your own painting? From what I can see I LOVE the Marble look - just beautiful!!! Hope to cross paths with you someday - would LOVE to see it IRL (dont mind me,, kind of go crazy over show bikes).. Dont get me wrong,, that is GREAT but a bike like that needs to be SEEN in person to be truly appreciated

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I may not know the difference between a "Mike" and an "Earl" or which direction North is but I sure as beans know the difference between a Cat Tail pod and a root!! Seriously though Boss,, I have heard the same thing - I guess Cat Tail Roots are suppose to be delicious - sort of a celery like taste.. You ever tried em Don?

Hey Boss,, I know we're not suppose to wheel and deal in the Swimming Pool here but just an FYI - I got one of those P.T. boats I will sell ya for a couple hundreds bucks.. Its located over on the east side of Michigan,,, just pay pal me the money and go get it.. Best time for pickup is between 1 and 5am.. Pay no attention to the Bearded guy with the sawed off shotgun if he happens to be around - I emptied all his shotgun shells last time I was over there and the "bang" you might hear is just a primer bang.. Here's a pic of the P.T. - let me know and I will send you an address for pick up!! http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160513/cbd4ac5b9719e159481686644a5a494a.jpg

WOWZY RAGGY!! That sweetheart looks like a VR Meet n Greet just waiting to happen!!:guitarist 2::guitarist 2: Dibs on the upstairs floor for setting up my tent on:rotfl:

Good one "Earl" ,,,, REALLY GOOD!!! those Dogs even come pre-sticked!!!!:guitarist 2:

Seems like I remember some issues with the KLR's that had something to do with the topend,,,, seems like there was a fix they needed,, if memory serves,, it was called the "dohickey" fix or something... Maybe,, just maybe,,, thats all it needs to be a rider:fingers-crossed-emo:thumbsup:... Regardless,, THAT is a steal for Dual Sport scoot of that caliber!! Hope it works out RR!!!

If we'd a had books in grade school with stories like this in em I would have learned to read - @jfman - YOU DA MAN BROTHER!!:clap2::dancefool: :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,AND A PARTRIDGGGE IN A PARE TREEEE,,CHA CHA CHAAA

I always thought the "E" on the front of Eusa stood for "Earl" -- are you beginning to understand how wise my Father was now @The_Tooch :crackup::rotf::rotf::rotfl::rotfl: Soooooooo,,, not to change the subject and try to dismantle yet another blunder of mine but,,, has anyone ever taken a tape measure to @B2MOM and see how :rotfl:tall she is

My Dad use to tell me "Son - your only real problem in life has to do with the type of people you run with..." (see pic one).. My usual response was similar to the person in pic 2... That said,,, NO - your not a bad person and YES - you probably have a problem but I highly suspect it has very little to do with commitment to motorcycles :big-grin-emoticon::big-grin-emoticon::big-grin-emoticon::big-grin-emoticon:

WOWZY - AWESOME PIC AND AWESOME MILEAGE EARL!!! LOVE your comment about the valves!!! Looking at the pic I gotta ask,, Tip (my wife) is 5' 8" and I am an even 6'.. She really enjoys the height difference between us on the 1st Gen's and we always wondered about the passenger seat appearing to sit higher on the 2nd than on the 1st Gen's.. Can I be so nosey as to ask how you and the lady on the back of your bike compare to our heights? Reason I ask is you two look like you fit that scoot very well!! PS - I still think your Diamond Cut bling is the snazziest thing going brother! BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Phew,,,,,, I thought that this: May have been related to this: and was preparing myself for .... Speaking about getting into trouble,,, remind to tell you about the time I got suspended from Ebay for a year for trying to sell Antique BB Guns on there.. My kids went crazy over that one and started calling me "Gun Runner"

Have been trying to help my neighbor sell his 88 Wing/trailer combo and, in the process of doing so found myself baby sitting it for a few days so I could keep it parked out front with For Sale sign on it... Tip and I also managed to sneak it into town and give it quick bath WITH the trailer in tow.. Couple of things I noticed... Never ever did tow a trailer with a scoot before,, was amazed at well it pulled - never even realized it was back there.. Also never did have a scoot with "reverse",,, wow was that fun!! Put er in neutral, pull the lever and hit the start button - talk about fancy!! I have maintained my CDL "A" truckers license all these years, have backed up everything from 50 footers to little bike trailers and gotta say - backing up that Wing with the trailer on the back was a RIOT!! Pretty cool option you Wing riders - pretty snazzy!!! :lightbulb:If I had one of my own I would toss some gearing at it and challenge ya'll to some Reverse Races at MD this year!!!!

Don, was just over in the Ebay sales area where you left a comment about a Tour Pac: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?119300-Yamaha-royal-star-venture-trunk-w-8-quot-subwoofer Tried to respond with a quick question but found out for some reason I couldnt.. Kept getting this message: cowpuc, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons: Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system? If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation. Wondered if this is normal? My question pertained to the mounting of a 2nd Gen Tour Pac.. Any idea if there is a "quick release" docking system available for the 2nd Gens? I know they are popular in the HD world - INSTANT BAGGER - and wondered if such a critter exists for the 2nd Gen? THANKS FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME

Every time I go back and look at the bosses new scoot:178: I keep coming back to the thought of "20k miles - that beautiful scoot is just getting started!!".. Being the scramble brained type that I am and having no experience with the 2nd Gens that thought is usually followed by the question of "I wonder what it's capable of in accumulated mile's".. Knowing how shy a lot of your are, this may have to become a "Poll" question but thought I would try this first.. Wondering who has the most miles on their 2nd Gen? Anyone out there with 100k or over? 200k or over? 300K OR OVER?? Any one wanna share about attaining high mileage (not MPG - talking strickly about odometer readings here) and what kind of "Tweekin" ya had to do to get there? Dont be shy now,,, brag em if got em brothers and sisters!!!!

taste test works best!

Congrats Bossman!!! Sounds like you got that puppy almost EXACTLY the way you want it :thumbsup::clap2::dancefool: and WOWZY is she a BEAUTY!!!!!!! ,,, guess it's almost time to now get the site back to normal again with a little friendly :stickpoke:and maybe even a bit of .... I was just outside tinkering with Tweeks and telling her alllllll about your purdy new scoot.. As I pointed to your signature on her windshield and told her that it was you who gave up the Harley to get back on one of her kind she snickered, said "ohh yea,, I remember that varmint - he seemed like a really nice guy"! As I was walking away from her she mumbled something about having a hard time telling the real difference between a Harley and a 2nd Gen when viewing them from her rear views...

IMHO,,, playing with the anti-dives, replacing fork seals and bushings, setting up the forks so they will maintain air pressure and putting in new fork oil are all wonderful things to do BUT - if your springs are sacked (and it sounds like they may very well be) alllll that effort is for nought.. 1st thing I would do is go out to the bike, release any remaining air from the front end, have someone lift it up off its side stand and take a look at how much travel you have left in the forks. You should be seeing 3 inches or so from the bottom leg top surface to the wear line on the fork tube if the springs are good. I have purchased a number of these 1st Gens with very low mileage on them and have ALWAYS found the stock springs to be sacked and sacked from sitting - not from being "used".. It's a fairly common thought that sacked springs can be over come by adding air pressure, adjusting anti dives and maybe going to a heavier weight fork oil - IMHO,, not so much.. High air pressure is hard on seals, anti dives are in place for setting the bike up for excellent braking (especially for folks who use the front brakes in cornering), and damping thru oil weight is more of control device for how quickly your springs rebound or compress.. If your springs are sacked Kape (and I gotta hunch they probably are) what I would do is pick a set of Progressives up (Ebay CHEAP), pull the oil from the forks, pull the stock springs and those tubes that are on top of them, drop in the progressives and proper amount of Bel Ray 12.5 weight (thinking Bob is right - 360ml sounds about right), add 3/4 inch of preload spacer on top of the springs (some folks like 1/2 but I prefer 3/4).. I know from doing this your air leak wont matter any more cause you will never need air in the forks again, set up like this will be a LOT easier on your seals because the front end will now be supported by springs like its suppose to be instead of putting undo stress on the hydraulic system within the forks and you will be amazed at how well it handles.. I would also suggest going back and match set your anti dives..

Good point Frodo!! And if a person started eating those corn dogs on a regular basis he would probably be forming a bad hobbit