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2nd above. Love the Gunnison area. Heck, I spent 6 years going all over Colorado. Enjoyed the riding there. From Estes Park to Vail to 285....any of the small 2 lanes. Yep...like that area. Oh...stop at Glenwood Springs for a soak.... david PS. Glad you are bringing warm gear. Can get chilly fast..even in summer. And take your time..watch out for dehydration. At 7 to 9K feet altitude, you can dry out pretty quick...

Another thought: Noticed the 2nd gen rotors are thinner than the 1st gen's. Waiting on Clearview...its in Stage 3...adding vent and final check out.

No. Any changes it "might" make is equal to all lines you are using. All it does is dampen the vacuum pulses. Most aftermarket units use either restrictors or a smaller diameter tube a few inches long near the motor end of the tubes. This is what they look like: http://tinyurl.com/oy223uw May find them at your local auto store...

As Dion said, lowering the front forks is free and results in lowering the overall height of the bike...as well as makes the handling much easier. Other thoughts: Don't back up. I've found with a little thinking on the fly, I can park in areas where If I have to back up...gravity is my friend. Keep right hand on brake and left her roll back slowly. Easy. In times when I got stuck...someone (including one lady rider) would come over and help. Don't be embarrassed...you are riding a very heavy scoot! As far as dropping in a crowd...if you haven't, you will....guess what? We've all done that. We know! Do it and watch how many guys will come to help! U-Turns. Once I got my front tire replaced, it was time to practice slow speed stuff. If you know the "rules" about slow speed riding....turning your head, feathering the clutch and riding the rear brake...the turns come easy with practice. Practice I did. Then I went out and rode my 1st Gen 89 Royale. I used to be scared stiff riding that since it's even more top heavy...but what a hoot to zing that monster around after riding the 2nd Gen! Now everything has "clicked" into place and I'm finding riding the 2nd Gen RSV is easy as well. Practice works. I don't focus on balancing anymore...if I did..I would wobble to a stop. I relax, plan my stop and do it. Every time. Keeping your head up and not looking down is the main key to stopping without losing balance. Especially on those stops where you will be turning right and have to look over your left shoulder for traffic. I now plan my stop....I stop, then turn head to check traffic. Rolling stops in those situations always got me in trouble, balance wise. So I don't do it! Same applies for slow heavy traffic. I found I'm really wobbly if I think about going 10 feet and stopping, over and over. Now I keep my head up...looking way ahead and move forward. It's such a simple thing, but for some reason works! I took the safety course 4 years ago for grins....I learned and re-learned a lot. One of the keys was to slow ride a long straight line. No one could do it, not even me with years of riding behind me. Instructor suggested I look at the picnic table at the end of the line. I did...and went all the way down the line, straight, without a problem. Your head turns and where you are looking make all the difference in slow riding. I now ride the 2nd Gen RSV with lady on back and am comfortable. Seriously. I feel good having her back there. BTW, 1: I bought my 05 RSV only 5 weeks ago.... 2: I'm an old phart - 67 years young 3: 30 inch inseam on a shrinking bod. If I can do it...you can. If it's the right bike for you, you will love the ride. If not, it will be more than just the heaviness of the bike. Last (sorry about this long post), You will need different bars or at least 1 1/2inch to 2 inch risers as your reach might not be comfortable for you. I have 1.5 inch risers. You will need good, tall boots with at least 1 inch soles. I found 2 pair and they make a huge difference in putting my feets down! If the deal looks good, and you like the scoot, don't let the fear of being heavy stop you. You can do this....but will have to make some riding changes to accommodate the bike. Hope this helps... david

Put a restrictor in the lines...no more bounce.

Midnight...you got it all in one post. Good work. Thanks!

Luck, thoughts and prayers, Jeff! Awaiting word.....

OK...so from what you guys have said... I'm wondering if the power goes to the hazard relay... for all relays....and is isolated from turn/hazard switches. Then they use the two other relays to control front and rear turn signals...leaving a common power through the hazard relay for the running lights. Hence the need for the key to be on for all to work. david

Like those. Ordered. Thanks for sharing...

Jeff, me too. This "emergency switch needing key on" simply doesn't compute in my brain. I'm still having troubles understanding how Mom Yamaha could make so many mistakes on the 2nd Gen after building an almost perfect bike in the 1st Gen! This is just another example of someone, somewhere wasn't thinking clearly when the design was finalized. Steve@M61A1MECH.....time for you to research and make another plug/play harness. david

I hit 102 today with 5% humidity. Not bad at all...but wouldn't want to ride in that heat. I'm prone to skin cancer so going nekked like Cowpuc isn't available for me...so full safety gear. Hot. I think Phoenix may hit a record this weekend....I won't...we are higher in altitude (3Kfeets) so I'm happy about that! Just planted some tomatoes in a pot (have rocks for lawn)...nice out now...must be 96! david

Kevin, thank you for the offer. Let's see where life has me in August. I used to ride across country and still drive across (Yukon XL) on a whim....but don't know if my bod can take a long term ride. I get tired just riding 150 miles to Phoenix nowadays! David

((The two pics of a Venture on the Dragon appear to be of Todd @86er.)) Kevin, Cool stuff. Hope he doesn't mind being famous again! And yea...could be right GW...the right hand pic sure looks like something near the center of the bike is scraping.... Just crawled under my 1st gen....yep..I was wrong thinking it was the pegs. The hiway pegs are scuffed but those are new additions this past few months...but my left saddlebag guard is scraped nicely!! That's a new scrape since I was careful to wash and wax bike and don't remember any scrapes on chrome. But who knows for sure.....since I haven't hit anything on the 1st Gen. No rust...just road rash on the chrome. Definitely scraped off some metal there...easy to feel.

Found some links with the search, but nothing definitive. Has anyone lately done this? TIA, david

Double check that the plug wire is snug in the coil...before pulling the carbs. You might take plug out....ground it and start her up. Do it dark area as spark might be a weak blue. if no spark....wire not in the coil.

Looked up the address on Google. Yikes! That would be the ride. Think I would go straight north....up into Colorado....and stay more north than East...Cooler. We shall see.

Whoa....yep...you do enjoy the twisties! Since my last post, I checked my scoot over. Found the left highway rest base is scratched. It doesn't stick out very far but either that or the center stand left arm are the only areas I can think of. Some guys have said it's the exhaust. Could be....since they hang down below the frame. I just don't see any damage there... These pics I found on the web....maybe they can help pinpoint your scrape. So far, best suggestions, IMHO, is to extend your shock mount. Give you an extra inch or two. With your long legs, you should be good.

You could be right, Barry. If I can find another 2nd gen rider around at some point...be nice to compare speedos. Just seems weird to watch it. Start moving...nothing...then it jumps 5mph or so...up and down. In all speed ranges. I do need to trace the sensor wire (thanks sldunker).....the sensor itself was clean as a whistle...as well as the oil it was in. Hopefully it's a dirty connection somewhere... david

((Carrying a passenger my modified '85 carves through corners while my '92 drags the center stand if I think about leaning over.)) Gary, You must really crank her over. Last month I hit a decreasing radius curve with the little lady on back a tad fast. I kept laying her over until I scraped something. Woke my lady up! But woke me up too. I had my CLASS on "Low" setting for rear. Kicked it up to "medium" and all has been well since then...though It's a stretch now for me to stand holding bike. I'm 5'10", 220 with 30" inseam. Lady is 136. Watching thread to see what solution you come up with. david

Sigh, once again the meet is far, far away for this kid to ride. Guess My only consolation in missing these meets... is I get to ride in Winter.

Yep E4 means you need to re-solder the pin connections to the main circuit board. Will take you all of 5 minutes to do that.

Mike...though I like the look of your diamond cut stuff...not sure it would look good with my silver. Black yea...but silver...hmmm. I love the stock looks of both gens of Ventures. So guess I'm stuck in the 80's as well.

yep....good alternative.

All of the above are correct: My 2 cents: My 89 1st gen had a CLASS issue. Got 2 warnings. Took unit out of right side, and followed the pics and info found here on this site on how to repair. Took less than 30 minutes, to take the unit out, take it apart, re-solder the joints where the connectors were, put unit back together and re-install. Worked fine after that...and still working fine one year later. These are very early generation computers, very slow but very dependable. Age cracks the solder joints and the vacuum/pressure hoses. Cleaning the connections, re-soldering your computer and replacing hoses are usually all that is needed to keep the unit running. Try all the above and let us know if these ideas don't work. david