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So where do you recommend would be the best place to post Venture sightings? Here in the Watering Hole?

Primer? Let the paint shop give you their recommendation, if you are going to use them....

The S5 is still around, have to search. But I believe it's been supplanted by the S7 or S8... http://www.ebay.com/itm/BroView-S-Series-S7-H4-HB2-Headlight-High-Low-Beam-25W-4000LM-pc-Kit-LED-Bulb-/182775271003?fits=Model%3AS5&hash=item2a8e414e5b:g:CUsAAOSwHqRZwI9L&vxp=mtr http://www.ebay.com/itm/BroView-S-Series-S7-H4-9003-Cree-8000LM-Headlight-Dual-Beam-50W-White-6500K-LED-/232493583912?fits=Model%3AS5&hash=item3621b28e28:g:XxYAAOSwQG5ZwMgI&vxp=mtr

Before you do anything else.... rDrain the clutch system, refill with fresh DOT3 and bleed. Try again. You may have to bleed and flush more than once to get the crud out. After doing that a few times, and if you still don't have a clutch, then time to think about rebuilding master and putting in a new slave. Slave is located at the bottom center of the motor...hidden .... left side.

Welcome to our group. Your bike is a 1st generation Venture. The very first thing I would recommend is to go to the Read only technical library on this site. Under "Forum". Download the service manual. Second, start reading all about the clutch...the 3rd topic under the 1st Generation tech library is about rebuilding the clutch. Third, after doing all of that....if you look on the right side of the page, near the top...you should see a small rectangular white box area. That is the search function. Type in your search words, IE, clutch, or master cylinder...for example and follow the suggested threads. Also, if you find a thread that is close to what you are looking for... look down at the bottom of the page...there are other suggestions offered by the site that will probably pertain to what you are reading. They are in order of age/date. Doing all this will keep you busy repairing and shining up your bike! If you get stumped by a post....shout out and someone should jump in shortly with some thoughts to help. If you haven't joined, this is the best $12 you will ever spend! Do so... OH...take pics of your bike. Before and after... and post here. We like to see what others do, how they are doing and, of course, pictures are worth more than a thousand words around here! They also help tremendously to solve problems when we can see what you are referring to. Again, welcome...and enjoy your bike! (can't wait to hear what you have to say when you crack the throttle for the 1st time....heehee)

Another Venture sighting, this time a two tone light colors? I-19 heading northbound just before the San Pedro river bridge....around 12:15pm today. Geesh...where are these people coming from and why aren't they on our site???

Note to self: If the oil level is still at the "full" mark after a bit of running, loosen oil drain and let some out. Don't want the excess oil to get blown into the air box and create a mess. Halfway mark is usually max....

If you paid for coverage, you should have a case. Even if they are correct, if you were not informed and paid the premium and it's listed on your policy, the burden should shift back to them. Legal beagle time.... At least for an opinion.

Hi James, Absolutely...but try to come down after the 16th of October. I'm shooting and editing a grant video for a company.....I should have some time after that. Be out of town in Oregon visiting my sister until then.... As well as putting that video piece together. Have maintenance almost complete on the RSV, hope to get to the VR in the next month as well. Looking forward to getting together with you.... D

Only when running on all four carbs? Boy... That would be quite rare to have all four carbs leaking. So..... I'm going for the fuel line or fuel rail has a leak and it's running down all carbs. Take off the tank..... Scoot should run for a few minutes without tank. Look for leaks under the air plenums.... Dry off the top of the carbs first... In fact... Dry them completely. Then run test. You can run scoot longer with tank on table near bike and long fuel line.

Excellent news! Prayers Up! ( Never hurts to keep them coming)

3pm today. Light Brown 1st Gen sighted heading northbound on 19th avenue... North of Dunlop. @Freebird. Would it be a good idea to add another forum under the general discussion area for venture sightings?

Bill, I haven't painted an entire panel but what I did do was easy. I sanded smooth, then painted with color, covered with clear. By not masking the blend areas of old and new, (thanks Jeff), the color went on nicely. The clear was not masked either. Took two tries on the sanding as I didn't get it smooth enough and it showed. So sanded off 1st attempt and did again. Only mask areas where you need color separation and use the factory lines. The only issue with paint is you need to take panel in and have local shop match. Colorite will not have proper color for our older bikes as the paint formulation used today gives wrong color for our older paints. At least it did with my 89. I ended up taking panel in and local shop made a small batch for me. The color matched perfectly... Despite the years of sun exposure. The advantage to matching! I bought a tiny spray gun from Harbor Freight. Only held a couple of ounces, but that would be more than enough to do most if not all your panels one light coat. Light coats are better. Clean gun after every use! Follow paint shops instructions on temperature and time between coats. Oh...I test sprayed using water on the wall of my house to set pattern and density of paint spray. Then didn't touch controls! Got a nice light spray without to much overspray. If I can find my posts with pics and info I'll add to here. But you can find it faster as I'm out of town... And yea.. You can do this. It was easy and fun. Prep is the key. Found thread. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?119659-Doing-some-repairs-to-89&highlight=Painting

I tried the beads on the front of the RSV but guess they, dealer, didn't put enough in as the tire bounced all the way home and back. 35 miles each way on the freeway. They replaced with good old weights.

Then that's not a problem in Arizona. None of the counties have emission test for bikes anymore. Yay!

Mover, is it gear whine or electrical whine? Both go up and down in pitch with engine speed. If you can hear it sitting still with motor reving, it's electrical. That usually means a poor ground. Split fairing and clean audio connectors. If it's gear whine, turn down your auto leveling on the audio. It tends to increase volume when you aren't talking, making the road/ engine noise louder. Suggestions that may help...

I asked the original question because I bought a couple of those cheap pumps before I knew about their failure rate. Hence the thought of maybe taking off the points and stick them in the bag of parts. Guess I should find them and check the pipe size first. If it's correct, use that pump as a spare. Otherwise, pull the points and save them as emergency points.

Flag etiquette. Assume flags mounted on luggage rack. So what side is proper for US flag if flown alone? If flying two flags, does US flag go to the right or left?

My thinking it would be the latter. A fire breathing, rip snorting powerhouse....detuned just a tad for smooth, mind blowing acceleration and 40 mpgs!!

Add my smiles and congratulations. 37 years together!!! That is so very special! God Bless you both with many more years together....and far more miles CTFW!!!

Curious. Has anyone tried to use the points from one of those el cheapo fuel pumps found on eBay on your original fuel pump? Or.. Is that the failure point on the el cheapos? Or... Is it a different set of points altogether? I ask because if they would work, the cheap pumps are cheaper to buy than the replacement points....

If Yamaha had put a liquid cooled V4 in the new Venture, how many of us would be 1st year buyers?

I've had a similar MSR product for about 15 years. Still works great! I do like this newer unit you like. The wind protection is most important...