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With no oil and nothing to pump or return the lever to home position, then yes, the lever will be loose.

I dunno if the clutch is cable or hydraulic operated on an 1100. If cable, make sure the freeplay is set correctly, and the other end by the transmission is moving in/out. If hydraulic, consider bleeding the clutch (and all that entails). Then, try again.

With the engine off see if you can get it into 1st gear. Rocking back & forth if you need to. With engine off and in 1st gear, pull in the clutch and rock the bike back & forth to break the clutch plates loose. Once the clutch plates are loose and the bike rolls freely with the clutch in, select neutral. Start the engine up, put er in gear & drive away.

Thanks for the info. I think I'll order a pair.

What size are the fork tubes and fork lowers (dust seal diameter) on a 1st Gen? I'm looking for some boots for a 41mm tube and 52mm lower on a Kawasaki VN900. The boots off a Yamaha Bolt will work but they want an arm/leg for them.

I have the skydoc_17 kit. I like it.

Well. It seems we have a newby. And their aint nothing wrong with being a newby. You reverse bleed a clutch by first covering the bike entirely in plastic and getting yourself a raincoat to wear. Reverse bleeding is extremely effective, and depending on how many beers you have had, can possibly paint your entire garage with brake fluid.

I was actually going to buy a Venture. Had my checkbook all primed. Figured it would be the last heavy bike I would ever own cause the knees are not what they used to be. Then... I found it was not at all what I was wanting. So... no go for me. I am, believe it or not, since Victory is belly-up, FORCED to look at a Harley or Indian as my last heavy bike. On the warranty thing, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck... you know. The only reason for a "Service Contract" is because, no matter how it is debated, a "Service Contract" is better for the manufacturer as it gives them some outs in unforeseen circumstances to the customers detriment. The legal eagles make it that way on purpose. If a 1 year Warranty + 4 year service contract was as good as a 5 year warranty... then it would be called a warranty for 5 years and make the manufacturer, no matter how honorable or not, responsible under severable federal law for 5 years. Heck, I don't think a 5 year warranty on a 27K purchase is too much to ask. I was really impressed that Yamaha offered it on my RSV and I expect them to go forward, not backward on their policies.

Ooops....

They didn't think about Elude a Venture. Marketing guys.....

The Yarley does not have a 5 year warranty. The Yarley comes with a 1 year warranty (bummer) and a four year service contract. A "Service Contract" is not covered by the Moss Magnuson Warranty Act. Meaning... You may be REQUIRED to have all your service work done by the dealer in order to keep the "Service Contract" active. In addition, for performance claims, Yamaha is not bound to produce parts that would fix an error... (Tabs breaking off fairing windshield mounts ring a bell) or even to replace that part after one year. They could claim "normal wear & tear".

Bent Forks.

It is heresy that you speak of this "Water Cooling"... What manner of voodoo you say is this "drive with shaft"???

As a bet... I say it is a FJ-10...

See here LubeDrivePins - rear wheelInstallon Venture.pdf

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/how-europes-changing-emissions-laws-will-change-motorcycling MotorcycleEmissions.pdf The Gen2 Venture has horrible emissions due to non-fuel injected and was sold as a Tier 3 motorcycle just in North America for its last few years of production. Prior to 2005 I bet they were sold everywhere. The Gen3 Venture without a water-cooled engine has no hope of making Euro4 standards... so looks like it will be a North American bike ...only... right from the get go. (Please somebody... get a picture of the emission label next time you are test-driving a new Venture) I could probably get over a lot of things to talk myself into buying a new Venture. However, no Water-Cooling on the new Venture ends all conversation for me and makes it a no-go deal.

Certainly has the alternator output for it.

See here Starter.pdf StarterClutch.pdf

How did you do that? I can never get my bike to fall over without an audience...... Heal Fast. Best Wishes.

One Hundred!?!?!? have been allocated for Canada?!?!? Ohhhhh.... Harley must be really shaking in their boots over the new Venture. Harley makes this many bikes in a day...

Alright... one last time and then I really will shut up about this. I'm really 100% behind Yamaha. I wanted them to do well with their new bike. I was hoping that it would blow everything else off the planet and surely it would have the V4. After all, the V4 has been Yamaha's "Signature" engine on-and-off, for better than 30 years now. It is about the "Signature" engine that the motorcycle manufacturer decides to use in their flagship touring bike that I now feel shortchanged by Yamaha. I felt sure that Yamaha had the market cornered on the big lump V4 current Vmax engine and I was disappointed that they decided not to use any form of it in their new tour bike. Relating to a "Signature" engine, if I said a flat-six, you would know I was talking about Honda. Harley is known for their V-Twins. BMW has their inline (how many cylinders does that thing have nowadays 10..12..?), Triumph has the Triple, and Yamaha has been known for the V4. However, now the Yamaha "Signature" Hallmark drivetrain is an Air-Cooled, Half Mechanical Half Hydraulic valve, belt drive, push rod v-twin. I'm having a hard time trying to make myself like this new beast. There is probably not a lot of money to be made in exotic engines like the V4. Honda has the "traditional" V4 in the VFR1200 which is slated to be short lived. Honda's ST is gone and the CTX1300 probably won't be coming back. There is talk of no more Yamaha Vmax. This is a shame. I am sorry to see the V4 go and I was hoping its proper execution in a large caliber tour bike would let it remain in production as Yamaha's "Signature" Hallmark engine.

Your not a poser. You actually have a bike to go along with the t-shirt.

I wouldn't exactly say that "Yamaha Fires Back On Why They Didn't Use The V4", more like begrudgingly defending their new V2 against the V4. They are trying to sell their new product and I can live with that. The Yamaha guy makes some very thin line reasons why they didn't use a V4... Surely nothing techno Yamaha couldn't have overcome hmmmm.... The Yamaha guys that are responsible for the new product launch of the new Venture are probably tired of hearing that Yamaha actually made a V4. A pretty darn good one too.