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When you ran out of gas did you fill with fuel from a station?? Youi might have gotten a load of wet gas... Pull the line off the petcock again and drain some into a glass jar to check if you have water in your tank... If your getting flow thru the petcock I wouldn't suggest pulling to check the filters unless you'd want to check the stand pipe filters. DO you get the same flow thru the petcock in reserve and ON?? A plugged filter is also a good suggestion. There's all kinds of cr@p in the bottom of some tanks, and the reason it helps to run a bit of Sea Foam with every tank, and a good shot to a full tank every couple of months or so. It's also not a bad idea to drain the tank once in a while.

For whatever reason it looks like the PO had all the vacuum bibs tied together and then to the booster. Maybe???

I just did a 'venture royale throttle cables' search on eBay and got 19 hits. There's gotta be something in there some place that'll fit..... You might also try 'venture 1200 throttle cables' or 'venture XVZ1200 throttle cables'...

It was worth a shot. Your first post mentions the sidestand?? My bad.

I donno... I just picked up a Corbin Seat for $250 includisng shipping, which is a fairly standard price off eBay. A complete set of throttle cable for $15 and free shipping, 2 NOS media wires for the Nolan helmets for $5 bucks each. These run $40ea.+ , I did buy a NOS '99 fuel tank in mint condition in the right colors for more than I wanted to pay, but I didn't have to do a thing to it when it arrived... So there are still buys out there. If you want to look at a lot of items change your search to 'all items' and do 'star venture'... It'll take you a while to go thru all the 4,200 listings... Granted, a lot of them are up there in price, but there are still items reasonably priced as a BIN, you just have to search for them..

All the above are halucinating. All they get is 10mpg!!!!!

If the drip is around the sidestand you might want to check the crush washer on the bottom screw of the middle gear cover. The slave will generally leak on the collector...

Try Searching for .. Gotta admit tho, it's been slim pickin's.. I guess the reason is that everyone has a pretty tight wallet due to the economy. No sense paying listing fee's when the item doesn't get a sniff... A lot of folks are going to Craigslist for free and local sales...

No one said that if you sell on eBay you have to know what you're doing, or what you can smoke..

I understand Gary, but can you come up with a better idea of where the fluid is going besides dripping on the collector and looking like a mosquito abatement rig??? I'm certainly all ears.... Unless we are standing there and looking at it all we can do is make is an educated guess.

Sounds like the slave seal. It can leak and the DOT 3 will run into the clutch housing and then into the engine oil.

Bear Tooth is like a box of chocolates, and they are always working on the road. They do as much as they can with what little time they have. We've been lucky at both Cody's. The first was in mid Sept, and two weeks after we left they had 2 feet of snow in Red Lodge...

What I'm curious about is after riding all that way, and starting fine to go get gas, you have catastrophic failure. Usually it's intermitent... How's your battery. It may have enough juice to turn the engine over, but not enough to load up the coils and get a decent spark...??? Or are you getting fuel???? OR a load of bad gas???

Kill Switch.... :confused07:

The rule of thumb is if the caliper mounts with horizontal bolts it'll work. If the caliper mounts with vertical bolts it won't. The vertical calipers also look kinda boxy... Also none will fit on a 1stGen MKI unless MKII forks are installed.

E3's @ Jake Wilson. I just ordered a set and got them in 2 days. Free shiping...

Here's a few thoughts for big handed folks. To get the plugs 'loose' use the sparkplug socket and the flat 19mm box end that come in the OEM tool kit. If the '83 didn't come with a kit shop eBay for a 2ndGen kit. They don't bring near the $ they are asking for a 1stGen. Just make sure it has the sparkplug socket and the flat box ends with handle. Those are the items your interested in. To removed the plugs use 12" of 5/16" fuel line and jamb it down over the porcelain and unscrew. Use the kit socket to start the threads when installing, and then finish off with the hose and tighten with the kit socket. I use the out of the box gap they come with, and NGK's only. Always take note of what the tips look like as a good indicator of fuel mix, ring condition, etc....

Sorry for your loss. It seems like there are a bunch of newer 2ndGens on eBay right now...

If you still have the old hose, and it has bends in it, take it to one of the larger auto parts stores and match it up with a portion of something they have in stock. It doesn't need to be the exact hose, just part of it...

Just swap out the calipers and bleed, and you're good to go...

I eventually got the one on the '91 to work after 3 tries. Big PITA. However... how long are you waiting for the CLASS to respond. Sometimes it takes what seems like forever, I think the chip speed is about 1 or 2 hrtz... If you're expecting it to perk right up you need to pack a lunch... Also try cleaning the multi plug. Clean the power leads too. Even though you're getting power.

R1 and R6 calipers show up on eBay constantly.... Probably will until they stop wrecking 'm... I've picked up several very nice ones for $35-$45 bucks with a $10 buck shipping fee... Be patient and be picky.

So I went to an auction last week.... And this is what I came home with.. I remember back when I was 13 or 14 years old, a buddy of mine had a Whizzer Motorbike with that big belt drive on the rear wheel. I was jealouse as all get out. And now the itch has been scratched... It's not a whizzer but I think a little better. The base bike is a Diamond Back Avenir, and the motor is a brand X... but I'll ID it eventually. Runs like a champ. A few little things I'll need to tweek, but hey....it's used. Thinking about getting a couple of Harley decals for the tank...

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