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  1. Condor
    Dan, you can use the same small flat rate box for Canadian mailings. Order the free boxes online in 25 box packs. When you're figuring paypal pricing don't forget to add $1.50 to the total price for paypal fees. If you pay and print labels online it works out to a little less than $5 bucks for US, and $10 bucks Canadian.
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    Depends on my riding conditiions. I've riden 100 miles up in the Sierra twisties and only taken on 2 gallons. I've riden 150 miles out on the slab and take on 3.5 to 3.8 gallons. 'Bout 38mpg.
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    That happens. If you compressed the pistons before bleeding it takes a while before the caliper gets 'pumped up' again. Bleed the front brake until you get pedal, and then rebleed the rear caliper and pump the 'H' out of the pedal. Hopefully you'll get pedal again. Once you do get pedal, bleed the lines again. The other possibility is the portioning valve is plugged. It doesn't take much crud to keep fluid from getting to the back caliper. Gotta love those speed bleeders.... Gotta remember to read all posts 3 times before offering advice....
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    My '83 had the bump-clunk when I first bought it. Installed progressives and the clunk disappeared. 25 y.o. OEM fork springs don't offer a lot of resistance.
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    I don't have room for a soft bag with all the space in the saddle bag taken up with tools, cleaning supplies, spare fairing parts, tire patch kit and pump, and granola bars....
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    Thanks for the tip Tim. Reading a GPS in direct sunlight is one of the biggest requirements if it's mounted on a bike. Otherwise using it is a PITA. Gonna have to look into this one. Where did you find it for the $60 bucks??
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    I've been running an Avon Venom-X on the front of the '83 for the last 5000+ miles with an EII on the back. The back tire was about half worn when I bought the bike but the front needed changing. Anyway I've never experienced any squirliness with the combination. I recently just added an Avon on the rear and will keep in mind the reports of handling problems at high speed. The front tire I've had into the triple digits and the bike is as solid as a rock. The front also has a ton of rubber left on it.... and no chicken strips... The '91 is scheduled to get a new set of Venoms this week preparing it for Cody. That aught to be a good test of new/new.
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    Not on this one.... Too clean..
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    OK as promissed, here a pic of the fish. Looks kinda small, but remember the good lookin' OF standing behind it isn't exactly small....
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    Dang that is one dirty looking engine. Time for three of four cans of carb cleaner....
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    A couple of years back another Venture out of a collection with less than a thousand on the OD went for $5600 on Ebay. I bet there are a couple of 1stGens still in the crate out there somewhere.... ??
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    Anyone interested?
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    Pat I think you're getting your terminology mixed up a bit. The '92 you are looking at is still a 1stGen. The 2ndGens start with the '99 to present. The '92 is a Ist Gen MarkII, '86-'93. The MarkI's are '83-'85. That said, about the only major differences between the MkI and II are the bigger bags, and the 1300 engine, and the 4 piston front brakes. Also on the MkII they went to a digital TCI from '90 thru '93. The MkII is a slightly heavier bike, and the 1300 motor gives a bit more low end performance.. read grunt.. compared to the MkI 1200 that comes on strong in the higher r's. FWIW I think Yamaha did this to improve two up touring, and to handle the heavier payload from the larger bags. My 2 Cents .
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    Hi Dan, Thanks for doing the rectifier GB. I noticed that in your group buy criteria you limited the units to 1 ea., however I have two Ventures.... actually more than that but only two are road worthy... That's why I requested 2 ea., but if that's going to be a problem, send the second to someone else. It you need any advice on shipping, paypal, etc., give me a shout.
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    The pic is in the skippers camera. Will post as soon as I get it in my hot little digital hands... :-)
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    Went Halibut fishing on San Francisco Bay all day yesterday. Unlike the previous trip where we slayed the Butt's, this time we didn't land one. But all was not lost. One our first drift I landed a 53" 50# White Sea Bass. My first WSB, and the biggest on the Bay this year.
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    This company has a pretty good selection of stripping stick ons. http://www.stripeman.com/mm5/merchant.mvc
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    Got 'm Doug. Thanks.
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    2009 Yamaha V Max VMX17YB 2009 Yamaha V Max VMX17YB/C 2009 Yamaha V Max
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    I still have 83-93 fork braces left over from the last group buy. Anyone interested? If not, I guess the next stop will be Ebay. Here's a link to the ad in the classifieds. FORK BRACE
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    I noticed after watching the video small pic/links appear across the bottom. Some of those are pretty interesting as well....
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    You have a PM....
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    Nice pics Brian.
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    The EII is a fairly robust tire, and it's hard to believe that it went from acceptable to bald in that short of time.... unless you were doing burn outs.... com'n now, fess up.. I was concerned about the EII tread pattern on my '83 being a little skinny, and thought I'd change it before taking the 3000 mile round trip to Ft Collins in '07. I posted a couple of pics of the tire and most of the members recomended that I change it out after the trip. That was two years ago and I just changed it last week. And that's after a couple of more M&E's, and Venture West IV last year with the Massey-Furguson Rd. And there was still a little tread pattern in the center. So from thinking about it to actually changing it I probably logged another 4500-5000 miles. I could have kept going, but it was time. EII's are tough.....
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    The moon takes the same exposure as sunlight. There's an exposure compensation setting in the menu file. Set it about minus 2. That should take care of the wash out. Actually you should get a fairly sharp image handheld because your shutter speed will be the same as daylight. If your going to use max telephoto a tripod will be needed, and remember most of these digitals don't yield a really sharp image in max. If you have a high megapixel camera take the pic in mild telephoto and then crop to what you want with your image editor... Much better results.
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