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  1. Venturous Randy
    I bet you can too. If you have a problem replacing a mirror on a 1st gen, you don't need a 1st gen. But, it was a good question. RandyA
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    Condor, I believe the pan can be pulled without pulling the engine. Both Rocket and 86er made good points on oil leaks. I ended up replacing both the seal behind the clutch master cylinder and the shifter seal where it goes into the engine. If you do decide to pull the pan, make sure you take a good look at the orange o-rings that are on the oil manifold plumbing. The tube that goes toward the oil filter housing has been known to be blown out or broken and this can have a big impact on oil pressure. RandyA
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    I feel very fortunate that I have had the privilege of being on this site for several years. I have learned a ton of technical stuff and have tried to contribute when I can. I work 2nd shift and it is a rare night when I get home from work and don't crank up this site, no matter how tired I am. Political correctness is about balance. Yes, we do need some political correctness out of just plain courtesy, and yes, we see it every day in our lives when it goes way over board. There is a fairly wide range that works well and we should all be able to stay in that range and still have a lot of fun. Speaking of fun, I have been able to get to know several members on here and have spent time with them and their families at times other than our events. I have been to all three Vogal get togethers and look at that as a time to set aside vacation days for and that is special to me. There are a lot on here that I care about and they also care about me and my family. Another point that was made by cowpuc is how some other sites are run. I have two Maximas and occasionally visit Maxima.org. There is a tremendous amount of technical infomation on that site, but talk about having to sort thru crap to get there. There is seldom a post where several don't try to flame someone else. And many times it is obvious they have little knowledge about what they are flaming someone else over. We are lucky folks to have Don and squidley and others that are simply very good folks and will truly do what they can to help and have fun. RandyA
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    I know how you feel thom, I go in to a restaurant and ask for non smoking - non kids. RandyA
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    I suspect there are a lot of 1st gens out there that are already "sleepers" and have surprised a few bikers. I know mine has. RandyA
  6. Venturous Randy
    I worked on a friend's 89 with a miss and it ended up being a spark plug cap with a corroded resister in it. I replaced the cap and the bike ran great. Have you replaced the caps yet? RandyA
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    Richard, I still have my lowers and also have a late 1st gen chin spoiler. I don't know if I will ever use them. Give me a call sometime. Also, tell Patsy that Laura's 60th birthday is Friday the 30th. RandyA
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    He is wanting to go faster, not slower. RandyA
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    There was a really neat video floating around a while back of an F-14 passing a ship as there was a sonic boom and the vapors formed as it did it. It was neat. RandyA
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    You are welcome condor. I took about a 60 mile ride on it today and it stayed between 1/3 and 1/2 on the gage and the bike ran great. I saw temps on my thermometer up to 68 degrees so it was still a cool day. I just wish I had got down and looked at it this summer when it was so hot. RandyA
  11. Venturous Randy
    Kit, thanks for bringing up the comment about the O-ring in the oiling system. This is a previous post I started that gives a little more detail. Thom, this could very well be a problem you are dealing with and it will definately reduce your oil pressure. RandyA http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=13425
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    I still use the same one that came on my bike. Infact, I took a ride today as it was about 68 degrees and I think at one time I was close to 8,500 rpms and it was still pulling hard!!! RandyA
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    This could be a good fixer upper for someone. RandyA http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Yamaha-Road-Star-1300-1987-Yamaha-Venture-Royal-1300_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ50044QQihZ008QQitemZ180183648990QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
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    This past summer I noticed on several ocassions that my temps were going up a little quicker than in the past when it was hot. A couple of years ago I did the bikini side panel mod and it seems to have helped in keeping the bike cool. This was even the case when I was pulling a 450 pound camper. Wednesday I took the bike to work with the morning temp being about 40 degrees to be able to ride home home with it 70 degrees. In my morning ride the temp gage never got off the bottom. Normally it would still go up to about 1/3 on the gauge for that distance. Well, I finally got down under the bike and discovered that when I pulled the engine to replace the gearset, I must not have set the bypass to the correct position. It normally has the top of the lettering pointing toward the five oclock position. I was 180 degrees off. I rotated it around and took a short ride and the temp gage went up to about 1/3. It is easy to understand the temp staying low during cold weather, but I suspect that the getting warmer quicker during hot weather was due to the coolant going thru the radiator too quick to cool adaquate. RandyA
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    I tried this and it said I have 295 issues in my registry and told me I had to purchase the program to fix more than 50. I never did find out what the purchase price was so I backed out of it. Thanks for your help. RandyA
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    As I just responded in my thread, I went back to spybot, which I already had installed and it appears to have taken care of it. I also believe this site is where I heard about spybot a long time ago. RandyA
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    I may have got rid of it. I have had spybot on my computer for a long time and ocassionally use it. After I was not able to down load anything that pa_don suggested due to low memory, i decided to try the spybot. I first clicked on updates and after about 90 minutes of it going thru my computer and it bringing up 12 different listings on spy schredder, it seems this morning to be gone. At least it did not come up when I turned the computer on and the computer seems to be running faster then it did last night. Anyway, computers are somewhat like motorcycles, you better pay attention which road you go down. Thanks for the help. RandyA
  18. Venturous Randy
    Hey thunder, I have heard several speak of having a problem breaking the case and all seemed to be with using the heal-toe shifter, and that is not the way it come from the factory. I think I would consider going back to the stock shifter linkage. RandyA
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    Dan, I have tried to go through the control panel and uninstall it and am told that uninstall is complete, but it comes back every time even after I turn it off and back on. I do have XP but have not tried to reinstall IE7. How do I go about finding this? Thanks, RandyA
  20. Venturous Randy
    Somewhere I have picked up spy-schredder and I can not uninstall it. I even went on their web site and it would not bring up their homepage. It has slowed down my computer and everytime I turn it on I have to go thru a bunch of crap just to get it off the screen. Any help is appreciated and any instructions need to be basic. I just had to x out a popup on spy-schredder as I was writing this. Thanks, RandyA
  21. Venturous Randy
    Thanks cinderella for the post and to all for the comments. I had missed that post earlier. My C-PAP machine, which was issued by the Veterans Administration, has the humidifer and the different pressures for inhaling and exhaling, so I guess it is a bi-pap, according to the other post. It also has the ramp feature. So far I have not used the humidifier, but I guess it would help if I did. I have awakened with a bit of a sore throat a couple of times. I also have not used the ramp feature as I don't seem to have any problem with the start pressure. Mine also has the card that records data and I have another appointment with the VA in a couple of weeks to take it back and review the data. Again, thanks for the feedback RandyA
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    I know that with as many getting old, too fat and poor sleeping guys on here, that we may have several that use the C-Pap machine. I started trying to use it about two weeks ago and I am not doing too well. Due to snoring and stopping breathing at times, I went through the sleep test and when I did go to sleep with all the monitors that I had hooked to me, I did not sleep long before I was awakened to put the mask on. I had been fitted for the one that just goes over my nose, but after going back to sleep, I was awakened to have a strap put around my head to keep my mouth shut. Now I have my own unit and have chosen the mask that goes over my nose and mouth. I am getting better at going to sleep with it on, but have yet to be able to make it thru the entire night. I usually wake up around 3am and visit the bathroom and then go back to bed. The other problem is that I sometimes wake up after I have evidently stopping breathing for some time and when I wake up with the mask on I feel like I am being smothered. And this is with the mask being pressurized. I have to convince myself to just breath deep for a few seconds to be ok. Anyway, I am looking for any suggestions or at least some encouraging words to keep this up. RandyA
  23. Venturous Randy
    For those of you that like old cars, take a look at carsinbarns.com. Many are old muscle cars that have been sitting for a long time. Some will just about bring a tear to your eye. RandyA
  24. Venturous Randy
    Ken, I think that tire price is a bit more than I paid for both new Avons for my 1st gen. There is nothing hard about changing out the rear tire. It is just work. You might need to have some help to tilt the bike over a little to pull the tire/wheel out from under the bike. The other thing you will want to do is grease the splines in the wheel. RandyA
  25. Venturous Randy
    It is ok to show a purple boobie if it is hairy enough!!! RandyA
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