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    Fantastic explanation. Thank you. Have you sent this to the wild-eyed media folks?
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    My VR first leaked during a trip last November. It was parked outside the hotel and the temperature dropped to 22 degrees F. It did not leak again, until this last week. I found a thread here on this forum that suggests that the thermostat cap deforms over the years. I have ordered a new one with the o-ring and some seal that was listed. Update: Ordered and received new thermostat cover, o-ring and seal. Installed and no more coolant leaking on the garage floor.
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    I did . . . In fact, I've had the mufflers off a number of times and re-used the same gaskets.
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    These look really good (I hate my clamp-on highway pegs!)
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    This could be the real answer to OldGazer's original question. My VR has Progressive Springs installed and I bet Condor does too
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    I really don't think there is a float issue with the bike on the side stand. There can be an issue with the side stand sinking into the ground, or hot asphalt, and falling over. I generally put the side stand down, get off, then put it on the center stand.
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    My experience is that when my rear shock is low on air, getting it on the center stand is a real chore. I had a flat tire last November (rear) and it was worse. Two friends had to help lift it on the center stand. With 30 - 50 lbs of air and the E3 tire properly inflated it slides on the stand without much effort. My side stand actually seems a little short with the shock and tire aired up! Look at the fork position in the top triple tree. Mine has the fork leg flush with the top of the tree. My side stand measures 10.25" from top of pivot bolt to tip.
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    The pipes pictured are for a Vmax and likely will not fit the VR. I will point out that the Vmax uses balance tubes between the front head pipes and the rear pipes seem to be balanced in the weird muffler. Balance tubes (H-pipe, X-pipe, etc) are for smooth power pulses and these tubes are generally much smaller in diameter versus the exhaust pipe. I think balance tubes are not absolutely needed. If I understand it, they seem to improve idle and low RPM.
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    Most folks believe that equal length headers are needed. However, as often happens, a little fact seems to go way beyond the real world. This article discusses a test made between equal length long-tube headers and unequal length short-tube headers. The results surprised the "experts". http://www.mustang50magazine.com/techarticles/29618_short_long_tube_headers_test/index.html Using the unequal length short-tube headers the stock engine gained usable HP and torque in the mid-range, where it is needed. I think this illustrates that although equal length headers make more power for a race engine, most people are not driving around with full-on race engines. The VR may do very well with unequal length head pipes. We need someone to try them . . .
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    Let's try and keep it real folks . . . from the article above; On Sunday, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it expected that no “harmful levels of radioactivity” would travel from Japan to the United States “given the thousands of miles between the two countries.”
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    Is your idea similar to mine as seen on this thread? http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=56874
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    Left Front Brake: Have your assistant pump and hold the pedal Clutch: The master and slave/bleeder on my Gen 1 are on the left side of the bike
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    Absolutely! I could not get good pressure after de-linking the brakes until I did this trick. BTW: I used an old school bungee cord wrapped around the brake handle
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    I guess I'm a cheap old coot also. Pumping the handle/pedal isn't all that tough. While you have the brake fluid stuff out, replace the fluid in the juice-clutch. The same system is used; pump the clutch handle and hold, break the bleeder valve. The clutch bleeder is under a black rubber patch and on the left side. You can follow the line from the master. I always use a clear tube routed from the bleeder into a clear bottle. My VR seems to prefer closing the bleeder before release of the handle or the fluid wants to go back up the clear tubing.
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    Excellent! Now, be sure and bleed the anti-dive first, then the front caliper, then the rear caliper.
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    IMHO, the issue is not motorcycle safety, it is the simple fact that politicians need to prove to their voters that they are worth keeping in office. How does a politician prove their worth? They must pass laws and/or bring money into their district. Most needed laws were passed a long time ago, leaving these guys to pass laws that piss off as few voters as possible. It is likely that if the police decided to stop every vehicle going down I-95, or any interstate, the violations found on cars, SUVs, and pick-ups would be huge. Far more then those found on the motorcycles. And I don't mean just total number, the greater percentage would be on the four-wheelers. Passing a law or regulation that affects only motorcycle riders, or hot rods, or speed boats, simply makes them look good to everyone else. We, the public, have allowed this behavior.
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    What do you brainiacs think of this bearing set from All Balls Racing? https://www.allballsracing.com/22-1004.html
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    My faster bike is a 1999 Kawasaki ZX11D Ninja. It had been crashed . . . bad. I had to put a new frame on it.
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    I don't think it's that critical. However, I used a square that was nearly the width of the inside of my fork leg to measure the oil level. The oil level would run across the face of the square and I used the center as my reference.
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    I saved the following from a previous thread on this forum. One of them is on my bike and works great; Radiator Cap for Venture Royale autozone cst7513 napa bk7032443 stant 10227
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    Does the top or bottom bearing usually wear out?
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    My steering head has a center-detent that just gets worse as the miles pile on. Can I knock the bearing and race out, rotate and put it back in?
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    I just found this thread and since my tank cover came off this past November, I thought I would add my 2 cents. My cover had a broken rear tab when I got the bike. I replaced the tab with a small metal bracket. This bracket came loose and allowed the tank cover to move far enough to come out of the front slot . . . around 100mph. A few seconds of panic before I figured out what had happened. I fixed the tab again and adjusted it to draw the cover to the back. I also glued foam under the front of the cover to stiffen up the entire assembly. So far, so good.
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