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Not too shabby Bassett!! Bring it up to the WNY Rally in August!!

10%? I thought it was only 5%...

PS check with Marcarl, he may even have a spare relay laying around unless he ditched all of his 1st gen stuff. Pretty much all of the relays with the exception of the fuel pump relay should be interchangeable if memory serves me correctly...(which at my age sometimes don't work anymore!)

Yah! The usual "Fix" is to unplug the connector and put jumpers on the socket and electrical tape, so obviously your issue is elsewhere. When ohm'ing out the switch contacts, you need to see zero ohms or very close to it! Even 4 or 5 ohms will fool the circuitry into thinking the switch is still open! You state the relay itself is absent so I did a little investigating and yes indeed, with the relay missing, ground to the B/W line to kill the ignition in cases of the side stand down in gear without the clutch being depressed, etc can never be seen! Unless there is something else going on with the circuitry putting the relay back in should return things to normal! http://www.venturerider.org/wiring/83%20Yamaha%20Venture%20Royale%20TDK%20Wiring%20Diagram%20Rev%20C.pdf

I'll almost betcha if you look at your side stand switch somebody spliced all 3 wires together! The original problem could have been the switch went bad and the bike wouldn't run in gear when letting the clutch out, a very common problem, and the P.O. fixed it their own way...

​HAPPY ANNIVERSARY you two!!!

All right Leo!!! You got your fairing split and back together again!! I knew you could do it!!! I've been considering a LED headlight for a couple of years now, but never got around to it. So now maybe yours is enough encouragement for me to get around to it!

Don, how in the world did you ever fit into a Spitfire??? I had somewhat of a hard time fitting, and you're taller!! Of course, they did have a little more room than an MG Midget which I could not fit into at all! Went out with a girl who had one, we didn't stay together long, maybe because of the car... I did fit into a bug eye Sprite with no real problems!

I'll never own a tri hull ever again!!!

5 MGB's, Austin Healy MK1, and almost bought a TR2 in Texas, wish I would have. Was a member of SCCA back in the 60's...

There will come a time within the next couple of years from now we will return to AZ ourselves and hopefully meet up with Video also!! We have a stopover at Phoenix airport twice in Oct but not enough time then. We plan on revisiting the area for a couple of weeks in the next year or two...

Good to see you riding there, Pucster!!

Yup, mine too! We both must be victims of the great crash of '06...

Also, if your AIS system is not working properly, it will cause some backfiring, especially on Deceleration...

Well, I'll be 70 this summer and now I pretty much ride for the sake of riding! I'm not in any big hurry unless I have a set destination to make! My racing days are pretty much over but yes, sometimes twisting the throttle and getting a decent response still brings a smile to my face. Other times it's just the satisfaction of the ride, especially when I don't have any real place to be at! I certainly don't ride as much as I used to, but so far still enjoy riding! As far as 4 wheels, I am definitely nostalgic for the good old days but do not have the money to tie up in a collector car. There are at least a dozen cars I would love to own, either because I owned one a long time ago or wish I could have owned one! To mention a few, a mid 50's Studebaker Golden Hawk, later 50's Desoto, '57 Pontiac, 58 Pontiac, Triumph TR6, late 30's Mercury, Hudson Hornet, and a bunch of late 60's Muscle cars, but not necessarily to go fast, just to cruise in!! Right now I drive a nice full sized loaded Impala that set me back close to 40K... Sooo, I plan on riding for at least a few more years and plan on enjoying it!!

Know the area quite well Jay! Becky's father used to live there in Brooksville near Weeki Wachee on Knuke Road...

Yup!! Earl is indeed a class act and a great gentleman as well!!

After owning a boat many many years ago, I found it was much cheaper to enjoy my boating aboard a cruise ship...

Sooooo, we all need to talk 5 times faster then??

Here we are in St. Lucia!! Today's shore excursion is a ride on this new trolly train! All aboard!! They have a very peaceful and attractive harbor! The tour got delayed a little by a demonstration march for their recently passed away Poet Laureate... The first stop was at their "Central Park" and across the street from their oldest Catholic Church that they are restoring. The pictures do not do justice to the inside of the building... Once back outside I spotted these bikers... They were followed by a bunch of students of various ages marching against drugs!! St Lucia must like marching! If you look across the street from the trolley train you will notice the oldest tree on the island located in the park! When we left the port of Castries, we were given a cruise ship tour of the island. At the end of the island, there are two mountains known as the Tetons. There was also this grand sailing vessel in the area that was in one of their harbors and came out in full sail for a photo op that we just happened to be in the area for!! Here's the crazy part, our ship captain literally did donuts in the ocean with the cruise ship doing 2 1/2 complete revolutions with the side thrusters!! So, who was putting on a show for who?!!? Next stop, Curacao!!!

Just to give credit where credit is due, the "Skydoc" modification is actually a PCW racing product...

It might be one of your "floats" in one of the reservoir is partially submerged. The floats have little magnets on them and activate a reed switch inside that black center thingie with wires exiting from the bottom. As the float lowers, it activates the switch telling you you're low on fluid. I don't recall the clutch having one...

OK, no odometer may be the ultimate answer but I'm not 100% sure on this. There is a reed switch that generates timing pulses so that the cruise controller knows what speed you are traveling at. The timing pulses are generated by a magnet that rotates turning the reed switch on and off, and I'm not sure but the magnet may be driven by the odometer section of the speedometer. You can see the reed switch on the case of the speedometer...

Rain gear!!! Flashlight, a few basic tools, cell phone and charger, warm jacket, change of clothes to mention a few more...

Keep the garage clean??? Good luck with that...