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Your VIN is typical for Eastern Canada and Europe. Apparently, adoption of the 17 character VIN was not universal.

Thank you, Blaine. Yours is the first Canadian 1990 Venture entered into the database. May I ask for a bit more information about the bike? What is the "build date"?

My Progressive policy is about to expire and then I receive a mailing from Markel Insurance. Out of curiosity, I went to their site and ran a quote. For identical coverage, Markel's premium is $160 annually versus $490 for Progressive.

Annie, I live 12 miles or 15 minutes from the Root Beer Stand in Oglesby, IL. I will be happy to buy you guys a root beer float or even a full blown lunch. Check my profile for my cell number. Hope to hear from ya. And meet you at the Root Beer Stand. Just don't tell @eusa1 . It will be more pleasant that way.

"Unfortunately, Nomorobo is not available on traditional analog copper landlines at this time." From the NoMoRobo website.Yeah, we still have that.

I think I have figured out what the problem is. Yesterday, I started a gmail account and I set that account to forward email messages received via gmail to forward the messages to my main email address. Today, I changed my email address on VentureRider to the gmail address. I now receive thread reply notifications to the gmail account, but gmail notifies me that the message has been blocked when gmail has tried to forward the notification to my primary email address. So it appears that the "nabbnet.com" (my primary email server) spam filter has blacklisted messages from dnelson@venturerider.org, but ONLY those messages that contain URLs or links or some other spam violation. I have notified my ISP of the issue, but have not received a response yet. Apparently, "Barracuda" spam filter, used by nabbnet.com, has blacklisted venturerider.org messages if the messages fail the barracuda spam rules. Don't know what rule the notification messages are breaking though.

Sheez! Has not anyone ever reminded you that the Venture is not an off road bike? Broken back?! THAT seems like a pretty serious injury. Are you still in the hospital? If so, where? As for another bike...got a nice black First Gen if you want to go "retro". Take care, Bud.

Thank you for your contribution, BJ. Yes, it is a Canadian intended Venture and yes, the color is correct for that year and model.

The yellow cover manual is for the Standard Venture and the brown/burgundy leatherette is for the Venture Royale.

That red thing is the battery electrolyte level sensor. It is normally inserted into the battery.

Yes, I received both emails from you. But not a notification of a reply to this thread.

Is it me? After more than two months, there has been no response from the Boss. I've tried everything. Cleared the cache. Tried it on Chrome. Reset my email address. Turned off notifications for a couple weeks. Turned back on notifications. Double checked my email address. Confirmed that my email engine is not sending the notifications to "junk" or "trash". Nothin', Honey. No email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. No email notifications to PM's. Nothing. Can someone help me? Thanx.

The red one is a Retek Cheetah. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1680&bih=884&q=reteck+cheetah&oq=reteck+cheetah&gs_l=img.3...2504.10674.0.11620.15.9.0.6.6.0.138.999.0j8.8.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..1.8.986.0..0j35i39k1j0i10i24k1j0i24k1.unSevmPfi8o#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=retek+cheetah&* The other looks like a Baja Warrior MB200. Sold until quite recently at Tractor Supply, Harbor Freight, etc. It has been recalled because the front wheel falls off. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2013/baja-motorsports-recalls-mini-bikes

Thanks, all.

Yes, the 3JJ-00 will work. There may be a glitch in the 3JJ-00, though. It may "hiccup" at steady 55mph, 3100 rpm. The 3JJ-11 you pulled out is correct for the 1991.

I have not been receiving notifications in any form for the subscribed threads despite having Default Thread Subscription Mode: set to "Instantly, using email"

Thanks for the heads-up, Bongo. I follow Snaggletooth on Facebook and yet I still missed this bit of news. Thanks again.

Brooksville, Florida holds a special place in my heart. My Grandparents moved to rural Brooksville in 1958. I visited them many times in the ensuing years. Many memories.

I didn't start the VentureRider Facebook Group, Monty (Patrick Payton) did. At the time he started it, the Group was "open"; as in open to anyone who wanted to join. Don directed that it become "closed"; as in open only to paid Supporting Members of VentureRider.org. I am only an admin (along with Don and Eck).

Thank you, Ryan. May you and Rocinante enjoy a long and mutually pleasant life together.

The "PLATE, seat" is used on 1988-1993 Ventures. It basically acts as a one way valve. The damage yours exhibit is typical; where the "rubber" seal becomes detached from the steel cup. Sometimes the damage is done when the inner tube is used as a slide hammer while attempting to remove the fork bushings. Some people aggressively bottom the inner tube before slamming the tube up to remove the bushing. When the inner tube is forcefully bottomed, the seat plate (sitting in the bottom of the outer tube) is squished and the rubber lip is damaged. Sometimes the damage to the lip is a tear, sometimes it becomes partially or completely detached. Repairs to the seat plate, (PLATE, seat) have been successfully accomplished with Loctite 406. The manufacturer HAD to use SOME form of adhesive to join the dissimilar "rubber" lip to the steel cup. But, I see that you found at least one of the seat plates from Dingy, so repairs for yours are moot.

And if you want the original dipstick, the part number is 2H7-2815A-00-00. This dipstick is also used on the XS11 and until recently was available for about $10 from your friendly Yamaha dealer. There might still be some around at dealers, alternately, try eBay.

I have but one 1983 Canadian Royale in my database, and it is the 17 character VIN, with a build date of April 1983. Do you still have the VIN for your '83 Royale? May I have it?