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when your oil turns into a creamy milk shake you can be assured coolant is getting into the crankcase. will usually separate after the bike sits undisturbed for a while' as in let it sit overnight and then crack the oil drain plug slowly to see if coolant runs out of the crankcase. Usual causes are blown head gasket cracked cylinder or cracked head. When the bike runs the oil and coolant blend to create that tasty looking mocha milkshake, which of course works its way through out the engine. Another method is You can drain the oil and leave the plug out then pressurize the cooling system and leave it under pressure even overnight. A modified rad cap with constant air supply regulated at 14 psi is the ideal setup but a hand pressure tester will work as well just need to kkep building the pressure up. Put a catch tray under the drain plug and watch for coolant coming out. If does you have varified that one of the three possible causes may exist. Once you varified coolant coming out of the oil drain hole your only option now is a tear down. The cylinder that is spotless clean will be the one leaking. Inspect the head gasket for tell tale signs of coolant moving from a water gallery to the cylinder or between water gallery and oil gallery. If you find such evidence use an accurate straight edge to check Block and head for flatness. If you find a flaw in the head gasket and the block and head check out ok for flatness then you may get away with a head gasket. If no fault can be found then head and block should be checked fro cracks.

Rotor/analog phones are ok in my book. simple and less confusing

If all you meet away from home is present or past Venture Members You have nothing to worry about.

At work our tech guys came in on Tuesday nights to fix stuff. Wednesday's we had to call them back in to get everything working right again by Thursday all was back to were it should be and then came Tuesday again

Hey that,s not fair I finally got 10 percent of the site figured out now I got to start all over again.

Check Ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/Valve-Shim-Tool-VMAX-XVZ12-XVZ13-Venture-V-MAX-04105-/192042659944

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I could be wrong but I do not think the cir-clip actually has anything to do with keeping the fork tube from being able to move in the triple tree since the tubes are clamped pretty tight. I think they are just there to keep the air supply collars in place. I am thinking that if you want to reset the tubes and lower the front you would have to remove the air supply collar or just the cir-clips and let the collar slide down the tube and plug the hole in the tube. Since you have now removed the air supply to the fork you would have to probably replace the springs with progressive springs plus a spacer. The length of the spacer determined by what stiffness of ride you want. then you set the tubes to the height you want.

Cotton! Here I was thinking they were giant candies

Oh I already found that out scraped my knee good one day. Ironically the Hikers pants suffered not even a scuff mark while my knee lost its hide. My mother would have been ok with that. She would always tell us as kids the knees will heal on their own the pants she has to fix.

I need something like this to block all those phone calls from India and Nigeria etc. @Freebird is this why the last couple weeks the site has been going down. I have had maney occasion were I go to get on and it comes back site not found.

What about getting wet in the rain do they take a long time to dry out? One thing I hated about jeans was getting caught in the rain and being stuck carting a gallon of water around the rest of the day. I have taken to wearing Hikers pants because they dry quick although no protection should you go down.

If second gear is skipping my personal opinion is just do like Puc and double shift from 1st Directly into 3rd. For normal riding I usually skip shift anyway 1 - 3- 5. Only time I go through all the gears is when I wanna crank her out say to pass or catch up to the group after being left behind at an intersection or some such thing. These days at least here in Ontario the cost of doing second gear does not really justify the expense since the resale value of these bikes has really dropped over the last few years. The other issue at least here in Ontario is when taking possession of the bike from another owner they are required to pass a Safety inspection and a failed second gear could cause it to fail inspection.

Are you still trying to pull that old bluff. By now everyone knows you just love us Kanuckians . I heard tell you even shed buckets of tears cuss you missed us so bad at the Niagra Shores get together BTW They did send me back my deposit. :canada::canada::bighug:This one is for you ya big softy.

Point of interest back in the late 60's early 70's ford would install a gauge called a motor minder. The idea being that by driving with the guidance of this gauge, a driver could conserve fuel. Guess what, this motor minder is just a vacuum gauge, dressed up with different colour bands at different vacuum readings. Green being your most fuel efficient range to drive in to save on gas. I still have a couple of these gauges which these days I use as shop tools when I need a vacuum gauge for trouble shooting

Bank account ? what Bank account? Can't I just ship them my mattress and have them ship it back to me with the cash deposited inside

If you can see your scoots front wheel you ain't lost yet.

The smartest man is not the one who knows everything but the one who knows there is still much to learn.

well it definitely is something to consider but consider this also. A) the bottle seals up tight they do not vent. B) I have carried them in my backpack during many week long backcountry portaging canoe trips as well week long hiking trips on numerous occasions and never ever had a problem with fuel odour in my backpacks or my clothing. But if venting were a concern you can always make up brackets and mount them to the outside.

Another option is the MSR camp fuel bottles. They are only one liter made of aluminum so won't expand but a pair of them should be no problem to put in any saddle bag and should at least give you enough fuel to get to a gas station https://www.msrgear.com/ca/stoves/stove-accessories/msr-fuel-bottles/msr-fuel-bottles.html

Boy not sure How I got so luck but just received this slap a smile on your face email from WHO (World Health Organization). And I don't even own a business Mmmm:think: Wonder if I need to start a business before I can collect or if it has to be a pre-existing business

You may notice a slight increase in fuel consumption with the gear ratio change and yet ironically You may notice a slight improvement in fuel consumption while pulling a trailer. This is because with the lower gear ratio you won't need to roll on the throttle as much while pulling the trailer as before the gear change. You may want to upgrade your clutch as well. The cheapest way is to remove the innermost partial friction disc with its two thin washers with a full friction disc and replace the compression spring disc with a beefer one. Sky Doc sells a kit for this. The other option is to replace the clutch with one of the barnett clutches. I replaced mine with the barnett carbon fiber clutch kit and love it. https://www.barnettclutches.com/1321/yamaha/0/0/2000-yamaha-xvz13-royal%20star%20venture-midnight%20venture.html

There is no reason why should not be able to install the rear drive as one piece but it may be easier to slide shaft in first then the pumpkin Don.t forget the spring which sits in the pumpkin and pushes the shaft forward. Finger tighten the four bolts. You don,t want it to fit too loose were it is sloppy, but just loose enough that the tube can rotate slightly as you tighten the axle nut. Install the back wheel make sure the washer is to the outside of the caliper bracket. Install and tighten the axle good and snug but don,t try to fully tighten it. Then tighten the four axle housing nuts/bolts. Finally finishing torquing the axle nut to its final torque spec. This should ensure that everything lines up nicely.

Recently we bought a bag of pretzel dough buns from walmart. Now we have all seen the warning label "MAY CONTAIN NUTS" but would you ever suspected that it would be a STEEL NUT?

I have seen some nasty roads and even backwoods footpaths on the venture 1st gen and came through Ok. Make sure your comfortable riding standing up on the foot pegs for the really rough stuff and as mentioned earlier though I did only have E3 tires and managed OK only because the terrain was dry a more aggressive adventure tread would definitely be advisable