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Water pump would be the only other place other than a head gasket.

The level in the expansion tank will rise as the coolant heats up. If it rises shortly after starting the engine then that does sound like a head gasket. They make kits to test your coolant for exhaust gases. Do you see any bubbles coming into the expansion tank?

Not sure of the design, but it could be getting past a seal on the water pump.

The only other thing that comes to mind would be the vents on the carbs. Those can do funny things.

Might be a vent problem on the gas cap. Next time it happens open the gas cap and see if you hear some suction. If it fires up right after that you have your culprit.

Another thing that can go wrong is the old rubber brake line has deteriorated on the inside and allows fluid to flow one way and not the other. Seen it on cars before and I highly doubt that motorcycles are immune.

I would be pretty wary as amazon is rife with knock off stuff that is very poor quality. I don't think it's worth the risk to save a little money and then come back to bite you. Just my opinion.

You will need a rear wheel stand also. It will keep the bike steady when you lift the front.

The only thing under the pan are the header pipes. The collector chamber is at the rear behind the pan.

I like the theory and the looks, but it will put alot more heat into your oil as it will be sitting directly below the pan.

Welcome to the forum. 93 VFR here along with 2 Subarus, a 91 Legacy Sport Sedan turbo 5 spd and an 07 tribeca. A flat six Suby is pretty cool too.

More than likely resistance from corrosion in that very old harness. You could run the coils off a relay which would bring the voltage up to what the battery is showing.

Those master links are the cats meow. No special tools needed and very easy to do. Can't get things too tight or out of whack.

The sound level on Supertrapps was adjustable by removing or adding discs. If it's too loud take some discs out.

I'm not much of a believer in what kind of tripe the government spews.

Attack of the ethanol demons.

Those things went missing on several bikes I own. Just weight that's not needed and no discernible noise increase, unless you were using a sensitive instrument to measure with. If I ever get into the engine on mine those gears won't be spring loaded afterwards.

I have no ethanol premium in my pressure washer and it's been in there for years. Never had an issue with starting or running, other than when I forget to turn the ignition on.

The biggest thing to be concerned with is ethanol fuel. It doesn't take long for it to draw water. If you have it I would drain it out of the tank and carbs and leave the cap off the tank to dry. I always use no ethanol fuel unless I'm on a trip and can't find any. In that case I figure it won't do any harm as it's going right through the tank. It's sitting around with ethanol in the fuel that does the harm. Keep the battery topped off and I wouldn't start the bike during it's slumber as that just puts moisture into the engine and oil. It's also best to change the oil before putting the bike up for the winter as that will get rid of the old oil with the acids and contaminants in it and give everything a good coating of fresh oil.

Confirmed what I was thinking. I shot them an inquiry anyway.

Thanks for that. I will be checking that out. The subframes are different I think between the 2 versions, but worth a look.

A mod we did on the stators on our Yamaha Visions involved drilling a small hole in the center of the bolt that held the flywheel on. There was pressurized oil behind it and this allowed a spray of oil onto the stator. They did the same thing on the Ventures.

I bought some for my 3rd gen from a seller on eBay and they worked great. You might try a search there.

Race Tech has springs and that's what I have sitting here. Got them slightly lighter than the recommendation and I have read that Captain 80's does that also.

Well it's been quite awhile since I have really done anything on the bike. I did find a left turn signal that was in good shape and reasonable. Same goes for the left hand passenger peg assy. Been looking for both for quite a while. Got the lens all smoothed out and polished and then started in on the passenger peg. Cut, drilled and ground out as much as I felt comfortable with and got it bolted on to the bike. I can't remember what I posted about the ti cam cover bolts, but they are on now and there was a .22 lb. weight savings. The left rear footpeg bracket shaved off .37 of a lb. I did drill out that fork bolt too.