Thanks

[outlaw_83xvz]

I've been lurking here for sometime now and I want to thank all of you that have posted some great advice. I have an 83 venture royale thats been a great bike. I have owned for it about 4 years now. I had some troubles on my next to last ride about a month ago coming back from Pigeon Forge Tenn. over heated twice. Once while riding down the interstate. Also clutch went away when over heated on the highway. Also gas milage was low 35 mpg consistently. Anyways flushed out clutch fluid, drained radiator replaced antifreeze, added purple ice super coolant and synced carbs at idle. Current state clutch is good now, ran alot cooler this last trip 732 miles ( although it did rain on me coming back home for about 270 miles (yuck lol) and the gas mileage measured about 42.5 to 44.3 in good weather. now i have to flush and change out the brake fluid. Lots of effort to stop. One other thing... has any of you guys ever seen the rain beat the plastic covering off of the windscreen? mine had a couple of bad places where it was flaking off but now i just have a few strips of coating left on it running from top to bottom. But anyways thanks again.

[Venturous Randy]

Jeff, it sounds like you are getting it back on track.

As far as brakes, if your calipers are good and you do a good fluid flushing, go to EBC HH brake pads. They are a little more pricey, but they will set you on your nose.

RandyA

[StarQ]

I had my '84 Venture Royale overheat a few times. Turned out that I did not have enough coolant in the radiator. When the engine overheats, the clutch fluid gets very thin causing the clutch not to work. Letting the engine cool down allows the clutch to start working again.

 

I've been lurking here for sometime now and I want to thank all of you that have posted some great advice. I have an 83 venture royale thats been a great bike. I have owned for it about 4 years now. I had some troubles on my next to last ride about a month ago coming back from Pigeon Forge Tenn. over heated twice. Once while riding down the interstate. Also clutch went away when over heated on the highway. Also gas milage was low 35 mpg consistently. Anyways flushed out clutch fluid, drained radiator replaced antifreeze, added purple ice super coolant and synced carbs at idle. Current state clutch is good now, ran alot cooler this last trip 732 miles ( although it did rain on me coming back home for about 270 miles (yuck lol) and the gas mileage measured about 42.5 to 44.3 in good weather. now i have to flush and change out the brake fluid. Lots of effort to stop. One other thing... has any of you guys ever seen the rain beat the plastic covering off of the windscreen? mine had a couple of bad places where it was flaking off but now i just have a few strips of coating left on it running from top to bottom. But anyways thanks again.

[outlaw_83xvz]

mine has gotten hot enough that it has started to miss. my friend that runs the local yamaha shop has a 87 that has done the same thing. after i get the brakes working right i think my next project will be going with heavier gauge battery cables. oh yeah i forgot to mention that i also changed out the stock thermostat will the napa thermostat. when i finally figured out its location i almost took it back to the napa store lol. but i just kept hammering away at it (literally)