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Welcome to VentureRider. What started as a simple site for riders of the Yamaha Venture, Royal Star, Royal Star Venture and the Star Venture has turned into so much more than that. Though the great Yamaha Venture motorcycles are still our primary focus, we have many members who have eventually moved on to other brands/models or who have stopped riding altogether but still remain members dud to the lifelong friendships they have made on this site.
Whether you have questions about your bike, looking for parts, or just wanting to talk motorcycles and riding, this is the place to be. Our members are friendly and welcoming to all. My name is Don, Freebird in the forums, and I started this site around 15 or so years ago. I have met many of our members at our various rallies and meets and some I only know from their posts here on the site but am proud to call them friends, brothers, sisters. I like to think of this as our club, not MY club. I try hard to implement features that the members request. It's not always possible but I do try.
This is a subscription based club. You can read messages in most cases but can't post, search, and etc. without becoming a supporting member. We do offer a free 2 month trial however so you are welcome to check us out before paying the small $12.00 per year dues. Upon expiration of your trial membership, you will lose the ability to post messages. At that time, you can click on "Store" and then "Subscriptions" if you wish to continue. We hope you like what you find here. We have few rules but the major ones are no religious debate, no political debate, and no "X" rated content, nudity, dirty jokes, etc. We are a family oriented club so please keep things PG or at least PG-13 rated.
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BratmanXj 240
On 9/27/2023 at 5:42 AM, Russ said:#22 looks like it! How urgent is this to replace or can it wait until I put her up for the winter?
I gutted the AIS system from my bike all together... I capped the ports on the cylinders with 1/2" copper plumbing caps.
I may have that part in my bin O spares, I'll take a look this weekend.
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Vickersguy 102
I dunno, the price difference is huge, Carmo is $366 and the Igniteck is $150. Whadya do to get the ignition dialed in on the Yamaha using the Igniteck ? The thought of figuring out the advance curves and then loading them into the ignition system is, to say the least, daunting. I'd hate to have a limp wrist-ed advance curve rather than a match to factory original. All the talk I've heard about CD's required to load the curve and so forth is really off-putting. Is there anyone on the board here who has the correct curves ? I dunno...
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Vickersguy 102
Hey there "40 ! The Vacuum sensor is the difference, you are right. I just spent some time going over the wire diagrams. Some last minute checking needed, but hear me out on this. A late model 84 to 90 boost sensor is only $5.88 on Pinwall/E-bay. As far as I can tell, that is the only difference on the Mk-1 Ventures ignition system. ( Also the location of the vacuum port ) Even the position of the wires on the plugs to the box seems the same. Only the colors changed, not their locations on the plugs. Therefore, I can use any box I wish as long as I use the correct boost sensor. The only way that won't work is if the pickup coils in the case are somehow wire different internally, inside the coils. I need to check the ohms resistance on the earlier coils to the late coils in the manual. I have a Ignition Box off an '86. That bike didn't run worth a damn either. It had ignition problems too. I just opened up the '86 box and it has the same suspect blue/white diodes as well. I think I'll swap out the diodes and get the $5 boost sensor and see it that will work. My riding season is about shot anyway so what's to loose ? So I order the new black box if it won't work. I changed my mind. I think I'll buy this box from the Netherlands instead of Igniteck.
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Frank88 0
Yea I may change mine also to a digital readout. Thank you Woody.
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1BigDog 111
Sending prayers!
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