johnnycruiser

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I wish I would've waited a few before going out n pulling the fairing off so I could've seen ur response. LOL. Well I had some plastic repair to do anyway, so while I had it off I went ahead n did it. I'll remember that little tidbit for next time though! Thanks

Here's what happened...I pulled the right fairing off n swapped out the reserve lighting unit. Low beam came on-then went off again; well, real low wattage anyway. So I jiggled the headlight wires n it came on again. So I took the big connector off the cmu n sprayed electrical cleaner in it again. Plugged the connector back in again n seated it real solidly. Low beam came on n stayed on. It even made my low fluid light go off-no more flashing red light:dancefool:So I put my rlu back in n it still worked. So I've got a spare now. Next will b my neutral safety switch. The light stays on most of the time n it sure is bright at 5:30 in the morning on the way to work-but a piece of electrical tape solved that problem!:fatsmiley:I'm still gonna take it out one of these weekends n clean up the contacts n see if it's salvageable. That'll b something else I'll need advice on I'm sure. For now I'm happy I've got low beam n no flashing warning light. The low beam doesn't look too bright though. I may have to do one of the upgrades I've been reading about. This site is the best, so much info for $12. My bike wouldn't b in the shape it's in without this site n the people on it.:clap2::clap2:

Thanks Sqidley. Just wanted a second opinion b4 pulling the skin off. I will let ya'll know what it does. Hopefully the one off the parts bike works. LOL

Hello everyone. Here's my problem-and I've read every post I can find on this issue. I have an 83 xvz12tk. My high beam works fine but the low beam barely lights-not enough to ride with for sure. I bench tested the bulb and have an extra that I also bench tested; Both work fine. I've cleaned the starter switch, took the cmu out and looked at the solders and decided I didn't need to resolder it as they looked fine. Also I have a parts bike that I took the whole instrument panel out and hooked it up to my bike and the headlight did the same thing. So I'm wondering if maybe it's my reserve lighting unit. Here's the voltage at the headlight plug-when the dimmer switch is on low, the low beam wire has 11.26v. The high beam wire has 3.86v. When dimmer switch is on high, the low beam wire has10.21v and the high beam wire has 11.04v. Also the the whole dimmer switch blinker turn signal assembly on my parts bike looked better so I put that one on and it didn't help a bit-except the blinker switch returns better:clap2:I guess I'll swap out the reserve unit but wanted to get some input from others who know these bikes waaaay better than I do! Thanks in advance for any advice

Here are the pics of the floorboards and lights. I don't believe the lights are as big as you're looking for but I'm checking into some. Let me know what parts you want or how much for the backrest assembly. thanks

Matter of fact I'd like to get a set of those myself for my bike. They sure look nice esp. with the little visors!!

Thanks Mike. Looking like back to work Aug 5th. Vacations almost over. LOL. My parts bike lights aren't that big and I think they're blue. I need to see what else paysaw will trade for or how much he might sell that backrest for. Those flattened discs in my lower back r a b***h on long rides as you well know.

if your talking about the two little lights on the crash bars surrounding the motor my parts bike has one on each side. Haven't looked at them too closely. the floorboards are still on the parts bike. I will get them off in a day or two and post pics of them and the lights

Hello everyone, does anyone have a drivers backrest for an 83 venture that they would b willing to swap for a set of floorboards and linkage for same year bike? if not does anyone have one for sale? Old azz back needs some support! LMAO

Hello all, I just wanted to chime in here about these tci's. I ordered 1 from Gary and within a few days I had it in my eager little hands. I had already moved my TCI wires up to the airbox so installation was a snap. Gary sent a great package of stuff. The map sensor was already wired to the TCI which was a BIG help. The TCI was already loaded with the program for my '83. He also sent dielectric grease, Velcro, alcohol pads (for cleaning the plastic before using the Velcro), zip ties for the wires, pins, connectors, a cap for the #2 cylinder port that the original vacuum line goes to, etc., along with a cd with a lot of info and the ability to adjust the settings if you buy the cable to hook up to a laptop, and excellent instructions. I had it all hooked up very quickly and had all 4 cylinders firing. I had been messing with original tci off my bike, and one off my parts bike. I'm glad I spent the money on this updated TCI. Well worth the $265 and $15 for the cable. Gary did a good job thinking of everything you might need to do this job. So if you are toying with the idea of getting one of these units I would highly recommend that you do. I spent so much time jacking with those 26h-10 units I wish I would have ordered one of these from the get go. I just saw one of the original 26h-10's on ebay for $225!! and there's no guarantee that it work's. Glad I've got the Ignitech. I'm in west Texas and it's actually been raining for a couple days now but it's going to be an excellent weekend for riding and I'm dam sure gonna be doing just that!! Y'all keep your face in the wind:bluesbrother:

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man I wish I was a bike magnet like you are! I'm almost at the end of my '83 restoration. my bike sat for about 6 years. Bleeding the brakes was one of the hardest jobs because behind the forks is a high spot where the front n rear brake lines meet and u have to start bleeding there basically. Which requires removing the right side fairing but you'll have to do that anyway because of the fire. Just don't put any new fairing on until you do the brakes. I have original Yamaha blue fairing if interested private message me. Snaggeltooth helped me out an awful lot and i'm sure he'll chime in with some helpful advice. Everyone on this site is great and very helpful. There's threads on here for about anything u need to do to the bike. I had frozen brake caliper pistons and there's a thread that tells how to blow one piston out at a time. Another thread tells how to make ur own tools that u will need if u have to do fork seals. You might want to look at putting in progressive springs because the original springs just don't do it. At least mine weren't enough and my front end was real mushy. Anyway, good luck with all your projects and welcome to the site:bluesbrother:

Hello all, I am looking for a tci unit in working order for my 83 venture 1200. I took one off my parts bike and it worked so I took it to a tv repairman for the diode upgrade. well I don't know what he did but the tach isn't working and I have spark to only 2 cylinders. I tried the diode upgrade on my other unit, which the tach worked on but was also only firing two cylinders. It didn't help. That's why I wanted to take the working tci to a "professional". I figured it would have new diodes and I would have piece of mind. no such luck. I've been bringing this bike back from the dead since January and now this. I just want to ride. I've considered the ignitech replacement but that would take even more time. Does anybody know if anyone can refurbish these units? I understand once a diode goes out it will take another part or more with it. Any help at all would be great. I know you guys get off helping other's with these bikes get em on the road! Thanks in advance:15_8_211[1]:

Jeez mike it's about time you got some chrome on that beast!! Lmao. It looks great. Sure would go good with my chrome fairing tips. Anybody else with an extra laying around???? Lol. Willing to pay