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Sure sounds like the stator, or possibly the voltage regulator to my untrained brain Pasta.. Maybe taking a gander on one of my little totally amature video's would be of some sort of assistance.. Please forgive the back yard mechanican, and also please over look that less than stellar video quality (only nay sayer I actually picked up in the comments on this one in over 4k views was "get a tripod" )..Take a peek,, maybe it will help.. In the meantime, I will also take a look at it and see if I missed anything that I think may help you in your cause brother.. If I do,, I will post it up.. Also,, if you have any questions, you can post em up here and I am sure that one of the club guru's will be along to assist or I will try and answer your questions.. Here is the vid:

I highly doubt this would be financially or reasonably possible.. I have never been inside of one but I cant imagine Yamaha putting a crankshaft assembly with the gear on it needed to drive the balance shaft into a nonbalanced motor so a crank assembly would be needed too. I also doubt the case halves in the nonbalanced motor would be machined for the balance shaft so it would probably require some machining to accept the balance shafts.. Another thought to be aware of,, the balance shaft is not what increases or decreases the max RPM in and of itself.. That is all determined by piston speed designed into the original build.. A long rodded engine will have a lower rpm capability because for every 360 degree turn of the crank the piston has to travel farther so its speed is increased per revolution and as the rpm's increase - known destructive piston top speeds are reached sooner in the rpm range so the engine requires a lower red line.. Shorter stroked, multi cylinder engines (so piston mass is spread out) work opposite of that.. for kicks, lets get @Patch and @Flyinfool involved in this discussion... I know they both love to learn about this stuff :crackup: (we go round and round and round with me trying to convince them that what I am talking about above is accurate)..

by the way,, as always you are more than welcome Bro!!

look at the victims name by their avatar,, spell it exactly as spelled there.. Precision is the name of the game.. Now if they have a space between their name somewhere,, something along the line of "Yama Mama" - then I am not sure.. I still have not figured that one out... I know if I write YamaMama , just dropping the space,, only "Yama" will show up as summons as shown.. Gonna have to find someone wayyy smarter than your big brother to teach you that hat trick.. speaking of crazy stuff,, I wonder if Marcarl ever figured out where the ghost chatter named Robogord came from last night,, now that was SPOOKY!!

I think I would rethink this angle of defense if I were in your shoes little brother.. Fact is, there is no conspiracy,, none,, nada. Fact is, the ONLY reason those other lop eared varmints thoughts/experiences align with mine is because they know the truth of the matter.. None,, not even one of the varmints who voted in the above Poll, voted as they voted to defend your big brother.. Life around here in the club don't work like that,, never has,, probably/hopefully never will.. Nope,, sad to inform you of this but you only get ONE big brother and that is me ,, aint you the lucky one

:big-grin-emoticon: ,, lucky I found this little brother,, want some more big brother advice?? When you want to summons someone in the club, your big brother included,, put an "@" directly in front of their accurately spelled club name before you post your reply.. That will send a message to them notifying them that you are gunning for em.. An example? I am going to put an "@" in front of your friends name that always defends you against your big brothers teasing = Flyinfool and watch him magically appear..You ready? @Flyinfool ,, your french buddy needs you...

By the way Patch,, you really got to admit,, the durability of these Yamaha V-4's is absolutely AMAZING!! LOOK at the results of the genuine, true to life,, for real Polling of the actual owners/riders of these things!! UNREAL!! To that you HAVE to admit

You lop eared varmints think this is something,, you should join us in chat sometime :biker::biker::biker::biker:,,,, right little brother?

Ohh,, by the way little brother,, you still only fixed one of your videos.. Thats why I reminded you:big-grin-emoticon:

,,,, You get that copy/paste from one thread to another figured out little brother? Glad to help there too,, after all, thats what big brothers are for = helping their little brothers learn proper methods of doing stuff.. :witch_brew: JUST passed the police down the street!! 2 cop cars,, flashers going,, had a truck pulled over that fits the limited description of the nail throwers pick up that they gave me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! May have some exciting news to share soon!!! :fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emoa $1000 worth of ruined tires JUST IN MY CASE!!!!! Hang em high!!

Just a follow up here in the interest of our club.. The pump that many of use, as mentioned by Roller a couple posts back is something like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Harley-Davidson-Touring-Motorcycle-Bike-Air-Shock-Suspension-Pump-100-PSI/293480127919?epid=1346375362&hash=item4454c75daf:g:4rgAAOxybqpRhdKA Many of us, myself included, have found that using a compressor to put air in shocks is not a good idea.. The air over shocks in our bikes are not like recharging the nitrogen on a dirt bike rear shock.. Its actually fairly low pressure we deal with in a very small quantity. i Also, it turns out that in this thread the club guru's were talking later model bikes. The 1st Gens that many of us ride were/are also remote fill - not all had onboard compressors. The fork inlet is found on the dash (at least on my 83/84's MK1's) - there is an actual shrader valve cover up by the key,, to the left.. Fork max IMHO is 14 or 15 pounds.. Personally I like running Progressive springs, 3/4 inch of pre-load, 12 weight Bel Ray to 3 1/2 inches from top with fork compressed and springs inside when filling, then NO air.. Rear shocks on the 1st Gens were capable of wayyy more pressure than the later models.. I run 70 pounds with 2 up and full load and it works awesome.. 50 pounds when riding alone makes an excellent handling scoot IMHO.. IMHO, Makes no difference what scoot your putting air in shocks,, those little hand pumps (last one I bought was 15 bucks but it was non HD) are a must if you CTFW a lot..

From chat cause you went poof!! Made no sense and your youtubing didnt work,, to fix your youtubing, go back to the youtube video you want to post,, look at the bottom of the video,, right under the display,, see where it says SHARE?,, click on share, copy that url and paste in post

,, well I will be horn swaggled and completely ,, learn something new everyday!!! Crow for dinner,, its ok,, I kinda like the stuff TKS Steve!!

Not sure so much about the words of wisdom comment but,, as always Suds,, you are more than welcome for anyway I was able to help.. Sounds like you saw a real "make it run" kinda guy there installing the seals with electrical tape,, a real guru for sure.. I always used a chunk of PVC.. Had a bunch of sizes of the cheap stuff laying around for just such an occasion.. If we are talking forks off,, simply slide the pvc over the tube and bump the seal in.. talking on bike,, I used pvc I had cut in half length wise, slip the halves over the tube to form a complete circle. I could then bump the seal in by using the halves together as a slide hammer up and down the tube.. I liked to use wax paper wrapped around the tube just as an xtra precaution if working in an unclean area (like in the parking lot of a MX Track) but not necessary in the shop setting.. If you do this and find you need to use a hammer to bump the pvc to get the seal started or to seat it so you can get the clip in,, suggest you use lead, plastic or even brass hammer.. You use steel,, be very careful not to ding the tube.. Make sense? By the way,, and this is just and opinion.. especially on my MK1's,, aint no way,, aint no how I would go to all the work of dropping in new fork seals without replacing the bushings too.. I found,, at least on my bikes, that those bushings wear fairly quickly (depending of course on how much you ride dirt/gravel I suppose) and worn bushings were almost 100 % the cause of leaky/worn seals,, and also some strange front end steering dynamics. I think Mom Yam kinda sorta underbuilt the original Venture front ends.. Kinda like those OEM fork springs.. You ever hear what call those things?? I compare them to Ink Pen Springs for a reason .. Between them and the fish oil that came OEM in those early forks its a wonder that any of us canyon carvers survived some of the things we put those bikes thru OK,, I'll shut up,, all the best in your project brother!!!

Ahhh,, that wont work little brother,, that solves nothing concerning your debate defense of your statement that says: ""Stuck rings a perfect example, get them early and no problem. Above high limit is another example. These are common issues on these 4's . They are discovered thru compression checks. Another can be valves not seating tight."" Tell you what,,, you surrender your position on the above to your big brother and then we can, if you choose, move to another/different platform where I will be more than happy to teach you some more of the things you obviously have no clue about yet:big-grin-emoticon: As in all problem solving and in the spirit of The Code that states "take problem solving one step at a time lest your solution equation becomes soggy with mistakes often made but the unskilled" - lets solve this one first..

Wayyy back in the late 60's and thru the 70's,, before fork gaiters were common place on MX bikes and before inverted forks appeared on the horizon,, some us early racers used to cut plastic quart milk bottles and mount them on our lower fork legs to keep dirt from destroying fork seals - worked great, it cut wayyy down on the need for taking 35mm film and cleaning the seals out too !! Now adays, as shown in the pic below below if you look close, Tweeksis, our mk1 83 Venture sports a modern day, chrome set of that early type of upper fork tube protection design.. I know for a fact that aftermarket gaitors are available in a size that would fit on your scoot but, if I were in your shoes and could not find something I would not overlook the possibilty of picking up a set of short, chrome auto exhaust extentions and making a set of fork tube protectors similar to those seen on Tweeks,, IMHO of course..

I shaped the answers within the questions to match perfectly with what my little brother stated.. Please reread your comments that I shaped from and reread the questions I posted in the polls.. Then rewrite my questions to your satisfaction and repost the poll to see if you can substantiate that stuck rings, bad valves and such causing comprimised compression really is a common issue with our V-4's as you stated ' OR, surrender your cause little brother

Unc,, I have used a beat up, underpowered (6hp) old pieced together Craftsman tin boxed leaf vac for decades to do my leaf picking uppin - I payed a 50 bucks for it in beat up and unrunning (needed a diaphram in the carb and the valves lapped) condition and it is still doing a great job and has actually been used on 3 garden tractors so far.. Since purchasing it, I actually landed a similar, really nice unit similar to the one you are showing for 200 bucks and instead of keeping it and using it to replace my beat up old Craftsman,, I resold it for 700 bucks - pretty could profit margin IMHO.. Yes,, they can be a pain if your not patient in use and set things up properly.. What I do first thing is sharpen the mower blades so the leaves get chopped up real well going in.. I also use low winged/mulching type blades so the blades are not ramming the leafs into the suction line leading to the vac. Next thing I do is always do first pass across the leaves with the deck up so only the dry leaves on top are chewed up and sucked in.. Once I get 1st pass done, I find that the wetter leaves under the dry ones are dried out enough that I can go back over them with deck down and not have jams.. Doing it this way, the leaves in the vac are mulched very fine.. Enough so that when removed (I have used the dumper on my Craftsman very little,, normal MO for me, Johnny (my tractor) and the vac are that I shovel the mulch out and toss it across the floor of the woods out back and by spring its all turned to dirt = works awesome!! I also have salvaged some eroded hill sides in the backyard with this mulch!!) it only takes one season to turn back to dirt saving me any need to transport or burn leafs!! I agree 100% with the comment on the steel vs plastic vac turbine housing.. DO NOT GO PLASTIC IMHO.. Also,, I have found it best to walk the area I am going to pick up leaves and remove branches, rocks and any hidden pieces of steel pipe.. All can cause issues.. way it happens with me Puc P.S. - I have a leaf blower too that works great but I only use it in tight areas around the edge of the house where Tippy grows flowers.. I like to take really good care of Tippy cause she is my best friend,,,, plus,, she cooks wayyy better than I!! LOL

I have found online parts fiches like this to be exceptionally helpful when my backs against the wall in situations like you describe.. Maybe this will help: https://www.yamahapartshouse.com/oemparts/a/yam/5004416ef8700209bc78e88d/fender

@Patch ""These are common issues on these 4's"",, [/color @Patch ,, what did you think of these poll results? Interesting?

It looks like you were totally able to figure out how to post here Barn cause your post looks perfect IMHO!! GOOD job on your 1st post!! YOU DONE GOOD!! Concerning your scoot, I have never owned or worked on a model like yours but I have fired a few shots in my own V-4 struggles with my earlier models and spun a few wrenches doing battle with Murphy on modern day cars so maybe I can help.. If not,, I am sure one of the clubs guru's will gladly straighten me out.. To my knowledge, your bike does not have a sensor fed computer spitting out repair needs information like a modern day auto or like a computer controlled EFI bike would have.. That said, I think you may have to go back to basic human logic to rectify your bikes engines issues.. If it were mine, I would begin by simply making sure I had fuel in the tank as it sounds like a fueling situation,, next I would check flow to the carbs to see if the fuel pump is working properly and that the inline filter is not plugged,, next I would drain at least a couple bowls on the carbs to make sure the carbs are filling accurately.. Next,, and I would have probably started here if I had let the bike sit for a long time - say more than 6 months - without running it - I would pull the slides/diaphrams out of the carbs and make sure all was well in their operation and that the main jets were open and clear.. It doesnt sound like a low speed jet circuitry issue as you state it runs great and on all 4 pots when idling (this is assuming you know it is running on all four). Thats where I would begin..

Chuck, I am sooo sorry to hear about the loss of your brother. Wasn't long ago that I lost my one and only little brother too.. Talk about tuff stuff. Having gone thru such deep sorrow myself may afford me some insight into how to pray for you my friend, rest assured - I will be doing exactly that. I will also be praying for and thinking of your family at this time too! Something that helped me was focusing on the good times Doug (my brother) and I had together as kids,, this still helps me during the rough days now. I truly hope and pray that somehow you find such a method of assistance too Roller! May you find Gods tender grace sufficient at your time of need my brother! Prayers UP Puc

Is a do over like a sleep over ? If so, here in Michigan they are highly illegal Bubber,, all the MK1 Ventures and the 1st Gen V-Maxes all the way up to end of their production were 1200's ... Not sure I ever met Fred and Barney,, were they VR members from your area a while back,,,may have heard of them attending the pig in the pine? By the way,, the MK1 1200cc Ventures were the fastest and most comfortable to ride Ventures ever made.. Next fastest was the MK2 1300cc, then the RSV 1300cc and the slowest is the Gen 3, 113inch/1850cc V-Twin Venture currently offered.. I know,, I know,, shake your head and call me crazy, makes no sense,, seems backwards - especially if you dont by into the idea that HP matters like some of the lop eared varmints around here..

:clap2::dancefool: Ok,,, I can hear some of you lop eared snowed invarmints screaming NOOOOO PUC,, what are saying!! Thing is,, I LOVE FOOL'S little WWW man!! Sit back and watch him go thru his job of completing his art work and maybe you can see why this is!! Watch what happens when he picks up his can of paint! Rattle rattle rattle,,, and his whoville like hair-do shakes with each rattle of the can.. WOWZY what detail!! THAT detail has got my dear friends Fool written all over it :dancefool: Proof again that our Fly-in-the-ointment-fool is NO fool!! TKS JEFF!!

BEEN A WHILE, time for another fun VR MC Club Poll!! Multiple choice!!! Complete as many as apply to you please!! THANK YOU for your participation!! PS!!! The last Poll option that reads "I have never heard of a 1200 or 1300cc Yamaha" should read ""I have never heard of a 1200 or 1300cc Yamaha V-4 having any issues with any of 1 thru 7 above".. Please respond accordingly! My bad!!!