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AWESOME!! Would LOVE to have one and would definitely shoot the living daylights out of it!! Only issue on my end would be saving up for ammo

ohhh yeahh,, THANK YOU for posting this up @Freebird!! Guess you are still into bikes even though you dont have one right now :rasberry:

I will NEVER forget the first time I saw one!! Years ago with my daughter on one of our 83's camping out on the North Rim.. Passed thru the parking lot and there it was = I was druelling out my ears!! Just GORGEOUS!! And have #1 ,,, UNREAL!! :thumbsup: and to the owner!! Whoever you are,, would LOVE to hear more about it and see some more 's!! Lots and lots of 's!!!

Rock n roll!!!!

Another AWESOME thread you got going here @Condor! Got to yap with the owner/builders of the Vanderhall's at Sturgis, remarkable group.. Definitely a unique, well built piece straight out of Utah.. Never know what ya might get to play with at the rally!!

Tip and I LOVE that picture of you and Ron Peggy = just gorgeous!! Yes indeed,, you are a passenger,, a passenger aboard a magic carpet ride to freedom and adventure!! Now,, just to share a few words about Ron and his change in attitude because his best friend is enjoying that magic carpet ride with him.. Many times the depth of what Ron (and others like him) is feeling can be misunderstood.. Although Tips reason for not riding in the early years was different than yours (she stayed home and took care of 3 kids while I chased around the country with the 4th offspring for many miles), she spent little to no time "in the saddle" with me.. Once the kids flew the nest she took to the passenger seat like a duck to water. Even though we were having the time of our lives covering thousands of miles together, one thing kept popping up,,, any time we would pass groups of lone riders all packed together she would make comments like: "are you sure you wouldnt rather be enjoying your time with a group like that?".. I always reassured her that finding the magic in the carpet ride was a lot more fun when sharing with your best friend.. Still though,, having your husband say this can only go so far.. Then one day a life changing event happened: We pulled into a little town just outside of Cody.. As I was exiting the local supply house with a pop in hand, a group of riders pulled in from Jersey.. One of those riders came over and was reading Tweeks adventure stickers,, looked at me and said they had passed us back on Bear Tooth and had all commented about how cool it was to see an older couple out enjoying life together.. He then made the comment about how badly he wished his wife would even consider doing such a thing and how lonely it can get covering thousands of miles alone... I stopped him and asked if he would mind sharing his thoughts with Tip when she came out.. He said SURE and he did!! After that day Tippy never again mentioned her thoughts as to whether or not I would rather be riding "with the boys"... Thought I would mention this Sister:happy34:

Pic came out fine Cap!! Definitely a smudge fit but DEFINITELY not gonna be able to reuse IMHO.. Looks in pretty rough shape.. Alternatives that I can see would be: - Replace what ever part the nipple came out of.. (EXPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING)ni - Find a parts bike and carefully remove nipple- install in your scoot (I am fairly confident that the nipple has never been available seperated from its mounting area). - Measure the I.D. of the hole where the nip came from. Pick up a pipe tap of the size you measured and a replacement nipple that is threaded from a hardware/lumberyard store.. Get copper replacement.. Carefully tap the area using grease on the tap to collect shavings as you tap it out.. Make sense? A couple pics of the area where the nipple went in and surrounding area would be awesome and helpful in making good suggestions..

WOWZY WOW WOW WOW!! 12k out of rear tire is nothing to scoff at from my limited experience. How much of that was on desert temp desert conditions riding Home? I did a fair amount of desert touring (flaw in my charector = LOVE the deserts) on my 1st Gens and never got better than 6k out of a rear.. That would be running two up, fully packed out with tent on back = usually most of the rear tire was deposited on the back of the bags from the hot tarmac. Could never find a CT that would fit (came close = see vid) but wanted to = Jake (guy in the vid with the Wing) got 20k plus on his CT running plenty of desert region (lives in Texas).. Would have liked to have tried one. I also spent a fair amount of time on a Stratoliner (similar motor to your SVTC) that belonged to my nephew and he was averaging about 4k on a rear tire on his that we always attributed to the massive torque every time she fired.. Maybe the dual balance shaft and extra alternator your bike incorporates takes some of the hit to the back wheel when compared to the Strat - no idea's on the dyno numbers in comparing the two but seems logical. One of things that always concerned me with no Center Stand would be what to do if a flat happened on tour/on highway.. How would I get the thing in the air to swap on a new tire or repair an old one.. I am sure most folks now adays just call a tow truck but what if I were out in the middle of nowhere in the desert.. Never owned one of the 1800 Wings but help a broken down one out west one time with a flat.. Pretty cool as we just laid the bike down on its side, removed the axle center nut and pulled the wheel off.. My 1st Gens ya had to center stand em, unclip the right rear bag and pull the wheel.. Not sure about roadside on the SVTC.. I am so geezerly I forgot all about anti-locks!! Ohh yeah,,, you got no concerns there my friend!! ANTI LOCKS ROCK!! They definitely take a lot of guess work out of the equation,, especially nice in a could be crisis like you mention!! ROCK ON!!

Corporal Newkirk and :rasberry::stickinouttounge: Fly-in-the-ointment @Flyinfool!!

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INDEED!! Thinking out loud here but with those kind of numbers I am not surprised at the lack of centerstand. Who could lift it onto the stand? Especially when packed out for touring.. Also makes one wonder what riding one down with a flat tire will be like.. Also like you mentioned about braking, especially considering the small "patch" of connection to the road that a bike tire makes on its radius of contact patch.. Think I would look very carefully at swapping on a car tire and going dark side if I had one.. IMHO,, your giving good advice on jacking apparatuses here @Condor.. For sure I would not use a bike jack without the outriggers considering the weight we are talking.. It dont take much side to side movement when talking those kind of numbers to end up mouse trapped.. Also, speaking table lifts,, remember that you still have to lift the bike up on the table lift to swap tires and such.. While you can remove the "trap door" then crib up under the scoot to use the table as a jack, doing so can be just as iffy as a floor jack with no outriggers if your not careful..

Sounds to me like you pulled the hose nipple from the casing and it is still in the hose? Pictures would help.. If hose connectors are not threaded and screwed in place, IMHO, it is not uncommon for them to be "smudge" fit and fairly easily removed when tugging on hoses.. The simple fix is to take a knife and slice the old hose (unless you are going to reuse hose - in your case you are replacing with new) to remove nipple.. Clean nipple and area in case where nipple was removed. Smear a light coat of YamaBond 5 or other sealant to area on nipple that will meet the wall of the case opening. Start nipple into hole by pushing down on nipple with finger being careful to not get it crooked.. Tap the nipple till you feel it bottom out with a plastic hammer - be careful not to damage it - use finess.. The smudge fit is common in places like carb, petcock and case fittings and as amazing and hard to believe as this sounds,, I have replaced many of them back into thier homes and never had a problem with them leaking and actually very seldom use a sealer when replacing em.. Does any of this make sense:fingers-crossed-emo

Hi Mohamed,, ,, glad you found the site!! Here is some additional info to add to what you and I had discussed on youtube (nice meeting you there too).. First maybe check this out (the CDI is called a "TCI" here): https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?10640-TCI-problems-Yes-or-No and maybe this will help: https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?139849-Tach-drop-out-and-not-running-right&highlight=tci+oven or this one: https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?127732-Disassembling-TCI-Box&highlight=tci+oven and this one:https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?86427-Peek-inside-my-TCI-if-you-will&highlight=tci+oven At least you have a start on some reading while you wait for others to reply my friend.. ENJOY Puc

IMHO, DEFINITELY!!! But consider the source here brother,, I am as backyard of grease monkey as they come!! My logic (and it often gets me in trouble) is that if the impellar cannot move water (anti freeze) the coolant in the cooling jackets in the jugs will quickly turn to steam and POOF = high pressure on the entire system and then POOF again - something somewhere is gonna pop.. Also,, (and again,, take this with a grain of back yard wrench spinning thought) I would probably implore a pressure tester on the system (like used on cars) to see if I could detect what blew... Remove the cap, fill the system with water (no since in using anti freeze just for testing), attach the pump, run up to 13 pounds or so and watch for leaks.. Among other obvious places to check, I would look the head coolant bypasses over carefully.. They are located behind the plugs and you hav,, wait a sec,, watch this (with another grain of salt of course LOL):

I watched a video on you tube about jacking up an SVTC after reading this.. While the owner was not to savvy in his approach, it did show how much extra weight is on the back ofi the SVTC, he used a similar jack to that of your own = no out riggers for stabilization = at a minimum I would locate a jack with outriggers.. I also stay far away from putting a jack of any form on engine cases or such easily broken expensive parts/pieces, I probably would choose to stabilize with the rearward jack on the shock pivot mount clearly seen in your pics = just another IMHO of course.. A quick glance at the vid below is the example of a jack with out riggers that I use (WOWZY did @videoarizona and I have FUN with the project in the vid!!) = stop at 1:32 in and you can get an idea of what I mean by outriggers if you are having a hard time following my thoughts and dont want to watch all of our craziness..

I have ran cheapies for years Gary and have always been happy with em.. I prefer the cheapy organics myself as I really like the feel of organics.. I always clean my caliper pistons when swapping in new pads as shown in video and have never had to do a rebuild as a result. I also double check the mounting areas on the new pads and have had to remove access paint and clean em up a little with a file if necessary where they fit into the caliper = I have also bought high end pads and ALWAYS did the same with them.. I think the last set I got for one of my 83's I got 4 sets for under 20 bucks! I also brake almost exclusively front brake so my rear brakes very seldom need pads. The fronts are easy to keep track of cause its just a glance down. Keep in mind brother, this is all 83 chatter,, no idea whats available for your fancier rig!! Hope this helps! Best wishes and happy trails where ever you stopping adventure leads you ya lop eared varmint!!

Got er done eh Sky? Good on ya!! Prayers Up for a speedy recovery brother!!

All good advice IMHO.. Personally, if it were my 83 I would check the water pump impellar.. 4 of the 6 84/83's that I have retired still had the OEM plastic impellars in them and 3 of those impellars were scalped clean of the plastic edges that push the water. It is pretty hard for them to cool properly if the water pump is not flowing anti freeze. If it were mine and unless it showed that someone had changed the impellar, I would rebuild the pump completely so I didnt end up with an iffy shaft/seals when replacing the impellar.. Make sense?

Thinking we got @Flyingfool over the barrel this year Corporal Newkirk!! Just got home from chasing parts for the 3 year old grandson we are watching (diapers) and a gorgeous Bald Eagle flew right in front of my car on the way home!! DEFINITELY a sign of good times to come!! ROLL ON BROTHER - ROLL ON!!!

While I LOVE synthetic oils and LOVE the additional miles between oil changes they offer (its always amazing how clean and full bodied the Quaker 0/20 full syn comes out after 10,000 miles in our Ioniq) and the great lube they offer... For my bikes that have wet clutches in them though, I still prefer and have always ran Dino oil as I like to change my oils as the oil darkens from clutch fiber plate wear. Run em hard,, but keeping good "clean" oil in em I always say. Keep in mind though,, I am talking about any of my scoots (like my 1st Gen v-4's) whose primary design is that of clutch/tranny sharing oil with the engine.. Separate those components so the clutch is bathed in oil that is exclusive to the clutch and not being shared with other areas (HD been doing this for years now) - full syn throughout = no problembo.. Another "IMHO's",, even if your going full synthetic,, not a bad idea to make sure your using full synth designed for wet clutches = no different than steering clear of High Mileage/energy conserving Auto Oils in the Dino flavors...

Nice Jack!! REAL NICE!! Speaking of shooters,,, since I can't shoot my 1911 or AR's here in the hood,,, thinking real serious about this little shooter (found em for 165 bucks refurbed)..

Yep,, start with Nozzles for WWW Jeff!! You are really letting me down over here,, it's Florida outside!!!

Yeppers @Patch,, that "code" says = under all circumstances start with a compression check LOL

YUMMY!!! Now ya got me urging to fire up the smoker Sly!! Aint gonna happen for a while,, busy playing with grandkids!! Just added two in 20 days!!! LOL Sounds like you and that bride of yours are living like King/Queed brother!!

I've done several of the Honda CT/CL/minitrail conversions over to chinese "kits".. Back when the chinese first bought the Honda patent, at a dealer show in Indianapolis = could by complete chinese "pit bikes" and scooters @85 bucks a piece as a dealer but had to buy by the container full (about 40 units).. Shortly thereafter, companies like Lifan started selling the conversion kits - personally I prefered their kits as they seemed the most worthy.. Maddy,, I have no idea what you got with your pirana? but the kits I used (use to get em complete with all periphials for just under a hundred bucks = that was for the 140cc, smaller = cheaper) all came with: wiring harness needed to get me to a regulator = had to buy regulator (cheap = under 5 dollars at the time), carb, intake manifold, cdi box, coil/plug wire.. does this sound familar or are you starting with engine only? Original Hondas like you are toying with were battery to points ignition and were 6 volts.. The new engine will probably not reguire a battery to run, it will probably have the typical trigger coil working together with an ignition coil at the stator = typical modern stuff. The lighting coil at the stator will be producing high voltage AC current.. That AC current does not care what voltage you convert to at the Regulator so you should be able to wire up to the original 6 volt rectifier if you want.. I never did that,, I just went with a cheapy 12 volt reg and swapped everything (batt/light bulbs) over to 12 volts = a lot more durable.. I know "Trail Buddy" used to make complete swap out new harnesses but its been a while = no idea if they are even still in business.. I never had to use them as I just used OEM harnesses on the bikes. Also,, if your going with a larger engine conversion you will probably have to redesign the pipe,, I converted stock pipes by Tigging on new flanges that would fit the larger ported 140's head to flange mount on several occasions... Something else to may be consider.. Dropping in a chinese conversion greatly reduces the "value" of the scoot - at least this proved to be true in my case.. I sold numerous restored Z-50 hardtails for over 7 grand back in the day.. CT70's of the era went for 5 grand and CT90's around 3500.. If you are thinking resale, you might want to rebuild OEM as those numbers drop greatly with conversions in the them = still wayyyy cool scoots though!! Just some xtra thoughts to think about...