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My day job has been keeping me busy but I manage to sneak some time in here and there, waiting for a bunch of parts from Ebay, decided to chuck clutch master cylinder so I bought another, removed both handlebars that already had the ends removed, they were black epoxy painted last week, removed all the scarred and heat damaged clear coat from the aluminum of the main bars, hit every inch with the green fine scotch pad on my Snapon side rotary air tool, then used 800 and 1500 grit wet dry paper to remove any marks. I did not want absolute mirror finish but instead went with a hand rubbed satin brushed look by using a sheet of scotch pad and rubbing lengthwise of both bars uniformly.Cleaned out the bar end mount hole with a dremel wire brush, clear coated everything, I suggest wearing gloves for the novice as its easy to leave oil from you skin on the "white" aluminum. Will be leaving brakes linked for now. Now I am beginning to gather the few pieces of body that were melted, its good for the most part they are available except the rf turn signal lens in the fairing seems overly priced.

On my 83 Venture restoration I have completely removed all of the rear brake components and cleaned them of 17 years of crystalization, all my other bikes including the 2009 Star xvs1300T is independant. So when the system works properly is it really better than seperate front and rear? At this stage I can seperate the two, I have a shop down the street that has the stainless lines, I can make my own as I am a hydraulic specialist. Does the Venture benefit from independant braking or integrated?

Gonna replace with stainless torx or hex head screws.

I bought Super Tech Synthetic Dot 3, it meets the requirements needed. Removed clutch master, had to dremel off head of one screw, again it was full of brake fluid crystals, like a bad batch of rock candy. Sight glass is shot, bought a pack of three german flat glass 17.5x2mm watch crystals, many thanks to those that pioneered that idea. Complete clutch MC on ebay for the most under $50 also have worn out sight glasses, I will clean it up and see if its viable. Waiting for epoxy paint to cure first before I mount and bleed rear brakes, bought a set of those infamous kevlar carbon fiber pads for the rear from Ebay this morning. Price was right though.

I am debating the use of synthetic dot 3, dot 5.1 or silicone dot 5. I used 5.1 in my other bikes and feels slightly spongy which isn't such a bad thing as it could prevent panic stop lockups, but the advantage of silicone interests me as it will not absorb water and will not hurt the paint. The rear at this stage is bone dry and clean, so its ready for either as will be the front soon.

Should I start this in another forum? Someone said it not in the right one.

Was able to resurrect the rear master cylinder reservoir, full of crystallized brake fluid, no liquid at all, fill bolt was in the past a problem and Po torqued it so hard the whole section had broken off, after a thorough cleaning and a test of the float sensor which turned out OK and the scarce Ebay replacements I decided to JB Steel weld the fill section to the main part, successful. Same with freeing the rear actuator and proportioning valve, everything cleaned out so well I may not even need to get a seal kit. Painted actuator after taping off ports with VHT epoxy black paint, polished the proportioning valve so it was shiny and clear coated it for contrast. Will be using a clear hose from reservoir to actuator, its fuel proof. Will be using silicone brake fluid as sytem front and rear will be completely flushed of any remaining old brake fluids. Removed rear caliper, it actually has the very remnants of fluid in it, pistons moved, flushed it out very well, wire brushed it and even the corners nooks and crannies with a Dremel rotary wire brush, taped off Yamaha logo and ports and also spray painted with VHT epoxy black, when cured I will take my rotary air tool with a fine scotch pad on it and take off the black of the raised fins, when they are smooth and shiny clear coat on them. Bought a factory service manual on Ebay just a little while ago, a reprint in a binder, so many things I am unfamiliar with, like the integrated braking, a small flat rectangular box with a slide switch on it in the RH fairing box, no clue what it is. Rear pads look good, will be looking into any benefits of using a set of carbon fiber/kevlar pads I have seen.

May be adding another Venture to the stable monday, an 89 Royale.

Blonde? Well its a standard I just found out, the warning module shows it checklist countdown correctly. May have a weak coil, the rh front cylinder has a wet plug but at this stage it may just be the super dose of marvel oil I put in fuel to lubricate the pistons, end cap is clean, checked that, had a massive rats nest under cowl, still checking for gremlims.

Just a small update, after 17 years of being stored, never ran or moved I was able to get it running, there was absolutely no gas in tank, no gas smell whatsoever. Changed oil and filter, cleaned a corroded kill switch, after a few tries I got her running, put a good dose of Marvel Mystery oil in fuel to help unstick any rings should they be not sealing. It runs, not perfect but it runs and thats important as its now a green light, the rear brakes are dam near history, the actuator is frozen solid with a waxy sludge, all brake fluid has crystallized over the years, I have tried cleaning the rear brake master actuator for lack of a better description in my ultrasonic cleaner with various chemicals, may have to just find a new one. Anything that moves is either corroded or stuck from the push pull cables to the pivot pin of the rear foot brake they were seized up, little by little with PB blaster some love taps and then lubrication I am getting things to work. Most rubber has cracked from the relay holders up front that have all broken to the top end gaskets the rubber is shot, gaskets on order and the holders are being fixed with a special splicing rubber tape I have. Clutch master cyl cap screw positively will not come out, will dremel the head off, hopefully the slave cyl is good, again all fluids have disappeared. Sorry if I don't post pics but when there was so little interest in my thread I just went back to my CX and Goldwing forums and have been running my updates there. But I have been lurking here all the time gathering info from everything from the battery sensor mod to frame cracks, fortunately this poor bike was severely misjudged, sure it was in a house fire but the bike was never on fire, just melted the right side plastics and even that was minimal, worst damage is being considered an insurance totaled and then stuck in a warehouse for 17 years slowly desiccating itself. I have a guy in Anchorage that has an 89 Royale who may do a trade with me for some firearms, has some engine issues he says, and clutch is inoperative. I may be converting to a Venture person than a Goldwing owner. So I might be posting more often.

its trying too but its over sized, I am deleting it, will get a fresh one in the mornig straight from the tablet camera, these are pics that I posted at Classic Goldwings about my other project.

http://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/download/file.php?id=6361&t=1M first two bikes, started in 2009, on the left an 83 honda cx650 custom and to its right an 80 cx500 deluxe with a vetter i had just painted and clearcoated.

When I get back to my shop I will send some pics about what I am finding so far, I drive a concrete mixer during the day but I often arrive at work at 0 dark thirty and spend a few hours working on my barn finds, like the 1990 Kawasaki KZ1000 Police bike I traded a gold detector for saturday, or the gal who gave me an 81 Goldwing the week before.

Hello everyone on this forum, I'm new, first post, did a search your forum came up, you seem an intelligent group so here is my saga. Bought myself an 83 Venture last night, its been in storage since 96 after it was in a house fire up here in Alaska, I have pics but they are over at the Classic Goldwing forums where I have another thread about "My free 81 Goldwing". Well I own three Hondas, A Kawi and a newer Star cruiser but nothing like this Venture. http://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/download/file.php?id=6381&t=1 http://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/download/file.php?id=6388&t=1 And the first pic is the actual Craigslist ad of the fire damaged right side, second one is the relatively undamaged left side as its still in my trailer when I picked it up in Anchorage, paid the man $350 for the bike. Now I restore japanese bikes but the Venture seems to be a different breed, so far I am still evaluating all the damage, other than melted right side front fairing, windshield, and luggage and rear lights the engine is pristine, only 18k miles I believe, drained oil and no water, no fuel at all in tank, bone dry. Gone power up, all the dash internals seem to work though it won't start, needless to say I suspect an interlock somewhere, I will find it eventually, but not until I fog the cylinders and install new oil, the engine will turn over in top gear so its not locked up. I could use any suggestions, like any particular bugs about this beast, I am very surprised to see most plastic available on Ebay, and even the luggage. I especially need to figure out the brakes, seems to have something on the forks each side connected to the brakes, an anti dive dampener? Anyhow if you all are interested I start its saga of restoration here, its got some kind of a pull on me this bike.