rcbailey56

Freebird, You, Terry and Eileen have been prayed for, and will continue to be prayed for. Today is a long tiring day and you will have many others ahead that will require support. You have friends here in this community that love you and pray for you and will give you as much support as you want. Keep looking up and get the most you can from each day. Thanks for keeping us informed the best you can. Richard

Cowpuc, you and your lady have been prayed for. I hope the surgery went well and you are recovering in comfort. Look forward to the day when I can meet you or at least hear about you riding again. Take care, rest up and know God is blessing your life.:amen: Richard

I would like to join the fun too! That's right before my vacation but I live close enough so I don't have to take extra time off. Hopefully, I'll have my new ride ('87 Venture, stripped down to the bare necessities and powered by a '97 VMAX) built by then, otherwise, I'll ride the '92VR. St. Jude is such a worthwhile organization. Wish I lived closer to Memphis so I could give them a visit every now and then. Richard

Hey, This is all good stuff. I didn't consider it might be the Carbtune that was the problem. I'll be checking that as soon as I can get back to it. Thanks to all, Richard

Well, I got my '92 Royale running. I thought it felt a little rough, not bad, after warming up. So, I got out my CarbTune and there is no vacuum showing on any of the cylinders. If I blip the throttle, I get a little spike but none of them are even. I set the idle mixture at 2 1/2 turns out on all carbs, still nothing. This seems crazy to me. It idles with choke off. The throttle response is good. I just can't synchronize. Anybody ever have a problem like this? Thanks in advance for any ideas,

Alright, I'll do that. Thanks to all of you who helped me with this problem. Now that it's running, I warmed it up and thought it might be running a little rough so I got out my CarbTune and I don't see any vacuum. I'll start a new thread for that though. Thanks again,

I think I've got gremlins. I did the ground the small blue/white wire at the solenoid and the starter ran. After trying to get it back where it was mounted, I turned on the key, fuel pump ran and then I tried the starter button and that worked too. Thinking back over the past few days of messing with this problem, I can't remember the fuel pump running when I switched it on. I'm thinking now, either I've got gremlins or a bad connection somewhere. Oh well, it's working now and I'll have to wait till it doesn't again to troubleshoot this problem.

Thanks Jeff, I'll give that a try when I can get back down to the basement. Just curious, where is the solenoid picking up the + side. Is it tied to the big battery wire that hooks to it?

I did some testing last night. Ran jumper cables from battery to starter + to the post where the wire attaches and - to the starter case. Ignition on, starter turned just like it was supposed to. I disconnected the ground side just to make sure I didn't have a bad ground. Still did just fine. I had to remove the battery and battery box to get to the solenoid. I'm thinking I would like to find a new home for that thing. Ran out of time and haven't tested the solenoid yet. I'll do that this afternoon late. I'm looking forward to getting back to it and figuring this this thing out. Thanks again, Richard

Thanks to both of you. I'm at work right now but when I get home, I'll try everything you've suggested. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk

Thank you so much for your reply. Yup, headlight goes out, dash lights go out, the dash volt meter doesn't hardly move though, I have to watch very closely to see any drop. Because of this, I was wondering if the headlight was wired to drop out of the circuit when starting. Sounds like I may have a short in the starter or the wire going to it. I need to check the voltage at the starter when the button is pushed. That shouldn't be too difficult as I can find the starter. I traced the wire from the starter up, but it disappears into the fairing somewhere, so I don't really know where exactly the solenoid is, or what I have to take off the bike to get to it. First things first though. Thanks again for the reply, Richard

I'm having a bit of trouble getting the '92 Venture Royale to turn over. The battery charger shows full charge. When I press the start button, the headlight goes out and the dash lights dim way down. Other than that the bike does nothing. No sounds are audible. No clicking or anything else. I put it in 5th gear and pushed it and I can get the engine to turn a little that way, so I'm thinking it's not locked up. I hooked a battery charger to it that is capable of starting my diesel truck and there is no change in behavior. I looked at the wiring diagrams that Dingy posted and I see I may have a relay or solenoid problem, I don't know for sure. Does anyone have any experience with a problem like this? Also, where is the relay and solenoid located on a 1st generation Venture? Thanks in advance for any advice,

One more thing you might look for is a stopped up brake line. I had one and it about ran me nuts trying to bleed the linked back and front left lines. I like to use a big syringe to pull fluid through the lines. I saw a nice tip on some trade school's web site where they put a little grease around the end of the tubing where it connected to the bleeder port, just to eliminate any air getting in. Now, if only I could find a better spot to mount the fluid reservoir.

Also, take something hard like a screwdriver handle and tap on the gas tank, especially the left side. What you're looking for is a weak spot that was created by water (condensation) sitting at the bottom of tank for years. I would pump as much clean gas as needed through the tank to clean it out. It may not need cleaning but you won't know that unless you cycle some gas through it. Have fun.

Hey, That color scheme really looks good. You've done a great job on that bike. Congratulations! Enjoy! Richard