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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

Well, by now you should be well into getting that bike on the road. I just found this thread and enjoyed reading it. I hope all is working out like you hoped. Also, I really liked your closing quote "If everyone took responsibility for their own actions the world would be a better place". Take care and ride safe, Richard Bailey (678) 227-4874

Thanks to both of you. I really appreciate the prompt and helpful advice I get on this site. You guys rock!

I'm in need of new plug wires for my 92. Seems like I've read on here somewhere that you can use some flavor of aftermarket plug wires, but I can't seem to locate the thread. Anyway, anyone have a good recommendation Thought I would relocate the TCI while I'm at it. Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Richard

Well, in that case, I guess it's not the temperature. One thing I did when I was getting my '92 VR roadworthy was rebuild the carbs, sync them and then while working on wheel bearing and brakes and meters, the bike sat up for a few months. When I got it back on the road, it didn't run very well. It would hang up at 2500 rpms, wouldn't run without choke until it was hot. I pulled the carbs and cleaned the jets. Still didn't run very well, couldn't sync. What I ended up doing was putting in about 1/2 can of Berrymans carb and fuel injector cleaner in a tank of regular gas. After driving that tank out, it ran a little better, so I did it again. I made sure I was giving it time at all throttle positions. Now after running it hard on the Interstate, it only needs a little choke and not for long, I have been able to sync it and it runs pretty good. Don't know if this will help you, but I wish you well in whatever you choose to do.

Thanks Dingy, I knew machining the block would change the ratio, however, I was thinking it would effectively lower the compression ratio, but if you say it is the best bang for the buck, I certainly want to consider it. Based on what I find when I get into it, I may well have to machine both block and heads in order to get perfectly true surfaces.

Gary, Where do you store your bike for the extended periods you're not riding? If it's too warm the gas will not hold up.

The bike the rebuilt engine is going to be put in is an '87 Venture Std and the engine that is in that bike already has the v-boost setup. The previous owner installed it. To get around the headroom issue, he cut out a place in the cover just big enough for the top of the air box to poke through. So, it looks like a small hood scoop sticking up in your lap. This bike is going to be an experimental bike for me. Rebuild a 1300 motor, machine VMAX heads (to be milled down about .040). I'm going back with either a VMAX or an FJR final drive. Pulling all the fairing off, bags off too. Modify side panels (still looking for inspiration on this one). Going back with windshield only and a modified dash. Raise the seat height for the driver (extra padding). Hopefully, that will give a little more leg room. Maybe by spring/summer at the latest, I'll have a nice cruiser. Thanks again for the replies.

Thank you guys. I'll get started soon. I love this part. WooHoo! Gary, Is it just gumming up or are you having problems with performance?

Alright, it's time to pull the engine (1300 from an '87) out of one of my parts bikes and rebuild it. I have a set of VMAX heads, complete with cams, buckets, springs and shims that I want to have machined/reconditioned. Is there any reason the heads from the VMAX won't fit on the 1300? Is there any reason to not use them? Any pitfalls you know of? From what I can understand, I would be getting a little better volumetric efficiency and a higher compression ratio. I look forward to hearing any discussion on the subject. Thanks,

Sorry to hear about the accident. Prayers and thoughts for a speedy recovery. Thanks for letting us in on what happened to you. As much as we hate to hear about accidents, it's a great reminder to us all to think for others because they probably don't. Take care,