TTrax
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Praying for a complete recovery.
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Took a ride this weekend to Wilson Lake up Northwest in KS today. Along the way we stopped in Wilson KS which was settled by Czech immigrants. Really awesome town if you are in the area. My wife had seen someone posted some photos of some rock formations in that area of the lake. Little did I know it was going to involve a 2 hour hike to get to them. Oh well, I needed the exercise anyways. My brother came with us via his 1985 Kawasaki Voyager 1300. I guess we are a sucker for these 80's touring motorcycles...
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OK here are the salt plains nearby, about 30-45 minutes from Wakita OK. Not recommended to take the road here on a bike unless you are OK with going 5-10 MPH for some stretches. It is basically an oilfield road that is used for access to the area. From what I'm told, this is the remnant of the great ocean that used to be inland to the states in prehistoric times. It is quite exotic to think that ocean life existed nearby when this state have been landlocked for millennia.
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My wife and I are a big fan of storm chasing and the Twister movie. It looked like a day trip to get to this museum, so on the spur of a moment we decided to make a run for it on a weekend. If you are in the area it might be worth dropping by. It would have been a lot shorter trip if I hadn't got lost twice on the way here. I ended up in Kiowa, KS before I started to check myself for incorrect routing. Its all good, it was a fun trip. Also missed the Salt plains nearby due to lack of time but we were able to make it on the next weekend.. I would NOT recommend taking a bike on the road to get to the salt plains due to the degradation of the road. We took it in a van but I think it would have rattled the fairing off the bike if we had tried it.
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Good evening. On some sort of coincidence, I stumbled across the oil filter parts page on the Yamaha website and noticed apparently I have been missing some parts since I owned the bike. The owners manual and the service manual doesn't mention it during the oil filter changing procedure. I ordered the missing parts and installed today. Really didn't notice a difference other than it seems to be more of a PITA to get the threads started in the block. I just hope there hasn't been any long term damage. Looking at the construction of the bypass valve, I was thinking that either the bypass function has been disabled, or the filter has been bypassed letting unfiltered oil back into the lubrication system. Either is not good. I just went over 93K miles and still doesn't use a drop of oil that I can tell so hoping no issues. I can't see oil pressure so it would be hard to say if it is lower or higher than normal. Has anyone else removed these components for any reason? Trying to determine why the original owner would have discarded these parts unless there is a reason I can't think of.
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Saving grace for gas and food...Arkansas. From road trip.
TTrax replied to videoarizona's topic in Watering Hole
Looks really good! I haven't gotten that far east in Arkansas yet but will definitely put this on my list if we happen to go that far. We have been as far east as Mountain View and stayed at an awesome cabin nearby for my wife and my anniversary in 2019. -
I've recently been watching these videos and really like them. I would say the video quality and production is on par with what Top Gear (UK version) was to the automotive industry.
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I usually notice when my wife and I are riding on my '88 we get around 32 to 34 MPG. I am usually driving at the speed of around 65-75 MPH and I haven't ever gotten really good fuel economy, not at least as much as others have gotten. I'm no lightweight and both my wife and I have put some weight on over the years. We are both north of 200 lbs, me more than her. I really got some bad mileage for awhile a couple of years ago. I replaced the diaphragms on my carbs, which restored a ton of low end power but would cut out around 5K RPMs and fuel economy dropped to around 25-28 MPG. Finally figured out the rubber plugs at the bottom of the jet block on my carbs had dried up and was feeding way too much fuel into the main jet. Just my experience but could definitely be something else. It would be good to eliminate all other possible issues before dissecting carbs.
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Some of this info is old, sorry to share it so late. I know Kansas isn't a big destination to visit when riding, but if for some reason you make it to the center-southern part of the state it might not be a bad idea to visit the motorcycle museum in Marquette, KS. A lot of history there. I have attached pictures from 2011 and 2021.
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I would have to agree about the Dunlop D404. I have used them the most on my bike but they don't seem to last long. I am usually over on allowable weight for this bike, and the 404 only lasts about 6K miles. On the other hand, the last tire I had before this one was an Dunlop Elite 4 and it only lasted about 7.5K miles. I think I will try the Shinko 777 next time.
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Battery sensor bypass
TTrax replied to TTrax's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Drove in to work this morning, when I took off it was 60°F which is cooler than it has been so far when I have been riding. No light on at all so thinking it is fixed but we will see. Thanks for the input and have a good rest of the week! -
Battery sensor bypass
TTrax replied to TTrax's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Sounds good to me. I had read some posts that mentioned that it should be as low as possible to not burn out the computer monitor. I will let you know if I have issues after using this resistor. Thanks and have a good week! -
I just got done doing the battery sensor bypass on my bike. I was wondering if I was doing something wrong as I checked the voltage at the sensor going to the white wire with red tracer and my current voltage was showing around 6.5 volts. I had read somewhere that we don't want to go much over 5 volts or in the neighborhood. I had my assortment of resistors on hand that I ordered from Amazon so was ready to go. I played around with the resistors, for some reason my voltage was higher than expected when using the recommended resistors. I went with a 10KΩ resistor and it was putting out 5.5 volts at the white wire with red tracer. I turned the key on and no battery light, at least for now. We will see how it does in the long term. Reason for the bypass is the next battery will be AGM or gel, staying with the lead acid one for now but tired of the light coming on randomly. I did clean the tip of the sensor but it still comes on from time to time. Sometimes it will come on and go off on it's own. So far it seems to come on when the temperatures are cooler in the morning and usually doesn't come on at all when it is over 90°F outside. I thought maybe it was the expansion and contraction of the electrolyte in the battery but the level looks good. If it comes on again I am thinking I have some solder joints cracked at the CM. I wanted to be able to look at the write up with pictures in the tech library but for some reason on my computer it just shows up as links to pictures instead of the pictures as well. I went ahead and made up a document showing the pictures with the text if anyone is interested (if they are having the same problem). Thanks and everyone have a good day! Yamaha Venture Battery Replacement and CM Warning Bypass.pdf
