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Rather than start a new thread I will just post here. As many of you know I purchased a second 99 venture to replace the one that was totalled last year and have been struggling with a exhaust popping no matter what tuning I did to the bike. I completely rebuilt the carbs, installed coil over plugs replaced the air filters and spark plugs and checked for exhaust leaks. I even bought a gunson gastester to adjust the carb idle mixture screws with co%. I set all four carbs to 3% and then did a carb sync and the popping was still there. I really didn't want to plug the ais because I believe it does give indication of problems, but as a last resort I went ahead and plugged it. The popping was gone but the bike still had a rich smell. Today I decided to recheck the co% with the ais plugged and sure enough both ais valves were leaking. The front was leaking worse than the rear but both were leaking allowing air into the exhaust continually. With the ais plugged the fronts now registered 10% co and the rears registered 7% co. I retuned the carbs to the 3% co witch required the rears to be turned I over one turn in and the fronts closer to two turns in. I will update performance and fuel mileage when I get a chance to run it because it is currently raining. Just thought I would post this to let everyone know that it is possible for the ais to be bad. The bike only had 47,000 on it when I bought it, so it sat quite a bit before I purchased it and I'm sure that possibly contributed to the ais going bad. Ron

When I had issues with my bike going into a death wobble I tore the steering head apart and my bearings showed a lot of denting Marks. I replaced them and the swing arm bearing to start with new bearings and bike handled great afterwards. Glad you made it home safe. Ron

Wish we could have made it, he was a great guy R.I.P. Ron and Tina

So sad to hear this, he will be greatly missed. Glad we had a pleasure of knowing Bob. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Becky and the family for comfort at this very hard time. Ron and Tina

So sorry to hear this, will continue to keep Bob and Becky in our prayers. Ron

Sorry to hear this, prayers that the tests will reveal a solution to this. Ron

Tina and I pulled in about 1:20 this afternoon safe and dry. Thanks Don and Eileen for hosting this weekend we had a great time, enjoyed catching up with some old friends and making some new friends. Ron and Tina

Sorry for your loss, our prayers are with you and your family. Ron

Sorry to hear about this, prayers for a speedy recovery. Ron

I purchased a kit from a member on the v-max forum who makes the conversion kits. The coils I received in the kit were Denso 129700-5100. It has been raining so I have only been able to start it to make sure the connections were proper. Bike seems to start quicker than before. Still waiting to ride it to confirm how good it runs on the road. Ron

Thanks for the replies, got everything installed and it fired right up. Raining today so I will have to take a ride to try it out later this week. Ron

Getting ready to convert my 1999 venture to coil over plug, I need to confirm that the red wire on each coil is the positive side of the coil. Thanks Ron

I have a complete stereo system from my 1999, I removed it and installed a marine grade blue-tooth. Message me if your interested. Ron

Glad to hear that you are okay, good luck with the insurance. Ron

Here is a close up of the bracket. I didn't have a way to make the necessary bends so I made 3 tabs to weld on the top plate of the floorboard cover. One tab has a hole that aligns with the rear mounting bolt of the floorboard, the second one fits against the front of the floorboard and the third on bolts the arm to the assembly. I then aligned it with the floorboard and drilled down through the plate and floorboard and put a stainless steel bolt down through it to secure the front of the plate. Ron

Finally settled up with the insurance after the deer hit us and totalled my 99 Venture. Thanks to Dave for the heads up on another 99 Venture for sale, was surprised with the condition and less than 48,000 miles. Brought it home today before the rain started and began transferring necessary parts to make it comfortable enough to ride the rest of this season. Will make it ours over the winter. Here are a few pictures of the way I bought it. Ron

I guess the heading is misleading, it was about 7:00 PM and still plenty light out when it happened .

Tina and I was out for a nice ride last night when a deer came running off the bank and hit us on the left side off the fairing and dumped the bike. We were very fortunate that we were able to stay with the bike for the first 75 feet or so then came off about five feet before the crash bar dug in deep enough to flip the bike to the other side. Thankfully no broken bones just road rash. Ron

Just got home from the rally. Tina and I had a great time catching up with old friends and meeting some new friends. Thanks to all who made this great rally possible, looking forward to next year. Ron

Here is the horns that I mounted in the V of the engine on both sides. I just used 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 1/8" aluminum angle and cut it to fit around the end of the twinkie cover and used the end bolt to secure it. Ron[ATTACH=CONFIG]112923[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]112924[/ATTACH]

Chuck, You're right that was very loud, I'm just glad it was his right side tire and not his left because it started flying apart right away. Ron

The two stebels that I now have on my bike are definitely louder than the two wool horns that I had on it before. Ron

We pulled in at about 4:30, rained the last 130 miles or so. Thanks Don and Eileen for allowing us to join in on a great time. Enjoyed catching up with some old friends and making some new friends. Looking forward to the next event. Ron

I've been trying to locate replacement lower tinted wind vent replacement, couldn't find any so I made my own. Also Tina wanted passenger pegs to allow different leg positions for long rides. Since diamond R went out of business I decided to make my own. Below are finished photo's of both. Ron

Chuck, We are heading out Thursday not sure exactly what time yet, probably around lunch time since I work Wednesday night and don't get off work until 8:00 am. Hopefully we hook up for the ride. I still have your number I'll give you a call sometime soon to see if our plans will allow us to hook up for the ride. Ron