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  1. lonestarmedic
    Well Earl- you sent me 4 white washers. Hope they were nylon not stainless!! JB
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    So, last fall I changed the carb. diaphragms out in the 86. Found one with a slight crimp on the edge but no holes or problems. It was more of a preventative measure. Did a carb synch and set the idle circuits using the idle rpm drop method. Bike felt smooth and good power. However, my fuel mileage dropped from 40 commuting to 37. i run about 60-70 miles a day from work to home. The measured mpg is cold start with choke and all speeds. I could smell the exhaust as being a bit rich. Tried adjusting the idle screws to no avail. Fast forward to maintenence day. I have a set of needle shim washers and a color tune with me. MikeZ and I changed out the washers and set the synch again. It looked pretty good. I could also tell that there was a difference by the choke lever settings. The colortune needs modification to work on the venture. So, did not touch the idle settings. On the way back to San Antonio I got 37 heading into a wind. I used almost a gallon less fuel than Mike did on his 1989. Now, it had more luggage on board and did have a bit of an afterfire. Next week it was back to commuting to work. Checked several tanks of fuel and found I am up to 41mpg! And the rich smell at idle is gone. So my suspicion is that the replacement diaphragm are not only a bit stiffer than the originals, but possibly a bit thicker. Plug color is good. Next stop is figuring out a good way to use the colortune on the V-4. JB
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    So, with the Waller maintenence day behind us, I thought possibly y'all might like a couple pictures to caption and chuckle at
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    I bet your SD card is greater than 2GB. Your desktop PC is probably old enough that the reader has a 2GB limit. This is a hardware limit not software. Easy fix is buy a cheap USB card reader. Your desktop will pick it up and then read the card. Wally World has a wide selection of readers near the cameras and card memory. Might even get one of those multi-card readers. That way you can read other card types if they happen to come by. JB
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    Must have missed that one! I know the Houston gang usually has one in the spring but I haven't seen it. If it is this coming weekend, I think we are still trying to clean the back 40 acres. JB
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    Have one hanging on the wall about 10 miles from you. I bet on intake leaks someplace. JB
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    I think I have a spare trunk reflector. Can buy your mistake or trade if you want. Squidley has also offered up one rom his treasure trove. JB
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    I am on 775 about 3 miles from 181. Eagle Creek Ranch. Bet we are less than 10 miles apart!!
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    Sent you a PM last night. I have been trying to collect spares as I see them. Just never got a reflector. JB
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    I am in need of the lower center reflector for our 1986 Royale. Unfortunately momma learned how to stop our riding lawnmower by using the rear of the bike! Could have been worse. The trailer hitch protected protected everything but the reflector. And my radial arm saw supported the bike so it didn't drop to the floor. Small left fairing scratch with no cracks or damage. Just the reflector. Momma feels worse than I do about the damage. Would love to get the bike fixed quickly and make her feel better. JB
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    I am one of the folks interested in the grease tool. JB
  12. lonestarmedic
    The First Gens zip ahead and find the DQ. The Second Gens roll in just behind them. The Harleys cruise in at the end. Lowell picks up all the spare parts and meets us. The GoldWings provide the light show during the meal. JB
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    Maggie and I also add our support. David was the first Houstonion I met. Rode over in the rain to meet my daugher and I for a ride. We will offer to help however we can. We are only a couple hours to the west. JB
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    tool

    lonestarmedic replied to oldgoat's topic in Watering Hole

    This tool is much like the Drill-out kit. It is a 1/4" hex shank. The working end is a cone shaped bit with left hand spiral flutes. The opposite end has a cone shaped drill bit to create a proper pilot hole. The idea is to make a pilot hole first. Then set up the extractor and put the drill in reverse and push it firmly into the pilot hole AS THE DRILL IS SPINNING IN REVERSE. I have a set of these from Sears. They work great for stripped out screws in wood. I would imagine they would work fairly well for the radiator trim screws. Once jarred loose, they should spin out easily. I have also seen them in Auto Parts Stores. The drill-out is made by Alden Corporation. It is a bit more complex but I have had good results if the fastener is not rusted solid but just has a stripped head. Best results are achieved by reading the directions on these tools. I did the typical man thing the first time and just started using it. Ended up with bad results and a lot of time wasted. I prefer the Drill-out tools. A bit more complex but they seem to grab better. JB
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    Looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack. Would like a hitch assembly for our 1986 Venture. There is one on e-bay right now. Has 6 days to go. Also priced the Hitchdoc unit at $261.00. Thought I had one located but it went bye-bye. JB
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    I just ordered spare lenses from Big Bike Parts. I have a spare complete unit with a small crack in the red lens. So I ordered 3 red, and 2 each of the amber. This gives me a complete unit and spare lenses for each one. Gotta be a bit of a packrat with these first gens. Now to find spare tupperware. JB
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    I am sorry to say that you did not hear that correctly. There are 72 Virginians waiting for him. And they are going to welcome him with true southern hospitality for a person of his stature. JB
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    I have the Big Bike Parts bar. Here is how I replaced the 194 bulbs. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=21986 It takes time and patience to get the lenses off. The led strips are off of eBay. From a vendor named Joe Florida. I have been running them for a couple years now with no problems. JB
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    I will take you up at least on the local retrieval. If you are coming this way, I can grill you a steak, offer cold beverages, and gas money etc. Will let you know when my check clears his bank. Obviously I am building a trailer for behind the scoot. This should give me a low profile and good length so it is stable. JB
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    Hey folks- I purchased a roof cargo box from a gentleman today. It is near I30 and Beltline in Garland, Texas. I would like to impose on someone to pick it up and store it for me for a couple weeks. It is 55" by 35" by 15" tall. It weighs about 60 lbs. I am not in a particular hurry on this. It is going to be the basis for a cargo trailer. I am sending him a check tomorrow for a deposit. Once I figure out how to get it to San Antonio, I will send him the balance. Thanks for looking JB
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    I saw one running up 181 last month. Unknown what brand but the Harley Road King was bouncing on it like a rubber ball. I would cut the weight limit in half. And I don't think I want to propel a shaft drive backwards through the rear wheel. Methinks the transmission would protest. JB
  23. lonestarmedic
    Earl- Use an aluminum bar and a couple extra screws. Also a metric tap or two. Mounted the bar to the lock plates. Mounted the light to the bar. Left enough on te ends for the locks. I machined the ends to follow the contour of the locks. Also, flip the right and left lock to make access easier. Don't forget the little pilot holes for the cast pins on the rear of the locks. JB
  24. lonestarmedic
    I wired one up for a gentleman using a different approach. I built a latching relay circuit. Take a 4 pin SPST relay and splice the main contactor into the ground side of the transformer. Run a wire from the switched side (transformer side) of the contactor to the relay coil ground. Pick up the positive for the relay coil from a switched ignition source. Then take a momentary SPST switch and ground one side. Take the other side and run it to the relay coil ground. Same spot where the jumper wire connected. Now, when the bike switches on, the hot to the coil is supplied. When you bump the momentary switch ground is supplied and the contactor closes. The completed circuit then continues to feed the coil ground. Shutting the bike off drops the positive to the relay coil and it opens up. This seems redundant except it allows using a very small momentary trigger switch. The coil on a Bosch cube relay pulls about 1/10th of an amp. Also very easy to bypas the relay. Just ground the switched (output) side of the contacts. Adding a diode into the jumper wire on the relay would isolate the trigger switch ground so it would not try to feed the main circuit. I did this whole trick so I could fit a sub-mini switch on the handlebar area. I actually managed to drill it into the bottom of the right hand factory switch pod. JB
  25. lonestarmedic
    Been using the 15W-50 for quite a while now. No clutch slippage at any time. I had a clutch slip when I bought my 1986. Changed out the clutch pack and used one change of 15W-40 Rotella. Bike seemed to run a bit warm. Switched to the Mobil and the motor felt better. Good shifts when hot and seemed to run a bit cooler by the OEM temp gauge. I watch which oil I get. Seems to be a couple different Mobil 1 series. The silver or red caps do not show any friction modifiers on the bottle or web site. I can shift at any rpm and grab is instant. I run 2 up and never feel a problem. Of course your experience may differ. Oh, I have about 50,000 on the clutches and all but 3,000 are mobile 1. JB
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