luvmy40

How's about Hocking Hills?

Yep, Gen 1 MK1

DOH! 😶

Don, Kris and I will keep you and Eileen in our prayers, as always. Sadly, my tech skills end at the most basic level concerning web site management. However, do not hesitate to call me if you need any help with HVAC/Refrigeration, carpentry, electrical or anything else, for that matter. We are here for you as you have been here for us, and always will be.

Kris and I have been buying and refurbishing older Kitchenaid stand mixers. A surprisingly fun and rewarding hobby! When our youngest saw the powder blue bowl lift mixer we are keeping for our own use, she was "Jelly" So, we tracked down a heavy duty bowl lift for her as a birthday present. She doesn't have room in her small town house kitchen for it to live on the counter, so I made a rolling storage stand for it. The stand/cabinet is made from recovered oak plywood( a legacy entertainment center the PO of our home left behind). The butcher block top is part of an industrial work bench top that I salvaged. Cut down, routed and refinished.

Looking Good! The CLASS error will likely be remidied by resoldering the connector to the board. Quick and easy fix.

Based on the OP's description of the repeated symptoms, I'd say it's debris/gunk in the proportioning valve, and/or the brake hose to the rear slave is delaminated and blocking return flow. Definitely time for a flush and new hoses. I have never been very good about maintaining brakes properly. I tend to ignore them until they fail in some manor. Stupid, I know, but it still a fact. I am going to make a concerted effort and set up a schedule to flush the brakes periodically and be more proactive. I thought the brakes on my '83(all original parts) were good until I rebuilt the MCs and installed new hoses, Earl's delink kit. There was a night and day difference in the feel and performance.

Luke, come to the dark side

What tire do you have on the front? In my experience, tracking has more to do with the front tire tread patern than anything else. That is if you are not experiencing steering head wobbling or feeling like it's tracking on a smooth road surface.

I'm just a belt and suspenders kind of guy. I'd seal it from the inside and out side.

That seal on the stator wires is probably the culprit. The only way I know of to fix it is to pull that cover, romove the wires/seal from the case, clean the area and seal/wires thoroughly with alcohol and seal it back in place with RTV.

Kris and I have a new addiction and it's pursuit led to a 6 hour CTFW therapy session yesterday. I had been wanting to get Kris a Kitchenaid stand mixer for a while. I found the Kitchenaid Factory Refurbished page on eBay, and the Mr. Mixer channel on youTube. Once I realized how easy and inexpensive it is to repair/refurbish these mixers, I went on a reconnaissance mission perusing eBay, FB Market Place and Craig's list for bench fodder. Kris want's to rent a table at a local indoor flea market and sell refurbs and offer repair service. We'll see how it goes. Anyway, we set out yesterday morning on the '06 and chased down garage sales and estate sales till 5:00pm. We ended up with our sixth tilt head mixer, some bowls and attachments, a set of Devilbliss air tools, and a RoboVac. Here's the Kitchenaid herd: And our "keeper" We'll probably gift the kids with refurbished mixers for birthdays this year. It's a surprisingly satisfying endeavor to tear one of these down, clean/repair/re grease/re assemble it back to like new condition.

I sold my '86 to my Daughter's fiancé today. Sorry to see it go but I just don't haver room for two anymore. Bye, bye Beauty!

Here's a link to the Venturers forum that goes over the repair. https://venturers.org/Tech_Library/index.php?action=article&cat_id=001007&id=317

There is a soldered buss/terminal strip on the CLASS control board that , notoriously has cold solder joints. If your CLASS doesn't power up in ACC position, or shows an error code(ER3, I think), it's probably a bad solder joint.

I know a couple people who have wrapped the air cleaner covers on the Gen 2s. I've not heard of anyone wraping the fairings but, I don't see any reason why it would not be doable.

It can take some time to get the new fluid through the lines. Don't give up and be sure to keep the reservoir full. I use a large basting syringe to fill it.

Condolences on your loss. May your little brother rest in peace.

I used to say that I wanted to go down in an 80 mph low side slide with a rebel yell into my grave. Now that I have grand kids, I'm thinking I might hang around long enough to have to face the day I can't ride anymore. I have to admit, I'm not looking forward to it.

Rotella T5 is a synthetic heavy diesel oil. OP, it's possible that those clutch discs were previously soaked with non deisel oil. As Marcarl stated, standard automobile motor oil has friction modifiers and detergents that are bad for the clutch friction plates. And, hard to counter act. They may be toast even though they measure correct.

Harbor Freight is your freind!

I have a Diamond Custom seat on my '86 Venture. I currently have the '86 up for sale. I am not getting many hits on it. Would any one here be interested in the Diamond Custom seat? It fits the MK1 and MK2 Gen 1 bikes. You would need to use the hardware from your stock seat to mount it. I am considering putting the stock seat back on the '86 and lowering my asking price. This is a fantastic seat. Very comfortable for rider and passenger. The back rest is removeable and adjusts in angle. I paid somewhere around $600.00 for it about 5 years ago and ran it on my '83 originally then moved it to the '86 when I got her. Asking $300.00 OBO + shipping.

Scotch of the single malt variety from the Islay region seems to work for me.

I also found that adding some Lucas to the oil helped smooth the shifting and made finding N a bit easier.