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X2 on getting the synch tool after it, trying to adjust it without that is like pissing up a waterfall. Its satisfying to turn the screws and hear it straighten out as you get the bars closer and closer, get the nice crisp idle and effortless off idle ridability, yup, thats when life is good! Really glad she feels like a good fit, I only just started really riding mine and I'm surprised by how comfy and competent it is.

I can see how it could be tough to miss, maybe if all the rallys and MD, M&E threads appeared under a single parent thread for gatherings and events and moved up between watering hole and tech threads, or right jnder the tech threads where (I assume) a lot of members spend a lot of time. I know nobody asked me but it seems like that would be an intuitive place to find it.

What a great fun looking bike! I know you know your way around a scoot so I wont tell you to be careful, so go have a blast with her... And ya know... Be careful brutha'.

Couldn't agree more Steve. There is quite a bit of uncertainty about this machine, and as a consumer I would really prefer updates through development of a new model for 3 reasons. 1. I just dont care for sales tactics and artificially building hype, it feels more like Yamaha is playing salesman-y games rather than ramping up genuine enthusiasm based on accurate projections of what kind of bike it may even be. Its going to be unveiled shortly and most of us have no idea if it will be a twin with 6 more HP than a HD or a fire breathing V4 with 6 more HP than a K1600. As an adult consumer I would prefer to be informed and develope realistic expectations as development is ongoing than be surprised and quite possibly disappointed. 2. The secrecy feels pretty gimmicky, suspense is fine when watching "Jeepers Creepers" but not when considering a new steed. I wont lie, im put off by Yamaha not sharing more (any) information with its customer base. See whine #1 . After all this hype if this bike is anything less than spectacular I will likely go back to Triumph for my next bike. 3. If I'm on or preparing to enter the market for a new bike I'm researching offerings outside Yamaha as well. There are currently some damn fine bikes on the market whether you want a twin cruiser/tourer or a full on touring rocketship. As a consumer I would appreciate at least enough information to make a decision on whether to wait for it or buy something else. If I knew we were getting the V4 I would likely wait, but if I wait for a grand epic Venture and they roll out the successor to the VTX I will not be a happy consumer and may never buy Yamaha after that if I have a bitter taste from this waiting game. I know there is some overlap in my numerically itemized whinings but unrealistic expectations are sure to leave a percentage of us highly disappointed for the reasons above. If they make another twin thats great but dont keep us performance oriented riders hanging. All I can tell Yamaha is if this bike is a twin cruiser after hyping up a fantastic new Venture then thay have lost the chance to ever sell me a bike in the future. For you as a dealer waiting has to be at least a little frustrating, yes? If you love and sell bikes I would assume knowing the basics about whats coming would probably make it easier to guide your customers thinking about a new machine. It would have to be a benefit to the customer for the same reasons I better take a breath and get some water

No worries, no credit history is easy to fix, easier than patching up damaged credit. Never know when having credit will be a saving grace. I never had the disciplin I do now and its not as hard ot tedious as it would seem. I just for kicks looked at the tech sheet for the Trophy, that 1215 is a triple! Looks like a super sweet steed. I would be thrilled to own another Triumph triple! I would hate to cheat on Yamaha, but I have needs. If it is a twin I will forgive them if they spread it out to. 65 deg and toss a huffer of some kind on it, no NA. A big plus for a faint supercharger whine!

Point well taken. That sounds sound. Good for making that much by 19, thats awesome. She could have got you a new bike, just sayin'. The whole being cheap and counting every bit is a completely new way of thinking, I gotta say it feels great to see how far not much can go. The hard part is realizing how much I could have saved by now had I listened sooner.

That does look cool, one best not get ones chowder bag tangled up in that menacing looking rear suspension.

When you lean on the throttle enough to move the slides they will pulse some as the intake valve open and closes, sort of a wave of vacuum, that vacuum gets behind the diaphragm and lifts the slides, the pulses are visible on the slides as they move, maybe flutter would be a good word to use. If they are all doing the same thing thats positive. Minor/moderate flutter I should choose my words better, some times its tough to be nuts. If yuou ease into the throttle tbey will be semi smooth, but if you blip it or whack the throttle open they would flutter more.

The only other plus to having a real CC is most of them have pretty decent buyer protections built in, that can be really nice for online shoppers or travelers. Besides you might need one if you ever have to rent a car or something.

I believe its true that paying it off vs paying partial has no perk for credit building but with a carried balance you end up paying a financing fee. If this fee is added up and examined at the end of the year its a fair chunk, its sobering to see the results of " renting" money. My experiences with paying balance off in full is not only gratifying but financially sound since I start thinking of my savings on an annual basis. Its like free money not to carry a balance. I save on average $200-300.year by doinf this, pay auto insurance 6 month policies up front i stead of making payments, another $240/year in my pocket. Credit union instead of bank, another 50-100/year saved on redicilous hidden fees. Its a two part approach of building credit and not giving away any more than I must. It really ads up fast. I guess I can think of this as about three free bike payments a year for nothing more than adjusting some spending hobbits. As for getting the new Venture at MD, we dont need rides but we really should have a Yamaha sponsored burn-out pit in which to showcase its 175+ rwhp. Yes?

I agree with what has already been said, especially NEVER EVER make a late payment and NEVER EVER carry a balance. A finance fee probably looks small but most of us make a finite amount of money a year and it adds up and comes right off your bottom line. First go to your credit union and you can almost surely get a credit card (not debit) but an actual Visa with a stupid low limit like $200 and an insane APR, the APR doesnt matter because you will never ever carry a balance. And the limit is not critical bacause all you have to do is show activity, get gas or a bag of groceries and pay it off immediately when you get the bill. I dont see any perks for charging more, just monthly activity and paying off demonstrating a pattern of responsible credit use. Your rating will come up well. I only go with $0 annual fee, they will never make a cent off me. If your still using a bank, knock it off and find your best rated local credit union. Much easier for lines of credit. I walked into mine and told them I want a CC for rebuilding my post divorce credit and thats what I got. Ideally you can end up with two credit lines and use, even just a little and pay off and you will soon see results. Make sure and get your annual credit reports free and clean up any old messes. My mentor showed me all this and it works. Im seeing results. The other thing I got plenty of flack about was not living beneath my means. Made lots of changes a couple years ago with a mentor. I cut cable and landline, ditched verizon and have a Cricket sim in my old phone, saving hundreds a month there alone. I have stand alone internet for $26/mo. I stopped with the daily coffee and just got generally frugal. I got rid of car and bike payments and some other needless expenditures. It is possible to live well without making 6 figures if care is taken. I only meention this because it came up and I have been given a successful method and hope some of it might be useful to someone else. How does this tie into a new Venture. Simple, I will not likely buy new, if they hit the mark I'm going to let some other chump take the depreciation and pick up a minty low mileage one for thousands less after a year or two. There is always someone buying then reselling, maybe it is to much bike, maybe the owner is enough of a poon to let his wife make him sell it, whatever, ill probably buy it for around 40-60% MSRP. Because I have been rebuilding my credit and watching what I spend I will be able to slap a hefty down and payoff within 8-12 mo. This better be a special bike and not just a slightly improved version of what everyone else is already doing or I will not think twice about throwing that money into an IRA instead. If Yamaha does this right, churns out a bike I really want to own, I can and might buy. A great realization is I already have a couple great bikes and I dont need to buy anything. So it better be good if I plunk down thousands on one. If this bike is what I hope it is I may wander into Yamaha and ride one home... Not likely but sure possible.

That will be an amazing ride, some of my favorite states to ride. Im in the Black Hills close to Rapid.

Loss of power... Are you sure someone didnt steal it and leave a gen2 in its place? Ok, just messin' about! Seriously though, a synch is a good thing but first, before paying for a synch, i have never had one so far out as to have it do what you describe. I may throw out some bassics first. It sounds more like a different fuel management issue. Good fuel? How does the air filter look? Plugs as you said, rich or lean they will hopefuly all look consistent with each other. One easy backyard way to make sure your actually firing on all 4 is the downpipe spit sizzle test when hot idling. These bikes run fairly well on only 3 cyl. More than anything else this may tell us you have spark from all 4 coils (30 yr old coils with venerable caps and connections). I have a pretty decent amount of tools at home but the only socket I have that fits the plugs is the one from the bikes onboard tool kit, hopefuly you have that. I think 3500 is about where the needles start to lift, maybe closer to 4k... While you have the air filter out for inspection you can fire the bike up and look down into the carbs, as you blip the throttle all the slides should be doing the same thing, if you have a lazy one we'll need to know that. Its normal for it to cough and run like crap with the air filter out so dont let that alarm you. I know you said your not an experienced wrench so these things will hopefuly be a straight forward and might give us a starting point. Do you know any other bike people around you, maybe anyone with a synch gauge that may lend a hand? When you said you had to adjust the carbs to get it running at all, can you elaborate on that? Oh yea, Welcome!!

I will confess that when it gets warm I tend to loose the gloves and just go with jeans and boots. I always without exception wear a proper full face, Ive always spent the scratch on decent lids and they vent well but when it hits triple digits its way hot with or without a lid. I can only remember a couple times when It was just too hot to wear a lid, I then considered it too hot to ride. I live where traffic is only bad in town and all the open roads let you keep moving so even in heat its okay. I almost never put the visor down while riding the Venture. I like the fresh air coming in. There are no adult helmet laws in this state (as should be the case for all states) but I would NEVER go anywhere naked headed for any reason. Even a 3/4 leaves too much of your melon unprotected, but sure better than not. I will bend on some things, which I know is less than ideal but never compromise on head gear. A lot of guys here ride with chaps, vest and a dew rag and they look like members of the The Village People ( you young guys can youtube search that!) haha. I know that you didnt ask this but a white lid seems a little better in heat and much more visible than please-kill-me-with-your-car-cuz-u-didnt-see-me flat black. I have a heavy leather with kevlar elbows and shoulders and for hot days a vented mesh jacket with se elbow/shoulder protection. Its actually better than just a sleeved shirt for comfort in heat. I guess if there is any take away here its that warm weather gear is very good and never buy a cheap lid, never buy only part of a lid.

Check battery voltage across + and - and see if the battery has juice that is not getting anywhere or of the battery is indeed flat. If you go to an autoparts store make sure the battery is fully charged first and most importantly make sure they have a load tester suitable for bike batteries. Bikes run around 200-300-ish cold cranking amps (CCA) and cars are closer to 600-900. So the autoparts store must have a load tester suitable for small batteries, and a clerk that knows enough to know that, and how to test it, and how to enterpret the test. That last part might be tricky. Sounds like it might be a bad cell, good luck.

I now recall how I plugged the front port of the rear MC. I didnt want to go to town and fight traffic so I used the banjo bolt that came out and found a nut just big enough to slip over the banjo bolt. So yea, a nut (in leu of the banjo fitting) with a crush washer on each side, snug er' down good and not a weap. As I put the pieces in order and ran it up finger tight on the MC I could almost hear duelling banjos (no pun intended).

I have a MKII and I went with 5.5" from the top, collapsed and no spring. It seems to work just fine. I cant recall where I read that but IIRC it was the tech library at Venturers.org. oh, and as a seperate point there was some question about what to do with the collared washer that no longer fit into the ID of the Progressives because ID is smaller than OEM. I turned mine upside down and let the collar reside in the cap (aluminum cup with O ring around it). Not sure if its correct but shes working great now.

Well if that wallpaper of the aggressive quad lamp setup is a glimpse into the eyes of the new Venture, it sure aint no twin or cruiser style. Thats the face of a really big dog (not the maker of generic choppers) fixin' to take a piss in some really tall grass. Big, high power tour/sport-tour full fairing mile eaters is a segment with a couple highly competent, dominant occupants. That wallpaper suggests to me that they have a big middle finger for BMW and arguably Honda with its less powerful but still awesome 6. This is not a fight they are going to pick with a naturally aspirated, narrow angle (or any angle) twin. Underscore this with the long rich history of the iconic Vmax and Venture from which it was spawned. Yamaha has no choice but to put fourth an ultra nasty, tire smoking, canyon carving, mile eating, fully loaded with options machine and after releasing that wallpaper if they bring anything less they will feel some backlash. If we dont get at least two cylinders per wheel they will have some splainin' to do.

Im intrigued by your response, I know a couple RIII guys that seem too be in love with the big triple, my Triumph was a 955 triple and it was an amazing bike. I guess I have yet to hear or experience any notable negatives with Hinkley era Triumphs. If Yamaha makes the new Venture a twin then the Trophy or Rocket III would be my first go to. I have not ridden the new Trophy but I got a weekend with a Rocket III with a head, cam and exhaust package and its performance was literally tear jerking. I dont know how anyone keeps rear tires on these things. So thumbs down on a 2300 as an alternative to an underwhelming updated Venture?

Carbtune is very good, i think the motion pro is one some folks have had trouble with. I use the Morgan as a point of regular maintainance or anytime I touch the carbs, between the Venture and Vmax it has paid for itself maybe 10 times over. With the airbox off it will probably pop and que....er chuff throuh the carbs as you blip the throttle and thats normal. The CV carbs rely on the intake restriction. When I synch and tune I do it with air box and filter in place and screwed down. I read before about bigger battery cables addressing the hot start issue but its hard to link with the phone. But yea, dial it in, if its not leaking anything and running cool, tires are good and everything seems good, ride that bad boy! I maybe wouldnt get too far from home at first in case that issue creeps back up, honestly if your 30+ mile ride didnt make anything happen then I would be cautiously optimistic that a good dialing in might take care of her. Really glad its looking good, and really sorry I didnt go jump on that bike myself, its the color that is almost as cool as blue

Ok, the "hot start" thing is a known issue and probably unrelated, I even saw it in mine once or twice. I cant link the fix but itd documented here. I think its just battery cables are too small. A high or hanging idle could easily be carbs out of synch, it should sit at around 1050 and when warm with no choke a throttle blip should snap right back to a steady idle with no real hang. Out of synch and probably slow to return to idle. If you have a synch gauge now is a good time to drag it out and just check, adjust to rule that out, maybe see how far out the AF screws are. If you dont have a synch tool the Morgan Carbtune is a great one for not too much, its a popular choice among the V4 crowd.

Glad it starts too, glad you didnt have to use force. I live in western SD, its about the most non Californian place in the world. Still a real and growing meth problem, we have a lot of crime for a city under 100k ppl. I just keep my 9 within easy reach and avoid trouble at all costs, I dont even go to town inless I have a very compelling reason. I trust nobody and avoid anything that looks funny. But ask for my bike and the answer will be a resounding no, I figure if a tweaker will bikejack me he is also going to go all GTA5 and put one in my chest, cant let that happen. Glad doing the right thing worked brother. On the vents, I had to use zip ties on the ducting that rises into the top vents to hold them inward, if not there was too much pull away from the vent assembly making them impossible to assemble or keep together. With the zip ties they went together well and no further problems, it can be tricky to get the vent assy into the ducting correctly but a little fidgiting with a butterknife and they went in ok. Be gentle, I suspect the vent assy is pretty far from indestructible.

The pics sure look like a twin, appears quite narrow. The nose and trunk look awkwardly long. I was hoping for something more along the lines of a Trophy or K1600 but with the right drivetrain, who knows. A super stompy mill, EFI, double overdrive 6 speed and great ergos might make it grow on those of us not wild about cruiser style tourers. If Yamaha fails too hit the mark with some of us there are several other great non-twin full fairing choices out there.

I think the spyshot is... Interesting. Ill be honest, a touring twin would have to contend with the Indian and that is one nice bike, albeit subjectively styled. Do you suppose we might get a surprise V6? If BMW can use a transversely mounted inline 6 then we sure know there is room. It cant be a twin, Yamaha already has a decent big twin tourer, and almost everyone else does too. Unless its a 2.8L 65deg making 220 ft lbs tq from 800 rpm to a 6500 rpm redline. I cant see it, it would be redundant and Yamaha knows it. It HAS to be a 4 or 6 pot mill and almost surely a V. We know Yamaha already has a seriously potent V4 in production. We should do a speculation pole and see who thinks what. Ill go $20 on ~1700 v4 this bike cant be a twin. No way. Not if it wears the Venture badge. Nope. Not gonna happen! Never.

I hope your right about the twin part, then I can skip the whole process long process of deciding too or not too buy. Yamaha wouldnt dare put out a full scale touring bike, call it a Venture and fail to load it up with the latest and greatest V4. They wouldnt dare. The bike Yamaha must build is a Goldwing killer, not a Road King killer. If they eff this up than my next big bike will be a 2300cc triple.