Marcarl

I'd be checking for an intermittent miss on one cylinder.

Congrats Mr Jeff. Love her all you can, she is made in the image of the Creator.

An easy test would be to look in the dark at the plug wires to see if there is any leakage, and if you don't see anything, spray the wires with some water. If there is a change with the water treatment it may be a good idea to replace the wires before you go much further.

In addition to what Puc said: highest idle on the sync is not necessarily what you are looking for. All carb butterflies need to be set at the same opening setting, and that is what is done by doing a sync, during the process the idle may increase or decrease, and yes adjustment will be required to keep it in the idle circuit, somewhere between 900 to 1000rpm. I don't have a colortune so do mine the old school way for the mixture screws. Start out at 2.5 turns out from seated. Don't turn tight at seating it, just so it gets there, tight will damage the tapered end of the screw and render it useless. Hook up the carb tune or a vacuum gauge to the cylinder in question and adjust the screw until you get the highest attainable vacuum. Don't rush things and turn slowly. Once that is done check the sync. If you get no reaction by turning the screw the passage will most likely be plugged, so will need to be cleaned. If you need to clean, keep in mind that there are to ports in the passage, one goes straight through and one comes from the side (which you can't see) and is hard to clean unless you can get your finger inside the carb to block the straight through hole.

Just to make sure: check the grooves, and then check them again using a 90 degree pick. You might be surprised as to how much crud is hidden in the corners. Go slowly and then when you think you got it all, do it again. The seals are a perfect fit, as they should be, and any crud in the corners will push them out and the pistons won't go in. If you had taken a close look at the ones you took out you probably noticed some dimpling, that was caused by the crud.

If you haven't done so already, it's time to get the TCI out for a look-see and to clean the connections.

There are 2 bolts holding the starter in place, 1 nut holding the wire on. Then there are 2 allan nuts on the header pipe. Take all these off and out she comes. Only have to do the one header pipe.

That can be somewhat painful. Feeling for ya! Good time to take a little time and work on something interesting. We do that on a regular basis in our business and the worst you can do is to sit around feeling sorry for yourself with your finger held up as an indicator. Hoping you heal fast.

I would go for covered, non-swivel. No real need for worrying about backing up I think for Bernie, just don't go where there might be a chance for that to be necessary. The biggest problem you might run into is that the driver, and this might not be Bernie, so somebody else, would forget that the trailer is there and backup, and after the backing is in progress there would be this crunch thing taking place. Less likely to happen on a conventional tow than a swivel. Covered, because it keeps things cleaner, safer, and might be more visible. Winter storage also come into play as well as, you just never know when they throw salt on the roads. Keep in mind that you will not be seeing the trailer as you tow, maybe you'll get lucky in a corner, but not likely. As mentioned as well, stabilizer jacks and for sure wheel chocks, don't even think or consider going anywhere without those,,,,,and use them!!!! Good to hear about Bernie's sister, wish her our best. And when you see Mary next time and ask her about the time that Gary got lost?, put on a coat first.

One of the things tht was drilled into us at riders school, if you meet somebody in trouble, you stop to help if you can. I would do it anyways. Thanks for being a VentureRider!!

After that, check the 3 white (or Yellow) wires under the left side cover, they come from the stator and are routed to the RR through a connector. Often times they get corroded or burnt in the connector. Most will just get rid of the connector and solder the connections. No need to worry which one is which, they are all the same.

Without getting into the ohms stuff, I'll leave that for that know, I kind of suspect a loose wire in a connector, what I mean is that the end of the wire is not solidly crimped onto the wire, could be right at the fuse box maybe. And NO! I'm not French Canadian, I'm a Canadian of Dutch decent, much more sot after.

Ya, I know it's a burden I have to live with, when my favourite is not within reach there are a dozen others who think they have rights,, it's not easy being me, but, somebody's got t do it.

Who? Me?

So which way were you holding your tongue?

It now brings up the question if Bob tested the unit he sent and found it to be within specs, or if maybe Steamers gauge works differently.

This reminds of the time we went for a ride from Port Huron with Squidley. Calipern had an 84 that wouldn't start, no matter what we did, it would turn over but not start, until somebody got on it and through habit kicked up the kickstand and it fired just fine. I know you don't have a kickstand but I would check the connections in the circuit as well as the kill switch.

Lookin real good!!! Now you need to find out how to design, fill out, and send out invitations.

Check this out http://www.venturerider.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?90-Guides-Parts-Diagrams-Etc

Yep agreed, and then when they are all polished, finish them with some Classic Cloth to keep them that way.

First things first eh. Check battery, you did that. When you push the starter what voltage does the battery show. Next, check all the fuses to make sure there is power going through them, so check the load side connector. Also check the main fuse. Then post what you have found.

Yep, now I remember, Off,On,Set. No resume. Guess that wasn't considered needed on the Mrk1, seeing as they mostly were where they needed to be before they needed to go again.

She would look kind of funny when I got done!

Maybe it's time to reiterate something many of us have learned. Yes we are a motorcycle focused 'club', at least it started out that way back in the early 2000's. Soon though, the members found out that only relating to each other about motorcycles and motorcycles only, that the air would get stale and their own interest waned. So humor was added and it wasn't long before tears were also shared, and through all that we came to realize that we were family. Maintenance Day was born, because we discovered that although words could help a fellow man, actions spoke much louder and from that more MDs were produced. Within the forum things also grew and we shared not only MC but many other things, hence were have a prayer request forum where we can post things or happenings that we need help with, that is more than us humans can deal with. We also have forums for other things, take a slow look at the forum list, it's plentiful! So when and if we have sorrows and troubles, we know we can come to our Venture family and ask for assistance. I hear that this is one of the quickest forums for response to requests for help and understanding. I for one want to keep it that way. When we start cutting each other up and take issue with something that might not seem quite right according to rules, we are not building up, but tearing down. It would be best to have the moderators handle those issues, not that we are so good at it maybe, but just because! Just send us a note and things will be dealt with. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?218-Moderators , just another forum. Something attracts riders to this forum, and it isn't bickering that is the attraction. Stick around a while, and discover what it means to be part of the best riders forum on the internet.

Bet he had scuffed shoes and wasn't allowed across the border.