Marcarl

I now have 8000km on the clock. I still like the colour, and so does everybody else. It still goes real fast, faster than a 1st gen, but I'm not sure about the blue ones. It outdid a Porche the other day, but that could have been the driver. I find it very comfortable, but it will need an Ultimate seat I think , for now the Air-Hawk works. Marca finds it comfortable even on daylong rides, she even crochets while riding. It has about as much room as a first gen. I really like the colour, and it goes stinkin fast. 32 in-seam is about the limit, unless one gets the comfort seat, but that takes away 2" from the passenger. I thought I would be needing hi-pegs, but so far I haven't missed them yet. Lighting up front is A1 ok, nothing extra needed or wanted. Rear lighting and signals can be improved, but hey, I need to do something to make it mine. The side panels are an awesome color, they even match the trunk and hood, which are the same awesome color. Cornering is different, takes a while to get used to that, and then takes another mile or two to get the speed down so that the Ventures can catch up. Sure is different, sure is fun, and I don't miss the two wheels a bit,,, well not yet anyways,,,,, I having too much fun, so no real time. Working on my second set of front tires already. First set was half wore out at 6000km, and one tire wouldn't balance, so they replaced them under warranty. The alingment was also in toeout so that would account for the loss of rubber,,, hopefully. It holds the road real well, corners awesomely, goes like a scared rabbit, and gets me about 40mpg Canadian, so that's about 33 US,,,,, not to shabbie for a 3 wheeled vehicle. Sure do like the color, and it doesn't fool around on the hyway either. I've added Baker Air Wings, and extended the windshield about 2 inches. Marca says that that works much better. Didn't need this for the rider. The rider is well protected. Side winds are not an issue with tracking,, this baby holds the road steady as Freddy. Before I did an alingment, side winds were an issue, but since it got some toe-in, it seems to handle better than the Venture. Tires are an issue. Don't know yet what the cost on a new one would be, but the sizing will be an issue. Only Kenda has that size for now and only seem to be available through the dealer,,,,,, darn! Marca like the color as well, but she says sometimes it goes a little toooooo fast,,,,,, guess she likes it! It's got a good sounding radio, but no casset deck,,, bit of a rip-off, but I suppose Yamaha has the market on casset decks cornered,,,,,,,, anybody want some cassettes?...

So now we have an Ech syndrone, and we have to deal with Bill-itch as well. I'm not taking the blame for either. Comments on the Spyder,,,,,,,, I'll post them in my thread. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?p=857095#post857095

I used to visit 5 to 10 times a day, now I only have time for about 2 times a day,,,,,, too much riding to do, it's getting funner all the time.

I thought you told me that you didn't have any money, and now you go washing it?? Couldn't have been a big wash !

Didn't see any berries on my screen either,,,! I think puc felt he needed some more movie time. Maybe he's looking for an offer from Hollywood and needs to advertize a bit more.

I think it's only fair for you to post pictures. Juzt what do you mean 1300 Canam. If that be a Spyder, be careful, darn things are adictive.

Don't think you'll find any used stators here. When we get a bad one we buy a new one and then thow the old own away because it didn't work anyways.

Happy now Puc ?

So long as you are around, I can't seem to get a word in edgewise,,, but hey,, I'm ok, at least we're here!

Keep in mind that both brakes, clutch, and possibly the side stand are wired into the CC circuit. Any movement on these will de-activate the circuit, or if any of these are not working properly.

That is one good lookin' scooter. I'm impressed. Enjoy many miles and hours,, these things are made to ride,,, and,,,, ride,,,, and ride.

would be a nice idea,,, but have a birthday to attend to,,,, no it's not mine, I just had one,,, it's one of my grand-sons.

Happy Birthday Bobby,, and may you have many more good healthy ones.

The elements run on 220, so in order to check that you need to set your meter to 500ac and then put one probe on each lead of the element. Checking one side at a time will not tell you if you have 220. Also, the element needs to be turned on to do this check. If you only get 120, then there is a break izn the circuit, which could be the switch.

I'm not that well versed in 2nd gens,,, well I know some things,,like they are slower,, but that doesn't matter in your case. I would check the air filters just to be sure,, never assume anything when it come to engines and such. Next, redo your carb sync,, it seems odd that it was running fine after the last sync but changed when you had issues,, that should not change the sync one bit. When you are done with the sync it should be idling at 900 or so with all carbs drawing the same. If you have issues trying to get them ALL the the same, maybe you are turning on the wrong screw(s). The idle will go down and up by turning on a sync screw, so you might be thinking it's the idle screw, but maybe is not,, but the sync screw instead, so in the process the sync would get screwed out of adjustment.

Comes up much quicker for me lately,,, maybe because I now ride a Spyder,,, what do you ride??? as if I didn't know.

If it ran good yesterday, it will run better tomorrow,,, just stick with us, and we'll help out,,, and we won't make fun of you,,, with you maybe,, well for sure,,,, but not of you.

Did you happen to pump them full of air somehow?

Like what was mentioned: put another battery into the circuit, one that has at least 10 volts in it, or hook up your car to it for a bit,,,,sooooo,,,, bring the car and bike close together, shut off the car, hook up booster cables positive to positive and negative to negative in that order,,, now hook up the charger to either battery and let it charge for a couple of hours. By this time the bike should have enough charge for the charger to see enough voltage and continue by itself on the bike. Do not start the car. These new chargers will only charge if they see enough voltage, the one I have has to see 7 volts, yours maybe different. If there is not enough voltage it assumes the battery is toast.

Checked it all out with an amp meter, seems to be alright, nothing is over powered or overdrawn, so I guess it's time to do the buttons. Thanks guys.

Time for an update. Scamper is back and through many trials and temptations, I discovered what might be getting in the way of the taillight juice. It wasn't easy to slowly progress through all the different sections, thinking about where the 'leak' might be or if the smoke had actually left through some unbeknownst exit. Hey, it was easy once I discovered the culprit, but as you may all understand, well maybe most of you\us, sometimes it's hard to check the obvious first, so in the end I checked the fuse,,, like I said,,, in the end,, so hopefully end of that story. The other issue that might be a problem in the future is the side stand relay,, it get's warm, and I need to discover if that would be a natural thing,, and if it is not a thing that would be inherent to a Venture, then I need to know what the cause of this is. Also, the headlight fuse,, the one that roasted, draws 1.28amps with the headlight de-plugged,, is that a natural occurrence? With the headlight plugged in the draw is 5amps.

As long as there is progress it's getting better, and the better it gets the sooner you can ride, and the sooner you can ride the happier you'll be, and the happier you are the better I'll feel,,,,, so keep working on it!!!

She's on the list,and so are you,, wishing the best!

Worst comes to worst. Find a drill bit that is the exact size for the hole, carefully drill off the top of the brass screw being careful not to go too deep. This should leave you a centering spot to use a smaller drill to drill out the brass screw, again careful not to go too deep and make sure you get it lined up square,, good and square. Once that is done use an easy-out to remove. Use lots of air blowing to keep things clean where you can see what kind of 'mess' you are making. Slow and easy is the by-word.

Careful,, I don't like the language in his reply,, something fishy!