CptKirk

Gotta love that Canadian spirit Vernon's a great place for sun. That's why the bike no doubt. Buddy of mine is a Captain at the cadet Camp. Cpt. Steck. Sincere best. Will try a carb flush of the bola see what else is in there and some Seafoam if I can find it at Walmart, two blocks to NAPA. Tks large at least all agree I'm gong the right way.:dancefool:

I just opened the carb drains and had look at what the state of the contents is. Not surprisingly there are a bunch of crumblies in the bottom of the container I drained into no water but there is what appears to be rust particles. So knowing god helps those who help themselves it looks like spring cleaning time. Any pitfalls I should know about before I strip the carbs? Thanks for any wisdom.

I recently bought a 1987 XVZ13DT and started to clean it up. The boost sensor wasn't working so replaced it with a newer used one, it did help with the backfire problem to some degree but the bike still backfires . The symptoms are that if you slowly come onto the throttle it will reach 4000 rpm then crap out badly.If you crank the throttle on it backfires really badly and will not pickup RPM. Backfires through number 2 carb and the exhaust. The slides do not move much and just dance about at a partial opening when the backfiring starts. Timing is okay, carbs are synched (checked them). Ignition coils and wires are good according to the manual, pickup coils are are okay (a least all the resistances match my other Venture which runs great). TheTDI is a newer one. Battery is new and fully charged. I checked the fuel pump pressure which is good. Grounds are cleaned up good. It starts up and idles but has a slght miss on idle. Comperssion is 170 accross all four cylinders.The carb slide diaphrams are visually good on all 4 as are the slides. Plugs are new but black an sooty as are the exh pipes. So my thoughts are dirty carbs and a lean out a higher RPM as I have done all I can to the igintion system in terms of newer parts. Seems it will not transition to the high speed loop of the carbs. Hoping for some wisdom in how to fix the problem. The bike was an ebay buy and is a real looker chrome wise but chrome don't get you home. I have redone the fork seals and bushings, new steering head bearings and progressive springs with superbrace. Newer rotors and brake pads. Have an 83 XVZ12TDK as well which has been a great ride I would take anywhere and have. Any wisdom to confirm my thoughts or any ideas are surely welcome. This is a great site and have noticed some really great people willing to help keep these classic bikes on the road. Sincere best wishes to you all.

Have an 83 Venture Royale with 60000 miles on it. I bought the bike used and had my first exposure to the head shake wobble issue immediately after I bought the bike. Had to pull over and have a smoke and unpucker my butt.I had a close look at the entire suspension/ steering system of the bike and found the following things whcih I fixed with new or very low mileage replacement parts.Steering bearings: Replaced and repacked as they were full of gum not grease. Repacked and torqued removed the rubber washer between the locking nuts and the setting stays.Superbrace: The bolt holes in the factory brace are not the correct size for the bolt nor does the brace fit tight to the legs. The factory brace is a thin piece of non fitting garbage. If you apply left or right torque to the front wheel with the factory brace in place you can see the lower legs twist about .020 in in either direction. The Superbrace stops all lower twist.New front tire: Avon Venom per specs previous was Avon Elite worn don good.These alone did not fix ther problem so back to the drawing board.Rear suspension and swing arm: Took the entire rear apart found that the suspension was dried right out with worn bushings. Worn is an understatement. Had to use a brass drift to get the pins out of the monoshock suspension. Pins Worn severely allowing the rear swing arm to move laterally. Same for the composition swingarm bushings which were badly badly toasted. Replaced all with either new or low mileage parts which tightened all up. New rear tire Avon Venom.Retorqued engine mounts which were outside specs.Now the bike is a nice ride the way it should be. I was going to get rid of it before I did all this but decided to give it a makeover and it's worth the effort. The long and short. Superbrace alone is not the cure check out everything. BUT the superbrace does help.PROVIDED all else is to manufacturer specs.