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The previous owner did show me the location for the front and rear air valves I was just confused because it had the air ride controller either way for now I will either buy a hand pump or 12v pump to air them up.

good news I removed the carburetors today to clean them and order new seals and they were fairly clean on the inside no major build up or dirt.

I did have one question though I would like to put new plugs in the motorcycle and was wondering what number from NGK was recommended for theses bikes.

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@cimmer I have attached pictures of the logo on the saddle bags I know the bike as it sits now has a working cb and AM FM radio and hopefully a working cruise control now. Also the shocks on it have been converted to Schrader valves and all I was told from the previous owner was that the air pump was “bypassed”.

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2 hours ago, cimmer said:

You will find the air pump and selector valves underneath the travel trunk behind the seat under a black plastic cover.  Looking at my service manual, the plug for the CLASS controller is a 9 pin white plug. Pages 7-73 to 7-96 explain how the system works and how to test the system if it isnt working properly and shows the shape of the connector to help you locate it.  Also the CLASS system, air ride, only works when the bike is in the accessory position on the ignition switch. Hopefully the previous owner hasnt cut and removed any of the wires and connectors.

On the clutch system, I would rebuild the master cylinder and slave cylinder and and maybe replace the hoses with steel braided ones. You be surprised how much those hoses swell when applying the clutch or the brakes.

Let us know if you have other questions

Rick F.

 

I did end up cleaning the clutch master and slave and the clutch works great now.

I also cleaned and bleed the rear brakes and they seem to be working much better.

As for the air ride system I don’t have a pump and I don’t see any of the wiring for it, so I would assume a previous owner got rid of the wires for it sadly.

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The big white connector that you can see in the photo was for the hazards switch

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Thank you all for your reply’s I’m hopefully going to pull the clutch master and slave now to clean them.

I will definitely give the parts websites a look when I get a chance.

and as for the air ride I had already pulled all the plastics off the bike one night when I didn’t have work and I didn’t see any connectors floating around over by the airside controller.

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Hello I had recently purchased a 1988 XVZ1300  and I had a few questions.

1 the motorcycle has the air ride controller but no wires going to it and I didn’t see a pump did all of the ventures come with air ride?

2 the clutch needs the fluid changed badly, is there anything special I need to do to bleed it?

3 cruise is not working open to suggestions on where I should start for that?

4 coolant leak— the owner before me laid the motorcycle over twice and the crash bar cracked the tube going to the water pump, so how do I find part numbers and parts for these bikes?

5 brakes— the front brake works great but the sight glass is broken— rear brakes don’t work the best so I will bleed them is there anything special I need to do to bleed it?

Thank you for all the help, Derek  

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8 hours ago, luvmy40 said:

Hello, and welcome to the forum. You will find this out shortly, but I don't mind saying the $12.00 donation to the forum will be the best money you will spend on your new Venture.

First you will want to edit your profile and add your motorcycle info to your signature. That way anyone will know at a glance which model your question is about. Your 1988 XVZ1300 is what is referred to as a Gen 1, MK 2 and any technical questions about should be posted in the Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83-'93) forum. 

TheGeneral Tech Talk is for anything bike related but not necessarily limited to your model.

The Watering Hole forum is for anyt topic, bike relate or not. Keep it family friendly.🙂

 

You will find the people here to among the most helpful and friendly folks out there. We like to consider ourselves a family and we have all been there. There's not likely a situation with the Venture bikes that one of us has not encountered and we are all happy to help.

Again, Welcome to the forum!

Thank you for the help I had heard about the $12 for the year and I will probably end up doing that 

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Hello thank you for letting me into the group. I have recently bought a 1988 Yamaha venture XVZ1300 as a fixer upper, I have been riding a 1986 Kawasaki 454 LTD for the last 2 years and finally decided it was time for a highway bike. (the little 450 would go on the highway but wasn't the best at passing people) since the bike is a fixer upper I have a few mechanical questions I had been wanting to ask and I just wanted to know were the best spot would be to post on the forum.