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Denden

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About Denden

  • Birthday 02/01/1947

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    Dennis Rinaldi

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    Dearborn, MI, United States

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    Dearborn, MI

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  • Home Country
    United States

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  • Interests
    motorcycles and working on them, photography
  • Bike Year and Model
    '83 Venture Standard
  1. 1. When do you expect to arrive? We'll be there Thursday afternoon. 2. How many to expect for the picnic Thursday evening? Two, me and Vicki.
  2. The big change was made in '86. All '83-'85 rear drives are the same. And you CAN make it work, as I said in my post #6. If the $$$ makes it worth it. The thing is, with the '83-'85 final drive, the driveshaft splines are not lubricated. You have to remove the final drive to put grease on the driveshaft splines. Not really a big deal, it can be done easily with each rear tire replacement. But if not done, the driveshaft splines will eventually wear out...then you go nowhere. With the '86 model year, Yamaha redisigned the final drive so that the gear oil in the final drive also lubricated the driveshaft splines. And with the redisign, they had to change the length of the driveshaft.
  3. The 83 final drive can be made to fit...you will need an '83 driveshaft, and '83 plastic wheel cover (covers the splines where the wheel mates to the final drive. Your '88 plastic cover won't fit.). But I wouldn't recommend it. The '86-'93 final drive has some improvements in lubricating the driveshaft.
  4. Do a compression test. Check/adjust the valve clearance before you do anything else.
  5. Vicki and I have gonne to the Hoot many times. From the Detroit area, Knoxville is about a 12 hour ride, so it's one long day or 2 short days away. We spend a day shopping all the vendors (indoors and outside). You have to pre-register early to go on any of self-guided group rides, no last minute sign-ups allowed. Their rides always include a lunch at an interesting place. And the Smokeys are near enough for a day trip. Smokey Mountain National Park, the Cherahola Parkway, Blue Ridge Parkway...some of the best motorcycle roads in the U.S.A. It's a great way to spend a week. Book a motel early (now), the rooms fill up fast. All the parking lots are full of bikes, and all the bikers are friendly and like to talk. We always have a great time there.
  6. Let me know when you get home, I'll come and give you a hand with the trailer, and unloading the bike. You'll probably be too sore to do much yourself. At least let everyone know when you've made it home safely. We are all concerned about you two. Drive careful, now. Don't push it.
  7. Hi this is Vicki (Denden's wife). I just got a call from Squidley and he and Lona were in an accident. To quote Brad, "all is good, we walked away from it." K Brand is at the hospital with them in Baton Rouge. They were on the freeway and the back tire blew out sending them into the median. Brad is bruised up and Lona hurt her shoulder and clavical. The bike is a total. They are about 5 hours from Marks and Brad hopes to take care of business then head north. Squidley said they are OK. He plans on leaving the totaled bike there and will call us when they get to Michigan. Sorry that is all the details we have right now.
  8. You don't HAVE to re-jet, it will run fine. Many Ventureriders do it that way (don't re-jet). But if you choose to re-jet, you can get some better performance.
  9. Yep, you're in the right place. If you measure the inside diameter of the hole where the air goes "in", you will find that it is smaller than where the air goes "out" into the rubber tube that connects to the airboxes. If you make the "in" hole bigger than the "out" hole, you will have less restriction (at high rpm's). Some guys removed enough material to make the hole a "D". My personal opinion...just making the "in" hole bigger than the "out " hole is going to make it less restrictive. By the way, the Yamaha parts list says that part is a "silencer". I think they made it that way to eliminate induction noise. I didn't notice any difference, but my mufflers get pretty loud when I crank the throttle, so I doubt that I would be able to hear the carbs sucking air.
  10. I think it's just the 1st gen's that have a metal sleeve inside the rubber boot. I never checked the 2nd gen, I guess Yamaha saving money. It depends on which mufflers you have. If you have stock mufflers, then, yes, just replace the pilot jets...stock is #15, replace with #17.5 for more low end torque and throttle response. If you have free flowing mufflers, like drilled out Road King, or Bub's, or Baron's...It's not necessary to re-jet, but if you do, you can get better power and torque. I tried shimming the needles after re-jetting, not much change except a little lower gas mileage. It depends...stock mufflers and jets, not good for power, but might get you more mpg (MIGHT). If you have free flowing mufflers and K&N airfilter and re-jetted main and pilot...if you don't modify the airbox you get more low end torque and a little less mpg. If you modify the airbox (make the enter hole bigger than the exit hole, use a dremel), you get more high rev HP, a little less low end torque than if you didn't, and gas mileage would be pretty close to what it was stock. Well, that's the way it was with my '01 RSV. I had 2 sets of airboxes, one stock for around town (fun), one opened up for long trips (for better mpg). They are not too expensive, and easy to change.
  11. As far as I know, there is no kit. I have re-built a few sets of Venture carbs, and I always order parts needed individually. As for the price, $250 to rebuild the carbs would be a fair price. But your post makes it sound like they want $250 + shipping for the parts? the price would depend on if you need to replace your carb diaphram/slide assemblies, they are about $50 to $70 apiece, depending where you order them from.
  12. He sure would have saved himself a bundle of money if he had just got a RSV, all that stuff is expen$ive. And no radio, CB, cruise control... It's my thinking that when Yamaha stops making the RSV, something similar to this will be the replacement. This V-Twin was designed to meet future EPA emissions standards. For all the guys who wish for a RSV with 1800cc and fuel injection...there is your dream machine.
  13. Here ya go...how to plug the AIS in the tech library: http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=485
  14. What's a "GT Vert"? Anyhow...you would have to wait until maybe April or May to get it sold. Nobody buys a bike in the winter, unless the price is a "give-away". Tartan Terror tried to sell his much customized Honda cruiser type bike, about a month ago, and he didn't get even half of what he wanted...didn't come close to his reserve so I think he still has it. Even though he has a bad back and can't ride it anymore. Kelly Blue Book shows a "retail price" (if sold by a dealer in excellent condition) $11,325. I doubt if you could get even close to $20,000 even next spring. $20,000 is "new Harley" territory. I know what a BEAUTY you have, and how much you have into it. And you've pretty much run out of stuff you can add to it. And you enjoy the customizing. If you really want to sell it, you have to realize that a lot of the money you spent on it was for your own enjoyment, you won't get it back. I'd say keep it for a few more years, at least until you get that new house you want.
  15. The tips like that look really good. But I think you better be careful when you walk around the rear of the bike. Looks like they could take a nice chunk from your shins...owww
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