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    Improving gas mileage...update

    in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)

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    Nothing new was going on with the bike. I did do a teardown to check and fix any encountered problems. Had the front forks off. Did the steering head, springs and oil. Rear wheel was off. Pulled the driveshaft for inspection and greased it up. Brakes all the way around. The long trip I just took was stormy. Winds encountered every day. We did spend a lot of time up around 80-90mph. Am I just fretting over nothing??? The only thing I remember doing.....gave myself a major DUH....when I reassembled everthing I used the wrong grease on the axles. I used the moly-whatever stuff that I put on the driveshaft to cut down wear. My trip was the next day so I left it alone. Hopefully not a big oops. I plan to disassemble and rectify.

    Jonathan

    Improving gas mileage...update

    in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)

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    Each time I dink with the carbs I check the sync. The bike is right on.

     

    Honestly, I don't have a caliper, I did not notice that much of a difference in thickness between 3-#4s and the stock spacer. I used to average about 36 - 38mpg and it has dropped to a solid 33mpg. At the higher mpg the bike had new plugs and ignition wires. Still does. Ah my journey continues.

     

    So am I to understand that the diaphrams, with no holes, should be good to go?

     

    And of course, possibly, go back to the stock set up?

     

    I believe the bike should do better than 33mpg. Any more ideas guys & gals?

    Jonathan

    Improving gas mileage...update

    in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)

    Posted

    Okay, so last night I tore back into it and added the third washer. If I had thourghly read you Randy I could have saved myself some time. The third one was the ticket.

     

    Need to ask...My low end is back but I still have a bit of a bobble starting out. New development for this bike. Has power but stumbles a bit. Could krinkled diaphgrams, hole free though, cause this. I will be replacing them just not right away.

     

    3 #4 washers installed

    Pilot screw 2.5 turns out

    Idle set at about 1000rpm

    Carbs sync'd

     

    Jonathan

    Improving gas mileage...update

    in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)

    Posted

    Okay...so last night I did the needle shim mod. Used two #4 S.S. washers in place of the stock plastic one. Found out that I need to replace my diaphragms at some point...kind of krinkled but hole free. I first reset the idle mixture screws 2 1/2 turns out. Then I did the mod and reset idle to about 1000rpm. I then moved on to sync the carbs. All went well. This morning though on the way to work I now have a hesitation when throttling from 1000-2500rpm. At about 2500 it pins me when the gas catches up. I seem to be starving the motor a bit. May it be as simple as adding one more washer or should I play with the other adjustments. What do ya all think?

    The 1stGen fork brace and fork springs

    in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)

    Posted

    I recently replaced my fork brace with a Bob Meyers one. Wow....I can not reccomend Bob's brace enough. Handling is tight. Follow the advice above and get one. NOW!!!!!!!!

     

    Also replaced the springs at the same time. Wow, wow and double wow. Enough said. Oem bad, bad, bad.....I decided to try 15wt oil. I seem to be a little stiff and ocassionaly bounce a bit at low speed. I run zero air in the forks and 35psi in the rear. I did use the 3/4 spacer. I believe the simple fix would be to go back to 10wt oil. What do ya think?

    Time to replace the OE antenna.

    in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)

    Posted

    If you are just looking for a radio antenna I used a hidden one from this company.

     

    http://www.ecshylites.com/page/page/761353.htm

     

     

    Windy where I am at and the mount for the antenna kept ripping holes in my half cover. I used their TTC2 model and it worked out great. Snaked the antenna just under the rear of the dash. Zipped tied the ends to the frame for the fairing and had just enough lenght to reach the plugin on the radio, I had to poke it through a few places to get the shortest path to the radio. I also had to drill an access hole through the plastic. I work for the military in the middle of a desert and had shoddy reception on my way to work with the oem pole. Now I get reception in quite a few more places and almost no static.Very happy with the new antenna. Hope this helps.

    VR to FJR1300 Final Drive Swap!

    in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)

    Posted

    I'm sorry if I am repeating what has already been answered but after reading the first post my body is tingling and I have one hell of a devilish grin.

     

    This will fit an 83...yes?

     

    So.....better hole shot.....little more rpms.....and will not hurt the top end?

     

    A buddy has an FJR and spends time at 150 on long, straight, deserted roads in the desert. Would I now be able to spend time with him.....hmmmmm?

     

    My bike runs strong. Great pull and acceleration to 120 and buried. Think I could see a improvement?

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