86venturejay

Thanks Gary. I saw that one too but says they tried to spin it and it seems to be locked up:-/

Hey guys and gals, I find myself with a bum speedometer and am trying to track one down. If anyone knows of anywhere or anyone I might be able to find one from, please let me know. Feel free to PM me if need be. Thanks a bunch!! Jay

Frank, Thanks so much for all that info, what I'm looking at in here makes so much more sense now.... lol. Condor, the shavings were found inside, not where the cable screws on. Also upon further inspection and from Franks explanation, I see the problem now. The cup and needle have separated. The shavings found may have been from whatever kept them together. Who knows. PM me and we'll talk about your other speedometer. It would be great if you had one. Just let me know what you would want for it. Bongobobny, Thanks for letting me know my error. I really wasn't sure how to know what mine was so I took a shot! lol... figured I had a 50-50 shot at not looking totally ignorant... hahah... never works out.. haha! Anyway, Thanks for letting me know! Thanks again guys for all the help!

OK guys so I'm feeling a little dumb here. I started hearing this screeching noise at random times and I thought it was my cooling fan. Sooooooooo..... After taking off the radiator and removing the fan, cleaning and lubing all that I could and reasmbled everything, who knew the problem would still exist. Shortly after this, the spedometer started jumping all over the place and I found the problem was the speedometer. Ive got it off the bike and I've lubed it up. Unfortunately, I think I may be to late. I found lots of metal shavings inside and once I hooked everything back up, my odometer works great but the spedometer does not move at all. Can anyone shed some light on how this thing operates exactly? I'm not sure how it works and am wondering if something in there got ground off or something. As far as I can see, it all still seems to be there as as I mentioned, After lubing it up, the noise is gone and the odometer rolls over fine. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!!!! Jay:D

Glad to hear it all went well!!!! Congrats! My carbs are being worked on now and hopefully when I get back up north ( the bike is still in Michigan) I'll be able to get everything back on and get 'em all sync'ed up to be down here for the M&E's. Hope to meet you guys one day soon!

Great news Joel. I sure will be trying to get everything ready to go ASAP. I'll keep you updated! Randy, yeah... my brother is great! I'll check out what you said. Thanks for the info! Condor and Carl... Thanks for the info!!!!!

Wow! Thank you so much guys! I certainly will keep you posted as my project comes along! Thanks for all the help, tips and info! I've attached a photo (I think) of my new baby. I didn't plan on getting a new bike anytime soon but when my bro said I could come get it for $500.00 I couldn't pass it up. I'm reading a ton of postes here to learn all I can as I've never owned a Venture before and like I said, I'm sure I'll have many questions. Anyone from Georgia? I'm up in the Buford area. Once I get her up and going... would love to schedule some rides! take care!

Hi everyone! I just aquired a beautiful 1986 Venture Royale 1300. The bike was my brothers and he stopped riding it a couple of years back. I'm in Georgia and the bike is currently still with him in Michigan. He just shipped me the carbs and I'm going to start going through them tomorrow. He replaced the diaphrams in it just recently and I guess didn't get the results he was looking for so he gave up. I'm wondering if a rebuild kit is available or necessary? Also, I'm wondering the do's and donts here. I'm not a mechanic but am pretty good with things like this. A good buddy of mine is a master mechanic and I will be at his house with these carbs tomorrow to start going through them. I'm wondering however, what will NEED to be rerplaced and what can be foregone? My mechanic friend forgets I'm broke and will have me buying EVERYTHING new. I need to only replace what needs to be replaced. I'm on a tight budget. Should all gaskets and o rings be replaced? Needles? Jets? etc? Once I get them all done I'll be flying to Michigan to put them back on, sync them and "hopefully" have a great ride back home. Any help or advice before I get started would be much appreciated. OH!!! I almost forgot. How do I know the diff between 1st gen and 2nd gen?? I'm sure I'll be reading and posting regular. I'm particular about this stuff and will want my new baby to be perfect!!! Thanks again in advance!!