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Some mirrors don't have a tension bolt, and you are supposed to use Loctite ®. But it didn't work for me, so I would suggest something really tacky. ( insert tacky joke here)

I built a 4 tube water filled set-up attached to a 5 foot board. MUST make 4 inline restrictors using the red straw from a WD-40 can epoxied into 4 straight "union" connectors. This calms down the impulses alot! (they go close to the carbs on mine, but someone put them in the 4 way TEE at the bottom. . . ) Use larger tubing. Smaller tubing holds air bubbles longer. Either works accurately. 30 inches of mercury = 33 feet of water, so the columns are 11 times more accurate ! A 1/4 PSI difference on a dial gauge is the width of the needle. " " ". . . . . . .on mercury sticks is a half inch. " " " . . . . . .on a water Manometer is seven inches. " " ". . .in a 2 bottle system sucks one bottle dry, unless it's 8 inches tall. And the final complaint " it can suck water into the motor", if you're careful, you thumb the starter and see which way the water moves, and begin tweaking the carbs before even running the motor. Hope this helps !!

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Thanks for the replies guys- - Hey Carl, Hey Dave, nice to see I have friends to annoy over here ! There's a few other XJ-ers with Ventures too ! I don't think anyone wants to look at faded 2 tone brown paint and crusty aluminum, remember, this is a bottom of the market bike. What sucks is, the guy just cut the perfect windshield in half, and I'm tall . Well, I tagged it just to give me some motivation while fixing it, and it is a keeper. All bikes 10 years and older are mileage exempt, and the tag lady looked up the history back 6 owners, all exempt. Tires are - Front - Bridgestone Spitfire IIF 120/90 screw code PCH4303 . . . . . . - Rear - - Dunlop 491 Elite II . . . . . . . . screw code 2201 They are not worn out, and if the rear is a 2001 tire, it would not be likely that the bike has 135 grand on it, right?? I appreciate any info, thanks guys !

Hi guys, I just bought a '88 Venture Royale with 35,000 miles for $1,100 It runs on 2 with a third cylinder kicking in sometimes. It backfires some. The tach works at idle, then reads about half true RPM's, then drops to zero. I used 3 gallons driving it 100 miles home, so it's not dumping gas. Then I found 2 broken spark plugs, and ran propane down the intakes to verify that all 4 cylinders were/would fire. My compression tester won't fit the small holes. The temp gauge barely comes up even when I got it quite hot, fan doesn't work. In neutral, the clutch seems to make a different sound when pulled, or out. The clutch and shifting are great, almost buttery- - nice ! I almost feel at 55 that the front bearings are shot, or making a vibration thru the bars. It won't go over 55 unless a third cyl fires up, then maxes out at about 75. I'm going into the carbs today. Question, is there a sure-fire way to tell if the bike has 135,000 or 35,000 ?? Thanks.