Chaharly

Hey YPE! I've been reading your patiently not so patient waiting for your venture! Absolutely beautiful bike, they look even more delicious in person! I'm waiting on the edge of my seat to hear your review of it! VERY solid feel and amazing build quality on that there yam! If I had money I'd buy both!

Hey guys! Stopped at the local dealer today while killing some time. They already had the cherry SVTC sold and had a charcoal grey one sitting right next to the new 7 speed wing. The floor guy Jeff come out and was showing me all the bells and whistles on it. I sat on it and I must say I really concur with the people who say the front suspension is too soft. Just pushing down on the bars makes it sag significantly and I felt just the little hopping up and down I did really made that front suspension move. I told Jeff that many people have been complaining about the new wings suspension, though the look on hisface showed he didn't believe me. Him and I both agree thick, that Honda isn't hunting the BMW, they're hunting the people like me. The people who want the sport and comfort. The new GW felt way lighter than the SVTC though on the Wing, I didn't see any place for highway pegs. I think the Venture is going to be the more comfortable bike, but if I had 30k in hand, I'd probably lean towards the wing, at least from whay I saw on the dealership floor.

Okay so here's where I'm at now basically. After taking the clutch apart two more times, I found out that that Hollow nut needs to go where the hollow part is towards the inside of the motorcycle or else the inner basket can move in and out. It doesn't sit tight I had it right the first time but I took it apart and switch it out to try it. After that I bled the piss out of the slave cylinder and I still think I must have just a tiny bit of air in there because it's still a little hard to shift and hard to put in neutral it's not nearly as hard to hold in one place but I must still have some tiny microscopic bubbles of air in there. I appreciate all the help!

I'll give that a try now thank you sir!

Alright, so I've got the new slave in. Bled it and it is better, though it still tries to roll while in gear. Not as bad, but you can hear it labor the motor as well. I think I'm going to let it sit overnight and let the remaining air bubbles sort of settle down and hopefully form into less, but bigger air bubbles and first thing tomorrow I'll try to as gently as I can, re bleed the clutch. I read that the reason skydoc replaces the half friction disc, wire and shims is to reduce the friction zone of the clutch. Had I known that before I installed the clutch, I certainly wouldn't have done that mod, and sprung on the half friction disc and new retainer wire. If this doesn't do it then I guess I'm tearing into the clutch to see if I've got something stuck between one of the clutch plates or friction discs. This is kind of disheartening as its 80 today

Thanks Condor! You've been a huge help!

Is it possible for that little ball to fall out of the right hand side?

No fix for guys like us a

Totally excited for you man! Just finished reading through this and I hope she's everything you ever wanted!

Buy an American one and I'll ride it up to ya!

Buddy thought my window was down and did the same thing with an empty beer can!

Well you know us young bucks. Sometimes we just gotta do stuff to see if we can do it... well apparently I can't!

I pulled the slave out and messed with it some because I rebuilt that last fall and it always seemed like I had a touch of air in it. I put a little hand pressure on it and pulled in the clutch lever and noticed the slave leaks slightly under pressure, so I'm assuming there's the culprit. I imagine with the old, weak spring, and the noticeably thinner friction plates from being worn, I could put it in gear and it wouldn't roll. I mean I could maybe, just barely, barley notice it before but With all the new stuff in it, Its just not quite clearing it. Got one ordered in from boats.net and I'll let you guys know if this solves it for me!

Well I did have to pull #20 out, but it only goes back in one way, and I never took a ball out or noticed one drop out. Are they magnetic? I wonder if I can stick a magnet in there to see if maybe the ball fell out?

@Condor when you say ride are you talking about the pushrods? I had the short pusherod out and all I saw was a single piece with an O-ring on one end. But I do remember being confused on which way to put that big nut back on! Are you online now?

Hey guys, just did the skydoc clutch upgrade and removed the clutch basket to replace the shift roller, but I rounded out its screw and it was in good shape so I left it. I've got everything back together, and now the bike tries to roll in gear. I can hold it with my feet, but its making shifting harder and theres no way to put it in neutral with the engine running. I tried bleeding out the clutch but nothing, it seems like I'm just a touch short on my leverage. I rebuilt my slave cylinder last fall and thinking maybe theres a little crud stuck between it and the case, but I don't know! Any chance for some help please?

I think I have a junk multimeter then. When I put it on AC it still reads DC voltage

Suzuki Venture 1500!

I agree wholeheartedly, but getting him to spend money is easier said than done

Hey @cowpuc if i set the multimeter to AC volts and test the battery i shoulDNT GET ANYTHING RIGHT? its showing 12.7

It might also explain why the headlight and taillight were blown as well thanks puc!

Hey guys! Getting my buddy into riding and we picked him up a $300 GS750L that had the tank rusted through and hadden been run or ridden in years. We got a new tank for it and with a little bit of seafoam actually have it running wonderfully! When he first got it the turn signals worked slowly, but then one day one of em flashed real bright and they haven't worked since. No flash no noise nothing. I don't know anything about those old school blinkers, but I'm sure a few of you guys have a good idea how to trouble shoot them. Where should I start? All the bulbs and fuses are good

Ya know its kind of funny that we got talking about torque vs horsepower and weight when related to speed. Just yesterday, for the first time I got to ride a Triumph Rocket 3. Its that 2300CC beast you may or may not have heard about. I guess it does 0 to 60 in 3.3 seconds, and let me tell you... FUN BIKE!!! Its a blast around town. You sit with forward controls like a cruiser, and theres a mile high lumbar support on the stock seat. It turns out its there to keep you from sliding of the back of that power house! That being said, however, from what I'm reading, my 919 will beat it by .3 seconds in a quarter mile. Don't get me wrong, that bike is lots of fun, but that's where the conversation of having high horsepower comes into play. Though the rocket 3 does have like 130 ponies I think. One of the neat things about that bike is that its got a dry sump oil system because they put the crank as low to the ground as possible and they made the motor part of the frame. Its got so much low end torque that when you snap the throttle in neutral it lurches the whole bike to the right! Kinda cool! I actually got to see a the new Goldwing in person today at the local dealership too. Fired it up and listened to her run and sat on it. Checked out the bags and though they definitely don't have the room of the previous model, they've got plenty. The trunk shape did remind me of the MK1 trunks and it was quite a bit narrower than the previous model sitting right beside it. Cranked up the tunes and was pretty impressed with the stereo as well. This one had the auto trans but they wouldn't let me test ride it! They sold the star venture they just got already. I don't think Honda has a name for the category its heading into on this new Wing. As far as having less power to the engine looking at the dynos charts the engine delivery is pretty similar, so they must just be making that claim on the diet the GW recently went on? They must be trying to choke the engine off to squeeze out as much fuel economy as possible to make up for the smaller tank? 2. As far as current modern day NEW actual touring bikes (as compared in the magazine I now have in my possesion) - of the three modern day bikes now being produced for long distance, 2 up touring,, only the HARLEY DAVIDSON is water cooled - what dah heck? I think its a step wrong in every direction for modern touring bikes Puc, but at least Harley is starting to pick up on things! As far as your number 3 Statement. People don't like to get dirty anymore. They don't wan't to worry about chains, they just want to get on and ride for better or for worse. When I do a trip on my 919 I'd like to remove one tooth from the rear sprocket (right? I've never messed with them before) to make it a little more mild mannered at highway speeds. At 60 you're doing 4000RPMS which is fine, but it gets buzzy at 80, so I'd like to drop the R's some. But people aren't into labor anymore puc!!! I don't know what Honda's actual sales numbers are for many of their newers bikes, but it seems like a lot of their models are a little too "space aged" to sell real well. I think its what, a Honda CTX? I've never seen one on the road. Never personally. They've been missing the mark trying to push the market, and I think the new GW will prove whether Honda is going to stay ahead of the curve. I've always loved Hondas but I've always loved Ventures.... If I had 30K to spend I think I'd get the Goldwing. Even if the motor isn't pushing quite the power, I cant help but wonder if its got a higher load through the alternator and emissions loads to make nearly the same power and that's the engineering feat? All I know is watching this next generation of touring machines is going to be interesting. I feel a lot of people on this site miss out on the fact that more and more people are making the switch to Adventure Bikes. I've seen quite a few Super Teneres and Africa Twins around, and those bikes are reasonably priced for what you get with a machine. If I ever buy a new bike, its going to mostly likely be the currently still a concept bike Yamaha 700 Tenere World Raid. Have you seen that one yet Puc? Otherwise I'd probably get a V-Strom 650 XT

Hell I just like a truck I can work on!

My thoughts exactly