Chaharly

Very Sharp! I know you'll love the new M8 motor on that thing!

Congratulations on the brand new bike! Sheesh only 200 miles on that thing! lol I recently hit the same milestone coming back to Nebraska during our trip to Olympic National Park! She's got just shy of 102k miles!

You have a little room to play with the fluid height at the top of the fork. I ran about 4 3/4" inch of fluid from the top seems to ride really nice with that setup

That torn boot might be part of your problem, maybe the proportioning valve is not allowing fluid through, but to be honest I've never tore one apart. So far I've been really lucky with bleeding my brake system. Sorry I can't be any more help to you

Did I see you posting on one of the facebook groups about this? I'm glad you got it fixed. Depending on what you want to do with your bike (keep it and tour for a long time), there are companies that can replace the capacitors and diodes in our old TCI's. Alot of people run Ignitech units, but I've seen stories about them failing. Might as well keep running the old stuff thats been proven to work for 30 years!

It’s factory, it’s mounted in the vanity mirror. The wire runs under the trunk, goes to a 2 wire plug and then there is a single bullet connector by the big plug for the tail light and turn signals. It then runs through the main harness to the HAZARD fuse which is not in the main fuse box, but in the little box with the spade fuses for the radio etc. everything is working now, thanks!

Hey guys, this one is kind of silly, but i'm a creature feature guy and like these little things to work. Years ago I replaced the bulb in my vanity mirror to an LED and it worked great for a long time. Its now not working, and after replacing the bolt with a known good one, I know that i'm not getting power. I put a voltmeter on the wires and i'm not getting voltage at the connections in the trunk, so I followed it down to the wiring underneath. I then tested the voltage at the plug and I'm not getting anything. On the 86-93 service manual here on the site, i'm not even seeing it mentioned. Can anyone point me in the right direction? All fuses are good. Thanks!

I went ahead and replaced the cable. The job was more straightforward than I thought it would be. Take off the windshield trim, windshield, the hood for the speedo, which is four screws, the top two need to be removed and the bottom two just need to be loosened. I was reading on here to take out 4x 10mm nuts that hold the speedo to the frame. This is not necessary, there are two 10mm BOLTS that hold the entire frame assembly onto the bike, jut remove those two, unplug the monitor plugs and move it so you have enough room to get a pliers on the cable. All seems to be good now.

What do you mean by insert Marcarl? The threaded portion that screws to the hub?

Yeah I know my RPMs at the cruising range, but I'd like my cruise to work as well. Thanks though!

Got an interesting one for you guys today. Noticed the speedometer needle bouncing up and down on bumpy roads and it’s gotten progressively worse. Checked out the cable where it mounts up at the front wheel, gave it a little wiggle and the cable separated from the threaded nut! It sheared right off! I’ve got a replacement ordered from eBay, but I don’t really want to leave the bike sit for a week. What kind of creative way can I use to get it to stay together?

Well we put on about 412 miles today, her and I and a cooler that weighed just under 30lbs with ice and drinks in it. The bike handled great! It has a net style set of straps on it that kind of allowed the cooler to bounce some but I pretty much forgot it was there. It was a little bit bouncier in the rear with it on but nothing to be concerned with at all. I don’t think we even got close to bottoming out on these rough Nebraska roads!

Hey guys. Ever since I got me a nice woman who wants to go on the big camping trips with me I’ve been thinking about storing everything. It’s never been an issue when it’s just me, but now she takes up a whole seat! We pretty much do minimalist camping, but I always bring an assortment of tools with me. We took a short, three day trip to the black hills and mounted the tent on the trunk rack but I HATE having that much weight up there. I’ve never been interested in pulling a trailer, as I want to focus on enjoying the curves and not being concerned with extra wheels, titling, and not really being able to enjoy the bike for what it is… a bike. So I’ve been kicking around the idea of having a rack fabbed for me that was about the width of the bike and maybe 18” deep. I knew I’d have to do some wiring as it’ll easily cover the turn signals. In my research, I found the Rivco quick-attach to be the most appealing but they’re so damn small. Step by step I started putting things together on the bike, starting with the Markland trailer hitch. I’ve had one for awhile but I hate how it mounts behind the exhaust bolts on the MK-II’s but I decided to bite the bullet and install it. It’s really not too bad if you take the passenger floorboard off, but still a PITA. My right muffler is also super close to the saddlebag, almost like the bike has been dropped on the mount or something. Anyway, I got that installed and found a discontinued 30”x18” Rivco rack on eBay with integrated lights and license plate holder for $170 bucks and bit the bullet. i still needed to order the billet aluminum bracket so i ordered that and decided to buy a wiring isolator from an 1800 Goldwing that came pre wired to just plug into the bike for about half price NOS. Well i got everything mounted and wired up today and id say im pretty happy with the result! I took the ball hitch off the Markland hitch and drilled another hole closer to the bike to reduce leverage. Need to either paint everything black or flake the old crappy paint job that the guy I got this from off and get chrome bolts and washers. We’re gonna put a cooler and go for a 360 mile ride with about 35-40lbs in it and see how it rides! Any way I just wanted to show off and upload some pics! IMG_6055.mov

They gave up on cruisers all together. Last I looked you can only get the bolt and the V-Star 250

I think a virago if tastefully done would make a bad ass bobber, I don’t know much about performance though. Let us know how the center stand job goes, that would be handy as hell on an RSV!

Hey that’s the big thing! Good on you for getting down and doing it! I had a part time guy as a painter when I was Director of Maintenance and he would like to get down and replace faucets etc. I told him to leave that to us, he doesn’t have to get down like that. Those old guys never listen! He still climbs trees and stuff to help out his neighbors and make a little side cash, tough ol boy!

I second Bluesky on that!

I do think that dash is pretty cocky on the Eluder though!

Price was right! Good buy!

I think that everybody knows that Yamaha has exited the big cruiser/touring market. So where does that leave you? I know that many aren't riding as much as you used to. I also know that there are a lot of die hard Venture riders here. So the question isimple. What are you. now riding? With no new Ventures being made, will you. just retire from riding after your correct bike is doesn't and out. Will you. look for a nice used Venture or go to another brand,. What brand will you go to? Basically, what are your plans moving forward?" I'm still riding my 88 Royale! I always keep a second, newer bike to tool around town with but the Venture will always be my first love. My plan is to start collecting MKIIs and MKII parts and essentially keep riding these bikes until it's no longer possible. So far there hasn't been a bike that fits me AND performs as well as the first gens do. i wouldn't mind finding a mint 1985 1200 though. If you guys recall (you may not) I used to have a 99 that I totaled with a death wobble that I couldn't get ahold of and decided to go back to first gen. I like the full fairing and the upright seating position. All else fails I may get a second gen, or a later model Goldwing. My mom has a triked 2005 that used to be my dad's and that bike just doesn't fit me like the Venture. I would definitely need an aftermarket seat made for taller riders and probably some risers for the bars. I also hate how cramped I feel in the toes with the motor right there and I basically have to go "spreadeagle" to use the highway pegs. I've ridden the newest style Goldwings and that would probably be my ultimate stopping point after the Venture, but I'm sure they're an ABSOLUTE mess to work on!

Congrats! Got 91,300 ish on my 88. I'll be crossing the 100k mark this year, god willing! Enjoy the next 100k

Hey guys! The watering hole is looking a little dry. I thought I'd start a topic about how all the good people are on here? What's been new with everyone? Any new bikes or big rides planned? Anybody end up in jail lately? lol Nothing real exciting on my end, got the Venture back the other day with the rebuilt front forks and steering neck bearings. Bought myself my first Harley a couple months back. It's a 2012 Dyna Switchback with 26k miles on it. In typical Harley fashion I put 400 miles on it and it broke down, damn stator anyway.... It did give me the chance to tear into a Harley for the first time and replace it, quite the job on there, but mostly straightforward. Other than that I've been taking classes for Civil Engineering Technology, enjoying that and trying to get an internship now. Anyway, I hope everyone is doing well! Have a great night

Thanks for the heads up! I've got one put back together today. I dropped the spring in it, threaded it by hand and then use the impact to tighten it the rest of the way. Filled it with oil and no leak, so I know it snugged up all the way! Unfortunately I'm missing the three washers, the two spring washers and the spacer on the roadside fork. I bought these forks used because the first time I attempted this job, I damaged my inner fork tube. I've put 70k miles on these tubes since purchase, and I see no damage from those washers being missing. It's just strange that they were in the curbside fork which I completed, but not the roadside fork. I'm not really sure what the purpose of the washers are, but now I'm in the hunt for a set of those.

I think I will then, especially since I’ll be doing steering head bearings in the near future