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I traced the cable and the left does go to the black box under the trunk. Thanks, ed

Thanks I did not know or notice. Bet the radio does better now. I have not tried the cb yet but it has to help....... Thanks again, Ed

I should be back from WI so I should be there. I am looking forward meeting everybody and trying out new bike.

Just got a new (new to me) 1999 Venture. I have been looking at these for a while along with some others (Goldwing, Concourse, ST1300, BMW). I bought this without riding so my ride home was a learning experience though I really thought it would be very similar to my 88 Venture in my opinion it is not. If I had ridden it first I do not think I would of made the move but the more I ride it the more I liked it. The heal toe shifting is still a little hard for me and the sound is so much different from my 88 Venture. I am now really enjoying this bike the only thing that I think it needs is stainless brake lines and I just got the new centerstandfrom Rivco. Hope to make it to the Maintenance Day at end of month for my first long ride on this RSV.

Just made the jump from my Gen 1 to Gen 2. I thought I would not miss the center stand boy was I WRONG! I was looking all over and could not find one of the RIVCO stands but noticed Long Tall suggested calling RIVCO and getting on the list. I was pleasantly surprised that they had some in stock. She told me that they had about 15 in stock and would NOT make another run of these. The price with shipping was about 420 which is a lot of money but they are so handy. etohio

Looks like this should work. http://www.wiringproducts.com/8-circuit-ato-atc-fuse-block-side-entry.html#prettyPhoto

Don't know if this is what you are looking for but I posted this some time ago. Since then it has work perfectly and I am still very pleased with it. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=74688

Just a quick note. I was in a Meijer's store yesterday and they were closeing out Autolite Plugs. I was amazed that they had some for my 88 Venture XS4163 they were normally $5.99 and were on sale for $1.49 and thought that was not too bad a price. So if you are out and about you might take a look if you are near a store and happen to use these plugs.

I have to admit that the Venture is getting a little heavy for me so I have been looking around a little. The Yamaha FJR1300es sure looks good to me.

I had forgotten just how good he is. I went on youtube and recorded some of the video's that are on there. I have to record them because my internet connection is not fast enough to play without stopping.

carbs were sync and pilot adjusted as best I could. The bike runs great and I have no problems except for the choke. When I bought it the choke mechanism would not move because all 4 plungers were frozen in there cylinders. I rebuilt the carbs per a very good set of instruction found on the net ( http://www.venturers.org/Tech_Library/index.php?action=article&cat_id=001010&id=366 ) after cleaning and replacing O rings it started up and I sync with carb tune. As it is now if it is over 40 or 50 degrees it starts right up and runs great just don't touch that choke handle!

The part I was referring to for $65 was the starter set. Does the small diaphragm set that was referred to have affect on the choke circuit? Evidently I do not understand the choke circuit on these carburetors so any help would be gratefully accepted.

I was thinking of loosening two or 3 of the choke actuating levers and seeing if I could narrow the problem down. It's just an idea. The other thing is that 2 of spark plugs are on the rich side. So I was thinking there might be a leak in the choke circuit.

I have what I think is a strange problem with my 88 Venture. I bought it non running and rebuilt the carbs. I replace every rubber part with new Yamaha rubber including the diaphragms. It ran and runs great and I get between 34 on the low to 43 on the high for mileage. The problem is that when it is below 40 degrees it will not start or it does start and you can not give it any gas or it will die you just let it lope for a minute and warm sum and it is ok. It will never and I mean never start at any time with the choke on. When I rebuilt the carbs I had to force the choke plungers out of their cylinders all 4 of them. I did not do anything to the chokes other than clean them and did not replace any of their rubber. I did make sure that they seated all the way down with choke off. Did I miss something? The only rubber I remember is on the bottom of the plunger I think. I checked the price of new plungers and they are $65 each. Thanks,

When I first got my Venture I worked on it like I did my Triumph which was a lot of sitting on the floor. It was really getting to me after a while and I had friends that kept telling me how nice it was to have a table so I spent the money. I could not be more happy with it. I use it all the time and even use it with my mowers. Ed