Trader
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I'm in for one please! Price is higher than I expected...but its just too cool to pass up!
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Isn't that called a weenie roast?
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Dan...when you gonna learn? Paid in advance again?
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Electronic Guru needed
Trader replied to Wizard765's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Thats what the red button he referred to does. Automatically goes to channel 9 Is it possible the button is not stuck..but the contact is? -
Please bear with me here....... somehow I would never have thought it possible that putting one end at the fuse would work. I mean...doesn't the current have to go thru the coils, tci and ????who knows what else before it gets to the fuses? So how is going thru all that checking the SP wire? If the tci or coils were weak or bad corroded connections or ????? wouldn't that affect the reading?
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I learn so much from this site. I always thought the Schneider valve was metric! Venture tech help $12 a year Entertainment value Priceless!
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It's molding putty you heat up, wrap around a peg to get the shape, peel off the putty, then fill it with the plastex. Then, when you need a different part, you just heat up the putty again and press it onto whatever you need to copy. I've used it for the loops as well as the pegs and even corners on farings etc. To be honest, my wife has done most of it...she is a retired nail tech so has lots of experience in forming acrylics! I always put a bit of powder and liquid at a time to ensure I don't end up with any dry spots. Use the plastex to stick the new peg in place and you have a good as new repair! I usually build up the base of the peg a bit to give it a good foundation.
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Not running well
Trader replied to Tkosanic's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
easy answer is to find a member close by with a good TCI and try swapping it out. Long answer is that there is a thread on here explaining procedure to test TCI. I'm lousy at electrics...but reading your last post sounds like the coil is NOT good. -
The TCI is above the front cyl. beside the coils. A bit of a pain to get to. It's real easy to relocate to the top of the air box. The wires will allow it to be moved. You might just have to trim off one of the screw tabs to allow it to move far enough forward so the false tank lid will sit down properly. I put a strip or 2 of velcro to hold mine in place. Easy to flip out of the way if I need to get into my airbox. Less heat and water exposure in there
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:think:Hey Mike....could you explain EXACTLY how to do a "simple" resistance test for us "simple" minded folk? I think I can figure out which setting to use on the tester:doh: but beyond the VERY basics I'm lost electrically. ..so I stick one probe up the spark plug wire...but where would I find the ignition fuse? You don't mean in the main fuse block do you??? also confused by "on the rear and on the front"....you mean the coils that run those cyl? sorry...I'm lost!
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Yep.....center of photograph, just under the banner. I can see it clearly! Where is Sturgis again?
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OldGoat....A bad day doing anything beats a good day being dead! I've noticed quite a few of your posts are downers. Don't get me wrong...me and a great many here are always willing to give a listening ear and help if we can. But it sounds a lot like you might be battling depression. I know very much how that feels. There were times I didn't want to face the world for anything...just leave me alone and let me be. No ambition, no energy and no fun! I would be down for weeks at a time. ..but with help from a very basic drug (Citalophram) I now have very few bad days. And it's not like it's a "happy pill". It doesn't boost you up...just stops you from going down. At least it works for me....and has next to no side affects ...a bit of an upset stomach for the first week or two...that was all! Talk to your Doc. You'll be glad you did!
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Not nice to refer to Taters as the meat of the venture riders. might be considered sexist!
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You must be running awful low by now!
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In Ontario unless you have a permit visible, you can be charged with a hefty fine for parking in a handicap zone. Like the man said ....it's the state law....nobody has the right to say "it's OK to break the law". It sounds a lot like the bar owner is distancing himself from the issue! Bet Bike night finds a new location after this one!
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I listen to a boom box in the garage. works for me. What a difference a few decades make! I remember spending almost 2 week's wages on speakers in the early 70's!
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Of course...everybody knows that!
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That's COOL! sorry I just couldn't help myself)
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Who cares! That was funny! And people call me a Bible Thumper!
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Just a dig at HD... ignore the man behind the curtain. you'll get used to it eventually!
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I wouldn't want to DELIBERATELY break the law. My thinking is it is "interpretation"..., the OPP officer agreed with me that trailer signal lights would be wrong if all flashing red lights are illegal!
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Also thinking of headlight modulator...which is legal here for sure. I found one by SIgnal Dynamics for $80 for the headlight and $35 for the tail light modulators. Are these any good? Any suggestions, thoughts?
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Just got off the phone with the OPP (Ontario Provincial Police) asking about the modulator's you can get for the rear brake lite. According to the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, you CAN NOT have any device that provides a flashing red light. It goes on to say tapping the brakes is OK...so MY common sense thinking on this is that the law applies to a STEADY flash....that could be interpreted as impersonating a police vehicle. But a light that flashes 3 times then goes solid is no different than tapping the brakes to flash the driver behind...which I often do on the bike anyway. Anyway...the Sgt. I spoke to said it sounds very much like it would be up the the officer's discretion. So if you P.O'd the leo for some reason, he could nail you for the flasher. The back of my bike is lit up pretty good for running lights...but the only brake light is the factory installed rear brake light mounted on the fender. In the daylight I think it get lost so I'm thinking I'll use the reflector LED mod FlyingFool did up for the brake light and put a modulator on it anyway....and take my chances. I'd rather take my chances with an uncooperative LEO objecting to it than with John Q Public who might not see my brake lights .
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Question..... lots of folks here say you get better mileage if you keep the RPM 3500 and up. How do you generally run to get the mileage you do?
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This is a blatant high jack...... talking about Seaform..... At $12 a can!!!! Next time I come stateside I'm buying it by the gallon! Back to our regularly scheduled thread!