tommyp61

Flyinfool, Check into"Lowes" for a complete shed /garage, they will come to your house and build it on your property, and its not permentally installed,so the city may not have issues, but check first. They put up mine, a 10 x 16 for $2600.00 thats everything including paint, shingled roof.

When I'm riding thru an electrical storm, two thing are on my mind. One.. there is 5 gallons of highly explosive fuel very close to the "Jewels", and ...the "Hindenberg":(

When you got them by "the short hairs" their hearts and minds will follow.

Has anyone hooked up a degree wheel? How does one figure the exact number of degrees from one cylinder to another? I would like to know how a degree wheel is placed on the motor.

Put me down for a set

tommyp61

count me in for one.

Try a x118 key blank in the lock, if it fits you have half of the problem solved, next place a mirror near the ignition switch numbers so you can read them ,(no need to take anything apart) remember they will be seen backward. Then have locksmith cut key to those numbers. And yes Venture has about 8 different key blanks.

Thanks to everyone for the advice. Squeeze I totally agree. But I want to try the original parts before I replace anything. The bike is almost road worthy, except for the mufflers, bags and cosmetic stuff. I checked and rechecked everything that can be checked, all appears to be normal. Got a new Metzler 880, balanced. with weights,( no more slime or beads). Ill probably go on a “shakedown” ride sometime this week and report back to headquarters with the news.

73 here, and I dont even think about quitting, only big problem I have is what my next bike will be.

Squeeze, I think your on something about the swingarm being bent. I had a rear wheel blowout about 2 months ago. The tire had “Green Slime” Sealant in it and when it went flat the rim just spun around on the tire I could not move at all, come to think about it that’s probably how the swingarm may have been “tweaked”. I discovered this was when attempting to install the ARM that connects the swingarm to the ARM RELAY and SHOCK, there was about 1/8 space between the parts, they would not line up. I used several Tweaking Instruments (hammers) to provide the necessary input for alignment. So things are just about back to normal, there is still a slight mis-alignment as the big nut that holds the right side swingarm pin to the frame has only half of the threads holding it on I don’t think there is much strain in this area and Red Locktight should hold it firm. And of course there is zero side play. A few words about my “blowout”. there are not too many worse places to have one, a lonely two lane country road going uphill. I managed to pull to the side , after that the bike would not move at all the rim just spun around on the tire ,I could not put down the side stand because of the crown in the road, using the center stand was out of the question, it would take 4 men to put that 800 pound monster on the center stand, so I just sat there straddling the bike staring into space, wondering what just happened. About 20 minutes later a “Good Samaritan” “TOM RUSSELL” came along with his pickup and an empty trailer, he was on his way to pick up a bike, the two of us somehow managed to push the bike with a flat and no power uphill into his trailer. He drove me about 40 miles to my house and helped me unload. Tom would not accept money or any thing else for helping me. By the way, a second person stopped to help but by then we had the bike on the trailer. that’s the way Alabama people are.

Thanks for the reply, I tried all of the things you outlined, and yes the collars are installed properly, the torque is right and in sequence, I have the manual in front of me. The parts do not appear to be damaged or worn. Just wondering if the outer bearing race somehow got pushed past the stop inside of the swingarm, this would increase the space needed for the collar to come into contact with the inner race of the bearing. I will check this in the morning,proably pull the outer race out of the swingarm,I know I will not get much sleep wondering about it. What are your thoughts on this?

Hello Folks, Ive been a member here for a little over a year,just lurking in the background,I guess its time to come out of the closet, as I am stumped. I have a 1987 Venture Royal with almost 80k. The swingarm is completely apart for general maintenance and a tire change. When I reassembled the swingarm I noticed about 1/8 inch free play from side to side, Im using the workshop manual to limit my mistakes, I have all of the right parts, and everything is torqued per the book. So assembly is not the problem, I think. I put it together and took it apart 3 times, and it still has side play,(yes I know what Einstein said about doing the same thing over and over,and expecting different results). According to the book sideplay is eliminated by installing new tapered roller bearings and collars,but the ones I have now look and feel like new, what am I missing? I cannot find anything wrong. I was thinking of equal shims on both sides, but I dont think that is the answer. Did anyone ever run into something like this, any suggestions will be welcomed.