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OldGazer

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  1. Hey Todd! Yepper, the Venture is sweet, but I miss my Sporty. Its laid up with a worn rear tire and a bad battery.... Have to wait until tax time to get her running 'cause we bought the Venture.
  2. Thanks for the welcome Y'All. Spent today cleaning the engine. Love that Gunk Engine Brite!. She still stinks a little, but I'll burn that off pretty quick. Did some tweaking on the carbs yesterday. Mixtures and sync were way off. Tuned her by ear. Before she was hammering a bit, but she purrs like a Singer Sewing macnine now. Waiting for a carb sync tool and then I'll do it right. Had a battery issue that left me stranded yesterday. I stalled her about 2 blocks from the house and she wouldn't start. Neighbor let me park her in his drive way and ran an extension cord so I could hook up a tender. rode her home a couple of hours later.... The PO's son told me the battery warning was because they had installed a new sealed battery that didn't have the sensor. Turns out the new Yashua battery was low on water. Topped it off with some distilled water and let her sit on the tender over night. Battery warning is gone and volt meter shows about 13 volts at idle. Terminal voltage is 13.6 according to my DMM. So far so good. Played with the CLASS system some. Rear shock seems to hold pressure, but the front forks seem to have a leak. They're not blowing oil, so I figure its some where in the plumbing. Time to break out the spray bottle and soapy water.... Brakes are on the mushy side. Gonna bleed 'em ASAP. Tried getting her up on the center stand. No joy. This sucker is HEAVY! There were two of us pulling (GF and I) and still couldn't get her up. Had the same problem with a Virago XV700. Guess I need a little more "umph" in my backside.... I do have one question about the kick stand. It works fine, but the bike sits almost upright. I expected the bike to lean to the left like every other bike I've seen. This is making me think the stand is a tad too long, like if some on replaced the original????? Then again it could be the suspension. I can pull the bike over into a lean, but its not very much..... Later Y'All! Ride Safe!
  3. Roger that. As they say on other groups I belong to, "Post pictures or it didn't happen." Pics will be up in a day or two.
  4. As of 8:00 PM EDT Sunday October 31st we are the proud owners of a '91 Two-Tone Blue Venture Royale. I rode the bike home in the dark on I-95. Since this is my first touring bike, the term " white-knuckles" comes to mind. The biggest issues was head light glare from behind. Those mirrors are killers. Too bad they can't be adapted to one of my telescopes... Spent the morning tweaking stuff and getting accquainted. Went to take the bike for a short ride, stalled it and it wouldn't start. That's what I get for playing with the radio, CB, and all the pretty lights.... Put in on a tender and left it. Things like this happen for a reason... GF got the insurance, tags and title squared away so the day wasn't completely wasted. Tomorrow will be spent fine tuning the carbs (idle and mixtures) (BTDT on other multi-carb metrics) and getting ergonomics sorted out. Looking forward to a better ride tomorrow. Ride Safe Y'All...
  5. I own an '03 883 and I've had a '77 IronHead. Two different animals all together. The FE marked its territory and was raw boned and nasty, just the way God and Willie G. intended. The newer "Evos" (aka Beer Cans) are good reliable bikes. They are fuel efficient (mine gets 50 MPG around town, and 60+ MPG highway), easy to maintain, and nimble. Sportsters get a lot of bad press 'cause bonehead wannbees throw "performance parts" and money at 'em tryin' to make 'em into something they're not. Drag pipes, lowering kits, fancy-schmancy carbs, "hyper-flappy thingies," the list goes on... By the same token, I've worked on and ridden metric bikes that were similarly afflicted with an ignoramus for an owner. For me the bottom line is, it ain't the machine's fault.
  6. Looks like a right side Honda Foot Peg. GF's Shadow Spirit has one just like this.
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