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  1. zagger
    " Do you sport a Mohawk " No. I am Mohawk. But you would rather look at my friend. Zag
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    "It looks like you got rid of the overflow tank." You mean the radiator overflow? I moved it, but you can see it in the pictures. How was setting up those carbs with the pods? That must have been a bear to get right. Frankly, it was not easy. I finally bought an air/fuel mixture gauge so that I could see what was going on. After that, it was quickly resolved. I had a serious issue with carb venting. Venting is WAY more important than anyone seems to think it is. The vent lines (carb overflow) establish the reference pressure for the CV carbs and changes in the reference pressure have a huge effect on the gas mixture. I wrestled with this a couple of years ago and I learned lots about how this stuff works. zag
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    "Same place it is on a 1st gen., below the seat. Lower center of gravity." Yup - you are correct, this is an '83 venture and the stock gas tank is under the seat. Low cg is a wonderful thing. I even moved the battery under the transmission just to keep the cg as low as possible. Cornering stability and low cg go together. zag
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    My continuing project is now complete. I built a long travel leading link front suspension just to see if I could. Bought a milling machine to make the parts and spent lots of time learning to machine steel and figure out how to make the necessary parts. Just finished my test run down the road and I'm still alive! The front wheel is moved ahead 4 inches to shorten the trail so the handling is quite good. Cannot think of anything else to do - so I guess it is done!
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    ok, I give up. zag
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    Tried a couple of times to post more pics of my friend bree. If this one dies, I give up and disappear for another couple of years. zag
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    You may have noticed my new forks that I'm working on. This is an old design that goes back to early BMW's and beyond. zag
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    So - my friend eagleeye stopped by and told me that you guys were interested in multilated ventures. It has been awhile since I posted but I paid my $12 and relogged in. It has been a few years but I am still hacking on the beast. Here are a few pics. zag
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    It is my experience that non-Harley riders spend way more time and energy dissing Harley riders than the reverse. Harley guys just "know" they ride the "best", are the only "true" american riders, and spend zero time thinking about the alternatives. Most have zero experience on other machines. Ok - who cares. Frankly, I am just happy that they all ride from Harley store to Harley store and sit around in the parking lot. The small roads of Wisconsin are almost completely Harley-free since there isn't anyone out there to notice the sound or lifestyle. I am happy for that. Just be happy with your own thing and forget those beret and tassle dudes. I cannot join their club since I would feel like I was dressing up like a cowboy without having a ranch or cows. zag
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    Your little half washers looked about like mine! Now don't you feel better? zag
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    I've got 880's on two bikes without any problems. My slightly modified '83 has only got 3k or 4k miles with them. My Honda Sabre has 12k. Who knows - but I have not seen any problems. Seems ok to me. zag
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    Short Chaps

    zagger replied to juggler's topic in Riding Gear

    I have a pair and use them all the time on cool days or mornings. Gives just enough protection without all the bulk of full chaps. Easily taken off and stowed as the day warms up. I never use my full chaps anymore. zag
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    Hi, My chopped 83 has a manual vboost and straight intakes with individual filters. Had some trouble with tuning initially until I finally discovered the problem. As everyone has noted, removing the airbox cover causes problems - but not for the reasons that I have heard explained. Decreasing the pressure drop on the intakes effectively increases the overall operating pressure inside the carbs. The float bowls are vented to the atmosphere so the increased pressure inside the carb venturi effectively decreases the gas flow into the venturi. The increased overall air pressure inside the carbs mean that gas pickup tubes have less of a pressure difference to move the gas into the carb. You can change to other filter schemes but you do need to keep the filter pressure drop similar to the stock airbox to prevent the engine running too lean. Another aspect which gave me problems for quite awhile is the routing of the carb vent/overflow lines. The air pressure at the ends of these lines has a HUGE effect on the gas flow into the carbs. My chopped venture was running too lean until I realized that the vent tube location (the stock routing) was effectively reducing the air pressure inside the float bowl. The tubes were terminated down low behind the engine but the lack of fairings (my guess) meant that this area was at a slightly reduced pressure when moving at 60mph or so. I changed the vent tube locations and found that the fuel air mixture went from lean to perfect. If you don't believe this, simply try blowing (rich) or sucking (lean) on the vent tube when the engine is running. You will find that very little pressure change makes a huge difference. I now have an Innovate wide band air/fuel gauge so I now know exactly what is happening and can see these effects easily. If you want some more details on converting to individual filters, just PM me. zag
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    [quote name= Well, there was one exception: the BEAST was there, and looking GREAT!!!!!!! Steve F'n A dude! I'm holding the first gen venture torch now! How sick is that? zag
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    Other than the obvious hassle of getting the engine out, turned upside down and opening up the guts - the only step which caused me some consternation was compressing that big nasty spring to get at the washer. I made a contraption too lethal to show here but it was done in a few minutes - after saying goodbye to everyone I knew and might miss me! zag
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    Painted my garage floor a month ago using menards epoxy package. I didn't use the color chips but I did sprinkle sand (the white silica sand sold in bags) on the wet paint and then rollered the paint a second time. My floor used to be very slippery when wet but is now very non-skid. Pretty hard to control the amount of sand so you do tend to sprinkle it somewhat heavier than would be ideal. This epoxy paint doesn't have much smell to it but it does take quite awhile to cure. You cannot drive on it for a week. I did half of the floor (so my bikes would have someplace to be), waited a week, did the other half, waited another week. zag
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    Ditto on the volumetric efficiency: gotta multiply your result by 0.8 or 0.85, no precise way to know the correct value. Out of curiosity, why do you care? Thinking of switching to some other carb? zag
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    "So the 1st Gen looks like a Honda" Really! zag
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    Maybe you already have this fixed by now but . . . early models like yours (and mine) have a plastic water pump rotor and the later ones have aluminum. I understand that sometimes the plastic blades erode and effectively stop pumping. I replaced mine with an aluminum one. Just a thought. zag
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    I love the dryer idea, hope it is a cheap one and your wife is out of town! I blasted some rust out of a tank with a pressure washer and used red coat to line the inside. The red coat stuff is a pretty nasty concoction made of methyl ethyl ketone and some plastic stuff. Sort of like molasses and pretty hard to get into every corner. Thinning it with some more MEK helps but it is still pretty goooky. Once it hardens (filling your lungs with MEK vapors) it seems ok - kind of a plastic coating. Best of luck. zag
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    You da man, Mr. Bird! I checked the 85 Vmax parts list and it matched the 91 venture part number. Went to the stealer this afternoon and they actually had 7 of these little stinkers in stock! No lie. Bought 2, came home after work and stuck them in the carbs and put the carbs back in the beast. Fired right up and it is burning on all four! Hot pipes all the way around. Finally. Looks like I may be able to run up to the Pork rally with Eagleeye later this month. Thanks for the suggestion on the part number - it never occurred to me that they might list the part for later models. happy zag
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    Hmm. Buckeye, eh? Thanks for the heads up. zag
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    Sorry, Vogel is a long way for me with only two functioning cylinders. Since I've ordered two that may fit and I'm going to order another two that may fit, I will keep your offer in my back pocket for now. I really appreciate your interest in my plight (i.e. my total screwedness). Thanks, zag
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    That's my baby! Could you please teleport them to me! I only need two. zag
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    In case you may want to change your mind, this is the machine I am trying to make run on all four. zag
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