HotRodYJ
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Lowering Seat height?
HotRodYJ replied to HotRodYJ's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Seat mods would be my last choice since my seat is near perfect. Hate to mess with a perfectly good seat and for now at least it is far more comfortable then my Suzuki. I will look into the Barons lowering kit mentioned though. Front leaks down over a few days, but with zero in the front and rear it's not too bad. I can get a good half a foot on the ground. But can you ride with no air in either end? Thanks Randy, but Sundays are busy. Wont be home for any length of time all day. When I get a battery for the Yamaha, I'll ride over toward your place so you can check it out. I'll let you know for sure. That crossed my mind as well. Boots will definetly make a difference. -
Curious what tricks you guys may have used to get a lower seat height? Road my first gen for the first time ever last week and the biggest issue I have is reaching the ground. I had to take all the air pressure out of the rear shock just to have a chance of reaching the ground with some limited confidence. With time, I'm sure I can get accustomed to it, but I'd feel better if I could flat foot this sucker. For the record, I'm not the tallest guy around. I'm about 5-7 or 5-8 with a 31" in-seam.
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I live a very Blessed life! I'm no professional painter by far and my wife gets mad at me when I paint in the garage since it's under the house. Yes I always get a nat or two in it but a little wet sand and buff and even a couple of bugs become almost unnoticeable. This turned out fairly well, only one nat in the whole thing. I mat not bother with sanding it. Honestly if I catch outdoor conditions just right, it turns out about the same as painting inside the garage. I don't have a paint booth so I do what I can to keep my costs low.
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...and partial reassembly today.
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Atomic orange it is...
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1st gen winter projects
HotRodYJ replied to Venturous Randy's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
I never understood why people put bikes away for the winter. Maybe in colder climates I can understand. Here in northeast TN I ride all year long. Even thru the winter I try not to leave it sit more than about 2 wks at a time between rides. With any luck I'll be shooting paint this Friday. Still need a battery and windshield and my 1st gen may be on the road for the first time around Christmas or New Years. Just in time for winter. -
Great ideas guys, thanks for the input. Actually both of the colors above are pearl colors and they both pop really nice in the sun. I really like the candy apple and cream idea as well. In my looking around I did come across a blue that I like fairly well also, AND I just so happen to have some of this color paint already on hand "Ultra Blue Pearl". Who knows where I'll end up.
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My story is very similar to yours. I now ride an 04 Suzuki Volusia which is the same bike as the C50. I've always been reasonably comfortable on it even for long trips up to 600 miles virtually non- stop. I picked up an 83 Venture almost by accident earlier this year and am very much looking forward to the better ride. Good luck with yours!
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Getting ready to paint my 83 Venture. I have all of the fairings and side covers ready to shoot, and finishing work on the luggage and fenders and then I'll be ready for paint when I get a warm enough day to do it. I want a color that will be a bit more modern and I've settled on either 2008 GM Atomic Orange, or House of Kolor Sunset Pearl. What do you guys think?
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More Carb Issues
HotRodYJ replied to HotRodYJ's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Success! Although no vacuum leaks could be found anywhere including around the intake boots, I decided to go ahead and reseal them anyway just to rule it out. Everything looked really good and put it back together with silicone to be sure. Still ran exactly the same, made no difference what-so-ever. BUT, I did notice this time through that while running, only the right front exhaust pipe was hot. The other three pipes are dead cold. I stuck a new set of spark plugs in it this afternoon and after a few minutes going through the carb sync again, now she runs like she's supposed to. This is the first time I've ever heard this bike run (correctly). Sometimes it's the simplest things. -
More Carb Issues
HotRodYJ replied to HotRodYJ's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Good ideas, but no go on either one. The hole in the metering blocks are all very open and clean. I can easily spray carb cleaner thu it and blow compressed air thru, no issues. They were plugged initially, but not now after going thru the carbs twice. There are also no vacuum leaks at all. That's exactly what I did, spray ether on any and all possabilities with no diffrence at all. What are the symptoms of bad diaphragms? Although they look perfect you never know. How about the air cut-off valve diaphragms? What would a symptom be of those being bad? What about leaking rubber plugs in the bottom of the metering block? Those are in pretty poor shape. -
Seems like there are ALOT of carb issue threads, so I may as well add one more. I've been wrking on my 83 which supposedly ran just fine a couple of years ago. I saved the bike from the scrap yard due to transmission issues. I upgraded to a 1300 trans and now trying to get the bike running. The carbs ended up being really really dirty, after going thru them a couple of times, the bike runs now, but I'm having an issue with a bad delay when I give it throttle coming off of idle, and then a very slow drop from 2500 rpm back down to idle. The carbs are really nice and clean inside, every passage seems very clear now. I did not mess with float levels, nor did I check them. I have sync'd the carbs using a carb stick and that went well. I did not replace anything, not even the diaphraghms because they look to be in excellent condition. The slides all dance about the same when the bike is running. No vacuum leaks at all that I can find. I've sprayed starting fluid around the intake boots and bottoms of the carbs and no leaks. Any ideas of what to look for next?
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I had the pleasure of cleaning the carbs on my 83 last weekend and found that someone had already been into them before, removing the blind plugs to expose the idle mixture screws. The mixture screws were all at different settings. I had one a 2 turns out, another at 2 3/4 turns, another at 3 truns, and the last one at 4 turns out. I'm betting someone has been messing with these in the bikes history and at least a couple of these are no longer at the factory setting. Now for my real question. Given that 2 -2.5 turns is suppose to be the magic number on the idle mixture screws, and the fact that these have already been messed with and I cannot return them to their orignal settings. What are your thoughts moving forward? I'm thinking set them all to 2.25 turns and then try to tune each one individually using max vacuum readings like I do on a car. Any other ideas on how to properly tune each carb?
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I just did some plastic welding for the first time ever on my 83 plastics. I used a cheap old pencil type soldering iron and used black plastic zip ties for filler rod. I was amazed at how well it works and how simple it is to do. No need to buy anything, this was totally free and I know it's fixed right.
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