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    Dean May

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    Terre Haute IN, United States

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    1987 Venture Royale
  1. deanmay
    I am getting my '87 ready to roll and I've decided to do all the electronics different than stock, so I will be removing CB, cables, cassette/radio, amplifier, rear CB control unit. I didn't have the helmet units to make the intercom work and I don't care to mess with trying to make the factory set up work. I don't know what this stuff is worth but reading other threads I understand it goes for a fair amount on fleabay. But since you all are in the club I am offering it to all of you. Make me a fair offer on what you need and I'm sure we can come to terms. Email works great for me: deanmay at pianorebuilders dot com. Or you can phone/text me at Eight onetwo 235 five2seven2. my plastic dash on the right side is all busted so the air suspension controller just dangles. It doesn't seem to work, either, though I do get a display. Has anyone made an aftermarket controller work? Thx, Dean
  2. deanmay
    Did you do an autopsy to see why it failed? I'm curious to know if the wire used broke. That is why I used ground strap as I was concerned about fatigue failure. Yes, I did clean up the commutator. Thanks,
  3. deanmay
    My Venture has been sitting since I posted last, but Sunday I tore into the starter. I took the radiator loose, removed hoses at bottom, took drain tube out of thermostat housing, removed exhaust pipes. I did not have to remove the thermostat housing, i was able to drop the rear of the starter enough that it came out. I used some grounding strap that I have quite a it of and with it I was able to screw it to the same screw that the ground brush lead is attached to. Not using the crimped on terminals provided a lot more room in there. The end of the ground strap was solder tinned with a hole in it so it went on that screw terminal very nicely. The solder makes the end pretty stiff so I was able to bend it to give direction to the tail of the strap away from the arbor. I've got it mostly all together, starter works great, but haven't been able to test it hot yet. (can't get image to show try this link Thanks for the great tip.
  4. deanmay
    Would this be it? NEW-Yamaha-V-MAX-VMAX-V-MAX-1200-Starter-YS24 http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/mVeO3GIc6Mk3RdbmFq9_p8g/140.jpg
  5. deanmay
    So is this starter still working well for you? As I understand from your post, you did NOT do the grounding strap mod to this starter, but just installed it as is stock. is that correct? I'm coming in late on this thread, but I have a couple of observations. One is that I would be concerned about the insulation on the wire used for the ground strap. This is a pretty high heat environment. I think I would peel the insulation and just have bare wire. Bare wire will shed more heat which also make it more tolerant of higher current. The other concern would be vibration causing the wire strands to break. It may be better to use several fine strand speaker wires to get the right amount of copper. Another possibility is to use actual braided grounding strap. Now that you guys have been using this mod of a couple of years, is it holding up well? And why isn't this mod a sticky? I read an oblique reference to it in a newbie post and decided to wade through until I found it. My new '87 definitely needs starter help, but for $50 I think I might just buy the VMax starter. Thanks, Dean
  6. deanmay
    Sorry to be a newbie PIA. I searched on rubber grommets and got a cazillion hits. After wading through several I just decided to post the question directly: What is a good source for the rubber grommets that the side panel posts snap into? There is only one on my new 87. Thanks Dean
  7. deanmay
    You can see in the picture the factory looking resistor encased in clear plastic. In the upper left of the picture is the bullet connector.
  8. deanmay
    Thx, but those are service manuals. I'm looking for the owner's manual to learn how to use all the bike features. Finding a lot more cracks in the fairing. Looks like maybe PO hit a deer or something. The black cowl sheild that goes around the gages is broken into two pieces. Looks like they should be fused together.
  9. deanmay
    Also, is there a download available for the owner's manual? Thx Dean
  10. deanmay
    Thanks all! I am getting the battery icon on the dash with the red warning light on, but the fluid level in battery is not low. I can also see a resister already in the circuit near the sensor probe, but it looks factory. Battery seems to be working, but don't know how long it will hold a charge. Took it out for test drive. It really does not have the power it should, so something is up. Fork oil all over the front calipers means the brakes are not working too well. But it felt very comfortable to ride. On other bikes I've had really good success changing fork oil with synthetic ATF. I've seen it seal up some pretty bad leakers.
  11. deanmay
    I just got my '87 adVenture and I've posted an intro on the intro section. I had a couple tech questions and was invited to repost them here. It is a 1987 Royale, 39k miles. Original paint about C- condition, will probably look B- when cleaned up and waxed. All plastic seems to be there with a little cracking on fairing. Slight tear on seat which is otherwise very comfortable. All systems seem to work, except battery may need changed. Had to jump to start, but massive corrosion on positive post. Seems to run okay on the center stand, a little rough on idle, like carbs unbalanced. Sounds pretty good otherwise. Battery is on charger now to see if it will hold anything. It has a curious probe that goes down into the middle top of the battery with a wire attached and there is what appears to be a diode or resistor in that wire as well. Front tire is almost new and the rear looks good. This bike was ridden, but not much recently. Immediate plans are to get the battery issue resolved, possibly replace the main fuse with a blade fuse, maybe even the glass tube fuse block with blade fuses. I use printed circuit board fuse receptacles and epoxy them together in an array to fit inside the original fuse holder. Then I think I'll put a set of fresh plugs in, make sure I have good voltage to coils, maybe balance the carbs. Do the valves on these need adjusted or are they hydraulic like the 'Wing? Is there a sticky post on trouble spots to take care of for new owners (other than basics of oil, tires, etc)?
  12. deanmay
    When going into a sharp turn I really don't like front braking, rear brake only.
  13. deanmay
    Electrical resistance increases as air pressure goes up. That means that testing the spark in atmospheric conditions (as opposed to under compression in the cylinder) will require a much larger gap than your average spark plug gap. You can get these testers at most any auto supply store Dean
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