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Hey RandyA, won't i have remove the carbs from the bike to do what you suggest in your reply to me? Thanx a lot for trying to help me learn about these great bikes. We have 2 of them actually. The other is a 1990 and it runs great, but does have a few oil leaks here and there, a slight coolant leak i've not been able to track YET, and the fork seals began leaking a while back. We've put almost 13K miles on it since buying it last July. FM

This is really great guys! Thanks so much for helping me with this one. I have just returned to the PC after reading your replies, i grabbed the nearest flashlight and a 1/8" cabinet-type screwdriver and headed to the garage on a mission of discovery. Having located the idle mixture screw for the #1 carb (I think) rear carb on left, i was curious to see what i'd discover by turning it CW until very lightly seated. Was i surprised when it was 4 turns CCW from very slightly bottomed in the seat. Well, i proceded to back it out 2 1/4 turns CCW from very slightly bottomed. Now i'm excited to check out the other 3 but as i'm sure you guys know, i'll have to remove the lower fairing pieces that coverup the 2 front carbs. I picked up this bike (1984 Venture Royale) north of Denver last May and rode it home to Houston with it running pretty badly so I've been trying to learn about these pesky screws to adjust for many months. Having read many of the 'threads' posted here, it took me until this afternoon reading someone else's thread, how to write a thread and how to reply to one. I know it sounds pretty dumb, huh?!! ) Thanks again for the tips! fmandcac

Hi, how do i go about ordering 2 sets of the battery cables? I didn't find ordering info in your thread announcing they're available again. Thanks a lot. fmandcac

Hi, this is my first attemp at this so please bear with me? My wife, Claudia Ann and i have 2 of the 1st Gen XVZs, a 1984 and a 1990. I have purchased shop manuals for each but find nothing in the manuals about either setting the idle mixture screws or how to find them on the carbs. I've read other threads that talk about the proper setting being 2 - 2 1/4 turns CCW from very carefully closed position. That's great, but i've looked at the carbs on both bikes several times and have not found what would even seem to me to be 'idle mixture screws'. I have even purchased parts manuals for both bikes and the exploded parts diagrams of the carbs and accompanying parts list does not list 'idle mixture screws' anywhere so i cannot tell even looking at these diagrams where they might be. Does anyone know what Yamaha calls these screws if it is something different than 'idle mixture screws'? It might be less confusing for those of us that new to this sort of thing if in the threads everyone would use Yamaha's term/names for parts and what is being discussed. How about a few pics to show where they are located? Anyway, thanks in advance for any help offered! fmandcac