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backing out of the garage ... parked next to the V*.. decided not to fold-up the right highway peg -figured i could lean left just enough to clear.... WRONGO!!!!!! sadly -- gravity works..... wifey was no help at that time -- she stood in the driveway laughing...... the slow-mo musta looked awfully funny.... no harm - no foul....
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I'd like to know exactly where the centre of gravity is on the 86-93 Venture Royale. Obviously it's slightly forward of the centre stand but I'd like to know exactly. I can do the calculation if someone can just give me the weight on each wheel...no rider, nothing in the bags, full tank of gas. Does anyone have the numbers? (no smart comments, just the numbers, please)
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Some improvements made in the long saga of getting a stripped 83 back on the road. With a new TCI, I've got good spark on all four cylinders. Bike will fire up when I shoot carb cleaner into the throats, but dies shortly afterwards. Like it isn't getting any fuel at all. I start it with the choke half-way, throttle slighly cracked open. I've pulled the carbs, took apart, cleaned, and put back together. Using a gravity fed tank to get gas to the carbs. Wondering a couple of things: 1) Carbs are certainly out of sync as I stripped them all the way down. Could being out of time that far prevent it from idling, even roughly? The sliders all move in and out smoothly when the engine idles briefly with the carb cleaner. 2) Do I need to be using the fuel pump to provide a pressurized shot of fuel into the float bowls? This question hit me yesterday, always assumed the gravity tank would work fine, but you know what they say about "assumption."
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I learned a hard lesson today. If you mess with the laws of gravity, something is going to get dented! I had my bike sitting in the driveway idling. It must have been on a slight incline and the vibrations must have moved it slightly forward. As I turned around I got to witness the bike going over on its side. Sad day for me. I picked it up and was thankful that the crash bars were there and did their job as the tank did not get bent. The worst thing was the head light rim got dented and scratched along with the left had top portion of the windshield. Anyone know where I can get a new headlight rim? Don't mess with gravity!
