NEW Floats for the 1st gen Ventures

[Snaggletooth]

Most of my problems with my bike have been carb related. As in float problems. When I got the bike it had two bad floats that had sank. I found after many inquiries that NEW or even aftermarket floats were no longer available. So I ended up buying a used carbs off eBay and stripping out the floats then dried them for several days and gave them a coat of airplane dope. A recommended and workable fix but it does add some weight to the float causing serious adjustments to get the fuel bowl level close to specs.

 

So when I finished my winter projects I swapped out the treated floats for another used set hoping for the best. It was fine for a couple of weeks until one of those sank on me to. Geesh!

 

So it was back to the drawing board and I turned to Squeeze, our friend and member here on the site. Squeeze is the V-Max guy and he had a set of carbs on his bench from a VR. He stated he couldn't see the difference between the floats and the carbs were very similar body wise. Squeeze gave me a part # for a float for an '85 V-Max. I then got ahold of Rick at Buckeye Performance and he only had one in stocks so I bit the bullet and ordered a set of four.

 

They arrived yesterday and they are an exact match for the VR 1st gen floats. Dead on!

 

So maybe this will help someone in the future.

 

The Yamaha part # 1FK-14985-00-00 Float

 

Here are a few pics of the old and new side by side.

 

Thanks to Squeeze and Rick at Buckeye for all your help in figuring out a solution.

 

Mike