What did you do to your venture today?

[luvmy40]

You think this place is bad?

 

Don't take the dive down the espresso rabbit hole! There's folks on them thar forums that don't blink at the thought of paying $3000.00 to get in line and wait 6 months to get an espresso grinder that is going to be out of date 4 months later.

 

There a couple pictures of home espresso bars with $15,000.00 in grinders and espresso machines and they are talking about upgrading!

[MonsterBiker]

I am also a member on a gun forum.....both of these forums are full of enablers. Oh well, I guess money is only worth what you buy with it, right?

[RDawson]

You think this place is bad?

 

Don't take the dive down the espresso rabbit hole! There's folks on them thar forums that don't blink at the thought of paying $3000.00 to get in line and wait 6 months to get an espresso grinder that is going to be out of date 4 months later.

 

There a couple pictures of home espresso bars with $15,000.00 in grinders and espresso machines and they are talking about upgrading!

 

I get coffee at a local gas station for a whopping 40 cents a cup.

[bpate4home]

I get coffee at a local gas station for a whopping 40 cents a cup.

 

Agreed. Only requirements are Black and full caffine.

[BlueSky]

https://cyclechillers.com/

 

 

I am eyeballing the tandem version.....it may serve dual purpose for the fishing boat as well.

 

How does it work other than just pump water through the vest? How does it cool? The water will get hot after a while if there is nothing to cool it.

[MonsterBiker]

How does it work other than just pump water through the vest? How does it cool? The water will get hot after a while if there is nothing to cool it.

 

Not just water.....ice water. On a long ride on a hot day if you run out of cooling the fix is as close as the nearest store that sells ice.

[gggGary]

Got this from a widder lady, the shortest easiest wake up drill EVER. Now have about 2K miles on including a great camping trip to the UP, biggest upgrades, work; LED headlight, removed radio to make room for a "glove box", resoldered air suspension controller board, RAM mount for 396 Garmin. new tires 777HD rear, random Shinko rear I had on the front. Got rid of the big floor boards on the crash bars put on on smaller pegs that won't dig in on corners, cleaning grime from underside. new windshield, Spent more time digging wax residue out of emblem crevices than anything else.

[Semi-retired]

 

Once I saw how dead easy they are to delete, I felt like a tool for not having done it sooner.

Yeah! SO easy, the top half of my left one fell off by itself last Summer.

Selling? PM me.

[Semi-retired]

Spent more time digging wax residue out of emblem crevices than anything else.

 

So many emblems ... So little time!

[Jimmer]

Hi every one I am a JImmer a newbie to the site..Very interesting site. I went cruising this morning and noticed that my signals cancel too early sometimes even before I make the turn, this could be dangerous for me if I do not notice. Does anyone have any suggestions, is the time delay for cancelling adjustable?. I hope I have the correct forum site to be asking.

[Jimmer]

its Jimmer again.. this is how new I am I did not even tell you guys what I ride lol.. I ride a 2009 Yamaha venture 1300

[MonsterBiker]

Yeah! SO easy, the top half of my left one fell off by itself last Summer.

Selling? PM me.

 

The CB antenna on my RSV was missing when I bought the bike. So far I have not found anybody who has them in stock.

[ddoggma]

I put all the fairing stuff ,windshield and one side crash bars, all i have to do is fix my shifter goof up. I ordered new gaskets, coming next week.

[gggGary]

Put Progressive fork springs in, no spacers. Changed fork oil. Old oil made a pretty metallic swirl in the pan. Changed handlebar position long as it was all apart. Up and forward not perfect but prolly better. Bike is sitting much higher, side stand stance isn't dangerously upright now. Ride seems fine even at zero air pressure in fork. Anti-dive still plugged in gotta play with that one O these daze.

Edited August 16, 2020 by gggGary

[luvmy40]

STOP THE PRESSES!

 

Head Line:

 

"luvmy40 washes and waxes his RSV!"

I have never waxed a motorcycle in my life. As a matter of fact, I rarely wash them.

 

This Black Cherry '06 is just too beautiful to let her sit all bugged up and grimy.

[cowpuc]

STOP THE PRESSES!

 

Head Line:

 

"luvmy40 washes and waxes his RSV!"

I have never waxed a motorcycle in my life. As a matter of fact, I rarely wash them.

 

This Black Cherry '06 is just too beautiful to let her sit all bugged up and grimy.

 

My oh my,, the whole world really has gone stone cold crazy:doh:... Next thing you know Rich will be seen at the local Yam Shop ordering bling and other fancy things...

[Uthred]

Well where to start. I have 3 '86 Ventures engine worked in one, transmission in the other sooooo...., pulled both engines, swapped the tranny gears of one engine from the bad engine to the good engine (obviously), and started to put it back together.

Now I did not do this by myself, I have a big shout out to MarCarl and Saddlebum, these guys are amazing, who have been teaching me about the engine and how to do what we are doing. I never would have attempted to do this by myself but with their help I am learning a great deal about how it all works.

I had a week off to work on this project but now it is back to work and fitting the project in as I can. I hope to be back up and riding soon.

Will keep information up to date as we are working on it.

[Papa Fred]

Installed a Bikers Choice electronic tach. 2.5 inch case...slightly larger bezel. Mounted on Right Side handlebar just in front of the brake reservoir using the supplied clamp. Easy installation..1 wire to Positive side of Coil (right front coil behind radiator filler), 1 wire to ground (mounting bolt for coil), Ignition and Light wires joined together and hooked to extra Hot lead on Ignition Bypass rig installed just over 2 years ago..thanks to Dion Hinskey for that rig.

 

Approx 1.5 hrs install time, including sitting beside the bike trying to decide where to mount the tach. I had planned to use the supplied mounting plate and bolt it to the right side screw holding down the plastic gas tank cover, but wanted to have the tach a bit more in line-of-sight.

Tach needle is virtually rock solid...very slight bounce at idle but clean after that. I don't have a shop tach to compare it to for accuracy, but judging by the "Virtual Venture Tachometer" I found a cpl of years back it seems to be close.

 

Next project is to install the VMax geared RSV final drive, bought from John Furbur at BRMSportmax, once it arrives. (Thanks to members here who pointed me in that direction) Bit more of a challenge these days getting parts from Down South. Used to ride down to Pembina, ND to pick them up from a mail drop there. It's only an hour & a half ride from my house and a good excuse for a ride.

[gggGary]

This

A generous member donated an extra set of bars several years ago, finally got around to using them.

Straightened the bend "quite a bit" with oxy-acetylene and shortened them 2 1/2". Took a couple times to get them adjusted where I was happiest but much better now!

Also removed the lead weights, so far that's just fine.

Grips are Siligrips my favorites!

Also snagged a used Barnett clutch conversion and a new gasket off fleabay. She would only slip at hard throttle above 4500 RPM but I do that sometimes.

Edited August 25, 2020 by gggGary

[MonsterBiker]

OK, I ordered the cup holder and mount. Now I need to know where the vented wide wind screen and storage pouches came from!

 

I just figured out where I got the storage pouches from. I ordered them from leatherup.com

[Freebird]

Clearview makes a great wide shield with vent.

[bpate4home]

This

https://www.venturerider.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=119532

A generous member donated an extra set of bars several years ago, finally got around to using them.

Straightened the bend "quite a bit" with oxy-acetylene and shortened them 2 1/2". Took a couple times to get them adjusted where I was happiest but much better now!

Also removed the lead weights, so far that's just fine.

Grips are Siligrips my favorites!

Also snagged a used Barnett clutch conversion and a new gasket off fleabay. She would only slip at hard throttle above 4500 RPM but I do that sometimes.

 

I love the handlebars on the Gen 1s and other Yamahas of the time. Wish they did this for the 2018.

[MonsterBiker]

Clearview makes a great wide shield with vent.

 

Agreed! I have been very pleased with mine. They were even willing to customize the location of the vent to accommodate my storage pouches.

[luvmy40]

I just figured out where I got the storage pouches from. I ordered them from leatherup.com

 

Thanks!

 

 

Just ordered a set. Not exactly like yours. I got the cheap set with no hardware.

[cowpuc]

I love the handlebars on the Gen 1s and other Yamahas of the time. Wish they did this for the 2018.

 

:sign yeah that::sign yeah that:

 

You and me both @bpate4home,, you and me both!! As a matter of fact,, pure simple flat out fact,, I love them so much that when Freebird put out the call years ago for us club members to come up with our wish list for the new Venture (found here - https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?102280-Let-the-discussion-begin&highlight=1700cc+v-max ) way back while the new model of the Venture was still on the drawing board,, those bars of which you and I speak were on my wish list of what I thought would add to the possibility of the new Venture actually turning the touring bike world upside down (as Mom Yam said its final product was going to).. Funny thing is,, if you read thru my list below copy/pasted from the actual thread above, you will probably come to the same conclusion that I did when I first saw the new bike at the world release of it out at Lake George, NY.. That being that Mom Yam actually did read our input and did everything in her power to come out with a bike with everything opposite of that which our clubbers had wished for ..

 

At any rate,, here is my list from a time long ago:

 

1700cc V-4 "V-Max" motor.. Detune it if you must (just like before) but please,, dont do another V-Twin - got enough of em.. You guys can do it,, I KNOW YOU CAN!!

Shaft drive!

EFI with a tunable tuner - even if its an add on - please provide one so we can tune it!!

LED lighting.

Engine guarding and saddle bag guarding.

Adjustable bars like on the first gen.

Factory tank and windshield bags.

Fixed Fairing.

Get the same Doctors who advised you on constructing the seat of the 1st Gens (cant remember what you call those guys) to advise you on this one - my kids, wife and I LOVE what they did!! Keep the seat height difference between the rider and passenger no more than 3 inches (2 is great) - raising the passenger higher causes weight imbalance and makes slow speed riding harder.

Ease of removal of the trunk(s) for changing rear tire.

Center stand.

Forward boards with normal foot pegs located rearward so standing up while riding is still possible, shift and brake levers at both locations (no heal toe please).

Hand warmers.

Key removable rear trunk and bags.

Grease zerks on all main pivot points.

High output stator even though it has LED's.

Double check the gear sets in the tranny and make sure they ramp up solidly.

Oversized clutch to insure NO slippage in high gears with xtra weight.

42 millimeter front fork tubes with progressive springs.

Imbed reflective tape (or use reflective paint) in paint lines (like pin striping) so all profiles of bike light up when grazed by car lights.

Add a large foot onto side stand - tired of bending over to pick up stand plate after parking on loose ground.

Explore which tire sizes are the most common and build around those standards so tire choices and finding them are easy.

Remember those long grips you used on the first gens? Use those, I love bending them back onto my knees.

Enclose the motor well to keep ANY objectional heat off both riders BUT - use lots of venting with plenums to act as heaters when needed.

Windshield it so the rear rider remains in the protective air pocket - functional vents in shield and fairing to adjust air movement if needed (hey,, could be asking for servo operated shield but I dont care for more things to go wrong).

6 speed Over drive tranny.

Use GOOD solder, especially with ECU pins. QC the daylights out of it! DONT go cheap and trust the Chinese!!

Dont short us on wire harness leads so wiring is tight - xtra 1/4 inch really helps!!

Make fairing panels easy to remove but not so they fall off.

Supply printable shop manual disc and printed well written owners manual. Supply GOOD factory tire pressure guage.

Chrome is out for me, I LOVE dull stainless (like the pipes on the "New" V-Max),, matter of fact,, build mine with no rustable chrome and all dull stainless!!

Intercom, CB and radio would be nice.. Keep the tape deck.