Minimum wiring to fire plugs

[bobodu]

Just found the forum and need some help. Never owned a Venture but bought a pretty badly mangled 84 for $100. After stripping away the broken plastic, I'm left with pretty much just the chassis harness. I would like to know what the least I have to do in the way of wiring to see if she will fire. I can wire the solenoid by instinct....but I know nothing about the ignition side. Even a simple diagram of the ignition system would be of great help. The tranny is questionable at this point and suspect, but if I can get her to pop, I can decide if it is worth further effort and expense. Looks like a bobber project...

[Patch]

Hmm

 

 

Start here

 

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?13-First-Gen-Tech-Library-READ-ONLY!

[Patch]

Don't forget to signup!

 

Patch

[Flyinfool]

The wiring diagrams are in this thread, Pick out the one that matches your bike.

 

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?42358-1st-Gen-Wiring-Schematics-1983-1993

[bobodu]

I think I was able to find what I need in a service manual. Very hard to see. Maybe I'll just scrap it.

[BlueSky]

For inspiration.

 

[zagger]

My 83 venture was crashed and totaled. I took off all the plastics and all the wiring (bit by bit). I only wanted the engine, some of the frame, and the wheels. I'm quite happy with the final result.

zag

[Patch]

Well blue nice restoring!

 

Zagger quite the concept, what is he idea with the forks? Do you bush ride a 1000lbs often?

 

Patch

Edited June 13, 2018 by Patch

[zagger]

Well blue nice restoring!

 

Zagger quite the concept, what is he idea with the forks? Do you bush ride a 1000lbs often?

 

Patch

 

I originally raked the front end and put on extended forks - just to try having a chopper style bike. But I hated the slow handling due to the 9 inches of trail on the front end. So I built the leading link forks that I have been using for a few years. Of course, I couldn't find any plans or anything so I just designed it myself and used snowmobile shocks as the springs - they use compressed air and their stiffness can be adjusted by adding or removing air from a valve. The leading link design shortened the trail dimension down to about 3 inches - roughly like what sport bikes have. Even though the front wheel moved forward several more inches, the handling improved tremendously and, strangely enough, the front end has zero "flop" when the bike is parked.

 

If I ride to some bike thing, I usually have a few riders checking it out and wondering what the heck they are looking at. Since the carb intakes stick straight up, I had originally thought of mounting a supercharger on top of them. But after finding that the bike is quite fast as it is, I decided not to risk busting the engine with the supercharger and just left it like it is. It can easily do 120mph or more - which I used while passing a long line of Harleys on a back road. Just for the odd experience, I brought it on a 2 day gravel road ride with some Adventure Rider folks out in western Wisconsin along the Mississippi river. It surprised me on how well it handled - everyone else had a dirt bike.

zag

[Patch]

"which I used while passing a long line of Harleys on a back road. Just for the odd experience, I brought it on a 2 day gravel road ride with some Adventure Rider folks out in western Wisconsin along the Mississippi river. It surprised me on how well it handled - everyone else had a dirt bike."

zag

 

And that sounds a lot easier than it is. There a sound racket that takes you by surprise as it is literally buffeting your senses as you start to move past:)

There's only 2 options once you make that decision, back off or let those pony's loose! Yep 2 old guys on 2 old Ventures past a long line of noise last fall.

 

No way would I attempt off road anything on mine, way to old..

 

Well interesting project thanks for sharing

 

Good thing we're not neighbors, we'd be in trouble with our Ladies, too many hours Frankenstteining in the shop lol

 

Patch