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Welcome to VentureRider. What started as a simple site for riders of the Yamaha Venture, Royal Star, Royal Star Venture and the Star Venture has turned into so much more than that. Though the great Yamaha Venture motorcycles are still our primary focus, we have many members who have eventually moved on to other brands/models or who have stopped riding altogether but still remain members dud to the lifelong friendships they have made on this site.
Whether you have questions about your bike, looking for parts, or just wanting to talk motorcycles and riding, this is the place to be. Our members are friendly and welcoming to all. My name is Don, Freebird in the forums, and I started this site around 15 or so years ago. I have met many of our members at our various rallies and meets and some I only know from their posts here on the site but am proud to call them friends, brothers, sisters. I like to think of this as our club, not MY club. I try hard to implement features that the members request. It's not always possible but I do try.
This is a subscription based club. You can read messages in most cases but can't post, search, and etc. without becoming a supporting member. We do offer a free 2 month trial however so you are welcome to check us out before paying the small $12.00 per year dues. Upon expiration of your trial membership, you will lose the ability to post messages. At that time, you can click on "Store" and then "Subscriptions" if you wish to continue. We hope you like what you find here. We have few rules but the major ones are no religious debate, no political debate, and no "X" rated content, nudity, dirty jokes, etc. We are a family oriented club so please keep things PG or at least PG-13 rated.
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N3FOL 323
I haven't heard any latest sightings of drones in NJ or NY or PA lately. Op must be on a Christmas vacation.
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Freebird 7,034
Hello Charles.Clark,
Welcome to Venture Rider. Please feel free to browse around and get to know the others. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.
Charles.Clark joined on the 12/23/2024.
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sleepy2 409
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InfinitySurf 23
Was super careful this time around with these floats and am feeling good about it working properly this time around since I also found a thread earlier today where @V7Goose reset his floats a while back and used .034 or approx 8.4mm for his float heights and his write-up pretty much confirmed what I needed to change and how to measure (I think the 1st time I also used the skinnier float for the measurements not realizing that they sit lower than the fatter floats so I was originally probably closer to 9.5mm height which was No Bueno. Not sure how I missed seeing it previously since I searched a while back and didnt find it then but I sure as hell wont forget the lesson I learned doing it wrong the 1st time! Would have had to pull carbs back out anyway cause I realized after doing some testing that 2 of my 4 vacuum slide diaphragms didn't have a good air seal cause they shrunk some on outside diameter and are too deformed for me to make them work...figured out a neat trick to test them after install using air compressor to confirm they are properly seated. Anyway, set all the float heights at 8mm (using the larger float side on all 4 to measure height) and also held the carbs at approx 75 degree angle while measuring to ensure that the needle plunger was not being depressed at all since it doesn't take much pressure to compress them, even at 45 degree angle the weight of the floats will start compressing the plungers & throw the measurement off. Was one of the things V7Goose had in his writeup that made a lot of sense and worked very well. Thank you Goose!
Soon as the OEM diaphragms arrive in a week or so I will change them out and then put everything back together so I can re-test. Fingers crossed
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RDawson 2,035
3 hours ago, Skid said:No, this M8 motor doesn't vibrate.
Still gotta take the Harley jabs when I can get em. Nice bike.
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