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Wow! I’ve been riding for 20 years and I think I just had the most enjoyable 200 miles of my career. My 87VR has spent the last month in the stable going through some carb and grips and other fixes and finally got out today for a real ride. About 40degrees this morning and my new Avon heated grips were nothing short of Amazing! Met up with another couple and to park city we went for lunch. About half way there I remembered that there are side vents to the engine…opened those up and Wow what an amazing rush of warm air to my legs and feet!!!! Yamaha did that one right for sure! Had lunch at an amazing Motörhead inspired Mexican restaurant next to Park City. Went south through Provo canyon then back up I15 to home. Averaged about 85-90mph on 15 without a hitch. The bike rode amazing! For a couple minutes here and there I even forgot I was riding vs driving I was so comfortable. I hadn’t realized before I did the carb fixes that I had been fighting myself and the bike. Big thanks to all of you who helped me get through the albiet easy fixes but so necessary to enjoy the road. @luvmy40 Thanks for recommending getting grips with the throttle boss! I adjusted it a few times throughout the day and think I got it where I want, my hand didn’t go numb and I didn’t even realize I was using it most of the highway miles. @skydoc_17 thanks for the diaphragm/sliders and needle shims. Unlike my previous 80 maybe miles to the tank I did the last 110 miles today 80 of which high speed highway and still have two bars left.

They did get the snapped bolts out. The mechanic told me that he used an ‘Easy-Out’ and the came out pretty easy, (thank God). As of now, we are in a holding pattern until the new bolts arrive.

Great news @Pasta Burner. Glad that you got to were your at, even if at times you took the long road to get there.

Great to hear,,, Thanks for posting.

Hey Tom, I am very glad to hear that the Diaphragms and sliders worked well for you! There is No describing the joy, joy these First Gen. Ventures bring when they are running good. As I said, these bikes run rich naturally, and that only gets worse as these bikes age. The Needle Shim Mod is the Bomb for curing this issue! I've seen these bikes get 50 MPG's when driving closer to 65mph. I hope you have many, many more miles of trouble free riding, my friend! Great job installing all of the parts you recently acquired! Earl

For the top two I’d heavily protect the area and weld a nut on em and back it out with a socket. Just set a nut over the protruding bolt and mig weld inside the nut. The weld heat will release the loctite and they should easily back out. The big question is what caused this and why were they taking it apart.

You know what happens when someone rattles my cage and wakes me up.......

Can also be the seals on the water pump, there is a shaft that come out of the crank case to drive the water pump, has seals on one side to keep oil out of the coolant and seals on the other side to keep coolant out of the oil. Many of us have had to rebuild the water pump.

All parts came in, boots, seals, diaphragm and sliders, and needle shims. Put it all back together (aside from fitting the throttle cable correct, but it works in the half ass position). Correct C/E clips instead of alligator clips. Fired her up and synced the carbs. Carb sync took a little time because at first the carbtune wasn’t even registering and giving throttle stalled her out. WOW! What an improvement to have everything acting and reacting like it should! In the garage that is…hopefully the snow will be gone and roads clear on Friday to get out and do a road test.