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Horrible Howling
a1bummer replied to a1bummer's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Ok, this is what I found on further inspection. Before I pulled the collector off I tapped it a few times with the end of my large screwdriver. Something sounded like it was loose and vibrating. Then I took it off and tapped it a few times again. Same thing. But I noticed that when I held my hand on the ends of the collector and tapped it, it didn't make that sound. Upon further inspection I found two broken welds where the chrome shield was attached to the collector. I cleaned up the welds and took the collector down to the local shop to have the crack welded up for me. I'm gonna go pick it up here in about 45 minutes and put it all back together. Hopefully there won't be any more howling. -
Last week when I was getting onto a busy highway from a side road, at about 7000-8000 rpms or so, I started hearing a horrible howling. When I shifted, it went away, but it came back and then gone again as I went through the gears. It sounds as though its coming from the exhaust. It seems to be come and go depending on the rpms and/or how much of a load I'm putting on the engine. As in, if I'm going down the highway at about 70mph, it is hardly there. But if I start up a hill and I maintain that speed, the howling gets louder. Today I took off both mufflers and went down the road to see if it still made the howl. Sure enough, it does. When it hits the right frequency, I can even hear it over the extremely loud noise coming out of the collector without the mufflers. I took some loose baffles out of the collector a couple years ago that were rattling. After that the exhaust sounded a bit "hollow" but not to loud or annoying. This howl sounds similar but 100 times louder. I left one baffle in there that looked like it was still welded in place quite securely. I can't imagine it could make that kind of noise if that baffle came loose. It sounds as though when the exhaust hits the right frequency, it begins to resonate inside the collector and get louder. After everything cools off enough, I'm gonna try to stick my head and a flashlight under the bike and try to look down the collector and see what it looks like. Anybody else ever have this problem? I've never heard an engine make this kind of sound, so I'm assuming its the exhaust. I have another collector her that I was gonna try, so I could go through the process of elimination, but the mounts have been broken off. Anybody have an extra laying around they might want to sell? Thanks, Bill
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Doesn't get much simpler that that. Thanks!
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Class acting up
a1bummer replied to a1bummer's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Thanks, I'll look into it. I'm assuming the valve assembly is those three little dudes between the desiccant canister and air pump under the trunk? -
Lately when I try to put some pressure into my suspension, according to the class, the pressure goes up kind of fast but the bike doesn't go up at all. The first time this happened, it worked fine 6 or 7 miles later down the road. I'm not getting any kind of error code or anything. This happens on the front or rear, doesn't matter. Any ideas? Thanks, Bill
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I'm leaving before I forget to remember why I'm here.
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A couple question for you guys who might know off the top of your heads. First, I'm replacing all my turn signal bulbs with LED's. So I need to change my old load resistor type flasher and hazard relays with new electronic relays. Do any of you know right off hand what the electronic equivalents to the FU257CD/NIPPONDENSO flasher relay and the FR-9H22/MITSUBA hazard relays are? Second, Will the self canceling unit still work as it should, or will it have to be replaced as well? If it will need to be replaced, what is its electronic equivalent? Its model/manufactures #'s are YH-001/MATSU****A. If this guy won't work properly after the LED conversion and there is no electronic equivalent, it's no big deal. I usually cancel the turn signal myself anyway. But it would be nice that it work as it should for those times when I forget to turn off the dang thing myself. Thanks, Bill P.S. I already remedied the flashing LED on the dash problem. I simply jumped the reed switches on the computer instead of going with those inline resistors. I was just to damn cheap.
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LOL! Thanks guys. Where did you say you live?
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Hey! It's been a while since I've been able to visit you guys. A while back someone had a thread going keeping us updated periodically on his project. He was putting 2nd gen gears into his 1st gen. Anybody remember who that was or could you point me to the thread? I'm not finding very quickly using the search method. I've been curious how his project was going. Thanks, Bill
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Replacing seals
a1bummer replied to a1bummer's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Are your referring to this little guy? #23 P/N 90430-06014-00 If so I'll check it out before I do any of the seals. Thanks, Bill -
Very well put. In college statistics courses, they teach you how to look between the lines for just these reasons. Always be suspicious of how the data was taken, for what reason, and by whom, etc. But I myself wouldn't mind having anti-lock brakes. Though I don't think the guberment or insurance companies should make it mandatory. Especially insurance companies. Look how much pull they have in our lives already.
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I'm trying to stop a slow oil drip that appears to be coming from the left side of the crank/trans case. So I'm going to replace the clutch shaft oils seal (93109-08061-00), and the shift shaft oil seal (93102-12106-00, (SD 12-22-5 HS)). I was also gonna shim any loose or worn areas while I was in there. Is there anything else I should be looking at down there that may be causing the drip? I don't want to be having to crack open things any more than I have to. Thanks, Bill
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Ditto! Ever since I started riding the back roads almost everywhere I go, I seldom have any troubles with any cagers trying to kill me anymore. When I was running the freeways and main drags most of the time, it would be at least a 2-3 times a week. Even in my car, it's dangerous on those freeways and main roads. Two days in a row this week I almost had front bumper taken off by people moving into the left lane where I was, because there were cars coming down the on ramp. Both times there would've been an accident if I hadn't of hit my brakes.
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I'm guessing that it would be fair to say that a certain percentage of those accidents are caused by bikers screwing around.
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Thanks Guys, that should do the trick. Bill
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Looks sharp. Better than mine by a long shot. Of course I was just going for function over form. The trunk rack mounted on the lid is a nice touch. FYI... those nets found in the trunks of a lot of cars work great if you put one inside the trailer. They also work great to hold things down on top of the trailer when needed. I also cut one down a bit and it works great for holding down groceries and other stuff on the back seat.
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Where can a guy get a copy of the VentureRider logo? I was thinking of getting some vinyls made up for my helmet and truck. I also was thinking of having a master cylinder cover engraved with the logo. Thanks, Bill
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Not long after the attack of 911, an adult video/toy/mag., etc. store put up a GIANT American flag on the tallest pole he could find. Miles before you got into town you could see this GIANT flag waving in the wind. I thought it was an appropriate response to those who oppose this country. Then the city got its undies all in a bunch citing that it was to high. Later they said it was to close to the airport to be that high. The officials at the airport said they were plenty far away and that the flag wouldn't interfere with air traffic. The battle went on for some time in court. I never did hear what the final verdict was, but the flag is still there just as high as it was from the start. A few other companies in the area also got giant flags soon after. Though not as high in the air.
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My last Avon wore through the cords at about 7-8 thousand miles. The Metzler after that got even less. When I put on my next tire, which was another Avon, I could feel that something was wrong with the way my bike felt. I replaced the bearings in the rear wheel and the bike felt much better and now I've got about 10,000 miles or so on that same Avon and it still has about 50% of the tread left. To bad that same tire is having the sidewall cracking issues. I got another one hanging on the wall in the garage/nursery that I got under warranty waiting for this one to get burnt off.
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I'd say it's worth a try. You could put the grass/hay through a centrifuge to reclaim most of the oil so it could still be refined. Salons and vet clinics have been collecting the hair for the same purpose. There's also Petroleum Remediation Product (PRP). I haven't heard anything about it being used on this oil spill yet. There's also S-200. I'm not sur if it's based on the same beeswax technology, but it would also break down the oil naturally. Petroleum Remediation Product (PRP) http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/322180/petroleum_remediation_product_prp_biodegradable.html S-200 Oil Remediation http://www.iepusa.com/our-products-mainmenu-33/s-200-mainmenu-50.html
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Oops! My bad LOL! Dang ADHD!
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How about some of those gloves with the gel inserts? At least I thing they were gel anyway. I know we had discussed them here a while back. I can't remember who made them though. I'll have to do some searching. Found them here. http://www.qwinerveprotector.com/MotorcycleGlove.html I might have to try some myself.
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Good idea, Thanks.