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I agree Sir Bongo... One of the issues why, IMHO,, is that when they ditch the mid ship foot pegs and make having your feet in that forward ride position an absolute instead of it being a choice, you loose the controlability that comes with having your legs/feet planted under you and also the option of stand up riding (which, IMHO, is one of the best ways to ride if your looking for real control). Another issue revolves around ground clearance for cornering and passenger seat height differences between them and the driver. Having the weight higher does reduce the flickability IMHO... Of course,,,, if your spoiled like Vaz and have both then I guess none of this matters but we also discovered that the 1st Gens are also wayyyyyyy faster which,,, at least in my case makes em that much more funner too

As I mentioned before and maybe what got you looking at your volt gauge in the first place .40 , if your stator or regulator is acting up (and what you are describing is exactly what I had issues with on mine, those issues being irractic running/popping too = that being the reason that I suggested checking that in the first place) running strange at idle or under a load just off idle can be symtomatic.. All that said, I would definitely pull the side cover and ohm out the three white stator wires, do a voltage test at the battery to double check your dash meter.. In the end, unless the stator shows absolute signs of problems after testing and cleaning those terminal leads (suggest hard wiring those leads = that terminal has always given me fits) - I would give that regulator an evil eye close look,, replacing that puppy seems to have fixed my similar issues with popping/sluggish off idle/idle. On another note,,, I have found that a lot of decel popping/backfiring/little fartish type noises can and usually are attributabul to air leaks in my exhaust system.. It is amazing IMHO how one little hole or loose gasket can cause so much ruckus. Personally, because I am always running over stuff and/or even seem to find myself changing back tires so the gasket on my right side muffler never really seals correctly,,,,,,, my bikes always pop and snarl at people on decel and will even do the big bang thingy (fun if timed perfectly and done next to a person driving a car while on the cell phone ) as the fresh air thru the leak meets those hot gasses inside the system.. Maybe check your exhaust system for air leaks..... Lots and lots of things like pin holes in diaphrams, poor sync and poor tune up or even sticky brake calipers can cause poor MPG IMHO,,,, but I think you got a handle on all that.... And even on another note yet, Maybe its time to check out dropping your metering rods on the slides by shimming them down. IMHO, the down draft design of our carbs with the side mount slides (and the constant "bounce" of those slides cause we are talking CV carbs) is a little more susceptible to emulsion tube (or what ever ya wanna call that brass tube that the metering rod slides into) oblonging/wear. I have a theory that when this happens, as the metering rod is closing off the main jet to allow only pilot/idle jet circuit to operate - if its oblonged,,, raw gas can enter thru the wear area and BINGO = running fat,,,,, getting poor MPG can result.. I dropped those metering 65 thou worth of nylon shims on Tweeks instantly got my fuel economy back and also lost the heavy exhaust odor and dark coloring on her pipes.. Bottom line I reckon,,,,, keep playin with the thing,,, you'll get it!!!!! just dont let er wear ya down in the process..

:sign yeah that::sign yeah that: and practice, practice, practice = right Sticky?

So sad and happens wayyy to often IMHO Ready!! I think someone should start a thread where we all share in defining what "ride safe out there my friends" mean to them.. As bikers sharing the roads with folks who, many of them anyways, obviously really dont care what happens to their fellow man/woman - I think part of riding safe for us entails something along the line of not just riding our own vehicle but also developing the ability to predict/determine what the other driver(s) around us are going to do.. One thing for sure,, the open road is no place for practicing the basics of throttle, clutch, brake control - things that should be done out of habit way before he/she hits the road so the rider can use his brain power to "drive" those vehicles, like the one who hit the 50 year old in your story, for the people out there who are behind the wheel but absent in all other ways....... Sad

Sure... Gather up 4 little clear glass baby food jars or something similar and drain each carb off into its own jar. Let them set for a few hours and then look closely for sediment/water/debris gathered in each jar.. Worth a peek IMHO..

Heyyyy,, may look/sound dorky but it can't hurt and it has worked for me for years....

Anything appear in the mail yet @Captaineasy520 ?

the day that he left the keys in his bike when he fell asleep at our house This is our very first time of riding one of the 2nd Generation Yamaha Ventures (after spending 31 years riding 1st Gens and wearing out 5 of those - we are on our 6th one - one would think we would have upgraded by now LOL) - we owe a HUGE thank you to our dear friend David/VideoArizona for loaning us his bike while he rested at our home after traveling 2000 miles to come visit us!! We had always heard about the misgivings of this amazing motorcycle when attempting slow speed manuevers.. Given, my friend has this bike dialed in it's suspention but I/we found this machine very agile at slow speed riding. Keep in mind when viewing that this was our first attempt at this and, as always IMHO, things can be improved upon with just some good old fashion parking lot practice time... It did AWESOME IMHO Vaz!! NICE SCOOT!!

I'd put a set on Tweeksis too but being a 1st Gen, she'd have em straightened right back out after a couple times of wickin her up anyway so it would be a pointless manueuver IMHO :crackup::guitarist 2::guitarist 2:

After borrowing a friend of mines bike while he snoozed at my house from being tired after riding from Arizona to Michigan (he left the keys in it LOL) - Tippy (my wife) and set out to solve some of the worlds deepest mysteries/questions - like do the 2nd Gens "whine" louder than the 1st Gens - and actually did go home with some answers!! Yep,, IMHO,, the 2nd Gens are a little louder.. THANK YOU VIDEOARIZONA FOR LETTING US RIDE YOUR AWESOME SCOOT!! NICE SCOOT and what a special treat brother!! HI VAZ!!

Probably has nothing to do with nothing but one of the things I learned early on while out CTFW on a MotoCross track or even Hare Scrambling/racing Enduro's was this thing that I call Trail Braking = defined by yours truly as the act of steering the bike thru the berms, hair pins, between the trees and even setting up for jumps at speed by both body language input with the knees into the side of the tank and applying the rear brake.. For me,, 95% of the actual stopping of those bike when coming in to hot was performed with the front brake - and this was in some narliest, slipperiest, soft sandish of conditions that I knew of... Fast forward thru the years of using the same techniques on our 1st Gens and into this day when, as my bucket list bike I am playing with an early model MotoGP liter bike (it is one of the ones produced before they detuned and applied speed limiters to them of 186 mph) and I gotta say,, it is amazing how similar braking design tactics are/were sewn into these precision built race bikes riaght from the factory IMHO.. The reason I say this is because, at least IMHO, the rear brake on my R1 is about useless as an actual stopping brake but is an absolute essential tool for at speed cornering (enter that same old "trail braking" thingy that I utilized for many many years in a completely different environment. This is gonna sound nuts but, with the R1 (as with my Ventures, other street scoots and all my woods/track bikes) if you are ripping a buck 50 and you wanna stop = you apply 1 finger pressure to the front brake lever and using as a machinist would use micrometer = you can literally control your stopping power to the point that the rear wheel will raise off the ground (these kids that grew up on these amazing bikes and have aquired high levels of skills with them - from practicing A LOT - call the raising of the rear wheel like a reverse wheelie a "stoppie".. I have personally seen watched highly skilled riders/brake users ride down a MotoGP from 170 mph to 0 in a stoppie = those front brakes have that much controllable stopping power!!! If you look at one of the bikes I am talking about you will quickly notice the huge difference in both caliper and rotor size front to back.. IMHO, this is telling evidence that by design,, the stopping power is up front and the rear wheel braking must be about something else.. When riding one of these bikes (any bike for that matter - IMHO) at speed, it only takes a couple times of pushing it in a corner to realise that front brake usage when cornering is not a good plan - touch the front when in a good lean and the scoot wants to right itself.. Use the rear brake and, even though it does not feel like you have much stopping power - what you do have is speed scrub while maintaining lean angle = kind of strange when ya think about it.. I know,,, I boring you lop eared varmints and I'll shut up but that is the kind of stuff that pops into my mind when reading about brakes and scoots.... Dorky eh

@videoarizona , could you do me a favor Vaz,,,,, when we were going thru the AWESOME pics on your phone while you were here you showed me one you had snitched off the internet of yours truly stretched out on Tweeks - it was an unplanned impromptu shot that I think was takin at our Bike Time here in town.. If you get a second and happen to see that pic again,, is there a chance you could post it up or send it to me... I would LOVE to have a copy of the two of us out doing our thing... I know, vanity of vanities and all that

You lop eared sneaky petein picture snappin varmint @videoarizona = !!!! You just wait till our time on the ol western trail gets here (and its comin),,,,,,, ol Pucster, young Tipster and beat up ol Tweeksis are gonna your ways!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heading out to the slab to strap on the E4 for the ultimate test Vaz,,,,, gonna get us some of that country you keep showin off!!! P.S. = sooooooooooooooooooooo glad the tire swap I had the honor of helping you with is staying together brother!!!!! Keep it spinning = that's the key Vaz!!! P.S. P.S. (wearing out my "p", "s" and "." buttons here) - just found Tip and my two up slowride video adventure on your bike that we took when you were snoozing at our house and left your keys in your bike:biker:,,, gonna set it to upload to Youtube while I am out playin in the garage!! ,,, lucky you didnt end up hitch hiking home cause Tweeksis REALLY enjoyed the company Love ya brother me

.45, at exactly 14:42 in this little video the idle adjustment screw is right above my index finger. I was getting ready to reach in and turn it but the motor was hot and I had to default to a screw driver to do so (not shown in vid). The screw is a knob with a phillips screwdriver head in the center of it and is located low/under and between the drain hoses on the left side of your bike (left as when you are sitting on the bike,,,,,,,,,,,,,, same side as the shift lever). For air/screw setting,,,, aside from having/using an actual exhaust sniffer - using the tool I am showing you in the ebay link is probably one of the most accurate ways in my untrained opinion. It gives you a window into the combustion chamber so you can adjust per flame color (blue burn being best). Other than that, it's a matter of ear and finding the lean setting that creates the fastest idle = delicate job. Heres the ebay link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gunson-COLORTUNE-Carburetor-Adjustment-Tool-12mm-SHIPS-FROM-USA/232813706940?epid=13020431292&hash=item3634c73ebc:g:J~IAAOSwHNxaL~W2 and tthe vid:

OUTSTANDING YOOP!!!!!!!!!:clap2::dancefool::dancefool: Now thats what I call gettin er done brother!!!! :thumbsup: Sounds like your doing awesome on that rear tire IMHO. Dont know about you or others but it always seemed like the last 1/2 of my rear tires like to evaporate quicker then and the 1st half (especially if the roads ahead involve hot desert tarmac). Sounds like you are well versed in already doing so, but it may not be a bad idea to keep an eye on er. It will be interesting to see what you come up with for total miles out of it. How's the MPG's? F.I. and running high torque w/ overdrive - my guess is +40? Thanks for the pic and the ride along = both greatly appreciated and enjoyed!!!

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:ice_awesome-vi46644:You_Rock_Emoticon:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is this not possible on a 2nd Gen because of the exhaust system?? @videoarizona - I should have paid more attention to this when you were here!!!

Especially if your tach is actin wacky IMHO...

Not sure on how the FJR unit transfer Faithful... I suppose as long as its showing proper response to throttle input (touch the throttle and volt meter needle should pop right up there,,, no creepish movement stuff... Also,, turn on a blinker at idle and pull the front brake in to activate the brake light = watch the meter and rev it a little,,, that meter should bounce right to life with the crack of the throttle. My guess is that if its sluggish,,, your issue may be related to a failing Regulator or,,, possibly a weak stator... Any idea if your scoot has the updated oil splash/crank bolt with orvice?

:clap2::clap2::clap2::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::thumbsup:!!!! Ya done got the palm of my trigger finger hand itching like crazy ya lop eared tent tossing varmint:big-grin-emoticon:!!!!!!! Of course,,,, and you KNOW if I dont say this someone else is gonna so I may as well get it out there: ,,,, Quick Beast,,, toss something up here so another more varmint dont hop in here and make with the: stuff By the way,, gotta ask,, you bump into any of the goathead pickers yet?? Nasty pokers those 3 prong tire stabbers can be!!!

YOU DA BEAR,,, I MEAN MAN FOZZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:dancefool::dancefool:

:sign yeah that: I would also pull the plugs if it hasnt been done in a while and drop in a set of stock spec, nothing fancy NGK's and gap em at 32 thou so they got room to grow.. Being the smaller plugs, I have always found them to be more sensitive to blackening from a little over chocking which a good habit of getting it off choke at start-up may help prolong life of the plugs.. On another note,,, I just went this with Tweeksis,,,,, idle and just off idle running eratic = missing under a low R load... Any chance your volt meter may be acting slightly sluggish and not as responsive to throttle (jumping right up to 14 volts at 1500/2 grand?? That stammering and slight bucking and sluggishness at low R's cleared right up when I replaced the Regulator... At first I thought I was seeing/feeling a weak stator but, at least at the time,, it appears that it was all in the Regulator... Just something to check if nothing else!!! Puc

My 1st Gens have all responded well to and did great on 15/40 cheap Dino here in the ambients of the Mid-West but when it comes to the 100 degree + tempts of the desert regions with its AWESOME no bug riding and AWESOME endless beauty = all of mine have LOVED stirring the 20/50 and had no problem turning it to a water like fluidity by the time 3 or 4k miles were gone and that new Shinko on the back end had turned to black dust accumulated on the saddlebags and was almost ready for change too:big-grin-emoticon:...

Awe,,,,,, you and your family are more than welcome CaptN:thumbsup:,,,, always more than happy to stand by a fellow biker in need - especially one who stood by/for me in supporting our precious way of life my brother!!!