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WOWZY,,aint got near the time with these things as many of the guru's around here but I aint NEVER seen nuttin like that before.. Personally, that would never work for me - it would be laying under the scoot and oil would be shootin out of the front of my motor on our first day headed west.. Not good IMHO.. On the same token though, spinning a filter on and off would sure be east.. Do you know what they are suppose to look like Ponch? I can snap a pic for ya if you would like..

If I were in your shoes and I had a pretty good idea that the previous owner didnt just refill a totally dry clutch system that he had discovered dry after the bike had sat for a long time here is where I would begin. The high spot that I have discovered in the clutch system is where the clutch line bango's (or connects to) the master cylinder - the master cylinder is whats in front of the clutch lever.. I would pack the area under and around the master with rags and cover the scoot under the area cause hydraulic fluid is pretty nasty stuff, Now I would swivel the bars so the master is level, pull the cap and gently pull the clutch lever and gently release = wear saftey glasses until you get the hang of the system = a working master will spit in your eye.. You will see two hole in the bottom of the resevoir - the foward hole (as I recall) is the return hole and it is tiny.. Take a piece of wire out of a wire brush and poke thru it to make sure its not plugged. Not seeing much action = lay the cover back over the res, loosen the bango bolt that holds the line on - loosen it carefully and little at a time and squeeze the lever and see if you dont get air out of there.. Hold the lever at bottom against the bar and tighten the bango. What you are doing is bleeding the system from the master first = does that make sense? Now with the bango tightened back up slowly release the lever and repeat.. Checking for resistance on the lever as you bleed - do you know what I am saying by that statement? If nothing comes out at the bango joint, make sure you are loosening the banjo bolt enough to get fluid past the crush washers.. If you are and it just wont respond (this happens about 50% of the time when I am dealing with a scoot with issues like you describe) you may have to completely remove the bango bolt - pull the line back away from the master and use your finger tip in the hole of the master to bleed against. Just raise the line up so the fluid dont leak out, or have someone help you by placing their finger tips over the holes in the line so it dont leak. Now hold your finger tip gently over the hole where the bango goes into the master. Now pump the master with the lever. It takes a little practice to feel air against your finger - you just have to lightly let the air escape until the master primes.. after you have done this a number of times it only takes a second to get the master to prime.. After its primed and your getting solid fluid against you finger and you cant stop the pressure as you squeeze the lever no matter how hard you try, reattach the line, bleed it off at the bango and tighten er up.. Good chance you will have a clutch.. Hope this helps!! OPPSSSS, sorry Kid,, forgot my manners,,,, WELCOME TO VR!!! Hope you find the place so inviting that checking in on a daily basis to watch (and participate in) the crazyness unfold becomes an addiction LOL!! Glad to have ya!! Puc

Well,, I aint no engineer and actually,, just barely a back yard mechanic but have been actively involved in riding high horse, high torque scoots for many years and have noticed (at least what it "feels" like to me) that any time you add anything to the drive train that take umphhh to make it move you loose HP/Torque.. I have always theorized that when it comes to work being applied (just moving a bike forward under its own power = work) there is nothing free = every work cost in horsepower or torque.. You use the motor to spin a balance shaft you are using a certain percentage of available horse power, you use horsepower or torque to move added weight on a flywheel = it cost,, nothings free, the power you used that would have been available for another application = like maybe making the taillight on a v-4 disappear just a little slower is no longer there as it was used for another application.. Another theory of my pea brain is one I call Horsepower to weight raitio = that being that the exactly the same horsepower or torque available for matching bikes only add 100 pound of weight on one of those bikes = the heavier bike will be slower because its available horsepower is being spent to pull the xtra weight = nothings free.. BUT,, I got no book learnin to prove my theories, only the feel of the seat of the pants.. And concerning the mass of the piston changing direction.. There are, and have been for years, companies that produce forged pistons to be used instead of stock - cheaper cast pistons to mitigate the tendency of grenading as the mass changes direction = exactly what I am speaking of.. They do the same thing with rods and cranks.. All kinds of metalurgy studies have been done and, I personally have experienced a HUGE tendency for these parts to be stronger.. Another thing that is commonly done in performance market is the balancing of parts.. Also blue printing of motors to get the tolerances as close to perfect as possible = time consuming but = as I mentioned in comparing water cooled to air = tighter tolerances and being able to hold them are necessary when chasing performance..

Not even with a very very strong hurricane type tail wind.. Telling ya,, it pulls like a stock 88 inch Harley. A couple weeks ago my neighbor with his 103 inch modded Ultra, another buddy with his new CVO 110 inch Harley, another buddy with his 79 Wing and another buddy with his 103 HO Ultra Low had it out.. As always,, that beat up ol worn out Tweeks took off out front and never looked back.. At 125 the closes scoot was the CVO and it was a long way back there in rear view.. Telling ya Jeff,, I rode this new one,, it is wayyy neutered.. I personally have nephew that owns a Strat with that basic motor (Crank, pistons, rods, valves, push rods) and this new one aint even close to it and Tweeks will clean up his Strat real well.. My theory of the xtra balance shaft and xtra alternator = while being cool = has neutered that motor.. No idea of any one else on here has experience with adding weight to a fly wheel to tame hard hitting engines down but truly,, this is VERY common in the world I come from (big bore 2 stroke MX race bikes).. It is VERY common for folks learning to handle high horsepower and torque to do this so they have a little forgiveness room to learn to handle the power.. Not making this up,, hold on a second I will hit ebay up for a fly wheel weight like I am talking about.. When I do,, take note of how tiny the weight is.. On a 70 horse KX500 =12 oz's will pull about 20 horse off it = fact.. Think about that number when considering what the xtra balance shaft and alternator added to the 113 weight wize... Here ya go https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1311.R3.TR10.TRC0.A0.H0.Xfly+wheel+w.TRS0&_nkw=flywheel+weight&_sacat=0

Your forgetting one HUGE thing in your advocacy for air cooled V-twins = that being that though, all your examples are not apples to apples cause they are water cooled motors.. Every thing changes when water cooling comes into play = tolerances can get tighter and so on and so forth.. Next thing to consider is your arqument actually supports my theory because we are talking 8 cylinder motors (actually wayyy closer in design to our V-4 than a V-twin). Take your math, and do the numbers on what a V-Twin motor would have to be (bore and stroke) to come up with the displacement you are talking about.. Just the imbalance harmonically that V-Twins have (especially when you move those cylinders as close together in degrees as the 113 is) and I promise you = without HUGE crank bearings and HUGE rods and HUGE balance shafts and HUGE compensators = that sucker would come unglued at anything over 2 grand.. What am I doin,, we aint suppose to be debating this stuff.. Causes grief to some folks.. Gotta say though, being from a engineering background = I am sure you get my point(s).. It is actually simpler than that - dont have to picket for V-4's,, just a name change to something like "Stratotourer" would have solved everything from my perspective.. That alone would have solved the whole debate,, well,, except for the "turning the touring world upside down" debate maybe but that debate would have been totally subjective until we see whether or not rider preference for air cooled v-twins actually produced the sales to show that indeed = Mom Yam was successful in doing so.. WHAT A BLAST :witch_brew::witch_brew::witch_brew::witch_brew::witch_brew: Dear Lord,, please forgive me for my ways.. Puc

I have seen numerous FJR's out adventure touring and WOWZY = ol Pucster is right there with ya ya lop eared White Washin varmint.. NICE SCOOTS!! Admiring them, I noticed that the rider legs seem to be splayed out for some reason.. While its possible that I was seeing things (the joy of riding my 1st Gens has been known to be soooo strong that I can get halluctional - extreme adrenaline rushes can do that cha know) - I would strongly advise that you take a moment and at least sit one before ya plop down any $$'s.. What am I saying,, you and I are exactly alike = aint prone to buy NUTTIN lest we know what we are gettin into = both worked wayyy to hard for our $$$'s!! On another thought Jeff,, with your background and understanding of the V-4,, cant help but wonder if you have owned a V-Max yet?? Seeing a fair amount of em around at decent prices (pre 1700cc).. Just saw a 99 for 3400.. Anyway,, I strongly suggest all of us motivated -sincere 1st Gen Venture riders own one before our time runs out - THAT is one amazing machine I tell ya.. Not on the same page as an R1 but still = the fun factor is there = there be magic between those bars!! Trust me,, ol Puc knows from experience what he is saying!! Either way and what ever you decide = your ALWAYS welcome to ride over for a Hot Dog ya know!! Prayers Up for your healing!! Puc

Un OPPPSSSS,, my bad! I thought I was still talking about the new Venture,, just realised we are talking Eluder and I have NO experience with those at all - havent even seen one yet so I spoke wayyy out of my place - have NOTHING tobase an honest opinion on the Eluder yet..

I failed to feel anything punchy about it,, at least the one I rode, nothing remotely close to a stock M8 or a stock Stratoliner for that matter. Neutered would be a closer way to describe it, very similar in pull to a few 88 inch twin cams I have owned.. Perhaps its the weight, perhaps the additional weight on the crank from the xtra balance shaft and the xtra alternator is sucking the heart out of it - dont know but I do know it is far from what I would consider punchy, IMHO..

Ya the top one looks like its used IMHO. It has wear marks where it looks like the shaft that pushes the clutch open was wearing into the pocket on the piston and it appears to me that the rubber that tucks in behind the piston is sticking out = thinking that is what appears to the prutusion your seeing. To see the area that has to be honed on a rebuild you have to drive the piston out..

Yep,,, me too = GLAD YOU ARE OK DUEY!! All the very best in locating the parts ya need my friend!!! We got attacked by a Jack Rabbit while CTFW on the back roads of Nevada over the summer - WHAMO = scares the living daylights out of ya dont it!! THANKFULLY Jack Rabbits tend to weigh less than a fattened up ol Coon!!! Glad your ok brother!!

I am SOOOOOOOOOO right there with ya my brother!!!:dancefool: ,, it would be like,,,,,, it would be like standing in line for a hot dog and having em hand ya a bun with no in it and sayin =There ya go,, all set!!!

While I TOTALLY love the way you think Snype (I really do), there are some things that are bound by the laws of physics and nature itself that create limitations and boundry's that simply cannot be crossed.. Simple things like Newtons 3rd law with states = "all actions have an equal and opposite reaction" still stand.. I know,, present philosophical thought is leaning in the direction of changing those time honored scientific standards (remembering how we were told that Tower 7 went down cause steel now melts at 600 degrees and most people believe that steel actually does now melt at that temp) but the fact is,, I dont buy into it so here are some thoughts on why I dont believe that air cooled, Big Inch V-twin push rod motor has the same capabilities that I spoke of. First, the more pots you have operating, the smaller the bore/piston diameter needed to make up an equivalent Cubic Inch/cc.. Follow that? Smaller pistons are inherently easier on all components within the system because of the weight/mass of the pistons/rods.. Think of this for a second, when a piston changes direction as the crank spins and the rod moves up and down with the piston on the end of it - the mass and weight of the piston is doing all it can to continue in the direction it is going when the crank demands it changes direction.. I will give ya this,, things like using forged steel instead of cast steel (IMHO - here is where that engineering point you made comes into play) can and does make a huge difference BUT - even with all the changes made = equal changes within the multi cylinder - smaller pot motor will also advance it up the chain = the lighter weight of the smaller piston will ALWAYS be to its performance advantage. Fact is, it is impossible for big pistons to be spun up in R's like a smaller piston can be spun up where a smaller piston can ALWAYS be spun at the lower speeds where the bigger pistons can safely operate at = make sense?? Dont be skeered to say NO Puc = I think your nuts cause I KNOW I can be hard to follow sometimes.. Now,, concerning water cooled compared to air.. Its a given fact that air cooled motors displace heat around their combustion chambers and jugs = it is why they have cooling fins in those areas. If a manufacturer - even Yamaha - says they have conquered the heat issue associated with riding an air cooled motor and those cooling fins on the side of the jugs are still present and not covered to protect the riders legs you can bet money on the fact that they are not telling the truth (IMHO). On the other hand, water cooled motors displace the heat from their engines differently so those cooling fins are no longer needed (matter of fact, some water cooled bikes have fake fins on their jugs to make them LOOK like air cooled motors - thinking about that makes me laugh for some reason ,, we people are soooo funny to me :rotf:) - in the end, moving the heat disapation away from the riders legs makes it less likely that the rider will be burned = make sense? Now with that said,, think on this.. As the size of the combustion chamber is increased - the more heat that is realized. That is why many of us geezers who actually spent touring time on the old 74 inch air cooled V-Twin Shovels can CLEARLY testify that those things were not even close to as hot on the legs as these new Big Inch V-Twins are.. Also in this package is the fact that the engines tolerances can all be much tighter on a water cooled motor than on an air cooled scoot.. Tight tolerances keep things glued together better and, IMHO, tend to make things last longer.. Probably boring ya, cant imagine I am not.. There are other things like viberation control so the motors dont self destruct, torque compensators needed to protect devices and components down the drive line sequence as a result of the weight/mass of huge pistons changing direction and all that stuff.. Bottom line,, and again, IMHO,, nope - aint no way,, aint no how an air cooled, big pistoned, push rod V-Twin stands the same chance.. PS = will hand it to ya brother = aint NOTHIN sounds as good as a 45 degree air cooled pushrod motor out makin taters... Although,, a Formula 1 race car (or even rung out R1 for that matter) all spun up does sound pretty neat,, IMHO..

Well,, at least ya know where NOT to hide the keys to your bike = over at Rivs, behind the fridge,, in box with a V-Max piston

Ok,, me n AZZI let this go on long enough,,, it was us BUT - we aint takin all the blame..AZZI's owner shoulda NEVER left those keys hidden inside that piston for that V-Max update inside that box behind that refrigerator where it was so easy to find.. I just stopped by and picked the lock to get a drink of water and noticed the key and that poor AZZI sat there with this look on er face = ......

WOWZY WOW WOW WOW = she is GORGEOUS Mama!! Congrats to you and that 1st Husband of yours sister!! ,, heyyy,, wait a minute here,, you didnt call her by name,,, a pretty little scoot like that, having served you so faithfully and no name?? ,,, looky = she's a Bike in shEEPs clothing if I ever did see one!!! Young lady (she's MUCH younger than Tweeksis) = if you havent already got a name = ol Pucster dubbs you "Beep":680:!! Beep = may your highways be smooth and your life full of many more wonderful miles of smiles as you continue to take such good care of your two owners and the 3 of you continue to bond!!

Its in Wisconsin over by Air Readys Tamale house but = https://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/mcd/d/absolute-auction-live-online/6296550269.html and it looks like they are REALLY getting ready to smack that gavel over there: https://www.proxibid.com/aspr/ABSOLUTE-AUCTION-OF-205-MOTORCYLCES/133274/Catalog.asp?aid=133274&p=2&sort=0#cnTb

Or, our thoughts and prayers are with you folks. Please tell sharon we love her and our Lord is with her! Prayers Up brother! Puc n tip

Glad to see you found one of your scoots issues Ponch. Unfortunately, I do not believe having the fuel shot off or not getting fuel to the pump will cause the pump to not continue pumping.. Not getting fuel to the pump will actually cause the pump to get louder as it empties itself of fuel. Now that you know you have voltage at the terminal (congrats!!) and you know the fuel was off - they next thing I would do is turn on the gas, plug the pump back in, take the handle of a screw driver and nock on the side of the pump right after turning the key on - maybe you will get lucky and the pump or points within the pump will go free and start pumping.. Make sense? If that doesnt work I would pull the pump, look at the cover on the back side, you will probably notice some plastic like bakolite stuff covering a small screw in the center of that cover.. Just chip the bakolite away, unscrew the little screw and pull the bowl shaped cover off the back of the pump = the points are under it.. The only time I had a pump failure in all the years of riding these things I was a long long way from home and it was hotter than a super heated boiler tube outside so I didnt bother ripping into it like I am telling you,, I just pulled the hoses, plugged em on my extra pump from my maintenance dept (right saddle bag), unpluged the terminal and plugged into the xtra and tie wrapped the whole mess behind Tips foot and we finished a 15k mile journey like that.. Pulled the old pump when I got home, opened it up and found out all I had to do was clean the pionts up a little and I probably coulda got home with it.. All that said and thinking about what you got going on here.. Thinking you REALLY have no idea what you have cause you have yet to hear it run = correct? Assuming this is so, here is what I would do: Get the top off a gear lube bottle - it will be long and tapered for filling rear ends.. Take that top and, after filling an empty quart of oil with gas, screw the top back onto the gas filled oil container.. Now pull the OUTLET hose off the fuel pump and attach that hose onto the end of the tapered cap of the oil bottle. Squeeze the oil bottle forcing fuel into the bowls of the carbs. Keep doing this until you feel the oil container refuse to push gas = carb bowls are full. Refill the oil container and leave it connected. Remove the air filter (should always do this in search of mice nests in old scoots your trying to bring back to life) so you can see down the carbs, take a long screw driver and press gently on the faces of the slide (DO NOT PRY IF THEY ARE STUCK) to see if they are stuck. If they slide freely, take a teaspoon of raw gas and put it in each carb with choke closed = hit starter and see if she will start. If it does, let it warm up while you keep the bowls full while gently squeezing bottle.. Also,, dont forget to check oil and water levels before doing this - no since in ruining a good motor trying to figure out whther thats what you have or not.. Hope this helps again. I have surgery at 9 in the a.m... If all goes well I will check here tomorrow night to see how ya made out.. Dont get discouraged!!! Have seen more than one scoot just like yours revived and ending up setting the roads on fire for 200,000 miles plus after being given a new lease on life!!

In all her fun loving, fully retired and donor bike glory - that be Tweeks!! My gosh,, I almost forgot,, I got a PM request from someone not to long ago for a "what ever happened to Tweeks" video!! THANKS FOR RATTLIN MY TIRED OL BEANER SNYPE!!! You betcha Ponch, glad I could be one of the positive assistances this time ... Got a question for ya,, thinkin there was another "Ponch" who was part of our club years ago,, think he got injured in a bike crash.. Your not he are you!!

I think I got it this time!! VOTE HERE - the Polls are open!!! PLEASE NOTE = PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ BELOW IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE CASTING YOUR VOTE!!!! Hello Touring Motorcycle enthusiasts!! Depending on how long you have been a motorcyclist, you may have heard of us, we are Yamaha and, as promised we are on another precipice in our history of manufacturing and releasing to you, the motorcycling community, yet another motorcycle that will indeed - turn our industry UP SIDE DOWN!! This time, we here at Yamaha have chosen to our focus our attention on the Touring Motorcycle segment - more specifically, on our highly popular Venture line!!! Before disclosing our new Venture please take a moment to reflect with us on other historic moments in motorcycling history where we, here at Yamaha, also turned one of the segments in our industry up side down. Perhaps you, or someone you know, will have experienced one of these amazing moments in history first hand and this little reminder will put a huge adrenaline filled smile on your face. If this is not the case for you, PLEASE have no fret, we here at Yamaha are about to offer you a first time chance and history making opportunity to experience first hand what the meaning of "TURNING THE MOTORCYCLE WORLD UP SIDE DOWN" entails when we at Yamaha set out to do exactly that!! ***The research and development we spent in producing the "RD" street bikes of the early 1970's instantly turned the street bike world of that era upside down when those bikes were released!! Many people who owned those early RD350's can testify to the excitement they felt as their friends, riding machines with 3 or 4 times the Cubic Inch/cc size of these little giant killers, stood in complete awe as they consistently were only able to view the little RD by catching a glimpse of its round tail light lens displayed on its chrome rear fender disappearing in front of them - the street bike world was turned upside down and changed forever.. The durability of this amazing 2 stroke motorcycle was also well known as many of them made it well beyond 50,000 miles before receiving their first top end job - something unheard of during the air cooled 2 stroke street bike days of the iconic 70's. To this day, the RD400/RD350 and its little brothers draw huge attention at motorcycle shows around the world and continue to demand very high value in Vintage Motorcycle sales. *** The biggest and foremost street motorcycle producer in the world has just released their 2018 line up. This competitor of ours and large organization has spent decades improving and attempting to engineer motorcycle suspention that could handle the endless variances associated with touring on a motorcycle, even in modern times. After endless attempts and large amounts of capital being spent on testing all forms of suspention methods - this company has chosen to use the Mono-Shock suspention exclusively on all their production motorcycles. A long forgotten fact to many modern day motorcyclist is that in the early '70's, we at Yamaha once again turned the motorcycle industry upside down with the introduction of our newly invented Mono Shock system - that is right, we at Yamaha invented this amazing method of conquering complex suspention needs of the motorcycling industry. Our early "YZ" motocross bikes, with their Yamaha invented and engineered state of the art mono shock systems, turned the motocross industry up side down when those early machines were released - ask any one who remembers those days of yesteryear about this fact!! Due mainly to this historic invention on our behalf - those early "YZ"'s also demand an amazing value in the sales of Vintage Motorcycles to this day and almost all of our competition is now using a form of our Mono-Shock invention in some form or another. ***Now follow the front wheel of your minds eye with us back to the mid 1980's. It was the beginning of what would become an endless pursuit of all motorcycle manufacturers to become the king of kings in the Muscle Bike segment. Although the competition was tough in this corner of the market place and endless idea's were tried, our little 1200cc/74 inch V-4 V-Max turned the motorcycling world up side down! By using our incredible Yamaha invention known in the history books as the "V-Boost" system, our little 1200cc V-Max is still the undisputed king of the Muscle Bike segment in its engine size to this very day. Proving once again and forever more that when we set out to turn ANY motorcycle segment UP SIDE DOWN, we do what we say and we mean business! It is also note worthy to note that our early Yamaha V-Max's also continue to demand very fair prices on the open market - certainly a testament to what can and does happen when any new motorcycle turns its competitive market place upside down!! ***In the late 1990's, we here at Yamaha once again turned the off road and track motorcycling industry up side down with the introduction of our 5 valve, formula one racing pancake pistoned, high horse powered and extremely responsive to throttle four stroke "YZF" motorcycles. We turned the dirt bike world and track bike world up side down again! If that was not enough, using the same technology we turned the GP course motorcycle segment up side down with the introduction of the 1000cc R1world class super bike which, to this very day, maintains itsnstatus in the top ten fastest production motorcycles in the world!! Obviously, when a motorcycle manufacturer like Yamaha continues to turn the segments within its industry up side down it puts the whole world on notice!! ***In 2009 we here at Yamaha once again turned the motorcycling industry upside down with our next move in the Muscle Bike industry by introducing the our all new 1700cc, fuel injected V-4 Muscle Bike. That unbelievable machine is nothing short of spectacular. As a matter of fact, by turning the "big block" Muscle Bike segment up side down like we did, our competition in the big engine Muscle Bike segment gave up on this segment and instead chose to continue to do battle with the 1700cc V-Max's little brother that was introduced way back in the 1980's, we continue to thrive in that segment on our own!!! The compliment of all compliments and a trophy for continually fulfilling our promise when we say we are going to turn a motorcycling segment - UP SIDE DOWN!! Fast forward now with us here at Yamaha to September 18th - 2017 as we are unleashing yet another one of our history changing motorcycles. This time our solid focus is on the ever challenging, large displacement touring motorcycle segment. We know from years of experience in this particular segment that the competition herein is nothing short of fierce - very similar in fact to the competition we faced back in every segment we listed above!! Our current 1700cc V-Max engine has now proven itself extremely durable under all forms of conditions. We now have several experienced big block V-Max riders with well over 300,000 miles on this motor and we are extremely pleased with that and what our own in house testing revealed before we released that icon game changing machine to you, the buying public!! Blantantly - there is NOTHING like real life experience and we now once again have it, who says history does not repeat itself!! For this cause, our RnD department chose the 1700cc V-Max engine as a platform to build upon for our all new, turning the touring motorcycle segment UP SIDE DOWN, Yamaha Venture. Many of our faithful Yamaha followers may also be aware that our RnD department has many decades of experimentation in Turbo Boosting within motorcycle applications. Using newly engineered and advanced electronic Ignition timing methods as well as all new Fuel Injection methods, we are now able to utilize twin turbo techology in conjuction with a detuned version of the 1700cc V-Max engine found in our history changing big block muscle bike to introduce an all new Venture that is guaranteed to turn the Touring Motorcycle segment UP SIDE DOWN!! Using our Electronic "Mode Selection" button on the handle bar - you, the new owner of one of these modern, water cooled, shaft driven, aluminum framed Ventures can select 1 of 3 modes of riding fun. While our "easy way out" and fully functional "rain mode" will supply you with 175 HP and 160 Ft/lbs of endless smooth power that is completely controlled by our anti wheel spin mode and anti lock fully linked braking system - a quick flip of the same button will boost up the new Ventures twin turbo's to deliver an amazing 225 rear wheel horse power while also delivering a whooping 230 ft/Lbs of torque at the same rear wheel all while leaving the handling of such fun to you, the experienced modern day Touring Rider!! Indeed - we here at Yamaha have once again - TURNED MOTORCYCLING HISTORY UP SIDE DOWN!! We here at Yamaha are urging all Touring Motorcycle enthusiast to locate a Yamaha Dealership near you and schedule a demo ride on one of these amazing new machines. After doing so, we encourage you to consider something. For any one interested in pre-ordering one of these history making machines, we are offering a 5 year, Unlimited Mileage, full Yamaha Factory Warranty! This warranty offer is ONLY being offered on new Venture pre-orders taken before 1-1-2017. Second year bikes will come with our famous 2 year warranty and, of course, a purchasable extended warranty service contract can still be purchased. Also note that pre-order Ventures before that same time period will include a FREE upgrade to the Venture S model. The Venture S comes with our newly released Info System upgrade among other "S" model upgrades.. Regardless of whether you choose to join us in this excellent opportunity to get in on the ground floor of motorcycling history in the making or if you choose to examine yet another one of us here at Yamaha having "turned the motorcycle world UP SIDE DOWN" by viewing one of your friends who have chosen to participate in this one time offer and, much like those who chose to examine our RD350, being happy with examining this new machine from a tail lights perspective - we invite each of you to experience history in the making too, test rides are FREE!! Last and foremost, as it has been expressed many times over and over, we bid you all the best in your touring motorcycling experience!! YAMAHA = TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!!

PLEASE NOTE = PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ BELOW IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE CASTING YOUR VOTE!!!! Hello Touring Motorcycle enthusiasts!! Depending on how long you have been a motorcyclist, you may have heard of us, we are Yamaha and, as promised we are on another precipice in our history of manufacturing and releasing to you, the motorcycling community, yet another motorcycle that will indeed - turn our industry UP SIDE DOWN!! This time, we here at Yamaha have chosen to our focus our attention on the Touring Motorcycle segment - more specifically, on our highly popular Venture line!!! Before disclosing our new Venture please take a moment to reflect with us on other historic moments in motorcycling history where we, here at Yamaha, also turned one of the segments in our industry up side down. Perhaps you, or someone you know, will have experienced one of these amazing moments in history first hand and this little reminder will put a huge adrenaline filled smile on your face. If this is not the case for you, PLEASE have no fret, we here at Yamaha are about to offer you a first time chance and history making opportunity to experience first hand what the meaning of "TURNING THE MOTORCYCLE WORLD UP SIDE DOWN" entails when we at Yamaha set out to do exactly that!! ***The research and development we spent in producing the "RD" street bikes of the early 1970's instantly turned the street bike world of that era upside down when those bikes were released!! Many people who owned those early RD350's can testify to the excitement they felt as their friends, riding machines with 3 or 4 times the Cubic Inch/cc size of these little giant killers, stood in complete awe as they consistently were only able to view the little RD by catching a glimpse of its round tail light lens displayed on its chrome rear fender disappearing in front of them - the street bike world was turned upside down and changed forever.. The durability of this amazing 2 stroke motorcycle was also well known as many of them made it well beyond 50,000 miles before receiving their first top end job - something unheard of during the air cooled 2 stroke street bike days of the iconic 70's. To this day, the RD400/RD350 and its little brothers draw huge attention at motorcycle shows around the world and continue to demand very high value in Vintage Motorcycle sales. *** The biggest and foremost street motorcycle producer in the world has just released their 2018 line up. This competitor of ours and large organization has spent decades improving and attempting to engineer motorcycle suspention that could handle the endless variances associated with touring on a motorcycle, even in modern times. After endless attempts and large amounts of capital being spent on testing all forms of suspention methods - this company has chosen to use the Mono-Shock suspention exclusively on all their production motorcycles. A long forgotten fact to many modern day motorcyclist is that in the early '70's, we at Yamaha once again turned the motorcycle industry upside down with the introduction of our newly invented Mono Shock system - that is right, we at Yamaha invented this amazing method of conquering complex suspention needs of the motorcycling industry. Our early "YZ" motocross bikes, with their Yamaha invented and engineered state of the art mono shock systems, turned the motocross industry up side down when those early machines were released - ask any one who remembers those days of yesteryear about this fact!! Due mainly to this historic invention on our behalf - those early "YZ"'s also demand an amazing value in the sales of Vintage Motorcycles to this day and almost all of our competition is now using a form of our Mono-Shock invention in some form or another. ***Now follow the front wheel of your minds eye with us back to the mid 1980's. It was the beginning of what would become an endless pursuit of all motorcycle manufacturers to become the king of kings in the Muscle Bike segment. Although the competition was tough in this corner of the market place and endless idea's were tried, our little 1200cc/74 inch V-4 V-Max turned the motorcycling world up side down! By using our incredible Yamaha invention known in the history books as the "V-Boost" system, our little 1200cc V-Max is still the undisputed king of the Muscle Bike segment in its engine size to this very day. Proving once again and forever more that when we set out to turn ANY motorcycle segment UP SIDE DOWN, we do what we say and we mean business! It is also note worthy to note that our early Yamaha V-Max's also continue to demand very fair prices on the open market - certainly a testament to what can and does happen when any new motorcycle turns its competitive market place upside down!! ***In the late 1990's, we here at Yamaha once again turned the off road and track motorcycling industry up side down with the introduction of our 5 valve, formula one racing pancake pistoned, high horse powered and extremely responsive to throttle four stroke "YZF" motorcycles. We turned the dirt bike world and track bike world up side down again! If that was not enough, using the same technology we turned the GP course motorcycle segment up side down with the introduction of the 1000cc R1 world class super bike which, to this very day, maintains itsnstatus in the top ten fastest production motorcycles in the world!! Obviously, when a motorcycle manufacturer like Yamaha continues to turn the segments within its industry up side down it puts the whole world on notice!! ***In 2009 we here at Yamaha once again turned the motorcycling industry upside down with our next move in the Muscle Bike industry by introducing the our all new 1700cc, fuel injected V-4 Muscle Bike. That unbelievable machine is nothing short of spectacular. As a matter of fact, by turning the "big block" Muscle Bike segment up side down like we did, our competition in the big engine Muscle Bike segment gave up on this segment and instead chose to continue to do battle with the 1700cc V-Max's little brother that was introduced way back in the 1980's, we continue to thrive in that segment on our own!!! The compliment of all compliments and a trophy for continually fulfilling our promise when we say we are going to turn a motorcycling segment - UP SIDE DOWN!! Fast forward now with us here at Yamaha to September 18th - 2017 as we are unleashing yet another one of our history changing motorcycles. This time our solid focus is on the ever challenging, large displacement touring motorcycle segment. We know from years of experience in this particular segment that the competition herein is nothing short of fierce - very similar in fact to the competition we faced back in every segment we listed above!! Our current 1700cc V-Max engine has now proven itself extremely durable under all forms of conditions. We now have several experienced big block V-Max riders with well over 300,000 miles on this motor and we are extremely pleased with that and what our own in house testing revealed before we released that icon game changing machine to you, the buying public!! Blantantly - there is NOTHING like real life experience and we now once again have it, who says history does not repeat itself!! For this cause, our RnD department chose the 1700cc V-Max engine as a platform to build upon for our all new, turning the touring motorcycle segment UP SIDE DOWN, Yamaha Venture. Many of our faithful Yamaha followers may also be aware that our RnD department has many decades of experimentation in Turbo Boosting within motorcycle applications. Using newly engineered and advanced electronic Ignition timing methods as well as all new Fuel Injection methods, we are now able to utilize twin turbo techology in conjuction with a detuned version of the 1700cc V-Max engine found in our history changing big block muscle bike to introduce an all new Venture that is guaranteed to turn the Touring Motorcycle segment UP SIDE DOWN!! Using our Electronic "Mode Selection" button on the handle bar - you, the new owner of one of these modern, water cooled, shaft driven, aluminum framed Ventures can select 1 of 3 modes of riding fun. While our "easy way out" and fully functional "rain mode" will supply you with 175 HP and 160 Ft/lbs of endless smooth power that is completely controlled by our anti wheel spin mode and anti lock fully linked braking system - a quick flip of the same button will boost up the new Ventures twin turbo's to deliver an amazing 225 rear wheel horse power while also delivering a whooping 230 ft/Lbs of torque at the same rear wheel all while leaving the handling of such fun to you, the experienced modern day Touring Rider!! Indeed - we here at Yamaha have once again - TURNED MOTORCYCLING HISTORY UP SIDE DOWN!! We here at Yamaha are urging all Touring Motorcycle enthusiast to locate a Yamaha Dealership near you and schedule a demo ride on one of these amazing new machines. After doing so, we encourage you to consider something. For any one interested in pre-ordering one of these history making machines, we are offering a 5 year, Unlimited Mileage, full Yamaha Factory Warranty! This warranty offer is ONLY being offered on new Venture pre-orders taken before 1-1-2017. Second year bikes will come with our famous 2 year warranty and, of course, a purchasable extended warranty service contract can still be purchased. Also note that pre-order Ventures before that same time period will include a FREE upgrade to the Venture S model. The Venture S comes with our newly released Info System upgrade among other "S" model upgrades.. Regardless of whether you choose to join us in this excellent opportunity to get in on the ground floor of motorcycling history in the making or if you choose to examine yet another one of us here at Yamaha having "turned the motorcycle world UP SIDE DOWN" by viewing one of your friends who have chosen to participate in this one time offer and, much like those who chose to examine our RD350, being happy with examining this new machine from a tail lights perspective - we invite each of you to experience history in the making too, test rides are FREE!! Last and foremost, as it has been expressed many times over and over, we bid you all the best in your touring motorcycling experience!! YAMAHA = TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!!

One of my favorite TV shows of all times was Hogan's Hero's. One of my favorite actors in that program was Richard Dawson - he starred as Corporal Peter Newkirk! So,, am I speaking to Corporal Newkirk,, gonna guess that I am!!! :dancefool: So,, Corporal Newkirk,,, INDEED - those beads have been working GREAT!!! Got number 5 well over 1/2 wore now and those balance beads aint missed a lick = definitely smooth as silk to infinity and beyond!! Someone, somewhere was inquiring about a video of the inside of number 5 (where those beads are rolling around) when I put Tweeks next new tire on - thinking it was one of the subscribers to my videos on You Tube.. That will more likely than not be till next spring BUT - might wanna keep your eyes here in the Water Hole cause as sure as we are Venture Riders,, it will happen and when I make that video I will more likely than not toss a copy into our Water Hole to see if I can make some ripples.:witch_brew: Thanks for asking,, Peter!!

See if this helps at all Ponch.. Only thing I think I missed here is that there are 2 bolts, not one, holding the pump bracket in place (didnt notice the other bolt until I bent down to pick up my screw driver after making this vid for you).. There is 1 bolt as shown in the vid at about 5 oclock - the other one is hidden back in along the frame rail at about 11 oclock.. That make sense? Maybe not.. I know,,, I KNOW = ol Puc only knows about half of what he thinks he knows and that half is even really hard to follow when he trys to explain it.. If ya need a pic of that second bolt - just holler..

Lots of really good info happening here!! As I recall the leads for the fuel pump terminate up under the side cover on the right hand side - I would unplug and check there for voltage first - it would be a quick way to tell if your issue may be other than the pump.. Gonna take a quick pic here for you if I get a chance.. Also, if it were mine I would try giving the pump a good rap on the backside where the points are if you have voltage at the terminal. Possibly nock the points loose and get er pumping again. Just a sec,, will see if I can show you where pump terminal is with a pic...

Did you ride it home Ponch or tow it? Reason I am asking is to know whether or not it has been running and this non starting business is something new. Gonna start out here by assuming it has not been started in a long time.. Assuming also the starter on the bike is spinning the motor over so we are not talking about an electrical problem at the starter or bad battery connection.. Set on the bike, lift the kickstand, turn the kill switch to "ON", turn on the key and you should hear the fuel pump come on and pump for a couple seconds -sound should come from left side by your foot - did you hear it? If not you may have a bad pump. Now turn the kill switch to off and back on again - pump should cycle again. Keep doing this till the pump slows down in its clicking and finally wont click any more = means your carb bowls are full. Close the choke = dont give it throttle - hit the starter and it should fire. If not, I would pull the fake tank cover - pull the air filter = look in there and see the throats of 4 carbs looking back at cha? Take a teaspoon of raw gas and dump them into each throat with the choke still closed. Now hit the starter and see if it fires = if it does = means your carbs are plugged and will need cleaning = no fuel getting into combustion chamber.. Yes,, could also be ignition but - by the sounds of things I would start with carburation (as described above) as this is kind of normal for scoots that have sat for a long time... Hopefully this will get you started doing something till one of our guru's jumps in to help!! Puc