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now that I did not know brother!!! ,,, maybe I should bring a few of the 2 cup coffee pots I have gathered from Hotel days long gone by and donate them at MD this year - bring an extra one just for you to carry in your suit case so what you had happen will become a mute subject in the future!! Now that I know from the Pro that the motels now have complimentary 1 cup pots Tip and I can purposely stop at couple motels during our travels this year and refill our coffee pot needs with the much more conducive to motorcycle touring single cup model... WIN WIN my friend,, thats what cha call WIN WIN!!

Right there with ya Mike,,, personally I like the old non-rappin country music myself like these two are singin... Even the backup singer found at 1.29 in this song is far superior to the modern country rap singers, IMHO of course..

I dont stay in a lot of motels,, matter of fact - last one I stayed at was some joint down in Ohio, but I always thought those little 2 cup coffee makers were part of the complimentary package like the paper, pen, soaps, toilet paper and the Gideon Book Wake up Don,,, WAKE UP!!!!!!! You fell asleep while watching Petticoat Junction and were having a nightmare my friend!!! Good thing you dozed off with your laptop open and your hand still on the keyboard so your fingers could inform us of the nightmare Boss!!! Thankfully we woke you up before you got to the point in your dream where Uncle Joe bursts into your room with a hot cup of coffee, trips and spills it on your computer!!! On a more serious note,, hopefully the day shift worker dont come in, walk into the room that the night clerk borrowed the coffee pot from, see it missing and turn in a slip for another missing coffee pot..

Adventure!!!

A grand or less if the seller cant prove the 2nd gear issue has been addressed, 2 grand or less if it has.. IMHO, those would be "good deal" numbers with out actually seeing the scoot.. Seeing a fair number of 2nd Gens when ya start talking larger numbers - especially above 3. As much as I hate to say it cause I LOVE my 1st Gens - they are older machines which contain a bunch of older parts and pieces... IMHO of course..

I LOVE chasing down fellow Venture riders too Edbo!! Someday, when I have the extra cash, I am gonna write a letter to Freebird and see if I can get permission to have some Venturerider.org "business cards" printed up to pass out to those Venture riders out there that I meet up with.. I have told lots of folks over the years about our site and often wonder if the reason I seldom see em on here is cause they cant remember our web address..

Jack, are the 2nd Gen Pumps completely different then the 1st Gens?

Right there with ya DJ - not my style either.. Not even close to these two fine country singers...

Oh, by the way,, how's the battery and charging system? Does it run better if you have it connected to a battery charger when you start it?

Might try another set of new plugs - these D plugs are very sensitive. Put in new plugs, start - if it will - with no choke, use as little choke to start it as possible. Let it idle and spit check each header to see if its hitting on all four - see if you can chase it down to one cylinder acting up. How olds the gas? Check it for moisture? Do a compression check? - may have a tight valve or two. Any funny stuff going on with the tach? Any odor or hint of anti freeze in exhaust? Also double check for vacuum leaks. Could be you have the spark advance vacuum line hooked up wrong or it is leaking? Top of my head thought - the 84 advances off the intake on #2 - same nipple you would use for syncing.. Any idea if the previous owner may have been fighting the same thing you are fighting? I only ask because its possible that someone roasted a TCI - picked up a TCI for an 83 thinking they were all the same. 83 had its own box, 84 to 89ish were the same. Only saying this cause it almost sounds like you could have something happening with spark advance..

@Eck 's Goldwing

Skies,,,, nothing but blue skies from now on...

OUTSTANDING FOOL!!!:dancefool::dancefool::clap2::clap2::thumbsup:

and if it happens on a 1st Gen you can hook a fuel line to the tank vent, blow thru the tube and maintain enough pressure in the tank to keep the carbs filled Glad you made it home ok Mike and hope you got er up and going!!

You are more than welcome @SAM I AM - glad we at least had a shot a helping you out and got to meet you:happy34:.. Wondering if you found out anything my friend? My daughters live not to far from you folks out there (Sac) and been hearing of some pretty nice riding weather - hope you got that Wing going and you and your wife are out chasing the wind Sam!! Puc

Reread your explaination of issues again Chock (I am really really thick skulled so sometimes it takes me FOREVER to comprehend - sorry bout that)... Another possibilty if its a "Fat" stumble is a float height adjustment or leaky float valve with a result of flooding a carb.. Did you guys check your float heights when you had it apart? Do you by any chance notice small dribbles of fuel on the overflow lines? If you look under the bike just in front of the swing arm you should notice the four over flow tubes hanging together. You might just check the ends of those four lines for dampness.. You could also centerstand the bike, turn the key on and off until the fuel pump stops pumping so the bowls are full - check the lines again, drain the bowls one at a time into baby food jars and see if you have one that shows over fueled.

Is it a to much fuel stumble when you wick on it (twist the throttle quickly) or is it a starvation stumble/bog? How is your air filter and are you trying to get it to run right without the air filter or airbox cover off - gotta have filter and cover on when tuning.. It is not uncommon for these old scoots to oblong the orvice that the metering rods ride in - this can result in a fattening up of the idle/mid range circuity and cause stumbling like you mention. You might take a couple minutes to read thru this: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?86325-Carb-metering-rod-question&highlight=tweeks+metering If your machine is not Canadian it will not have the normal "E" clips and multiple slots for adjustments on the meter rods. You will need to shim the rods with nylon washers. My bike, Tweeks, had a similar problem and I found by dropping the meter rods .065 worked perfect. Canadian 1st Gens have normal E clip adjustment for doing the same thing.. Does any of this make sense to you? If you problem is a lean condition you could also try raising the rods and see what happens. Another issue that I have experienced in dealing with what your talking about has to do with high resistance in the plug caps.. Maybe try unscrewing the caps from the wire, trim the wire back a 1/2 inch and rescrew the caps back on.. Also. depending on the caps - they may have resistors in them you can clean up.. Of course, the best thing to do is replace the caps - nothing like new if you have an issue there. You fellers got a set of gauges or a way to check carb sync? I would double check the diaphrams for pin holes, check the area where the diaphram attaches to the slides real well, triple check the slides for ease of movement in the throats, make sure the cover orings are in correct place and in good shape so its not sucking air and then drop a carb sync on it.. You might be surprised how far out it is after a dismantle of the carbs like you did.. edit - what a dork wad am I,,,,, I just reread your original post and noticed you had that covered already:doh: my bad:detective:

are red my love,,, violets are

we really are brothers I once had 66 Plymouth I bought for 25 bucks (scrap price back then) because the tops of the front fenders were rusted right out - you literally could watch the tires spin thru the tops of the fenders while going down the road.. Now,, not that I minded the look so much but muddy Spring roads in Michigan combined with open top fenders on a 66 Barracuda means your gonna be going thru 6 sets of wiper blades a week and there was no way I could afford that.. Ripped some insulation out of an old shed, mixed up a batch of resin, coated up the fenders with a home brew fiberglass patch and painted the finish product with a sponge and some brown (rest of the car was Yellow) latex interior house paint.... Stopped the mud water and looked pretty dog gone snazzy too!!

:lightbulb::lightbulb::scared::scared::scared: :doh::doh: we coulda takin some of our old huntin clothes and coated em with truck bed liner Raggy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:rain2::rain2:

All my Ventures have been the MK1's and I have never had one with a good clutch.. By that I mean one that held solid engagement when the scoot was fully packed, Tip and I both on the bike and then nailing it at 4 grand in 4th or 5th gear.. On the same token though, I also have never really gone after better springs ( @Skydoc specials), removal of the half plate or tried different aftermarket plate either.. I do know this,, my 89 V-Max hits pretty dog gone hard speed shifting from 4th to 5th when he's up on the ol V-Boost and his clutch always seemed solid.. That said, I am pretty sure that Crude (89 V-Max) has the diaphram spring instead of the 6 little coils and, if I were going thru all the effort of replacing 2nd gear in Tweeks I would definitely consider doing the change over.. It would be really fun to have 2nd gear and a good solid clutch to boot!!!

:lightbulb:You KNOW if you did that, Brown Sugar would probably pick up one of those nails and you'ld have a flat tire on the way to MD or something .. Might be better off just to finish Silver up, give er a hug, tell er how purdy she is and head for parts unknown bro!!

Thinking you two military varmints (THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!) has been visiting the same VA Doctor or something? You guys know the one I am talking about dont cha? He's the Doctor who has a bad habit of telling all his clients they need to slow down a little:Laugh: Not tryin to or nothin like that, just trying to help you guys figure out why ya's did what cha did...

WOW ZZZZZZ WOW WOW WOW,,, she's a beauty Godlover!!! CONGRATS in every way brother!! ,,, looking closer seems I see something missing,,, did ya get a shift lever with her? Might be wrong but I am thinking Marcarls Spydeee has a shifter - yours must be an automatic?

Personally I like my groups of three's spread out a little more cause I get a little nervous about what's coming down the tube at me after the 3 goodies have been used up BUT,, I still gotta say X3 :ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886 ANYWAY!!!!:sign Rock On: