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Right there with ya Wildman!! Only I am thinking they are comparing production "baggers".. Is Triumph offering their triple in a bagger line now?

Anyone else been following all the hub bub about the new Challenger? Looks like Polaris decided to take a stab at getting away from their 111 air cooled/push rod motor in their latest endeavor to HD and the bagger world. They upped the game (IMHO) by going water cooled and OHC giving them a one up in HP compared to the HD Road Glide.. HD's response so far has been the addition of a 131 inch kit for the 117inch to bring the dyno numbers up above the Challenger.. I can't help but wonder that if (BIG IF) the Challenger actually does induce some decent sales due to a drift away from the air cooled/push rod,, if HD may just redo their more comparable V-Rod (water cooled, OHC) engine (defunct cause of low sales) and up its Cubic Inches and stuff it into a bagger.. It would also be really neat if Mom Yam also responded with a bagger with the V-Max V-4 stuffed in it and got competitive in response too!! One thing for sure,,, got some exciting times happening!! Would LOVE to see a full blown comparo between the Challenger, RG, Eluder, Beemer, Wing and Vaquro.. Put em out there and let em have at it !! Dont you just LOVE Capitalism:guitarist 2:!!

ROCK ON CW!! and if ya aint got the money to learn from a Pro like CW did,, just find an open parking lot and practice practice practice .. and practicing with your scoot set up like you were headed out for a month of CTFW doesn't hurt either

As customary with this group of lop eared wrench spinning varmints, IMHO, all good advice thus far.. If it were my scoot the first thing I would do knowing that Sea Foam found its way into the tank is I would run the fuel out of it and replace with new fuel. Then I would grab some new NGK stock plugs, gap em on the lower end of the gap range so as they got broke in they would fall in the wider spec range. I have noticed that running Sea Foam creates a sheen on the plugs so I would swap in the new plugs. Next I would pull the carb slide diaphrams and make sure they are in good shape with no pin holes or wear tears. I would check the lip of the diaphrams where they contact the carb bodies to make sure no holes are evident under the mounting edges. One of my 83's snuck down into the low 30's on mpgs and I found that the metering rod orvices had oblonged after 250k miles of usage. Dropping the needles (gotta shim them on the 83's, no clips on the metering rods on these) a mill and a 1/2 cured it and the mpg went back above 40 mpg. Making sure pipes are open as well as good air filters and entrances into the filters are not filled with mice nests is good too. Another thing to double check is brake conditions. A slightly dragging brake can do a number on mpgs as well as tire air pressures. When starting my 1st Gens first thing and using choke I like to get it off choke as quickly as possible as over choking blackens plugs and the "D" plugs Mom Yam used in the v-4's dont seem to take to kindly to blackening. Set up properly, 20k miles out of a set of regular plugs seems normal.. Fact is, IMHO its a good idea to swap out the plugs in that range anyway to avoid the plugs getting stuck in heads from not being changed (a downside of running iridiums and only swapping plugs every 100k)..

OUTSTANDING VENTURE!! GLAD TO READ THIS!! You are more than welcome for any assistance you gleaned here = ! A t couple other issues known to be of importance if you are riding a MK1 Venture just for an FYI: 1. The speedo noise commonly thought of as cable noise usually is associated with dryness in the speedo itself and not the cable.. Most of us long term MK riders have cured the issue by sneaking lube into the speedo (lots of solutions for that found by an easy search of the forums). A note of warning, if not successfully cured the speedo can actually self destruct.. 2. Early Stators were not cooled suffeciently and there was an updated oil spray for them.. Another search will reveal this fix. 3. It is customary for the 3 wire stator terminal under the left side cover and attached to the frame to cause charging issues when it builds resistance due to failure. Most far riders of the MK1's seeking to chase their bikes out past 300k just snip out the terminal and hard wire the connection. 4. Already mentioned the plastic water pump impellar. 5. 2nd gear failure is immenint from 83 to early 85 models. Never was a recall but the issue was a soft thrust washer = fixable but not absolutely necessary if you just short shift past 2nd gear when it fails. 6. Clutch system is soft at best.. Member Skydoc sells a good spring upgrade. 7. The early models did not have a brake bleeder up on the neck to bleed air out of the high spot in the linked brake system.. Simply bleed from the proportioning valve = works awesome. 8. OEM Fuse box is a monster.. Most swap in GM fuses and box. There are other little things, fear none though cause there are many actual professional "brothers of the wrench" around here who love to help.. Now get out and chase that front wheel!! Puc

:no-no-no:I hope not,, to much banning ruins all the fun for us law abiding American's..

All my 83's and my 84 ran about a needles width shy of being in the red zone when up to temp. Fan would come on just as the needle entered the red zone.. IMHO, that was customary and normal for those years.. All good advice concerning fluid flow and all that,, maybe check the blue wire terminal connection at the sending unit for good connection if your getting funky feedback on the needle.. Over a million miles on em and never did have to replace a sending unit but did donate one to a friend as his gave up (first one I ever heard of that went bad).. Fan switch sending unit is hidden behind temp gauge sending unit and has the same type of connection = good idea to clean em both if you decide to clean yours = it's not uncommon (IMHO) for those connectors to cause issue.

Puc to Pic,, WELCOME BACK!!

AWESOME!! Would LOVE to have one and would definitely shoot the living daylights out of it!! Only issue on my end would be saving up for ammo

ohhh yeahh,, THANK YOU for posting this up @Freebird!! Guess you are still into bikes even though you dont have one right now :rasberry:

I will NEVER forget the first time I saw one!! Years ago with my daughter on one of our 83's camping out on the North Rim.. Passed thru the parking lot and there it was = I was druelling out my ears!! Just GORGEOUS!! And have #1 ,,, UNREAL!! :thumbsup: and to the owner!! Whoever you are,, would LOVE to hear more about it and see some more 's!! Lots and lots of 's!!!

Rock n roll!!!!

Another AWESOME thread you got going here @Condor! Got to yap with the owner/builders of the Vanderhall's at Sturgis, remarkable group.. Definitely a unique, well built piece straight out of Utah.. Never know what ya might get to play with at the rally!!

Tip and I LOVE that picture of you and Ron Peggy = just gorgeous!! Yes indeed,, you are a passenger,, a passenger aboard a magic carpet ride to freedom and adventure!! Now,, just to share a few words about Ron and his change in attitude because his best friend is enjoying that magic carpet ride with him.. Many times the depth of what Ron (and others like him) is feeling can be misunderstood.. Although Tips reason for not riding in the early years was different than yours (she stayed home and took care of 3 kids while I chased around the country with the 4th offspring for many miles), she spent little to no time "in the saddle" with me.. Once the kids flew the nest she took to the passenger seat like a duck to water. Even though we were having the time of our lives covering thousands of miles together, one thing kept popping up,,, any time we would pass groups of lone riders all packed together she would make comments like: "are you sure you wouldnt rather be enjoying your time with a group like that?".. I always reassured her that finding the magic in the carpet ride was a lot more fun when sharing with your best friend.. Still though,, having your husband say this can only go so far.. Then one day a life changing event happened: We pulled into a little town just outside of Cody.. As I was exiting the local supply house with a pop in hand, a group of riders pulled in from Jersey.. One of those riders came over and was reading Tweeks adventure stickers,, looked at me and said they had passed us back on Bear Tooth and had all commented about how cool it was to see an older couple out enjoying life together.. He then made the comment about how badly he wished his wife would even consider doing such a thing and how lonely it can get covering thousands of miles alone... I stopped him and asked if he would mind sharing his thoughts with Tip when she came out.. He said SURE and he did!! After that day Tippy never again mentioned her thoughts as to whether or not I would rather be riding "with the boys"... Thought I would mention this Sister:happy34:

Pic came out fine Cap!! Definitely a smudge fit but DEFINITELY not gonna be able to reuse IMHO.. Looks in pretty rough shape.. Alternatives that I can see would be: - Replace what ever part the nipple came out of.. (EXPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING)ni - Find a parts bike and carefully remove nipple- install in your scoot (I am fairly confident that the nipple has never been available seperated from its mounting area). - Measure the I.D. of the hole where the nip came from. Pick up a pipe tap of the size you measured and a replacement nipple that is threaded from a hardware/lumberyard store.. Get copper replacement.. Carefully tap the area using grease on the tap to collect shavings as you tap it out.. Make sense? A couple pics of the area where the nipple went in and surrounding area would be awesome and helpful in making good suggestions..

WOWZY WOW WOW WOW!! 12k out of rear tire is nothing to scoff at from my limited experience. How much of that was on desert temp desert conditions riding Home? I did a fair amount of desert touring (flaw in my charector = LOVE the deserts) on my 1st Gens and never got better than 6k out of a rear.. That would be running two up, fully packed out with tent on back = usually most of the rear tire was deposited on the back of the bags from the hot tarmac. Could never find a CT that would fit (came close = see vid) but wanted to = Jake (guy in the vid with the Wing) got 20k plus on his CT running plenty of desert region (lives in Texas).. Would have liked to have tried one. I also spent a fair amount of time on a Stratoliner (similar motor to your SVTC) that belonged to my nephew and he was averaging about 4k on a rear tire on his that we always attributed to the massive torque every time she fired.. Maybe the dual balance shaft and extra alternator your bike incorporates takes some of the hit to the back wheel when compared to the Strat - no idea's on the dyno numbers in comparing the two but seems logical. One of things that always concerned me with no Center Stand would be what to do if a flat happened on tour/on highway.. How would I get the thing in the air to swap on a new tire or repair an old one.. I am sure most folks now adays just call a tow truck but what if I were out in the middle of nowhere in the desert.. Never owned one of the 1800 Wings but help a broken down one out west one time with a flat.. Pretty cool as we just laid the bike down on its side, removed the axle center nut and pulled the wheel off.. My 1st Gens ya had to center stand em, unclip the right rear bag and pull the wheel.. Not sure about roadside on the SVTC.. I am so geezerly I forgot all about anti-locks!! Ohh yeah,,, you got no concerns there my friend!! ANTI LOCKS ROCK!! They definitely take a lot of guess work out of the equation,, especially nice in a could be crisis like you mention!! ROCK ON!!

Corporal Newkirk and :rasberry::stickinouttounge: Fly-in-the-ointment @Flyinfool!!

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INDEED!! Thinking out loud here but with those kind of numbers I am not surprised at the lack of centerstand. Who could lift it onto the stand? Especially when packed out for touring.. Also makes one wonder what riding one down with a flat tire will be like.. Also like you mentioned about braking, especially considering the small "patch" of connection to the road that a bike tire makes on its radius of contact patch.. Think I would look very carefully at swapping on a car tire and going dark side if I had one.. IMHO,, your giving good advice on jacking apparatuses here @Condor.. For sure I would not use a bike jack without the outriggers considering the weight we are talking.. It dont take much side to side movement when talking those kind of numbers to end up mouse trapped.. Also, speaking table lifts,, remember that you still have to lift the bike up on the table lift to swap tires and such.. While you can remove the "trap door" then crib up under the scoot to use the table as a jack, doing so can be just as iffy as a floor jack with no outriggers if your not careful..

Sounds to me like you pulled the hose nipple from the casing and it is still in the hose? Pictures would help.. If hose connectors are not threaded and screwed in place, IMHO, it is not uncommon for them to be "smudge" fit and fairly easily removed when tugging on hoses.. The simple fix is to take a knife and slice the old hose (unless you are going to reuse hose - in your case you are replacing with new) to remove nipple.. Clean nipple and area in case where nipple was removed. Smear a light coat of YamaBond 5 or other sealant to area on nipple that will meet the wall of the case opening. Start nipple into hole by pushing down on nipple with finger being careful to not get it crooked.. Tap the nipple till you feel it bottom out with a plastic hammer - be careful not to damage it - use finess.. The smudge fit is common in places like carb, petcock and case fittings and as amazing and hard to believe as this sounds,, I have replaced many of them back into thier homes and never had a problem with them leaking and actually very seldom use a sealer when replacing em.. Does any of this make sense:fingers-crossed-emo

Hi Mohamed,, ,, glad you found the site!! Here is some additional info to add to what you and I had discussed on youtube (nice meeting you there too).. First maybe check this out (the CDI is called a "TCI" here): https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?10640-TCI-problems-Yes-or-No and maybe this will help: https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?139849-Tach-drop-out-and-not-running-right&highlight=tci+oven or this one: https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?127732-Disassembling-TCI-Box&highlight=tci+oven and this one:https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?86427-Peek-inside-my-TCI-if-you-will&highlight=tci+oven At least you have a start on some reading while you wait for others to reply my friend.. ENJOY Puc

IMHO, DEFINITELY!!! But consider the source here brother,, I am as backyard of grease monkey as they come!! My logic (and it often gets me in trouble) is that if the impellar cannot move water (anti freeze) the coolant in the cooling jackets in the jugs will quickly turn to steam and POOF = high pressure on the entire system and then POOF again - something somewhere is gonna pop.. Also,, (and again,, take this with a grain of back yard wrench spinning thought) I would probably implore a pressure tester on the system (like used on cars) to see if I could detect what blew... Remove the cap, fill the system with water (no since in using anti freeze just for testing), attach the pump, run up to 13 pounds or so and watch for leaks.. Among other obvious places to check, I would look the head coolant bypasses over carefully.. They are located behind the plugs and you hav,, wait a sec,, watch this (with another grain of salt of course LOL):

I watched a video on you tube about jacking up an SVTC after reading this.. While the owner was not to savvy in his approach, it did show how much extra weight is on the back ofi the SVTC, he used a similar jack to that of your own = no out riggers for stabilization = at a minimum I would locate a jack with outriggers.. I also stay far away from putting a jack of any form on engine cases or such easily broken expensive parts/pieces, I probably would choose to stabilize with the rearward jack on the shock pivot mount clearly seen in your pics = just another IMHO of course.. A quick glance at the vid below is the example of a jack with out riggers that I use (WOWZY did @videoarizona and I have FUN with the project in the vid!!) = stop at 1:32 in and you can get an idea of what I mean by outriggers if you are having a hard time following my thoughts and dont want to watch all of our craziness..

I have ran cheapies for years Gary and have always been happy with em.. I prefer the cheapy organics myself as I really like the feel of organics.. I always clean my caliper pistons when swapping in new pads as shown in video and have never had to do a rebuild as a result. I also double check the mounting areas on the new pads and have had to remove access paint and clean em up a little with a file if necessary where they fit into the caliper = I have also bought high end pads and ALWAYS did the same with them.. I think the last set I got for one of my 83's I got 4 sets for under 20 bucks! I also brake almost exclusively front brake so my rear brakes very seldom need pads. The fronts are easy to keep track of cause its just a glance down. Keep in mind brother, this is all 83 chatter,, no idea whats available for your fancier rig!! Hope this helps! Best wishes and happy trails where ever you stopping adventure leads you ya lop eared varmint!!

Got er done eh Sky? Good on ya!! Prayers Up for a speedy recovery brother!!