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  1. BlueSky
    That is why I ride old bikes with only liability insurance and uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage. Actually I don't ride that much either and that is the other reason I have old bikes. No need to pay for a newish bike if I don't ride much. Now that I retired again, I hope to remedy the riding situation!
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    When I worked on the engine of my 56 I usually sat on the fender with my feet in the engine compartment. Easiest car to work on I ever had. I pulled the engine and completely rebuilt it so I had some time under the hood.
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    One unique thing about the 56 is the gas tank filler nozzle is behind the left rear tail light. And in 58 they went to rear coil springs with one upper arm holding the axle on the passenger side (two lowers). I had a 59 that was like that and drag racing almost ripped the connection point off the chassis. I had it welded back 4 times. It took several years for Chevy to finally put another upper arm on the driver's side.
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    The 1st gen motorcycle wasn't made after 93. the 83 through 90 or 91 had a 2 brush starter that is too weak to spin the engine quickly when the engine gets warm. So a common mod is to install a later model 4 brush starter. All of the starters for the 1300 V4 engine will fit the early models. The second gen Venture was offered in 99 I believe. But, the bikes that were sold prior to 99 and after 91 with 1300cc V4s had the 4 brush starters. I bought a starter from Pinwall that came from a 96. I have not installed it yet though.
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    Yep, that is a 55. My first car was the family 55 Chevy 4 door 210 with the 235 cu in six, 3 on a tree. My dad let me drive it like it was mine except that I had to take my Mom to see her relatives on any Sunday she chose while he went drinking with his buddies! I also had to support the car with insurance and any repairs/tires out of my weekend wages and summer wages while I was in high school. It was a reliable solid car but those engines would start burning oil at around 60k miles. After high school I bought a 56 Chevy Convertible and my Dad sold the 55.
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    I chose BlueSky because that is what I want to see and enjoy! Especially on the motorcycle!
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    It's on the right side kind of low on the bike. You can't get to it when riding.
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    Wow! Unbelievable!
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    If you do a compression test make sure the carbs are open. It's hard to tell if the V4 is missing because it sounds like it has a miss when it doesn't because of the 70 degree V4 configuration.
  10. BlueSky
    Valve adjustment? Compression test?
  11. BlueSky
    You don't have the fuel valve set to off do you?
  12. BlueSky
    This almost appears to be some of Cowpuc's creative writing!
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    Battery

    BlueSky replied to Angelo's topic in Watering Hole

    The 89 manual only says a 20 amp/hour.
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    Battery

    BlueSky replied to Angelo's topic in Watering Hole

    AGM battery for sure.
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    Can I buy one of those at HF? Hee! Hee!
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    Elio Motors

    BlueSky replied to ediddy's topic in Watering Hole

    Being a 3 wheeler, it probably doesn't have to meet the safety standards of a car. I'd rather have a 4 wheeled car than an enclosed 3 wheeled motorcycle. Once you get to about 40 mpg, the increased gas mileage doesn't save so much. I'll pass.
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    I had to select forum and then save the link as a favorite again to fix the issue. The link before had power by ebulletin or something on the end that always sent me to the articles.
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    It could be one of many things causing this. The sliders act as acceleration pumps. When you increase throttle, the loss of vacuum pulls the metering rods out of the jets to enrichen the fuel mixture. Take the air cleaner off and watch the sliders in action. If this is not the problem, put some cleaner in the gas. My favorite is Gumout with Regane on the label. It has a very powerful cleaner, the same that is in Chevron Techron. I would not let it sit in the carbs for a long time though. It is more powerful than seafoam. Of course make sure it is running on all four. A temperature check of the exhaust pipes should tell you this.
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    I have a 5x8 utility trailer I bought from Lowes and it is great for carrying my 85 Kawasaki. However, 8' is a little too short for the Venture. It has to be loaded diagonally in order for me to put the tailgate/ramp back up. When I bought it, I hauled it home about 120 miles with the trailer. It's easy to load and unload a bike from my trailer because of the ramp/tailgate. With the tailgate down it probably would fit in the bed of your Ranger with a little of it hanging out the back. You would have to have a ditch or hill available to get it into and out of your truck.
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    Nope, not yet
  21. BlueSky
    Thanks for all of the responses!
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    Looks like I will have to see if I can make adapters. A table would be great but it wouldn't help much when removing wheels. When I had a Kawasaki Concours, I bought an eight feet long 2"x 10" and cut it into 3 pieces. I could ride up on it and then remove the front and rear pieces leaving it on the center stand. If I can get it on the center stand on a 2x4 that would do the same job with less boards.
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    You really think feeding stray cats is a positive! If you want them to stay I suppose it is!
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    As the title says, how do you jack up your Gen 1 Ventures? I was thinking about getting a jack but without lifting adapters I would not be able to jack up the bike without jacking on the exhaust pipes. I've read extensively about the Gen 2 adapters but I haven't seen anything on Gen 1 adapters. Or do we just have to lie down on the floor to work on it? Or use a table lift? I was thinking of getting the Harbor Freight High Lift jack like the one Cowpuc used in his May 6, 2014 post photos. But Puc jacked Tweeks up under the exhaust pipes without using an adapter. I don't want to do that.
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    The 59 reviews on the HF jack on their web site never mention that problem. By far most of the reviews are very positive. Maybe Cowpuc will chime in and tell us about his. The HF jack I looked at in the store this week looks like it has a knob on the base of the jack that releases the pressure.
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