jfman

Hey guys! Two weeks ago I ordered a battery for my bike. 44$ on closeout from Royal Distributing and it was free shipping. It came in today so I thought I would pass it along. https://www.royaldistributing.com/crank-battery-sy50-n18l-at.html

April 1st

Cowpoc: Good thing this forum and people like you exists because otherwise keeping a 1st gen Venture alive would cost as much as buying a new Goldwing.

Mine is a 1988. My 1983 used to start perfect everytime. I should have removed the starter before I got rid of it.

Hello Guys, Reviving this old thread. My bike does this. It starts fine when cold but when the bike is warm the starter either wont work at all or is verrrrry slow and wont get the bike going. The warmer the bike is, the weaker the starter seems to be. I even connected jumper cables directly to the starter(postivie lead on the wire's nut, negative lead to the engine case next to the starter) to a big truck battery and it's the same result. I let the bike cool down and the starter works fine gain unit it gets hot. What do you guys think? Can these starters be taken apart and inspected easely?

Are you talking about A/F mixture screw spring? I am 95% certain you can source it from Kawasaki. https://www.ronayers.com/oemparts/p/kawasaki/92081-1002/spring-pilot-adjust-screw FWIW I ordered these little A/F mixture seals from kawa and they fit perfect. https://www.ronayers.com/oemparts/p/kawasaki/92055-1002/ring-o-pilot-adjust

Diaghpragm wrong size completely Jet block plug only 1 given when I need two and it on top of that it's was wrong size for either holes the little oring for the diaphragm cover was the wrong size (too big) The retaining clip on the float needle bottomed out on the edge of the seat before the needle itself bottomed out. All I used from the kits are the decel diapraghms, the bowl gaskets and the jet block gaskets and the fit was not even that good. The jet block gasket felt thick and the bowl gasket did not fit 100%. . The rest is not needed or trash = not Worth it I am posting this just in case you were considering using one of these kits. If you had/have better luck than me let me know

We got hit harder than the rest of Canada because our spring break is earlier than in other provinces. People went on vacation for the break and came back with the virus. It's the folks in assisted living buildings that have been hit the hardest. A handful of private establishements lost control and the govt had to step in and send in personel to take over. But all in all it's still not that bad especially if you compare to the US wich is beeing hit hard with the virus right now. I live in downtown Montreal but am exiled at my folks vacant country home. I have been here for a month now. Here in the middle of nature the effects of the virus aren't felt much. It's just weird when I go to the grocery store I run into people I know I cant be too firendly. I work from home so I havent been hit by this financially yet. I even have more money that usual because I don't buy anything. Maybe I am overly optimistic but I feel liek economically it wo'nt be that bad here. Everyone online is talking about buying stuff and planning motrocycle rides etc.. There aren't that many people who think the financial hardships are coming. This province hasnt been hit with a real hard recession in decades. Even in 2008 things were ok here so the memory of the pain is absent. How are you guys? I worry about Alberta because the oil market is not going to recover from this quickly and things were bad to begin with. I feel like here the economy is more diversified and there has never been a big boom or bust, it's been more like a slow and steady growth since the crappy mid '90s.

When I swap my good CDI in the bike runs perfect.

If it runs on 3 cylinders... the chip is still good no?

I also like it. Retro, simple, clean, minimalist(not talking about price here) Will I buy one?: never $$$

Higher mileage RSV for 2k Canadian https://www.kijiji.ca/v-moto-touring/laval-rive-nord/1999-yamaha-royal-star-venture-xvz1300/1494047964

I tried an experiment tonight. I plugged the CDI to the bike without its cover and while the bike was running I bypassed the two bad looking circuits with a jumper wire. This did not seem to fix the non firing cylinder. Maybe the fault in on the other side of the CDI where I have no acces.

Where did you get that little fuse box? I like it.

Problem area #3 on this long circuit the green conductive film is severely compromised over a long area on the left path. Is there a away to repair this? Can I bybass the compromised area by soldering a wire in there. Worth it? Worth trying? Is there a way know which circuit runs the front right coil on this CDI(#4?)