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Update!! Replaced the tci box and she’s up and running on all 4 cylinders again!

Bike is a 1983 Yamaha venture. Does Yamaha still make pickup coils? Or if not, best place to find these new. thanks

Just a note here but when I restored 1984 Goldwings I used a new set of coils from a Dodge Neon . I’m wonder why something like that could possibly be done to upgrade the coils and not have to mess with replacing the cdi box. new coils are way too expensive running in upwards of $150 each

1983 venture and here is my issue. no spark left front plug. Other 3 plugs have spark. I have a new plug wire on it, new plug and last week I switch the back plug wire and got spark , so I isolated it to the coil. Ordered a good coil and she fired up with spark. Went to start this morning and again , no spark on front left ( I’m assuming that’s #2). please help, thank you

Is there a loaner TCI on this forum or maybe someone has a working TCI for an 83 they would be willing to sell?? Is there an upgrade for the TCI if I choose that route. thanks

Okay….. lots have happened in the past week. Completed the single carb and she ran beautifully, then…… started misfiring and my tach is now not moving. I checked for spark and 3 plugs have spark but no spark on front left plug. I put a new plug , boot and plug wire in and still no spark. I then checked the coil by swapping wires and I got spark . I ordered another coil, if that doesn’t fix it , will have to get a tci module I guess

I’m back and better than ever Restoring the same model bike you guys helped me with, back in 2019. Some of the names I remember from back then, if my memory serves me correctly:Venturous Randy, Cowpuc, skydoc just to name a few. Anyway, current bike has not been started since 2009. It was stored in a shed so that’s good news! I did choose to go with a single carb this time. will keep you updated. I’m almost ready to fire her up

Some pics of my new project:)

If you have one to sell, let me know the price, thanks

Looking for an 1986 and up tranny gears to transplant into my 1983. Thank you

It’s been 4 plus years since I was on this forum and many people here helped me bring back to life a 1983 venture royale I sold it ( should never have done that) and now I have another in need of a total restoration just like my last one. I do plan on fixing the 2nd gear like I did before. I believe I purchased an 86 gears from venture randy?? Are you still here?? Anyway… if anyone on here would like to sell me an 86 gears please let me know. here are some pics

How’s everyone doing out there? Washing your hands I hope. Just received word that my school shut down so no teaching for me for a solid 3 weeks!! This is nuts! Anyway, here is an update ! I completed my 1965 Honda and now am working on a real cool bike!! 1985 Suzuki Madura 1200. These are rare! Only 2 years with just 5,000 made. Will give me something to do while I’m off work

Could not believe this. Just the other day my wife asked me if I wanted to go for a bike ride. She does not ride bikes nor travel as a passenger on one. My jaw hit the ground and I quickly changed the spark plugs ( others had fouled). Bike fired right up and off we went. This was the first test of my bike riding two up and she handled very well. We rode about 15 miles and was a great experience. Bike runs great with new plugs!!

Thanks for info. i will have to check the cdi that it came with. Another question. I have a new little 6v battery that is oem to the bike. Will i need to upgrade my battery to a 12v?

I'm just going to get a new wiring harness that goes with the engine.