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  1. Condor
    After I added Progressive springs to the '83 the 'clunk/rattle' disappeared....
  2. Condor
    This is in the classifieds. EDITED...... Midnight Venture
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    Wish I could help you Sam, but that one area I don't mess with. I'm sure somebody will chime in here shortly with some good advice....
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    That may be a bit of overkill. Falling over isn't the problem. The center stand collapsing because it wasn't secured in the down position is. Just removing the front tire and letting the forks rest on a piece of plywood should be sufficient. On the high idle return. This is just a thought, but have you checked for drag in the cables. Maybe lubing them and the linkage around the carbs might solve the problem.???
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    I think you're stretching it on the weight. The 450# dry weight will not be the max but the minimum. Start adding can goods, coolers, do-dads, and you can easily add another couple of hundred pounds. It's going to be like the tail wagging the dog..... IMHO...
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    In my original post I said an inferior battery. Not many amp hours. With a good battery like a Deka AGM with tons of CCA's you can go into a neg draw and not experience any weakness unless you ran the tape deck everytime you got on the bike. In my case I was trying out an 'El Cheepo' AGM... always trying to save a buck and beat the system ... I ran the tape deck on the last Venture West all the way to SLO. I kept the tape on the next morning of the second day on the Hunter-Leggitt ride after stopping for gas in Paso Robles the bike barely turned over. So I turned the tape deck off to cut back on the electrical draw, and it did fire. Left the tape deck off and after lunch it fired right up...no problems... and none the rest of the trip as the batt started to build a charge again. So if you have a good battery go ahead, don't worry about it, and Rock On!!
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    If it still has the probe it hasn't been modified. After doing the mod the wire is soldered to the accessory side of the fuse holder, the probe is no longer there.
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    I think your biggest problem is going to be the stator output. Will it be enough to power the Amp for an extended period of time? Mine's a 1stGen, but when playing the tape deck on a recent trip, and testing a battery, toward the end of the day when starting the scoot it was really turning over slow. So I'd been in a neg. draw condition all day. Turned off the tape deck and the battery rebounded. An amp big enough to drive bigger speakers may have the same effect as the tape deck???
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    Don't know where it is on the 2ndGens. Maybe the 2's don't have one, and all timing advances are handled by the computer?? But if vacuum has anything to do with controlling timing there's got to be a vacuum sensor/converter somewhere. On the 1stGens the vacuum hose comes of the #2 manafold, but after reading about doing the Jason Mod in the tech library I see where the hose that does go to #2 carb if just left hanging, and there's no mention of it's function???
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    Put in 3 quarts and then top it off to the middle of the sight glass. Works every time....
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    It might also have a lot to do with the monitor. No color is exact on screen.
  12. Condor
    Betcha could if'n there was a mirror on the ceiling..... :rotfl:
  13. Condor
    You could probably pull it OK, but I'd hate to be the one that has to stop it.... Probably be more like the tail wagging the dog.....
  14. Condor
    They're still making 'm Earl. http://www.golittleguy.com/teardrops/
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    In this economy it doesn't surprise me..... So much for looking forward to a new Venture....
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    A couple of years ago there was a tech article on how to change the rear tire without jacking the bike up by removing the front tire on the center stand and then tilting it forward. It still might be in the tech library??. Tieing the center stand so that it doesn't collapse is a good thing..... And it works really well if done properly.
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    Interesting concept. Sorta like the old 'polar gap' plugs...only different. http://www.e3sparkplugs.com/ I've been using the NGK's with no problems...
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    Thanks for the input Earl, but did you ever experience higher mpg in the twisties w/hi-rpm, and lower mpg while slabbing it in 5th before the swap and then after?? I guess what I wondering is when on a long trip did you see an inprovement with the lower geared final and the higher rpm's?? PS: I can relate to the 'hammer'....
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    Randy, It's possible, but with the 2Gen final being a bit higher geared, you'd end up lowing the rpm's even more in 5th.. You'd probably need to keep it in 4th to get any benefit. I would think the lower geared V-Max final would raise the rpm's in 5th gear, and reduce the load on the engine resulting in slightly better fuel milage. I wonder if anyone who has done the V-Max mod could comment on any gain in highway milage?? Before and after the mod??
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    When we were at Susanville, Delta Rat and I both got 50mpg on the ride up and back, and that included the group rides mid-meet. Most all of it was mountainous and 2nd-3rd-4th gears. While going to and from Ft Collins on the slab running 65-80mph in 5th, I averaged 38. On my last 300 mile day ride in the Sierras around L.Tahoe, north to Hwy49, and back I averaged 50mpg again. So it's no fluke, it's how you ride and where you ride that makes a lot of difference....
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    I'm DONE!

    Condor replied to FROG MAN's topic in Watering Hole

    After all the discussion on this board about AGM batteries I'm not sure why anyone would still buy an Odyssey. Over priced, and not the same foot print as the OEM. I'm not sure if it's still in effect, but last year Bohanon was giving the board members a price on the DEKA EXT18L AGM battery for $80 and that included shipping. Maybe someone will chime in and verify the price is still good? But if not, at retail, it's still a better deal than the Odyssey. And the nice thing about the DEKA is it's the same size as the OEM with more CCA's.
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    Did you give it enough time to go to manual or auto...front/rear??? These CLASS systems run about 1 hz speed and take a while before things start to happen. Usually if there's a problem it will go blank or throw an Error code... E1..E2..etc.
  23. Condor

    I passed!!

    Condor replied to Monty's topic in Watering Hole

  24. Condor
    Found this site. SHOW CHROME They're on sale until tomorrow 4/6. Looks like a pretty good price, but ya better hurry...
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    You should see what a used one bring's on Ebay.....
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