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  1. Venturous Randy
    Front Venom and rear E-3 best my bike has ever handled. RandyA
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    To add to the above; well stocked tool bag Spare TCI small halon fire extingisher RandyA
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    Eddie, I guess if I could afford to have a 2012 Harley Davidson Road Glide Untra, like you do, I might be a little more picky about what I ride, but I still doubt I would be riding a 2012 Harly Davidson Road Glide Ultra. Keep in mind that there are a lot of us that can not even think about going out and buying a new Harley Davidson Road Glide Ultra. Like I said earlier, we make the best with what we got. RandyA
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    Well, some of us just try to do the best we can with what we've got. RandyA
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    Great Arthur, but the anticipation was killing me. RandyA
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    George, his profile says he has a 1st gen 87, but I had to look. Chrislemon, the rear master is located behind the side cover on the right side, just above the passenger foot rest. Be careful taking the plug out as these housings can be broken. As George noted, the rear master feeds the left front caliper and the rear. If you have no fluid movement, you may have to do a lot of pumping before you get it flowing good. The reservoir is small, so it does not take many pumps to empty it and you will again be filling the system with air. Once you have the system properly bled, make sure you do not have it too full when you go for a ride or your brakes may start locking up. Make sure you take a 8mm wrench with you. RandyA
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    Yeah, I was wondering if you got any snow. RandyA
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    Given you are running a 1st gen( I had to look at your profile because you don't have it noted), I can not imagine that running in 4th instead of 5th would give you better gas mileage at 70 mph. On an RSTD with higher gearing, it may be about the same. What mileage are you getting now? RandyA
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    Dan, it went together great, I just have never put that engine in the bike. RandyA
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    To be a little more specific, did you take the little manifold in the carb off that had the rubber plugs in the bottom? Did you make sure the orifices were cleaned out in the jets under the rubber plugs? Those are the pilot jets and are small and make a big difference in how the bike runs. RandyA
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    Lew, if you are talking about Yamabond between the cases, I think that is normal from the factory. I do think I remember seeing it on my engine and I am confident my engine had not been apart before. RnadyA
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    I need to put a rear tire on and check the tools in the bag and I would be ready to go. My 83 has 152,000 miles on and I would not hesitate to take off on it. RandyA
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    Wow Lew, it is amazing that you had that much metal loose in the engine without any ill effects. My biggest fear of damage would be a chunk going through the gears and causeing chipped teeth more than anything else. Good luck on the 86 trans change over as that is what I did and completed about 10 miles before I left for Vogal II with a 450 camper behind me. RandyA
  14. Venturous Randy
    Check the thread at the top. I got these several years ago and they have worked fine. RandyA http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=32943&page=8
  15. Venturous Randy
    Yes, remove and plug. I did mine years ago and wish I had done it earlier. I have had one of the plugs come apart and am thinking that when ever I have the carbs off again, I will use a short piece of hose with a plug on the inside the hose. I think this would actually be stronger than the rubber caps, even heavy duty ones. RandyA
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    The RSTD has a higher 5th gear than the RSV and both are higher than the 1st gen. This is one of the reasons the RSTD seems to be under powered if not revved up more. The RSTD really does need the FJR or V-Max rearend which also helps the RSV. When considering gas mileage and RPM's, if you are running in 5th gear and without changing the throttle setting while down shifting to 4th, if the bike increases in speed, then you would have to decrease the throttle to maintain the same speed. Therefore, you should get better mileage at that RPM and terrain in 4th than 5th. Conversely, if you shifted from 5th back to 4th and had to increase the throttle setting to maintain the same speed, then 5th should give you better gas mileage. As a comparison, 5th gear is as follows; RSTD is .750, RSV is .786 and 1st gen is .906. Also, 4th gear on a RSTD is .906, RSV is .960 and a 1st gen is 1.068. Therefore with the same stock rearend with a 3.30 ratio, 4th gear on a RSTD and 5th gear on a 1st gen would run the same RPM at the same speed. Keep in mind that the higher the numerical reading the lower the ratio with higher RPM's. This can get confusing when using the terms higher, lower and taller. General consensous is the example with a car. If it has a 3.30 rearend, it would be higher or taller geared than a car with a 4.11 rearend, which would be considered to be lower geared even though the numerical number is higher. The 4.11 rearend will be approximately 20% higher RPM's at the same speed as the 3.30 rearend. RandyA
  17. Venturous Randy
    I suspect you found your problem. RandyA
  18. Venturous Randy
    Yes, you are right and they were refered to as the Venturer. I think they may have also had the same package in the 850 Tripple Special as I had one. RandyA
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    That came from "People of Walmart". When I get lonely, I go to that site and I feel right at home. RandyA
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    For the 81 what? What comes before a 1st gen? RandyA
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    I have had people that would almost argue about how old my 83 Venture is. One summer, I had gone up on Clingman's Knob, at the top of the Smokies. There were a lot of very expensive Harleys up there and I got to noticing that more people were stopping to look at my bike than most of the others. I got some nice compliments and it made me feel good. RandyA
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    I did not get a picture. RandyA
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    I tend to disagree with you. The 3.27 gear is slightly higher that the stock 3.30 and if you go to a 3.08 gear you may have to drive with slighty more throttle to maintain the same speed and I can not imagine that the trike set up it not a lot more drag on the whole system. These engines were designed to run at a little more RPM's and you may not gain any gas milage improvement by lowering the operating RPM's. I believe your thinking is that with a taller gear, you will cover more ground with less RPM's, but you may end up using more throttle to do it. And, as far as your RPM reading on your tach, these things are pretty good but I would not bet that they are spot on. Just out of curosity, what is the difference in the height of the tires with the trike set up compared to the standard rear tire? RandyA
  24. Venturous Randy
    Wow, talk about a young looking blonde, looks like you have one. Do you know much history on the bike? Has it always been from the Arizona area? 5,400 miles in 28 years is averaging less than 200 miles per year. As far as the 2nd gear issue, I doubt that babying the trans makes much difference. For sure, shifting gentle may cause the dogs to drag more rather than a good firm shift which engages quicker. The part that wears to the point that it causes the second gear problem is a big spring that pushes against a thrust washer that was not made hard enough from Yamaha up until part way into the 1985 model. As the thrust washer wears, it reduces the amount of engagement and at some point it starts to jump. I recently changed to Rotella T oil that is made for diesel engines and believe it reduced the normal whine that comes with these engines. I wonder if it could also reduce the amount of wear on the thrust washer? My 83 now has about 152,000 miles on it and it still runs great and I can assure you that it has not been babied. Welcome to the crazy bunch here and you don't need to be shy. RandyA
  25. Venturous Randy
    Well, at least you are not brain dead, well.........at least not completely, anyway. RandyA
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