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  1. Venturous Randy
    Mini, can we offically start the one year countdown in days yet? Are they still holding them to 365 days? Thanks for keeping up posted. We wish you all the best. RandyA
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    I got the bike running good again and it appears it was the tilt over switch coming out of the holder and hanging down. As soon as I get a clearification on something from Frog Man, I am going to post an emergency checklist on electrical so if you have a problem with one of the things in the inhibit circuit, such as the side stand switch, kill switch or tilt switch, you can disconnect and go on your way. RandyA
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    Here is another option. RandyA http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DIAPHRAGM-YAMAHA-XV535-VIRAGO-XVZ12-XVZ13-VENTURE-ROYAL_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem3ef7227a13QQitemZ270434204179QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
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    I think Carl is looking at it from a carb adjustment perspective, not a timing perspective. RandyA
  5. Venturous Randy
    Thanks Gerald. What I am hoping to do with this is to not only fix my problem, but come up with a basic checklist that the 1st genners (and maybe 2nd) can print out and keep on their bikes. I suspect that many, like me, carry an ohm meter with them and if they had at least some idea what to check, or bypass or even disconnect to help them get home, I believe it would be a valuable tool. In the 13 years and over 100,000 miles since I have had my bike, I don't remember any time I have enjoyed riding more than lately as it has been running so good. I just want to be able to have a little more trust in it than I have now. This is the first time it has ever stranded me. RandyA
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    I suspect Carl hit this nail dead on the head. If you have a vacuum gage with four hoses attached to the manifolds and plug the three you are not using, you should be able to get close enough to ultimately use the set up that you have. I wish I was closer as I would use my mercury gages and hope you did not suck the mercury out of them. I suspect you are so far off that you could take the breather off and hold open the slides and see how the throttle plates look. You may be able to visually get them closer than they are now. RandyA
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    Hey Tim, I took a look at it today and with the instructions Frog Man has in the tech section, I am not seeing that I have a bad TCI, yet. I do have elevated resistance on the inhibitor wire that goes from the TCI to the various switches and relays. This is a test you do with the unit powered up and the ignition on. Also, in that mode, if I have it in gear and put the side stand down, the resistance does not change. Or, if I flip the kill switch, the resistance does not change. Gerald (Frog Man) returned my call and we went over it some and he told me to pull the inhibitor wire out of the connector and see if it will start. That is on my agenda tomorrow after work. I am still of the opinion that somewhere in that circuit I have a problem. Thanks for checking on me. RandyA
  8. Venturous Randy
    Clay, just to let you know, I bought the set from sirius recently and am real happy with them. I got mine for about $79 with shipping and the group discount. There are instructions on how to get them and change them. Good luck, RandyA
  9. Venturous Randy
    I am trying real hard to understand what you are doing. Are you sure you are adjusting the correct screws? It sounds like you are trying to adjust the fuel/air mixture screws when you are counting turns. I suspect using transmission fluid would require a very small orifice in the line to slow the oscillations of vacuum surges. It does sound like your #4 has much more vacuum, which would require that carb throttle plate to be opened more. RandyA
  10. Venturous Randy
    In the middle picture, the hoses you have in your hand are connected to the YICS ports, which would indicate the engine is a 1200, not a 1300. That is not the ports used for the Jason mod. These ports should be capped. The tubes on top of the carbs are vent tubes that are pointing to the left and as noted should be to below the engine. It looks like you have tubes on the inlet fuel tubes. RandyA
  11. Venturous Randy
    Thank you Steve and I could not have said it any better. RandyA
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    You are coming down to my back yard. Last weather report I saw had Monday and Tuesday as nice and the other days scattered thunder showers. Hope you have a fun safe trip and enjoy this area. RandyA
  13. Venturous Randy
    Yep, the bike and I are home. After about two weeks of rain, I awoke to a beautiful morning, checked the weather channel and rain appeared to be south and east of me, Smokey Mountain to the Asheville area. So, I decided to take a ride toward south west Virginia, which ended up being Kentucky. I was alone as Laura is in Birmingham on the way to Gulf Shores, AL. visiting her sisters and brother. The bike was running absolutely great. So much pull at 40mph in 5th that I just knew I had to be in 4th . I rode thru shady two lanes that had a wall of mountain and trees on one side and a deep ravine on the other side and feeling like you were in the middle of no where. Just a perfect motorcycle day. I dropped off the mountain down in to Harlan, KY to a four lane and strip malls. I then found down town and it was a very pretty small town. But, while riding thru town, my bike started the intermittent cutting off and back on, real bad. I was able to make it back out on to the four lane and pulled into where an Advance Auto was located. Then it quit and would not restart. After determining my problem was electrical, as in getting no spark, I started going thru the usual checks of side stand switch, any connections I could find, such as those connected to the TCI and struck out. After messing around with it for about three hours, I started looking for help getting it home. My first call was to "SGN", Steve Neal, and we discussed our options, He had a commitment that was going to take a little time then he was going to load up his trailer and come after me. I then realized I had "Hairman", Tim's phone number saved, so I called him. His response was I will get the trailer and be there as soon as I can. And he was. I was hoping to just get the bike back part of the way, but Tim insisted on bringing me all the way home, which would be at least a 250 mile round trip for him all together, and he did not one time make fun of my antique 1st gen. What a guy. So, I am home and tired and getting ready to get some sleep. Tomorrow I will start the searches on the TCI checks and start looking at the other electrical stuff. But tonight I am just real thankful I have had the honor and pleasure in meeting some real good people on this website. Thanks very much Tim and Steve. RandyA
  14. Venturous Randy
    One thing that is sometimes a clue to me is rotors, especially on a MKI. If I saw a 30K mile bike with a lot of wear on the rotors, I would suspect 130K. I know that some pads like EBC HH are more severe on rotors, but I would also doubt that would be the wear factoron that bike. RandyA
  15. Venturous Randy
    Several years ago on a hot summer day, I was behind a car I was getting ready to pass. Just about the time it was clear and I was ready to go around, the car passed over a dead opossum that was very swelled up. I centered it, and it exploded. The stench was so bad on the bottom of the bike that I had to go to a car wash to wash it off and get it off my shoes and pants. I learned a lesson on that one, don't get so close you cannot see for a distance what a car in front of you is passing over. Glad it was not more than a bump to you. RandyA
  16. Venturous Randy
    Looks like you done good Herb. It was a good lesson for all of us and we appreciate you posting the details. You should get a lot better sync now and I bet it does run stronger and smoother. That should also help with the vibrations on the grips. Oh, and you do a good job representing us 1st genners at the rally on that thing. RandyA
  17. Venturous Randy
    Frank, Thank you for sharing this with us. I have been a member of this group since early on and was a member of the other group before that. It is such a great thing that so many with this group really want to help other. I have had so much help and I have tried to help others when I can. And, I bet you can't wait to sync someone else's carbs and help them out. This is really just another testament to what Freebird has put together here and has nurtured so well. RandyA
  18. Venturous Randy
    Hope you heal up quick buddy. This is just one of many reasons I do not play baseball, along with being; too old, too short, too fat, too lazy, too tired, too uncoordinated,.....I think you get the ugly picture. RandyA
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    digger, the best way to do it is to install the lighted unit, rather than the reflector stock type. I put one on a friends 87 and it worked great. They used to be available at BigBikeParts.com, or something like that, for about $50, but I am not sure who may have them now. RandyA
  20. Venturous Randy
    OK, this is going to be tough for me to do.....Man, that is one real nice looking 2nd gen and I have always liked that color. Ya done good. RandyA
  21. Venturous Randy

    R.I.P.

    Venturous Randy replied to rod's topic in Watering Hole

    Rod, part of being a middle aged son or daughter is having to go thru the loss of your parents. I lost my dad nine years ago and ended up buying his house from the estate as I had two sisters and a brother. There are still things I will get into, especially in the garage, that I know he was the last one that touched it. He bought me a Ducati 125 Bronco three months before I turned 14 and in 1995, he took me to look at an 850 Yamaha that he knew of after I had been out of bikes over 20 years. I was lucky that he always encouraged the mechanical side of me and I was the kid that worked on the neighborhood bicycles, go carts, motorcycles and autos from an early age. It breaks my heart to see so many kids now that don't know any more about their vehicles than putting in gas and turning on the sound system. From what you have said, it sounds like you were lucky to have a dad like that also. Loosing a dad that was a big part of your life is tough, but it is still better than loosing a father you hardly knew. RandyA
  22. Venturous Randy
    I guess I am real lucky. We have a local independent shop that has a free exchange thing. He has a bunch of trays of shims and you get what you need and put your used one back in the correct tray. RandyA
  23. Venturous Randy
    Normally, on an o-ring application, what works best is being real clean. But, since this is more of a gasket application, a sealer may be ok. RandyA
  24. Venturous Randy
    Those ought to last you for a long, long time!! RandyA
  25. Venturous Randy
    Hey scoot, I am still using the Chatterbox with the cord and after some upgrades, it works good. Laura and I have talked about upgrading our system to a cordless and hope you will be able to give us all the details. RandyA
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