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  1. Venturous Randy
    Here is a picture of what it looks like with the lower's off and bikini side panels. RandyA
  2. Venturous Randy
    I fixed my lower vents, I removed all the lowers and modified by side panels to now be bikini style. RandyA
  3. Venturous Randy
    Scott, with this discription, it sounds more like a connection problem than showing you level is low. And you thought you were getting too old to learn anything more! RandyA
  4. Venturous Randy
    He is not saying a 20-30% increase in effectiveness, he is saying the rear brake contributes only about 20-30% of overall brakeing. RandyA
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    Jeremy made a real good point here. I believe we all have changed or worked on a bunch of stuff and when we start it, we have a problem and don't have an idea where to look for the fix. On checking and cleaning connections, it helps to squeeze the terminals slightly for a more snug fit. I also use a fingernail file to rub on the spade terminals to clean the film/corrosion off. Also check resistance on the kickstand switch to make sure it is not corroded internally as it can cause all types of problems. RandyA
  6. Venturous Randy
    Ed, the next thing you will want to do is take it all off again and put grease fittings at the pivot points. It is not a hard job and when ever you service the bike, a couple pumps of grease will keep it good. I also suggest you take the bolts out where the swing arm pivots and grease there as well. And, if you have not pulled your rear end and remover your driveshaft and greased the splines, this is a MUST. A good driveshaft and coupling is getting harder to find. Also, grease the splines where the hub goes onto the rearend. And you thought you were done. RandyA
  7. Venturous Randy
    One of the things I do when I change my oil is when the oil has drained out, I will turn on the ignition and see if the oil level icon shows. RandyA
  8. Venturous Randy
    Neat story yamaduck. Just shows there are good people out there. RandyA
  9. Venturous Randy
    I can see it now, Eck gets nailed and the cops ask the driver "Why did you not see him"? The response is "I was looking up in the sky, I thought I heard Santa Clause". RandyA
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    Mine is an 83 Standard that did not come with a radio, but had one in it when I got it. I put a Blaupunt in mine several years ago along with 4 speakers. It does sound very good. I had to make the holder as the old Cycle Sound plastic holder was cracked bad. I am not sure how much you can use if you have a Royale. RandyA
  11. Venturous Randy
    I have evidently lost or misplaced the plastic cover that goes behind the middle gear cover. This is the one that goes over the wires coming from the stator, etc. Have you got one? RandyA
  12. Venturous Randy
    My wife's cousin had an 84 wing and there were no comparison on accelleration. My 1200 would walk away from his. His was also a lot harder to work on compared to my Venture. He had what I thought should have been easy maintenance and had to have the engine pulled to fix it. I think it was the stator. Being inseam challenged, I found the wing too wide where I wanted to put my feet down. RandyA
  13. Venturous Randy
    Mark, if you go to this post, you can see what the collector is supposed to look like, after it is put back together. Does this look like your's? RandyA http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1002
  14. Venturous Randy
    I did not take the fairings off when I took mine apart and greased everything, nor when I removed my forks and rebuilt them. RandyA
  15. Venturous Randy
    I will never be the same again!!! RandyA
  16. Venturous Randy
    When people have talked about the low end power on these 1200 motors, I felt like mine seemed to have more power (torque) than most. Mine at 25mph in 5th gear on flat ground would pull surprisingly strong compared to what other described about having to keep their bike above 3,000 rpm's. I also felt like at about 6,500 rpm's that the power was starting to taper off in that it was not pulling as hard. I know this bike pretty well as I have put 100,000 miles on it since I have had it for 13 years. I have patched the diaphragms a couple of times and it did seem to make it run a little better. With the new diaphragms, it is just opposite. Now, it feels a bit less torquey at low rpm's, but as I go over 3,000 rpm's in 1st gear at wide open throttle it now is almost scarey how quick it will pull to 8,000 rpm's. It now seems like just a few seconds in 1st and 2nd to 70 mph or more. I am wondering if I will get better gas mileage than before as I was getting from about 38 to 43, according to the road and my speeds. Now, if I am going to get anywhere near that good I am going to have to crank her down some as I am now catching myself looking for a place to crank it on. It's almost addictive how much pull it has as it is winding up and at 8,000 rpm's it is still pulling hard. I was just wondering if anyone has experienced this change with new diaphragms? RandyA
  17. Venturous Randy
    Our Dodge Caravan headlights had fogged bad and I did the sanding route before. But a while back I used a kit that not only sanded it down, but had a clearcoat you put over the top. A couple of years later the clearcoat still looks good. I feel you need the kit with the wipe on clearcoat to last very long. Either way, it was a lot better than before. RandyA
  18. Venturous Randy
    Don't know about those roads but we ought to get together for a m&e and ride sometime. I better not post it because the last time we talked about an East Tn get together, it bacame the longest (in time) post ever and we never did get together. I am just up the road from you. RandyA
  19. Venturous Randy
    It sounds like someone has put together something that is not stock. I sounds like the tubes that come out of the collector have broken off. Can you take a picture and post it? RandyA
  20. Venturous Randy
    I do believe so. If you have not done it, you need to drain the forks and put new oil in. I use 15W fork oil. I also put in 1/2 ounce more than the book calls for and that has stopped any bottoming out. RandyA
  21. Venturous Randy
    We have an older Chatterbox system that is wired to each other. I have had the system for years and have upgraded all the parts at one time or other. The one mod I did was to put a AAA battery box above the main box and now batteries last a long time. And when batteries get weak, I just put two more AAA's in. Since I am teathered to the passenger, I set it up so any points of connection is hard wired to the box and secured to the helmet. This keeps me from plugging to and from the box connections, making the unit last much better. I recently bought a new box and two open face headsets for $30 from a local independent dealer because these units are now obsolete. It works great and are very light on the helmet. The wire that connects the helmets can be had from Radio Shack for a couple of bucks. We looked at several types of systems and to go wireless was going to be over $500 so I can stand to be teathered together. I don't know about this system, but it also appears to be one that is teathered together. RandyA
  22. Venturous Randy
    Are you referring to the Silverado or the 83 Venture? RandyA
  23. Venturous Randy
    Hey Mike, Thanks for the great story and great pics. It looks like it turned out to be a beautiful clear day. That country looks a lot like the scenery here in east TN. RandyA
  24. Venturous Randy
    A couple years ago I lined up with a guy at a stop light that was a left turn onto the onramp on to the interstate. It was a long ramp up hill that murged into one lane. The guy was on one of the "Big Dog" type bikes and he was sitting there rapping on the throttle. I was on the outside lane and when the light changed he took off. He was at least a bike length ahead of me by the time we made the turn and he was obviously wide open. I cranked it on and passed him in 1st, and pulled him a couple of bike lengths. We both had to brake hard as there was a car at the top of the ramp running about 55 that was murgeing. Since there was not any traffic coming, I flipped my left turn signal on and when I had room, I went to the left lane with him about a foot behind me. I again pulled him a couple of bike lengths and then slowed down. As he passed me he would not even look over at me. I wonder if he told his buddies about getting smoked by some old bike that kinda looked like an old Gold Wing, but could run off and leave him? RandyA
  25. Venturous Randy
    Mike, I would strongly suspect that you need to clean or replace the side stand switch. Like I said above, it is real easy to check and have all kinds of effect on how it runs, from skipping to shutting down. Brian, my stumble was more noticable just off idle as I was pulling out or at low rpm's as I was manovering around. RandyA
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