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  1. Venturous Randy
    I am having a problem with the area just above coasting and pulling. If I am running on flat ground with just enough throttle to maintain speed, at say 30 to 45mph, I am getting a constant skip, but not like a single dead cylinder. When I give it just a little more throttle, it smooths out and pulls fine. I have been thru the carbs recently and cleaned the pilot valves and everytrhing else. I have also synced them again today and they also look good with the rpm's up to 3,000 to 4,000. I have tweaked on the mixture screws, starting at 2 1/2 turns out and really can not tell much difference when turning them in or out. I have also worked on the diaphrams and have no holes. I also ran a full can of Sea Foam thru it today. Is there any suggections? Denden, are you listening? RandyA
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    Thanks for the post. That is good information to know. I was going to suggest looking at the computer monitor as that can also be a problem on cold solder joints, but you found your problem. RandyA
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    As I noted above, battery light started blinking and when I got it home, I filled the battery with distilled water. Well, I am still having an intermitten problem with the battery icon coming on and the light blinking. I pulled the sensor out of the battery and cleaned it good, but I am still having the problem. I am going to get another sensor and if that does not solve the problem. I may just try by passing it. RandyA
  4. Venturous Randy
    Friday I should have a big jar of it. I needed it after doing the same thing trying to sync a friends Venture. Before I could turn the engine off, it sucked two tubes dry. RandyA
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    While on a ride Saturday evening, my light started blinking indicating my battery. When I got home, sure enough, several cells in the battery were low. I picked up some distilled water and filed it back up. The point I want to make is the next time you are tinkering with your bike, pull the cover off and look to see how full the battery is. And if is low, make sure you fill it with distilled water. You may have cells that are low and the sensor may not be picking it up because that particular cell is not that low. This will ruin a good battery if left too long low on water. RandyA
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    I have found that a half ounce of extra oil, using 15w oil, works best for me without having Progressive springs and air pressure at about 10 pounds. I have not had a problem bottoming out with this combination. RandyA
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    He's got a floater in his tank!!! RandyA
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    I spent last Sunday morning in ER with Laura with her having her first kidney stone. I did not know what was wrong with her, but we both were scared. Sherry, we keep thinking about you and your family. My suggestion on the BIL is to just respond to his suggestions(directions?) with "I will consider that," and just let it go for the time being. I am not much of a sueing person, but there are times when it is the RIGHT thing to do and I suspect this is one of them. Good luck, RandyA
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    I bought one off ebay for about $11 that was perfect. RandyA
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    The one thing I did like about the Dunlaps was the availability of the raised white letters. I thought that looked good on my bike. RandyA
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    I have had my 83 for eleven years and have put over 80,000 miles on it. Right after I got it I put a set of Dunlap Elites on it and it was a lot better than what I had. The next set was Metzler 880's and I felt that was an improvement over the Dunlap's. I just put on a set of Avons and so far feel they are better than any. I was impressed with the front tire wear on the Metzlers as I put 22,000 miles on it and it still had a lot of tread. but I went thru two rear tires and wore both out. Part of the rear tire wear was related to running some at less pressure for awhile due to screws in the tires. On these Avons I am planning to keep a close eye on pressures and see how well they wear. So far, I really do like how they feel. RandyA
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    Hey bob, the diaphragms are what pull the slides open from vacuum above the throttle plates, which is what you open when you twist the throttle.. If there are holes in the diaphragms, you will end up pulling more gasoline into the engine with less air. In other words it will run more rich. It can also run rich to the point of fouling spark plugs. Holes will definitely bring down gas mileage. I suspect that the majority of these bikes with age and mileage need the diaphragms fixed or replaced. RandyA
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    Not too sure about the plastic dip. Richard tried it and he said gasoline/fumes desolved it, or at least the stuff he used. Also, you want to make sure whatever you use stays very plyable. RandyA
  14. Venturous Randy
    Gerald, I believe this is a one step cooler plug. If you are going to run the bike hard, this plug might even run a little better. If you are going to lug around, a hotter plug will probably perform better. I usually run the Autolite 4164 in mine and it seems to do good and I can put a set in for about $6. RandyA
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    For those of you that just can not seem to let go of a couple of hundred bucks to replace your diaphragms, even though you know they need it, there is an alternative. Over the years I have tried several things to fix the existing pin holes to get me through one more season of riding. I have tried Yamabond, Seals All, silicon and maybe even something else. Last year I bought a set of carbs off ebay and even though the diaphragms did have some pins holes in them, they had been unmolested. I had heard from someone on here about a product called Liquid Tape. Well, as an update of about a year later, I want to say that it works very well. I took my carbs apart and in particular looked at the diaphragms that I patched last year and they looked very good. There was only one small hole that I needed to repair and either it was new, or I missed it last year. The great thing was the Liquid tape was still sticking real good and was still very pliable, much more than a little bit of Yamabond. I believe the trick to it is to make sure you get the hole area prepared before putting the Liquid Tape on. What I do is spray the area with brake cleaner and then clean it good with alcohol. After blowing it off a bit with compressed air, I will smear a little Liquid Tape over the area where the hole is. Then I will let it dry over night before I put it back together. I have seen Liquid Tape available at several places, but I originally bought mine at a NAPA store. It is made to be put over wires or connections to seal them. It also must have some pretty good resistance to gasoline. For those of you that want to get a little more life from your diaphragms and make your bike run better and get better gas mileage, this will sure help. RandyA
  16. Venturous Randy
    Thanks Dennis, It would probably be a fluke if the primary side was near the correct range, but I will check it out. These things may not even fit into the required area. I will let you know what I come up with. Thanks, RandyA
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    I have a set of six coils off a Nissan Maxima engine that have the coils right on top of the sparkplug boot. I was wondering that if they would fit on top of the plugs on my bike, could I bypass the coils I have and run the respective wire that goes to the coil to the spark plug coil. I believe they only require a hot wire and a ground wire. Has anyone done this? I don't see why it would not work if the room in the plug area is suffient. Any comments? RandyA
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    I upgraded to them last summer as I was getting ready to pull the camper and they work a lot better than anything I have had in the past. They will definately stop my 83. I have not noticed any wear differences on the rotor yet. RandyA
  19. Venturous Randy
    I took the numbers Freebird posted on replacement u-joints to Advance Auto and had them cross referenced. I ordered one for about $10 and picked it up today. When I tried to install it, I found it was slightly smaller than stock. The diameters are the same, but if you measure the distance between the grooves that hold the c-clip, in the generic I had it was 35mm and the stock is 37mm. Does anyone have a generic one that they can measure between these grooves? You can install it, but when you pull the caps outward as far as they will go there is play in the joint. RandyA
  20. Venturous Randy
    Try this post for some pictures. RandyA http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2348
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    I bought my little camper last summer and it weighed in about 370#. I would say loaded up it was closer to 410#, at least. I loaded it to have about 20/25# tongue weight. I was surprised as how well my 83 pulled it, but when it came to stopping, I really tried to be careful to have plenty of room. I upgraded with better brake pads and always felt the bike had plenty of power to pull it thru and over the mountains. RandyA
  22. Venturous Randy
    I just mounted two Avons last evening and had them balanced today. I have a tire break-er-downer and mounting is no big deal. I did take it to the shop this morning for balancing and one took a 1/4 oz and the other took 1 3/4 oz. It cost me $6 to get them both balanced. RandyA
  23. Venturous Randy
    For the first six to eight years with my 83, I always ran at least mid grade and sometimes premium. I then dropped beck to reg 87 and felt no difference. But, if I am going to be pulling the 400+ pound camper thru the mountains, I will at least run mid grade or better. If you think about it, it averages out to about .40 to .50 cents per fill up to upgrade. RandyA
  24. Venturous Randy
    Do you mean interested in fixing it for you, or helping you fix it or thinking of it as a parts bike? At 54K miles, that should be a good candidate for the undercut program. Unless it has just been beat to death, that should be an easy fix. What are you thinking about doing to it and how do you feel about your mechanical abilities and do you have a place to work on it? Fixit, I am tickled for you on your bike. You will have a much closer feel for your bike than ever before because now you are part of it. RandyA
  25. Venturous Randy
    There is just something so neat about real loud horns on a motorcycle. RandyA
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