straycatt
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Yesterday afternoon I had to deliver a big pile of my grandsons outgrown yard toys to a friend for his grandson. I load up the back of my truck and the wife and off we go. There is a popular ice cream joint a couple miles from the house and as we go by I spot a pretty Gen1 in the parking lot with its owner and daughter near by. I immediately yell out "Hey Karl". Karl never even bothered to look up, and as I getting ready to yell again the wife wonders out loud if he might hear me a little better with the window rolled down. Doh! So, the question is, should I have pulled in so we could get ice cream too, or should I feel foolish for yelling thru a closed window?
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What's unsafe, isn't roundabouts. It's people that don't have the ability to ride/drive safely.
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Sounds like a possible fuel delivery issue.....it may be time to tear down the carbs.
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A pic from a few years ago, in the middle of around 2000 motorcycles. lol
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Is it that time of year already?
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trailer wiring
straycatt replied to 54chevybelair's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
I have the same problem. I chased connections for a while and then decided since the chances of needing the fourways when I'm towing the trailer is nil, I stopped worrying about it. -
Did they make a determination as to the cause of the meltdown, or are you not able to say?
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Good information, thanks guys. While I don't dispute what you are saying, I can only say again that the 4 piston calipers with the factory master cylinder on my Venture are, for me, a great combination.
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Hmmm, interesting. But My experience has been exactly the opposite. Stock master Cylinder with the R6 calipers has givin me an 100% improvement over the stock setup. If anything the stock M/C may be overpowering the 4 puck calipers, as total brake lever travel is around half of what it was the stock Venture calipers. Still a vast improvement and very managable. If the recommended M/C is 14mm, what is the stock size? If the stock M/C is 5/8" that is .62". 14mm is .55". I don't see that as being enough difference to create a real world detriment.
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Why?
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What you describe is exactly how I would have described the front brakes on my Venture. When I bought my bike, it didn't need pads but the previous owner gave me a complete set of HBC sintered pads (front and rear) so I changed them all out. The front binders were still the same with the new pads, so after a few thousand miles I picked up a set of HBC non-sintered pads. Same thing. I was getting ready to rebuild the calipers when I ran across a deal on the R6 calipers, so I put them on instead. After just a few miles of run in, it was like a different motorcycle. Where I had to lean hard on the lever with the old stock 2 piston calipers using all 4 fingers, I can now bring this thing down from any speed with just 2 digits. Brake lever feel has increased as well. Since the only thing that I changed that resulted in markedly improved braking, was the calipers/pads (I put on non-sintered pads this time and kept the old rubber brake lines) I have to believe that my problem was the under powered 2 piston stock calipers. When I removed the stock calipers I could find nothing wrong with them. The pistons all were free and the calipers floated freely in their brackets. No fluid leaks anywhere, and I had changed the fluid shortly after I bought the bike. I too, have owned many dozens of motorcycles and short of some old vintage bikes with mechanical drum brakes, the Venture has been one of the poorest stoppers of the bunch. I will concede that this is the heaviest motorcycle I have ever owned, but it should still have brakes commensurate with its weight. The only concern I have is, riding in the rain with these new anchors will require greater attention until I get used to it. Yes, I am a big fan of the 4 piston calipers. lol
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You're right. The Venture front brakes are weak. However, first lets assume a couple of things. Lets take for granted that your pads are in good shape, that the calipers don't have any frozen or sticky pistons in them, and that your brake lines aren't deteriorated and spongy. If all of those things are in good shape and you still have weak brakes, consider going to steal brake lines. That will give a little better braking feel All of that said, I think the best fix is to go to the R1/R6 four piston calipers. It's a bolt on conversion. Skydoc here on the forum sells a complete ready to bolt on kit with rebuilt/painted calipers/pads/bake lines, or any combination of. I bought mine off of Ebay and did the entire conversion for under $100. The improvement in braking with the new calipers is nothing short of amazing. Even with my stock rubber brake lines, the front brakes on my Venture are now all that I could ask for.
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Thank you, Jonas. I get more compliments on this bike than any other one I've owned. I've been meaning to put some pics into the gallery. edit; got a few in there now. : )
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Karl, you do know that anytime you need something done you're welcome in my garage, right? If I can't fix it, it ain't broke.
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I'm seeing these things advertised for less than $10K. They are NOT selling very well.
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Are you familiar with the Dragon? People go there to ride the curves. It doesn't make much sense to go some place, specifically to ride a curvy road and then try to straighten it out by cutting corners. There are times and places where it's OK to be left of center. The Dragon isn't one of them. edit; and yes, there is plenty of information there to make a judgment.
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Goose you'd fit in well on the Killboy.com website. Every week there is a handful of these type of pictures (including cars and trucks) posted there. Without fail, these left of center riders get crucified. And well they should.