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  1. dingy
    Below are a couple of pictures of a plug I pulled from bike. Any comments on its appearance and related engine tweaks would be appreciated. Plug was pulled after low speed ride & pulling into garage. Iridium plug. About 1300 miles on it. 1300 engine Vmax heads Mains 150 jet PAJ2 160 jet Four 7/16" dia holes in air box lid K&N air filter Gary http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af193/gdingy101/PICT0288.jpg http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af193/gdingy101/PICT0289.jpg
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    Per side. Service manual says 13.8 oz. in appendices. Gary
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    Valves are different on Vmaxs. Stem is 1mm smaller dia.. O.D. of valve head is 1.5 mm larger. This gives the engine more ability to pull air in and push it out. One of the differences I have seen on mine with the Vmax heads is that I am now running with four 7/16" dia. holes in the air box lid. With the stock 1200 engine, it would degrade the engine performance with just two 7/16" holes. I can't say how much the air holes are helping if any, but they don't seem to hurt. Putting the extra air in the bike tends to lean it out, and most ventures are running lean on a factory setup. I have tweaked carb jetting some to overcome lean running. I have not put a v-boost on as of yet. Maybe this winter. Gary
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    That is not a bad deal, they look to be is very good shape. Also if you add the 4 piston calipers, you should also use a master cylinder from an MKII. The bore size is larger on the MKII to supply extra fluid to the masters. Attached is a spreadsheet I made up when I was looking at doing this to my MKI. Shows caliper, master and rotor comparisons for various Yamaha substitutions. Gary
  5. dingy
    Yes and no. The rotor will bolt up to the wheel. It won't work however with the MKI caliper. The MKI rotor is 298mm in dia. x 7mm thick, The MKII rotor is 282 mm in dia. x 8.5mm thick. The contact surface area of the pads to rotors is different. The MKII calipers can be used if the lower fork tubes are changed to MKII's. The mounting bolt spacing for the calipers for the MKI's is 80mm, the MKII's is 100mm. Gary
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    I did not do an entire Vmax engine swap. The Vmax will however fit right in. I used the bottom end out of a 1988 Venture, which is a 1300cc compared to a 1200 Vmax. This is what the Vmax guys are doing to get more HP. The top end from a Vmax will bolt right up to the 1300 lower end. You want to use 1300 head gaskets. Exhaust headers are a match. The main problem is getting the V-boost system to fit in. It can be done though. Requires modification to air cleaner. Choke is different on Vmax carbs, hand choke on carb body instead of on handlebars. In my humble opinion, the collector is not that much of a restriction compared to the mufflers. From what I could see in the collector, there was only one internal 'swiss cheese' baffle. By shining a light in the intake I could see lots of light through the muffler port. The mufflers are a huge restriction. Gary
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    Can you get the old bleeder screw out of the caliper? Gary
  8. dingy
    Look at thread below. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=49396 Thread that was referenced to about cleaning switch is at: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42433 Gary
  9. dingy
    Had a tornado hit about five miles from here and destroyed a barn. We had some high winds and some hail. Gary
  10. dingy
    Below is a picture of spare one I have. Is it the one you need? I used three on my bike, two for stock horns & one for Stebel horn. Gary
  11. dingy
    I think I have a spare one, I'll go on a scavenger hunt. Gary
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    Don, I gave you a fork wrench tool. Not sure how it will work on the valves. The RSV's must be a little different, than their faster older brothers. Gary
  13. dingy
    Bike is an 83. Does not have intercom or CB. New bike wiring harness has connectors, but they aren't used. Gary
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    I put a new radio in the bike today. I found a unit at Wal-Mart that had an Ipod input as well as a USB and SD memory chip port. Can handle up to a 16 gig chip, which would be around 3,000 songs. Has skip, replay, folder selection functions. Front rear balance. Radio gets excellent reception. No CD player in unit so it is only about 2/3 the depth of a normal radio. Blue back lighting. This was only $40. I can puty up to a 16 gig memory card in player with songs in different folders depending on preference. Navigator likes country so I can have that music in a folder that can be played for her. I had completely removed the stock radio and filled in cover with plexiglas last year. I had a car unit with a CD player in it, but the CD would skip on bike. Made a cover for it to keep rain out. Probably get a marine style cover for it in future. Stock speakers have been replaced with 3 way units. I also have a pair of small tweeters mounted in the saddle bags. Gary
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    Carl speaks the truth !!! Gary
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    Look at thread below. Possible cause is bad solder joints in CMU unit. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33328 Gary
  17. dingy
    More likely it would be the other way around !! Gary
  18. dingy
    If the fan is wired per the schematic, it should not have power to it unless the key is in the 'On' position. Schematic link below. http://www.venturerider.org/wiring/86-89%20Yamaha%20Venture%20Simplified%20Circuit%20Diagram%20Rev%20D.pdf Gary
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    Below is a link that shows the speaker wire colors. Audio wiring is in center of schematic. http://www.venturerider.org/wiring/99-09%20Yamaha%20Royal%20Star%20Venture%20Wiring%20Diagram%20Rev%20B.pdf Gary
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    Brass caps

    dingy replied to Kirby's topic in Watering Hole

    I have a set of plastic plugs listed in the 1st gen classified section for the mixture screws on the 1st gen's. Someone told me these weren't needed on 2nd gen's though. So I am not sure if they will work on 2nd gen's. http://www.venturerider.org/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=2573&title=carb-pilot-air-screw-hole-cover&cat=6 Gary
  21. dingy
    Below are some pictures of a mount I made for a Magellan unit. I brazed another nut to the existing handlebar nut while a bolt was threaded through both. I can remove mount when not using. I put heavy duty velcro on front of mount & back of GPS unit so it can be removed from mount. Gary
  22. dingy
    While out riding tonight, I had a few chances to experiment with the discrepancy between the green neutral light and the CMS 'N' indicator. I have a fairly stiff clutch in the bike, so when I come up to a light I know I'll be at a while I put bike in neutral. Several times when I was stopped I had a blank CMS indication along with the neutral light being lit. I tried several things to get it to sync. What I found was that often, by slightly pulling the clutch or front brake lever would cause the CMS 'N' indicator to display. I also got them to sync once by pressing the cruise 'Cancel' button. The cruise unit was powered on at the time. It would not however, sync by flipping between High & Low beams. I have two 65w bulbs lit on high and only one 65w bulb lit on low, so this would have caused a change in system voltage. The clutch, brake & cruise switches as well as the green neutrl light are all tied to the main positive circuit from the key switch. This circuit being the 'Br' wire on the schematic. What this all means I am not sure of. I still think that possibly a higher than normal resistance crimp connection in the wiring harness might be involved. This winter, while working on the bike, I dismantled a spare harness to use some of the connectors. Some of the crimp connections I came across had 4 or more wires held together by a metal band only, no solder. This type of connection is subject to deteriorating over time. Below is a picture of a typical crimp connection inside the wiring harness. I do not beleive in my case that the problem lies in the neutral switch on the end of the transmission shaft. This is due to the green neutral light being lit whenever it should be. The CMS display and the green light are triggered from the same contact in the neutral switch. Gary http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af193/gdingy101/crimp_005.jpg
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    You could either use the parts fiche to cross reference part numbers, which is referenced on this site at: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2482 Or go to Partshark.com and do the same. Gary
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    Don, I don't think Tom wants the singing end of the frog !! Gary http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af193/gdingy101/froglegs.jpg
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    Look at thread below. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=508 Gary
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