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See attached picture. Red arrow points to fan switch. Pull connector from sensor and jumper 2 wires in connector together. With key on, fan should spin up. Gary

Plywood would not be my 1st choice. Treated 2x8 or 2x10's would seem like a better choice. Water can get between the lamination in plywood no matter how well it is sealed on something like this. Any fastener hole, between individual sheets, etc, can allow moisture to get in and accumulate, thus promoting rot. Gary

The filters are an extremely fine mesh that are not replaceable independent of the petcock assembly. Depends how brave you are. A good inline filter will catch 99.9% of what comes through. There is not much between petcock screens & inline filter, only petcock valve. You could clip off the now junk screens and go that route. I have a used, decent petcock if you want to replace it. PM me. Gary

I can have an Ignitech unit sent out to you in a couple of days. I have several on hand. PM me. $265, includes shipping & new MAP sensor. Gary

Most all of the Venture wiring diagrams are on this site. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=68 or, RSV's http://www.venturerider.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=91 Gary (Dinges)

As mentioned, brake lights are routed through the CMU. The signal fuse probably protects that circuit. Horn is on same fuse, check it. Also, follow link below to put bike info in your header, it really makes it easier for us to help you without having to open your profile to see what bike you have. Hard to remember them all !! http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=58880 Gary

An hour & 37 minute video. :scared: Please. What's the Readers Digest version? Gary

Check partshark.com Fairing 1 tab or fairing 2 tabs. Do you still need speaker covers? I found a set this weekend. They need spray painted, but otherwise OK. Gary

On the starter solenoid, there is a Blue wire that goes to Starting Circuit Cut-Off Relay Assy. And also a Red with white tracer wire that is powered through the ignition fuse. With the Key at the run position, use a meter to see if there is 12V showing between the Red/White wire and ground. If yes, attach a jumper from ground to the Blue wire, on starter solenoid (Bike in Neutral), this should engage starter solenoid and crank motor. If it does, you probably have a bad Starting Circuit Cut-Off Relay Assy., or an open in Blue wire to this relay. Could be a couple of other possibilities also. Gary

Pull left side cover off. Solenoid will be visible in there. Make sure bike is in neutral. Jumper across both main terminals on solenoid with a pair of pliers or something heavy. It will spark a little. No need to crank it long, just see if it will. Does bike crank? If it does, starter & grounds & positive feeds are OK. If it cranks, then does solenoid make clicking sound when you try to crank it normally? Gary

It isn't fixed in place like the 1st gens. It will slide right out of housing. I can't find a picture of the FJR style. Gary

I am not sure if spacer is there. Spacers ID is same as OD of axle (almost). That hole looks to be the OD of spacer. I will try to find a picture of it later. FJR drive shaft is to long for any Venture. Gary

Similar to attached picture, but different in flange area. This from an MKI. In catalog cut from a 2004 FJR, it is the dashed part between 4 & 5. Gary

Picture is of a 2004 FJR rear end on Tweety. Boss on casting for speedo is present. Also shock bolt is not drilled on the FJR. Make sure FJR final comes with the internal spacer, about 3" long. Pain to get if it doesn't come with unit. Gary

I sent a PM to connector guy on VMax site.. I gave him a direct link to manufacturer & equal. See if he gets back to me. Gary

My bet is a bad ground connection. This connection could be inside the wire harness cover also. There are many unseen splices. You might try attaching a direct ground to the instrument panel and see if any difference Attached shows a VMax schematic with a well known crimp problem in the VMax. Gary

The shorter bolts are due to an interference issue in two of the holes. Front left cylinder, outboard hole & rear right cylinder outboard hole need the shorter screws. These two screws also need permatex or similar sealant as they penetrate the oil galley. Gary

Hales (HD & Yamaha dealer) in Mansfield might have parts if you need something. I have nothing that would help for the 96 Royal Star as far as rear wheel. Gary

I don't think the middle drive cover will clear a non countersunk fastener. A standard screw head will probably hit cover. Gary

I would doubt it. But with a sensitive enough sensor it might be possible. Interestingly, one of the new products I am involved with at work in a differential pressure sensor. It has -125 to +125pa sensitivity. I will check with electronics engineer to see if it could be adapted. I am the mechanical side of product. The closer sensor is to the cause for the pressure drop, the better the response of the sensor will be. Gary

Couple of pictures of what I did to smooth pulsing out. I am not currently using this though. The pulsing is there on a stock bike, you just don't know about it. I tied all 4 intake ports together using a 5 port connector. Then ran line into short chamber made from 1.5" PVC, then to MAP sensor. Ignitech doesn't supply the MAP sensor you get from me, it came from another source. I have talked to them about it and they do not admit to a problem. I have came across a post on Internet where there was another person not involved with any I have supplied complaining about same issue. Ignitech had his TCI back, but did not admit finding any issue with it. Gary

There is a couple of differences with the 90-93 Ventures. 1st, I don't believe the 90-93 will have the dropout problems that were seen using the IAP settings. The 90-93's have a single pickup coil setup. I have not had anyone that has a V88 unit running IAP report a dropout issue with a single pickup coil. On the 83-89 Ventures/VMax, Ignitech tied pickup coils into two pairs and used a wasted spark setup. Where I believe that this ties into the dropout problem is the 6 pin connector on the Ventures is in a very dirty location. It is prone to getting poor connections. Due to Ignitech tying pick up coils, the Ignitech unit seems more sensitive to a poor connection or pickup coil problem. This is reason I have been sending out a new connector for this connection. But the 90-93 & 90-07 VMaxs seem OK. I have been running my bike with a V88 using TPS setting and have seen no 3000-4000 dropouts. All this means on the 90-93 Venture you will probably be alright using the IAP settings. What is nice about using IAP settings is that the left hand column on advance chart can be adjusted so that each row of the chart is in a linear increment. Meaning you could set it at 10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100. The TPS setting has fixed numbers on the left side of chart set at 0,2,5,10,20,30,40,60,80,100. This non linear setup somewhat skews what is being looked at on the advance settings. As Ozlander said, a dyno will be best way to get this figured out. With being able to vary the timing in at least 3 different parameters, it is very confusing. I do not have a program that replicates the stock TCI because there is no documentation an the effect that the boost sensor has on timing in a graph form that could be extrapolated to the Ignitech settings, at least that I am aware of. Remember to program and settings you change back into the TCI, key on & press program button at top of TCIP4 window. You should see a blue bar dispaly in lower right of window indicating successful program. Call me if you want and I will try to help., number is in my user profile. Gary

The voltage changes on the TPS setting on the Misc. page determine the actual range that the MAP sensor uses. If the voltages are not set to what is needed on the bike the advance curve can be shifted higher or lower on the Advance tab. Each bike could vary a little, depending on a number of factors. Air filter, sych settings, condition of motor. Did you load curve into TCI that I sent you yesterday? I think it is a better overall restarting point than what is in your TCI now. Gary

On a happier note, I do like the new setting on the Manage Attachment setting. Use to be the whole path for the picture would display, but only see the first 20 or so characters, never could see picture name. Now it is displaying only the picture name, which is helpful. Gary

What is being used is a MAP sensor, hooked up to the TPS input. When using the IAP setting that Ignitech released with the V88 version seems to be the cause of the 3k~4k dropout problem that was experienced by some last year. That is why I am sending these out using the TPS setting. Brian Kuhr (bkuhr) was working towards getting a convenient way to hook a TPS sensor up to the carbs. Don't know where he is at with this. I was supposed to try and hookup a unit he sent me to Tweety, but never got to it. I did buy a TPS sensor from Ignitech this last time. Would like to try and use it or similar on the RSV Hybrid bike. Can you send me a screen capture or camera picture of the error you are seeing? "IAP Error 19mv" gary(at sign)dinges.com Your Miscellaneous screen should look like picture attached. Gary