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How much of a rise are these? Can't tell from picture. Gary

You said looking at one. Kicking tires again Dan ? Since you didn't say you bought another one, I guess we can tell who wears pants in your house. Gary

Schematic is at link below. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42357 Service manual has cable routing info that will show approximate location of parts. Gary

Pictures attached 1st thing was I went to Coil Over Plugs to eliminate the standard coils & plug wires. Do not do this with a stock TCI, without adding resistors in coil power circuit. COP's are lower ohms and will kill a standard TCI. PM me if you want more info on COP's. You are getting an Ignitech unit, which has a setting in it to handle COP's without added resistors. Fabricated a box from 1/8" aluminum that bolted where the coil rack was attached at. The gizmo mounted under box in a couple of pictures is the motor that controls the VBoost butterflies. Battery is a Deka AGM, this can not be done with a standard lead acid wet cell. Overall, driving force behind this was to get better VMax air box on bike. Gary

The 83-85 Ventures had a Barnett style clutch in them, then was replaced in 86 with the diaphragm style. All VMaxs have diaphragm style. You can beef up the diaphragm style easier than you can the Barnett style. More options available for a heavier spring, including doubling springs. Have a double diaphragm in Tweety, strong pull force, but it doesn't slip. Gary

I have used the tube type on same trim ring on Tweety. Clamp it all around after good cleaning. I also moved Venture badge down onto filler cap. This trim ring is sort of rare, I haven't seen many. Gary

Come on people, she is down by 7 votes at 9:00 est 725 to 732 She was up 24 about an hour and a half ago. Come on, lets vote. I put a plea out to my facebook freinds. Gary

Just voted for her, she has pulled into a razor thin lead. Gary

On a related note, I have an extra 2003 RSV tank avaliable. Gary

That would have been me. I will try to post something tonight. Somewhere I have pictures on site already. Was putting in a VMax airbox. Gary

Holy crap Batman !!! Training wheels on a 2nd gen, Who would have seen that coming? Yammer, Kic, Dingy... 1st few that come to mind. Gary

I just gotta say I am very proud of this group for the outpouring of help that has been shown for Mike. Thanks to everyone !!! Gary

The 2nd picture is for a 2nd gen VMax, very doubtful it will work on a 1st Gen Venture. On a related note, I just bought another Mark's collector for the 2nd gen I am working on. I am rather disappointed in the quality of this one. It is not aligned correctly between the left and right halves. I emailed Mark about it and sent him pictures of it. His response was that they are made on a fixture and had to be correct. I asked for a price break since I needed to cut it apart at brackets in order to correct it and he was did not offer any. Rather than return it and take a couple of weeks to get it back, I will pay the full price & rework it myself. !st one I got for Tweety was much better than this one. There is a 3/8" difference between front sides with collector square at rear on table. There is 1/4" difference between rear inlet heights. Top tubes are at about a 10 degree angle from being parallel looking down into them. I can correct this by cutting the one short weld on top side of bracket that is holding left side. Then fitting up to bike with my exhausts in place and weld bracket back on. Price has went up on the Marks unit to $350. Gary

Must hurt to make a $5.00 drop donation on the first day !!! Hopefully you both came out unscathed. Gary

And we could ride down to my garage, 40 miles, and have a 1st gen pickers dream stop. Gary

Chamfer the inside diameter on the plastic spacers a little and the 'nipple' will fit inside the spacer. Gary

Attached is a picture of Snag. Sometimes helps to put a face to a name. Something Don didn't mention in his 1st post is that Mike has complete hearing loss. This happened about 18 months or so ago, no known cause that I am aware of. This makes his finding a job that much more difficult. Please help him if you are able to, this man is in this position due to circumstances beyond his control. Gary

Both !! These pictures are from before in this case. Sometimes I go out and get a spare part and photo it. I do what I can to help. My Venture folder with pictures has 45,000 files @ 29 gig. 2,057 folders. Problem comes up when I know I have a picture of something, but what folder did I put it in. I don't rename 99% of pictures to a searchable name. Call me lazy. Gary

If what Mike thinks is your problem, I likely have a spare throttle cable housing laying around. Gary

What radio cover did you use?? Any clearance issues with handlebars? Gary

Can you somewhat pin point location of noise? Sounds a little like the pinion shaft in final drive may have broke. Picture is looking into the final drive unit, which has the collar removed. Shaft in center has been known to break. Collar in 2nd picture. Gary

Been there, done that, doing it again as you read this to a 2003 RSV frame with a 1st gen VMax configured 1300 block. 1st gen with a VMax upgrade was fairly easy, other than the air box mod. 2nd gen with VMax upgrade is a challenge. Exhaust system & air cleaners are big challenges. Gary

Actually that one looks good. Few closeup pictures of corroded diodes attached. You can use any 1N4000 series diode, 1N4000, 1N4001, ... 1N4007. Higher number indicates reverse voltage rating. All will work with 12V circuit. Gary

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And Friday dinner at Quaker Steak & Lube. http://venturerider.org/forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=345&day=2013-6-7&c=1 Gary