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Looked through your database some, lot of time and effort is going into this. Some interesting stuff in there. A rough estimate can be made of the number of bikes that were sold. Confirms a thought I have had that the 83's were the most prevelant ones. There are always a number of 83's on ebay, either completed or parted out. Thanks, Gary

Now that you mention that, I do recall it was an 84. Picture of Tweety's title (lower) and the 84's title (upper). Tweety had a 26H designation in VIN & 84 had 47R designation. 84 looked good on the outside, but inside it was rough. Quite a few parts from it are on Tweety. Gary

I would like to look at it. One of the bikes I have had was the 47th Venture made in 1983. Gary

On its way to you. Gary

Sent you an email with 7 VIN #'s in it. To your nabbnet account. I may have given some of these to you before. Gary

Picked up the 1988 Venture I bought last weekend this afternoon. Haven't dug into it at all, but after taking a closer look, it's not in bad shape overall. Needs a tab replaced on left side cover. Needs a new windshield & battery. CB & radio are working. Air compressor is not working 100%, No errors, but not engaging on rear end. Lights are working. Fuel tank looks good, no rust visible through filler. I am probably going to go over it well, replace some stuff like brake pads, fluids. Put in a set of progressive springs. Then try to resell it. Not a bad find by @cowpuc. Ended up getting it for $500. 83,500 miles on it. Stopped at a Yamaha dealer on way back, they had a new 2013 Goldwing with ABS for $23,100. It was real interesting. One thing I wasn't enthused about was the seat, felt very stiff. Also felt a little more cramped riding position than a Venture. Gary

I have a good working stock TCI that I will loan you. The following will sound insensitive, deal with it. Since you are new here and no 'track record' I will want a $125 deposit and I will send it to you. You can try it in bike and if it works, you know what problem is. If it doesn't you saved throwing parts at it. If you want to, you can keep it, or return it to me. I will put it in my bike, if it works I will refund your deposit. I do have a fairly good 'track record' here and have not, to my knowledge, ever been unfair in any of my many dealings with people here or on ebay. Issue with borrowing one from somebody is the are a pain in the buttocks to remove from bike. They would have to be a dam good friend to do that. Gary

If you are looking at parts breakdown on 2nd Gens, anything with 26H prefix is a part that was used from 1st gens. There are many other prefixes that possibly interchange as well also, but 26H was widley used on 1st gens. Then you get into parts Yamaha repurposed from earlier models than the 1st gen and these are sprinkled through the 1st gens. Gary

DO NOT even think about using an impact driver on the pilot screw, PLEASE !!!!! Gary

Bill, Your profile shows you are an engineer, what field of engineering? Gary

Post pictures of what you got left. Somebody will know where they go. Gary

The parts fiche picture doesn't show many of the choke linkage parts. One thing not seen in pictures above is a nylon bushing that goes into each carb body on the choke linkage. I have a set of intact carbs if you need other pictures. Gary

How about some pictures? Gary

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest a way of cleaning those that is 'out of the box'. Harbor Freight sells a hand media blaster for $18. Gravity Feed Blaster Gun It can be used as a small area soda blaster. Soda blasting uses common sodium bicarbonate (baking soda). See link below for use on copper. Seattle Soda Blasting Company Serving the Puget Sound | Call Today! The connector could be hand held with decent glove and cleaned. Residue clean-up possibly with water and allowed to air dry. I have no idea if this has been considered by anyone, a Google search on it came up with no pertinent matches. Don't try this at home, someone may come up with why this is a bad idea. Even after dis-assembleing pins from housing, cleaning the contacts manually and thoroughly would be very hard. Where the female pin wraps around would difficult to access. Gary

Your embarrassing yourself Dan. Go back to your corner. Gary

The furnished spacers would go under the tube caps. I believe they are optional, leaving them out softens ride. Gary.

Picture of stock & progressive spring with hardware for each. Stock is on bottom. MKI's & MKII's look identical for these parts. Gary

There might be one up in the upper neck area. Check motor ground, right lower front on block. The connector you saw that goes into harness could be corroded. If you are having starter issues, the starter to block face could be corroded. Any connector that has a ground circuit in it, which is a lot of them. Gary

Picture with text on it points out terminals that need jumpered together for each function. Picture of jumpers on show high & low beams bypassed. Pictures are of a 1986-1993 CMU. Gary

Just a thought on the heat convection to the brake line. The rear brake has a similar close encounter with right front exhaust, but Yamaha put a shield over it in that area. Maybe it was a cost decision not to do the front line on the RSV's. The front line is farther away, I believe, but still close. Item #40 in picture. Gary

If you get to the point of believing it is TCI, I sell an aftermarket unit. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/photopost/showproduct.php?product=204&title=ingnitech-tci-2c-replacement-for-1st-genventures&cat=20 Gary

As the VMax guys say "If the oil light isn't coming on, you aren't riding it right." Gary

Putting VMax heads on will cause MAJOR exhaust issues primarily. 2nd gen heads are angled at exhaust port, so the tubes turn and go outside the frame, back each side where they tie to rear exhaust. VMax & 1st gen direct the flow out of the heads, then the pipes run between the frame rails, under the motor, then tie into rear pipes, then exit under from under the motor near the shock(s). Connecting the 2 diagonal cylinders into one muffler on each side is the best for power die to scavenging in exhaust. 2nd gen frame required some significant cutting and welding on frame. Front motor mount was extensively reworked. Put VMax cams & springs in stock heads, Gary

Take it apart and clean it. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/computer-lights-horns-other-electrical/42433-1986-1993-throttle-electrical-switch-disassembly-cleaning.html Gary

1st thing to check is a 6 pin connector that is located near the shock damping selector on left reaar side. I have seen several of these connectors cause ignition problems. There are 2 6 pin connectors in same area. One is for gear position indicator, it has all 6 pins used. Other is for pickup coils, it has 5 of the 6 pins used. The common (Black is on in position that has empty slot next to it. Other 4 pins are to each pickup coil. Use an OHM meter to check coils. Resistance should be 93~126 ohms on each of the 4 wires to the black one. There should also be infinite ohms from each of the 5 wires to ground. This is checked with connector disconnected and on side of connector with female pins. #2 coil is where tach receives signal from. If TCI is problem, I sell a replacement unit that is much better than stock TCI. Gary