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Contact this guy... http://www.venturerider.org/forum/member.php?183-Rick-Butler

Great find my friend!!! If memory serves me, you want EBC 123 pads. When you replace the pads pay attention to the "pins" and make sure there is no damage to the surfaces as if they are worn or crud'ed up they will cause the pads to stick and not release... A good source for the EBC pads is member Skydoc_17. Earl is one of our member vendors besides being one heck of a nice guy!

Sorry Puc, but one video says 2013, and the other 2014, so they couldn't have been made concurrently...

Rey SilverT, are you in the same mobile park as me?? Looked exactly the same after several days in the 60's...

What you DON'T know about Puc's video is that he was standing there buck naked all the while...

Yup, I'm thinking your issue with the Ignitek is all in programming! It is probably programmed for the older Venture dual pickup timing pulses whereas your newer MK2 has a single pickup...

OK, Y'all, spring is just around the corner and it's time to start thinking about your summer plans! As you may or may not know, this year's theme is Patriotic Country, so to honor Mom, the Flag, and apple pie here is the menu for Friday's Awards dinner and Saturday's Barbeque! For Friday, you can choose between a dinner of Pulled Pork or Chicken with Biscuits and Gravy for around $15 or step up to a T-Bone Steak for around $25!! All meals come with your choice of soup or salad and will come with a baked potato and mixed vegetable medley! Of course, the dessert will be good old American pie!!! (Sorry, we do not have the EXACT price as of the moment, but the meals will be approximately what we listed.) Of course, as usual, you may also choose your dinner off of the menu! Now, for Saturday's BBQ, the menu is BBQ half chicken (which is going to be prepared on site, so the aroma is going to drive us crazy all afternoon!!), Corn on the Cob, Macaroni Salad, Baked Beans, and Fresh Salad and Roll!! The cost is the usual $10.00 with tickets available from Thursday right up until Saturday, no ticket, no eat so buy your tickets as soon as possible, which also helps us determine just how many people to prepare food for! In case you haven't signed up yet, or are not familiar with this great event, here is a link to the thread in the Regional Rallies Forum... http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?125386-Western-NY-Northeast-Regional-Rally-2017!!-Aug-10-Aug-13&p=998884#post998884 Se 'Ya all there this summer!! You don't want to miss this one!!!

Yup! Rick has been modding our seats for many years now and knows what he is doing! I've never heard one complaint from any of the many people who have had his mod done!!!

It shouldn't. By lower resistance causing an issue, that would be more along the order of not using resistors at all, like only a couple of ohms. Also, the TCI is more concerned with the primary coil resistance than the output load resistance...

Relocate him offshore on an island...

My bike grew an extra appendage so now I have zero low-speed handling issues...

OK, a word or two on the front forks and anti-dive. On the MK1 (that is the '83 - '85 Venture and Venture Royale) the anti-dive solenoids are a hydraulic system that moves the plunger to restrict the flow of shock oil so the shocks stiffen up when you apply the brakes. As the name says, it slows down the dive of the front end when braking which helps handling while braking. On the MK2 ('86 - '93) the hydraulic power robbing solenoids were replaced with electric solenoids that are triggered via a relay when the brake light comes on. Switching to Progressive brand front fork springs does indeed stiffen up the suspension so that the dive when braking is not as drastic. The anti-dive system still does restrict the front shocks but is not as noticeable as with the stock springs. So, let's talk front brakes! The stock MK1 front brakes are anemic at best! They are a 2 piston system that got replaced with more efficient and more effective 4 piston calipers! The spacing for the caliper bolts on the MK1 is 86mm whereas the spacing on the MK2 forks is 100mm. Now, there are even better calipers than the MK2 calipers that will bolt right onto the 100mm spacing. These calipers are from either a Yamaha R/1 or R/6 made in the very late 90's and early 2000's. There are two versions of the R/1 and R/6, blue dots and gold dots. The gold dots are preferred as they have anodized aluminum pistons as opposed to the blue dots which have steel pistons, which are prone to rust and sticking. So, if you want to improve your braking power, ditch the hydraulic anti dives in favor of electrical ones and get better calipers for the front as well. Actually, all you need is the bottoms for the forks as the uppers and guts are virtually the same on the early MK2's, and compatible with the different guts for the later MK2's. Now, you do know that the rear brake and the one front caliper are linked?? If you are having difficulty bleeding the one side of the front brakes, it is because you are using the wrong brake. Some people like the linked brakes, others do not and convert the brakes to a more conventional non-linked system. There are definite advantages and disadvantages of both linked and non-linked brakes and it is up to you to decide which system you prefer. If you decide to switch out the fronts for better brakes, you will also have to change your rotors as the MK1 and MK2 are not compatible size wise. The MK2 rotors are slotted and cross-drilled for more efficiency, and bolt right on to the MK1 rim, which is the same rim. I see others have already advised you about the air flow differential that you will need to address if you want the bike to have any kind of decent performance. You can orifice the output with washers as Zagger mentioned, or you can play with re-jetting the carbs, which ends up being a trial and error affair. You can monitor your mixture with either a CO sniffer on each exhaust looking for that perfect 5.1 exhaust mixture or with a color tune plug which lets you look at the color of the exploding mixture... For the fuse block, contact member Skydoc_17 who is one of our vendors here, he makes a ready made kit to replace your fuse block! He is also a great source for lots of other parts!! Just tell Earl Bongo sent you!

Yes, I'm old too but I sort of get this game! Life is all about options!! I think the game sort of defines your basic character! Maybe not, but who am I to decide?!! OK, million dollars, Ultra cool and expensive auto (I can name at least a half-dozen worth over a million), and I opt for the 100 duck sized horses, as even a normal sized duck can do more damage than a duck sized horse! Wait, one at a time or all at once?? Can I carry??? Next question...

If you look at his video you will see he put a conical K&N on, not the replacement K&N cartridges they make as a replacement for the OEM filter...

Hey Sapper, good to hear from you! We will indeed be praying for you!

Well, Pirelli is a tire name that has been around for a long long time with a very good reputation as a performance tire, especially in the automotive sports car racing, so if you were happy with them, then why not go with them again, especially if they fit your pocketbook? How any brand of tire performs is purely a personal matter as no two rider's style is the same...

Sorry, not what I would call a touring bike...

Wild problem, I'm on the carb wagon, just don't have any definite answer for you...

The bike will run fine and rev up, it is when it is under a "load" when the proper advance comes into play... I will admit I didn't look at the videos yet...

Lenny, it really has little or nothing to do with the denomination! I have known Pastors from independent non-denominational churches do the same thing, especially in rural areas! The point being, there are small churches, as Rev KS pointed out, that just plain can't afford to pay for a full-time pastor, so they do the best that they can! Sometimes they will "share" a Pastor with several local churches, something my old church did so that 4 different churches take turns covering services for another small church or group for the month. We used to do that (and to my knowledge my old church still does) for a county nursing home. The bottom line being one Pastor can indeed cover two or three local churches but it is very time-consuming and needs coordination. It's like church 1 gets a service at 8:00, church 2 gets a 10:00 and church 3 may get a service at noon or maybe 6:00 PM or whatever works! As KS mentioned the real trick is with the special cases such as shut-ins, counseling, etc...

I assume you rerouted the vacuum line for the "boost sensor" (vacuum advance sensor) from the carbs to manifold vacuum? The '83 only was set up to work with carb vacuum and the advance is 180 degrees out of phase with all the other years, so unless that aftermarket TCI is specifically for the '83, unless you change the vacuum over it will try to retard timing when you actually need it to advance...

Ahhh, that changes things! I went by the title of the thread thinking you had an '83! As far as the YICS, as I mentioned it was a feature that worked better on paper than in reality, and so to reduce manufacturing costs, it was eliminated on the MK2. Good old cheaper, better, faster... Yup, any more oil than halfway up the site glass will get thrown out as blowby! With the carb boots, did you replace the base "O" rings and clean the mating surfaces?? There should have been no need for using RTV, but hey, if it fixed your vacuum leak there so be it! Your twinkie acts as an oil cooler so yes it can indeed develop oil leaks!

Yes, as you discovered, the B/W line is a kill line for ignition! Ground will appear on that line if either you try to run with the kickstand down, or the bike falls over. Myself I would leave those features active for safety reasons but that is your choice...

Other than hearing it run, there is really no issues to watch out for other than minor ones such as brakes, leaky clutch slave cylinders, etc. Any old bike is going to need maintenance and will have some kind of issue here and there. I would say the two major issues are the carburetors and the ignition module, hence "hearing it run." Carburetors can run several hundred dollars to properly service them if they need rebuilding, with parts alone costing in excess of $100 per carb for parts alone, but that would include new everything pretty much. If it starts and runs reasonably well then probably just a treatment of a carburetor cleaner such as Seafoam or Berryman's, and a good synchronization of all four should be all that is needed. Stock ignition modules are no longer available as new, and used ones are a crap shoot, but there are a few aftermarket ones out there for a couple hundred dollars. You may or may not have problems with corrosion on any and all electrical connectors but for the most part, nothing that a good dose of contact cleaner and reseating the connectors can't cure along with sealing the connector shells with dielectric grease to keep moisture from causing any further issues. You may experience a leaky hydraulic slave cylinder for the clutch, and the best way to fix it is to just replace it with a new one. It will cost you less than $50 for a replacement. They are not that difficult to replace. The hard part is getting the old one physically out and the new one in position. It's sort of a twist, rotate, shake, swear, and get frustrated, and then all of a sudden it magically falls out! Stators can fail but not that often. Replacement is fairly easy, and you do NOT have to remove the motor to replace them. Fuel pumps rarely go bad either. The bottom line is ANY 20-year-old bike is going to require some form of maintenance as rubber hoses rot, electrical connections get corroded, etc. With ANY motorcycle, always check the date code on the tires! For your own safety, you should NEVER use a tire that is more than 6 years old! This is a recommendation by all tire manufacturers for any kind of vehicle! Congratulations on your choice of a Venture touring bike! They are one of the most durable and dependable ones out there, and a real joy to ride! They are a tall bike, though, so if you are inseam challenged I would strongly consider if that will be an issue for you. Myself I am 29" and could not flat foot my 1st gen. I lived with it though as I loved it that much! It is a touring bike with the heart of a sports bike! Good luck with your search, you may want to look in the classifieds here as there are usually a couple of good ones for sale here...

That's wonderful news in two ways! Great that you will be closer to family, and great that God has found a need to be filled by you!!