Vonwolf

I thought about using paper, but I thought it might break down quickly when exposed to all the moisture in the air around here so I made my "shims" out of strips I cut from sandwich bags. I know there's a real possibility the plastic will melt and I'll have the same problem, probably even messier. I let it run for a long time and nothing seemed to come apart yet. If it does I think I'll try Teflon tape, I thought of that after I had everything back together. I haven't had a chance to see if it builds more pressure yet, but the ring is tighter and it seems to be stronger, with the age of these compressors you'd probobly have to go through a few before you found one that didn't have the same problem.

Its a Word .Doc on my hard drive now. good stuff

This is a great resource, but it would be kind of hard to talk myself into buying 100 e-clips when I only need 2. It's only 4 bucks so I don't think haveing extras would kill me

1/8" e-clips work but are a bit too big you have to crush them a little bit to make them tight. I never cold find the exact right ones some metric size just a touch smaller than 1/8th inch doesn't get me very far

My rear shock won't inflate for some reason so my bike has the same problem, on the side stand the bike is almost vertical and the center stand is a pipe dream my bike sits way too low and rides like a boat. I hope a replacement shock fixes the problem only the new shock is about 11 1/2" unsprung, but the best I can tell the spring on the bike's full weight is around 11 1/2" so there might be something else going on with mine

It is strange I'm thinking my original mufflers are the one that have been messed with by a PO, It expect factory welds to be nice and neat like the older end piece and not rusting tac welds at random places like my bike has. There is also no way the newly acquired muffler ends, nice as they are would stay in place for very long. Might be the reason I only have one so my guess is I have yet to see a true unmolested muffler the more I compare the sets the weirder it gets? Mysteries really annoy me, I will not be able to get this out of my head, I have no point of reference I only have the one bike and Ventures aren't exactly falling out of trees here. Might see if I can sift through close-ups of eBay pictures and see if I find a clue, I destroyed my Back a couple days ago and I seem to be immobilized at the moment so I appear to have the time

I only have my one 87 and yep it's held on by 6 tac welds, but the end piece of the MKI "tip?" has a "tang?" that protrudes out the whole circumference of the lip that is held in place by spot welds, there are no grinder, drill or cutting marks of any kind on either of the joining areas of the muffler pieces. That is the source of my confusion the pieces slide together perfectly and somewhat securely, but a good whack from a pothole in the road and it would take flight never to be seen again.That might be what happened to the other piece? <!--url{0}-->[/img]</p><p> <img src=[/img] I know everyone is looking at their MKI'sand MKII ans seeing spot weld of some sort, but unless this thing was done by a Master welder or maybe a Magician (I doubt it) there are no welds holding these two pieces together. I'm not trying to be difficult, but I do know what a drilled out spot weld or a ground off tac weld look like and they and not anywhere to be found on the muffler ends. On the other hand, my hopes of finding a duplicate are quickly vanishing

You were quicker than me, but the "cap" slides right in place and there are no welds or cut marks anywhere. I've never seen another Venture in person so I have no idea how this should go it really looks like it slides into a slot in muffler end that a tab on the cap or end slides into

I bought whole exhaust system pretty much just for the collector, it seemed like a pain to try mine and it was cheap enough so why not. The chrome on the 83's pipes and mufflers are better than mine so I'll use most of it, but the mufflers only have one of the end cap's and from the way it looks on the 83 parts diagram it looks like they're all one piece. I have no idea why they're both off and only one came with the exhaust system, but I doubt there are single caps floating around so I might have to stick with what came on the bike. <a href=http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/u369/vonwolf1/New%20Set%20Up%20Crop_1.jpg' alt='New%20Set%20Up%20Crop_1.jpg'>

I just noticed the 87's are quite different than the 83 set. the 83 set only has 1 tip, but they are in much better condition than mine so I hope I'll be able to find another tip. I bought it for the collector which is in good shape luckily, the rest is only needed for looks so I still can use the original pipes if I have to

The Mufflers look similar with the with the exception of the top mounting brackets, it there a way to make the 83's mount on the 87? The new Pipes look far superior to my current 87's so I hope it can be done? I also unfortunately noticed the 83's tip's don't have the springs to keep them in place, what keeps the 83's tips from falling off? Title should readCan you get the muffler from an 83 to mount an 87 Venture

The Mufflers look similar with the with the exception of the top mounting brackets, it there a way to make the 83's mount on the 87? The new Pipes look far superior to my current 87's so I hope it can be done Sorry Double Post

I thought it would be off a standard Venture the Schrader Valve's what caught my eye, but can this shock handle the small weight increase of a Royal?

I've been trying to find the same measurement myself I have one that I think is off an old standard Venture (83?)with the internal spring. It measures about 11 1/2" center bolt hole to center bolt hole off the bike. I'd like to know the compressed length if anyone knows, A little late I know, but I just found this post, I hope it helps

I really don't know if it is a standard or royal, it just seems tp be setup to manually inflate the shock and I think the spring is more of a year thing as it was advertised to be off an 83 Royal. As in the picture its spring must be internal and not as beefy as the later Ventures, I read something about this here, but I apparently didn't pay close enough attention as I can really remember the details. Basically, the 86 up Ventures had a larger exteriorly mounted spring so it could carry a larger load, again not really sure on this one. I just went with this one because it has the Schrader valve next to the dampener adjuster, I thought this would be a nice backup in case the CLASS goes out. I'm not really sure this shock will be as good as one off an 87