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    joshua craig

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    Anacortes, United States

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    Anacortes

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  • Bike Year and Model
    1987 venture royale, 86 VR
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  2. bald josh
    watched a documentary a while back called "murder ball" very cool! these guys are some tough SOBs. netflix it, its good
  3. bald josh
    got a philister head bolt with about the same diameter as the pin at the hardware store, drilled out where the pin was and put a nut on either side to hold it. no muss no fuss, and the head is really snug in the rubber grommet.
  4. bald josh
    my thoughts too, maybe change out spark plugs and check to see that all four are firing. cheap and easy
  5. bald josh
    Just did the mod, as suggested i picked up both 1k and 2.2 k resistors. the instructions say one or the other will be the right one...??? does that have to do with the batteries power or ?. any way i went with the 2.2, got it hooked up turned the key and no computer icons or red flashing light just the display back lit. the bike still fired up normal. i wiggled some fuses and tried again and it worked normal. wiggled again and the problem was back. would using the 1k resistor instead do anything for this or is it just complete coincidence?
  6. bald josh
    when ive pulled mine they werent very hard to get out, its been awhile but dont remember reefing on them. maybe with a small blunt tip of a tool you could press around the outer edge to loosen them up. also the threaded tip of a spark plug is the correct thread for plug and gives you something to grab onto. more coolant will leak out when the plug comes so have a rag handy.
  7. bald josh
    I didnt understand the symptoms, reread and now it makes sense. now it sounds like a switch to me too, but maybe i smoked my breakfast again...gotta quit that
  8. bald josh
    seems to me that at least on some bikes when idling in neutral on the center stand that the rear wheel turns. could it be a REALLY tied starter motor and when the bike is on the center stand the rear wheel is off the ground and makes it easier to start? ...maybe im smokin my breakfast, just a thought
  9. bald josh
    I ordered a wire harness for my 86, the ad on ebay was for xvz12/13 so i assumed the harness would be interchangable, its not! the guy i bought from has been INCREDIBLY helpful and will refund my $ + shipping, but he says his parts fiche shows the same for mkI and II.are they the same? a few harness connectors like the coils, pick up coils,tail light, match up but alot of stuff does not. he says he has a few harnesses and they all look the same but as soon as i took it out of the box i knew some things were wrong. any thoughts? and does anyone have a harness they want to sell. im looking for one in good condition and that will just plug and play, royale or standard is fine.
  10. bald josh
    i thought the CA emitions plug was green and farther forward...
  11. bald josh
    as condor says, be ready for anything, but it should be really nice! 101 is a really great road. ive got no suggestions other than to take your time and enjoy the scenery. oh yeah and Manzanita OR is a realy cool little town that is about 100 yards off the road but if you didnt know to stop there you would miss out. and the redwoods, and newport, historic newport, oh yeah and Astoria, such a cool spot, and crecent city and tokeland and tillamook and......its all fantastic! the west is the best! but other than that ....oh yeah i almost forgot about pelican bay brewery and newport WA-surfing, i could go on and on
  12. bald josh
    normally i use armorall but this is different! i take that back, i dont armorall the dash because it doesnt work so well, gets foamy and looks like it did too. i am going for a week ride and will reporrt back when im home. the bottle "says" for plastic but maybe my dash will melt in the heat and ill regret the whole affair(no pun intended)
  13. bald josh
    ace hardware. my first thought was to test a panel in the sun for a while and see what happens, but its dupont, so... i went for it. i tend to believe whats written on the can.
  14. bald josh
    maybe this isnt new, but i see so many great looking paint jobs on this site, but the black plastic still looks like 25 year old, sun beat, black plastic! ive been riding mine and i look at the dash and think, yuck! so i got a hair up my butt and squirted this on it and WOW, looks like brand new 25 year old plastic.says its made for plastic, rubber, wood, leather, i was careful not to hit the controls (slippery) but didnt mask off anything, just wiped her down after. didnt take much and NO prep. Teflon is carcinogenic (so is used motor oil) so take caution. it worked well on the other plastic, including the wind screen, time will tell if any bad side effects but for now, im real happy with the outcome!!!
  15. bald josh
    tour pack...top box?...are you sure the locks are closing the lid tight? one of my top boxes leaked for a while in heavy rains and after a bit i noticed that it wasnt closing real tight anymore. i think that over time and use the adjustment slipped. so i readjusted and no more leak.
  16. bald josh
    I agree with skydoc on the sync, after i did the mod to mine the bike ran pretty poor, hooked up the sync and they were way off. after a sync it ran fantastic!
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