Shanefromwashington

Ok gents, fired up the bike today and let it warm up for about five minutes. Threw a leg over it and took off down the street, all I can say is wow! Don't know what happened, but everything seems to have smoothed out and power is excellent! (of course it could sound a whole log better with some nice mufflers any ideas? Stock ones are to quiet) I want to thank everyone for your help getting this bike dialed in, my father inlaw appreciates it as well, for some reason he won't quit smiling got a few other issues to sort out..... Brakes there there but very light we bought a hand bleeder and will be using in the next few days and last but not least the electrical to the rear end, when we took off the subframe there where some wires that where taken off that need to be sorted out and we need to hook up the pump on the tail section (we have to put new o rings in first though) any words of advice to hook this system back up? Is there any procedures that I need to do? And also since this project began the radio and cb will not power up (they did before the tear down) any ideas? Is there a fuse for this system somewhere? Again your forum is great and I appreciate all your help!

Can anyone send me a short video showing there bike starting and then slowly wicking the throttle? That would help beyond words my email is garcou@hotmail.com

Yeah, carbs are seated just fine, somebody put a k and n filter in the bike Iam wondering if that's screwing with the lower circuit?

86 venture, we put speed bleeders on and it seemed that we got all the air outta the system , of course didn't have a service manual handy except the online one and it's not real clear on the procedures any help would be appreciated! Every yamaha I have ever owned always had awesome brakes just can't seem to figure this one out as of yet

Ok the bike is running and idling fine, I've never driven a venture with a good tune ( I drove this one last year for 50 or so miles and I noticed them that there was no snap anywhere ) so I'll give you my observations, 0-2500 rpms not real snappy kinda like a lawn mower building speed until it hits 3000 or so and then walaaa it opens up and screams quite nicely, any ideas on the slow rpm build up? Also still getting some sporadic sputtering down low (sounds like pops in the collector) I hAve not readjusted the fuel mix screw out from 2 yet but will next go around. Went ahead and put the subframe back on and tightned up the exhaust and moved on to the brakes (front calipers where locked up) we put new ones on and tried to get those dialed in ( please see new post ifvya gig some thoughts) we appreciate everyones help! I do want to say from 3000+ rpms this bike runs hard as good as my buddys old vmax (minus the vboost )

Ok, we got a set of rebuilt calipers, put them on and after a few hours of fiddling with them got a little pressure in the handle and foot pedal, now I wouldvecpect with new calipers that the pull should get very hard quickly, they don't as a matter of fact the front brake will slow uou down a little but will not stop you (I would hate to try and make a quick stop with s car in front of me ) anyways the back brake and front are a little better but not much, any ideas? Feels real spongy, I've never worked on a linked brake system and my first thought is this system sucks! Could someone post some instructions? It would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Greetings fellas! been working with my father in law on his 1986 venture that we got him for chrismas (sheriff) we removed the gas tank and treated it with the epoxy kit, we removed the exhaust system and cut open the collector and took the baffels out (they where shot) basically rebuilt the collector, pulled the carbs and cleaned them and reinstalled, also we pulled the front brake calipers and are in the process of replacing them with some rebuilt ones. Ok heres where we are at, Got the bike started last night, just put the fuel tank on and hooked up the fuel lines and started it, it started right up, but when you wick the throttle it wants to die, so..... I turn the choke up to about half, and let the rpms build, then when you wick the throttle it seems to run fine, it seems that the left rear carb has a slight backfire. We are going to sync the carbs today and see if that helps, I dont recall seeing the mixture screw when we took the carbs apart to clean them, where do i find them? this whole project started when my buddy (the previous owner) used sea foam, and the next thing ya know, he clogged the crap outta his carbs, so he cleaned the carbs twice it would run fine for about an hour and then start choking, so it was determined that the gas tank was quite rusty. anyways any ideas would be appreciated! Shane