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About fisheyes

  • Birthday 04/17/1979

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  • Name
    Nate

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  • Location
    Fremont, United States

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    Fremont

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  • Home Country
    United States

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  • Interests
    Motorcycles, Golf, Fishing
  • Bike Year and Model
    1983 venture royale
  1. fisheyes
    The venture was on its way to a family member, i figured that was enough to keep karma on my side but i guess not... keeping my fingers crossed that i dont have to pull the engine.
  2. fisheyes
    well if thats the case I may have a lot of good venture parts for sale in the near future, I put a deposit down on a new 09 concours that i was planning on picking up tues or wed (I was riding home from the dealership when it happened), but selling this was was going to help ease the blow, may have to rethink the new bike purchase if this one needs major work. guess ill tear the driveshaft out tomorrow and see what i find.
  3. fisheyes
    Forgot to mention that the sound seems to be coming from where the drive shaft goes into the transmission. guess its time to read up on how to take the driveshaft out:( I much prefer riding to wrenching!!!
  4. fisheyes
    So I was riding home and about 50 mi or so from home I started noticing a klunk when i would go from on power to off power, figured i would check it out when i got home but the bike had other ideas, i was coming around a corner and let off the gas, got back on the throttle and nothing but a BAD grinding noise, the bike seems to go in and out of all gears just fine but no power to the wheel and a bad grinding noise if put into any gear when running, can anyone tell me what i might be up aginst before i start tearing this thing apart?
  5. fisheyes
    My parts finally got here, and i got the bike put back together last night. what a difference to get rid of the old springs with 75k on them. Thanks for your help guys.
  6. fisheyes
    well, i found the springs, but the washers that go between them were not there so i think i will try to find a washer to put between them at the hardware store. Has anyone just disabled the antidive on this bike, i had an old suzuki gs750 that had a setup like this and for that bike it really did not do much? alot of guys just blocked them off all together.
  7. fisheyes
    Thanks, well nobody has them in stock so if you've got something i can reference let me know, otherwise i am going to just order them from bikebandit in the morning, even though $36.00 plus shipping for 6 washers seems a little ridiculous.
  8. fisheyes
    Ill check with them and star city motors in lincoln, i work in lincoln so i'm rarely back to fremont in time to pick up parts from johnson, hopefully someone has them in town, i'm sorta taking up valuable garage space at a friends place.
  9. fisheyes
    I will take another look for the washers, but i had to flip the lower tubes upside down to get the spacer out of the bottom so i don't think they are in there. if they are not there is there other damage i need to look for, the bike has 80k so it is very possible that these washers have been gone for 20k plus. what do these spring washers do? what will not function without them? I may do an mkII front end makeover this winter, but I hadn't planned on doing a complete rebuild now, i figured seals and springs would only take me a few hrs ( didnt figure i was missing parts) and i dont like being without a bike during riding season.
  10. fisheyes
    I am in the process of replacing both fork seals and installing progressive front springs, the info in the tech library has been very helpful, but i have a couple questions about what i found when i took my forks apart. In the first picture, I did not have any of the 3 washers on the lower end of either side, was this different on the 83-85 or am i missing parts? In the second picture, I did not have the part labled 2, again is this different on the 83-85 or am i missing something? http://www.imagechicken.com/uploads/1280331115001454800.jpg http://www.imagechicken.com/uploads/1280331227066186800.jpg
  11. fisheyes
    I usually make that decision after i meet the person coming to look at the bike. most of the time i will follow them on my other bike.
  12. fisheyes
    I used to use them on my sportbikes, they actually added comfort to thoes and the biggest benefit was getting airflow under your butt. Havent tried them on my Venture though.
  13. fisheyes
    after reading on this site and deciding that im not happy with my brakes I have decided i only want to do this once so I am going to rebuild all 3 calipers and both master cylinders, does anyone have a good source for parts? also can i install a bleeder valve from a mkII in my 83 and anyone have one for sale or know where i could get one?
  14. fisheyes
    if you just want something functional your local bike shop should carry something like this for about the same price or order it online. $35.00 http://www.casporttouring.com/store/merchant.mvc?store_code=CST&screen=PROD&product_code=16022
  15. fisheyes
    Thanks guys, anybody have a sound clip of the 1st gen with the muffler mod mentioned?
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