Prairiehammer

Thank you, Wil. Obviously you know that you have a 1983 Standard Venture. Thanks to your contribution, I now know that March 1983 production started around DA003600. What is the indicated mileage? And just for ****s and grins, what is the color? Black or maroon? Thanks, again.

Bump for the newer members.

You are correct on most counts, but incorrect on the biggest one, the second gear repair. The punch mark on the crankcase is NOT an indication of a corrected second gear. It is an indication of the stator cooling kit installation. See the relevant Tech Bulletin in its entirety below.

Classic symptom of a plugged carburetor pilot circuit.

The only Yamahas that I have owned have all been Ventures: 1983 Royale 1983 Standard 1990 Royale 1991 Royale

Depends on year. The 1983-1985 had ONE Zerk; on the swing arm (a futile attempt to lube the rear spline). The 1986-1989 had ZERO Zerks. The 1990-1993 had FIVE Zerks; all at the rear suspension links pivot points. None of the Ventures had a steering head bearing grease Zerk from the factory. Some folks did add that Zerk, though.

The front air pressure in AUTO mode should not exceed 17 psi. It may go a bit higher in MANUAL mode, but 21-23 psi is PLENTY (TOO much) for the front. Per the manual:

The copper crush washers are 10mm ID. Standard with virtually all Yamahas. Boats.net have them for $1.94 each. Better than your dealer, but still rather expensive. Copper washers become work hardened and need to be annealed (softened) if the washers are to act as a high pressure gasket. Copper crush washers can be annealed for reuse simply by heating the washer to dull red and allow to cool.

What brand is your beaded seat cover? I've had my BeadRider for six years and perhaps 40,000 miles on two different Ventures. It even went for a long tumble down the median while attached to the RoadSofa when we were wrecked on the 1990. Other than the elastic cord losing it's "stretch", I have never had any problem with mine. If your beaded seat cover is made by BeadRider and you are the original buyer, they will repair it for $20.

MY biggest concern is that the bearing(s) came out with the armature. The bearings SHOULD have remained in the end caps.

All the Royale CLASS parts are the same through all the years. All the Standard (without CLASS) air suspension parts are the same through all the years. So, if you have a 1985 Royale and a 1987 Royale, there is no problem switching parts.

Gabriele, I would surely appreciate any information about your bike that I could add to the database. European Ventures are scarce. See my thread here: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?89793-Seeking-1983-1993-VIN-for-a-comprehensive-database

Go here for my write up about changing my fuseblock on my 1990: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?66650-Upgraded-and-updated-Fuse-block%28s%29&highlight=fuse+block And here is the before picture of my 1991 fuse situation: And here is the after: The CLASS fuse is in the rubber inline fuse holder.

The "SIGNAL" fuse (Brown wire in, Brown wire out). In your picture, I don't see any wire coming out of one end of the upper (in pic) yellow fuse holder?

Try again. I just deleted all PMs

Yes.

Engine number location:

My research indicates that there is just one LIT-11616-12-60 (but with different publishing dates).

The black grimy stuff is most likely carbon residue from the brushes. Since you have it out, it would be a shame to not replace the stock two brush with a four brush. Here's one for $56 plus shipping. Jus' sayin'. http://www.ebay.com/itm/311440481033?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT And here is one that the seller has listed since November and has a "Make Offer" possibility. http://www.ebay.com/itm/131646204706?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Is this a pic of YOUR collector? Someone has already performed "open heart surgery" to the collector. The welding done on the underside of the collector indicates someone previously cut open the collector and probably removed the loose internal baffle, then sewed it back up. Since it is highly likely, that this surgery was performed with the collector off bike, perhaps the PO did not use new exhaust gaskets on the nipples when it was reinstalled (item #27 in attached pic).

Here is an example of what ***-23144-00-00 fits: As you can see it is the 3 character prefix that matters.

Actually you have the part numbers and description reversed; 26H-23144 is for the DUST seals and 26H-23145 is for the OIL seals. http://www.boats.net/parts/detail/yamaha/outboard/Y-26H-23144-00-00.html http://www.boats.net/parts/detail/yamaha/outboard/Y-26H-23145-00-00.html No, it won't fit just because the 23144 is the same. In fact, the 3 character prefix is the key to what bike it will fit. "23144" is a constant Yamaha number for fork seals for many models, it is the 26H or the 1NL or the 41V or the 59J that differentiates models. And by the way most VMax parts start with 1FK, though there are many 26H parts on a VMax and some 1FK parts on a Venture.

Hypothetically, yes, you didn't hurt anything, oops...um, hypothetically that other guy didn't hurt anything. Just slow to warm and paradoxically it may tend to run too hot.

@utadventure (Dave)is correct about the most likely reasons for your complaints, however I would add one further concerning the braking capability: The Venture is HEAVY, approximately 785 pounds (360 kilos) and that is the advertised weight! I have found the Venture to be even heavier in the real world, especially after adding various accessories and "farkles". Throw on the rider weight and a passenger and luggage and I have weighed my loaded Venture at more than 500 kilos. No matter how good the brakes are, 500 kilos is not going to stop like a sport bike, especially if you only use the front brake lever or only the rear brake pedal. The Venture stock brake system is linked and certainly lacks stopping power if only one half is used at a time. BTW, that 1991 you are looking at is almost the same as my 1991.

One cautionary note about the Big Bike Parts Trunk Light and the "trunk bumper" (Tour Box Trim Rail): the Tour Box Trim Rail, if mounted as intended will not clear the Big Bike Parts trunk light. Karaboo had to relocate the Tour Box Trim Rail to clear the BBP trunk light, because the BBP trunk light is thicker and crashes into the VentureLine Tour Box Trim Rail ("trunk bumper"). So he has four extra holes in the sides of his trunk where the VentureLine Tour Box Trim Rail was originally mounted. I have the VentureLine Tour Box Trim Rail already mounted to my trunk and had intended to add the BBP Trunk Light, but I am hesitant to remove and remount the Tour Box Trim Rail, leaving four holes in my trunk sides. There are five attachment points for the VentureLine Tour Box Trim Rail, two on each side and a fifth in the middle, at the rear. The supplied strap bracket for the middle rear mount is too short as supplied to place the Tour Box Trim Rail far enough rearward to clear the Big Bike Parts lighted reflector. I have my Tour Box Trim Rail lights wired as brake lights, so the BBP lights may be redundant. Just a heads up.