triplerider
-
Posts
7 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Events
Store
Everything posted by triplerider
-
ok, I'll check under the handle bar cover and by the damper... wow, thats so cool that Yamaha built in that fail-safe function of the Schroeder valves. I was worried I would have to figure out, a pain in the arse way, to raise those shocks if I had too. oh, by the way, what is that damper switch for? sorry, air cooled, basic bike guy here thank you for the offer of the compressor parts, but I already sawed off the place where it went, and installed a new short, chrome fender off an xs750. I think pumping it up manually every once in a while sounds fine to me.... if I can locate those input valves? 2nd gear? not sure, haven't taken her out yet. she had 60k on the odo before I removed it... the guy I bought it from swore up and down, this old beast ran better than any other bike on his lot. he kept going on about it, purely out of disbelief. I thought it was kinda funny. he took it to a bike rally two states over and back, then parked it for the summer... im sure he would have mentioned it.
-
thank you all for your wisdom on the venture... I feel I have figured out most of the mysteries on this bike. I found the oil window... and as I figured, the junkyard/sales place where I bought her had no idea how much oil to put in. the level was over the top mark... I had been running it a bit and have not had a problem with oil in the airbox... however, I am going to drain it to the middle of the hash marks, as I understand is the right level. I'll change the oil in the spring. the schrader valves? would I install those at the end of the hoses where the compressor once was connected? seems screwing in a set of these at that source would be an easy and logical solution?
-
ok, wait... am I reading this correctly? does my 83 venture already have schrader valves on it, for this purpose, in case my compressor fails, I can just pump it up using any standard pump with a schrader receptacle? sorry for being a bother.
-
hmmmm? what are these schrader valves? a link maybe? the guy I bought this from took this bike to a rally from Maine to Newhampshire and back, exactly the way it is, so I figured it wouldn't be that bad... I would however, like to be aware of a method to "pump it up" if I had to. i am willing to invest in this big beautiful bike, im just not hell bent on bringing it to stock spec. I am new to these bikes and appreciate all of your wisdom, thank you.
-
the whole compressor unit was toast. I removed the hoses from the unit veeery slowly, as I did not know what would happen. nothing actually? until i picked it up off the kickstand and put muy butt on it. it hissed for a fraction of a second before I yelled oh s@#%*! and tipped it back. I sealed off the hoses, now I can sit on it with no issues, not grounded out. this may be taboo and may be shunned for this, but, this bike was in rough shape, the only way to salvage the bike was to strip it down and run it as a NAKED venture. it looks kinda cool, I put a fake gas tank over the battery and airbox area, to cover up where the cowling was. I removed the clunky (busted) compressor and the whole rear lighting rack... and put on new sleeker directionals and brake light. so this bike is a project/challenge to fill in the gaps, and with the parts I already have on hand. oh, and I fixed the dash across the span of the handle bars with (the greatest invention ever) zip ties. its been fun so far.
-
HA, i knew this bike being so high tech for its day, would have an eccentric method for reading the oil. I'm used to basic, air cooled bikes. this is my first liquid cruiser. I downloaded a tech manual from this wonderful forum. must have missed this? diagrams are hard to see. one question i did want to ask that i cant get info in the TM... I removed the air compressor in the rear, and sealed up the end of the hoses with bolts. i figure the suspension system would stay put where it is. remember, this is a $500 bike; i don't want to locate a new compressor. i should be fine as long as the hoses are sealed? I will poke around the grimy engine for the glass window. thank you very much for the info.
-
sorry, this may be a duh question. I'm a classic Yamaha fan... just recently rebuilt a xs 750 triple. I saw this big bad beauty(83 venture royal) at a local used motorcycle place, with a nice winter project price tag, and couldn't resist. so every Japanese motorcycle has its own engeneering secrets and issues to overcome. I located where the oil goes in on the lower rear/right of the bike... but the cap had no dip stick? how do you check the oil? thank you all in advance.