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You should have told the officer you wanted to testify in court. It would not surprise me that with your testimony and the troopers that he would be seeing a few weeks in jail and a suspended license. I know it would be nice that he gets charged with something more severe, but it's just the way it is.

Tks again Jeff! I cleaned the carbs yesterday and reinstalled them. I tried to "bench sync" my carbs before I installed them. In hindsight, I now realize what I did wrong. I should have rebuilt them and not messed with any screws! I woke up this morning and realized my high idle was caused by the cables but more so that I set the blades just a tad open on all 4 then reconnected the linkage to carbs 1&2 to carbs 3 and 4 which caused two butterflies to open substantially more than the other two. I completely loosened the idle screw and backed out the front front sync screw on the right side then tightened to just take up the slack which I felt would get the butterflies similar on all 4 and let it warm and used the idle screw to set the idle. Took it for a ride and knew I was on the right track! With clean carbs it ran much better, but still needed more work. My throttle was so tight I really had no more use for cruise control. While I was fiddling with the carbs in my driveway I got call from Jeff who volunteered his services to me. I rode 75 miles to Jeff's house and could tell I was getting better mpg. At Jeff's house he worked his magic on my cables, showed me a ton of tricks and did a carb sync. My carbs were way off and he turned it into a finely tuned machine in minutes. I never had the privilege to ride a new 1st gen, but I would have been completely happy to leave the showroom and have it run like mine. These bikes are strong runners! I refueled about 15 miles from home with only one bar showing. I rode 131 miles and filled up at the identical level and put in 3.5 gallons netting me 37.4 mpg! A full tank with Jeff's tune should easily get me 40+ mpg. Jeff, you are the man!

muffinman and mini-muffin I was having issues with my bike and also a new member. Jeff and Margaret not knowing who I am, invited a complete stranger to their home and worked magic on my bike. I don't have much, but if there is anything you ever need just let me know. Thanks to two great people! Rob

Tks guys! Ive tried to find a sync on here and local craigslist and have struck out. Just got a big senior pictures bill to pay, vacation for me and the wife week after next and 25 hour endurance in Ohio in October....money is tight for toy stuff right now. Tom, Inner wire tension is a possibility, but ran out of daylight yesterday. Really not in the mood to pull the carbs in the afternoon. Thinking I will look from the top and set all butterflies completely closed and go from there. Choke is definitely off. Idle screw has no effect. Might have set the butterflies too open, I hope.

Got the bike last week. Running ok, horrible gas mileage. Just didn't feel right. Previous owner supposedly had the carbs rebuilt. Found that one of the carbs idle air screw was closed. Set all to 2 1/2 turns and gained substantial power, but sluggish at wot. Starts great idles fine, but something still seems off. Changed plugs and wires, no change. Where I was at yesterday; gas mileage is horrendous, wot is fluttering, #3 cylinder exhaust temp 450ish and the rest 150-190ish. Starts easy, idles easy and runs down the road fine. Feels like I can drive it anywhere. This morning I decided to pull the carbs. Boy it was a pita, throttle cables at the carb were a nightmare and reinstalling the cables and the vacuum line from engine to the air box was a royal pain. Well, looks like I got half a rebuild. Looks like new diaphragms (or nice old ones), new air jets etc... The wet side was pretty nasty, but got it all cleaned out. Put it back together and started it and it now idles at 3500+ without the choke. I can hold the throttle closed and will drop to 1500, let go back up. When I put my hand slamming the throttle it barely moves. Out side cable has slack, not sure about the inner cable. Before I put the carbs on I tried to get all butterflies near closed and the same as best as my old eyes could so whatever sync that was on it is long gone. Ideas on what I can do? I don't have a sync tool, but have a single vacuum gauge. I thinkmit might be an issue with the inner throttle cable. I tried single gauge sync yesterday before I decided to pull the carbs and I had real bad flutter in the gauge so I limited flow and saw only about 1mm of vacuum in all carbs. Hopefully that changes tomorrow. I'm real tight on money right now, so I won't have a sync tool for another couple of weeks.

Have a 84 Royale that i don't think is running quite right. Would also like a member to take it for a spin before and after the sync. New owner and not too familiar with the bike. Tks Rob

If I set it on medium front and back it bleeds out overnight. What is considered normal for these bikes?

Did you put oil in the affected cylinders after doing the test? It is odd that you have 3 possibly bad cylinders at varying levels of wear. What I like to do is remove the gauge and the schrader valve and blow into the the cylinder and listen carefully to isolate where the leak is. When you say belching, out of the carb or?

Curious, tks!

I spoke to the previous owner to get more info. His family owns a auto shop and he had one of the techs rebuild the carbs. He removed and reinstalled the carbs. He had the same problems of decreased power and approx 27mpg. He mentioned that he had to turn the idle screw all the way or almost all the way to get it to istart and idle in the 1k range. I pulled the plugs today and 3 looked good, but the back left was fouled. I check the idle air screw on the fouled carb and it was completely closed. I set it to 2 1/2 turns out and also set the rest to that also. I didn't count the other 3, but they were in the 2 1/2 range before I set them. Also put new plugs. Started and sounded better. Idle went up to 1500 and I dropped it to 1000. Power is definitely there, but it won't rev smoothly to wot, almost surges. I've got plug wires coming and will sync soon. Hopefully that will fix my wot drivability. Other than wot it runs very good. Ive read that I should be in the 2 1/8-2 1/4 turn range and will do that in a few days. Sound like I'm on the right track? Also, the heat coming from the side plastics is unbearable going down the road. Is this the nature of the beast or is my motor lean? Biggest complaint about Harley big twins is the heat, but my other harley's that ive owned don't come close to this. Is there a fix for this?

Not giving up. Going to pull the carbs next week and clean them out and sync. Got to find a sync tool. Had one about 8 years ago when I had a 74 cb750.

I was pulling plug wires. If I pull the front right it dies. If I pull the others it makes no difference. Actually idles fine (as far as I can tell) with all wires removed minus the right front, but won't rev past 2500. Plugs are new, but don't have a slim 11/16th to remove it to see if they are fouled. It runs pretty good. If I never had other bikes I would think it was ok, but it does not have the power that they are known to have. Never realized these bikes would be such a pain to work on with the fairing. I do have spark at all wires, but it concerns me that it will stay idling with only the right front wire on. Power is definitely down off idle and have to give it more throttle than what should be normal to get moving. I would not be able to keep it running from a stop by feathering the clutch with no throttle even on a slight decline. Ideas? Tks for the warm welcome, I will be A paying member soon.

Trader, About the brakes, makes sense now. I just thought I had incredible rear brakes.

Forgot to mention, I rarely see old wings and cannot recall seeing an older venture on the road in years. Riding out of my neighborhood was venture in front of me at the light. Pulled beside him and told him you don't see many of those bikes on the road, haha. He had a real nice 87 or 88. Said he loved his bike, maybe he's on this site?

1984 Venture Royale. Picture makes it look nicer that it really is. Missing tour pack and few mounting tabs for the plastics. Also there is a medium length crack in the fairing below the mirror. Best thing is I paid $700 dollars and it only 13,1xx miles. Radio works (1 speaker), cruise works analog/digital gauges work and air suspension also. Original owner passed away 2 years ago and spent most of the time in his garage being banged up. Purchased 2 years ago by the seller I got it from and he only put 400 miles on it. I was originally looking for a gl1200 after getting rid of my Electra glide classic and road king in the past two years to play around on the cheap, but I felt the price on this bike was too good to pass up. It does not get good gas mileage and does not seem to have a lot of power or I thought it was going to feel stronger than it does. Seems to run fine, but lacks resposiveness off of idle when starting from a stop. Plugs, filter and oil were just changed by the previous owner. He has been running sea foam in the tank for the last fifty miles in preparation to sell the bike. Plug wires look bad with tape and the such so I want to change them. Almost feels like it only runs on two cylinders and the two rear header pipes do not get very hot. It got about 26.5 mpg on the first tank for me. Obviously my biggest gripe is the power and mpg. Since I will start first with plug wires, do these bikes have individual wires to plug from the coil that I can replace or are they built into the voil and require cutting? If I can just buy wires, who are the best retailers for this bike? Another gripe I have is the front brakes are inadequate. Previous owner did pads on the front and back, bake brakes are great fronts feel like they are glazed. Maybe they are glazed or is this the nature of the beast? Are new rotors available? I know the pegs are adjustable, but not enough for me. Who sells a nice highway peg so I can stretch out on long rides? This motor puts off some heat going down the road, wow was not expecting that yamaha routed the hot air to hit your legs while driving. Can the 2 holes on each side of the fairing by the rear cylinders be covered or are they required to properly cool the bike? Tks and I'm sure I will have many more questions. [img]http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p75/jurob_2006/photo5.jpg[/img]