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Try a different oil. Made a difference on mine. But had to put fiber discs and main spring. It still has a whirring sound but that is normal as far as I'm concerned. Sound a lot like tweeks. Its a lot like the old 13 speed roadrangers in big trucks. Sound of a steady heart beat. lol almost forgot puc I have two viragos that sound like loose marbles when starting. I just put up with it as it still turns over. Gives ya a sense of is it going to work. Or puke parts

well im not a vet. But nothing was going on at the time. So I have no idea what kind of experience I missed. But I do know to respect all that served and sacrificed. They never did it for the pay.

lol I store this trailer inside. Went to move it today. Right wheel wont hardly move. Don't know if plastic cone broke on bearing or what. I might have about 1300 miles on it and I did grease it. Just through the grease fitting though. Just thought it was funny { locked up in a garage out of weather. } will have to fix as its in the way. Thought I would use it more but that never happened. Also the little black latches fall off when released. turd

We had these for truck training. Would make about a 1/4 of us motion sick. Still a long way from being real. The trucker jamboree has these for truck at Walcott on 80. Once a year. Worth doing.

After I tighten the filter I put a nail in it so it cant come loose. Keeps the bike well lubed. Snug to a half a turn is plenty. You may want it back off...

Your having to much fun. Makes me regret not buying one. But the bags sure come in handy running around. Have a blast. lol:thumbsup2:

@usa1 has them with diamond cuts classy

take the pump off and disassemble then have dealer drive in new seal. take impeller and stuff with you they charged me 10.00 took about five min to do. Most of that time was finding the driver

Fixed my spark problem tci worked good. Plenty of spark now. Ordered a color tune as think it needs more fuel to back cylinders. If I pull plug and put gas in cylinder warms up faster. So want to set combustion close to correct. Then will know where I stand. Set the rev limit to 7250, and advance to three.

lol I thought I was still young last year when I retired. Broke out the old cement patio then pored a bigger new one. It not real smooth I wore out. But I got it done. Took a week to recover. Rented a cement grinder and smoothed it with the help of boys. Love it being retired and not having to put up with public.

Well you never saw any fluid leaking, did a hose let go. Squirt oil out when clutch pulled other wise would think you would see oil. Factory lines on it?

Well good advice I've read. That's no little thing. Prayers out for you and family.

I tested out the wires from the computer for the pickup and to the coils. All was good so ordered a new computer. Thanks for all the help.

Well on a second gen there sealed. Tested pickup lead and have a good reading. So I bought a dynatek 3000 series ignition wont be here for a week. $215.00 dollars.

Ok I think these are the connectors. If they are the black one has no reading anymore. The white one is in upper spec. Any one confirm I'm correct? And this is a picture of bottom of coils wires on correct? I hope I'm correct but you never know till you ask. Hands shake so bad had a rough time with pictures. I want to thank you @dingy for the good wiring info the Clymers manual don't show ohms and connector colors that I could find

I have a 01 venture. First question is, are there two pick-ups for firing ignition. Second question how and where do you test. The reason I ask is number 1 and number 3 are not firing. I cleaned and replaced coils cleaned plug cap they were both not working. Checked to see if I had twelve volts to rear coil. The ground on the coil bracket was broke off. So the coils test out good now have power going to them. going to look in manual at wire pics. It don't tell which wire goes into which plug at the igniter.

Well I cleaned the sparkplug boots. Now I can get a reading through them. And got the coils to test out correct. Cleaned terminals at coil and next plug. Have 12 volts to coils. Cleaned the computer plugs they were not really dirty though. Any one have a computer for a 01 venture I could borrow to test it before I think about buying one. Or something else to check, Bike runs on two cylinders. Couldn't find my compression tester but with plugs pulled plenty of air. Also was looking at after market computers with 6 or 8 different settings cant remember which there almost 250 bucks. Want to make sure that's the problem before buying. All ready bought two coils I didn't need but that was my fault for taking a short cut.

IN the site venders. There is a ign bypass relay. Its a plug and play.. takes the load off the switch. I added one to mine and bought one for a friend. Had one relay fail but you can buy them about anywhere. Carry a spare there cheep.

well checked spark with a extra plug. I broke my tester. Little bitty blue spark hardly able to see it. So I pulled rear coils. Primary tests out good. Cant get any reading out of secondary at all. Not through any terminal or ground. Don't know if wire is shot or coil. Who glues wire to coil. Read a couple of posts saying test is wrong in manual. So which way is correct wire to igniter terminal.

well I tested the exhaust heat { on startup.} I found number one and three sleeping on the job. One hits sometimes. That's a real nice spot where the coils are. Is the resistance of the plug wires same on second gens? That's all the farther I got tonight. Don't have a socket to fit in hole till tomorrow for plugs. Way to tight a fit will have it turned down tomorrow. They run pretty good on two.

if you retire tweaks. Put it in a museum like the one in Anamosa Iowa. They don't have any Yamaha ventures and a ton of wings.

puc you better get rid of that before the kid in ya gets in trouble. lol.

well I put a wireless puck from walmart on my aux port for playing music and phone navigation. Added a usb charger for phone {self contained} hooks to 12 volt. I used a relay and a 5volt fuse. So far the only time I hate it is when phone looses towers. So far only in ill. Over shot destination a little. lol Also had to add a switch to disconnect the power to puc other wise it trys to connect all the time and messes up radio. This is on a second gen. Also you only see the phone and usb plugs put one on for passenger also. I think I have about 70.00 in all of it but that's because I'm picky.

well I have the stock 17 I cant see over the top without leaning forward. Been in a few down pours as long as the windshield has pledge on it. There is no problem. There is a little wind buffering on steering but once your used to it no big deal. Cant say on passenger as don't have one right now. Don't see anyone interested either. My sister said there was quite a bit back there but the helmet she was wearing was way to big.

replacing sign posts. O sh*# we put the hole in the wrong spot. Hurry go get the portable post hole before the boss comes. Its in the truck tool box. most of them came right back something about as holes. But had one that searched for 15 min never did find it. lol forgot to tell ya. they started to warn all the new guys about us. WE suckered a new guy into thinking there were two days of holiday off. Boss called him and asked if he was oversleeping. Told on us. Thats when they started warning about us.......