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Boomer.....Glad you are around to tell your story. It's crazy out there anymore and with the schools getting out......it's not going to get any better. They sure aren't looking for us. Mike
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Ok, maybe I'm off the train of thought here so I'm going to ask a few questions. As you stated you added LED's to the trailer, right? Have you changed out the OEM brake or turn lights on the bike itself for LED's? If you have NOT changed out the bikes OEM bulbs and you are only changing the lights to LED's on the trailer it should not effect the flash rate at all. The system already has sensed that the current draw is correct due to the OEM bulbs and that should be fine. Plugging in the trailer with LED's will not affect that reading (due to the very low draw from the LED's on the trailer) and should function as always. I have played with this a bit on my bike adding LED's to the OEM turns and brake circuits and found no issues with the flash rate. I'm getting ready to install a hitch on my bike so I've been playing with the wires and lights. Am I missing something here? Mike
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Just watching the coverage on Jopin, MO. on the news. Took a beating for sure.
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I was looking for a set last year and skydoc_17 said they were were still available for about $10.00 or $11.00 each from Yamaha.
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On the left side of your screen under the "Main Menu" click on the "Venture History". It will explain the details on each set of gens and give the basic rundown on the bikes. However, it will not be as colorful and interesting as the explainations from the members here as far as which color is faster and the reasons the 2nd gens are ALWAYS trying to keep up with the 1st gens. Mike
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I did a 2,600 mile week last year on my '84 around NE, IA, MN, SD and down to MO. Kind of a trial run around the home location in case of problems. Over the last winter I made more improvements to the bike and the fear of having major problems on the road is pretty much in the past. Not worried about taking off and going where ever I feel anymore. I know she will get me home.
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Hi Gary, Good to hear you are making progress towards getting fixed up. I know what you are dealing with. Hope it brings the relief you need. Mike
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Dang! Have we met? Running from the cops one time through a grave yard and missed the tree.... but managed to find an open grave. When I started breathing right again I figured that was as good a place as any to wait for the coast to clear. LOL! Ah, the days of yore......
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There are all kinds of fools out here. I was headed home on the bike a couple of weeks ago and in the right hand lane of a 4 lane street. I was in the middle of my lane with my right signal on to turn at the next intersection. All of a sudden a fool on an Ultra was on my right within inches of my right grip. Any closer and he would have clipped me. He was moving right along about 40 mph and as that particular section of road is potholed and broken up he was having a hell of a ride. His feet were bouncing off his floor boards. He then cut across both lanes to the left into the left turn lane and cut through oncoming traffic to turn left. All in about 100 ft. First time in my life I was hoping to see a rider go down. He probably wouldn't have given it a thought if he had clipped my handle bars and dumped me into the traffic on my left.
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Hapy B-Day Jack. Mike
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Ride like a Pro has a video that covers the "Fricton Zone". This is the method of barely slipping the clutch at low, almost idle RPM's allowing the bike to move forward at very low speed. This is THE method to learn on these heavy bikes. You can keep the bike moving and balanced at a speed barely more than a slow walk. It does take practice to master it but you will find it invaluable for slow speeds like you describe, low speed turns, and any tight manuvers. In my opinion, duck walking is one step away from a mishap. About everyone will tell you once the bike is moving....feet on the pegs!! You have a wet clutch system with is very tolerant of this method. It will not burn out the clutch....unless.....you use it in great excess. Oh yeah, and keep your fingers off the front brake lever!! That can change your balance in a split second. A lil drag on the rear brake will help you control your speed. A lil drag ok. LOL! so my Mike
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I can only hope he wasn't running to get on his motorcycle.
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Greg welcome aboard. What a way to meet up the first time eh? Glad it all worked out for you. I've been around here for about three years and the members of this club never cease to amaze me. Makes me pretty proud to be a member here. Mike -
I would have to assume you are talking about one of the six washers on the damper assemblies. So....yes, you would need to remove the broken section and replace it with new. There are two wave washers and a flat that go between them on each side.
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Hey ya goat, The odds of the radiator having a problem would be minimal in my opinion. I had steam blowing off mine last spring and pulled it off to have it checked. The guy at the radiator shop was impressed and said he hadn't seen a radiator made that well in years. He pressure checked it and found no problems. I had him give it a dip just for the fun of it. I found that I had a pinhole on the upper hose that attaches on the upper left corner, just behind the clamp. That was blowing down onto the radiator making it look like that was the problem. Now I've had some luck taking the old hoses to the auto parts store and playing around on the hose display rack. Sometimes you can come up it something that is real close to what you need for a lot less than OEM prices. As far as clamps, just replace them with new SS ones. Cheap insurance. Mike
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The Foggs arrived today to. Good fit, Great condition! Thanks! Mike
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Yep, one more stupid thing comes outta my mouth ya'll gonna tar and feather me. I've been spending too much time working on my daughters BF's car and had Delco on my brain. It it a Motorcraft DY-755-A Ignition Module.
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1 Hot bike?
Snaggletooth replied to Reddog170's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
If you are getting the same temps at your place as I am here (85-95 degrees) it sounds about right. The gauge will run just short of the red around town and drop a bit on the open road in really hot weather. About 3/4 up in the green is a good reference point for running down the road in decent weather. -
Just read through some of that. It makes the coils more suspect. I've done a lot of checking on the wires and grounds and will double check those again. So far the car has not died while running, only fails to fire when trying to start. Thanks for the info. Mike
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Hi Carl, I'm just drowning in problems lately eh? LOL! Nope, each new module has been a Motorcraft DY-755-A (fixed) from NAPA. They stood behind the first one and that was fine but with several failures of the same kind they won't cover the others. No problem with that. Fair enough. Charging system is working fine, never seen a reading above 14.5 and the battery is holding charges well. Possible shorts were chased but none found. But then again......how many miles of wire on a Lincoln? It's possible. But the thing I wonder about, and with my limited knowledge of this stuff, the module fails and you can't get the spark to fire. If you lose spark when the module fails why hasn't this problem manifested itself while the car us running down the road, God forbid. Ok, ok ignition module. I suppose the circiut is bypassed once the car is running. A guess. I don't fully understand this type of stuff. I'll check with Steve and see if the coils were checked during the trouble shooting. Knowing the way he does things I would assume they were. More things to ponder. Thanks Mike
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Grab a beer boys ....this is a long one. Ok ...two beers. Ok, here's the problem. A '95 Lincoln Towncar 4.6. About 2 years ago I went to leave for work and the car would crank like crazy but no spark. Checked battery and it was well charged and everything seemed to be fine except it would not fire. I tried everything I knew about Lincolns and finally had it towed to my oldest friends shop. He is the ONLY person I have trusted to work on my vehicles. Honest and straight up shop that does what is needed and no screwing around. His service staff is top notch and well trained. So he has it for the day and calls and says it's fixed. The ignition module was bad. That was all. Everything else was fine. Only $240.00 for the module and $75.00 for the tow. Picked it up and it was fine. Started great as it always had. Then......13 months later......it does it again. Same trouble shooting process and the tow to his shop. The ignition module was found to be bad again. Plugged in a new one and it fired right up. But he did go to bat for me and got the first module replaced by warrenty. It was out by a month but they covered it. I asked him to keep the car for another day and do a full trouble shooting rundown on it to see if he could find if there was something causing the modules to fail. He did.....and found no problems at all. Then.........6 months later it did it again. He had a mechanic run a new module to where I was 30 miles away and we plugged it in and it fired right up. Again. And this time the module could not be covered under warranty. Crap. Another $240.00. So back to his shop and we spent an evening going through the cars system. Had a couple of his techs hanging around as they were curious, and I was holding the beer cooler. The only thing that seemed to keep coming up was a possible problem with excessive resistance causing the module to fail. Most likely culprit....the plug wires. We tested each and every wire and found none showing to be bad. I replaced them anyway. So some time passed. Until last Sunday. And again...same story. Rerun. Ok, so it's sitting in my garage being defiant. Much like myself at this point. I've talked to my buddy and and his techs and they are baffled. In doing my research and reading the service manuals I know the computer in the car needs 10.5 volts to operate, but they usually won't act up until 9.5 to 10 volts. I've owned several Lincolns in the past. This much I know. LOL! Going back to the battery I made sure I've got that available. When cranking I'm only dropping to about 11.9 at the lowest when I've been cranking quite a few times. Battery is being kept at full charge during all this. I'm not making any progress guys. I'm willing to drop another $240.00 for another module IF I know it will last. There has to be something causing this to fail....and it seems to be happening more often. And besides that....it has rained every danged day since it quit starting. The bike looks like hell. That has to stop. I need some advice. Thoughts?....ideas?.....advice?.....magical cures?....donations to buy another car? Dancing in the rain...... Mike
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I'm not sure but I belive the 2nd gen starter are all for brush now. I think they will be direct bolt in. Somebody will pop in here shortly with that info. Doing the ground mod on a four brush is a bit trickier as there is a lot less room to work with, but it can be done. Dingy has pics posted somewhere on that also.
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Battery is old or something else??
Snaggletooth replied to Mover's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
If ya need a battery the DEKA AGM is about the best you can get. Even American made and close to bullet proof. Check with skydoc_17 and check it out. Going to be under $100 bucks even with shipping I think. Mine is going into it's third season and still going as strong as the day I bought it. Mike -
It's hard to find the right words sometimes.....
Snaggletooth replied to Snaggletooth's topic in Jokes and Humor
Hi Dan, Try some of these lines on the Warden and see how long you are allowed to still sleep in the house. What is the difference between a battery and a woman? A battery has a positive side. If your wife keeps coming out of the kitchen to nag at you, what have you done wrong? Made her chain too long Why is a Laundromat a really bad place to pick up a woman? Because a woman who can't even afford a washing machine will probably never be able to support you. Why do women have smaller feet than men? It's one of those 'evolutionary things' that allows them to stand closer to the kitchen sink. Why do men pass gas more than women? Because women can't shut up long enough to build up the required pressure. If your dog is barking at the back door and your wife is yelling at the front door, who do you let in first ? The dog, of course. He'll shut up once you let him in. Scientists have discovered a food that diminishes a woman's sex drive by 90%.. It's called a Wedding Cake. Why do men die before their wives? They want to.