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    Oh yeah......remember that #2 is fixed.....non adjustable. So all you are doing is matching #1 to it. A bit dicey at times so a few minor tweaks back and forth between sides will need to be done along with readjustments to the idle during the process. Now try this to if you want. Once you get them set at 1,000 rpm take the revs up to 3,000 and check the levels again. See if there are any major changes. I dial mine in at 3,000. I figure I'm not running down the road at 1,000 rpm.
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    In my early days of learning the fine art of syncing carbs I found myself wondering a couple of times....."HEY! Where did the mercury go?" I had people bring me bikes that were so far off one carb would suck the stick dry the second you hooked it up. I learned to slide the hose on slow and watch the stick to make sure it didn't do that anymore. As far a gauges.......great to have IF you want to spend the bucks on quality, oil filled ones that you can have calibrated. I built a bar back in '74 with two, added two more in '76 for the GL 1100 and then two more in '80 so I could do the CBX. And then the GW was a money maker. Don't ask what I had in that bar. Even back then. I think I was paying about $75.00 a crack to have all of gauges calibrated together. Wish I still had the dang thing today. I have a Carbtune now but I still break out the sticks to double check the end results. But glad you got it down to a workable level. Have fun when you get them lined up. It makes a heck of a difference. Mike
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    Been a while since I looked at the manual on this but if I remember right (A) does #1 & #2. (B) does #3 & #4 and © balances the #1/#2 set against the #3/#4 set. So the (B) screw should be the one to bring #3 down to match #4.
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    You wanted pics? You sure about that? Try going to sleep now without waking up screaming!!
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    This is a problem I'm having with my 18 yr old daughter. All the time she has been around me and bikes she has never seen me saddle up without my gear on. I'll admit...in the worst of days in the heat of summer I'll forgo the jacket and ride in my shirt sleeves. That's my only failure for full gear. I have spent a bunch of money providing her with proper gear. She has a better helmet and jacket than I do. I make her wear gloves and boots as well. Her current arguement is "If you are that good of a rider, why do I need this stuff?" Grrrrr! When she asks to go with me it's gear up and lets go! These days she usually changes her mind. She don't ride with me without gear......period. When she has been out with me she see's the crotch rockets with the Joe Rocket guys and the barely clothed girl on the back. She sees the HD boys in thier pirate costumes with the girl on the back with a bikini top, short shorts and thigh high boots and says "At least they look comfortable!" She has a number of guy friends that ride. Rockets, cruisers and a couple of older sport bikes. They hang in my garage sometimes when I'm out there are a few are even interested in actually learning more about their bikes. I have made it clear, in a fatherly sort of way, that if I ever catch any of them with my daughter on the back with less than full gear on, I will personally re-arrange their exhaust system. If they ever have an accident on the bike with her along, I promise them they will have a hospital bed in the next room to hers. So far...so good. They are not letting her ride with them. At all. So far I have had one kid that has asked me if we, me and him, could spend some time riding together. Sure, what ya got in mind? He wants me to know how he rides so I would feel comfortable if my daughter went for a ride with him. Hummmm. This one has a brain or he's working me...... So what is the issue here? Guys wanna look tough and cool. Guys want the girlfriend to look hot. Hell the girls wanna look "Hot". The girls wanna be seen with a cool guy!How many of these guys are accepting responsibity for the safety, or the preservation of "hotness" by letting the girls ride without gear? I couldn't deal with the fact if I caused an injury to my daughter, girlfriend or the neighbor lady across the street if I let them ride without gear and I was involved in some type of mishap......my fault or not. I don't care if they are "hot". They can sweat all they want to in the jacket, long pants and helmet. I just want them unharmed.
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    Morons

    Snaggletooth replied to 1BigDog's topic in Watering Hole

    The most interesting idiots I've seen so far this year were two young bucks on crotch rockets running about 75 in a 45 zone. Blew past me dressed in the standard safety plaid shorts, wife beaters, tenny shoes and helmets worth far more than the gray matter they were attempting to protect. A Wally World bike helmet would have been more than needed for these two. Their trick was drag both feet on the street surface while running at that speed. They were looking at each others shoes at each traffic light and laughing about it. I was waiting for a sole to rip off. I was curious as to how far one could stay on a moving bike while missing part of a foot. Some people say I'm a bit judgemental as I see no problem with whacking idiots up the back of the head with a nice piece of hickory.
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    Howdy Jason. I spent a lot more than that on a bike that hadn't run in 9 years and have no regrets. Took me 3 months to get it running and 3 years to get it to where I wanted it, one piece at a time. Once you have the old girl fired up, well that's when the fun begins. For $250.00 bucks........are you still sitting there? Go man GO NOW!
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    Well there ya go Annie! See...I made two friends in 24 hours! I'm on a roll now! Thank you for accepting me as I am. Most lady folks have trouble with that.
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    You weren't the only one with bee problems with the lemon pledge. I ran out of Plexus last summer and used lemon pledge for a week or so. I park my bike in back of the building where I work and a few days after I'd started using the pledge I'd come out and find the fairing and windscreen crawling with yellow jackets. I'd move my bike to another place the next day and find them again. Dozens of them. Went on for a week or more. I'd seen the posts on here about it and washed the daylights out of my bike with soap (unscented) and water didn't use anything on the bike for a while. Never had the yellow jackets again. Went back to Plexus and haven't had any problem with them since and still parking in the same spot. They do the fly bys but don't linger on the bike. Must be some truth to it. I didn't really figure the yellow jackets. I'd suspect bumble bees, honey bees or even the sweat bees first. Mike
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    Jason, Here are the pics I was talking about. You can see the discoloration on the float I found to be absorbing gas. It is very soft in that area. I think you can see the marks from my fingernail in the pic. The other float worked fine and never sank on me. It is fairly firm with no weak spots.
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    Sound like a great ride Lutz. I got nuttin to whine about. I took a weeks vacation and did 2,432 miles in six days though five states. Made at least 4 turns, saw a few curves and even went up some hills. Threw caution to the wind and went down them to. Whew!! Something about living in Nebraska just lacks excitement ya know. Oh yea...saw some cows! And a raccoon. Mike
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    Yeah! It's like, amazing ya know, it's just so like, so intense ya know! Hang on......be right back....... Ok.....take that Annie! See how easy it is with a Venture?
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    I was eyeballing the bike listings on Craigslist here in Omaha tonight and saw a post from yesterday for an '84 Venture Royale. Had a few pics and it was a match to my Blonde. Looked to be in pretty good shape. He stated it ran great but had a few minor issues. There was no asking price......just make a offer. Dang. Wrote him an e-mail to set up a meeting. Got an answer about a hour later that it was sold. Well I'm not surprised. It did look pretty good. So I wrote him back and thanked him for the reply and sent him a pic of my '84 and wished I could have seen his. Got a reply to that in another half hour. He says "I still have this one." (see pic) So it seems again that nobody can have just one Venture! LOL! We been exchanging e-mails all evening and are going to get together for a ride in the next week or so. I invited him to check out the site so maybe will drop in and check us out.
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    Kind of had the same battle 3 years ago when I first got my bike. Blowing gas through the overflows at weird intervals and at the worst of times. Found two floats were actually saturated with gas. When I had a chance to weigh them on a digital scale I could see the difference. Not much, but it did affect to float level a lot. I had picked up a spare rack to and ended up giving the spare floats a coating of airplane dope to reseal them. That did the trick.......but it did add a bit of weight to the floats so the bowl fuel level had to be reset. Probably my fault......I did two coats. It didn't leave much room for adustment. I had trouble getting the fuel level up to specs so I did end up replacing all four floats with new. That did finally solve the problem. I found that the floats from the '86 V-Max were the exact same. I think it was about $125.00 including shipping. Looking back at the headaches I had with the carbs at that time and now 3 years with no problems.......money well spent. Mike
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    Dang Lutz.... I'm getting all misty just thinking about that ride. I'm going to out right cry if you made that trip on the new Max. All I got around here is mountains........of CORN!!!! Mike
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    Check your local hardware store. I found two stores around here that stocked them. SS is a little harder fo find but they are available. I tried the hardened black with the allen head but they rust very quickly and the allen size is very small. If you go that route be sure to use anti-seize on them. I've seen several bikes that used a standard chrome or SS allen head bolt with a chrome or SS washer under the head. They used a small but thick 0-ring under that for fill the countersink recess in the top of the cover. Looked like that worked pretty well also and looked fine.
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    Morning Lutz.....er......afternoon I mean. Good to see ya around again. Mike
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    Dan, The screws in mine were rusted so bad I had to pull the coil mounting bracket out and take a hand impact to the screws. I don't know the bit size but it was one I had in a bit set that was bigger than a #3 with a blunt end. Any thing with a pointed end just did not bite. Maybe a good soak with a rust buster and a blunt tip bit you can work them out. Changed the screws to allen heads while I was at it with a coat of anti seize to. I can change the unit now with an allen key. The heat shields were in a box when I got mine to. Ran two years without them. After I did my valve covers I decided to put them back on. With doing that and adding the chrome sidecover block offs it made a huge difference in the heat off the engine. The seat stay cooler and the legs don't feel it as much.
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    I don't know if this will work on a 2nd gen but it looks like an option if it can be mounted up. One of the quys found the info a while back. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1297 Mike
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    Hey Kat, Weird....I used to have a cat named Kat. But anyway...you might sent any questions on that to "Squeeze" by PM. He's one of our resident go to guys that happens to live in....get this.......wait for it......Germany! Might save some time in the effort of sorting out the language issue and he would probably know what it would take to deal with the strict regulations over there. Tell him Snaggletooth sent ya....then duck! He's not on the site all the time but he checks in a lot. Mike
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    And hence, the need for a organized filing and storage system. I think I'll stick with my storage system. Never to be used. Might need someday. Use today. Use tomorrow. Used already. Think about it. Moved it. Sell it. Give it away. Trade it. Replace it. Fix it. FUBAR Burned out. Broke. OEM NOS POS Move to new box. Look for matching piece. Chrome it. Paint it. Epoxy it. Duct tape it. Screw it. Identify it. WTF? YNK. (Ya never know) And that's not even listing all the subcatagories. And there is the invisable stuff that ya know is there but can't see it. I need more room.
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    Hey Herb... This the lil critter you're looking for? Let me know and it's in the wind tomorrow. Mike
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    If the '84 and the '86 are the same you can have the one off mine. I think I still have the old cover on the shelf from when I did my upgrade to the blade style fuse panel. But then again.......I got to say......it would be a good time to do an upgrade yourself. I mean ya got a good excuse at this point. PM me your mailing address if you want it. Mike
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    Hi Barend, Last winter I was talking to Squidly about putting chrome Drag Speciality 4 1/2" driving lights on my bike. I already had the mounting brackets he made on it but was concerned about the same bracket that you had break on yours being able to handle the extra weight. Of course Squidly had a plan. I sent both brackets (tabs) down to him and he welded a gusset into the 90 degree angle on the mounting brackets and that stiffened them up right nice. No more vibration or flexing. Not a big project to do yourself, if you weld, or a local shop should be able to do that for ya pretty cheap. Something to consider. Solved my problem. Mike
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    I'm still in. Mike
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