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    Try to get back the hour it stole from me last night.
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    What Dan meant was the CDI off the '83 will work fine with the '87 carbs. The trick is the '83 CDI (26H) has a different boost setting on it that '84 thru '89 (41R). The vac line from the sensor will hook up at a different port on the carbs is the only change. Now if I remeber right there was a thread on that and where the line could be tied into. But for now D'oh! I can't remember. Somebody will jump in here shortly I'm sure.
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    I can't find the specs on that lamp. Is it a 4 1/2 inch bulb?
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    You ever ask yourself that? How many times? Once in while or everytime another chance to improve it comes up? I bought my '84 back about three years ago. It had been stored for nine years by the original owners son. His Dad had passed away and he kept the bike as it was all that time. He finally posted an ad and I found it. It had parts off of it stacked in boxes and it cranked but would not start. But looking it over I saw a bike that I would have for years to come. I liked these bikes when they first came out. They were the Victory Vision of the day. Big, different. weird looking with the Star Trek dashboard. Loved or hated them. Sound familiar? But I stuck a deal the son and he trailered the bike and all it's pieces (and a service manual thank God!) the next week. My daughters jaw dropped when she saw it being rolled off the back to the trailer into my garage. "You paid money for THAT and it don't even run?" She thought I'd lost my mind. For a while there I had my doubts to. Until I got her fired up. Over the last three years of ownership I have brought the old girl back to life and enjoyed a lot of miles on her. Things have been changed ... improved .... repaired ... replaced .... or in some cases created to make things right. I have depended on this club and the "Junkyard of the Future" our beloved eBay along with the few guys here that supply parts for these bike of their own creation to find the answers and pieces to get this done. I've got Ford parts, Toyota parts, Honda parts and now even an item that originated from Germany I believe. But today I was going through my records and found, not too much to my surprise that I have spent about the same amount on the things I have done to the bike as I spent for it the day I bought. Now that includes new tires, oils and the everyday stuff along with the odds and ends of used and NOS safety chrome, parts, upgrades and mods from this site. So therefor the Question? Is this worth doing? IMHO.....Hell yes! I don't think I have hesitated more than a few seconds when a chance to impove this bike has come up. A good mod, or a NOS part that is needed, or something that made the bike more comfortable to ride on those long trips. I've had bikes in the past that I ground my teeth dull deciding if I would spend a few bucks on it. Not this one for some reason. It just gets done. So seeing this club and the loyalty to these bikes...MKI...MKII...and even the 2nd gens, I know I'm not the only one out there to feel this way about these bikes. Thank God I'm not alone on this. I would sign myself up for a headshrink if I thought I was. LOL! I've been eyeballing the 2nd gens myself. But even if that happens soon the '84 will stay in the stable. It's going to be around for a long time. Even my daughter says they will have to build a ramp into my grave. So that said.......why have you guys hung onto your bikes and for how many years? Won't even go into the amount of bucks spent. We all know the answer to that. Mike The pic is from spring of '09. Still have some SS and aluminum at the fabricators. More to come.
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    Hey Steve. You're going to be happy with the AGM. They are tough. But if you have had hot start problems like so many guys have had with these bike and you haven't had your starter out yet........give it some thought. Mine was a bear when it was hot when I first got it. Even with a new battery it just wouldn't crank worth a dang until it cooled off. I pulled my starter and stripped it down. It was the usual dirty, gungy stuff. I cleaned it up, filed the grooves in the armature and lubed the bearings, I did install new brushes as they were about 1/2 gone. Stuck her back in and it worked way better than before. After that I did all the other improvements with better results after every one of them. With the AGM battery, the heavy cables and upgraded fuse panel all my starting problems are gone.
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    If you are looking for an easy change out on any other bulbs to LEDs check out this company. http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=%2Fmini-wedge.html I just did ALL my 194 bulbs and next are the instrument dash lights.....then the tail lights and I'm considering doing the turn signals with an electronic flasher. These folks have EVERYTHING for LED conversions and not to mention they have an incredible customer service department. I had a small problem.....they made it right in 48 hours. They are out of Missouri to. I've changed 20 bulbs so far and haven't spent $50.00 yet. Good enough for me. Won't ever have to spend that money again. MIke
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    Dang! I guess my Vetter full face will get retired.
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    Hey a1Bummer, This is an older thread where the battey situation was covered pretty well. Check out the post by Jbo24 at the top of this page. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33375&highlight=deka&page=4 Jbo is Joshua from Bohannan Battery and he is a member here. He gave us some pretty good test results on the available batteries like Odessy PC680 and the DEKA ETX18L. With that info I purchased the DEKA ETX18L a year ago and have NO REGRETS at all. It's AGM and fits like the OEM. Extra side posts to help with additional power feeds to. Heavy duty casing and just feels and looks tough. You can't beat the CCA on this thing. I have started mine at 20 degrees with no hesitation at all the the hot crank issue is non existant. But I have a rebuilt starter and heavy cables to. The CCA's......you can never hurt the system by having too much. These batteries will crank longer than any lead/acid battery that I know of. But the price was the kicker. At that time it was $82.95 including shipping and arrived a few days later showing 12.8 volts out of the box. A year later.....still shows 12.8 volts every morning. Consider it and take a look at their site. www.bohannonbattery.com Good people and a great battery. Ask the guys here that bought one. Been a few that I know of. Mike
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    Most excellent news my friend. Glad to hear it. Best of luck!!!
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    Had a young service tech at a local shop tell me last year that my bike didn't sound right for a V-twin. I reached down and pulled off two plug wires and restarted the bike and asked.."How's that?" Kid was stunned......running with no plug wires!! This is why I do my own work. And I get at least 35 mpg around town and 40+ on the highway.
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    Well there ya go. Now I see my problem......The dang frame is in the way.
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    Yeppers......that's already done. More concerned about making some extra room to get them back in.
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    Ok.....I'm at that point. Got all my other stuff done and pulled the valve covers to replace the seals and gaskets due to a seep on the rear head and check the valve lash. Thought I was being the bright guy and removed the "hard" one first. The front. Only had to remove the bolts from the radiator and pull it ahead a bit. Pretty much slid out except for a little drag across the chain sprockets. Then the "easy" one....the rear.....oh yeah! Not so easy. Hung up pretty good on the sprockets and was a bear to work out of there. (Should have done this when I had the gas tank out) Now I got the covers all cleaned up.....got the 2nd gen gaskets sealed into the covers....got all 16 of the plugs on the bolts replaced. So.....any advice on what else I can do to give myself a little more room to work the covers back into place without scraping the gaskets back off? Bike is naked.....fuel line and overflow lines are out of the way. Do I need to pull the coolant lines to the heads? Maybe take the coolant hose off the top of the radiator to give me more room? Suggestion? Just trying to avoid a fist fight with my sweety. She does give me a hard time now and then. LOL! Thanks Mike
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    And pick up a tube of High Heat Sealant for around the rubber plug the wires run through. If you're gonna have a leak......that is where it will come from. Coat it inside and out. Mike
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    The first pic is the rack I took off. You can see why I wanted to change it. Then a few shots of the Venturline rack for the MKI. Keep an eye on eBay. They show up pretty often. Search "motorcyle trunk rack". That's how I found mine.
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    One of my winter projects was to convert all my running and marker lights to LED. I've got my front fender marker and then four double sets in the rear light bar and then four mini Barons on top of the light bar. That's fourteen 194 bulbs alone. I can see the drop on the volt meter when I turn them on. Wanted to get that down a bit. I stopped at about every truckstop and and independent bike shop I came across looking for housings and light assemblies and never really found anything that would make a clean mount or look like it belonged there. Then I found these guys a while back. www.superbrightleds.com Right out of Missouri, USA! I bought a few LEd bulbs with the 194 type wedge base to try and liked what they did. In fact, I had one out of the first batch that was a bit intermitant and I shot them an e-mail and they sent a replacement the next day. No problem at all with their customer service people. These LEDs have voltage range from 5-14.5 volts depending on the LED type and a full selection to cover about any application. You can select the beam pattern, how wide, on most of the styles and luminous intensity for your application also on most. So I ordered everything I needed to do the markers and will get to the dash lights later on. For under $45.00 I got enough to do everything and that included shipping. A whole $5.00 for that. But I took a pic of the rear bar with only two LEDs in the Barons. Should be able to pick them out easy enough. Brought the red back out instead of that orangish color. Betting that my volt meter won't even flinch when I kick all these puppies on. I paid about .96 cents each for the stock 194 bulbs and $1.99 each for the 5 bulb LEDs that went into the Baron. Just read the spec sheets on the LEDs before ordering. The LEDs are bit bigger depending on the application. I ordered three different types for mine to get them to fit. Now if that ain't a poor man fix......what is? Mike
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    I had a rack on by '84 when I bought it that was small, about a foot wide. I wanted a stock rack and finally found a NOS on the Bay. I was concerned about the cracking also as I wanted to run with a trunk bag also. I made a set of brace supports for the inside of the trunk to help spread the weight and used some heavier bib washers on the outside. Kind of raw looking so I ended up covering the inside of the trunk with trunk liner. Feels solid and no flexing. I don't know about the MKII trunks but some GW racks are supposed to fit well. Mike
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    Oh Damn! I see a trend coming on here! It's nice being all fuzzy inside ain't it. Nice job to.
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    Hey Giga The other Mike here........just a few of us out there. I resealed the outer seams in the YICS box a coupe of years ago. Tried it for a while without any real change and then tested each chamber. Found two of them were leaking into each other so I did away with it and did the Jason mod. I'd heard the comments on the "bumpy" idle but I haven't found it to be extreme at all. Hardly notice it really. As far as MPG........can't say it hurt me at all. I'm pulling 42 on the highway miles without any problems at all. (under 70 MPH anyway). Power did seem to increase a bit but I had done so many other things to the bike I can't say it was all because of the Jason mod. Da other Mike
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    I'm thinking Henderson to. Fender look right for one. 4 cyl. Maybe around '31 or a bit earlier. I had a '36 Indian years ago. Don't look right for that. Just guessing.
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    I AM A COMPLETE IDIOT! No you're not! None of us are. We are all missing something somewhere. Nobody is a complete idiot. Some of us come close at times............ Sooooo......did ya go back to the store yet and get the itty bitty light bulb?
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    I just got home from Wally World myself. Couldn't find them on the rack so I asked. They said they no longer carry them. Too slow a sale item. Geeesh. I Goggled them and they are on eBay for the same price I paid two years ago with free shipping. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Sylvania-9003-HB2-H4-SilverStar-Ultra-Performance-Bulb_W0QQitemZ130370248024QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item1e5aac1d58
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    Yep.....that's the one I have been using for two years......no problems.
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    NEW ONE!!!!! Best way to go. Mine had been replaced by the PO with what looked like fuel line. Old, brittle and hard as a rock. 11 inch needle nose pliers helped but it was still an ordeal to get on. The new OEM hose was a bit shorter and I extended it about 1 1/2 inchs to reach. Softer and slipped right on. No more fight. Yea! Mike
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    Ride safe..... Rained here this morning and gave the streets a rinse and that brought out the bikes. 42 degrees and warming up. Saw 6 bikes as I headed home today and 2 bike accidents. Not good odds. Both the downed riders were young bucks on crotch rockets so that explained those. Nuttin' against the rocket boys but they do seem the be the first ones to an accident around here. Keep your eyes open and have a good ride.
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