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    Spring '09/ Fitted lambskin seat cover. God bless the lamb that gave its hide to save mine! And tha

    From the album: '84 Venture Royale

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    Fall '09. Added backrest

    From the album: '84 Venture Royale

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    Hey Brad. With all the favors and help I've gotten from you I might just owe you that. I'll let you know if I ever want to see the inside of a bag again when I get mine done. LOL! Mike
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    Well .......when I shut the bike down for the season I removed all the plastic and took it into my little basement shop with the intentions of repairing minor cracks and fabbing up some new tabs that were broken. Got that done. Now with all the winter weather we have been having I've been staring at pieces of my bike for a few weeks now. I hate that! So with some spare hours and some serious self pep talks I took on a new project. Lining the trunk and saddlebags with trunk liner. So today I finished the lower trunk body. Pretty happy with the results so far. Now onto the trunk lid and the major challenge......the saddlebags. Like they couldn't add a few more curves to these things! Geesh. Got to go find a Sunday paper. Need to make more patterns. Mike
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    Hi Shane. I was the guy that your father in law was talking to on the tank treatment. Sounded like that went well so we will eliminate most of that. Like stated starting from the petcock you should have good fuel flow. We talked about the filter so I assume he replaced that. Now did he replace the fuel lines or at least rinse them out? And did he clean out the fuel pump or rinse it out? So onto the carbs. I assume he spilt the rack and opened the fuel bowls to clean them out. If so, are you getting good fuel level in all the carbs? Ok, so the mix screws I expect you are looking for are on the outside of the carbs under the bottom of the diaphram covers. (pic) You will need a thin bladed standard screw driver and turn them in .....gently..... until they bottom out. Turn each one back out 2 1/4 turns. Good starting point most bikes run pretty good in that range. If you haven't taken a good look at the diaphrams you might want to pull them out and look closely for pin holes. A bright flash light will show through them if there are. If you find any we can deal with that later. Ok. The popping or chuffing from the exhaust is usally a sign of lean mix. Set your screws and fire it up. A sync will do wonders for the bike. If he split the carb rack a sync most likey will be needed. I hope he used an assembly plate to re-align the carbs as these bikes are pretty touchy about being off axis. And I'm going the mention one more thing. When he did the tank we talked about the elbow that is the vent for the fuel tank at the top of the neck. Make sure he got that line blown out so there was no epoxy blocking it. And as mentioned these bikes do not run well with the air box open. They will backfire and stutter. Close it up when adjusting the carbs and doing the sync. So let us know how it goes. Tell your father in law I said hey. Mike
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    Hey Tony Yep.....there ya go. Didn't find my diagram but that one does the trick. All I had was a comment from MiCarl. "I believe that hot is supplied to the horn by the ignition switch and the horns are activated by providing the ground through the button. You should be probing for the wire that grounds when pushing the horn button. On my upgrade I just plugged the relays into the connectors for the stock horns (saved doing any thinking!)." Like he said I just used the exsiting wires and ran the ground to the "+" wire off the horn button. Took me two days of tinkering until I asked these guys for help. It will become clear in the morning. Mike
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    I use a Canon CanoScan 8400F that I bought a few years back. It comes with a slide rack that holds 4 at a time. Does a pretty decent job of it to. I had files full of 35 mm negs and slides and wanted to convert them. It is time consuming but I was happy with the quality I got. I think it was under $200.00 when I bought it. Have no idea what the model # would be today.
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    I need to look for my diagram that I got from Bongobob. He helped me out on mine. The trick is you use the wire from the horn button ONLY to complete the ground to fire the horns other wise the button can't handle the load. I'll post the diagram if I can find it or maybe Bob will pop in on this. Mike
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    Thanks for the note on that. It is two sets. And hey Mike.....on the newer models with the single pickup, is it about the same configuration or totally different? I've never seen a new set up.
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    About the best thing you can do is work the tip of a 90 degree pick into the area and try to loosen it up. Is the hose hardened up that much? If all else fails you can split the very tip of the hose with a razor or Xacto blade and work it back then. Hopefully you would only have to cut a bit off and have enough slack to trim the line back a bit. Maybe a little warm air from like a blow drier. That's my bag of tricks. Mike
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    You just need the two for the slip-ons? Check out PartShark http://www.partshark.com/fiche_section_detail.asp?section=3061&category=Motorcycles&make=YAMAHA&year=1984&fveh=81 $14.26 each. Pretty good price.
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    No difference. yep on the reg/rec and 2 pickup coils. Again....yep.
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    I installed a digital voltmeter a year ago and find it pretty much gives me all the info I need to be assured the battery is in good shape and I'm getting the charge I need running down the road. I can see at a glance if I'm pushing my luck. http://www.digitalmeter.com/cgi-bin/webshop.cgi?config=ent-datel I built a switch panel that controls all my extra light on a separate harness. You can see the affect on the voltmeter as you add power to each set of lights. Haven't been stranded yet due to a low battery and it's nice to see 12.8 volts in the morning when I hit the key. If you want the best of both worlds look into the Kisan unit. Tells you about everything. http://www.cyclegadgets.com/Products/product.asp?Item=CG For me.....the voltmeter does the trick. Mike
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    I'll take mine to go please..............
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    Years back I rolled into a shop that I used to do a lot of business with ( like 5 guitars worth) just have have a look around. All new faces and nobody paying attention to anything but their own little world. I spent about 20 minutes wandering the shop and found an old Hot Rod amp. I got a thing for the old valve amps. In good condition and priced pretty low so I started trying to get someones attention. Another 10 minutes. Finally got some young kid to pay a little attention to the guy waving money. Grabbed a guitar off the wall and plugged it in. Sounded sweet and I was ready to pack it out. The kid goes into a 10 minute lecture and why I should buy a new electronic amp that could be adjusted to sound like a valve amp. I asked him if that amp was that bad how about knocking off another $50.00 to get rid of it. I was stunned as he didn't even bat an eye and said "What ever man, but your'e going to regret buying old crap like that." Kept that amp for 7 years and never regretted it. The only thing I did regret was not offering him a couple of hundred bucks for the '72 Strat that was in the case. I mean...........it was just an old guitar......geesh. Never went back.
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    Hey Tarl. Amen on the DEKA ETX 18L AGM battery. If you haven't bought one yet check out this thread for information on it compared to the Odessy. Several of the guys here have bought these and I think I can speak for all of us.......the best you can get. The DEKA being an AGM it is a 12.8 volt battery. Heavy duty case and extra side posts for extra power leads. Makes for a clean install. Mine has been sitting on a shelf in the basement since before XMas and still is reading 12.8 volts at 96 % charge. Haven't hooked a tender to it yet. The CCA make this a great battery for the VRs. You will see some comments in that thread from Josh at: http://www.bohannonbattery.com/html/deka.html He supplied mine and several other guys and I think it was about $82.95 including shipping. It is proabley the best battery I have ever bought and for the money......you won't find a better one. Did I mention I really like this battery? Mike
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    Drat! I have to give up sleeping.
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    Ahh HA! And I read the directions this time! LOL! So I'm off to send myself a note. Thanks for the help!
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    I rode my '84 for two seasons without a back rest. The long days, 350-450 miles played havoc with my lower back. A year ago I found a lambskin seat cover. It was the 3/4 shorn type. That was a huge help with the pressure on the old tailbone. Just enough padding to take the edge off the pressure point. Right at the end of last season I FINALLY found a decent back rest on eBay. I only got in about a 1,000 miles with the rest before it snowed but I am looking forward to my road trips this next season. Between the cover and the rest......nuttin but comfort. The stock seat is doing fine for me. I'm 6'2" and 285 lbs. Long inseams work best with these wide seats. All I can say is good luck finding a decent one for a reasonable price that fits the '83-'85 MKIs. And comes with all the parts!
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    I wanted to save some of my PMs to folders for later reference. I started with the IN box and created the files I wanted and moved the messages. Cool....no problem. I went back to my SENT box and found I was not able to move the messages from there. I assumed that the folders would be shared but I guess not. I can not find a way to create folders for my SENT PMs or move them. There is no "Move to Folder" selection buttom in the lower right hand corner on the SENT window. What am I missing here? Mike
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    Hey Gary, Nope.....that was what I was trying to explain in the PM on what he had done. He ran a a wire from the post where the brush wires attach to the brush holder and then ran a wire down to the mounting plate, where he drilled and tapped a hole for a screw. From that point he fabbed a spring out of what might have been an old tension spring from a set of points that was fastened to the bottom of the plate. When you tightend the screw to hold the wire onto the plate the spring had to be aligned to rub on the inside wall of the starter housing between the coils. It was stiff enough that I had to use a pick to hold it down inside while I worked the plate assemebly back into position. It did create a ground for sure. A lot more complicated than it needed to be. A single wire from plate to the housing would have been fine. I would have to guess he didn't want to have to drill a hole in the starter housing. Go figure. The way it was done was very neat and looked like it was made that way. So I never gave it another thought.
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    Hi Pappa. Sorry about the confusion. The PO did some interesting things to this bike. I thought I'd found most of them. His idea for adding an extra ground was effective, if not a bit more complicated than it needed to be. What he did was very well done and I took it for being made that way. After talking with Dingy I figured out what was done. The wire I added to his mod was nothing more than a extra wire and did not create another ground. It just beefed up what he had done. The single wire like I stated from plate to housing should do everything you need to make sure you have a solid ground all the time.
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    Both my folks and sister, not to mention almost the entire extended family was anti-motorcycle. Never really got a reason why......they just hated bikes! I mean hated!!! So I got one. Been in love with them ever since. My folks would barely speak to me if I stopped by their place on the bike. Still like that today. Go figure. So with that said I'd say expose your son to riding. Sign him up for a beginners riding course and let him get a feel for it. Let him know you will support him if he decides to be a rider......with some conditions. A safe bike, the proper gear and a safe riding style. You know kids......the harder you push them away from something the harder they fight for it. I don't know if my love for them stemmed from the attitude of my family or not but at the time I know I bought my first one because it was "forbidden". What a rebel huh?
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    I've been saying that for years. That was one of my points when my daughter was ready to get her license. My offer was for her to get a MC learners permit and I'd get a smaller bike for her to ride. Log a 1,000 miles riding with me and then get her license and I'd pay for half of her first car. LOL! Never happened. Saved some bucks. Sly like a fox. I knew if she learned how to watch traffic and road conditions on a bike it would benefit her in the long run. But I am a firm believer that the habits that you develope riding a bike carry over into the way you drive a car. Riding does sharpend your awareness, or at least should.
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    I ran across a few old hands that drove OTR freight trucks and they had a few "specials" that were manifold dielights as they called them. A 300 mile run was as good as a crock pot to those guys. Better than road kill I suppose. Wait.....I think that was what they were cooking.
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