Venturer Adventure

[Radioguylogs]

Thanks for your advice Deebs.

I bought the bike around 2019 timeframe. It was running, but had sat negelcted for about 5 years. I went through everything at that time (carbs, wheel bearings, steering bearings, brake masters and calipers, valve adjustment, cam chain tensioner, clean connectors, new tires, new battrery, etc,etc.........)

I have not done anything sonce the winter of 2019/2020. The problem may have existed all the time, and it took a long trip to discover it....or something is spontaneously going bad.

I hate intermiitent problems. They can be so hard to find and sometimes you are never sure if you fixed them.

I'm gonna trailer it to the famiy renion in South Haven on Friday, and ride it as much as I can during the week I'm there. If it fails, I have a trailer and family nearby. I hope it completely dies so I can fix it.

[IanDMacDonald]

Awesome, Mike! You know I'll buy it from you ever you ever sell . . .

[Radioguylogs]

Awesome, Mike! You know I'll buy it from you ever you ever sell . . .

Thanks Ian!

I never liked this bike so much as I do after I took a trip on it.

I can't wait for the next adventure trip.

[bikerphil]

Maybe something to check...

I had an intermittent ignition problem once that would drop two cylinders like it was pickup coil wires, but it finally turned out to be loose connectors at the TCI end. Once I tightened up the female blade connectors in the plastic harness plugs, it was back to normal. Took me awhile to figure that one out.

There is also a 5 pin ignition connector behind the fuse panel. That one can cause the same issues.

[Radioguylogs]

Thanks for the tips Bikerphil.

I did check the 5 pin ignition connector behind the fuses and it was in beautiful condition, and I cleaned it anyway.

I did clean the TCI terminals, but based on your advice, I should go back and make sure the female side is actually pinching the male terminals.

I was wondering if I should open up the TCI and examing the solder connections near the terminals plus look for failing electrolytics capcitors (if there are any).

[DEEBS11]

It's all covered in conformal coating and any access would need stripper. It gets messy. To remove the circuit board, you need to strip the coating from the solder joints of the connector and then de-solder.

[DEEBS11]

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[Radioguylogs]

Deebs:

Looks like a job that should only be done if necessary, due to the numerous opportunities to screw it up.

Thank you very much for the insight.

I have procured a spare 4RO module and will tuck it in the fairing with the other spare parts whan I travel.

[bikerphil]

Something else I thought of regarding the fuel delivery. Are the vacuum petcocks actually holding vacuum if tested with the mity vac? If they don't, they will still function, but the fuel flow can't keep up and the engine performance will gradually fade and lose power. You combine that with the restricted vent in the fuel cap and even less flow at certain times.

[Radioguylogs]

I have manual aftermarket petcocks.

This problem does seem to behave like fuel starvation. Whenever I had an electrical problem, it always seems to have a more violent, jerky failure mode. However, I am not ruling anything out at this time.

Thanks for looking out for me Bikerphil !

[bikerphil]

No problem brother, that's what we're here for.