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Venture Tranny Issues?

Discussion in 'Other Motorcycles' started by jdpesz, Feb 10, 2011.

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    jdpesz Member

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    Which year models of the Venture Royale had transmission issues? I've heard that some of the earlier models had a problem with gears or something, which was corrected in later years. Was the issue resolved by 1988? Saw one for sale along a roadside today. Tempting......
     
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    All the 1200's
    AKA first Gen MK I (small saddlebags)
    But - you have to ride it and see if it's broken
     
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    It was an issue with 2nd gear (Yamaha sure had a problem in this area in the 70s and early 80s).

    The problem was supposed to have been corrected during production of the '85 model. Never heard of a problem on 86 and newer.
     
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    My 84 Venture Royale 1200 had the transmission problem. It was fixed in all years following. Mine went around 120000 kms to the point where it was unusable for the 15, 20 K before that it was ok so long as you weren't riding 2 up or really twisting the throttle - Rick
     
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