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Now riding a 2002 Wing

I have a Clymer Yamaha Royal Star 1996-2003 Shop manual in great condition.....free to good home. You pay the shipping if shipping is required. Bought a Wing, no longer need this manual.

I had a QSO on a linked 70cm repeater and we were talking about Moby Dick https://www.mobyskabob.com/ and they serve delicious Persian food. I am going to give this a try in the near future.

Hope your SVTC is almost ready to go for the riding season. Just waiting for better temps. Maybe I might stock up on one more spare starter just in case.

Good morning to all. Frigid temps this morning in the mid 20's. Have a great day!

Still Chilly here in SE Pa. 29 degrees.

This was meant to be a joke.

Same thing here,,, don't ride anymore but it doesn't stop the great memories experienced through here that we would have never done on all of our own journeys. Plus the help (mechanical and recovery) that I have also been able to send and receive.

I may not Checkin everyday , but I'm here to stay. I keep hoping to see a rally come up, I miss all the friendships and faces we've met along the way. You da man Don ☝️

Thanks for all the positive comments. It's been one heck of a ride and it's not over yet.

Does anyone have a parts bike they want rid of in the Upper NY state area? Someone I met is looking for one.I could send him your way. Thanks all

I drove down.I felt like I was the only person there .

Evan made in Canada, wow!

I woujd think that’s pretty rare.

Don, I have known you for 25+ years and hopefully another 25.

Yep what everybody else said, I just need to get on the site little more. Was always worth more than 12 bucks, I'll keep paying to help offset costs

Hello, It`s been some while since last update. So I will write, what has happened since that. I pulled out engine. Idea was, that valve seats are damaged. After removing both heads and cleaning them, discovered, that seats are almost perfect. Also other parts are not much worn out. What I found - it looked, that old head gaskets were with some silicone covered. It looked like very cheap "repair" done. I disassembled heads, changed valve gaskets, cleaned everything. Next problem was, that I put in removed heads camshafts (yes, I know, that in manual is written - do not do that), and it seemed strange to me, that I could not move them. After longer time of thinking, I understood, that design of heads is made that middle part is connected only with some tight aluminium parts (where chain goes). And heads align and are straight, only when bolted to the engine block. Still do not know, if it should be so, but when I bolted them back to the block, I could move camshafts very easy. I had not time to do this repair every day. I went to the bike few hours in month, so it took quite long to put heads and engine back together correctly. After few more months engine, carbs and all other was back in bike. Started it and.... again one cylinder did not work. Or even two. Took again off carbs and checked engine timing. Maybe there was some mistake... Manual for this bike is not the easiest what I have read. And especially timing marks are quite strange and do not match with written info in manual. So, I turned countless times the engine and finally went through all the engine timing with logic. All opening and closing intake / exhaust times looked correctly. Checked and adjusted valve clearences. Put back everything again, but now I decided to turn carbs by 180 degrees (so the front two carbs now were rear). It was not so difficult, just needed to make longer fuel hose and few more things. If problem were in engine, then nothing should change. If problem were in carbs, then there should not work other two cylinders. And, yes, I found, that problem were in carbs. But it seemed strange, because they were disassembled, cleaned and changed all rubber parts before one year. I looked deeper in carbs and found, that at least two diaphragms were very loose (yes, I should check them earlier, but then I hadn't learned the construction of these carburetors yet). I decided, that it was time to disassemble them by myself. I also got many good advices from experienced carb mechanic. I disassembled them and found, that diaphragms were run off the seats, where middle of them is attached. Put them back and this time more accurately. It was most likely, because, when sitting on shelf, old fuel glued needles into seats. And when I started the bike, diaphragms run off the middle parts. Also there were dirt in few of main jets and other parts. Cleaned everything and put back together. Washed also fuel tank. There were also few other smaller problems in the middle (like ventilator, what I damaged and repaired and few other). In September 2025 bike again was running. I regulated idle with gas analyzer. Maybe engine is not perfect – when cold, on idle one cylinder still do some small coughing time to time, but I think it runs good. When hot, not any problems. I gave myself a question - why carbs were clogged after one year sitting in shelf. And the answer was - in fuel tank there was some very old fuel left and it clogged everything, when I put carbs back after first cleaning in the very beginning. In Baltics, because of eco additives added by fuel retailers, gasoline is especially bio-active and makes many problems already after 6 months standing in tank. I do not know, how old was the fuel in tank, when I bought it. It was not much there and I added fresh fuel already in first ride to the garage. It was the largest mistake. Only now I realize how powerful and well-handled this motorcycle is, despite its relatively high weight. There is no problem riding it also with two people. Aftermarket exhausts are a great value. They are not loud, but I really like the sound. Hopefully I'll be able to go without major repairs for a while and slowly get it back to perfect condition.

Long time site visitor finally joined in '18. My sentiments are like previous member posts. So much information, ideas, and experiences gained from this site. Very small amount vs gratitude, let PP continue......... Thank you all................... Leo

Nice Jacket!

that weekend would work for duey!

Thanks for all the work that you have put in to keep this site going, the friendships formed over the years far exceeds any membership fees. Ron

Thanks for your generosity Don, if it's setup for automatic payment I don't want to figure out how to contact PayPal to try and stop my subscription. I'm fine with still paying $12 a year. I've been real busy and haven't frequented the site a lot lately but still enjoy visiting and enjoying the content. Steel Horse Cowboy 🤠

I will see how my calendar looks but I would enjoy coming down and riding with everyone. Rick F.

I was just curious who is around here still and riding their 1983 - 1993 Ventures. I am still riding my 89 VR and hope to put on a lot of miles this coming season up here in Minnesota. Last season I ended up having to repair the right half of my fairing as it became real brittle and was breaking everywhere on it. I was lucky as I have a motorcycle junk yard close by, Sport Wheel in Jordan, Mn, and they have a lot of first gen Ventures in the yard. I was able to pickup a right half with the same color combo as my 89 and it only needed few repairs to make it 100%. So I was able to cast pieces off or other fairing components with PLASTEX Plastic Repair Kits, https://plastex.net/ , to graft on pieces or make molds of pieces. Just a side note, I learned about this company form the forum here years ago. Now the fairing is solid and doesnt move as I hit bumps or holes. So I am hoping for a nice ling season of riding here in the upper midwest. Let us know what you have done lately to your Venture and what you are hoping for this summer. Rick F.