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    pictures of my g breaks

    in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)

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    MEK is getting harder to find out west because of it's toxicity and environmental concerns. Be cautious with it and be sure to rear gloves, it is one of those chemicals that can be absorbed through the skin. Long term exposure causes kidney and liver failure. That kind of stuff scares me but I still use it for aircraft covering.

    fuel pump quit

    in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)

    Posted

    So the shop that is going to put the fuel pump on my bike called today and told me there isn't an aftermarket pump and a new pump is $369 from Yamaha. I told him as soon as I can get ahold of a trailer I would pick up my bike because I can get a new aftermarket pump off e-Bay for less than $130. He asked if he could call me back. When he called back he apologized and told me that he had called the dealer that I bought the bike from (he didn't know that) and they said that there were no aftermarket pumps made. He could have one here from Los Angeles by Tuesday, no parts delivered this weekend because of the "fight of the century" oh, and it would be $139 installed. I told him to go ahead and next time just because a customer is old don't think that they haven't done some research on that "newfangled inner nit thingamabob". He apologized again.

    fuel pump quit

    in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)

    Posted

    So I'm on my way to work again this morning and as I passed the spot, at 4:20 am, where my fuel pump stopped working on 4-18 I thought "as soon as I get to work I'm gonna order a fuel pump from e-Bay".

    At 7:40 am I pushed my bike the last few feet into the gas station 7 miles from where the pump quit.

    Progressive insurance came through again, paid tow bill to the nearest place of repair......73 miles away.

    The new fuel pump will be installed by Friday.

    Thanks to everyone for your suggestions, I should have fixed it last weekend.

    Steve

    I hit a deer...

    in Watering Hole

    Posted

    I also have Progressive insurance and they replaced my helmet, boots, and Ray Ban sunglasses. (because that was the only safety gear that I was wearing) They repaired everything on my '05 RSV that was damaged when my front wheel locked up at 70 mph. I know you will heal, and ride again as I did and do but I will NEVER again ride without my new mesh jacket, full face helmet, leather gloves, leather boots and Kevlar pants. I live near Las Vegas and I will put up with the heat discomfort before I put up with the skin loss pain again.

    Speedy recovery to you Dan.

    Steve

    fuel pump quit

    in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)

    Posted

    This has happened to me twice in the last year, very frustrating. The first time I was 5 miles from home, the second time I was 12 miles from home, both times at about 4:15 am on my way to work. The first time I was going up the east side of the pass heading out of the valley that I live in when the engine just quit. I coasted down the mountain to within 2 miles of home. When I went back to trailer the bike home I thought I would give it one more chance to start. That time when I turned the key on I heard the fuel pump clicking, it started right up.

     

    This time I was on the other side of the pass (the down hill side) and when I stopped at the only stop sign between my house and the freeway the motor quit again. The fuel pump just would not pump. Since I was 12 from home and 7 miles from the freeway I had some time to reflect on what life has taught me.

     

    Boy has there ever been some real jerks in my life!

     

    Boy have I been real jerk to a lot of people in my life!

     

    Well, once that was done And I felt so much better about life I kept trying to start the bike. It would not make that beautiful ticking sound. It would start with full choke but would not stay running. Finally, I took the key out of the switch and, just before I tossed it out into the desert, I had second thoughts. I put the key back in the switch and turned it to the "on" position.

    OMG! there was that beautiful sound! The earth tilted back onto it's proper axis and gravity returned to normal.

    I was only a hour late for work. So after all of that, do you guys think it could be a bad/dirty switch or at 45,000 miles on a 2005 royal star venture is it time to look for another fuel pump?

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