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I bet someone on this site knows about mounting a Utopia seat.

Mounting? Don't know. Looks like nothing more than mounting in the pillion seat bolts. Maybe longer bolts. You would have to look that up. As far as price... Nothing. Just pay shipping. That's what the pay it forward is about. You help someone else in the future...

BTW, has any one noticed Yamaha has released the bike again for 2021? Two new colors. I don't know if the update was done on the gps/infotainment system but the TC package is now standard. That's all I was able to get out of the release... https://www.yamahamotorsports.com/transcontinental-touring/models/star-venture

Forgot to mention, when you take the tank off someday... Look to see if you have the ignition bypass installed. It takes the heavy duty power that Yamaha put through the switch and routes it separately... Saving the switch from overloading. Available from member @djh3 on this site as well.

Congrats! I just happen to have a Utopia back rest. With studs. All your have to do is ask and then pay shipping! I do request you " pay it forward" someday when you can help someone else. Bongo Bob sent it to me and I never installed it.... Let me know... David

Easy to do except mounting the front camera. Contact Steve @M61A1MECH on this forum. You will need two breakout harnesses. One in the rear to give you extra plug and play power for rear camera if camera needs power from rear of bike. One in front to split power from the 12volt cig lighter under left fairing. The front one I got from him and that enabled me to power up the GPS and xm radio from the cig lighter connection. Plug and play. I mounted the xm on the left handle bar and the gps on the right. I originally took the xm audio and routed it into the gps aux input. Then took the gps audio out into a simple wire splitter from the aux audio circuit on the bike. This gave me xm audio with gps audio directions over music. All done inside fairing. The simple wire splitter I added to the aux audio connection input at the trailer deck. Stereo mini jack and plug. Last year I took the xm off of the gps and added a passive mixer that has 3 inputs. I used one input for gps, one for xm and one to the aux audio jack by the tape deck for mp3 player if I ever need it. The volume control for mixer comes out of fairing and sits in a pouch on the tank. Right now I have an sd card in the gps filled with tunes, tape deck, am/fm radio and an xm radio. All playable from handlebars. Lots more to discuss, if you need more detail. David

Glad you got it solved! To hot for me to ride during day...I ride south of you in early mornings....!

Thank you, Neil! I've been looking for a pair. Just ordered! Appreciate it... David

It's there a forum for those bikes?

But...but...but.... It's a Honda!!! (Nice color though) grins!!!

The turn signals are part of the signal circuit. The fuse is located in the left side panel directly below the seat. Only one bolt comes off. The other is a dummy or spare! The panel is held on with one bolt and a push grommet. Signal fuse is 15amp I believe. The owners manual and service manuals are located in the technical read only section off this web site. Hope this helps!

Cause....

Prayers Up!

Rain finally let up here in Southern Arizona so have been riding the past few days! Lordy does it feel good to have the wind in my face! And... Southern Arizona is green again!!

Really pretty car, Steve!!! I like the color!!! Glad you are sticking around! D

I like Jerry. Shame that he didn't take a few minutes to look the bike over before recording his video. He would have come across much better than he did.

Sunset we were watching...

My most favorite picture of Puc and Tippy. Both pics taken 3 years ago when I took my RSV out to visit them on way to MD. Never made MD due to rain..... But great trip regardless!!

My second most favorite picture of Puc and Tippy... Watching sunset over Lake Michigan!

I'm happy to hear!!! Miss them both.... Thanks, Don!!

Paraffin was the #1 cause of a truck motor top end failure for me. At the time, years ago, I was using a well known oil. It seems it had some sort of a wax base? That's the gist of the report back from lab. It accumulated in the top end, clogging up everything! So, that type of crud coming from today's gas mix, adding moisture to it, doesn't surprise me at all. I've seen old gas in a plastic fuel tank look like golden wax. For that to dissolve and cause issues...makes sense! I would have to surmise, T, that the B12 did it's thing and cleaned up the crud. By riding the scoot like you stole it... Helped as well. These motors love to run! The next time you go back into the carbs, adjust the float bowls to a lower level. (For some reason, that leans out the carbs resulting in better economy). Then, reset your pilot jets to 2.5 turns out. That should be close for the air/fuel mixture of the pilot. If you have an exhaust gas analyzer you can nail each carb perfectly. That will help as well since the pilot jet is active a good party of the running rpm. Those 2 things will up you're mpgs to the high 30s. Usually we get around 38 to 40mpgs... on average. But as I mentioned earlier, keeping the motor in the 3k to 4k rpm range when cruising helps the most. Staying out of 5th gear until 70mph is important. Example: 2 up with a headwind...I would be in 4th gear around 65 to 70mph all day long. Above 80moh, mpgs dump hard!

Glad to see things are coming together! Regarding mpgs, the best for economy comes when you let the motor run. IE, don't bog her down at lower rpms. Especially riding 2 up. Staying in a lower gear, running 3k to 4k rpm, will give you better mpgs than shifting up. Seriously. Experiment. Change oil regularly, change plugs yearly and let her run!

Morning, Pat. Welcome to the site. Glad you found us. You said you bought an 06 with 11k miles on it.... Good find! With your experience in scoots, I know you will go through the bike with a fine tooth comb. Checking everything. So I won't go there. The steering head bearings, tires and swing arm are your focus for poor high speed handling. These bikes are rock solid so know that your issue is probably due to the bike sitting a lot. I suspect grease issues... Just not enough exercise at 11k miles. On another note, know that this is a high reving motor that likes to run. Anything below 65, I'm in 4th gear. Don't short shift. I hit the limiter all the time. Also, the rear brake is to strong. Hit it hard and she will lock up rear wheel. Some have put a proportional valve in line to reduce pressure. Most of us put organic pads on to reduce effectiveness. Your call... Search this site as there is a ton of information here. If you need more help, jump in and ask. Most of us have been riding for 40 plus years and love to help. And please let us know what you find that's causing your issue. Welcome and hope to see you join up! David

MD in June! I'm in... And wish I could make some of the rest of the M&Es, but the summers in the SW make it difficult for me to get anywhere on a scoot. To darn 🔥🥵!! I want to try and do some more cross country in the RV trailer though. I can do that in the summer! Maybe I'll drop by....grins!

Good information! Learning experience for sure. Hopefully Squidley, you will follow through with the tire and let Shinko deal with it... If only to find out "why". I was one of the first on this forum to run Shinko tires on my scoot. I was quite impressed with them and have had no issues at all on both bikes. Of course, knowing the technology got it's start in Yokohama racing, I knew they would be good tires if Shinko kept the quality up. Crossing fingers that they have...do... And continue to do so.. D