BlueSky

Lifting the front wheel at 193mph with a top speed of 217mph. Nah, I'll call BS on that one.

I still wonder if the denniskirk pump is the same?

Well Darn! No American Graffitti for you! You woulda looked cool crusing around CA in that car!

I suppose I have to wonder if this pump is any different from the one on ebay for half as much?

I've learned a lot too about RSV fuel pumps. I searched and read most if not all of the threads on RSV fuel pumps. I haven't ridden the RSV much yet and I'm not that familiar with it. Last year I was hindered by Shingles that caused a numb weak left knee. I hope to remedy that situation this year but my lower back is giving me fits lately. Sucks to be 75 sometimes. Hope to ride a little every non-rainy day from here on. Onwards and Upwards!

I'm embarassed to admit that you are correct and for the first time, sometime before this incident, I had turned the fuel valve to the off position. I turned the fuel on a few minutes ago an the pump clicked normally and it fired right up! I'm a big dummy! If the fuel pump clicks at high speed again, I suppose I might be able to remember the cause? I usually ride my smaller Kawasaki around town and it has one of those vacuum operated fuel valves that shut off when the vacuum goes away so I never think about the fuel valve. Oh well, humbled again!

So sad. People don't realize how they are endangering lives when they blow grass clippings on the highway. I went down one time because of a muddy driveway. The person who lived there left lots of mud on the road and it contributed to me going down. I broke my ankle and damaged the bike a bit but nothing non-recoverable. I fought the skid and that allowed the bike to slow down quite a bit before hitting the pavement.

I just took the side cover off exposing the fuel pump. When I went to re-install the bolts so I wouldn't lose them, I had to chuckle when I realized that one of the bolts is just for looks and is only bolted into the side cover. I ordered those points from ebay so I hope they fix the issue. So I have a question for the electrical experts. Would a capacitor wired across the points keep the points from burning up while allowing them to power the pump? Flyinfool?????? If I remember correctly, that is why the old cars with point type ignition had a "condenser" wired across the points.

Update. I just started the bike a couple of times. The fuel pump is no longer clicking at all and the bike will start and run for a second or two. The tank is not rusty and I opened the tank and there was no vacuum on it and it's almost full. Sooo, I'm fairly certain the fuel pump points are the problem? Famous last words!

Thanks Mike G, So the #18-4615 point set will fit an RSV? The RSV is not listed as one of the bikes that it will fit.

Thanks for the responses. Maybe I do need to do a little more checking. But, has anyone tried one of these pumps? They are advertised to fit the Venture. https://www.ebay.com/itm/FUEL-PUMP-FITS-YAMAHA-ROYAL-STAR-MIDNIGHT-VENTURE-1300-XVZ1300-2002-2007/271850120121?epid=561039002&hash=item3f4b87a3b9:g:EaoAAOSweW5VO8Wa:sc:USPSPriority!28409!US!-1

I finally got around to bleeding my 07 RSV's clutch. That went well and it appears the clutch engages with less lever throw now. However, my plan to go for a ride was stopped when I had the bike running while warming up and it cut off and wouldn't start. I let it sit for a few minutes thinking maybe the engine is flooded because it was idling on full choke. After a few, when I hit start, the fuel pump slow clicking was a very fast clicking and it would start and run for a few seconds and cut off again. I assume this is a failure of the fuel pump points? Sound right? Dang it! The bike has 23k miles on it. Do the points fail that quickly usually? I just looked at partzilla and I assume the points are inside the pump. Where can you buy the points separately? ebay?

You'd look cool riding around it that Condor. You'd feel like you were in the movie American Graffitti!

Sounds like a great idea IF it doesn't get heated too much by the exhaust pipe.

I clicked on the link and read the ad. Nowhere in the ad do they say what the capacity of the gas bottle is. weird.

Never used one but it seems to me that with the way gasoline expands, you would want to leave some air space in the top of the bottle to give it room to expand...... Perhaps that is why you have had leakage problems in the past????? If the bottle is full of gas, the pressure could build up very high from expanding and cause an otherwise sealed cap to leak.

Really glad you are okay. I think I would be hoping for a total loss call from the ins. co. Way back when, late 80's, an employee bought a new BMW auto and someone crashed into it. It wasn't totalled but he insisted to the ins co that he would not accept a repaired car so they paid him for his car and he bought another new BMW.

If there is no air in the system and you just want to refresh the fluid, do you need to bleed at the high point? I wouldn't think so.

I would think you would have to hook up to both the front caliper and the rear caliper to get all the old fluid out same as with an auto with 4 wheels.

Perhaps you could swap pipes with someone who has stock pipes and want some more rumble?

I'm working on my 5th year of retirement. I look forward to every day that comes my way.

Well, you are a doer who likes change. So, let us know where your travels take you!

I'm wondering if the dyno will run for 24 hrs?

From what I read he agreed to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter I assume in a plea deal. If he had stuck it out with a not guilty who knows what would have happened? Since he has almost met the minimum time to be considered for parole, I think he made the right decision. I just hope the feud with the other family is over.

One thing I don't understand and I don't agree with is that if someone runs and the LEO chasing overdrives his vehicle and crashes and dies, the person running is charged with murder. I don't see it.