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Another question guys, on the left side of my bike is circular plate on the engine, factory it says Yamaha, mine some oxidation on it and I would like to order a custom one, so my noob question is what exactly is this piece called?

 

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Ok guys looking to pick your experienced brains again if you have a moment. My bike like posted is 98 Yamaha Royal star. I got her running great again thanks to alot of help from you. I recently had a buddy gave me a set of megaphones slip ons because I told him my bike was quiet. These go out to 4" from my factory pipes so they are quite a bit wider and he said they made his Harley louder but he went with a full Reinhart exhaust recently and isn't using these anymore. He removed the baffles when he had them and I don't have them either. A local bike shop told me there shouldn't be any damage by running no baffles but the bike may run more lean causing it to run warmer but shouldn't mess anything up. They advised I may lose some power due to less back pressure and may want to have the carb rejetted. I would like the opinion of you all who are experienced riders/mechanics etc especially if you have ever ran or know anyone who has something similar. Main thing I don't want to do is have any engine failure, but I really want the bike to sound like it has a little more testosterone than how it does factory without spending an arm and a leg. Thanks in advance for your input!!

 

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G'mornin sir Puc! I see you and I are on the same page, or we are both nuttier than Chinese chicken salad, possibly both. In the amazing Black Hills we have enjoyed a couple very balmy, sunny, dry days. Now we are gonna get (maybe) 8-15" snow and a blizzard warning a county over. Its not going to be terribly cold which means heavy wet snow pulling trees and power lines down. Welcome to South Dakota! Still no place I would rather live with the possible exception of Wyoming. One day you will find yourself here outside rally week and you and I will ride the hills good and proper, and smoke some ribs! Now, so I dont get kicked in the cubes for hijacking I would like to add for the OP that if the battery is going on a conventional automotive charger, use the 2amp setting, 10amp can cook a small battery pretty quickly in my e perience. 2amp seems to be about the max safe for a bike battery. A couple hours should do her unless totally flat. I have cheated and used my battery tender to charge a battery bacause my other one has no 2amp setting, if its not completely flat it may work, but agreeing with you that it is not ideal. Sorry I still cant format posts into separate paragraphs.

Ok so good news and bad news...good news is I got her working again!! I charged the battery overnight on 2amp came right back up like it should...put battery in nothing...so we used meter to start checking, switches good, solenoid good...harnesses and fuses...good...so gotta be the starter...like I said I'm a noob, so I followed my Clyde book on locating the starter and jumping just the starter...removed the gas tank and other mess to find out it was never in the way to start with...jumped the starter and it turned bike over fine...frustration...as a last resort "will be first resort from now on" I checked my ground cable...it appeared to be in great condition, I took it off anyway...hit it with some steel wool and a wire brush replaced it and boom, engine turns over..I then removed and cleaned every connector I could find...put all the covers, gas tank, harness back together and on, crossed my fingers pulled the choke and hit the start button and wam she fired like new!! Shut it off several times it now starts with no issue...bottom line, I did a whole lot of unnecessary work had I just went to the ground first...but I learned alot today and got to spend some wrench time with my pops!! I call it a win!! Thanks for all your help. BTW today is sunny is 78...lol NC has weird weather....winter Wednesday summer Thursday!! Yal have a good one!!

 

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Morning Case,,, see your fingers is working faster than mine this morning!!!

 

Pouring rain here and about 40 degrees (HEAT WAVE!!).. Hows weather in the Hills?

Sorry for the hijack Ow..

Thanks to you both for the quick replies, I will try this as soon as home from work and at the charger today. Here in NC it's high 40's and clear 3:05 am.

 

 

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Good morning,

New to the forum and new to me bike. I got a sweet deal on a 98 Yamaha Royal Star. Put a new battery in as the previous owner said the current had a bad cell. Bike started and ran great for 2 days. Bike was dusty from sitting in a garage a couple months so after 2 days I washed it and waxed etc. Bike started and ran fine half the day. I leave to go to work and the bike won't start. Some of the guys here ride so I rolled it off but they didn't know the fix either. When I press the start button you can hear the engine turn once but not enough to start then will do nothing or just click. I tried using 2 different jump boxes with same results...headlights come all, speedometer lights, tail lights etc...it just won't turn over enough to start. It did this once earlier in the day but then started fine after I tried again. Now not so much. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help.

 

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