cdnrider

V7 Goose, I checked out the link you sent. As with most thing in life.....keep it simple. Up here in the North country it is still a chilly in the morning. I used the choke....however I did not completlely push it all the way off when the bike warmed up. Go figure. Rode it today and no problems.

Gentlemen and Ladies The 05 RSV I purchased in Apirl has been running great up to now, however just today it starting misfiring out of both mufflers when slowing down. I mean like a gun going off. In Canada that could be a scary time since it is very quite up here. Any ideas/suggestions on what could be the cause and more importantly the cure.

I too am a tall guy at 6'3". The RSV is the right size with lots of openness and comfort. The wife loves the rear seat with the wrap around cushion due to the trunk. The only caution I will provide deals with the clutch and crank shaft gears. I had the bike for 6 weeks when a chirping sound started in the clutch. I found the problem on this site and the solution. My dealer will replace the clutch basket, under warranty, once to try and eliminate the sound. After that I am on my own. This problem only occurs on certain bikes. The way the mechanic explained it was the clutch gear and the crank shaft gears are not manufactured together so a miss-match occurs causing the chirping noise. You can believe his story or not. What he also mentioned was that Yamaha fixed this problem on the 2007s by manufacturing the two gears at the same time. I am waiting for the new clutch basket and hope that fixes the noise. Boy is it loud.