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    Lowering a rstd

    in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk

    Posted

    I installed the Baron's front lowering kit that includes the GoldValve and spring upgrade. It made a huge improvement in handling, especially low-speed. Also much happier on stutter-bumps etc.

     

    My mind says that lowering the front by 1 inch is nearly equivalent to raising the rear by one inch using the levelling links. Anyhow it sure works good...!

    Rear Shock replacement question

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

    Posted · Edited by bobbyduck
    typo

    Thanks to all for your help. The shock arrived yesterday (no charge from UPS..?? not complaining but usually it's STEEP. Works put a NAFTA certification statement in the package, never saw that before, maybe it did the trick..!)

     

    So I put it on last night, left the wheel in place, took off both hard bags and all 4 side covers. It was awkward to get to but do-able. Had to grind just a little bit off of the OEM sleeve that rides between the shock's lower saddle mount. Top one went in no problems, except for me losing one O-ring for about half an hour when I bumped the top during the first try. :8:

    Also had to get a little creative when torque-ing the top bolt by myself.. :fiddle:

     

    A short ride to work this morning and I like it LOTS already. :happy34:

     

    I may have to back off the preload ring a bit, it sits about an inch higher than it did stock with 40 pounds air, one-up. But I'll wait, we're going two-up and pulling a fairly large trailer for all next week, may be better like it is.

     

    Thanks again!

     

    Bob

    Rear Shock replacement question

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

    Posted

    I thought it shouldn't be too hard to get at - yes I have small hands and even though I'm 57 next week, can still twist around pretty well....however lifting heavy stuff like a wheel/tire can p!ss my old shoulder right off! :duck:

     

    I'm replacing it with a Works shock....mine isn't "bad" yet but it groans and loses a little air over time. I've had Works shocks in the past and they were great, so I decided to try this one. :mo money:

     

    It isn't here yet, was shipped last Wed. but it takes awhile for UPS to find Canada.. :headache:

     

    Anyhow it should show up probably tomorrow or Thursday, I'm leaving on a trip Saturday pulling my Aspen Classic so it's a debate whether to change it or bring it along in case the stock one pooches....

     

    Thanks again! Here's a shot of our Ultra Star Tour Deluxe, it thanks you too!

    Future rsv engine????

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

    Posted

    Don't really want anything but more power captain! I guess it's allways different strokes for different folks but everything on your list comes with a price. $$$$. ,,wich is one reason why I bought the rsv instead of any other tourer. I like the retro dash too and while I'm at it,I like being able to see my motor when I look at my bike.(unlike the wing and the LT 1200). Not plastic. Also,,I Can fit TWO full face HJC helmets in my trunk! (07 RSMV). Like I said, different strokes for different folks. More choices in aftermarket parts would be nice, and a CD player instead of a antique cassette player that no one uses. My 2 cents.

     

    My RSTD "UltraStar" will carry way more than Y'alls Ventures...but it did cost me to mount that Harley Tour Pak..:stirthepot:

    hand held air pump

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

    Posted

    Thanks guys. I did call a local H-D dealer. He has ordered 6 of them to be coming in this week. He says they go pretty quickly. He gave me the p/n so I have checked e-bay as well. After shipping cost, might as well wait until the dealer gets them in.

     

    Sounds like no Yamaha p/n.

     

    From my understanding they come w/ a new H-D. With the cost of a new Venture, why wouldn't that be supplied too?

     

    I love my bike but only after a 6 month battle to get the clutch basket whine dealt with. Also they put a bunch of accessories in the initial RSTD catalogue, but they never had them....ever! Just pictures to sell bikes. They just don't embrace rider enthusiasms...

    exhaust

    in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk

    Posted

    I love the sound of the BUBs...but just as I bought them used two years ago, the chromed billet tips had flaked off and BUB sent replacements. Two seasons and about 17000 km and they are flaking again.

     

    Since they are billet, I may take the old set and strip off what's left and see how they polish up....

    Jet Kits

    in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk

    Posted

    My bone stock 05 RSTD turned 75 HP and 75 FT-LBS on the dyno. (tsigwing from Texas)

     

    Sounds similar....Calgary is at 3500 feet so a short drop from 75 to 72/73-ish would be about right. I guess.:confused24:

     

    That's about what BUB's dyno chart shows - the one that compares their header system to stock....

    Jet Kits

    in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk

    Posted

    Sooooo..... what are the numbers? Any performance increase? Baseline hp & torque numbers? After the mods? Inquiring minds want to know... :cool10:

    If I remember right, 73 HP at the rear wheel stock, 74 HP with mods....torque I can't recall but very little change as well. Seat-of-the-pants says it works a bit better but since it also sounds faster :hihi: it's hard to really say for sure. I think if I did it again I'd just put the slip-ons for the sound and leave it at that.... :8:

    Jet Kits

    in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk

    Posted

    I added Bub Sleepers, K&Ns, and a Dyna ignition module. I had read here on this site that with these mods, no rejetting is required but I was skeptical so I had a local tuner play with it on his dyno. He agreed it was fine and suggested no changes except to the size of my wallet! :o

     

    I have since put over 13000 km on, about 7000 km pulling a 500+ pound camper trailer with my wife and I bothe aboard, on 87 octane gas with no problems whatsoever.

     

    Spark plugs were done about 1000 km ago, nice light brown, even colour, just like it ought to be.

     

    I'd just stick them on and run it! :080402gudl_prv:

    Road Star luggage rack on RSTD

    in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk

    Posted

    Picked up "Black Betty", a 2007 RSTD Midnight from the dealer yesterday. Since I have been lurking while looking for my bike, I had already decided to put the Road Star luggage rack on it instead of the flimsier looking (and more expensive) RSTD one. I have the rack but need some input from people that have done this. The rack's license plate mounting bracket seems to be about 1/8 of an inch (didn't measure) to long and when eyeballed with the seat bolt aligned extends past the license plate bracket. One post I read said it fit with "some manipulation". What sort of manipulation has anyone used to install this?

     

    okscott

    aka "Porkalope"

     

    I had one on my 2006 Midnight RSTD, until I switched to a Harley Tour-Pak. It does tend to "almost but not quite fit". If I remember right (it's been 2 years) I just kinda manhandled it enough to get all of the bolts started straight, then tightened them down alternately until they were all seated. It works great too. I took one trip with it, I must of had 80 pounds on it with no problems at all. (Except of course the bike was top heavy and a hand full!!) :)

    Rejetting at altitude?

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

    Posted

    Ha...

     

    I quickly read the "title" of your post, and I thought it said.

    Rejetting my attitude...:rotf::rotf:

     

    And here I was all excited about finding out how in the hell I could do that...:thumbsup2:

     

    Yeah if you find out how to rejet attitudes, I'm sure my wife would want to lay in a BIG stock of those parts to try on me! Don't tell her, OK? :no-no-no:

     

    :)

    Rejetting at altitude?

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

    Posted

    Hi All,

     

    I very much appreciate the input - I was also in Rocky Mountain National Park last year, up over the top at 12000+, had similar low-impact experiences. All worked very well, maybe popped a little sometimes.....

     

    But of course my debate with myself is whether to re-jet or not, given I'd like the increased low-end response but don't want to go "over-rich" at altitude.

     

    So I'm still holding out hope that a reader will post who has (A) already gone up one size on main and pilot jets, (B) is running K&Ns, higher flow slip-ons such as BUB sleepers, and the Dyna ignition, and © has spent enough time at significant altitude to know whether or not it was an issue for their bike. :detective:

    Carb rejetting at 3500 feet

    in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk

    Posted

    In re-reading my post at the top of this thread I see that I wasn't clear. (Gee, I knew what I meant..!) :)

     

    I would like to have more power and crisper response, especially at lower speeds. It seems from several threads that with the simple mods that I already have, going up one size on the pilot and main jets has helped others with similar minor mods. But the threads I read were from lower elevations, like in Michigan below 1000 feet.

     

    What I would like to know is, has anyone with the larger pilots and mains spent enough time at altitude (3500 - 10000 ft) to know if the larger jets result in a "too rich" mixture while up high? :confused24:

    Rejetting at altitude?

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

    Posted

    In re-reading my post at the top of this thread and the responses (Thanks!) I see that I wasn't clear. (Gee, I knew what I meant..!) :)

     

    I would like to have more power and crisper response, especially at lower speeds. It seems from several threads that with the simple mods that I already have, going up one size on the pilot and main jets has helped others with similar minor mods. But the threads I read were from lower elevations, like in Michigan below 1000 feet.

     

    What I would like to know is, has anyone with the larger pilots and mains spent enough time at altitude (3500 - 10000 ft) to know if the larger jets result in a "too rich" mixture while up high? :confused24:

    Lowered the front end

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

    Posted

    First I went to Avons with the 130/90 front. That helped a lot, especially at low speed. No negative impact on high speed that I can tell.

     

    Then I added the Baron's front end kit, which lowers the front about 1 inch and adds gold valves and different springs.

     

    WOW what a difference. I'd say each change was 50% iof the improvements.

     

    I can't try the link because I'm 5'6" and another inch up in the back will leave me needing stilts! But the Baron's kit results in roughly the same relative geometry and really works better on bumps etc.

     

    Also I found that with the Avon's at max pressure, the bike is "twitchy" at speed. I reduced to stock Yamaha recommended pressures for loaded/two-up (36 front 41 rear) and it works very well. May wear quicker, have only put 5000 km on the tires so I don't know yet, but I'd rather buy tires more often if the bike works better.

     

    Haven't read any posts with that low of a pressure setting in the front with the Avons but even with 41 or so in the front I didn't like the twitchiness. Now I can slap the longer-than-stock Flanders bars hard and the bike doen't even budge, no oscillations, just goes on down the road.

     

    :cool10:

    Rejetting at altitude?

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

    Posted

    Hi everyone,

     

    I have a 2006 RSTD and have read several posts (and Freebird's excellent detailed step-by-step picture show - Thanks!) regarding 17.5 pilots and going up one size on all main jets. I have a question about altitude.

     

    I am at 3500 feet in Calgary, AB and often travel the Rockies at 6000 ft plus...

     

    I have K&Ns, BUB slipons and the Dyna ignition module. Has anyone with similar equipment run for long periods at 3500 - 6000 feet? If so, how did the richer mixture work out?

     

    I'm for anything that adds smooth and more HPs but don't want to go the wrong direction and end up too rich....

     

    Oh and I pull an Aspen Classic which is large as trailers go - probably 500 pounds loaded

     

    :confused24:

    Carb rejetting at 3500 feet

    in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk

    Posted

    Hi everyone,

     

    I have a 2006 RSTD and have read several posts (and Freebird's excellent detailed step-by-step picture show - Thanks!) regarding 17.5 pilots and going up one size on all main jets. I have a question about altitude.

     

    I am at 3500 feet in Calgary, AB and often travel the Rockies at 6000 ft plus...

     

    I have K&Ns, BUB slipons and the Dyna ignition module. Has anyone with similar equipment run for long periods at 3500 - 6000 feet? If so, how did the richer mixture work out?

     

    I'm for anything that adds smooth and more HPs but don't want to go the wrong direction and end up too rich....

     

    Oh and I pull an Aspen Classic which is large as trailers go - probably 500 pounds loaded

     

    :confused24:

    Keep fouling a plug

    in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)

    Posted

    Hello all,

     

    Wow, these bikes are amazing, they run so well on 3 cylinders, you hardly know one is fouled. It seems that I keep fouling one of my plugs, when I take it out it is wet, then I put a new one in and it runs real well for a while.

     

    I have gotten pretty good at touching the exhaust pipes shortly after start up to see if they are all warm.

     

    So what is the most likely source of this fouling do you think?

     

    D

    Many times one of the slides that actuate the enrichment circuit gets sticky - the cable operates all 4 of them but if one (or more) sticks you will get the problem you described. Suggest pulling the enrichment slide from the affected carb and clean it up with a stiff brush and gasoline - NOT spray carb cleaner! Actually if this is what you find, I'd clean up all 4 while you are there. Also the slide could be mis-adjusted, I seem to remember a set screw and some room to play with how much each carb enriches....haven't been in there in a long time so bear with me if I'm wrong....

     

    Another possibility is that the diaphragm in that one carb is shredded - though this is more common in VMax engines due to the sharper cam profiles.

     

    :080402gudl_prv:

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