[My starter is getting tired I think I get a slow hot crank]

Hi.

 

I just put a Deka battery in my '89' VR and that solved my starter lagging. I needed a new battery anyways. Killed two birds with one stone. Sweet!

 

[Fuel pump question]

Hi,

 

I think there is a timer in the fuelpump relay that times out if it dosen't recieve a signal from the ignition. So that in normal (i think)

[Shifting getting hard]

Hi All,

After work several weeks ago I got on my 89 VR to go home and found hardley ant pressure at the cluch master cyl. When I put it in gear it jumped and stalled. It did this several times. Finally I had to start it in gear. Luckily it was later at night because at every stop the clutch dragged so bad that at a full stop it would stall. By the time I got home it would release so I could stop but I couldn't get it in to neutral without shutting it off. The engage point was just off the grip all I had to do was relax my grip not even extend my fingers. I bled and bled the system but the pressure didn't change much. I thought about rebuilding the master cyl. But I have a project bike in the barn with a clutch that has great pressure and feel. Reluctantly I swapped cyl's. Now my rider has good clutch feel.

 

All this to ask why would it release when it got warm? Where can I get ss braided lines? Any used?

 

Thanks

Mike

 

They used to call me Spook because I always wore black. That user name was taken when I signed up for e-mail so I put my initials m-----w on. It's not Ms. poo kw. I should have given it more thought.

lol.

[Help with starter switch]

If you pull the clutch will the starter button work? You can check the diode with a continuity tester. The test procedure is on page 7-17

[Help with starter switch]

I'd test the diode before i'd start tearing things apart. Check page 7-17 in service manual. There is a quick test to check the diode.If you pull the clutch lever and the start button works then the diode is probably bad. The clutch switch bypasses the start diode.

[Help with starter switch]

Does your wing have a diode in the starting circuit? I think it is a Yamaha thing. It's a little flat rectangle about the size and color of a piece of chocolate candy. There are schematics of the starting circuit on this forum.

[Help with starter switch]

I have an '86VR' that the stater switch wouldn't activate the starter and I had to jump. Turned out to be the diode in the starter circuit had gone bad. Replaced that and it fixed the problem without eliminating any of the safety features.

[What's your experience with left vs right]

It all depends on which way your d**k points.

[who shifts with out using clutch]

On my smaller Jap bikes; rm 125, honda sl350, t 250, xs 650 I almost always upshifted without clutching by just blipping the throttle. Downshifting is smoother using the clutch. When I had my Harleys; 49 pan, 80'' flh I always use the clutch up and down. There seemed to be just too much spinning mass in there to make shifting without the clucth graceful. With my 89 vr I clutch up and down. My v65 sabre I shift up without clutching when I'm in a hurry. Which is most of the time on that bike.

 

A down shifting technique I have used in situations where I need to slow down fast is to clutch and go down 2 gears and feather the clutch in to control tire chirp. I wouldn't recommend it on wet roads though.

[Floorboard ?]

Norm, I've got a set off a 89 VR

 

Mike

[Starting circuit diode and fuel pump relay ?]

I'm working on a '86'vr that I bought as a parts bike. The dealer said that it would only run if they poured gas down the carbs. He didn't want to mess with it. Turns out the fuel pump relay had some thing rattling around inside it, cut it open and found little electrical stuff burned off.

 

Question 1. Can I use the Class relay in place of fuel relay? It plugs right in and runs the fuel pump but, it looks way different than the correct relay. (I'm eliminating the Class system)

 

Question 2. Is the diode in the starting circuit essential or can it be bypassed? When in neutral the start button wouldn't work I pull the clutch lever, button works. Tested diode

D2 not working properly shows infin. on both poles D1 ok resister read 8.3 omhs. When I jump the D2 poles the start button works fine.

 

Mike

[Researve lighting unit]

Hey F/F. I've got a RLD I took off an '86' VR Don't know if it works but If you want it you can have it. Plug end alittle F/U but it's all there.

 

Mike

[looking for 1 used first gen carb slide.]

i was stupid and left the carb slide on hood of my car and drove away. I checked the side of the road, was nowhere to be found.

[Stripping down 86 venture]

I got an 86 xvz1300 parts bike. I use some parts off it. Now looking at it as a street rat project. What electrical systems can I eliminate ie. class, audio, instrument cluster, ect. and still make it run? I'd like a bare bones basic system including charging/starting, ignition and lights. Will the engine run without the computer stuff in the gauge cluster? Would like the anti-dive to work. Someone must have tried this before any help would be greatly appreciated.