Dave Insley
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I've had 2 first gens. '86 exhaust baffle was removed, opened and welded. Worked fine but for the underframe labour work. I had to buy a 45 degree flex socket for the darn bolts on clamps. Later on, another Venture Royale rider simply went to a muffler shop and hoisted the VR up to expose the collector, whereupon the artistic welder cut off the bottom exposing the loose baffle, rewelded and reassembled-welding the botton pan on. I recall his total labor costs were about $70. I wish I could remember his name. 8 ys later he is still riding it, I think. Anyone else done this type of repair? At a rally in Wyoming, Fred Voght had me go to a tire shop and put the VR on 2 car tires (sideways) exposing the undercarriage and we hit the collector bottom with tire hammer to "tighten" the loose baffle. That worked good for a year or so then I had the thing removed and repaired. The 2 tire guys watching us thought we were nuts (I think we were at that time...in the 90's) Our riding pals at the Venture Rally laughed over that. My '04 RSV Midnight is a gem./Bilko
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Our group benefits from the English-made Carbtune II which is available for under $100 and quickly (10 minutes) perfectly balances 1st gen and 2 gen carbs. Yamaha made an error in the procedure for 2nd Gen balalncing which was later corrected. The generations have different procedures. Check your threads for Carbtune. Bilk/Dave Insley
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Good topic, At High River Alberta RSV/RSTD discussion in July '07 I mentioned that my riding pal 'Seadog" in his 2000 mm RSV @ New Brunswick in '06 accompanying his Michigan Doc brother outran Doc's Valkyrie and according to Seadogs GPS he hit maximum 142 mph! Wow! 73 yrs old too. A Calgary RSV rider smiled and shook his head, saying his Garmin GPS showed him doing 180 mph on Alberta Hwy 2 (Calgary-Edmonton) and he felt that the engine still had power left but he got nervous. I would question the engineering types to match rev limiter cut-out with these readings from GPS and verifiy possibilities.???? Could the Calgary IRSA member confirm please? /Bilko Ventures are solid performers when tuned right and ridden properly. Yes!!!
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Passing Lamp Spacer Update
Dave Insley replied to BMW's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Hi there Don! I used the Canadian-made Dayton light bar spacer and did a simple trick to provide an almost-contact vibration cushion that rides about 2 mil from the chromed fork leg, ensuring no stress pressure-vibration breakage of the Yamaha RSV clear plastic-chrome diffusor metal mounting bracket. Using what I had on hand, I used brass wood screws (1-1/2") into a clear plastic tube section (about 1-3/4") and filled the screw and tube area with some big drops of SEAL-ALL (motorcyclists travel kit glue) to lock all items for stiffness. I placed a matching length section of "black plastic shrink wrap" and after the glue was dried (12 hours) applied hair dryer/heat gun heat to shrink the assembly tighter. Now the black vibration offsetting tube does a great job and I have no shock absorber contact except when doing the highway speeds, thus no breakage of the factory stamped steel and chrome trim bracket. Cost about $1 each I guess. It works and looks great./Bilko -
Passing Lamp Questions
Dave Insley replied to bugfish69's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Hi Mike, I obtained a neat machined polished aluminum spacer block which extends the Yamaha factory driving lights away from the RSV fairing cover about an inch so that you may easily remove the fairing cover without removing the light bar unit with all of it's problems. Adaptor was $24 from Dayton Tool Ltd. e-mail: daytontoolltd@shaw.ca (Tony Dathan- RSV Rider)) Many of our local Royal Star Venture riders have this spacer. The 37 watt US-made 60,000 candlepower and narrower-beam 70,000 cp halogen bulbs are sold from NAPA stores as "Wagner H7600 Signal bulbs" and the carton is marked for "off-road lighting" as they are really bright and ideal for picking out deer and animals 'way ahead of you. I bought the 60,000 cp bulbs for about $19 each at NAPA and they quickly install. (same mounting as stock sealed-beam 20,000 cp/30 watt driving light bulbs) These halogens I used on a separate switch ONLY on the rainswept or foggy highways and in backroads where deer, moose, caribou, bears may be in my way. Long-strong beam! If I encounter a lane-fixed jerk driver ahead then these pencil spotlights and flicking my regular headlight quickly moves the drivers to the outer slower lanes. If you want to be seen, they do work great! Try 'em soon./ Bilko -
In my previous VR's (86 and 88) I drilled two 5/8 inch holes in the side of the airbox, carefully ensuring no plastic drill chips entered (use an oily rag to collect the chips). If you were to install a vacuum gauge inside the airbox you will see the carbs are being starved at higher rpm's. Opening 2 additional intake holes to the air filter improves performance and mileage (mileage about 12 percent) and additional throaty roar very slight. When Yamaha recognized this restrictive airbox situation, they properly designed the 2nd gen with easy breathing dual intake filters. Try drilling the 2 holes...if you want, after monitoring a few tankfuls of gas for mileage and wish to revert to the restrictive throat only, simply place some duct tape over your drilled holes. I'll BET you won't because you'll have better high rpm/load performance. We've had over 30 members do this with good results./Bilko
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dim clock and dim cms display
Dave Insley replied to a topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Sorry you've had a fire problem. My 86 had a rotational dimmer switch for the instrument lights. Could this be melted in a fixed setting? Just checking/ Bilko -
"I" basket conclusion
Dave Insley replied to labeldave's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
The generally unacceptable changeouts to the clutch baskets will prompt Yamaha to change the gear set-up in future models according to a local Yamaha man who remains anonymous. Testing by an independent MC racing motorcycle shop seems to indicate the primary drive gear is the culprit. A local dealer did 3 changeouts on a pals RSTD (06) to no avail. Dealer says the '08's are expected to be quieter and will do a special cash swap with my pal for one of them. Interesting? Mine is noisy (05 RSV Midnight)and the ear plugs custom-fitted cancel out the whine, chirp and geartrain noises. Now I really enjoy the thrumming and power on the highways. Aside from the gear noises, I love this RSV performance. I have had 3 first gen models and noise never a problem. I think when Yamaha re-tooled for the 1999+ 2nd gens, they somehow changed tolerances. Who will ever know the truth?/Bilko -
Try using the friends GPS unit as you ride and it'll be very accurate. If you have to remove the speedo please tell me how you get it out of the inner fairing? Thanks. Bilko-