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Hal, Use this link to find my harness. http://www.venturerider.org/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=4200&title=auxillary-tail-light-harness-for-royal-star-venture&cat=35 You will need a converter to go from 5 wire system on the bike to a 4 wire system on the trailer, a powered converter / isolator is the best way to go. My adapter harness lets you do that install with out cutting any wires on the bike's harness.

Check the size on the front tire, a lot of folks use one size smaller in width to help the low speed handling, that may cause tracking issues on certian roads. Front fork pressure is critical, you must use a gauge with a zero loss chuck when checking. Actually you can pick up a suitable syringe type pump at a Harely dealer. Do not use any sort of compressor to fill the forks, only us ethe syringe type pump. The max is 7 psi, but the factory default setting is 0 psi. You may want the check the acorn nut that is in the center of the triple tree, I found mine loose one day and that caused some slight tracking issues, but chaces are the bearings in the triple tree (streering head) need to be tightened. If you have a means to get the front wheel off the ground, let the front wheel naturally turn to the left and the right, if it moves quickly and bounces back up more than slightly when it hits the stop the bearings are to loose, it should slowly turn left or right and then just barely come up off the stop after it hits. Do check out all of the threads in the second gen tech section.

Use his link to the Venturers web site http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.venturers.org%2FTech_Library%2F%3Faction%3Darticle%26cat_id%3D002008%26id%3D258&ei=ou_lU_HeIcb8yQSRiIDgAg&usg=AFQjCNHmdVUvwotDELkk99NizWckRhHPbQ

Ventorous , You can go here http://forums.delphiforums.com/MCTrailertowing and poke around, I am pretty sure I saw a thread on trailer brakes on there a time or two.

That failure mode is very common on the second gens, why they would no have sealed that switch I have no idea. Mine was the same when I first went to use the PTT switch after having the bike for maybe 4 years, now that I use it on a semi-regular basis , it seems to be holding its own and continues to work.

Good on you, Color coordinated fins are not stock, everything from 96 to 2001 came from the factory with silver colored fins. Many folks have painted their fins to match the bike's primary color.

The Utopia has a series of thru holes on one piece and threaded holes on the other so you can adjust it up and down by selecting different holes , it also has a socket head cap screw (1/4-20) that is used to adjust the tilt of the back rest so you can tilt it forward or back ward to suit or needs.

Try this link, Woody is a memeber here and a real nice guy, I know he does second gen pillow tops, he may be able to help you with your need. www.pillowtopseatcompany.com

If you could not see spark until it was pitch black you may have a bad ignition unit, I am pretty sure these bikes have a waste spark cycle, the ignition system fires a heavy spark that should be visible in daylight at the end of the compression stroke to drive the piston down and then a second lighter spark, that will also bite the crap out of you on the exhaust stroke to help burn any left over hydrocarbons as they head out towards the tail pipes. You have been bit by the waste spark. The ignition unit is on a bulkhead that is just forward of the battery, you need to pull the battery and the battery box to gain access to it. Maybe some in your neck of the woods has installed a dyna 3K ignition system and still has their original unit, you could try swapping it out to se if that fixes it, because it sounds like your fuel pump is working. Are you sure there is no pinched areas in the fuel line after the pump that would restrict fuel getting to the carbs? I forget which side of the pump the filter is on , if it is on the out bund side of the pump are you sure it is not plugged up. Are spark plugs wet with fuel? If you ar epumping fuel into the cyclinders and not burning it the plugs should be wet with raw fuel, if not you may npt be getting fuel to or thru the carbs. Maybe this helps a little bit. Good luck.

A 96 Royal Star is going to feel like a slug after having that 83 First Gen. Only about 79 horsepower at the crank, not sure what you have at the rear wheel, but less than 79 for sure and they are heavy bikes to boot. I love the original Royals, had a 98 Tour Classic for 9 years and put 96,000 miles on her, she is still going , I see her around town every now and then, she ran strong, but was no speed demon for sure. Comfortable ride, could do 400 to 600 miles in a day no problem.

If you know for sure which wire is the ground, all you need to do to check the wiring is, ground that wire and take each of the others to a hot wire to see if it works, the brighter of the two will be your brake circuit the other is your running or tail light circuit. On the bike the tail light circuit is a blue wire, the brake circuit is a yellow wire. Hope that helps just a little bit.

Picked up a 2013 about three weeks ago, rode it twice so far, spent last week on the Venture at International. venture is going up for sale this week.

Here are copies of the Yamaha Service Bulletins that address rear wheel noise.

Rick, my blue/ black 07 will be on the market in a few days, soon as I get it home from international and clean and service her, she will up for sale. has a bit over 72 k miles so he is almost broke in. Had not really set a firm price yet, so I am somewhat open to suggestions.

The word from STAR TOURING is that there will be a new Venture in the 2015 line up , but no details on style, power plant or any thing else, I think Mike Griswald talked to Bob Star ,from Star Motorcycles while at Star Days a week or so back.

Ok, you either have a bad regulator or a bad stator, because the voltage with the bike running well above idle it should 13 +volts.

If when the bike is running and you rev it up to around 2'000 RPM you do get an increase in voltage at the battery to something close to 13.5 or so then you have either a bad regulator (not letting voltage from the stator get thru to the charging system) or you have a bad stator (not making any AC voltage for the regulator to regulate). If you drop the regulator and disconnect the plug, with the bike running you can check for voltage between the circuits, if you have equal voltage ( something north of 16 volts) on all 3 possible combinations (1 to 2, 1 to 3, 2 to 3) then the stator is ok. The most likely candidate is the regulator, they are known for failing. You can pick up a used on off eBay for amour $35.00 . Good luck

We are in the Hampton Inn in Gunthersville, we did about 380, stayed on back roads amuch as possible, heat was not to bad untill we had to get on 4 lane highways.

Day 1, we are in Valdosta, just had dinner with the kids, be heading out towards Gunthersville in the morning, could not get an extra night (Sat) at the lodge so we will be staying at the Gunthersville Hampton Inn on Saturday and show up at the Lodge sometime on Sunday. See everyone Sunday. Safe travels to all

My wife loves hers so much, that I had to find a similar set for our new Goldwing.

here you go http://www.xtremetape.com/ can't fly an F4 without it, trust me.

Did you check the output voltage at the battery terminals after you installed it? Make sure it is putting out around 13 volts, anything much higher like 16 or 17 is cause for concern.

This is what I put on my Venture after my regulator went south and cooked my battery, http://www.kuryakyn.com/shopbybike.aspx?s=4219 Made a small aluminum plate to stick it to and attached it to the handle bars with a rubber lined "P" clamp, we called them adel clamps in the Air Force.

The default settings from Yamaha is 0 psi in the forks and the rear shock. The max is 7 psi for the front, and you want them to be identical. The max for the rear is 52 if memory serves, I normally run about 25 to 30 and I ride 2 up a lot. As Boomer said it is a personal choice based on what you like, just do not exceed the maximums.

here are a couple of links that may help. One should take you to copies of the Yamaha service bulletins dealing with the issue, you may want to have copies of them with you when you talk to the dealer, just in case they are not aware of the issues, many dealers are completely ignorant when it comes to the Royal Star line. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?p=836882#post836882 http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=86055