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Dion That will be fine, shoot me a text or an email and I can give you the address.

Barry Anytime after 7 is fine.

Sunn, Welcome to the party, enjoy that Venture. Barry, looking forward to you guys coming over, text me with the plan so I can be sure I am up when you get here. Ride safe, they are calling for 50% chance of rain.

So it does, darn I am good. Quality was not very good, and the originals are long gone.

Here ar esome links that may help you. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=horsepower%20of%201996%20royal%20star&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDcQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.motorcyclenews.com%2Fmcn%2Fbikereviews%2Fsearchresults%2Fbike-reviews%2Fyamaha%2Fyamaha-xvz1300a-royal-star-1996-2001-%2F&ei=cQmNU7egBZSysAT-xoHYDA&usg=AFQjCNEXdwyu1xE6XEbMcEOf6ZI4styCIw http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=31147 Also if you will PM me at stevemarilyn@hotmail.com I will send you some PDF files from the pages of Cruiser Magazine that speak to all of the models from 1996 to 1999.

There is a section on the 96 to 01s, just page down to find it, I did not see a short cut to them, maybe one of the moderators can put a short cut in for that section.

Good to know Mike. Looks like these regulators can fail in either open or closed mode, mine over charged the battery and cooked it, a friend also with an 1100 V-Star had his fail to where it was not charging at all and the battery died in short order. So now with the Kuryaken volt LED meter I will hopefully be able to see it if it starts to act up again. Anyone wanting to install one of these Kuyaken LED volt meters, let me know I have a plug and play set up that lets you tap into the power and ground lines that feed the auxillary plug on the left inside of the fairing. Easy as pie, un-plug the 2 pin connector plug in my harness and connect to the volt meter, hardest thing is getting the fairing off.

Just over 70,000 miles and that is an Oddessy battery.

It is a Tour DeLuxe for sure. A Tour Classic has floppy leather bags, the Tour DeLuxe had hard bags. The Tour DeLuxe from 97 to 01 hard hard bags like yours, they are different than the ones on the Ventures and the later model (05 to 10) Tour Deluxes that used Venture bags. It is possible that after 99 when the Venture came out the original Tour Deluxe used the Venture style bags, because the original style bags had a bad habit of shedding the lids as you went down the road, because of the way they fastened on, I just do not remember for sure i fthey made that change to the TD before the 05 Venture base done came out. A quick check of the parts fische would tell you if you really need to know. All Tour DeLuxe and Tour Classics had fender emblems on them when they left the factory, some removed yours, that is easily done with a hair dryer and some fishing line. Also That color scheme and style was never offered on a Tour Classic as far as I can remember, only on the Tour DeLuxe.

Nope, connector on both cable and RR looked like brand new, wires were good.

Yup, had the same thought , especially after I tore the potting off of the bad one and found that the brains of the unit are only about as big as my thumb nail. Here is alink to a new one at a good price. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Voltage-Regulator-Rectifier-Yamaha-1999-2013-Royal-Star-V-Star-YFZ-R6-WR-250-/351038461014?_trksid=p2054897.l5675

Received the voltage regulator/rectifier from Pinwall yesterday, installed it and checked the voltage while increasing the rpms, never went above 14 volts, little Kuryaken voltage indicator I got from JP Cycles showed green. Took her out today for about 25 miles, voltage indicator showed green the whole time, I think I got it.

Check out this post http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=85574

go check out this post. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=86420

I am not familiar with a Gen 1, but one time when I pulled my fuel pump, some how when I reinstalled it I managed to get the fuel lines crossed so it was trying to pump fuel back into the tank instead of to the carbs, you know the bike will not start when you do that, just saying check the simple stuff first.

So I got a new battery, all charged up, put it in the bike, put a volt meter across the battery terminals, and fired her up, started to rev it up and the volt meter read 16 volts. shut it off right there and pulled the regulator. Got a salvage one from Pinwall on order, should be in by Friday.

Came out of JP Cycles at destination Daytona this morning around 11 maybe and there was a an 07 Blue and Black just like mine sitting in the parking lot. Thought about taking her for spin, because the rider left his keys in the ignition, but decided not the best thing to do, so I just left him a business card.

That is exactly what we said, it was pretty scary listening to that thing sizzle and not knowing what it was going to do.

I have not heard back from him since I asked for his personal info and questioned what sort of contract would he draw up for me to review. If he does come back with more BS I may still jerk his chain a bit, before I turn him loose.

Yup, my thoughts and approach exactly, just hoping that Batteries Plus is open tomorrow (Memorial Day). I really like the cranking amps on this battery, It is possible that I fried the battery a few weeks ago, the fuel pump went out, I thought I had flooded it, and stupid me kept trying to start the bike until I killed the battery. Only after some time away from the bike did it dawn on me that it was the fuel pump. Amazing thing is , after the bike set for about 30 hours and I got fuel system working, the battery spun it right over and started like new. Just let the battery rest and it built up enough charge to start the bike, I doubt that a conventional lead acid battery would do that. Thanks

What would cause a battery to boil and swell up, I am thinking a bad voltage regulator. Pulled into the garage today after about a 200 mile run, and we her a sizzling noise coming from under the seat, I am thinking coolant overflow vent is dumping into the overflow bottle, but it did not stop. I pulled the seat and the noise is coming from the battery and it is so hot I can not touch it. During the ride the wife said she smelled something like rubber burning, I figured someone's car or tire was overheating and she was catching a whiff of it. I got the leads disconnected and grabbed a par of gloves and tried to pull the battery up out of the battery box, nothing doing it is not coming out. Took the left side passenger foot rest off and pulled the little rubber holder off that the main fuse or relay is in. Pulled the battery box and battery out as one piece, still unbelievably hot. Turned the battery box upside down and the battery came out, this is what I found. So I am thinking the voltage regulator maybe stopped regulating and cooked the battery? I would like to hear from those that know these things. Thanks

So I found a 2012 Goldwing on "FREE CLASSIFIEDS" listed in EL Dorado, AR, with 338 miles on it and for $7000.00. I inquire about it expecting that it is a typo on the price or something and this is what I get back. I have asked for more photos and some personal info, just to see what his response will be, but just sounds fishy, what does anyone else think?

I had the the same issue on my 98 TC with Bubs installed and pulling my Bushtec, the pipes faced straight back, the noise hits the trailer and echos back at you. On my Venture I have turn-out ends on my Krome Werks, still loud but not nearly as bad. So I am not sure if there is some way to add a 90 degree turn out end to the LAs with out destroying them, maybe some of those cheap and cheerful bolt on exhaust tipps you see in the auto parts stores could work as a temp fix. I reached out to celtichune, he is the Dallas area to see if he could be of any help while you are in Texas, but Dallas is a fair way from Houston.

Do you have a spare or can you borrow an igintion module from someone? Could be a bad module, maybe someone local to you has installed a DYNA 3K and has the stock unit laying around, not real hard to swap out.