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    Watch this video. http://www.wimp.com/onlyindia/
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    This guy is down th eroad from me here in Edgewater FL. http://www.1800biketow.com/
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    Looks to be in very good condition with low miles. I had a 98 Royal Star Tour Classic for 9 years, put 96,000 miles on her before I sold it after getting my Venture, was sorry to see it go, but could not justify two bikes at the time. Last time I saw her the current owner was not doing her justice and wished I had kept it just to keep her looking pretty. Palm Bay is not far from me (75 miles) I could take a look at it if you are really interested. You contact the seller and make sure it is OK to send someone by to see it and I will be glad to do it. Price is maybe a little high, I sold my 98 about 4 years ago for $4000.00, that was twice what I was offered for trade or out right buy from another dealer.
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    Go to http://www.malwarebytes.org/ and do the free download, should find it an get rid of it.
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    Got 17 of 20.
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    There is only 3 more launches scheduled before they retire the entire fleet, one is scheduled to go this Thursday, then in April and June. Feb. 24, 2011 ULF5Discovery STS-133 EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 4 (ELC4) Permanent Multi-Purpose Module (PMM) April 19, 2011 ULF6Endeavour STS-134 EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 3 (ELC3) Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) June 28, 2011 ULF7Atlantis STS-135 Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Worst part is you never know if they will go when scheduled until about 30 minutes before they go, any number of things can cause them to scrub a mission, sometimes it is for a day or two sometimes for months. You can see pretty good from New Symrna Beach area, about 30 miles north of the Cape and should not be overly crowded. There is a little county park south of NSB in Oak Hill, they have a fishing pier you can walk out on and see pretty good once it clears srub oaks. You could go down south on A1A in NSB and get out on the beach and watch, never been out there when there is a launch, but it could be crowded. Next place south is all the way down to Titusville, that is going be very crowded, you need to get there hours ahead of time to get a decent spot. If you get down inthe neck of the woods look me up I be glad to help if I can. If you here a few days early I could help you scope out a place or two.
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    Any possibility that you can move the wheels to the inside of the jack? Will not help the stability of the jack but looks like it would allow the adapter legs to be used. Just a thought.
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    If you know where the previous owner lives, go and flick your headlight from low to high beam. If his garage door opens you will know that it is what it is. Where was the liitle black box located when you found it?
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    The issue on the 2007s was that some of the heads were not torqued properly, nothing wrong with the castings, just not assembled correctly. Easy to have the dealer check, all they need is the VIN and they can look it up to see if it is on the list. If it is the dealer will fix it. I am not aware of any other issues with the later model GEN 2s.
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    Here are a couple of not so good PDF s that show all of the models available for the cruiser line in 1998, this should help ypu identify your bike, if it is all still stock.
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    DUG050 That is not a 98 Royal Star Tour Deluxe, the 98 TD was a 2 piper not a 4 piper, the bags were hard ABS bags like the current Venture except that they were not hinged on the side they lifted off, many were lost while riding because they were not latched properly.
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    See my post using the link below. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?p=543086&posted=1#post543086 Hope it helps.
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    SEXe

    M61A1MECH replied to massey130's topic in Watering Hole

    Here are some pics I just took of the right hand side. Looks to me like the larger diameter goes on the inside. Merry Christmas, please go for ride now.
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    Mike I was in Panama City about a month ago and stayed at the Holiday Inn Sunspree, http://hipcbeach.com/, pretty nice place right on the beach.
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    It was good, had about 13 or 14 folks show up, good food, good conversation and good ice cream. Hope you can make the next one when ever it is.
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    This link will take you Yamaha's listing of the 10 dealers closest to Orlando, sort of depends on what part of town you are in. Personally I like Seminole Power Sports or Orlando Yamaha. http://www.starmotorcycles.com/star/dealers/locator_results.aspx?&LOC=28.5377529561747%3a-81.3773531302006&CT=28.5377529561747%3a-81.3773531302006%3a24.9376971817917%3a18.7032728863438&DSN=MapPoint.NA&GAD2=&GAD3=Orlando%2c+Florida%2c+United+States&IC=28.5377529561747%3a-81.3773531302006%3a32%3aOrlando%2c+Florida%2c+United+States&FC=Motorcycles&ls=star
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    Could be the carbs out of sink, but do not forget that Yamaha was going after the Harley crowd when they introduced the original Royal Stars and so they did not put any type of counter balancer in those models. They wanted them to vibrate and to feel like a V-twin, that could be what your are feeling. It wasn't until they introduced the Royal Star Venture that a counter balancer was used, but it was still only for the Venture models and later the 2005 and up Tour Deluxes.
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    No these go just under the tank between the cylinder headss, the one on the left has a cut out to go around the choke knob. The ones you are thinking about are the chrome air box covers.
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    The original Royals and the Venture are geared very much the same. I owned a 98 Tour Classic for 9 years, put 96,000 miles on it, ran it up to 90 in third gear with no problems. This engine likes to rev high, that is where it builds it best power. Most folks that ride Ventres and Royal Stars in general do not even think about 5th until they are north of 65 MPH. If you really want a treat, find a nice section of deserted highway or interstate, shift into 3rd and open up the throttle, best to hang on just a bit, if you have not done this it will likely amaze you what the bike will do. Or try installing a DYNA 3K ignition module, that will let you bump the rev-limiter up and change the ignition curve also to increase the performance of the bike.
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    Here are the Delphi Forums and also another that is sometime helpful. http://forums.delphiforums.com/royalstar http://forums.delphiforums.com/vrider http://www.yamahamotorcycleforum.com Dal, Yes, gear whine is pretty routine on all Royal Star models, changing the clutch basket should help, just changing your speed in a given gear will normally make it go away also. Mine screams at 55 MPH in 4th gear, but not at 60. Yes the warrenty will transfer, if you are not buying from a Yamaha dealer, go to one close by and have the service deptartment do it, they may want to look the bike over for obvious damage. If you ar ebuying from a Yamaha dealer make sure they transfer the warrenty before you leave with the bike.
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    The "S" model took the place of the Midnight (black) a few years back. The "S" and the Midnights had extra chrome, mostly on the front end, fork tubes and maybe clutch / brake levers. They were always more expensive than the standards. If you decide to get it, just keep your eyes open on this forum and the Delphi forums, someone will be selling tank badges in short order. One post requesting to buy tank badges will most likely result in several offers to send you some for shipping costs. I would not worry about the rear brake pedal, I am sure you will adapt to it and never give it another thought, funny how that sort of thing works it self out.
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    Here is a little data to chew on for what it is worth. Currently on CycleTrader.com there are 12 2008 Ventures for sale. The average price is $12014.00 The high is $13,999.00 The low is $9995.00 Kelly Blue book lists the avreage retail for a 2008 Standard as $11,150.00 and the "S"model; as $11,845.00. There are 9 1996 Royals on Cycletrader.com. The average price is $5492.00 The high is $8000.00 The low is $2950.00 You will almost always get a beter price selling your bike to a private party rather than using it for a trade, but you have to be prepared to wait until someone wants to buy your 96. I opted to keep my 98 when when I bought my 07 Venture and try to sell it , it took me 5 months to sell it, I did get about $2000.00 more than what the trade in offer was, but it took a while. It looks to me like you have a fair deal, not great but at least fair. Good luck.
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    My 07 Venture did just about the same thing when I opened up the air boxes. After I reshimmed the diaphram needles by one washer, it was back to normal no more hesitation.
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    I am not sure what it was all about, I put it back together tonight , idled it till it quit for lack of fuel, put about 1/3 of a can of Seafoam in the tank, turned the petcock on let it run at idle, no pops no leaks. Ran about 10 miles, about half way through shut the petcock off again and let it run till it started to sputter, back on with the gas, no problems. Got back to house no leaks, dry as a bone. I will take it out tommorrow for a good long run and see what happens. If it breaks, I have roadside assistance.
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    Hey Goose thanks for the info, yeah some of my nomeclature is not the same as yours, but you IDed the parts I was talking about, the backfire was not thru the carb, I guess the correct term is after fire, because it was a popping from the left exhaust. Like I said once I got it apart to where I could see what may have been leaking there was nothing obvious. I am going to put it all back together , less the chrome carb covers so I can see a bit better and run the carbs dry and see what happens. if there is anything meaningful to photograph I take some some pics.
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