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I have a whine in between 50-60 mph, but attribute it to the "straight cut gears" in these bikes.
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Your friend is riding a Honda VTX Retro model. Can't tell if it's an 1800 or 1300 cc though. Judging by the size of the front disc brake, I'd say a 1800.
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Check out Baron's Bag Slash Slipons at Cruiser Customizing's website. Really nice quality and sound and $315 delivered to to your door.
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I'd have to agree with Mr. Bates and the Redneck. I start watching them closely around 10k miles, and change them before they reach 12k miles no matter how much life they appear to have left. It just ain't worth it my friend.
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+1 The "Ride Like a Pro" video has helped me tremendously with this bike. Very simple techniques that really work.
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Clicking noise from rear end
debelt replied to marke's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Freebird is correct. It most likely is "dry clutch hub pins". As others have said, it's a very commom problem with RSV's and RSTD's. My RSV started doing it at about 4k miles. These bikes, for some reason, come from the factory with little or no grease on the clutch hub pins. Yamaha is aware of the problem and has addressed it in their "Technical Service Bulletin M2005-015". If the dealer doesn't work on a lot of RSV's, they probably are not aware of the problem. They will try to tell you it's a bad wheel bearing (as mine did) and will want to replace it. I'd stay away from mentioning anything about dry "splines", as that will only add to their confusion. It's the "clutch hub pins" and the "spline" both that need re-greasing. Just refer them to the aforementioned TSB M2005-015 and take the print out referenced by Freebird with you to the dealer. It's a procedure that should be done everytime you have the rear wheel off. It's a very easy fix. -
Well, I'm just about to put my first new set of tires on the RSV (@ 12k miles) and was wondering if I should tell the new dealership I'm going to to re-grease the clutch hub pins? I had it done it the first time at around 4k miles. I'm not going back to the dealer that performed the process the first time because thier customer service is just pathetic. This will be the third dealership I've taken the bike to (you might recall from some of my other posts that the last guys I took my bike to managed to drop the bike and had to replace the fairing, left lower, and a saddlebag guard.). I guess I'm just dreading having to explain to the dealer techs about the this problem with the clutch hub pins. _________________
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Avons are the only tires I'll run on both my bikes. Handling is great, but they will last close to 15k miles no problem. What more can you ask for?
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Well, that explains why the dealership hooked up my passing lamps the way they did. They didn't install a "toggle" switch, they are on all the time with the low beams. When you switch to the high beams they shut off. I use to like to run in the daytime with the high beam on, but can't now if I want to run the passing lamps.
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Wow, makes you wonder if a detuned version of this new motor is in the RSV's future. Makes perfect sense to me. Wouldn't that be great.
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I was reading in my "Cruiser" magazine that Yamaha has discontinued the V Max. They said the RSV and RSTD are the last of the Yamaha V-4's. Man, I hope they don't discontinue the RSV.
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I paid $13,500 ($15,200 otd) for a leftover '05 (new) in December of 2006, so that's a pretty good price you're being quoted. I had been admiring the RSMV for a couple of years when I stumbled across this deal. I wasn't really in the market for a new bike, but couldn't pass up a deal like I was given. I've had no regrets as this bike has surpassed all my expectations and then some. If you want an awesome long-haul tourer, you can't go wrong with a RSV. It's Yamaha's best kept secret. It's amazing how many people have never even heard of the RSV. I get compliments all the time and people are always asking me who makes it (before they read the badging). Don't be fooled by the 1300cc displacement, these bikes will scoot once you learn to ride them (the V4's power band is a lot different than a V-twin). Good luck on your decision
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This is unbelievable. As a quick recap, I took my Venture in to have a wider windshield and passing lamps installed by a dealership (Hahm Motorsports in Anaheim) and they basically jacked up my bike while in their possession (i.e. fairing, lowers, and highway peg). I went to pick the bike up after all the replacement of the aforementioned damaged parts and low and behold, they managed to back the bike up into something and caved in one of the saddle bag guards in the rear. I just took the bike with me and had them order me a new set of guards (on them) that I will install myself. This is incompetence to the "n" th degree. It would almost be comical, if it weren't happening to me.
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Took my RSV to a local 5 star rated dealership to have passing lamps and a wider windshield installed. Although all the parts were there when I dropped the bike off, it still took a week to get it done. Then, when I go to pick up the bike, there is severe damage to to the fairing (i.e. a scrape 3 inches wide and 18 inches long), left lower (i.e. outer edge scraped), highway peg bent to a 45 degree angle revealing that they had obviously dropped the bike. The illegal alien employee who pushed my bike out on to the parking lot swore in broken English that he knew nothing about the damage. Needless to say, I went balistic. The service manager said he would have to investigate to make sure I had not brought the bike in already damaged. WTF? When he saw that I was about to get midevil on him he changed his toon and said they'd make it right. Doesn't anyone take responsibility for their actions anymore? I am so fed up with the level of incompetence of these metric bike dealerships (Yamaha & Honda both), I feel like saying screw it and just going back to Harley Davidsons. At least they know how to treat a customer after the sale. Their customer service is first rate. Sorry for the rant but I'm just sick of this crap.
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Now that's funny. Shooter, I've been meaning to ask you what the heck that trike looking thing is in your avitar?
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I didn't know the couple, but I'm deeply saddened by the event. Let all of us never take this recreation for granted.
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There's a couple of guys on the other Venture website that are reporting some pretty decent mileage on their '99 RSV's. One guy has 192,000 on the odo, another has 155,000, and still another just turned 120,000, all with no major work done on the bikes to date other than routine maintenance. Man, I think that's quite a testament to these bikes. Anyone else here sporting that type of mileage. I may be riding this baby for quite a long time.
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Well my RSV took a real beating on my trip to Yellowstone. The ferring and lowers look like someone took a sand blaster to them. Don't know why this trip was any different. May be all that desert we had to cross to get there. Although it's already too late, does anyone know where I could get a bra for the RSV?
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I skipped the 4k service since it looked like a lot of check this, check that. I started running Mobil 1 synthetic at 2,400 miles and will change it again myself at 6k miles before my Yellowstone ride. But I'll definitely take it in to the dealer for the 8k service. Not much of a wrench, but I can do oil changes and for what the dealer charges for oil (synthetic ain't cheap $9/Qt.) and filters it saves a lot.
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"I" basket conclusion
debelt replied to labeldave's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
I feel your pain my friend. I was so frustrated when I first noticed the "chirp", I thought I would go nuts. Had I known about the chirp, I probably wouldn't have bought the bike. But, what do you do after you've already brought the bike home? I didn't want to go through the additional frustration of having the clutch basket changed 5 or 6 times (with no guarantees of success), so I took the advice of one of the guys on this site. I just ignore it, cause there's nothing I can do about it. I accept the fact it exisits, and I try to focus on other things such as the stereo, or the scenery. I know it's not much of a solution. But, over time (6k miles later), I've found it doesn't bother me as much as it use to. I love this bike in every other respect, but the day the bike is paid off it's getting traded in. -
I'm thinking about the Corbin for my RSMV also. It's pretty tough to tell from their website what combination of leathers would look best. They're about a four or five hour ride from my house. You can pick your materials on site and wait while they make your saddle. If and when I decide to buy, I'll just do an over-nighter.
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I've read the general rule for most applications is 3 lbs. under the max.
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The dreaded chirp is horrible on my RSMV. I'm going to go to a good synthetic at 2K miles and see if it helps. If it doesn't improve to the point where I can reasonably tolerate it, I'll raise holy hell with Momma Yama.
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Does anyone here have a set of these on their RSV? I've heard the Roadhouse brand on a VTX and they sound real good. http://www.roadhousebrand.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=RBS&Product_Code=54-330
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Thanks for the advice Rick, I can distinguish between the staight cut gear "whine" and this chirping sound. The "whine" is nothing, but the "chirp" is really annoying. I've been keeping the mph under 50-55 during the brake in phase. If the chirp is just related to a specific rpm range, I'll probably just live with it. The few times I've ventured into fwy speeds it seems to quiet down a little. I'll give it some time and see what happens after it gets a few more miles and some fluid changes on it. thanks, Don