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Hey VR buddies!! Can someone please post pictures of their bike with the AD Chrome carb covers on it. Been lookin and lookin but can't find any? sorry. Thanks!!

thanks for sharing your experiences. good things to keep in mind when packing. sincerely,

i was talking to a guy who had a venture and we were shooting the sh!t about pipes etc. he mentioned something about a saddlebag lid stuck closed??? he said a strap from a peice of luggage got looped around the locking mechanism and could not be opened IN ANYWAY. They cut through the side of the saddlebag to release it or something?? i guess anything could happen once, and i do not know what other methods they tried, but this sounded very bizarre to me and now i am paranoid. anyone ever heard of this??

nuvi 50LM. lifetime maps. 5" screen. got the extended protection plan(which i never do...) but considering how, and under what circumstances it will be used i figured it wouldn;t hurt. At Staples, out the door for gps and protection plan, $180. i am sure that i could have gotten it cheaper elsewhere but i got the staples gift card as a gift. i compared between this and the tom tom of equal value- dunno which model?. garmin had lifetime maps, so i went for it. lane guidance is very cool and on my limited usage around town, it is very accurate. suction cup mount actually works very well on top of speedo. i have had it out and rode around over various smooth and rougher roads, train tracks, etc and did not have a problem with it feeling like it would fall off. i tried to pull the suction mount off and it seemed that i would tear off the speedo? seems to be secure to me. i will probably design some sort of safety system to MAKE SURE it isn't going anywhere. visibility in direct sun is fine for me. it has an a day, nite, or auto adjustment and it seems to do the trick and like i said, i can see it fine under normal midday sun. 3hr battery life is an issue, so i will get a poweroutlet/cigarette lighter and hardwire that into the bike. not that it is necessary, but a slower speeds, i can actually HEAR it too! with speaker set to 100% the speaker bounces off the windshield. not a big deal, but can be heard over stage 2 stock muff mod. probably until i put the rineharts on.... hope this helps anyone considering a gps.

i haven't read through all the responses but i always do this: before anyone gets on or off, i put the bike in a position that is flat, has firm footing, and all you have to do it pull straight away. for instance, don't put a passenger on the back and then try to back out of a driveway. don't put yourself in a position that requires herculean strength and balance. Get the person off in a safe spot and then go park the bike. be safe!

just saw them on there, looks like they have 3 for sale. http://www.ebay.com/itm/MENS-YAMAHA-STAR-MOTORCYCLE-VEST-/140671131055?_trksid=m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D9083682475525833443&_qi=RTM1084481

love white! that is a great looking bike!! I'll trade ya!!

I am sure there is a thread somewhere but i am lazy... I am NOT spending 800 dollars on a gps. nuff said. what GPS units do ya'll recommend that are under 200- i got a 200 staples gift card at work. also, what type of weatherproofing and mounting did you come up with for the unit. I am in southeastern nc. i won't be riding in the rain intentionally. 'preciate your responses!

picked up the bike on friday and it is SCREAMIN'! Night and day difference!! They re-jetted the carbs and change the plugs, no charge. I have soooo much throttle and there is no more pogoing effect in wind or otherwise. props to Mike and Wilmington Honda. THanks for all of your responses and ideas for fixes. ride safe!

thanks for all the ideas and suggestions!! I will keep you posted on the verdict if I do get one.... I look forward to meeting those of you who are close and if the bike is still acting up, i would be interested to see what ya'll think the problem is. sincerely

another theory was "diaphragms". not sure what they are, but that is what one of the guys at the shop said...

I spoke with dealer and will be taking it back to get serviced again. figured i would give them another shot on their dollar since i will be out of town for the weekend? I will report back next week. thank you all for your responses and help. I really appreciate it!!

been doing the seafoam since i got it.

all cylinders are firing. burnt my fingers? haha!! Not a yamaha dealership where serviced. that could be an issue to start... I will ride today and see what happens? I appreciate all of your responses and please, if you are around wilmington shoot me a message. Sincerely, pete

thanks RR. I think that was what i was doing? Once i get out of my neighborhood, it is all 55mph 4 lane around here. I never use 5th, but then again, i really can't. I will check the cylinders. haven;t fired it up yet today.... will report back.

the VR site came up whenever googling about the bike. I was part of VTX cafe, so I was looking for a forum.

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Hey Ya'll! This is a fantastic site! this is a long thread to give a little background on my situation, and its raining so i have nothing better to do......sorry... I am a new rstd owner and a fairly new rider. I hadn't ridden for 25 years when i bought a vtx1300 last november and racked up 2500 miles over the winter (not crazy mileage, but that's a lot of 50 mile rides). brrrr!! but loved it! I went to get new rubber on the front of the VTX and was tooling around the Honda shop looking at bikes while I waited. I sat on a used '05 RSTD that i had seen many times at the shop and just sat there in awe thinking, "some day..." Well, much to my surprise the asking price was way less than i expected. It had everything on it that i wanted on my VTX so I traded up!! The day i went to pick it up, i fired it up and started to walk around the bike admiring how beautiful it was and getting really fired up! Then i noticed a gas leak from under the tank- kinda flowing off the petcock and dripping down on the cylinder vents. Abort mission, up on lift, tank off, let's figure this out. They said that the bike had been sitting and needed some gaskets replaced and also floats in the carbs. "it didn't do that when we tested it", "this happens when it sits for awhile", etc. Ok. get'r fixed. back on the vtx... Ok cool. Go back 5 days later and it is ready to go. Of course, it is not a v-twin so i had to get used to the differences in torque (i guess?) and running the V4 at higher rpms. When i got it out on the highway and started to crank the thottle it was not responding and I was having trouble getting it over 65mph?? wtf? Well, part of this was that i was shifting into overdrive (5th) at too low a speed and did not realize that 4th gear had that type of range to it, BUT OD was doing NOTHING?? I had the throttle pegged and NOTHING. I returned to the shop and they rode it- everything is fine. Put it on the Dyno, everything is fine. Ok, rode it again. NOPE, everthing is not fine, and returned to the shop and told them this can't be right? I only got 100 miles to a tank of gas??!?!?!?!. The mechanic rode it and came back and said you are not crazy, 5th gear is just dumping fuel into the carbs. Its not getting enough air. The mechanic said that the filters needed to be replaced as they were probably soaked with gas and it was limiting the airflow. it ran fine 1-4 but sputtered in 5th. Long story short, they put K&N's in it for me, the mechanic took it out and said all good and he had it over 100mph. It WAS noticeably better. loved it. nice power. learned to run higher rpms, pretty much never get it into 5th gear around town. daily rider. frickin' LOVE it!!! Also started to realize what a big friggin' windshield does to power?? never rode a bike with a windshied?? took it off one day and i was like- holy sh!t, this is the way it is supposed to run!! still though, no long highway miles... 1200 miles later, I was riding down toward Myrtle yesterday and the frickin wind was insane. Got the big windshield on and I am desperately trying to maintain speed and i am just getting slowed down and pushed back from 60 to 52, then hit an air pocket and speed up to 65. I am pogoing back and forth and starting to get irratated. Finally i just hammer the throttle in 4th to 65 and shift up to OD, and it just bogs down and sends me back down to 50... so... They question after this long frickin history of my life IS: Is it typical for the windshield to cause such powerloss in windy situations?? If so, why dosesn't the bike have enuff power to push thru the wind? Is there something wrong with carbs or an adjustment that needs to be made?? what the heck should it do?? if i have to take the windshield off to go 75 mph, doesn't that defeat the purpose?? I wanna ride out west this summer! This just doesn't seem right?? I appreciate your time in answering some questions for this newbie:depressed:! educate me VentureRider.org!!!!! Thanks! Pete