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I was recently given a 2000 Venture by a friend. He got it from a relative not working.Hooked up jumper cables and nothing. He put in a new battery and got nothing.Checked the fuses all good. The story goes the bike died after somebody hooked up cables for a jump backwards. At this point he gave it to me. I intend to double check what he did but would like some advice on what to check next.Thank You in advance for any help.
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Has anyone found a good bike to bike radio system to use while riding with other bikes. Just did a 5 day trip all over the smokies and N.Ga mts and realized a good radio system would have been nice to communicate while riding at times. Would appreciate any input on this. The Fish-n-Musician. Bob http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/5/5_2_110.gif http://www.smileycentral.com/sig.jsp?pc=ZSzeb097&pp=ZNxmk393BBUS
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Has any one installed a top rail to the saddle bags, I have not seen any, but need somthing to protect them as I am always draging my foot across the top of them when I get off of my bike??
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I was reading the threads a few weeks ago..about how the 1st gen. handles without the tour pak installed....Well, I thought I'd try it since Yammer Dan said the bike handled differently. Wow, I'm 5'-11 and around 160 lbs., and I can't believe it's the same bike...Handles better than I thought was possible. The VR has always felt top heavy to me..til I removed the big box...I weighed my TP and it tipped the scales at 31 pounds. Now, add stuff to the box and you can easily add 50 pounds way above the center of gravity, and you have a top heavy bike..I bought a piece of .100 thousands thick shiny aluminum tread plate from Lowes and made a luggage platform for a duffle with just clothes. All the attachment points are already available. Now, I can fill the saddle bags and that will help keep the CG low. I took pix of the set up, but have never learned how to add pix to a thread. If someone can instruct me, I'll post pix and, also, how I added a 90 degree zerk fitting to the steering head.... God, I love this stuff....
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I saw this on another forum and shamelessly stole it - I thought it was worth sharing. TWENTY-FIVE THINGS I WISH I HAD KNOWN WHEN I STARTED (1978) 1. Never park your bike downhill into a parking space. 2. Never park your bike downhill without being in gear. 3. Never leave your bike running and unattended downhill. 4. Never stop your bike with the front wheel turned. 5. Use your rear brake as the control brake at slow speeds. 6. Turn your head and look over your shoulder during U-turns. 7. Look where you want to go. 8. Don't always believe the neutral light. 9. Always downshift to first gear before coming to stop. 10. Check your tire pressure regularly. 11. Keep your eyes level with the horizon when coming to a stop. 12. Practice your starts and stops on different inclines. 13. Practice stopping with only your left foot down. 14. Change your tires when the minimum tread depth is 1.5mm f & 2.0mm r. 15. Be prepared for wet weather; invest in top quality raingear. 16. You will drop your bike no matter how new or old it may be. 17. Unless your leather is lined, the black dye will run when it is wet. 18. You can be cold at speed on a 70 degree day. 19. Dress in layers with adequate air space in between. 20. Two full seasons on an “Un-Tendered Battery” is reasonable, any more will tempt fate. 21. Take the time to winterize your bike properly for storage. 22. Buy the best helmet you can afford and one that fits. It's your brain. 23. There is only one thing worse than wet…..its cold and wet. 24. Cornering is the reason we ride in the first place. Become a master of the turns. 25. Countersteering is the only way to turn your bike quickly! This is a very unforgiving sport, if you or someone else makes a mistake, you can pay for it dearly. You need to be an eternal student and minimize your risks. This is especially important as we get older and our physical abilities deteriorate. Please feel free to add to this post and number your tips accordingly. Let's keep the new riders out of harms way and prevent them from becoming a statistic. Remember, we were all rookies once.
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Hi Everyone, Just got my 07 RSV....I think I might feel a bit more comfortable if the bike was lowered. Is it expensive to lower it? Any opinions good or bad about lowering the bike?
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Do any of you have a bigger after market grip on your bike? The other day, I rode this guys bike (to take to his Wedding) and I noticed that the grips felt Really good. No hand fatigue. I'm interested in something with more Diameter. Anyone?
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Here is a question for all you mechanical gurus. The rear brake on my 05 RSTD has just started to bind while parked. I get on the bike and rock it a bit to see if I left it in gear, and find that it rocks only a little, but is in neutral. I can hear the rear brake rub a bit if I force it to move, and I can push the bike some and it will release a bit. then when I start the bike it is entirely free. What would cause the brake caliper to not release? This doesn't seem to happen when I am riding, when I'm stopped at a light it never binds up like that. OK Gurus, what are your ideas?
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Brakes that is ! The chap putting on my tires told me i will need Rear Brakes soon. There is only 19000kms on the Bike . Does this sound right ?
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Again, a new riding season and I am faced with indecision on what type of communication device to use between me and my wife's scoot. I have the VR with a good Cb, but I don't know what to do with Ladyriders scoot. J&M has a new handlebar mount Cb, but is costly when you have to get the headset and mounting with it. Nady, I have heard a lot of con with it and am leary. What I need is a bike to bike radio that will hook up to her Ipod and play sterio to her headset. If I go FRS, I will have to get two. Maybe the price for FRS vs Cb equals in the end? :confused07: Does anybody have any experience with any of these add-ons and can give me a testimonial?
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Has anyone had this applied to thier RSV? I brought the fairing, lowers, side triunks, and the top of the back trunk to a guy in my area to have it applied as a custom job. I bought the bike last Aug and had it exactly 2 days when the 1st scratch appeared, followed by 2 more in as many weeks. Thanks All for your input!
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I am just tickled pink today! as I am ALL DONE with my carb dilemma, I can not believe how much smoother she runs now! ALL Factory Settings were so far off I am not sure how the bike ever ran. FLOAT HEIGHTS were .125/.135/.120/.125 (highest setting possible) now ALL set @ .260 (book says .360 could not get them that low) PILOT MIX SCREW TURNS 1-1/4 > 1-3/4 > 2-1/2 > 2-3/4 now ALL set @ 3 turns out New Set of float bowl gaskets (4) $4.50 ea. New Set of Pilot Needle Valves (4) $10.21 ea. New Set of Float Needle Valves (4) $21.95 ea. Total Cost of new parts = $146.64 The O-Rings on the Pilot Screws were shot and the the ends of them read .30 the new ones read .34 This all started (end of last summer) when I could not turn my bike over when I tried to start it, What happened was the 1 and 2 carbs were flooding so much and filling up the cylinders with fuel the bike had a very hard time turning over. So I bought a new Odyssey Battery wanted one anyways! *lol* . I also ran 8 cans of sea foam though the tank even did the soak. (last summer) nothing helped Then I started to notice fuel spitting out of the left muffler after it did finely start. Then after the winter (a month ago) fuel starts pouring out of the overflow vent. I am so terrified of taking carburetors apart and never thought I could do this job especially looking at them all tucked under there on the RSV. So I did tackled the job (very easy) and messing with the carbs are not real bad (thanks to members on this forum) Just be careful with the springs and o-rings and washers flying out and when cleaning make sure there ALL out. (don't wanna talk about that part) I also could not believe how much better the carbs reacted to adjusting to the Carbtune. This is like a whole new world! The bike starts so easy now and runs so perfect I have never felt it run so smooth! And one other thing is that (MY WHINE) has even improved. Real nice power response now! Did I say I was Happy? this bike is a 2000 RSV with 7,948 miles on it. bought the bike 2 years ago with 4,200 on it and it never ran like it does today. AGAIN , THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HELP! Jeff
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When I ordered the links, I really did not think about it, but I do not have a center stand on the bike nor do I have a bike lift. Is it at all possible to change the links without lift or stand?
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Ok I may come across a great deal and need some info,I been looking into getting a GPS and been looking for a good unit that will work good in my car and on my bike and the price for these units are more than I want to spend, the only one that has a good price is the Garmin quest at under 350$ but the features are old and to compare what the better ones have I feel like I'm getting cheated. So I have a friend that has a newer style unit that usually goes for about 600$ and he will give it to me for about 300$ but when I look into this unit theres no info on how it will handle the vibration on beening on a motorcycle. so my question to all is does anyone have ever or still doeas use a GPS unit on there bike thats not built for that and did you have a Problem doing so. Thank you for your help and sorry for the long letter.
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I'm looking for a good set of carbs cheap for my 850 project. Trying to get the scoot running for my brother for spring. He needs a bike to learn on before buying what he wants. He gets his learners permit this week.
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Getting ready, in the coming months, to to turn an old CB360 into a bobber. My question is why do i have to use a tig welder to modify the frame, or do I. I have a mig welder and an AC stick welder that I think will work ok, I haven't gas welded in several years; but I can do that if need be, But i'm thinking the mig welder will suffice. I'm asking this question because I want to completly replace the tail section, and I want to do it myself. I'll take any other advice you may have as well, I've never done this sort of thing before. Not on this scale anyway. The closest I've come is when i was younger i blew up the motor in my MT 125 and i wanted to ride. so i had an SL 125 motor in another bike, I swaped them. The bike was a lot better in these hills with the sl engine because it was a 4 cycle, more lugging power. not as fast as the MT though. The other thing i did was to build a three wheeler of sorts by matting a gocart to an old MX 250. I cut the rear off the gocart and removed the tripple trees from the MX250. welded the bike to the rear of the gocart. that was one wild ride. Don would like this, I named the buggy the "FREEBIRD". -
I have a 2006 RSTD with 5K miles on it. When I corner or weave the bike on a straight road I hear a roar from the rear of the bike. Your help would:confused24: be appreciated.
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Maybe some one can help with this? Last fall had the carbs syn. now after bike sat for a few months started bike and fired right up but one cyl. had a poping like a miss or backfire. any ideas on what it could be and how to correct. Thanks
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There was a thread started by Doug about drying the bike with a leaf blower. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3984 What I would like to know is what kind of blowers do you folks use. We were at Lowes yesterday and there is so many choices and different MPH of wind speed. Freebird mentioned he has an 18 volt cordless, I have seen them from 120 MPH to better than 200 MPH. I like the idea of a cordless but would like to know who has the least MPH one that drys the bike well. I dont have any leaves to blow so I dont need a balls out unit. ....looking forward to some insite here
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Ok, I know this isn't a Venture but you all have played with other bikes in your days I'm guessing. I bought a '78 Yamaha 400 for $1. yup, ONE DOLLAR Got it running a few months ago and it is just the perfect Learner bike. Anyway the one issue that bothers me is the way this thing dives at the touch of the Front brake. I have already drained and filled the forks with 10-30 motor oil as recommended in the manual. Still dives. At that time I was surprised to find that the Springs pop out of the upper fork by about 1" telling me that they are not 'tired'. ( the bike has 8K miles on it.) So, any suggestions? I was thinking of preloading the springs with some PVC but I'm not sure I would be able to push it all down into the fork to get the Snap ring back in place that holds the whole mess together. Is this just the nature of these good ole' bikes?
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Just wondering if anyone on here can recomend a good (fair, reasonably priced) Yamaha mechanic in Northeast Houston/Humble/Kingwood area. I have a nice old 81 Maxim 650 that I'd like to get running again, and wrench turning is not my specialty. It was running good about two years ago, but I spent some time commuting between Houston and San Antonio and didn't get to ride it for a while. Needs carb work, fork seals, and some brake work. I tried the Yamaha dealer on 59 in Humble, but they won't work on a bike this old for some reason. Another option is to sell this bike and find a nice first gen Venture, but I'd really like it running first cuase I don't think it's gonna take that much. Any suggestions appreciated.
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I love this bike. Bought last summer after some lady backed over my Suzuki Intruder 1400. Worked out pretty good, ended up with a new bike and a new 'ol lady. (Yep, same one - funny how things work out.) Anyway, I added the Baron's slip-ons, a luggage rack, and will probably go with the Leveling Links from Diamond R. Got a question, though. Standard features list for 06 RSV mentions a clock. Damned if I can find it. I keep hitting buttons, checking the destructions, and so far no clock. Anybody wanna point me in the right direction? Ride safe.
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Just got a XM Delphi MYFI for Marilyn for sweethearts day. Complete kit including home kit, auto kit, and other stuff. This is a portable unit that she can use like a walkman as well. I will replace her MP3 player as she drives on her bike at least until I can afford the cb system. Total cost after rebates...not including tax...149. bucks Canadian! Good deal...they are close to 350 normally here. Whadya all think!
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US States News February 2, 2007 Friday 9:01 PM EST TASK FORCE URGES LOCAL MOTORISTS TO 'LOOK TWICE' FOR BIKERS Volusia County issued the following news release: Volusia County will welcome Bike Week guests this year with an all-out effort to make the county's roads safer for motorcyclists. A multi-agency task force is urging local motorists to slow down and "look twice" before pulling into traffic. The Volusia County Council in November requested the formation of a Bike Week Safety Task Force to research statistics and develop a game plan for reducing the number of motorcycle accidents and fatalities. "Having been a motorcycle rider for many years, I'm aware of the unique safety challenges that come with riding," said County Council member Carl Persis, who asked that County government employees spearhead the safety campaign. "As local residents, we need to do be extra careful on the roads during bike events so we can prevent accidents." The task force - which includes bikers, law enforcement officers, firefighters and tourism officials - found that local statistics mirror national statistics. Locally and nationally, about half of motorcycle fatalities are caused by motorists, most often when a motorist violates a motorcyclist's right of way. "In many accidents, the motorist either didn't see the motorcycle at all or didn't see it in time to avoid a crash," said Trooper Kim Miller of the Florida Highway Patrol. Miller added that most crashes between vehicles and motorcycles involve turning left at an intersection. During Bike Week 2006, 11 bikers were killed on Volusia County roads, four were killed in Flagler County, and five were killed in other east central Florida counties as they returned home from Bike Week festivities. EVAC Ambulance responded to a record 283 motorcycle accidents and transported 133 patients to area hospitals. According to Volusia County Community Information Specialist Pat Kuehn, who led the task force, 14 of the 15 fatalities in Volusia and Flagler counties were men, and the average age was 48 with a range of 24 to 65. Three victims were from Volusia County, six were from other counties in Florida, and six were from other states. Motorists were at fault in eight of the 15 fatalities, according to records compiled by the Florida Highway Patrol. The campaign, which will be launched Feb. 15, will use the slogan, "Look Twice. Save a Life." The slogan was developed by Kathy and Patrick Malone in memory of their son, Lance, 25, who was killed in a motorcycle accident in DeKalb County, Ga., in 1995. The couple formed a nonprofit organization, Lance Malone Motorcycle Awareness Inc., to raise awareness about motorcycle safety. Components of the Volusia County campaign will include billboards, transit advertising, newspaper ads, temporary roadside signs, public service announcements, and letters to churches and other organizations. "Our basic message is that motorists should use extra caution during Bike Week," Kuehn said. "Motorcycles are everywhere, and they're sometimes hard to see. We're asking motorists to slow down and look twice before pulling into traffic or approaching an intersection." Bikers also are encouraged to drive safely while in town, obeying the speed limit and not drinking and driving. "The first thing motorists say when they hit a bike is, 'I didn't see the bike,'" said Crazy Eddie Colosimo, a task force member and president of Bikers for First Amendment Rights. "So, riders, ride defensively, like you are invisible." Agencies represented on the task force include Bikers for First Amendment Rights, the County of Volusia, Daytona Beach/Halifax Area Chamber of Commerce, Daytona Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Daytona Beach Hotel/Motel Association, Daytona Beach Fire and Police departments, Destination Daytona, EVAC Ambulance, Florida Department of Transportation, Florida Highway Patrol, Halifax Community Health System, Volusia County Fire Services and Volusia County Sheriff's Office. Safety tips for motorists Sharing the roads with thousands of bikers requires special attention. The Bike Week Safety Task Force encourages motorists to follow these safety tips throughout the year, but especially during Bike Week: * Double-check traffic at intersections before you turn or pull out. * Check your blind spots before changing lanes. * Treat motorcyclists with the same respect you give to other motorists. * Stay focused on your driving. Avoid distractions such as talking on your cell phone, eating, or changing radio stations. * Leave at least a four-second distance between your car and a motorcycle in front of you. Note when a motorcycle passes a point in the road. If your vehicle passes the same point before you count "one thousand one, one thousand two, one thousand three, one thousand four," you're following too closely. * When passing a motorcycle, give a full lane to the motorcycle. * Keep a watchful eye at all times. Because they're small, motorcycles are hard to see. Individual motorcycles may blend into a larger group and may be closer than you think. * Finally, remember that failure to yield right-of-way can result in the death of a motorcyclist.
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Santa brought me a GPS for Xmas, a Garmin c340. I was looking at the 2820 for the bike. I can take it back and upgrade, should I?
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