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Went to bike shop today ordered the Hannigan Kit 30 days + or - a few days for kit to arrive at dealers At that time I will be putting things up for sale that I will be taking off bike
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I am at the dealer in Tallahassee, Fl for my 44,000 service and new tires. Just got through talking to the dealer about the venture. This dealer doesn't think there will be a venture in 2010. He thinks it's over for the venture all together. He says the sales aren't good on the venture and yamaha isn't spending any money on anything. There isn't going to be a dealer meeting this year. A yamaha rep is going to visit each dealer and go over the 2010 lineup. This dealer said yamaha makes a good product but the people at the headquarters in Japan don't listen and don't care what dealers have to say. He said he felt sorry for the guy over the USA operation because he wants to see changes but they won't even listen to him in Japan. This dealer said he had been to many dealer meeting over the years and that the USA executives will talk with you and listen but when the execs from Japan come in they won't even speak to the dealers. They get before the group and give a talk and leave. He also said he thinks the only thing that could get yamaha of Japan to keep a touring bike would be the kawasaki voyager. If it sales then maybe yamaha will re consider. He pointed out that on the new vmax yamaha wanted a $1,000 deposit before they would order one. He said very few people will pay a deposit without even seeing a bike. Japan told the dealers if they got 2,500 orders they would bring the new vmax to the us. There were only 1,900 orders so the head of yamaha usa sent a message to all yamaha employees to please order a vmax if they were interested or there wouldn't be one. He said they wound up with 2,100 orders so Japan introduced the v-max even though there weren't 2,500 order. Now for the disclaimer. Who knows. We hear all kind of rumors and they are worth what they cost. Nothing. But I thought I would pass this along. Maybe we need a section for useless yamaha rumors.
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Hello , 1st time posting , relitively new member and 1st time Venture owner. I was wondering if somebody could give me some advice. I recently bought a 90 Royale, which has 70,000 k's . I have put roughly 600 k's on it , to me , it runs like a watch, but am planning a 8 to 10,000 k ride this summer. I cannot find a manual and was trying to find out say, is the bike due for a cam chain adjustment, carb sync ?, i live in Victoria, Vancouver Island , Canada, none of the local dealers here will even look at it, myself, i'm in the auto repair business, and am fairly mechanically inclined. The usuals, oil, filter, rear diff, brakes , etc. have all been done. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in anticipation Geoff:confused07:
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Is there anyone within 150 miles of Many La. that can or will do a carb sync. I don't mind paying to have it done. I just don't trust our local dealers to do it right. PS Many is located apprx 60 miles south of Shreveport. 06 RSTD.
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I had recently purchased a used clutch master cylander from jbike parts aka Fine Cycle of New Port Richey Florida, and when I received it, I found out someone had butchered the round area where it mounts on to the handlebar. Looked like swomeone had fit it onto a 1" bar. The whole thing was spray painted black, even the sight window. It was sold "as is" but I dropped a line to the dealer. I received a response literraly a minute later with an apology, and he gave me a full refund immediately!!! As far as I'm concerned, that particular dealer is a class act and trys extremly well to please!! If you ever see anything advertised from him, buy with complete confidence that you are dealing with a reputible and honest dealer!! So very refreshing a change from dealers that don't care about anything but your money...
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OK folks...as I await the arrival of m Zumo 550, I'm already trying to learn about it. I rode with a guy one day that had all the Yamaha Dealers installed as POIs. Do any of you know where I can get that file? Are there other interesting POIs that I should know about? Thanks
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Where can I find a fuse
algie1100 posted a topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
I managed to blow the main 40 amp flat fuse. And then blew the 2 spares that I had figuring out why it blew in the first place. I have searched high and low and cannot find any replacements. I went to 3 different bike dealers and 2 auto parts store and radio shack. Nothing. Where the heck do you find these things? Thanks, Al -
is it just me or....... do items that you are interested in skyrocket in price, to an unreasonable place??? and when you set a limit for a part, you always lose it.......AND LO-AND-BEHOLD......the EXACT item re-appears on ebay, with the same scratch, same tablecoth back drop.... time and time again??? I think the used parts dealers have their employees bid up the prices under fakes aliases and hold US ransom for the parts, then "pad" their stats with......fast service COLLUSION I think so...... its big business..... and we are the losers.........if only ALL the venture owners would agree on what is reasonable to pay for every part on a bike, and no-one bid higher than that....... sooner,than later the prices would plummit. THERE I FEEL BETTER JOHN:draming:
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My brother has been researching motorcycles to buy and has just about decided to buy a new RSV. Does anyone know where the best deal can be made, dealers here want full list price. Would appreciate any input on possibilities. Thanks, Dean
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:dancefool:Yamaha Road Side assistance and told them I was taking a trip to Oberlin (Maintenance Day) and then on to Berkley Michigan then back home. They are sending me a trip layout with local dealers and maps. She said that I will receive everything before my trip. Nice benefit provided by Yamaha.
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I went to Dunlop main web site: They list the Elite 3, in MR90-18 Front, and MU90-16 Rear. I checked several on line dealers, but nobody seems to have the new front Elite 3 as yet. Anybody know if they are available someplace ??
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Hey ya'll, new guy here with a question. Has anyone heard of Yamaha dealers refusing to work on bikes over 10 years old? The reason I'm asking is some of the goldwingers are complaing about some Honda dealers using a 10 year rule and refusing to work on those "older bikes." If this has already been discussed before, I apologize for takin up your time, but am curious what ya'll have heard , if anything. thanks fast black
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as an addendum, without blindsiding robertbob's post. how many of us live in a neighborhood, where "KNOWN DRUG dealers/cookers", flourish, and yet the police are seemingly "powerless" to do anything about the problem? i can sit on my front porch, and SEE at least three dealer's houses. everyone in town ,knows who is dealing, except the county sheriff's dept. sometimes , when the wind is right, i can smell the crap, at my house. anyone else have a similar situation? just jt
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Is it worth the $39.00 a year to join the AMA, do the benefits pay for themselves, they mention discounts at dealers, is the mag any good, is the insurance discounted much?............curious minds want to know....
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Yesterday was a little cool in the morning, perfect weather to go to our local dealers for a look see in their warm showrooms. Everything I was looking for was there: Venture, Tour Deluxe, and others like Kawasaki Nomad and Suzuki 90T. The trouble is there are no bad ones today among all that we looked at. The top priority is comfort for the passenger. Yesterday the wife actually liked the back seat of the RSTD the best. As a driver she also felt she could handle it easier than the Venture. Since she too is looking to possibly trade in her 750 Vulcan, Mary's #1 pick to buy, drive, and/or ride as a passenger would be the Burgman 400 or possibly even the 650. So here we are, the winter dealer visits have begun and may the best dealers win.
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Been a member of this great site for a number of months and enjoy coming on just about everyday to read what my fellow members are saying about the great bikes we own and ride. But finally I think I may have something to contribute or complain about or even ***** about. And that is the extra it cost us(Canadians) to accessorize our bikes. For example: I recently ordered a replacement patch cord(upper) for my RSV. Refering to the book it was $32.95 plus tax of course 14%, my dealers price was $44.00 and change. New price came in of course since the book was printed in March. Just for S&G I checked the price of the same part in the States. $25. I know our dollar is just starting to rebound after some thirty years in the rear but price gouging seems to be the norm here in Canada. I know a easy remedy would be to order it from the US but we know what happens when we fail to support our local distributers. Also for example I just finished watching a report on how car dealers in the states are refusing to sell cagers to cross border shoppers. Not sure if this will end up in court but so much for free trade. By the way a new RSV is over $21,899 here compared to $17,599 in the States. Wish I still lived in Virginia Beach.
