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  • Welcome to VentureRider.  What started as a simple site for riders of the Yamaha Venture, Royal Star, Royal Star Venture and the Star Venture has turned into so much more than that.  Though the great Yamaha Venture motorcycles are still our primary focus, we have many members who have eventually moved on to other brands/models or who have stopped riding altogether but still remain members dud to the lifelong friendships they have made on this site.  

    Whether you have questions about your bike, looking for parts, or just wanting to talk motorcycles and riding, this is the place to be.  Our members are friendly and welcoming to all.  My name is Don, Freebird in the forums, and I started this site around 15 or so years ago.  I have met many of our members at our various rallies and meets and some I only know from their posts here on the site but am proud to call them friends, brothers, sisters.  I like to think of this as our club, not MY club.  I try hard to implement features that the members request.  It's not always possible but I do try.

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    • Paul Martin
      Fuel pump point set

      As promised in previous post - finally - video explanation of the 2nd gen fuel pump delete.

      https://1drv.ms/v/c/bcd21b151d642b6c/IQCWFiQ3dw9XQYrlmpiDVNxEAVWjzeyKPDfNSJCAZUmeYNI?e=0sQorC

    • Semi-retired
      Weird starting problem
      On 11/20/2025 at 10:07 PM, Marcarl said:

      Grab a small cable, the size of the battery cable or so, clamp it onto the load side (starter) of the relay and then touch the other side of the relay. If there is no response touch it to the battery. Don't matter if the key is off or on. Report back.

      ......and..........?

    • RDawson
      Fussy startup issues
      9 hours ago, Semi-retired said:

      Trust me...I'll now check the relay cables, which I hadn't thought of....but makes sense since that's where the "click" is coming from.....but, pessimist that I am.....if it DOES turn out to be the switch, is there any way these things can be "tuned up"? Like given a good bath in contact cleaner and/or lubricated with something and makes them "glide like new".....but doesn't SHORT everything out?
      I think I've seen lots of reports from guys who've REPLACED them....but was that because "money was no object" and it was the easier route to go? Or because it was the ONLY thing that would work because the old ones become JUNK?
       

      You can sometimes take it apart and clean up the contacts to make it work again. I think instructions are in the read only library. Look in the sale items, a member (can’t remember who) sells or sold a bypass kit that took the load off the switch and ran everything through a relay. The instructions are here somewhere to make your own, pretty simple. I built one for my 07 several years ago. 

    • N3FOL
      Good Morning/Good Afternoon/Good Evening

      Good afternoon to all.  Today was a hot day, but I redirected a lot of air to my torso for the ride to and from work.  91 degrees and humid and the SVTC did wonderful.  Ride safe and enjoy your night.  

    • Semi-retired
      Fussy startup issues
      15 hours ago, RDawson said:

      Check battery cables and cables on the start relay. But probably the switch. 

      Trust me...I'll now check the relay cables, which I hadn't thought of....but makes sense since that's where the "click" is coming from.....but, pessimist that I am.....if it DOES turn out to be the switch, is there any way these things can be "tuned up"? Like given a good bath in contact cleaner and/or lubricated with something and makes them "glide like new".....but doesn't SHORT everything out?
      I think I've seen lots of reports from guys who've REPLACED them....but was that because "money was no object" and it was the easier route to go? Or because it was the ONLY thing that would work because the old ones become JUNK?
       

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