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Sorry to hear.... We are approaching that decision as well. The trike looks great! If I didn't have to put a new roof on house, I would be flying in today to buy your scoot! Love the color. Best of luck to you both!

If one comes near me, I will take the 1st Gen for sure! Then maybe show up on day 2 on the 2nd gen!! Funny!!

You guys are complaining about the price?? Geesh... Go look at a Road Glide or Ultra Classic... Add the options on it to make it even with the Venture, then look at the price. Me thinks you will have sticker shock, for sure!! Snyper....My 2004 Yukon Xl, was $59k!! In 2004! That was sticker shock.....yikes. and I didn't get the sunroof or the dvd system. Yea it's going to cost for a new scoot. But it's always been that way. Like anything else. Is it worth it? Good question. For some yes, others... No. I bought my truck new because i finally wanted to get a new vehicle after years of living with used ones. That was worth the price. This new scoot is worth every penny if Yamaha has done their homework and made the bike as dependable as the past two generations of Ventures have been.

Sorry, didn't know that. Then that leaves the rear end. A loose seeing arm would react that way as well sitting still. However, I would think you would have driveability issues at speed... like a wobble. So...... Back to the front. I'm going to make a guess..... the bottom bolts on the tripple tree that hold the shocks are loose.

Really sounds like something loose. Wouldn't hurt to go through the front end and check torque on the whole assembly. Time consuming, true, but you're safety is paramount. I would start at bottom and check front axle, fenders, triple tree, etc.. check head bearings, wheel bearings too. Even if you don't fix the problem, you will know the front end is good. But my thought is you will find the problem if you methodically go through the front end. I hope you will continue to keep us appraised.

ResMed S9

Sighted, Saturday, 29 July, 11am. Just west of 7th street on Glendale ave....parked with others in front of business/home?

I moved my bars out and up a little bit. I know cowpuc moves his out and down.

I flip mine around when I get off the slab.

Yep, have one on my VStar 950T. Love it. Can cruise with my wrist holding throttle. Got mine on sale at Cycle Gear.

Holy Moly! Even I could use that! Hmmm....this 70 year old bod just might be able to do his tires again! Thanks VR! Oh..and sorry we didn't get a chance to get together. You must have been as busy as we were! Shame when life gets in the way of fun! Grins... d

Yeppers, very true. They did match the valve stem with the dot...but that can be meaningless as well. I'm happy with my ugly little weights!

Yep...that's the proper tire the 777HD. If the 2 oz's doesn't work, add more. The Yamaha dealer tried to balance the RSV front tire with beads...I took it back twice. Last time he put the weights on. Found out later on this forum, they didn't put enough in for that fat 150 size tire!!

Welcome... Nope..never tried beads. Guess I'm a bit old fashioned there. Like the weights, don't mind the looks. LOL! Nope. Haven't been out for over a week. Back and forth with the truck to Tucson and Phoenix. Got youngest into her first house(really don't like moving) now just getting back into our lives. Only home in Green Valley today, go back to Phoenix tomorrow. When I come back down here next week, want to order the gaskets for the 89 to take off the left side covers, check out the clutch slave, eyeball the stator and goop up the wires coming out of stator. Plus, want to put the Shinko 777HD's on the 05RSV. I'm tired of the Pirelli's on there...they are to sensitive to the tar strips and stuff on the roads. So, I'm kind of in my maintenance mode (like youse guys do in the Winter). Trying to decide whether to trust someone else again with the RSV wheels as one dealer warped my right front rotor last time. Don't want a repeat of that....Of course, don't have much choice for getting tires mounted. And no...don't think I want to do that myself. Getting a bit tired of heavy duty stuff. Easy stuff is still fun...breaking beads isn't anymore! The tread pattern on the 777HD's did bother me at first, but right now, the rear tire I put on the 09 VStar 950T rides so very nicely! No wiggles, nothing...just a smooth ride. So I can't tell ya if they will be a problem with age. The 230's sure don't have that problem. I guess I'm curious where you got the info on the load capacity of the 777HD's? They are same or higher rated than the 230's... The rear 777HD for the RSV has a load rating of 80. The 777HD for the 89 has a load rating of 77. Same as the 230 for the 89VR rear. Got the info here.... http://www.shinkotireusa.com/tire/777 Regardless....I'll get riding again once I get my maintenance done. Now just have to figure out the gaskets for the left side on the RSV, get them ordered and get my fingies ready for some grease! Yea!

If you make it out there (I did the 50th), the only question is how easily she handles in twisties. IE, like the 2nd gen or 1st gen? If it's like the 1st gen...I'm good.

Mo too. Same reason as Craig...

I'm with you on this. My biggest problem is on the on-ramp or passing. I really don't realize how much power I have to pass or get up to speed until I look down at the speedo. Whoops! Dam smooth motor!

Sorry Scott. I've been up in Phoenix and forgot my tablet so couldn't get mail. Glad others have chimed in. The load rating on the 777HD is superior to whatever we need on our scoots.

Yikes! Let's hope this gets taken care of ASAP. PRayers Up!

I'm glad to hear the Shinkos held up for you on the trip! Now I'm wondering how the E6000 did on your scoot's diaphrams. I did coat my 4 vacuum plugs last night with the stuff based on your thoughts about how well it might work. I'm going out to look them over in a few. Love the exhaust sound in the background of the rain video. Nice sound...despite the rain and wind! Nice ride....glad you had fun and stayed safe!!

I've been re-thinking the valve thing, @cowpuc, and you may be onto something about the carbs. I keep thinking that the 05 is new....and 12 years isn't that new! I wouldn't think carbs would be a problem, but yep....I'll look into that ASAP. And I know you would like it down here, but you would have to sell all your snow gear away....and that would be hard to do. I miss snow enough that I still keep a snow shovel in my garage...just in case. Though the amount of snow I've received here over the years isn't enough to dress up in my shorts and sweater and go shovel!

Yep, Check for dirty or corroded connections...

Virtually everything listed by Fool and others is common place on scoots, especially the load limits. Even ours. Look at our maintenance schedules for the 1st and 2nd gens. Similarity abounds...

Could be. The squelch on the cb is set up to override the stereo audio so you don't miss a call. Even with cb volume down, the squelch will cut out audio... You just won't hear anyone calling you. I always set my squelch pretty tight. ie, you have to be real close before the cb will cut off the audio and I hear you calling me.

By the way: Costco has Chevron Techron on sale in 6 qt box for $10. That stuff is good too!