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At 8 pm last night I left home to head to Phoenix. 150 miles in 90 degree heat. Slowed down for an accident and had downshifted to 3rd. But thought I was in 4th. Shifted up and got back up to 75mph. Corrected speedo. Had the earplugs in and enjoying the tunes. Hit Tucson, and got on I-10. I had turned down the stereo to pay more attention to traffic as I merged onto I-10. It was then I noticed the engine seemed to be making more noise than normal. Looked down and noticed the green overdrive light wasn't on.... And shifted to 5th! And realized I had been riding for 30 minutes at 75mph in 4th gear!!. Duh. Realization#1.... These bikes like to rev! Mean...I knew they liked to rev, but never really thought about how well they are built to handle that kind of rpm.... About half way to Phoenix, approaching Picacho Peak, hit a nice cool spot...ahhh. All of a sudden there was a rush of heat hitting me! I thought I was on fire.... It was sudden and hot. After a few minutes, My heart rate calmed down since I couldn't see anything wrong and it dawned on me the radiator fan had turned on. Realization#2. Now I understood when others complained about the same surprise. I had never felt that much heat hit me so fast. Guess it was the combination of the cool dessert spot I was riding through and the fan turning on that woke me right up! Other than that, it was a nice ride. BTW, even though I spent 30 minutes in 4th gear, I topped off the tank about half way up and ended up with 35mpg.. Not to bad considering. Lessons learned.

I thought it looked like the left mirror...

Latest Picture..... See new bike on left.

You could try shooting a little contact cleaner in there, or take it apart and give it a real cleaning...checking for loose connections, broken things, etc.. I would do that first...but do it in a baggie so any little pieces that come flying out...stay contained...

Gotta say, youse guys and gals in the midwest certainly do have fun things to do.... Now...I would love to spend a week here.... http://www.zingermanscampbacon.com/ The smell of bacon cooking.....ahhh

Good. thanks for the correction. So where are the wires on the cluster that head to the cruise control? Need to find those so he can do some more tracing...

Yeppers....so glad you are around to tell the tale! Prayers Up for a speedy recovery!

Happy Day, Dion!

I took some pictures of the speedo area of my 89 while I was in there working on the lighting. There are 2 wires coming out of the speedo area. Have you traced them down and see what they are? I "assume" they are the wires for the cruise control from the speedo/odo unit. They go to two separate connectors a few inches down from the instrument cluster then into the wiring loom. First picture I'm pointing to the speedo/odo portion of the instrument cluster and the two wires coming out. This pic is of the connectors. I wasn't smart enough to verify the color codes of the wires, (green/white and black???) but since there are only 2 of them, the wiring diagram should be able to tell you. Don't know if this helps.....but I'm at a loss as to why your system doesn't work. I keep going back to a pinched or broken/corroded wire/connector or a momentary glitch in the circuit that cuts off the cruise while you are riding. Has to be....can't think of anything else that will cause your symptoms.... Sorry I'm out of ideas...

Done! Lots of fun getting the dash out. Actually only 2 bolts hold it in place...if you elect to take the little frame out with it. Otherwise it's 4 bolts that are a bear to get to. Recap...above pic shows the almost right connections on the RLU. Instead, as Rick mentioned, I needed to add one more jumper...4 total. See jumpers in above pic. This worked with my 89. High/low beam works, high beam light on dash works. Disregard where I'm pointing....those are the wrong bolts to take out. I don't have a pic of the 2 bolts that will lift up the entire assembly....except I'm holding onto the assembly here... Below my finger, on each side, are two holes...those are the 2 bolts to take the entire assembly out. In order to reach them, I had to loosen both top fairings so I could spread the tops enough to get my hands in there....and yes KIC, that rachet wrench helped alot! The only issue I had getting bike back together was the nut for the speedo cable dropped down...so had to fish that back up through the lowers and wires. Next two pics show the front end apart. The speedo cable on the left(above) is pointing to one of the 2 holes that I took the bolts out of to remove the cluster and it's small frame. I soldered the jumpers to the CMS so now all my lights can be changed to LED bulbs. Sad to lose the functionality of the warnings that Yamaha put in there. But ... But the above pic helped a lot. I closed her back up but had two screws left over. I think they went to shroud around the instrument cluster, but the 2 screws were still in the side of the cluster as the shroud simply lifts off them. So who knows??? I'm not taking her apart to find out! Basically: The front trim comes off, windshield off. take off the CLASS panel and move out of way, pull the radio panel. Undo the screws holding the top panels in place. Spread the panels. Take off the shroud by loosening the two brass looking screws on either side of the cluster. Reach in a carefully take out the 2 bolts holding the entire assembly to the frame. Lift a touch and disconnect the wire plugs going to the cluster. Remove cluster. Take cluster apart by removing the 3 screws holding together, lift off the top part of the CMS be removing 1 screw holding the two halves of the board together. Solder the jumpers after carefully making sure you have the right points on the board. Use a sharp pointed soldering pencil as the clearance between some of the points on the board are tight! Put all back together. Done. Tonight after pizza with friends, I'll go for a ride and test out the light as well as take time to aim... UPDATE: Light is much better than stock. Pattern is nice. The lens doesn't seem to hurt the LED at all. I'm good with this. For under $60...got two bulbs and installed them in each Venture. Plus, saved a couple of amps too.

@cimmer had it right! LED works and high/low beam works too. Later today I'll post pics of jumpers and left over parts...then move on to the CMS. Next step is to jumper it as well. Might just do all the jumpers so I can change all light to LEDs at my leisure without taking the dash apart again! Do hate to lose the light bulb out functions, but life goes on. Thanks for the confirmation on the jumpers Rick...

My LED Broview is now installed and working. Took it out for a test run. Had to crank the headlight higher but got a good spread on low beam without anyone flashing me and high beam is a killer! It is brighter than the Silvania I had in there.....but I like the pattern best! So yep...worth the bux.

Thanks Rick. Will give it a try tomorrow afternoon...

Another day....89 VR Led install. Modifying the RLU Taking Clive's advice I searched and found two different threads concerning jumpering the RLU connector. AND to make it more fun, the wires to be jumpered are different in the threads! So...member 1 used this configuration: 1: Blue/white to blue/black 2: Black to yellow 3: yellow/green to red/yellow Member 2 did it this way... 1: Green/White to Blue/Black to Blue/white 2: Yellow/green to Blue/red 3: Black to light/green I opted for member #2 's wiring. Didn't work. no head light. (still has normal bulb in at this point) As well as....no Green/White wire on connector...either end. ??? I chose #2 because I thought his bike was newer...not an older 1st gen. So @camos or anyone with a MK2 1st Gen that did this mod....can you confirm which is the proper wires to jumper on the RLU? Thanks!

If you are as old as dirt...then you will probably remember these shows. Everything here...from mysteries to fantasy to variety and comedy! Keep scrolling as there are lots of pages of stuff. The audio is heavily compressed, but reminds me of the way radio used to sound when I was a kid. https://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio?&sort=-downloads&page=1 Enjoy! david

http://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/yamaha-to-unveil-new-touring-motorcycle-live PS don't forget to bookmark the link at the bottom. I'm to far away to go there but can watch live...

Agreed...that was my problem too...I'm a "workaholic". Or was. Got burned out and retired.

Is that our famous Nacho from Spain that did that composite picture?

It's an LED headlight bulb. The H4 type works with the Ventures. Have to finagle some electronics on the 1st gen....but it produces a good beam pattern.

I know you were kidding on the above.....but.... Writing down a list of things to do on a daily basis then checking them off as you finish whatever you are doing... does tend to make some people more productive. I can tell you it only worked a little bit with me. But others have told me this is how they can get much more done....something to do with keeping busy. Guess it's a mental thing. [/color]On the other hand..... P.S. I like that little scoot!

Spencer has the right idea! Brought the RSV home from Phoenix today for an oil change and general checkup. 150 Miles. Nice ride....

Aug 9th.... Dinner? I'll put it on my phone in case we can meet. Maybe we can get KIC and others in area to join up...

Agreed. The 2nd gen lids are flimsy compared to 1st Gen. Only light stuff on my rack.