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  1. ediddy
    I had the same problem last year after washing my bike. The fuel pump was bad.
  2. ediddy
    My wife and I rode our bike to Key West in 2006. I am glad I went but I don't have any desire to go back. My feet and legs would cook while I was riding around trying to find a parking space.
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    Doesn't ruffle my feathers, but I do wonder who is idiotic. I fail to see how someone talking about how fast they can go on a straight away or in twisties has anything to do with a cager failing to yield, running a stop sign or as happened to me last week, pulling over into my lane has anything to do with it.
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    Jean, I'm sorry to hear about Earl's back problem. I met Earl last year at maintainence day and I knew talking with him he is, as we say in the south, "good folks". Tell Earl not to worry about getting parts out and repairing bikes, but to concentrate of getting well again. Prayers are on the way. Please keep us posted on his condition. Sincerely, Eddie
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    I emailed Bill Morphy at mic mutes sunday afternoon regarding my problem with the intercom coming on each time I hit a bump in the road and my having to hold the ptt button until I finished talking. Monday morning I had a reply from him that stated the problem was probably within the 12 volts or ground source to the control box and that most often a poor contact inside the fuse holder was the problem. He suggested opening the fuse holder and cleaning the contact on the wire ends where they contacted the fuse ends. I did that and now my mic mute is working fine. Bill is a class act and I would recommend the mic mutes to everyone.
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    Rode to Jacksonville yesterday. First time using intercom since getting new fairing under warranty and I also have the mic mute. Everytime I hit a bump in the road the intercom would activate. I would have to hit the ptt button to disengage the intercom. Also with the mic mute you hit the ptt button once and the intercom in engaged until you hit the ptt button again to disengage it but now you have to hold the ptt button continously until you are finished talking and then release the ptt button to disengage. What's up with dat? While the dealer had the bike installing the new fairing I asked him to put dielectric grease on all the connections while they had the fairing off. Is is possible they reconnected the mic mute in the wrong connector and caused this are is something else going on? Thanks for your suggestions. Also, thanks Ruffy for the m & e in Jacksonville. Food was excellent.
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    The only way to be 100% sure is to talk to the claims department of your insurance company. If they say it would be covered, get them to send you a letter stating that it would be covered. Just getting a verbal answer wouldn't do anygood in the event of an accident'
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    One more thing. Someone on here posted last year that they called yamaha USA and were told they were going to be surprised at the new features on the new venture. I can't remember the number of people that talked to dealers and got a different store. Don't believe it. Even yamaha USA was wrong with what they told someone.
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    I have had more than one dealer tell me that yamaha is the most secretive of any cycle mfg. A retired dealer from wisconsin that moved to Florida said Japan doesn't discuss the new models until they are ready to introduce them. He also said that the executives from Japan don't listen to the dealers or ask for their input. The venture is not a big seller for yamaha.
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    All of this is speculation. No one in the US knows anything about the 2011 venture, even the president of yamaha US and no one in the US will know until Japan lets them know before the dealer meetings.
  11. ediddy
    If you buy a wing you need to save money for repairs. If you have something done after warranty it will cost you a fortune. The techs have to remove all the plastic just to get where you can work on it.
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    I was going to get one but was told they are only available in alabama.
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    I have no sympathy for harley. A succesful businessman told me years ago, "You never get too big to get your britches busted." When times are good you need to remain humble and give service. Most harley dealers, not all, were pricks that had the attitude they were doing you a favor to let you buy one of their bikes. Our local dealership is still marking up $2,500 over msrp. That's insane. They need to be humbled.
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    I have a kel tec 9mm and a permit. I have a holster that clips on my belt. I never thought I would see the day I had to carry a gun but today I do. When riding I put it in the trunk. I had to get it out today. My wife and I were coming back from a ride and I was in the right lane and the car in front of me was going to turn into Kmart. He changed his mind and and switched to the left lane. I could tell he wasn't paying attention so I accelerated to go on by him in the left lane. Just as I got even with the rear of the car he swerved back into the right lane and almost hit me. I had to lock down on the brakes and almost jump the sidewalk. I went around him on the left and he had his window down. I got next to him and told him he needed to pay attention he almost ran over me. I have the right to remain silent but not the ablility. I can't repeat what he said. I turned right at the next street and pulled into the kmart parking lot. He came up next to me and opened his car door and called me some interesting names. I stopped and opened the trunk and put my gun on my hip. He sped away. A few weeks ago I thought I was going to have to use it. I park my bike behind my office right behind the window of my office. I was leaving for the day and everyone else had left. I had my gun on my belt. I was next to my bike with my helmet on and was just going to throw my leg over the seat and I saw a guy coming toward me from across the lot. He was over six feet tall and good size guy and he was coming directly toward me. I stood up next to my bike because I figured I had a better chance defending myself standing up rather than sitting on the bike. The guy go within about 20 feet and I noticed he looked at my gun on my side. He threw his hands in the air and said, Hey man, I don't mean you any harm, I just wanted to see if you had any money so I could get something to eat. I told him to get the hell away from me and he did. That might have been his intention all along but with me behind the building he could have robbed and beaten me and no one would have seen it. In this situation just having the gun helped me.
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    Anyone in south georgia going? I would like to hook up with someone and ride down saturday morning.
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    Sorry, but I can't take your side on this. You priced the jackets at a local store and then ordered on line for a lower price. It doesn't matter if they started giving the jackets away, you ordered at the price at the time. If they lower it later that is their perogative. I've had this happen to me before but I have never gotten upset. I just consider it my problem that I ordered before the price was reduced.
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    Is that considered the whine or chirp. I would go crazy if I had to listen to that much noise. Freebird menitoned in a previous thread that you could hear the whine at idle. I heard it on your bike at idle but I don't have that sound. I would definately go to the dealer for an I basket.
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    I don't know the difference between the chirp and whine. I thought my 05 had a whine. At 16,000 miles I had the I basket installed and the noise, whether whine or chirp, went completely away. I'm now at 48,000 miles and I'm getting the noise again. It is minor now but I hope it doesn't get louder. I rode a friend of mine's 04 and he has a whine at low speed, around 30 or 40 mph but it goes away after 40 mph. The whine I have on my bike now can't be heard until 60 or 70 mph. I don't hear anything at idle.
  19. ediddy
    What would be the advantage of the mustang seat over the stock seat?
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    I would check the charging system befor I bought a battery. I have an 05 venture. Last summer after going a week without riding battery was too weak to start. Bought a new battery and after two days of not riding it went dead. Dealer gave me a new battery and it did same thing. I had to keep it on a tender when I wasn't riding. Took my bike to the dealer and it was a bad rectifier. Got it replace under warranty and now I can let my bike sit for days and it is full of power.
  21. ediddy
    At last years maintenance day I bought the mike mute. It hard to be believe how much noise you pick up in your mic until you are able to mute it. I can't speak for the other brand but I have been pleased with the mic mute.
  22. ediddy
    The trailer would not be covered for physical damage unless you had accessory coverage on your policy. Some companies give you anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000 accessory coverage with their policy but you can purchase any amount by paying an extra charge. You need to look at your policy or call your agent. The liability coverage on your bike would extend to the trailer. The liability covers bodily injury or property damage to the other person if you are fault in an accident.
  23. ediddy
    If the part number of a screw is 90149-05299-00 I assume this would be a 5mm size but what is the length.
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    Hey AKRefuge, Thanks for that info. I wish I had remembered that.
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    I posted this morning asking for help locating the part number for some bolts that came out of my fairing. I looked at the drawing on the yamaha site but couldn't tell which bolts I needed but Squidley replied promtly along with some other members. I just went to my local dealer with the drawing to order the bolts. There are six bolts for the fairing but even thought I only need three I thought I would order six in case I lost one in the future. Besides, it can't cost much for a few bolts. I also ordered six washers that go with the bolts and I also orderd a bolt that goes in the right cowling where you get to the fuse box. The parts clerk entered the order and said that will be $47.50. I said hey I don't want the gold ones just the regular ones and I asked how can they be so much. He said the washers were $4.50 each. I told him to cancel the order for the washers and just give me the bolts. It was $8.50 for the bolts. That is too much but I can stand to spend that much but $47.50? When these bolts come in I'm going to ace hardware and getting bolts the same size as the ones I ordered in case I need them in future. Yamaha is out of their mind.
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