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Need help with part number
ediddy replied to ediddy's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
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I hope someone will help looking up a part number. I have an 05 Venture. Sitting on the bike if you look to the left inside of the fairing there are 4 bolts. The top bolt holds goes through the fairing and holds the chrome trim piece on. The next three bolts go in the fairing and I lost all three of them riding this weekend. I went to the parts catalog on the yamaha web site and the fairing is listed under cowling 1 but I can't determine which number is listed for these three bolts. Any help would be appreciated.
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I have had dulops, metzlers and avon venoms. I am on my second set of venoms. I ride 2up mostly on an 05 venture and the handling of the venoms is much better than metzlers. I didn't like the metzelers.
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I know how you feel. My wife has been riding on the back with me since we started dating when we were 15 years old. We are now 59 years old and got married when we were 18. I am extra careful when she is on the back but even that doesn't keep something from happening. It is constantly on my mind about how I would feel if something happened and she was paralyzed or killed. I don't know if I could live with myself but then I also think that I can't be in fear of doing something we enjoy. The only way to be sure nothing ever happens is to never leave the house. One or both of us could be killed in an automobile accident. I know its dangerous but I can't stop living because something might happen. I have discussed this with my wife and she knows the danger but still wants to ride with me. You just have to pray and be careful.
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Electrical problem solved
ediddy replied to ediddy's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Hey waterbug, I'm sure you are right about the tabs breaking on the fairing. I need to do whatever you can do to reinforce the tabs. I know someone on here said they used fiberglass and glue to reinforce but I haven't seen any detailed info. I wanted the new fairing because the last time I washed and waxed my bike something got on the wash cloth or the cloth I used to wax my bike and scratched the front fairing. It looked like someone used sandpaper on it. So I came out pretty good getting a new fairing. -
Electrical problem solved
ediddy replied to ediddy's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
I got a ne fairing because two of the tabs that hold the windshield in place were broken. The dealer is Tallahassee Powersports in Tallahassee, Florida. -
Electrical problem solved
ediddy replied to ediddy's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Got my bike back from dealer today. Got a new fairing under warranty, got a new rectifer under warranty and also a new battery. I never dreamed yamaha would replace the batter too but they did. I am pleased with the dealer and yamaha. -
When I bought my 05 I got chatterbox head sets. In the winter I wear a 3/4 helmet but in summer a half helmet. I didn't like the fact that the earphones had to be mounted in the helmet and I couldn't mount them in the half helmet. Also the sound wasn't very good so I bought an adapter from edsets that allows you to plug earbuds into the system. I cut the speaker wires and took the speakers out of the helmet. Now with the adapter I can plug the earbuds in the intercomm system and then into my ear so it doesn't matter which helmet I use. Also the sound quality is much better.
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I posted about this earlier. When I got back from maintenance day last year my battery went dead. I have replaced the battery twice since then but it would go dead unless I kept it on the battery tender. I took my bike to the dealer for the 48,000 mile service and asked them to find my problem. The dealer just called, my bike is ready. The rectifier was bad. I hope this is covered under warranty. I will find out tomorrow.
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I bought one of these two years ago and it was one of the few things that really worked. I saw a friend of mine that has a road king washing his bike with one and he mentioned how well it worked. I felt something was going on with the product because I couldn't find filter refills and then no soap refills. Typical american manufacturing. If it works and sells they discontinue the product.
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I hate to read this about any company but it's not a surprize. A yamaha dealer told me that yamaha expects approx 300 dealers to go out of business. Yamaha has a plant in Newnan, Georiga that I think manufaturers 4 wheelers or marine products. I wonder if it will stay open? Lewis, dragonslayer, do you know anything about that?
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Sorry to hear about this loss. Such a shame. I called on a Kawasaki dealer last year and we talked about how fast the sport bikes (crotch rockets) are, right off the showroom floor. This dealer raced motorcycles until a couple of years ago. He said the first thing he ask a potential customer when they are looking at a crotch rocket is, how much riding experience do you have. If they say none he tells them he won't sell them the bike. Kawasaki has a four cylinder ninja, I think it is 600 or 650 ccs, but the dealer said you could be going 120mph and twist the throttle and it will stand straight up. He said when they ask why he won't sell them the bike he says, "because I don't want to be going to your funeral in a couple of weeks." He loses sales but I respect him for being honest and sticking to what he believes.
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Wow! That had to be an eye opener. Glad you didn't get hurt and have to deal with those evil insurance companies that forge your name to the uninsured motorist form.
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I had a similar problem. Have an 05. Never had a problem until I got back from maintenance day last year. Parked bike for a week and the batter went dead. Bought new battery and a week later it was dead. Got another new battery but it will go dead if I don't keep it on the battery tender. If I go 2 days off the tender batter goes dead. Took it to the dealer last week. Called friday to see if it was ready for me to pick up and was told the technician was having a problem tracking down problem. The battery charges ok but when bike is runnning battery starts going down. I am calling today to see if they have found the problem.
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Same thing happened to my 05 when I bought it. I took it to the dealer and the serv mgr called Clarion who manufactured my radio. Clarion told serv mgr to remove fairing and put dielectric grease on all connectors. Haven't had a problem until recently. 48,000 miles and now it is doing it again. I could fix myself but since I have warranty left I will let dealer do it.
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Took my bike to Tallahassee Powersports for the 48,000 mile service. Before taking bike to dealer I read the post about cracked tabs in the fairing that hold the windshield on. I have two cracked tabs. I printed the post on here about the cracked tabs and took it with me to the dealer. Dealer just called and said yamaha is going to replace my fairing under warranty but don't know how long it will take to get fairing as it is on back order. Even though it is backordered I am happy. I just knew they were going to call and tell me yamaha wouldn't replace the fairing. I have read many times where dealers and yamaha wouldn't replace items under warranty but I have to say, yamaha has always been good to me. My warranty expires in september so I better get everything I need before then.
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I had the I basket installed at 16,000 miles and it took the whine completely away. No whine at any speed. I now have 48,000 miles on my bike and a little bit of the whine has come back. I don't notice it until 4th and 5th gear at 50 to 60 mph. It's fine now but I am concerned that it may get louder.
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Rick Butler makes a set of seat nuts you can take on and off with your fingers and they won't vibrate off. I bought a set and am very pleased with them. I think they were about $6.00.
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I like coffee but one thing bothers me. It is grown in countries that don't have the pesticide regulations we have in the US. In the country it is grown it is sprayed with every pesticide imaginable. I looked at some organic coffee at Publix a few weeks ago and a small bag was $12.00. I may have to put up with the pesticide.
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Yamaha may not tell the dealers thinking when someone comes in the dealer will them yamaha won't replace the basket and you will go away. But when someone persist the dealer calls yamaha and finds they will replace the basket. Yamaha probably wishes this site didn't exist.
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Why is it that I see a lot of HD riders with their wife riding a bike also and hers is a metric bike. If HD is the only way to go why don't they bike HD's for their wives?
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Does your bike have the leveling links on it. These will make the rear end rise. I put them on my bike but took them off because with them I felt like I was being pushed forward when I sat on the bike.
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I forget to mention this. With earplugs you can use them with different helmets. I use them with my half helmet in the summer and also with my 3/4 helmet in the winter.
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Edsets makes an adapter that will allow you to plug in a set of earplugs into your intercom system. The quality of sound is better and you can use them with half helmets.
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If you want to lose weight and keep it off you have to make a lifestyle change. Just a diet won't do it. It's not easy. You need to eliminate all grains and sugar from your diet. Corn is a grain and very bad for you. During the Regan administration the government was looking for a cheaper alternative to sugar. Someone came up with high fructose corn sugar which is made from corn. It is cheaper and ten times sweeter so you will see it in almost all foods and drinks today. Even regular sugar, sucrose sugar, is better for you than high fructose corn sugar. Sugars are simple carbohydrates processed by your body in the same manner as grains. That is, any excess sugars in your body are converted by insulin and subsequently into fat and just like grains, Americans are consuming an enormous quantity of sugar. In the past two decades in the US, sugar consumption has increased by over 30%. The average per person sugar intake is now 175 pounds per year. That's 300,000 calories per year or 800 calories per day from sugar. The average american is consuming well over 3,000 calories per day including over 20 teaspoons of added sugars. The most common intake of sugar is soda. Eliminating soda is one of the best steps you can take to improve your health. In addition to soda there are high sugar culprits disguised as "healthy" by food marketers like: fruit drinks, fruit beverages and fruit punch which contain anywhere from 1% to 40% of fruit juice but which contain loads of sugar, usually high fructose corn syrup. A good book to read is: Take Control OF Your Health by Dr. Joseph Mercola.