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Maintenance NIGHTMARE
ediddy replied to NV_Trucker's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Simple, call yamaha again and tell them the dealer is no longer in business. They will send a factory rep to meet you at any dealership you wish. Let yamaha find out what is wrong. -
Happend more than once to my 05. The fuel pump was bad. Replaced under warranty.
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That is interesting. I know a few years ago Honda and Harley combined had 50% of the motorcycle market. I wouldn't be surprised if Honda is slipping. They don't have the selection of cruisers that yamaha has. I have heard but can't confirm that the 1800 vtx hasn't had the sales honda expected. If honda would put saddlebags and a windshield on the vtx like yamaha does on the vstar silverado I believe they would sell more bikes. Just my opinion and we all know an opinion is like a certain part of our anatomy. Everyone has one.
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Venturing out into a full time riding career
ediddy replied to Dragonslayer's topic in Watering Hole
Congratulations on your new careet path. I might be interested in buying an ad in the magazine. I own an insurance agency that specializes in motorcycle insurance. You can send me an email or call me at 877-809-5958 and we can discuss. Good Luck! Eddie (eidddy) Hall -
I'm sorry if you thought I was bashing harley. The things I said were taken from the harley tech talk web site. I signed up for the site because I was hot to trade my venture for an ultra classic and I wanted to see what harley riders were saying about their bikes. What I said about harley here was taken from that site. Some of the harley guys even have the site listed where you could read the news organizations articles about harley's problems. I wasn't trying to bash harley but give you the facts about harley. If you can't take anyone talking about harley don't go on harley tech talk. One of my harley friends goes on the harley tech talk web site and thats why I chose it because he was always talking about what a good site it was. When he found out I was going on that site he said, "now you may wonder why some of those guys own a harley", meaning they get down on the mo co pretty hard. The harley riders are the ones that complain about the crank being made out of silly putty, not me. I was just repeating what the harley riders were saying. I still would like to have an ultra classic but I want to wait and see how the 09's turn out. Some of the harley riders have even said its time for Wille G to retire. I didn't think I would ever hear a harley rider say that. But it wasn't me it was harley riders. Sometime I get upset when I'm on the harley site but I just let it go. There was a thread started about the new honda chopper. There were many favorable comments but some that rubbed me the wrong way. One guy said he would rather push his harley that ride a honda. Another guy said the honda chopper looked better than the "piece of crap rocker that harley has." I didn't leave the site over that comment I just let it go. No matter where you go there is always going to be someone you don't agree with.
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The loyal following of harley is their main problem. The loyal following is getting old and won't be riding many more years. The rich yuppies bought harleys because it was a fad. That fad is over now. The younger generation can't afford a harley and don't have any loyalty to harley. There is even resentment toward harley by a lot of their older loyal riders. They liked it when the harley dealer was in a smaller shop where you go go hang out and talk motorcyles, smell the gas and oil. Now the dealer is a million dollar botique.
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Bottom line is no one knows. I hope the 2010 is upgraded but you can talk to dealers and they all will tell you something different. One guy on this site talked to someone with Yamaha at the US headquarters before the 09's came out and was told he was going to really like the changes for 09. Its all speculation but I hope its true.
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Hey GeorgeS, I don't remember which engine had the high failure rate but I'm going to see if I can find out.
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Don't think harley is squeaky clean. I go on a popular harley web site 2 or 3 times per week. There are die hard harley riders on there and they are ready to string up harley. For years harley has gouged people and given poor service and their followers are fed up. Last week a guy was furious becauses he said you can go in a dealership and get a dog collar with harley on it but you can't get a part for your bike. One guy said he felt like he was going into a jewelry botique when he went in his dealership. The topic of harley sticking to msrp is also a sore subject. You can go on that site right now and there is a thread about harley refusing to get off the msrp. In may 07 there was an article on msn about harley stock going from $80.00 per share to $59.00 per share. Why? Their sales were down so they lowered the minimum credit score required for financing in order to boost sales but then they were repoing bikes people couldn't afford. Another article in the Wallstreet Journal was posted on the web site that said harely was at a crossroads. The older die hard riders were getting to old to ride and the yuppies fad had disappeared so harley was in trouble. The engineering deptartment wants to get in the 21 century with technology as in a water cooled engine, but the marketing department doesn't want to change because they fear the die hard fans will leave. I was surprised at some harley guys that said the best thing harley could do is get ride of Wille G. There was another article posted about the substandard parts harley had used a few years ago on their bikes. If you think yamaha dealers give poor service you ought to read some of the stories about the poor service of harley dealers. A couple of weeks ago a guy said he took his friend to a dealer to look at used bikes. It was an hour drive. His friend saw an ultra classic that had been taken on trade and worked up a deal with the salesman. The salesman said to come back saturday so they could clean up the bike. The guy waited a whole week before he went back and the bike hadn't been touched. The battery was dead so it wouldn't start. The dealer wouldn't put in a new batter and was going to just charge the old battery. The guy said he told his friend to come on and lets leave, this is pitiful. The guy left and bought a used yamaha venture. There are many many guys on the harley we site that are having to replace the cranshaft. There is a joke on this harely web site that harley makes the crankshafts out of silly putty. One guy said he had a friend that was a dealer and he said there was an engine a few years ago that was having a 60% failure rate but harleystill wouldn't issue a recall. The dealer told his friend if a metric bike had a 2% failure rate they would have a recall. The die hard harley riders don't like the million dollar buildings harley has required their dealers to build that look like botiques. Harley has been heading downhill for a few years. The bad economy has taken them downward quicker.
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Buddy Rich? I don't know no Buddy Rich.
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I trailered my bike to Tallahassee Powersports this morning for the 40,000 mile service. I unloaded the bike and unhooked the trailer and left the bike and trailer at the dealership. I made some sales calls around town and came back at 3:00 and hooked to the trailer again. I started up the ramp into the trailer and in the blink of an eye the tongue of the trailer went straight up into the air and then came down and busted the back glass and damaged the rear of my lincoln aviator. I thought I was going down with the bike but managed to keep it straight. Ruined my day. I can't believe the trailer wasn't attached all the way. But as the saying goes, stuff happens. Could have been worse I guess.
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Yes, harley is seeking federal bailout money. You can go to www.dealernews.com and look in the middle of the page for the story.
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Hey Star Rider, I don't why your battery would need replacing but see that you have gotten some advice from other people. Just wanted to let you know that I bought my 05 venture in september 05 and the original battery is still going strong.
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http://myrtlebeachbikerinfo.com/message.html
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Blueslover, Go to http://myrtlebeachbikerinfo.com/messdage.htm
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There isn't going to be a bike week anymore in Myrtle Beach.
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Well said Petekadish. I preach this every day when I insure a motorcycle. But you know what people look for. Cheap insurance. I quit responding to threads here where people brag about the low rate and cheap insurance they got. The harley riders will spend $20,000 to $30,000 on a bike and then shop for hours to save $20.00 per year on their insurance. I had an actual case where this happened with a new harley rider. The company with the lower rate left off uninsured motorist. But he saved $20.00 per year. As for GEICO every one I know that has insured their accessories for more than $1,000 has been required to submit the receipts. But "the woman at GEICO said I didn't need pictures". Have a claim and tell the claims adjuster "the woman at GEICO said I didn't need pictures."
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Yeah, you got me on that one. I was interested because in a few states Progressive is experimenting with these type devices and basing your insurance rates on how you drive. I know that Alabama has approved these but Georgia hasn't as of today.
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Yep. Next thing you know he'll be caught with his hands in his own pocket.
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It took a few trips before my wife and I learned how to pack for a road trip. We pack both saddlebags, the trunk and we have a luggage rack that we put a bag on also. The first trip my wife packed a travel iron, a hairdryer and her makeup bag. I told her we were riding a motorcyle for gods sake, no one cares if your clothes are rinkled or you don't have makeup on. We also packed a pair of jeans for each day along with underwear and shirts. Now we take a pair of jeans for every other day. We roll the jeans up in a roll and put them in the trunk. You can wear a pair of jeans one day and then wait a day or two and wear them again. We do take a clean shirt for each day. We no longer take the travel iron or hair dryer. My wife has also scaled down the amount of makeup she takes. The only tool kit we carry is the yamaha kit that came with the bike. Fortunately we haven't had to use the tools. The only time we have ever had to stop at a laudromat was when we rode from Albany Georgia to Keywest Florida. We left on a friday mouring and got back the following thursday.
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Hey Yama Mama, Can you post one of them image thingys that cracks the whip?
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Dang sleeperhawk. I was trying to stir the pot and get something going and all you did was say, Congratulations Gators. You're too much of a gentleman. In the south I used to dealing with rednecks. LOL
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You know the difference between the titanic and the University of Oklahoma? The titantic had a good band.
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How can a South Carolina boy root for Oklahoma?
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Lord, please forgive me for saying that but as a Georgia Dawg I have to pull for the SEC.