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  1. ediddy
    Al Harper was the yamaha rep that looked at my bike the last time a rep looked at my bike. He seems to be fair and will do what it takes to make you happy. I first met him 2 years ago in Myrtle Beach at the Star demo ride trailer. When I told him I was from Albany Georgia and had some problems with the rear end he immediately said, you have an 05 Venture. I asked him how he knew because at that time he hadn't looked at my bike and he said they, meaning the regional service manager and other field reps, had discussed the problems I was having. I think I was on the third rear diff at that time. But anyway, it made me feel good to know that the yamaha reps do discuss problems people are having with their bikes and even though he hadn't looked at my bike he remembered the problems I was having.
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    Hey silver bullet, Sorry to hear about the noise. It's possible it could be the rear end. I have posted about this before, but my bike was screaming so bad someone riding next to me could hear it. It was the rear diff. Yamaha can send a factory rep to check out your bike. If the dealer won't or can't get a factory rep to look at your bike you need to call yamaha. My dealer told me they had a case with a warrior they couldn't get right so after a factory rep looked at it yamaha told them to ship the bike back to the factory and gave the customer a new bike. Yamaha won't just lay down and give you a new bike but it has happened. As far as the shock, I don't understand why your dealer would tell you he had to send a picture. My rear shock was replaced by yamaha with no questions asked. The general manager at the dealership I use told me anything that cost $750.00 or less could be replaced under warranty without getting approval from yamaha as long as the dealer said it was apparent that it was a defect and not abuse. If you don't get any satisfaction from your dealer about getting a factory rep to look at your bike send me an email and I will give you the number to call a district customer service rep.
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    I had a smiliar problem and it was the fuel pump. I could get the bike to start but when I gave it throttle the engine would die. Sometime it wouldn't start at all. If it is the fuel pump you can tap the fuel pump a few times and see if it starts working. If it does, its the fuel pump.
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    Thanks Freebird for the info. I looked up the older threads on the mic mute and installation. I see that you need to split the fairing and remove the tank. How long overall should this installation take? Thanks.
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    I've posted on this twice before but today learned something new. First, I bought one of the edsets adapters that let you plug in earbuds with the intercom. I used a pair of earbuds my wife bought at walmart for $14.00. The adapter and earbuds are great except for the click of the engine I hear in the earbuds. I bought a pair of koss earbuds at walmart for $24.00 and I didn't get any engine noise in them so I bought a second adapter so my wife can use earbuds with the intercom also. Today I received the second adpater and plugged in the koss earbuds. Music is great until I started the engine and then click, click, click. I noticed the intercom volume was at 16 so I turned the volume down to zero and guess what? No engine clicking in the earbuds. If you want to listen to music only turn the intercom volume down and there is no noise. This brings another question to mind. If I have the mike mute installed will I get the engine noise when the intercom is set to 16 since the intercom doesn't work until you press the talk button?
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    I took off my toga at a party once and was arrested for indecent exposure. I got to court and the judge dropped the charges for lack of evidence.
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    Chat times?

    ediddy replied to OldBull's topic in Watering Hole

    I've only been in the chat room twice. I have really enjoyed it. I just wonder how ymama and mini muffin get those images so quickly. No matter what subject you discuss they can come up with an image that matches the subject. Enquiring minds want to know.
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    I posted a few weeks ago regarding the edsets adapter I ordered so I can use ear buds with the intercom. The adapter works fine but I used a set of ear buds my wife uses with her mp3 player. The ticking of the engine noise was so loud it was unbearable. Well today I went to wal mart and bought a pair of KOSS noise isolating earbuds for $24.88. There is absolutely no engine noise in these earbuds. I never thought that the type of earbuds would make a difference. There is one aggravating thing about the KOSS earbuds. One earbud has a wire that is 6" long and the other earbud wire is 22" long. Why is this?
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    Willie's style of singing is differrent. I have seen interviews with other singers that say it is hard to sing with him because he is about four beats behind the music. It will surprise you to learn of some of the songs he wrote for other artists. His life story is very interesting whether you like his music or not. I laughed at him on a program about his life. He was talking about getting into trouble with the IRS. He said he had all these high powered accountants and tax lawyers advising him and wound up owing millions in taxes. He said from now own he was going to H & R Block.
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    I go on the harley tech talk web site two or three times a week. I don't have a harley but was seriously considering trading my venture for an ultra classic so I wanted to see what harley riders were saying about their bikes. I have now changed my mind about trading for a harley. If you think we have problems with the venture and bad service from dealers you don't know nothing. The problems we have with the venture and dealers is minor compared to harley davidson. Back to the heat shield. A harley mechanic on the harely tech talk site said the shield would make the heat problem worse. He said think about it. You want air to circulate to make the heat less. With a shield you are trapping the heat which makes the problem worse. Harley can't solve the heat problem so they are putting the shield on new bikes to make people think it helps.
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    I bought the universal adpater from edsets so I can use earbuds with the intercom system on my bike. The sound is excellent but I can't stand the clicking noise of the engine. With the regular intercom connection I can hear the noise but it isn't loud enough to cause a problem. With the earbuds with the adapter the noise is so loud it drives my crazy. I've read on here where you can move the wires around under the tank and sometime the noise will go away. Which wires under the tank do you move to correct this and are there any other ways to stop the clicking? Thanks, Eddie
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    Cooper tire just announced they are closing the Albany plant. 1300 people will lose their job.
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    The vrod is the bastard bike of harley. Many harley riders call it a water buffalo.
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    That is interesting. Harely dealers are closing left and right. Was on a Harley web site last week and about 6 harley dealerships were mentioned that are closing. Many more are on the verge.
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    The last time a yamaha factory rep looked at my bike when I was having rear end problems he said to use moly 60 lithium grease. His personal favorite is honda moly 60. There is a very good article about greasing shaft drive motorcyles at www.calsci.com/motorcycleinfo/Shaft.html
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    The best thing to do to keep from scratching your windshield is to soak a towel with warm water and put it on the windshield for 5 minutes. When you remove the towel most of the bugs will be gone. You might have to wipe the shield with the towel a little to get the remaining bugs. Then squeeze the water out of the towel on the shield. You can then use any wax or cleaner to finish cleaning the shield. I have used pledge, car wax, honda spray cleaner and novus spray cleaner. All worked ok but the novus seems to leave a brighter shine. You can use rainx on a clearview shield. I have a clearview but can't bring myself to use rainx on it. Never use a paper towel to clean the shield.
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    That was funny but so true. It reminded me of the time years ago that I took flying lessons. We were in ground school going over the procedures for flying at night. The instructor said, "Here's what you do if you are flying at night and your engine fails." "Wait until you get down to about 500 feet and then turn on your landing lights." "If you don't like what you see, turn them off." OK.
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    Hey JerryK, You are right. Sometime what people think is a clutch basket problem can be the rear end. I starting getting the whine and chirp in my 05 and got the dealer to replace the clutch basket. The whine went completely away. A few thousand miles later I started getting a whine which progressed to a scream. It sounded just like the whine I got before the clutch basket was changed. I left my bike at the dealer and asked them if they would try another clutch basket. The dealer called the next day and said that the pinion gear in the rear end was worn out. I had approx 5000 miles on the rear end. Yamaha replaced the rear diff under warranty and bike was quiet again. Long story short I am on the fifth rear end. The first five were lasting approx 5000 miles. A factory rep from yamaha looked at my bike twice and said he couldn't understand why the rear ends were going bad. I talked to a regional service manager with yamaha and he said there was a time when they were getting defective rear ends from the factory. The third time a different factory rep looked at my bike and said several factory reps from different parts of the country had found that the ring gear in some of the rear diffs was too tight. I now have approx 10,000 miles on the fifth rear diff and all seems ok. I did have a clutch basket problem but sometime there can be a rear diff problem.
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    I talked to a kawasaki dealer a few months ago who had just gotten back from the dealer's meeting. Said kawasaki won't put the new voyager into production until January and will be on the showroom in April. Kawasaki didn't disclose what the msrp would be.
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    I have been looking at trailers for over a year and if I had to make a decision today I would buy the aluma. Some of my goldwing friends have traliers and most of them have the aluma. They didn't go with a fiberglass trailer because they say sometimes the fiberglass will crack but the aluma won't.
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    Another interesting article on msn today. Last year there was an msn article about harley's stock dropping from $70.00 per share to $59.00 per share. It is now in the $13.00 range and is expected to drop below $10.00 by Dec 19. The article says harley sold bikes to buyers who couldn't afford it with no money down. They now are having trouble getting money to finance bikes. I wonder how the metric bikes are doing?
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    When a dealer says there are rumblings from yamaha they are just speculating. Yamaha keeps new bikes top secret and they don't let anyone know what is coming. I heard a lot of speculating from dealers that there wouldn't be a venture in 08. I like to speculate and dream and hope there will be a 3rd generation venture, but no one will know until it is introduced by yamaha. In a previous discussion before the 08 was introduced someone on this site talked to someone with yamaha USA and were told they would be pleasantly surprised with the changes on the 08. It didn't happen.
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    I learned not to expect anything from yamaha and you won't be disappointed. I will believe it when I see it.
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    I have posted this before. The last time I was at Tallahassee Powersports there was a new guy there from Wisconsin. He worked at a yamaha dealership for 14 years and said he went to many yamaha dealer meetings. He said his experience with yamaha was that they don't listen to dealers and couldn't care less about what they say. He said yamaha makes a good product but they do what they want to do and don't listen to anyone else. I recently talked to a Kawasaki dealer in Thomasville, Georgia that raced motorcycles until two years ago and is very knowledgeable about all motorcycles. He said Kawasaki listens to suggestions from their dealers and has implemented changes requested by their dealers. He had just returned from their dealer meeting where they asked for the dealers opinion about the new touring bike and if there was anything they would change about the bike. I would be inclined to agree with the guy at the yamaha dealership. I also don't think yamaha cares about this web site. I have mentioned this site to yamaha when I have called the headquarters in California and to district people with yamaha. They act like they don't hear me.
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    Hey jkt69, I read in your personal information that you like to ride 2up all day. You will have to change that riding a street glide. Your passenger won't be able to stand it all day. An ultra classic yes, but not a street glide.
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