GrahamLFCkeeper

Hi all, hope you are all well. I get a stuttering when riding in the rain... I've checked everything and until now it's left me stumped till I found an 11 year old (!) comment from @frankdsays .... "Is there any chance you have water in your gas?? I've had that problem with both of my Ventures. The gas tank vent hose is right in front of the rear tire. When you're riding through a downpour water can be drawn up and into the gas tank. It shows up when you open the throttle. Then the water that accumulates in the carb bowls gets drawn into the main jets and the bike stumbles" If its the case water is getting into the tank via the gas tank vent hose, anybody got a fix? Cheers Graham

Got a Slipstream shorty on mine... don't feel any buffering. Love than I've got am unobstructed view. I read helmet shape and style can affect buffering.

I've had one, great bike plenty of pull and looks the part.

New fuel filter, new air filters done... clutch up next then she's ready for summer

Nice 200 mile round trip today to a place called Lindisfarne in the North of England Mind you it was so windy I thought we were gonna end up in Oz!

Thanks, I'll have a look tomorrow

Any idea where it is? I've had a little look in the usual places (frame, inside the panniers)

Yeah I've seen this, thanks ... paint codes for the colours I think are 00TY 'elegant brown' and 0789 'Yellowish silver' Just wanted to confirm these are the colours. With it being an import, its seems mamma yamma didn't do these colors on UK bikes very often. Yamaha uk told me to go to a company called RS, even they don't have it ha

Hi all Hope everyone is keeping OK Can anyone confirm the colour of my bike is Platinum/Titanium? Finding paint here in the UK is proving a problem, may have found a supplier, but don't want to order if its wrong ha. Also, wanted to say a belated thank you to @cowpuc, I finally got around to dealing with the problem I had with my neutral safety switch today (o ring was damaged so it was leaking a small amount of oil) , you video was invaluable (it was a while ago, so you may not remember) 'touch wood' it seems to have stopped the (albeit minor) leak.

Hello all I've not been on for a while, hope everyone is doing well. Thought I'd share my sat nav mount idea This is a standard Garmin Sat Nav Drill a hole in the attachment piece Remove the star badge and drill a hole in the cassette deck cover Attach them both together and screw down Attach Sat Nav - id recommend a bit of gorilla tape on the back as a fail safe I also ran the power cable through the fairing to the power socket Looks really good in my opinion and can still be removed if you are worried about it being stolen (take your gorilla tape with you to re do your fail safe)

I've been working since the 2nd of January, I getting to the point where I didn't think I could make it to Sunday (my first day off this year) Was able to ride to work on Sunday, feel like a new man now! Ready to take on the world again. Riding is extremely therapeutic for me.

Here's my winter weather gear.. Underrmour (the stuff runners wear - skin tight top and pants) Leather trousers Tshirt - Jumper - Fleece - Wax Jacket (oversized to fit the fleece under) Full face helmet - Snood - Winter Gloves Snug as a bug in a rug - it'll be about 3c (37f) tomorrow and I'll be nice and warm

Just checked mine... I get the same lights as on your picture when turning the ignition on (before starting)

I blogged about this... Nodding is more common here in the UK. Yes I nod at everyone... Or wave if cruise is on (riding on the left) It sets bikers apart for me.

My latest blog piece if anyone needs a 'quick read'... Nearly got crunched on my Hayabusa https://bigvbikes.home.blog/

I read stories like this and find them unbelievable. I guess we are lucky in the UK with the NHS... If you need to 'get to the chopper' it costs you no more than if you limp in to hospital on foot. Most of our air ambulances are charity ran, so the extra funds needed are raised from events (a large number by Motorcycle clubs) so no extra premium on insurance as appears to be the case in Canada (in fact UK motorcycle insurance is ridiculously cheap... But that's another story) I hope they can get everything sorted!

Looks good... but at $30,000 we can assume sales may be slow

I think you're wife could be correct on this one. I know for me personally.. Riding my other bikes coming to a complete stop means just putting one foot down... The venture means both feet down... The extra weight means braking earlier than feels normal. It may be a good idea to find an empty space like an empty car park (parking lot) and just practice bringing the bike to a complete stop?

As I suspected... You are a gentleman

The 'Helmsley TT' road is much quieter these days... No speed cameras anymore and you are lucky to see 'plod' at all in the UK these days... I think the main reason it's so quiet now is the road surface is appalling and probably hasn't been tended to since you left! Unfortunately there are still far too many people getting killed on that road (two collided just the other week) despite the huge warning sign as you enter from the Stokesley side telling you how many deaths in the last 5 years (its at about 90). If you take it easy it's still a great road though

So I'm still not 100% happy with the bike... Its much better now but I still want to go over some things.. I want to check everything is in line at the front... Normally you undo everything South of the top yoke, push the front wheel against a wall and bounce. Is it right the top yoke has to come off to remove the fork cover to access the bottom yoke pinch bolts? If so that means the fairing has to come off? Cheers

I do a bit of blogging on motorcycles for my own amusement... My last one is on you wonderful people... If you want to look its here... https://bigvbikes.home.blog/

I wasn't born till 12 years after this... I maintain that whilst it's 'been done before' the sight of a man on the moon today would bring wonder and astonishment.

Well I've made a very left field purchase... A Hayabusa I just couldn't turn it down for the price it was going for (The joy of Ebay when you get a bargain!) .. There is actually some left in the Kitty to allow me to keep an eye on the Gen 1... Though that's why I hate reserves! To clarify the RSV Gen 2 is still there! This is my 2nd bike!

Well look what came up! Very nice looking Gen 1... This is tempting! https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F323863734842