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You did a great job on it. I'm sure that it will come in very handy for somebody sooner or later.

If you are going to build a trike with the two wheels on the front, you may as well do it right. http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/11/20/tilting-v-max-trike-by-tilting-motor-works/

I guess technically it's a trike...to me though...it's more of a cage.

I can't answer your question but if you want one to experiment with, there is one ending on Ebay in about 45 minutes. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Yamaha-Royal-Star-V-Max-Star-Primary-Clutch-Basket-Gear_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35600QQihZ009QQitemZ190210726768QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

How to Remove Your 2nd Gen Radiator Well let me start off by saying 14 months ago I had a little Mishap, http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2437&highlight=Radiator+Leak I had to remove my Radiator and I decided to have it welded. Seems that part Held up ok... but now I have another leak, so here go’s Also, I had to use my Daughters Dig Camera and the pictures are not that great But I hope this helps someone if needed. (Note: all left and right are As if I was sitting on the bike) # 1 Remove the two bolts on the left and right lower fairings (# 4 mm Allen Wrench) #2 Look way under the bottom in the middle of the two lower fairings there will be A black plastic screw that helps hold the lower fairings together... the black bolt goes into this hole. #3 now remove the one bolt on the other sides near your air filters #4 here is a critical part in removing the two half’s. Make sure you Remove the RIGHT Lower fairing first, or you will most likely break on of these tabs, if you do JB Weld holds them back In place just fine. I know this because I broke on last year! This is how the two half’s look a bit apart left/right #5 remove the white plastic hose holder down under at the bottom of the lower fairings. #6 Now remove the black power wire on the left side for the fan this will be located on the left side. #7 Now remove the drain plug and drain the antifreeze. #8 Now the FUN part… loosen the top clamp for the rad hose. And next the lower clamp, I did notice the first time I loosened The clap after the factory had placed them they were very hard To get to.. Now I placed them so I can remove them in the future If needed. #9 The Bottom hose MUST be removed first, stick a screwdriver Or whatever in base of the hose to loosen it a bit. Do not tear the hose. Just deal with it and it will come loose sooner or later. #10 now work on removing that top hose in the same manner, As it starts to come loose you will be removing the Rad with A pulling downward motion and also remove it from the top TAB HOLDER. #11 Now with the RAD kind of hanging in place make sure you might want to put a towel on the rear of the front fender as well.. DISCONNET the Orange Plug from the Temp Censer. Squeeze the top/rear and it will pull right off. Now you have removed the Radiator. Here are some shoots not very good but what to Remove from the Rad before having it Welded Or Adding the Rad Parts back onto a new one Like I just ordered.. I will have this one checked And re-welded for a back-up in the future maybe. Here are some pics of how my old one looks now and the old Weld, looks like it help up.. I also have ordered a NEW RADITATOR Cover from Steve. To match my MM Venture. So maybe this will my love of removing 2nd Gen Radiators? http://www.wagnercustomproducts.com/ Should look very kewl! I hope nobody has to go through this ever! And if So I hope this helps you a bit. Feel free to PM me if you need to contact Me about this project if you ever have to do this. Thanks again Scotty. Jeff

There are SOME threads that I REALLY try to ignore. I just refuse to picture this. I know I would be haunted by such a mental image.

OK...straight from the Odyssey Battery web site. There is another class of chargers that is designed specifically to maintain the battery in a high state of charge. These chargers, such as the 1.25 amp Battery Tender® from Deltran are not capable of charging a deeply discharged ODYSSEY® battery. This is due to the fact that these chargers have very low output power. They should only be used either to continuously compensate for parasitic losses or to maintain a trickle charge on a fully charged stored battery. Note what I changed to red. That is exactly what we are talking about here. The Battery Tender has worked great for that. At least it has for me.

We've talked about this a few times. I just don't agree with that statement. Like I said, my 1.25 amp battery tender has taken care of my Odyssey for over 4 years. It is true that you can not charge a dead or extremely low Odyssey with the Battery Tender for for keeping it charged/topped off, it works just fine. I've hooked mine up many times when the battery was a little low. Within an hour or two, certainly by morning, it has always been fully charged.

Mine is on a Battery Tender anytime it is parked at home. I also use the Odyssey battery and it is about 4 years old now with no problems yet.

Yes, I've seen a number of them full of water. Rear seems to be the worse for some reason and left rear seem worse of all.

Yes, it will work. I have on on my '99 RSV. I just looked at the Yamaha parts diagrams. The assembly bolts to the existing license plate bracket. The part number for the bracket is the same on my '99 RSV and your '05 RSTD so there should be no problem. As Tartan Terror said, some folks support them further with an L bracket to the trunk because there have been some reports of the vibration eventually cracking the license bracket. I've had mine for about 6 years and have had no problems.

OK...for all of you who have ordered patches either through Ebay or direct to me from this site, they are in the mail. I've tried to get them out the same days that your orders have come in. Those ordered late Saturday and Sunday went in the mail this morning. One even went to Norway.

Many of us prefer the Clearview shields. In my opinion, there is not a better shield made. They are NOT cheap though and I think that you have to buy directly from them. They often have "seconds" though that can save you quiet a lot of money and the reports that I've heard are that it is hard to find what makes them a "second".

You call anytime my friend. It's always GREAT to hear from you.

Here you go. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?p=191298#post191298

I really don't know yet. I pulled the carbs and reset the floats and etc. but that was right before putting it away for the winter. Haven't really had an opportunity to test it yet.

I know where there is a paddle boat about 30 miles up the road on Lake Erie. Now if I just had time to get my bike out of the moth balls.

Feedback on Ebay is a sore spot for me. I don't like it that some sellers will not leave feedback until the buyer does. I look at it differently. Somebody buys something that I have for sale. They are sending me money and trusting me to send the item, trusting that I have described it properly, paid me in accordance with the terms. They have fulfilled their part of the deal and deserve positive feedback. I leave it immediately. I always hope that they will return the favor when they receive the item but I don't worry about it.

Absolutely beautiful Larry. I'm proud of you and very happy for you. I don't think I'm ready to do a trike yet but that sure makes me want to consider it.

I can of dropped the idea folks. I posted the price a few threads up. I would be willing to pay the price but the minimum order is 250 and I don't think there is any way that we will get that many people to buy them. Sorry.

I see that you also post on the MTA site from time to time. Are you are were you ever a member of the VTS (now the MTA)? Actually, I'm going to start another poll about that probably tomorrow morning. Just curious. They are a great group.

I haven't looked today but I THINK I remember seeing that they offered the trunk as an accessory.

Just curious. How did you find this site?

WELL...I don't think THAT was necessary. HEY....I kept the mower out of the pond all year last season. Now the lawn vacuum....that's another story.

Folks, I did not post the link here in an attempt to get you to buy patches. You can buy patches right here if you want them. Just paypal the amount of $3.00 per patch to dnelson@axcesswave.com If it's easier for you to use Ebay, that's OK too but is not why I did it. I did it because I've tried it before and a number of people actually found our club through that method. As for those of you who have purchased as off right now. All are in the mail. Even if you purchased and I got a note that said payment was coming via mail, I still mailed your patches. Thank you.