painterman67

No, nothing electrical on the dash works with the side stand up.Pulling the clutch because the bike will start in gear on side stand so I was trying to keep it from moving. I noticed this on a ride to the office to pick up check The dash electronics went out so I figured I had a fuse pop out (this has happened before) . When I put the side stand down I expected the bike to shut off and it didnt and then the dash electronics came on. Side stand down everything except horn works. Side stand down nothing works in the dash but speedo.BIke in neautral and no dasd electronics work.

Okay so when I have the bike in gear and the side stand down with clutch held in the dash electronics work. Shift into neutral and they go out. Put back in gear and dash electronics work again. Did some reading and figured to try to put in a jumper and see if the side stand switch is the problem. Most threads I found show a 2 wire system. This on seems to be 3 wire so I have no idea how to jumper it. Well I decided to try and crank it with the side stand unplugged. Cranked wright up and all symptoms are the same. My question is should it crank with switch unplugged? Beings as the local Yamaha Shop says it a discontinued part whats my next recourse.help please as Im lost.............tried selling the bike and its not moving so maybe would with a few repairs Thanks in advance David

ok so BobRSVMillenium has made me an offer I really like but this is a long ways from home . Is there anyone in or near that could go check this bike out for me. Hope this is not too taboo to have a member check out another members bike but I tend to lean on the conservative side and 16 or so hours back home on a new to me bike comcerns me as it is. Much less one I havent had a chance to check out. This trip would mean I would have to take at least 4 days off to get there and back and most of that being the ride back. Would like to be assured as much as possible. BobRSVMillenium has assured me himself its a good bike but hey I am who I am and originally I said no as money was the biggest issue but that can be arranged for the wright bike. BobRSVMillenium I hope this doesnt come off as an insult to you as it is not meant to be I am just overtly anal about things like this so if someone is willing I hope you would be willing also to have someone look at it for me. This is no less than I would do if it was someone outside of the group too . Thanks in advance David

looks just like the bunhouse in my driveway...........mine has the front room addition too. You will love this thing and it pulls well behind a truck too. Although I do get weird looks pulling it behind my Beast ( 99 silverado 2500 4x4) .

Ok what I have is a 91 vr with what I think is a ground or some sort of electrical problem. What happens is in gear with kickstand up going down the road the instrument panel does not work. At least the electrical parts dont. Stop with bike in gear and hold the clutch in and then put bike on side stand all electrical works . Through all of this the horn will not work. With bike in gear and side stand down instrument panel works until you try to use the horn then it all goes out. The horn never blows. With sidestand down and bike in gear change to nuetral and instrument panel goes out again..............any ideas as Im tired of working on this bike and considering just selling it and moving on to something different? Any help will be apreciated Thanks in advance David

can you supply a link to this thread in the 1st gen section? I cant seem to find it. Thanks in advance

ok so took it to advanced auto battery check showed 12.66 not running and 592 cca running went from 12.88-14.6 depending on revs. oki so now for the weird......decided to check the air filter to see if its clean.........filthy and tried cranking it with airbox back together without filter and no more sputtering in the drive. I dont want to go down the road and get dirt in. Going to clean the filter tomorrow (K&N and I have plenty of filter oil and no cleaner). Then let dry and try it again..........thanks for all the help........Im not sure if this is the fix but it seems to help............any other ideas and I will check them. I do love my bike and dont want to sale her just not a mechanic and Im lost and spitballing any ideas. Muffinman also suggested checking the diaphrams but that scares me so Ill let my betters check those.... again many thanks and I will follow through as best as I can on my end

I dont have a meter but the one on the bike shows better than 12 with the exception of when I hit the braks. Even then its only a touch below the 12 volt line. I know those can be off. Maybe I can get my hands on a meter tomorrow or sooner. Battery is an Agm installed 6 months ago new

well my 91 VR is sputtering bad...............it all started on a charity ride when it cut off at a light and took a while to recrank then didn't run well after that. Talked to muffinman and he said check for vacume leak around carbs with wd40. Did that and now it will idle after I found one leak. Put new fuel filter on also and it runs better but still not wright. When you go from idle to full throttle (either in gear under load or on sidestand in neutral) it will spit and sputter and eventually catch up. Less so under load in gear. help please as Im at so much of a loss I am debating just selling the old girl and save a year or 2 till I can fund something newer

ok John T which are you wanting..the tickets or the trailer?

ok not looking for parts Dingy already took care of the mirror i was looking for so in the spirit of things Ill throw this in. I have a homemade trailer free to good home. I cant find the title but can do a lost title if needed . This is mine and registered to me. Who ever wants it will need to come and get it. I pulled it behind my 91 vr for many a mile with no problem. Toungue is a little long for some folks but it worked on mine. Before I had the section added to stretch it the trailer would tail wag. So here goes nothing as I was the first to make an issue with this thread then I will make amens.............really just want it out of my yard. Its taking up space. the tag holder on the rear is staying with me though to be installed on my bunkhouse trailer

dingy how much? I will keep you in mind. Muffinman says he has one for me but we havent discussed price yet. And he is coming to greensboro next month or so so I can get his then David

anybody got one they want to sale? I am in need of every thing but the boot and I am willing to buy one with boot if that is what it takes. Mine broke and I tried to modify for an after market mirror. It worked well but just not for me.Let me know what you got your willing to let go of Thanks in advance David

so is that $40.50 for me counting shipping? I had forgotten I id on a shirt also. But no biggy as I would have gotten one sooner or later anyways and might as well do it now while the overtime is flowing. Let me know as I need a paypal addy also to send it. Thanks for doing this yet again. David

seems to me riderduke had a set a couple years back I was going to get from him but never did. Shot him a message who knows he nay still have them

still haven't found my set......hopefully someone will remember borrowing my carbtune or maybe it will show up here..........good luck

thats kinda like asking what oil to use. Every body has an opinion and most of the time for their personal reasons. I was told not to go with Dunlop E3's but did anyways because they were to had for a real good deal so I did. They feel really good. The tires I had before were Shinko tourmasters. Great tire if you like sticky tires. Things would hold on to ice I would bet. Stuck to the road like glue but so soft I only got 6000 mile from the rear and 10000 from the front. Still for the price I didn't complain. Kinda why I said that was a subjsective question with many many m,any answers and all have their valid points...........good luck I think I will stay with the E 3' s as I already have passed the 6000 mile range with these and they still look relatively new.

yes I had forgotten, but the wife says she sent you a check.........it was cashed so maybe you forgot////////////////////:rotf::rotf:

check your local laws......In my town if you shoot a gun in city limilts they will find you and yes a bb gun is on that list. they even have written tickets to kids with paint ball guns.

I cant seem to find my carbtune setup. I was going to send it to gawildcat but cant find it, so Im taking a wild chance that I have lent it to someone and have forgotten. i dont have anyfriends local that could use it so was hoping I sent it to someone on the site. If you by chance have borrowwed it and my CRS has kicked in please let me know. I will send Wildcats addy to you by pm and you could mail it to her Thanks in advance as I know this is a last ditch hope here David

I have the same setup on my 91. I use the purolator and have never looked back. Cant if its any better or worse as far as filtering but it is a lot easier to change and the up side at least for my bike is an extra half quart of oil so bike seems to run a bit cooler.............seems to but that could be just me David

this made me cry..........so sorry for your loss.............prayers up for you and your family my friend............may god bring you the peace none of our words will be able to David

prayers up...............

Hey Beer....seen this on another forum and just had to pass it on...

knee mail on its way my friend....been going a while as I have kept up with it on facebook also............