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Excellent point. I added frequency of use info to my original post.
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That's the plan and my thoughts exactly. -
I would say put a little seafoam in it - but since you are on an 09, that ought not be necessary... When it is 85+ I actually don't have to choke mine at all. I do give it 15-20 seconds or so before I take off, just to be sure. EDIT: I think an important tidbit of info here is how often the bike is run. I ride my bike every day. I use it to commute to work and back, I use it to get groceries, I use it for fun. So it is started a minimum of twice a day...
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Nope, no overnighter involved. The route I've got figured is only about 650 total. So, I'm thinking a total of 12-14 hours ought to suffice (including fuel stops 2 meal breaks and ice cream). Kickstand up around 6am (she is an early riser too) and I can have her back before sunset. :crackup::crackup: Yeah... Right... That's it. Although I have been told numerous times that I can be quite dense. Nah, no funny business here. She just enjoyed the ride and wants to go again.
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I agree - he can deal with it. My intentions are pure (i.e. NO shenanigans) and her and I both know that. So, whatever. Today while we were eating lunch she had mentioned that she had nothing going on tomorrow and would like to see northern New Mexico/southern Colorado (6-800 mi round trip). So we have tentative plans to head off first thing tomorrow morning. BUT, that might end up changing by the end of tonight.
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While jumping off the bike was an option, I had made sure that she knew all she had to do was say the word and I could turn around at any time. And yes we did. Well, I haven't a clue; I have met him once and he introduced himself as her 'friend'. I will probably call her in a little bit to make sure everything is fine, however I did have the following thought too: NO KIDDING!
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Sounds like a great trip!! Hope all goes well!!
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Love the last line... I think he forgot to mention the chrome plated kanooter valve.
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96 RSTC guts coming out of exhaust
LilBeaver replied to bomajoma's topic in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk
Weird. I'll stay tuned just to figure out what is going on! Sorry, no intelligent input here. -
So a few months ago, a gal I work with (she shares an office with me) had asked about my bike (she sees my crash jacket & helmet sitting next to my desk every day) and we had a nice little chat about it. Turns out, some of her only memories of her and her father were of her riding on the back of his wing. She asked if I would mind taking her for a ride sometime, of course, I said no problem - just let me know when. Well work finally slowed down some (and classes are over for a while) so we planned it for today. I roll up to her place around 745 or so. She is out on the porch waiting for me, and pretty much set to go. I hand off the extra crash jacket I have and helmet, we chit-chat a little and take off. My mistake was thinking that she just wanted a quick ride. So I take her for a 20 minute spin around town and down one of the only decent roads within 10 miles of town here and as I start to head back to town she says 'going back so soon?'. My response of 'I'll stay out as long as you want to' was followed up with 'how about a ride up to Palo Duro canyon?' (this is about a 220 mile round-trip straight there and back) While verifying with her that she knew how far it was, she had commented on how she had been there just recently and knew, blah blah blah, but she wanted to take a 'scenic route' up and back. At this point I was about like and said "Fine by me, lets go". So, I pull a u-turn and take off. We stop at a few scenic turn outs along the way for a peek or two at the views at each place (which are few and far between here in the panhandle). I have attached a few shots. Since I've got the headsets in the helmets we chatted along the way and she was enjoying herself, which is good. We end up stopping for lunch and I pulled up to her place around 430 or so (~400 miles later) to let her off and she already wanted to know when she could go again :yikes: . Now, to be clear here, we are just friends and I have no intentions of it going any further, but dang, that about brought a tear to my eye. While we were out, at one of the scenic turn outs a small group (turned out to be a portion of the STAR riders from Amarillo) pulled up and we chatted. They had 2 or 3 RSTDs, 1 Strat, a V-star and a black royal star tour classic (I think). I also chatted with an 84 year old man that was on an 08 wing that had over 60k on it, he was one happy rider. So I get home and see that I have a few voicemails. It turns out that her boyfriend didn't know that she was going to be out all day and had her cell phone (which obviously had my number in it). I had no idea and meant no harm, but he mentioned numerous times that he was her boyfriend and wanted to know when we'd be back. Apparently he was also upset that I didn't answer my phone ( - which I'm guessing he didn't think through since we were on a bike). I guess I can't blame him, I'd be a 'little' honked too if my girlfriend took off with some guy I didn't know and was gone for most of the day. But, I don't know that I would have called his cell phone either . I'm no home wrecker, but who am I to argue with a woman (I know better than that - especially on important matters like this). Anyways, I had a TERRIFIC day, a FANTASTIC ride, and my friend was REALLY excited about the ride too and can't wait to go again. So, overall it has been a great day. I always love when I can share my joy of motorcycling with others that also appreciate and enjoy it, and that's all that happened today. :Venture: Hope everyone else had a great day too!!
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Boomer - It is likely the fuel sending unit that failed. I hesitate to say this is a 'common' problem, but I do know of a handful of folks that have had theirs fail (myself included). It is a cheap replacement - but since you have an 06, there really isn't any reason that shouldn't be covered under the warranty. New they are like 50 or 60 [if I recall correctly]. I got a used one from pinwall for 20 or so (including shipping) - but my 01 has been out of warranty for some time. The fuel sending unit has two components, one that runs the fuel gauge and the other that runs the fuel light AND the F Trip meter. I would say, get one of those pygmies to get it to the dealer and have them buy you a new one. Might as well have it working properly -- that's how I feel about it anyways. Even though I have a working fuel light and F trip meter, I still like to use the on/reserve switch - to make sure I know and don't have to resort to the 'lay it over on the left side' method...
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Isn't there some rule about pictures here? Just kidding - you done good.
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Sure glad you are okay!!
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Same as SilvrT said, but include the caliper bolts too as well as the back of the brake pads. While I agree with Ruffy that you shouldn't get any squeal with the EBC pads, I used the EBC pads and still had a nasty squeal. It was less than the stock pads, but it still was an embarrassing squeal.
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Elecrical problem? Any Ideas?
LilBeaver replied to WAC1972's topic in Royal Star and Royal Star Tour Deluxe Tech Talk
I'd measure the voltage while running at idle, then rev it up a little while still measuring and see what you read. If anything over 13.8V, we could probably isolate your problem to a bad ground or a regulator/rectifier problem. It is likely that you will need a battery too, but one step at a time. If you can take that measurement and report back, we can continue to help troubleshoot. I don't know that a bad ignition switch would give the same symptoms that you have described. This is a rather comprehensive thread regarding some electrical issues I had (turned out to be a batter, ground and regulator/rectifier unit). I realize that you do not have an RSV, but the basic principles of the electrical system are still the same. Note the 'summary' of the 1st post describes the symptoms that I noticed while on the road. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=38577 -
Congrats!!! I'm pretty sure my first ride on the road included an ice cream stop or two...
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Well, from what I see - all that was changed is there is a page of icons to get to the privacy settings instead of a page of tabs. But they take you to the same place. But, I suppose if people find it easier to realize what they are doing, then cool.
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Sadly this lady is a little bit mis-informed. Disabling many of these things has been a part of the facebook privacy controls for a long time. Yes, they have been growing the number of options one had where you could almost individually choose which aspects of the stuff that you wanted to share or not. BUT, what IS true is that they started setting the default as 'share with everyone' so the user had to manually go in and disable the stuff that they did not want. When it started there were 2 options. "Share with only friends", "Share within network". Also, she alluded to having to 'look at code' to determine your settings. I think that the options are pretty straight forward, it is a bunch of drop down menus... But, whatever. I guess this is what the 'public' was pushing for, and I have no complaints about them making it easier to not share my [limited] information. Thanks for the update Brian
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Petcock doesn't shutoff flow
LilBeaver replied to RandyR's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
For 24 bucks, I'd replace it. It is handy to be able to ACTUALLY turn off the fuel for various reasons. And I agree, 10 years is probably past due to change out the filter anyways. If you are quick you might be able to pull of the hose from the petcock to the carbs and stick another hose on (that goes to a gas can) if you put your finger (or someone's finger) over the vent hose on the top of the tank, and of course, leave the fuel cap on. That would allow you to drain most of the fuel out before even removing the tank from the bike. Although your idea with a cap on the end of it would probably work just fine. Now that I am thinking about it, if you are going to replace it anyways, you could just crimp the end of the petcock itself... It comes off pretty easily, you could always pull it out and see if you can fix it. -
Good to know. Thanks for the update. I had overheard someone mention something about this the other day but hadn't taken the time to peruse the news myself to figure out what the deal was.
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Boy, it is too bad Yamaha didn't design these in such a way to make it difficult to put the cap on anyway but the correct way... Oh. Wait a minute, they did. I sure hope that your dealer takes care of you on this. This sounds pretty ridiculous...
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Not looking to stir things up, but, we don't know the whole story. Yes what was happening could have had some horrendous results. For all we know the guy could have been suicidal, high on something, drunk off his rumpus, or maybe he is mentally ill/handicapped and confused. Lots of unknowns. I do not think you over-reacted at all. I probably would have done the same thing, except for making comments to the LEO (some experience in that field as well as knowing that I may have been a little ticked off too - I hope that I would be smart enough to keep my mouth shut at that time). All in all, I'm glad no one was hurt and that you cared enough to do the right thing and call 911. Regardless of the individual's mental capacities in general or at the moment, he obviously needed help.
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I had a similar thought, and not a dumb question at all. The computer at my house gives the option in the BIOS to boot from CD regardless of the functionality of the CD-ROM drive itself. Even if you just borrow a CD-ROM drive from another machine to do the install, that would be at least a temporary fix. Also, depending on the age of the machine it self, if you have the option to boot from a USB device, you could use a different machine to rip the ISO of your current CD (this is legal since it would be considered a 'personal backup copy' and you are not distributing it) then, dump the ISO onto the flash drive with the appropriate bootloader scripts (there is freeware software available to make this process very easy, if you want I can send you some info on some that I have had success with) then boot from the flash drive itself (or whatever USB device you use) and you don't need to use the CD-ROM at all.