Jethroish
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WOW, what a coincidence. I wondered who the other person was. What are the chances?
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It won't be for a lack of trying. Granted he may live down one of the back country roads, but there are 2 small subs between me and town. And town ain't that big. There is also a 06 Black Cherry parked across the street from work, occassionally. Need to print some cards and go stick one on the seat.
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I am off work until Friday evening. Nottin but time.
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To win what? Guess I missed something.
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On the way to the gym this afternoon (4pm) I past a Midnight RSV between town and home (5 miles). I suspect he was on his way home from work considering it was raining. Now it is time to track him down and get him online.
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When is Metz gonna get a clue that they have a batch of crap tires? People on several boards are saying the same thing abot them. My dad has always run Metz on his Voyager. I told him about the problem discussed here and other boards. I think he is rethinking his next tire purchase. I hope, anyhow.
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I took mine off using my Sears jack. I used a set of tiedown straps on the handlebars up to a set of bike hooks on the garage ceiling. Althought the hooks are in 2x4s, but I highly doubt they would have held if the jack failed. Made me feel a little better though. And the bike did not wobble any on the jack.
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After reading posts on the Amer. Voyager Assoc. web site, Kaw has not let out weight or height yet because they are still deciding on a few things. One being which seat to use. That will determine the seat height. The AVA pres was at the unveiling in Dallas. Kaw says that the Voyager will get 45 mpg. Heck, I get that with my carburated motor. If I were in the market for a bike, I would have a look see. I am surprised that anything more than a 12 month warranty is extra. The 5 year warranty was a big selling point for me and the RSV
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Check it out http://www.kawasaki.com/Products/detail.aspx?id=379&content=photos
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For those that may not know, It IS a Kawasaki Vulcan Voyager 1700. Kaw just released this infor today. It is up on the Kawasaki web page.
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Yep. Had to pass a Honda dealer so I stopped and got a tube. I'll give that a try before I put the new parts in and see if there is a difference. When the new parts go in, they will get the Moly.
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It is piece #27 in the parts view. It is the go between for the drive shaft and the input shaft. Coupling Gear is what Yamaha calls it. I did take the bike up to the shop and the service guy road it. Said he did not hear anything. So I got on it and did a circle in the parking lot. He heard it then. His thought is the same an mine. The coupler gear and maybe the the drive shaft are worn and sloppy. Especially since you can wiggle the drive shaft and difinetly tell that it is solid in the Ujoint. I decided to spend $150 for a new coupler, shaft and seals. If that don't do it, I am not going to keep piecing it. I'll just bit the bullet and buy a new final drive unit. Thanks for all the help and input.
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here is the parts view from SatrMotorcycle's page
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Seen all that and have made several posts on that site. I have gotten more responses and help off this site. I was planning on trailering the bike to the guy I have been working with on this to let him ride and hear the noise. To this point all he has seen is the final drive and drive shaft. I have checked the Ujoint and it is good and solid. Not loose or wobbling. Ah, the saga continues. But I should be a final drive expert after all this. LOL
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The entire final and drive shaft assembly was put back together before being remounted on the wheel. Yamaha says to leave the acorn nuts finger tight though, until the wheel is mounted on the bike. THEN, torque the axel nut, acorn nuts, then final mount bolts, all in that order.
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None of the spokes feel loose, but I have not accutally taken a wrench to them yet. When I had the final drive off the bike, there seemed to be a lot of play between the drive shaft and the coupling gear. As for the grease used. The bike only has 10,300 miles. The rear tire was replace at about 8500 miles. What grease was used then, I am not sure. It was done a t a dealer. I have had this apart and together 5 or 6 times in the last couple weeks trying to diagnose this. Since beginning this process, the bike has only had 4 or 5 miles put on it. Given that, I have not used the Moly grease, but the litium wheel bearing grease I have on hand. Once I get everything fixed, I will use the Moly. Just don't want to go through a tube of pricey grease for all this trial and error. I cannot imagine that the type of grease will make a difference in this diagnosis process.
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Sorry, tried to attach a parts view
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Question to the experts. Is it possible, from lack of grease, for the Coupling Gear to wear enough to allow wobble of the drive shaft? This is not on my RSV but rather on my VStar 650. They are very similar in design. I have been having problems with a noise in the final drive. I disassembled everything (or so I thouhgt) and greased it. Turns out only half of the coulping gear got grease. Upon FULLY disassembling the unit, I grease the end of the drive shaft and the end of the pinion shaft. Upon doing so, the grease truned a nice rust color. After putting everything back together and the wheel on the bike, the "clicking" noise had subsided greatly. I ask about the wobble because there is a small but noticable groove half way round the drive shaft right about where the shaft goes through the housing. I am hoping that the engineers designed all this so that coupling gear ($18 part) would wear out first/fastest so to save the drive shaft ($125) from damage. Do I dare just replace the coupling gear and see if all "clicking" noise goes away? Sort of a one-piece-at-a-time approach?
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I put a set of E3s on my 07 back in June. I had just over 13000 miles on the OEM D404s. I agree that the E3s handle much better and are quieter. I now have 4000 miles on the E3s and they still look new. I am hoping to get at least 15,000 miles out of these.
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We got it pretty bad here in Louisville/So. Indiana. I was at work at the airport when it cam through. News reported the peak winds in Louisville at 75mph. LMAO! Our wind instruments in the control tower hit 81+ kts which is 92 mph. I am back at work now. My house and 1/2 of my county in So. Indiana is without power and from seeing the damage, probably will be for a few days. Glad I have the self-contained 5th wheel. And we were VERY lucky. My house had no damage, but most around us lost shingles and siding. This is worse than I personally experienced living in Okla for 12 year.
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That Wix filter must have been a production flaw or the wrong filter. All I have used on my o7 RSV is Wix or NAPA Gold (Wix with NAPA name on it). Never had a problem. I used to use Fram filters for my vehicles until some Frams came apart on a few Cummins engines and caused failures. Maybe I am just paranoid. Glad you were able to get a FAST answer. This place is GREAT.
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Any way to check the U-joint?
Jethroish replied to spingley's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
Have lots of patience for putting the drive shft back into the U-joint. There is a small rubber plug on top of the U-joint housing. Pull that and you can get a wire in there to hold the u-joint up to put the shft back in. I thought this was the toughest part of removing and re-installing the final drive. Maybe some one knows a trick. -
Star Motorcycle 2009 Model Intro today at 3:00 PM EST
Jethroish replied to jpgivens's topic in Watering Hole
the 250 was in the line up last year. Used to be the Virago 250 -
Star Motorcycle 2009 Model Intro today at 3:00 PM EST
Jethroish replied to jpgivens's topic in Watering Hole
Yup, there's the new Venture. New colors and all. I think we were all hoping for something more. Still a great bike. -
He keeps driving like that and he will soon be an organ donor.