2000 Yamaha Royal Star Venture - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

Pick it out with a screw driver or similar - I you get under one edge and pri it up it will come easy - don't stress about damaging it getting it out be mindful of replacing it with the new one - I always rub a swear of grease/engine oil over the new seal to let it slide home. over the

its the spring supposedly that helps pads in place... i been a motorcycle courier for years and i always throw them bits away.. pain in the ........

Remove the carb,and completely disassemble it and clean it out. Paying special attention to all of the small orifices,and main as well as the idle circuit jet. Its best to have this done by a proffessional if you have never had a carbereutor apart before...

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Head bolt torque is 32 ft.-lb. (43 nm)
Head cover bolt torque is 7 ft.-lb. (10 nm)

no but you will have to remove saddle bag from right side

water getting on coils or computer

Replace statter or reglater MOPAR KENNY

This"new" translation JUNK fuel is a real problem-did you use marine stabile when you put it up? If not you need to drain the fuel and change the plugs and get a can of SEAFOAM and add some to your new gas to help clean up your fuel system. Good luck!

The clutch has to be pulled to start the bike. The clutch safety switch may be broken.
Check the "run/stop" switch as well as the starter button

The RSV uses a hydraulic actuated clutch...so there is no adjustments.
Periodic maintenance involves replacing the brake fluid in the clutch, and bleeding the air out of the slave cylinder.
The single spring on the clutch itself tend to get weak and cause slippage....Barnett offers a kit to replace the spring with a heavier duty one.
Its also very important to use motor oil that does not have the energy conserving symbol as it will promote clutch slippage in the wet plate clutch in the Venture.

Take your battery out ... probably have to remove the seat to get to it. Two bolts at the rear of the seat, them the battery hold down clamp. Unbolt the wires and remove. When you get it out, take it to the auto parts store or to your Yamaha Motorcycle shop and get a replacement. The Yamaha shop will know exactly what you need when you give the make and model of motorcycle (you will not have to take the battery). You might as well take the batgtery with you as there may be a 'core fee' and if you have the battery, you can avoil the core fee and a second trip to get the fee back.

Simple.

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I would try to use the correct fuse rating as the circuit if designed for 3A should not be overloaded by 5 A , this is almost double.
If its a situation of your stuck and need to get home or to the nearest garage, then yes use the 5A but the fuses are so cheap its worth keeping a few spares with you.

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Could be several things, but lets check the less exspensive solutions first.

Chain/Belt guard bolts loose and scrapping tire or belt.

If shaft drive, check/add gear oil.

Get a piece of wood and put it against the motor and the other end to your ear.
Now put it against the transmission
Now put it on the clutch cover
Listen to see where the sound is more prominent(noticeable).
If motor you may be hearing a stiff timing chain, check/change oil & filter first, then listen again
if tranny, you may need to change your oil, if you hear the gaers whining. good clean oil will quiet a noises tranny.

Clanks , clucks, rattles, are not good noises
a whining noise could be something simple to worn out bearings.

Check to make sure that nothing is rubbing first,(misplaced saddlebag,loosened guard)

Listen with a stethescope or piece of wood if the noise is hard to locate.

The firing order on the V-4 engine in Royal Stars from 1996 up is 1-3-2-4, number 1 being the left (shift side) rear cylinder, 2 the right rear, 3 the left front, and 4 the right front.

Usally nothing to worry about. Some after market mufflers will cause it to do this. I had a Triumph 900 that back fired and crackled when i decelerate, i had staintune mufflers on it.
Check the color of your spark plugs for signs of running rich or lean.

I've seen two different kinds of battery boxes on the Venture. The one I most commonly see is a molded plastic box secured to the frame by two hex-head bolts directly in front of the battery. Remove the bolts, raise the box slightly, and tip the top of the box slightly forward. The box will then slide out of the frame.

The other box is simply a thick rubbery plastic case that slides into the frame. It's secured to nothing, and is flexible enough that you can just crumple it up and remove it from the frame in a loose ball.

Unfortunately, you can get noise from the transmission, clutch basket, drive shaft, pinion gears or rear wheel on the Royal Star. No way to tell which you have so:

Barring a failure of the clutch, a change to a multi-grade synthetic oil THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN ENERGY-CONSERVING SEAL ON THE BOTTLE will quiet (but not necessarily eliminate) gear and clutch noise. Energy-conserving oils tend to make a wet clutch slip. Try Shell Rotella-T (T6) synthetic, available at Walmart for about $19.00 a gallon. Broken clutch springs and bent or warped clutch and friction plates can also be noisy, but that is typically experienced across the whole speed range; fixing a problem like that would involve replacement of the clutch assembly. The transmission gears are straight-cut for strength, and tend to be noisier than bevel-cut gears, still, if the noise remains annoying after an oil change, have the dealer or, better yet, a veteran Royal Star rider, evaluate the noise to see if it is excessive.

The drive shaft on the Royal Star can also make noise if both ends are not properly lubricated; tourers have found that Honda Moly 60 paste on both ends at about 15,000 mile intervals will eliminate that aggravation.

Hypoid gears in the final drive can also be noisy. Short of having the drive disassembled and replacement shims installed, changing to a good synthetic 75W-140 lubricant will quiet or eliminate the whine.

Splines and pins in the final drive and rear wheel assembly can also cause noise. Remove the rear wheel, put a thin layer of Honda Moly 60 paste on the pins, dampers and in the drive spline, ditto with the mating spline on the final drive. I relubricate all of these every time I change rear tires, probably more often than necessary, but it's convenient to do when the wheel is off.

No, the spring goes between the cover and the filter, not between the filter and the crankcase.

try checking the brake switch attached close to the pedal.