I have 25,000 miles on my 05 RSV, and I am still convinced it is the best buy available for what I want in a bike. And even at $400, you saved WAY more than this on the original purchase when you compare it to alternative machines. Worst case is that if you keep the bike longer than 5 years, you may have to invest in an after-market replacement once to solve it forever. There is no excuse for these repeated failures, but at least Yamaha stands behind them, and even out of warranty in some cases. Perhaps the most significant issue here (to me) is the known weakness in the rear shock. For example, what about the broken frames and dangerous front-end wobble on the GL1800s? In comparison to the known problems with other big touring rigs, these problems seem quite minor. ![]() Virtually all of these issues are easily and quickly handled by any competent dealer under the 5 year unlimited mileage warranty, and very few of us, if any, have had to deal with all of them. Pilgrum, looking at all of these possible things together here can seem a bit disconcerting, but put it in perspective. I thought I bought a pretty quality machine. There is a tech article here on plugging the AIS. Some have corrected the problem by syncing the carbs but many of us have plugged the AIS system to stop this problem completely. This actually sounds like a cannon going off. Upon deceleration, many have experienced a loud backfire. Many have replace the '99 antennas with aftermarket units.īackfiring. The design was changed with the 2000 models. The 1999 model RSV came with very poor CB Antennas. The fix is to split the fairing, unplug the connectors and apply a bit of dielectric grease to the pins.ĬB Antennas. Many people have had problems with the audio system due to back connections of the 5 din plugs inside the fairing. Yamaha came out with a support kit to address this problem and installed it under warranty.Īudio Problems. The 1999 model RSV had an issue with the trunk bottoms cracking. It requires a lift to remove the rear tire and then pulling the drive shaft to lube the front splines and also removing the rear drive from the wheel hub to grease the "fingers". Yamaha has lubed some of these as a warranty issue but many of us have done the job at home. ![]() There have been many reports of noise from the drive area. Yamaha seems to be very stingy with the grease that they use on the rear drive spines on these bikes. Yamaha has replaced many clutch baskets under warranty and many people have reported that this has greatly reduced or eliminated this noise.ĭry drive splines. This is a result of improper clutch basket clearances. Remove the spark plug as shown, stead, have a Yamaha dealer check Spark plug gap: with the spark plug wrench includ- the vehicle. The sound that is NOT normal is a high pitched chirping sound. Spark plug gap diagnose such problems yourself. That is a normal sound that is characteristic of the straight cut gears. ![]() These bikes use straight cut gears which create a whine that is best described as the sound made by an old granny gear truck when you are letting it coast. There is often some confusion about this sound. There has been a lot of discussion on the "chirping" sound on the second gen Venture and Royal Stars. Please add to this list if you think of something that I have missed.Ĭhirp.
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