All ship shape !

After a cold 80 mile round trip im glad to say the bike has been fixed :doug, it took ten minutes to fix . The throttle cable was not adjusted properly and the fuel pipe connection was loose :jack, a new washer has been ordered for the fuel pipe connection and ive told them to post it to me and i'll do it myself :mad1.
Im just glad its been done and what a difference again, she sounds sweet and runs and pulls a treat :thumbup, now im off for a drink or two and relax :cheers

rsvsteve said:

After a cold 80 mile round trip im glad to say the bike has been fixed :doug, it took ten minutes to fix . The throttle cable was not adjusted properly and the fuel pipe connection was loose :jack, a new washer has been ordered for the fuel pipe connection and ive told them to post it to me and i'll do it myself :mad1.
Im just glad its been done and what a difference again, she sounds sweet and runs and pulls a treat :thumbup, now im off for a drink or two and relax :cheers

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Lets hope thats the end of it all and you can concentrate on riding the beast,tuck her up and go for well deserved night out.....:thumbup

Cheers carpe:thumbup,yep she's all tucked up and ready for when ever i need a quick fix of vtwin :yes. Its been a long wait to get the bike back to normal but its been worth the wait.
Its time to just ride and enjoy what the RSV is all about.......FUN :thumbup

Thank god for that, i could see another drama unfolding:thumbup

Glad to hear it was a simple repair!:thumbup

We've gotten some winter weather here in the middle of th U.S. Temp's in the teens and about an inch of snow.:thumbdown The good thing is that there isn't a layer of ice under the snow. We are supposed to have a "Toys For Tots" ride next Saturday & I don't think it'll happen.:huh

Good riding and Merry Christmas to All !!:thumbup:biggrin:thumbup:bounce:banana:cheesy

No worries :thumbup, it looks really nice out today untill you step outside and then you realise its just above freezing point ,one thing i have to put right is the kms back to mph as i had no idea what speed im doing :confused , i meant to change it the other day but simply forgot so out with the manual and a bit of fiddling.

What have you chaps set your rev limits at :dunno, as mine seems to be set too low about 8000 rpm or is this the standard setting huh

rsvsteve said:

No worries :thumbup, it looks really nice out today untill you step outside and then you realise its just above freezing point ,one thing i have to put right is the kms back to mph as i had no idea what speed im doing :confused , i meant to change it the other day but simply forgot so out with the manual and a bit of fiddling.

What have you chaps set your rev limits at :dunno, as mine seems to be set too low about 8000 rpm or is this the standard setting huh

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The rev limiter is set to 6000rpm as standard , i normally set it to 9500 as the max engine speed is 11000rpm it gives me 1500rpm to change the gear. Don't even mention the setting up , i keep on doing it on regular basis, set the mph, set the clocks and rev limiter. It's a real pain in the ***. Do they do it normally or do i need a new battery? Yesterday i had everything set up and the engine stalled on set of traffic lights, so i switched the lights of pressed the starter button and it looked like the engine stopped right before compression stroke and it slowed down the starter and then it started but all the clocks gone back to default settings :banghead..

I dont know if its a regular thing you have to keep doing but my battery was disconected because of the re-build so im presuming that this setting of kms is a default setting and if a electrical cut has been done :confused,it looks pretty simple to change it back to mph but i dont think you should have to keep changing it unless you got an electrical fault :dunno

I've got mine set to 9K as I'm sure I've read somewhere that they shouldn't go above 10.5K. Same thought process as Maverick, I see the light flash and it gives me time to change gear without over revving. Even if the limit is 500rpm higher, I reckon that 9+ a bit is quite high enough on a big V-Twin.

Good news with the bike Steve, lets hope that's the end of it. As it was such a simple fix it sounds like they rushed a bit when putting it back together to have missed things like that. I can appreciate what you said about the ride. I went out with my brother today. We did about 80 miles and my hands actually hurt when we got back. Haven't had the cold ache like that in I don't know how many years!!

Cold hands are the only thing that i get, well cold finger tips anyway and find myself slowing down to get some feeling back into them :thumbup. As for the bike its good to at last get it back knowing all is fixed and nice to know i can take her out when i want to :thumbup all thats needed is some warmer weather than we have just now say above freezing will be fine.
I guess the real fun will begin in the spring and summer when the most can be had from the rsv with warm sticky tyres and a visor full of bugs thats one thing you dont miss this time of year the bugs eh :thumbup.

Im going to have a fiddle with the kmt back to mph and set the red line at 9000 , that should be enough as at the minute the red line is just that wee bit too low :thumbup

To be honest I'd rather have the fly splattered visor anyday!!

Yeah nice and warm with sticky tyres , but personally i dont mind riding in this weather as ive done it for years now but i dont miss wiping the bugs off every half hour :thumbup. Just thought of a new poll :

How do you get the bugs of your bike ???

1. Soak them with a damp towel

2. A full wash down

3. Get the missus to do it :yes:lol:lol

4. Other

A nice Belguim policeman cleaned mine for me last year when myself and newboots were returning from assen (Tyre deflated after racing a Jag XKR at 155 mph stopped just outside a police station, it turned out to be a dodgy valve so nice Mr policeman inflated it for me and while we waited he cleaned all the dead flies of me bike with some special foam cleaner they use on there police vehicles)

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Yeah nice and warm with sticky tyres , but personally i dont mind riding in this weather as ive done it for years now but i dont miss wiping the bugs off every half hour :thumbup. Just thought of a new poll :

How do you get the bugs of your bike ???

1. Soak them with a damp towel

2. A full wash down

3. Get the missus to do it :yes:lol:lol

4. Other

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4) Pressure washer, great for bugs and salt that gets in all those hard to reach places. Before everyone starts saying the problems they can cause just don't point them into electrics, bearings etc.

I tend not to use the pressure washer unless it really gets caked in salt but during the summer months i usually end up using a damp cloth left to soak on the bugs for 5 min and they come off a treat and they are usually splattered over the front so it dont take that long . Same with the helmet visor it works a treat :yes

It's a good tip. Showed my brother the one about wet kitchen roll laid on the visor and he was very impressed. Gets the bugs off without scratching the visor or having to rub it too hard.

Steve, the rev light or "red line" as you call it is not a rev limiter it's just a red flashing led that flashes at you at the engine rpm you set it too i.e telling you to change gear before hitting the true engine rev limiter. Default for the flashing led is 6000 rpm but 9750 to 10,000 rpm is about right. The engine's ECU determined Rev Limiter will kick in at 10500 rpm. You'll feel the engine start to missfire stopping the engine revving any higher.

Maverick if your clocks are resetting when your starting your bike then yes your battery's low or goosed. It's the same old story, keep it hooked up to an OPTIMATE. RSV's need a battery in tip top condition due to the high cranking amps needed to start it. Any deterioration in the battery condition and your in trouble. You'll quickly burn out your starter solenoid if you keep trying to start the bike with a low battery and in extreme cases sprag clutches can fail which is when it gets very expensive.

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Steve, the rev light or "red line" as you call it is not a rev limiter it's just a red flashing led that flashes at you at the engine rpm you set it too i.e telling you to change gear before hitting the true engine rev limiter. Default for the flashing led is 6000 rpm but 9750 to 10,000 rpm is about right. The engine's ECU determined Rev Limiter will kick in at 10500 rpm. You'll feel the engine start to missfire stopping the engine revving any higher.

Maverick if your clocks are resetting when your starting your bike then yes your battery's low or goosed. It's the same old story, keep it hooked up to an OPTIMATE. RSV's need a battery in tip top condition due to the high cranking amps needed to start it. Any deterioration in the battery condition and your in trouble. You'll quickly burn out your starter solenoid if you keep trying to start the bike with a low battery and in extreme cases sprag clutches can fail which is when it gets very expensive.

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Thanks Mate :cheers
I will change the battery for the 14 version. The sprung clutch is a nightmare, one of the reasons i changed the whole engine. But i think its a bit stupid design to put a Battery from a torch to turn over 2x 500cc cylinders. Crazy italians.... (i love the bike its just the hassle arround it)

Maverick, both my RSV Mille's over the last 6 years have never developed a single fault ( that statement could come and haunt me ) however RSV Mille and the later RSVR 1000 ( bar a few warranty issues ) are just about bullet proof as long as they're looked after. It's called preventative maintenance. A few simple steps and all should be well

1. Fit a good high quality YTX14BS battery and keep the bike hooked up to an optimate when not in use. If an alarm is fitted to the bike, the battery may not have enough charge to start the bike even after one week of non use or if it's used for short trips, especially in this cold weather. If you can turn your lights off when starting from cold, it gives the battery more of a chance

2. Never touch the throttle when starting the bike, alway use the cold start lever. This will stop any failure of the sprag clutch over prolonged poor starting techniques.

3. Never ever jet wash an RSV Mille. Water in the clocks and electrical connections causes havoc even if it clears after a while as the damage is done. Use a good sponge, a quality car shampoo, hot water and a shammy

4. Many electrcal faults are down to incorrectly installed alarm systems, cutting out, poor running, stalling etc. Make sure the alarm is fitted correctly and where possible the main wiring looms have not been cut into !

4. Regular servicing with 15w 50 semi synthetic oil unless the bike is used on the track where fully synthetic is probably better and then every 2500 miles. For normal road use every 4500 miles for pre 03 bike, 6000 miles on 04 onwards.

Speaking with Forza regarding oil they said that Aprilia themselves REALLY don't support the use of fully synthetic oil in their bikes.