Greetings all

[Wahrsuul]

My standard newbie intro:

A dynamic figure, I am often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees, I write award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently. When cornering, I lean so far over that I drag both left and right pegs. Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row. I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru. Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello, I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in my yard. On Wednesdays, after school, I repair electrical appliances free of charge. I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I don't perspire. I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I have been caller number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured New Jersey with a traveling centrifugal-force demonstration. My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed several covert operations with the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. The laws of physics do not apply to me. I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami. Years ago I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary four course meals using only a mouli and a toaster oven. I breed prize winning clams. I have thrown rocks at God but only hit a disciple. I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis. But I have not yet eaten coleslaw. I ride the best motorcycle ever made. I ride too fast to worry about my cholesterol levels.

[Wahrsuul]

Ok, now that I have that out of the way.....

I just traded my 99 Concours for a 95 Voyager XII. Crazy? Maybe, it depends on your definition. But I needed a bigger/plusher seat for the swambo, and I hate to admit it, but age is creeping up on me, and the Conc was getting a bit uncomfortable for anything but short rides. (That and I couldn't afford the GL1800)

So, here I am, with a bike I know a little about. Probably enough to be dangerous, at least to myself. Is there anything I should be looking for? Any issues to contend with?

There are some add on lights around the trunk and saddlebags and some underneath the saddlebags. I don't think they're stock, and I'm not sure they work. The ones on the trunk itself are disconnected, and well they should be; the lenses are bubbled up form the heat of the bulbs. I'm not an electrical genius, but that seems bad.

The temp gague doesn't work, and the fan is operated by a switch. Is this normal? If not, how do I fix it?

The radio works, but resets to AM on every startup and doesn't seem to hold presets, is there a fix for that? I've seen some talk on here of replacements/fixes, any updates on that?

The left side engine crash bar is bent and needs replacing, anyone have one cheap?

I replaced all the dash bulbs on the Conc with LEDs, is it possible to do that with the V? How about the brake lights and turns?

There's a Corbin seat on the bike now, and it seems pretty comfy, but needs a recover. No big deal there, I have a good upholstery shop I've used several times. But getting the seat off seems to be a bit of work.

Hmmm, that's all I can think of the the moment - and I'm sure you're thingk "thats enough from one newbie as it is - So, thanks in advance for any assistance.

[Lucasind]

WELCOME ! I must say that was one heck of a newbie intro ......all that, and your not an electrical engineer genius ?
Spend some time going back and reading past posts.as each one of your questions have been discussed in depth in the past year here. A great bunch of folks here ! For used parts and info,. most folks here drop carl leo a p.m. or phone call................tony

[Me Again]

I ride too fast to worry about my cholesterol levels.
Welcome

When cornering, I lean so far over that I drag both left and right pegs.

I hope that's not at the same time.That would mean your tumbling down the road.

I ride the best motorcycle ever made.

That goes without saying on this forum.
From the sounds of it you will be an expert at electrical gremlins by the time your dome.

[Scott-(Altoona, PA)]

Welcome Wahrsuul,
Nice to know we now have such a worldly and admirable resource available for cooking brownies!!!!!!!
Got to agree with Tony, that's one heck of an intro.
Use the search function, if you can't find answers ask and by all means post pics!
Of the bike not brownies!

[debron]

Welcome Wayne!

The seat should be pretty easy to remove - two 10mm (or 8mm??) bolts to the rear of the passenger seat then life up and pull back. The trunk will need to be slid back as far as it will go to provide easy access to the bolts. (The trunk position is adjustable.)

The temp gauge is a common problem (usually a faulty ground) and the fix is addressed in the AVA Tech Center accessible from the main AVA webpage (click on "AVA Home" in the green menu bar at the top or on the AVA logo in the upper left corner of any page.) The fan should come on automatically. The switch was added by a previous owner.

Replacing bulbs in the dash is a nightmare but possible I think.

When your radio is turned off, does it still show the time? It should. There is a fuse (behind the headlight I believe) that maintains the time and station presets when the radio is off. You might check that. Note that because of this you will want to have your bike on a "battery tender" when not ridden for extended periods (a coupe of weeks) or this will cause the battery to go dead.

[Mr Jensee]

...sooo, you ditched a good 99 Concours for this 95 Voyager? I hope you got a good deal on it. Everything on the 95 is fixable, like everyone above has posted. It is going to require some effort as most bike shops don't want to deal with Voyagers. There are some Goldwing mechanics, at least around here, that will work on them since they are simpler than GW's by design, but you are probably going to have to get your hands dirty. If you go to Youtube you will find videos on how to remove the Tupperware (lingo all you Concours owners should know) and how to fix a number of other issues. If you clik on the link in my signature you will find a service manual you can use to help you through locating and fixing a number of things. As suggested, do a search for problems wrong with a Voyager XII here on the website and you will find that a lot of things you mentioned are addressed already. Welcome to the information superhighway that is the AVA.

[Wahrsuul]

You'd have to define "good deal". My Conc was in better cosmetic shape, but I wasn't riding it much. I could have tried bars and seats and adapters, but would it fix the problem? Easier to just get a bike that's set up better. I was looking at GL1200s, but found this first.

If I had any problems with getting my hands dirty, owning a ZG1000 would have cured it. I own older bikes as I can't afford - and don't particularly care to - let anyone work on it for me.

No, there's no clock on the radio, so I'm guessing I'll pull the plastic off and see what's in there. The PO had the fairing off once, now the headlight leans a little, so I need to fix that anyway. The rear tire is shot so a DS is in order.

I appreciate the service manual, I'm sure I'll be needing that, and I'm sure over the next few months I'll be bugging y'all for more help.

[debron]

You do not need to pull the fairing off to get at the fuses behind the headlight, though it's good practice! Just remove the plastic shroud around the headlight (two bolts underneath) then the 4 bolts holding the headlight.

[ekap1200]

Welcome Wahrsuul, by your qualifications listed in your opening post
Me thinks you will fit into this crowd.

radio's 3 amp fuse may be blown or pulled. Under the fake tank you will see the fuse box. I pull the 3 amp to conserve batt life when I have no-ride time in the colder season. PO may have done the same. If when you run the bike the radio can be set am/fm and it puts out sound. It would be the first place to look.
Temp gauge ground and the senders bullet plug / which heads to the curb side of the bikes fairing and yet another bullet/plug if I am not mistaken . Or it aint got no coolent in it. !! you just need to keep us laughing and we'll keep helping

[debron]

Gene (ekap) may be right. The radio has three fuses, two behind the headlight, and one in the main fuse panel under the faux tank. I don't remember which does what.

[chevyman1]

Gene (ekap) may be right. The radio has three fuses, two behind the headlight, and one in the main fuse panel under the faux tank. I don't remember which does what.

I believe if the fuse under the flux tank is blown or not there the radio will not work at all

[Neal]

If the fuse in the main box is blown you will not have memory. Every time you turn it on it will show 530 AM.