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Date Posted: Thu August 13, 2009 11:43:54AM
Author: Dave
Subject: 1984 Yoyager -

I'm looking ( and keep looking ) at a super clean dealer owned 1984 Voyager... $3495
I'm totally new to the voyager so any help would be appreciated.
Guessing the dealer may sell it for $3,000 - Perhaps this is still too much for the bike?

The dealer says that everything on the bike works.
My observations...
The bike seems to be cold blooded, ie it takes it awhile to warm up enough to idle without dying. Once warm,it idles fine.
On startup, there is blue smoke coming out the left exhaust pipe.
This clears up after riding the bike a few miles.
The bags and trunk seem to be floating around, ie not solid on the bike. Maybe this is normal?
The mirrors and entire console vibrate while going down the road. Normal?
Steering - There is a definite "centering" of the bars. Not sure how to explain this, but it's like the bars want to be pointed straight ahead. When moving the bars left or right from center, you can feel resistance for about 1/4 inch or so. Perhaps this is normal?
Because I've never ridden a fixed faring bike, lots of things were new to me, with the vibrating mirrors, console, centering steering, etc. I was too nervous to "stand on it" ... When I did twist the throttle a little in 5th at aprox 60 mph the bike responded pretty slowly. Per the specs, this bike should have aprox 120 hp? Maybe I'm just used to the low rpm torque of my 1600cc Yam Roadstar.

Again, any input would be appreciated...

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