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I haven't heard any latest sightings of drones in NJ or NY or PA lately. Op must be on a Christmas vacation.

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Very nice write up!!! Reminds me of when @XV1100SE(2009RSV) and I (2012 RSV) did our valve check with the help of @Marcarl!!

Was super careful this time around with these floats and am feeling good about it working properly this time around since I also found a thread earlier today where @V7Goose reset his floats a while back and used .034 or approx 8.4mm for his float heights and his write-up pretty much confirmed what I needed to change and how to measure (I think the 1st time I also used the skinnier float for the measurements not realizing that they sit lower than the fatter floats so I was originally probably closer to 9.5mm height which was No Bueno. Not sure how I missed seeing it previously since I searched a while back and didnt find it then but I sure as hell wont forget the lesson I learned doing it wrong the 1st time! Would have had to pull carbs back out anyway cause I realized after doing some testing that 2 of my 4 vacuum slide diaphragms didn't have a good air seal cause they shrunk some on outside diameter and are too deformed for me to make them work...figured out a neat trick to test them after install using air compressor to confirm they are properly seated. Anyway, set all the float heights at 8mm (using the larger float side on all 4 to measure height) and also held the carbs at approx 75 degree angle while measuring to ensure that the needle plunger was not being depressed at all since it doesn't take much pressure to compress them, even at 45 degree angle the weight of the floats will start compressing the plungers & throw the measurement off. Was one of the things V7Goose had in his writeup that made a lot of sense and worked very well. Thank you Goose! Soon as the OEM diaphragms arrive in a week or so I will change them out and then put everything back together so I can re-test. Fingers crossed

Still gotta take the Harley jabs when I can get em. Nice bike.

It don't say Ontario so who might want it?

No, this M8 motor doesn't vibrate.

Looks good so far again.

Got everything torn back apart last night and removed the carbs. Nothing was obvious regarding the fuel dumping out the overflow, it was the rear left cylinder #1, you could see a little fuel inside the intake boot mounted on the cylinder and the top of the piston was also wet when I removed the spark plug. No other cylinder pistons had any access moisture in them. Pretty sure it had to be one of the needles/valves not sealing properly that caused this. On side note I do think I set the floats a little too high (or low when carb is upsidown) since factory setting was really far off as other people have previously noted when they checked their float heights (mine were set at 6.0mm from factory and spec is 8-9mm). When tab is bent to "raise" the floats to the proper level, when it pushes down on the needle into the valve seat it pushes the needle sideways a little bit and I am guessing that had to be the reason the needle didn't seal correctly so gonna find a happy medium where I can get the floats close the the recommended height with the tab as straight as possible so that hopefully doesn't happen again (I did install new valves/needles/o-rings previously), thinking if I go with 8mm or .0315 it should prevent that and I will be within spec, initially I had set them at 9.0mm or .036 which is on the high end but when re-measured after taking the bowls off again they were all closer to 9.3mm so gonna be more careful this time around resetting them. Another thing was when I previously re-assembled the carbs after re-building them I noticed that my vacuum slide diaphragms had shrunk a little bit which I guess is too be expected being 12yrs old and they were tough to get back into the outer grooves when re-installing the outer diaphragm covers, I used a little dielectric grease on the outer edges of the diaphragms to help them slip into place but when I removed the cover for the Cyl #1 cover I realized that it had pinched the edge a little. So bit the bullet and ordered 4) new OEM slide diaphragms last night which will be here in a week. I know that would not cause the flooding/rich condition.... if anything once running a bad seal on the diaphragm would cause a lean condition but glad I caught that since I would have potentially fixed the flooding issue and then had to pull it all apart again later once I realized the bike wasn't running right since with a vacuum leak I would never have been able to sync up the carbs properly. Honestly if this is the only issue I run into after stripping the bike down as far as I did over the last 4 weeks including tearing off the entire rear end including the swingarm, I will be pretty happy! Once I got her back to running right my last planned upgrades for the winter include removing the front wheel to also replace the bearings/seals on the front wheel (already did the rear and there was VERY little factory grease in them)...same with the swingarm bearings tho I did not replace them, I just cleaned them out and re-packed them properly with Lucas synthetic marine grease as well as all the needle bearings in the suspension linkages. I also recently bought 4) of the Polk 402 speakers & foam baffles that I plan to replace to get a little better sound, maybe down the road I will add an amp under the rear trunk and install a good head unit where the factory cassette player currently is. The only issue on this bike I have never been able to resolve is the fuel sender gauge. Since buying the bike in 2021 the fuel gauge has had 8 blinks.... from my research that pointed to replacing the fuel sender assembly in the gas tank. I replace it in 2021 and the same thing kept happening, thinking I got a factory dud I sent it back and get another new replacement, installed it.... and same thing. I have ohm'ed out all the wiring and done everything else I can think of and never been able to figure out that issue so I have just always reset my trip when I fuel up and keep an eye on it that way but damn its annoying not to have a working fuel gauge even tho I know they are never totally accurate on motorcycles and boats. You know what, now that I think about it even tho I tested all the wiring the one thing I have not done that could cause this if all the components & wiring are good is make sure that the connector that you unplug to remove the gas tank is making a perfect connection when plugged together, think I will remove both of those connectors and direct wire them temporarily to see if somehow there is a bad connection there. See, sometimes talking to yourself gives you light bulb moments! Lol Happy holidays!

Looking for southern border crossers that have smuggled in nukes one piece at a time and are now reassembling it. Hoping to pick up the radiologic signatures. Brandons legacy!

That usually comes from too much oil in the crankcase.

Well Earl, I figured out I only need 3 shims (all 260's) and found an ebay seller selling them for $8 each and offering a $3 trade-in so, I no longer will need to rent your shim kit - thank you! Attaching a worksheet I came up with to help with valve shim replacements. Paul Martin 601-966-8771 Valve Lash Check and Adjust - SHIM Worksheet.xlsx

Thanks! Yes it do! But under that purdy tank I have found a grimy mess. Working on the valve adjustment. Pic shows the grimy carb framework. Ignore the hose clamp - was using that over the frame to exert some up force on the carbs to unseat them from the intake boots. Worked great!

Did you use loctite to bolt in on? 😛

I got my new vanity plate for the bike today. Looking forward to putting some miles on it this spring.

I did a gasket hack today. At top of the air filters where that middle piece goes between the left/right side those foam gaskets had fallen apart and you cant buy replacements. I had some 1/8" sheets of rubber laying around so I carved out 2 gaskets to replace them. figure the biggest purpose for those is to keep dust/dirt out. They will for sure hold up long term! Not my prettiest work cause had to carve the gaskets out with a razor blade.

Well, damnit. Got the bike all back together enough to fire it up this evening. Cranked it for about 10 seconds and fuel started dumping out of the right side hose overflow at air filter which would be the #1 & #2 carbs on the left side of the bike. Guess I have a stuck float or something like that. Will have to start pulling things back apart tomorrow and figure out what happened. Gotta say, out of all the different things I have done on this bike mod & maintenance wise, these carbs were the most complicated thing I have done so far. A complete clean/re-build of the 4 carbs is tricky to get the entire quad set back together right from memory + adding what it takes to re-mount the dang things with all the connections in that tight space was pretty time intensive. Had to look at my previous phone pics multiple times of when I took everything apart to remember all the exact routing of the hoses/wires. Hopefully I can easily pinpoint what caused that, hoping that my changing all the float heights per the service manual isn't behind that issue - good times!

I need to Ride!

Dfitzbiz@yahoo.com. I think is correct.

Most likely, the battery has been replaced with an AGM and the battery water sensor is not bypassed. A picture of the Atari display will be helpful.

Definitely enjoy it, always end up doing more that I really need to & call it preventative maintenance. I run high stress/stakes jobs so tinkering in my shop is my happy place and where I spend many of my evenings & weekends to unwind. Always have plenty to do since I DIY everything possible. 4 vehicles (2 are for my kids) the RSV, a Honda CRF300L dual sport, 6 quads and lots of chainsaws and other misc stuff with engines. My neighbors usually call me when they have mechanical issues on their boats/toys/mowers/etc doing that kind of work never gets old to me since its not a "job" :-). Doubt I would ever retire since I thrive in stressful situations and never sit still for long but if I ever did this is the kind of stuff I would do every day. Told the wife that when the kids move out I am getting 100 acres out in the woods somewhere, building a smaller home and a 20k square foot shop, lol

recently bought a 1984 Yamaha xvz 1200 Venture The warning light flashes several times and then stays on. I've already checked spark plug wires, coils, spark plugs, compression ratio... cooling system... does anyone have any idea what it could be? Thanks

Thanks for...Freebird

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