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Thanks Earl, for just being you. You are what I think a lot if not all of us inspire to be. You is a great example of generosity, caring, and guidance.

How bad would it be shipping wise if you picked up one of the pelican type case from harbor freight?

I cant help but wonder if the 2nd punch mark is for the update on the water pump. I have replaced numerous plastic water pump impellars in my course of retiring 6 1st Gens with the updated aluminum one . Possibly one punch for the stator and one for the water pump as it is possible that there was a recall on the impellar,, could be wrong though.

Hey these guys know all about this bike. Believe me. I'm working on mine. Got my Motor pulled and head off . Blown head gasket for sure . Still cleaning everything up. So they can tell me what I need to do it. OR replace the motor. I'm from Dallas. Moved Joplin Missouri 3yrs ago. Love it no traffic no traffic. Check out a bar called SCOOTER'S in Garland or The Brick in Wylie tell them Pops and Nana sent you.

I am with Flyinfool on mowing. Grass is just green crap that covers dirt.

Thank you everyone! I am a bit embarrassed and humbled at the offer. It was NOT my intension to ask for money for the replacement of the shims, but merely to vent my frustration with the loss of the Shim Kit that I have been adding to for the last 12 years! LUVMY40, I have received your donation, and I thank you very much! Jason, I am willing to buy your shims to replace the lost ones as well as pay for the shipping. my friend! RDawson, my dear friend, it was MY pleasure to loan you the kit. I just wanted to ad that the reason I started loaning the Shim Kit was to give my fellow VR.ORG Members the COURAGE to do this Service themselves instead of taking it to a dealer where you have NO idea the quality of work that is being done to your scoot. Not to mention that the price for this service at a dealer is a rip off! To everyone that has borrowed the Shim Kit, my hat's off to you for being brave enough to do this service yourself. I believe that projects like this service allow us to "Bond" with our bikes, and allow each one of us to take PRIDE in the fact that we are maintaining these special motorcycles ourselves. The Shim Kit comes with EVERY tool you need for the service, and I even include a set of Genuine Yamaha Valve Cover Gaskets when I ship the kit. This Shim Kit will perform the Valve Adjustment Service for both First and Second Gens. My Paypal email address is: earlfharrell@atlanticbb.net and I assure you that any money or shims donated will be used to make my loaner shim kit even better than it was before! Thank you everyone for your support, as I said earlier, I am Humbled to be a part of such a wonderful "Family" and the owner of such a great machine that brings me so much pride and pleasure! Earl

I am one of the members to have used that kit, it made the job much easier and faster. I got to personally thank Earl for it at the last MD. I’m with @Freebirdand will gladly throw a few bucks toward the continuance of this service.

Since my 87 has gone to the grave yard . I have some shims I can donate. Any particular sizes you need ?

Earl, Sorry man. Donation inbound. Thanks for all the help!

Earl has been great loaning his kit to anybody who needs it. If he would be kind enough to provide his PayPal email address, I think that we should all help by sending him 5 or 10 dollars each to help replace them all. How about it earl, where should we donate?

Sounds like you lost way more than $200 worth of shims!?

I'm definitely going to get it running before dumping major time into the bodywork. That should be the easy part, if the guy was shooting straight with me. And it was my friend's dad that gave me this thing, so I fear incompetence far more than malice in this case. Even before that I need to get the title changed over. It hasn't been registered in a looong time. Hate to register something that might never see the road. On the other hand, I'd hate to put a bunch of work into it and find out there's a problem with the paperwork. I like where your head's at for sure. Unfortunately, as much as I can do myself, welding is not in my wheelhouse. I can fab up some brackets and odds and ends, but I won't be messing with the frame. At least, not before I have to ride it. I am considering making it a rat bike, but I can't picture that until I get everything ripped off of it. And as boring as it is, fixing up the boxes and everything would make it fun to ride with the wife. Plus, my last bike was a 2011 Stryker with hardly anything left stock on it. I put 50k miles on that bike, and found out that it was about as raked out as I'd like to get. And I totally agree - if I can't get it running well with (relatively) little hassle I'll be writing this one off. So far I'm reckoning spending less than $500 on this project, and right now is more about the project than the ride. There's a thousand ways that can get blown out of the water fast, but that more than accounts for the stuff I already know I'll need. I enjoy the challenge taking on new things. I've been focused on woodworking for a couple years, time to change it up for a bit. I'm in Dallas, more or less. With this cold snap we got last week, it looks like I don't need to be in a great hurry on this one. Thanks for the welcome, everyone. I'll be around.