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Ever since 1963 I have always bought a bike that does not run . In 1963 found a Harley 45 that the mechanic said that it cannot be repaired .. What I found was the distributor was out 180 degrees , I rode that old Harley for 4 years . If you buy the ones that run good they cost too much , and often when you buy the perfect bike you often are in for a big surprise about a month down the road , something is not right . There nothing that feels better than if you buy the bike that the repair shop says... it is not repairable . Then you spend some time doing the repair and it fires for the first time . I have found that the best thing to free up a rusted tight engine is fish oil .

Still need to be careful, bike may not run for a number of reasons. Some very costly and Others not so much. I once bought a bike from a guy for $25 dollars who stated it had a broken crank. Checked around found a good used engine. I never need it though because what the prev owner thought was a broken crank was a stretched primary chain which skipped while cranking the starter. I replaced the chain which cost me $15 dollars and rode that bike for 3 years.

Hello all: just wondering if anyone can give me some of the history on the seat that I gleaned from the internet? I've never seen one before, have you? I assume it might be a Corbin as they do make seats of various colours/stitching/welts etc. This one has the original VR emblem on it, so was it offered by Yamaha way back when? I thought it looked pretty cool and wanted to share it with you. It shows me that a seat can really add to the overall look of the bike. I have a Corbin on my Valkyrie Interstate and it has so much more character than the stock seat and really adds something to the look of the bike. I saw a newer red Goldwing last summer with a white seat (not my first choice in a seat colour) with red accents and it really tied in nicely to the overall look of the bike. Mark

I think you Northerners done went and broke your weather. It’s down here in my yard, all ice with what we consider heavy snow coming (up to 8 inches). I would greatly appreciate it if you’d come and get it.

Got bike going!!! Cleaned every connection around starter relay and tried to jump between pos. cable to solenoid black cable to starter and got sparks so took battery and charged up. When done took tester and checked voltage and was13volts then just after reading it started to go down to 10volts in less than a min. Found a load tester a bought last year and it said it was bad--also checked spare AGM battery I bought 2 years ago that also said it was charged and it read no good(weak). Went to" Battery's Are Us " here in Woodstock and they also checked and said bad cell so bought new AGM ($135can.) Put in bike ,hooked everything back together and bike started! Yeh I know I was told!! So thanks for ALL the advice and @Marcarlfor offering to come here to help! Greatly appreciated!!

I have a 34 " inseam and even with the knee pouches in place which can be removed if need be I have plenty of room.

I am scared to use that line. The risk outweigh the benefits. I can’t go hungry. ☺️