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It a subaru forester. Used a small amount of bike money to buy. If i want to feal the wind will have to roll down windows. I still have the boys bikes I can ride but wont take them to far. Here in about a month will have nerves in back burned. So may be able to get around better. Keep riding wish I could

Quick update Thanks for all the prayers guys! Im officially home and using a cane to get around. Im going to be wearing a neck/back brace till the end of august but im alive and moving so i will take it. My sweet wife took the time to carefully explain to me that im not going to be doing anything dangerous for the next little while. I can tell when shes serious cause she has a way of grabbing my nose hairs and pulling me down till we are eye to eye and explaining things in a voice that would make a drill sergeant tremble. Sweet little thing she is. Ill wait a while before my next round of shenanigans. Was starting to see what i could do with the vulcan and do you know they put the rear sparkplug directly under the frame? The only way i can see to pull it is tilting the motor forward. All the others ive seen has the plug accessible from between the Y of the frame. Should have bought a 900! Dont suppose anyone has a set of exhaust pipes that would fit a 98 vulcan 800 classic. Im told a boulevard of the same vintage would work. Otherwise ill try fortnine or summit racing and watch for a sale. Thanks again everyone

Dielectric grease is protectant, not a restorative. Make sure the connections are clean and tight, then some dielectric grease or other protective solution would not be a bad idea.

Tach not working points to an electrical issue. I’d start with checking/cleaning connections at the TCI and coils. On second thought check battery connections before that.

Yes I did a 1991 1300 this time in maroon, or at least I think that is what the colour was called. Some may say burgundy otherwise the same as my original one.

Unfortunately I am grounded for a while. A small scrape on my shin ended up with an infection which turned into a severe case of cellulitis in my leg resulting in a 1-1/2 x 3 inch section of dead meat which had to be surgically removed. After eleven days of being hooked up to two portable IV units of two different antibiotics, I am now hooked up to a portable vacuum wound therapy unit. If I am lucky I may be able to squeeze a couple rides in near the end of the summer.

Ya, I saw that connecting rod. So I took the circle clip off the end of the rod and was able to tweek the rod and now all 4 plungers work together corectly. The tricky part was to get the tiny circle clip off without it flying off and loosing it. So I put a shop towel under the carb and the engine. I took one of those electricial trouble shooting light. At one end is a clip and the other end is sharp and pointed. I took the sharp end and poked it in the slot away from the open clip end and applied some pressure. The clip came off gently. Now to get the clip back in without loosing it. I was lucky with a needle nose and it snapped in with out flying off.