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So when googling around about desert travel and looking up Rt. 50 I came across a Nevada State sponsored website dedicated to Rt. 50 and sent in for the official guide! Let the planning begin.

When you have good information for the trip you are on it saves time , and will keep you from making a few wrong turns into country side with only one way out .

Oh, and its a bit north of 50, closer to Elko, but the Ruby Mountains and Lamoille Canyon are spectacular. My son & I stopped in there during the spring and were blown away. A real gem and well-kept secret.

Hello again everyone, been awhile since I've posted. But I'm back with a problem on a 97 Royal Star Tour Deluxe that I'm attempting to get back roadworthy for a customer/friend. Bike sat at least four years after the PO passed on, not much history except what eyes reveal. Carbs were very clean though not pristine, but cleaned up easily with no petrified varnish to remove. Fuel tank was another story, so bad that I told the owner I wouldn't fool with it. A friend of his took it, pressure washed it and brought it back, along with a can of red goop that can be applied right over rust. I did it but told him no guarantees. Once it all was back together it fired up on the second touch of the starter button and purred like a thing that purrs (right, Half-Pipe?!). First shakedown cruise was when the problem appeared. No tach but it wouldn't rev above 3500 rpm or so except in idle. It doesn't act like a rev limiter, more like running out of gas. I found the #3 plug cap reading infinity; when I took it apart it was corroded inside so ordered a new one from Mother Yam. Everything else seemed okay. TBC...

@cowpuc all great questions with zero answers haha! Camping or hotel depends if I’m two up or solo. I’ve done more than my fair share of sleeping on the ground, however if there is a reason such as an unforgettable night sky then maybe. As for point to point…where I’m at in SLC there is no reason I can’t do it all but also wouldn’t mind spending a night in Wendover and dropping down or as @circa1968 says hitting Elko, which we’ve done for a casino weekend on a whim instead of stopping in Wendover. I really don’t have a plan yet, just an idea that I want to get out there so it’s all very immature at the moment. Also no reason to cram all into one trip. It’s literally at my back door to hit the desert or the mountains. Heading up to Park City tomorrow with some friends by way of a seasonal mountain pass, then maybe through Provo canyon. We’ll see where the time and day takes us.

N2 works great in an RV, very stable. On another note, I just bought a new truck, and the dealer pre Lojacked it, added tinted front windows and locking wheel lugs. All for the low price of $2000, they say all their trucks get the treatment, I said I ain't paying for the LoJack, don't want it don't need it. They charge me on paper for the add ONS, but they gave up dealer prep on a truck discounted $8k. It is illegal for them to add on and make you pay for options you don't want.

Whichever direction your going, its ~110 miles between Austin & Fallon, with absolutely nothing in between them. Fill up your gas tank going through either town. That was the longest stretch I ever encountered without gas. I made the mistake of not stopping in Austin on my trip last fall. I was counting down the miles I was going to be walking as I rolled into Fallon on fumes.

WOW PUC !...HAPPY TRAILS BRO !! IF YOU ARE CLOSE TO AREA 51.....LOOK UP AND MAYBE YOU WILL SEE SOME UFO'S ....KEEP US POSTED...THX PUC....COWBOY BILL

@Pasta Burner,, Point to point, how much of 50 are you planning on riding and are you going to be riding it both directions to and from? The more concise you are the more help I may be able to be. There is a LOT of wonderful things to see out there and I hope this trip is nothing short of SPECTACTULOR for you! Puc

Yes, checked with my heat sensor. I had pulled the plugs after the first ride, brand new plugs, all were black and sooty. I'm pulling them now... All sooty black again. I remembered one more thing. I did a speed sensor test and it failed. The manual says you should have continuity across the blue/yellow and white wires, I got zilch (open), even at the speedo itself. And the speedo doesn't come apart so I can't look to see what those wires go to. Anyone have a bike open so they can perform this test for me to see what they get? Thanks.

Check pipe temps at the heads? Running on all 4?

Continuing... Installed the new cap and went for a ride today. Bike now revs a bit more before acting the same way: more throttle results in a bog, with sputtering but no heavy popping, again like it's starving for gas. I could only go up mountain in 2nd gear, otherwise it lost so much power it threatened to stall. If I feathered the throttle it would run smooth, so long as I didn't ask too much of her. Going back down mountain I could get her to do 60 in 5th, no more. When I resurrected the 83 XVZ years back it had similar symptoms; that turned out to be the ignitor/ECU, which was thoroughly corroded inside. This one is acting similarly. At idle it sounds like a Harley, but I've verified spark on all four coils and plugs. New fuel filter and S-hose, fresh non-corn gas. New float bowl gaskets but few other seals available from Yamaha. The float seats were all loose in their receptacles; I found two o-rings in my stash that worked but the other two are original. New intake boots, replaced the cone filters with an OEM unit and filter(maybe I should check the jet sizes since the PO had cones on it?). Fuel pump was clogged with varnish but I got it pretty clean, and it seems to be pumping gas. One other thing, sometimes when I put the side stand down it'll quit, like it's in gear and the SS switch is sensing it. Today it refused to restart until I put the SS up, then it stayed running with multiple swings of the SS. When this happened, it would crank and fire but not run till I put the SS up. Clutch switch is bypassed, fuel indication is bypassed, both at owner's request (lack of funds). That's the story, thanks for any insights. Richard