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VanRiver,,, Hey Riv - been somewhat laid up for a tad here and spending some time poking thru bike rags.. I may (or may not have = depending on ones need for performance) have found the elephant in the room on the new Beemer.. From what I have read, they are speed limiting the American tourer at 101 mph:95: .. Apparently this is being done with the ECU (no simple little snipping of a little grey wire like on the Yamaha dual sport bikes of the late 90's). To many varmints I am sure this doesnt mean a lot but to some folks (myself included) I highly suspect that waving to an old 1985 1340cc air cooled v-twin EVO Harley touring bike passing them at 109 mph (their top speed back in the late 80's) would be problematic = especially people like myself who have ridden a sport bike (R1) that sounds similar to that AWESOME tone of the 1600 Beemer but has a top speed of 104 mph,,, in 1st gear .. Personally,, I like my right wrist to be the sole speed limiter.. Not attempting to brother but,,, common - give us 160 AWESOME horse in a scoot that sounds like a Formula 1 race car and then neuter it? Might be something in the water though,, some kind of legal stuff going on cause I also just read that the new Wing is also gonna be speed limited to just over 100.. If my hunches are true with the legal stuff (international legal/regulations having to do with the upcoming EU regulations that have been rumored for 2020) being reasons for this = maybe there is more to Mom Yam's decision to not go to the hassle/costs/RnD involved with using the new V-Max motor in the Venture.. Now I wonder if it, the new Venture is speed limited too.. We may be in the era of seeing the return of the smaller, less powerful touring bikes... I keep looking at pics of the new one and have developed another one of my infamous theories = I think Mom Yam engineers were right in the middle of designing that exact scoot around using the 1700cc V-Max motor and then something went hay wire and they decided to use the air cooled powerhead.. The more I stare at that new Yam the more it just looks like it is set up for the V-4.. Thoughts? Anyone? Am I on the right site? The one where we still talk motorcycles?

Congrats Ready and Family!! Hope you folks are 100% enjoying your new home!!

Dear Santa,, as agreed on, we are square - thanks a zillion..... Speaking about being square though, I went shopping for my new grandson Birdie's (Sam's) Christmas present and found this amazing present fit for young and old trouble makers alike.. WOW your elf's are doing a BANG UP job this year = congrats on the new staff!! Being Birdies grandma is still working thru the rule book on what grandpa's can get away with in purchasing for grand children under 1 year old and, with Birdie being our first, just a little overly sensitive, she thought Birdie might be better served with the 3 trucks, highway signs, snap together building blocks, rug with the "highway" built into it to begin his CTFW abilities/build on, a bunch of diapers and a trainer buggy for helping him learn to walk (so far) - I ended up having to leave the "Tiger" on the shelve.. After reading Big Tom's (and others wish lists too) it suddenly dawned on me that the Tiger would be PERFECT for most of them = especially Big Tom.. Below is a short video of the exact toy of which I speak should you need the recollect..

I/we LOVED NYC during Christmas = just amazing!! My daughter was going to med school at Cornell in Manhatten so we just lived in her dorm room - A LOT,, other wise = no way could we have afforded it (get your drift on cost brother!!).. IMHO,, winter time isnt a good time to learn NYC,, learning it is way more fun in the summer - just my opinion.. I guess you know what we would do dont cha Joe? We would, with out a doubt,, travel the southern border of the States and catch Texas, New Mex, AZ, Cali while its reasonably rideable. Toss on the tent and LIVE IT UP!! I know when we toured down there and visited Big Bend during the end of May a few years ago we were SHOCKED at NO bikes.. It was HOT but still,, not "summer" hot.. A customs guy down there told us that during the months you are talking = CRAZY with bikers - sounded like a great big amazing rally!! There are also THOUSANDS of miles of neat CTFW down there that, for most folks (at this age - most folks includes me) isnt doable during summer months - the time period you are talking is PREMO bikin (maybe get someone like @videoarizona to chime in here and correct me if I am wrong).. Personally,, I would make it out to "The Slabs" (google it) to play with the hippies, do a BUNCH of ghost towning, chase up some spirits in Tombstone and the like and then make sure I do a couple nights of night riding Death Valley (full moon - turn off your lights = like riding on the MOON = AMAZING!!! - WOWZY I would LOVE to do a Meet n Greet VR rally out there)... Regardless of your doings,, hope you and Bobbi have fun!!

That most recent surgery kinda knocked the wind out of me and I am just catching my breath some so I am actually REALLY glad that ol Saddlebum (thanks Bum) has been holding off some @Flyinfool... On another note though, one of my kids will be flying in from Sacramento in 10 days,, if you two wanna really have some fun,, set it up so we have a real nice snow show for the week of the 11th.. I know last time this happened, her and her sister had to rent a car and drive back to California after Christmas cause we got like 8 feet in 3 days - they ended up having to stay an extra week and ran out of time waiting for the air ports = PERFECT TIMING for a couple ol lop eared White Washin varmints I tell ya!!!

Indeed Woody, and a very Happy Thanksgiving right back at cha brother!!! Sorry ya gotta work but ol Puc is hoping ya get quadrupal over time for doing so!!!! If ya cant have a big ol fat turkey dinner I hope ya get a big ol fat wallet out of the day!!!!!!!!

and a VERY WONDERFUL AND THANKFUL HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY TO YOU AND YOURS DON!!! Also joining the rest of our club members wishing all exactly the same!! Tip and I have so much to be thankful for and our friendship and exchanged loved for each of you lop eared turkey eating varmints is right at the top of that list,,,, seconded by this though:big-grin-emoticon::

And to our favorite campground on the westward trail owners = Tip, Tweeks and I bid the same Or!!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO BOTH OF YOU!!!! Sooo much to be thankful for and Sharon surviving that heart crisis is right at the top of our list = we love you Sharon (and you too Orlin!)!!!!

I know '17 has been pretty much atrocious for you folks my brother and I want you to know that you, your family and especially your brother are still on my mind and in my prayers.. I am just still speechless over all that has happened.. On the other hand though,, after just having my 3rd cancer surgery of the year a couple weeks ago and still struggling with recouperation from it, and looking back at what they found and removed in there back in January when I was wondering whether or not I was gonna get to hold my new Grandson being born in February. And then ending up not only getting to hold em but also getting to wear out 5 rear tires on Tweeksis over the summer with my best friend... Well,, it may sound crazy coming from a person who really doesnt feel good this Thanksgiving morning but

NICE!!!! Speaking from a prepping in case we went 3rd World all of a sudden though,, I think I would go shopping for one of these little critters.. ( http://www.gunbroker.com/item/719722056 ) I like the idea of being able to easily tote a thousand rounds and, I also like its durability factor.. Ya know,, something else maybe being missed here has to do with medical supplies.. I got a hunch that if the power grid went down so normal sewage handling abilities went south - it wouldnt be long and lack of food may be the worst of our worry's,, maybe,, possibly.. I had a buddy (more like a brother, his mom and dad gave me a place to stay after I left home and lived on the street when I was 15) who was really into being a prepper sort.. He had a small farm set up where he raised animals for meat and did his own thing.. He scratched his arm on a barbed wire fence, didnt take immediate precautions and caught some kind of strange flesh eating bug. After a few days of home treating the wound (like we all like to do) it sort of got out of hand and he went to the E.R... The Docs were totally ,,, admitted him, scheduled him for immediate amputation,, survived 3 days after amputation!!!! Less a week after the scratch and my buddy was a goner = HORRIBLE!! Sometimes I think we forget how close to having those microbes and insects and stuff take back over we are.. Things like Small Pox, Polio, Ebola and stuff are right there just waiting for us to drop our guard... My daughter who is a Pathologist does a lot of work with the CDC and I love picking her brain about that kind of stuff when she comes home to visit. She does a lot of blood work studies in dealing with all kinds of nasty nasty Cancers but WOWZY, some of those other things that are out there just waiting to wipe out man kind are even more spooky..

Yep, ya gotta either drain it or put a pan under it and catch the oil that will come gushing out when ya crack the seal on the cover... I did open one of mine up one time while out CTFW and laid it down on its right side first without draining the oil and it worked pretty good. Easiest to just drain it though as long as your working in luxury IMHO.

Good for you Dave!! I would do the same thing but I made a deal with @Flyingfool that I wouldn't tease em no more and he wouldn't crank up the White Washer and let it run for more than 15 minutes at a time until February so I can get my leaves picked up.. By then there will only be 3 weeks till spring riding returns so I wont have to officially put the scoots away....

I like it!! Only I think I would get bored doing something like that like he did, alone without Tippy with me..

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In looking at this parts diagram: https://www.yamahapartsnation.com/oemparts/a/yam/50042d31f8700209bc789f05/crankcase and noting Parts, 2, 3, 4 and 5 I would concur that only 1 dowel is used for alignment purpose and that would be part ref = "5" just as shown in your pic.. Take note though = Personally, I would want to be perfectly clear as to what exactly parts 2, 3 and 4 do though as it appears that even though they are marked as "nozzels" they may serve dual purpose such as alignment and oil flow area (just guessing).. I would absolutely know what those parts numbers/parts jobs are and make sure that those parts are also in place before I snapped er back together if I were doing it.. Another thing that you can do is pull the dowel (#5) from the bottom case halve and just see if it will fit any other holes that look like they have been reamed to dowel size - if it does, maybe look around on the floor and along the edge of the top half and see if you find em.. You are wise in asking about this IMHO. I have rebuilt more than one motor (Honda singles were known for this) that had been previously rebuilt and had a dowel missing (or, even missing o-rings around a dowel that served as a oil flow = creating a VERY smokey freshly rebuilt motor).. DEFINITELY wise to double, even triple check the work before finishing the job IMHO...

If you are still a youngen when the poop hits the paddle, the interpretation may be = Bend Over And Kiss Your A"nkles" Goodbye (slightly edited in case the youngens reading this is are still riding a PW50 - Family Site and all that .. If your bending over days are behind you like in my case than perhaps a "Puc's Interpretation" will better serve your future needs if/when the poop hits the paddle = Buy Oar's And Kayak's, Yamaha's And Gun's In the spirit of staying with this thread, it occurred to me that perhaps the varmints in our club who travel the vastness of our desert regions on less then perfect scoots can back me up and/or speak more precisely to what I am about to say.. IMHO, WATER,,, yep,, good old fashioned - clean drinkable WATER should be on the top of anyone's list if you truely want to prepare.. That probably sounds crazy but, IMHO,, it is amazing how fast things can go down hill (less than 24 hours with no water can be problematic with DEATH in less then 3 days in a desert setting) when no water is available.. Here,, during the modern days of my lifetime,, I have personally rescued more than one person out in the desert regions who's car/bike had broke down and they needed water NOW! I have also had people openly laugh at the gallon jug of water that hangs on the side of my scoot and when asked "what is that dorky looking thing?" replied with a grin "you have obviously never camped or had a break down in the desert have you".. Truthfully,, it was very common for people to "fast" (go without eating) for +30 days back in the Biblical days and, in modern times - hunger strikes are known to go on even longer than that BUT = WATER,, water is an absolute!!! All that said, I want each of you preppers who are members here to remember something.. Ol Puc has a pretty good supply of drinkable water in storage right out his front door (Lake Michigan) that he keeps under lock in key just in case.. My plan is to use this water supply for bartering purposes BUT,, if your an upstanding member here in our MC club and crisis happens, you can depend on me for your H2O needs.. The End - well not yet,, but cha never know

:sign yeah that::sign yeah that: """""and it was STANDARD on our Mk1's!!!!!!!"""""" Ya still gotta buy the docking plate and hardware for the HD's to convert them over to quick release but I TOTALLY agree that NO ONE - bar NONE - has the "make it like you want it" parts availability like HD does. Plus, no joke, their quality is second to none even in their clothing.. Grubs,, I have always thought that if I somehow found a path away from these MK1's and on to a 2nd Gen the first thing I would have to do is undergo the project you are speaking of.. Matter of fact,, I also often thought that if I landed a MK2 Gen1 I would have to transform it into MK1 too.. GOTTA BE DOABLE GRUBS!! :fingers crossed:that you share your project with pics and stories when you do it cause I KNOW there are folks here who would appreciate it - mayself included!! By the way,, helped my neighbor tear apart his Ultra Limited not long ago to install the quick release dock for the trunk on his scoot.. Seemed like he had just under a grand in hard ware for the job and it took as couple hours to complete the job (not bad).. WOWZY did that change the look = instant bagger and a GORGEOUS bagger too!! Seems like Mom Yam had it right with our MK1's and this would be standard on all touring bikes, I mean,, COME ON,, it's only been 34 years

Yep,, stupid stuff can sure mess up peoples lives!! Not just people who are using either Dan,,, I had a Doctor friend of mine telling me a while back that he had to fire one of his nurses for stealing the stuff.. Apparently the black market value on a Vicoden pill is over 5 bucks for just one pill!! I lived on Norco for a good while after my back surgery years ago. While it was an amazing pain killer (have no idea what I would have done without the stuff - because of sciatica nerve damage,, felt like someone had a campfire going on the outside of my thighs - WOW did that hurt) the side compilications (CONSTIPATION) was crazy!! I never really got any kind of a "buzz" from the stuff to speak off - little more dingy maybe (like I needed that) so I really dont know why all the big money value on it but my Doctor buddy told me the prescription drug abuse/value is at an all time high (no pun intended). Junkies must be grinding those Norco/Vicidens up and shooting em into their veins or something... I feel sorry for folks involved with this mess and what Dope has done to so many!

OUTSTANDING!! Is that Mini 14 a 7.62x39 DanL?? CONGRATS BRO!!! I wore out a couple of Marlin semi auto .22 rifles years ago because the receivers were aluminum.. Just got really sloppy and tired after a few thousand rounds shot thru em.. Never really did pay much attention to keeping the slides lubed back then so maybe that was part of the early failures but I have my doubts. My lil Ruger Mk1 .22 has had thousands and thousands of rounds ran thru it, all kinds of junk too, everything from Stingers to low velocity stuff (it is really accurate with the slow speed stuff match stuff).. Its all steel and shows no sign of wear at all!! I think you make a good point about the aluminum observation Kretz, definitely something to consider IMHO!!!

Riv,, please tell "Creek" (that's what a lil Riv is = a creek) ol Uncle Puc and Aunt Tip says she is totally welcome = we LOVE hearing about such AWESOME life plans like this Creek!!! Great journeys filled with endless adventure and success filled happy lives don't just happen - they happen because someone like Creek decides she is gonna put forth the effort to work hard and make it happen! When Aunt Tip and I get to be part of that special person's decision by hearing about it like this - it makes us PROUD and makes us :thumbsup:!!!!! Also please let Creek know she's more than welcome to come take a peek in there!! Aunt Tippy said she would be more than happy to boil water if needed and she has some old sheets she can cut up to make Uncle Puc one of those Turbin looking head wraps should lil Creek think it best to wrap things up after words so I aint running around with things falling out of any extra holes up there. Also tell please tell her that I REALLY appreciate the offer of saving me a few bucks by doing this work at an early discount too. Seems how we are saving $$'s for tires for next years CTFW and we KNOW that Creek is gonna need all the extra $$'s she can muster in order to pay for those boxes of Ramen Noodles she will have to live on in the dorms between visits by her parents = maybe we could work out a deal where instead of a taxable cash payment, Creek could just keep what ever she finds in there as payment? When they patched up my leaky brain fluid a while back they did say that my headaches were sinus pressure related and, knowing that Diamonds are made by pressure - I have a hunch that, unlike what one of my own Math teachers tried to tell me, she may just finds something really really valuable in there... Something to think about Creek!!

OUTSTANDING!! One of my favorites parts of this is where he uses the pipes for wheelie bars :happy65::happy65::happy65::banana:!!! I LOVE the "Formula 1" sound of this scoot,, you can tell just by the way it sounds it has that "Poe ahead gunk, make my day" attitude about it = even in stock form!! Think I am in love too Riv!!!! What's not to LOVE about a sweetheart machine like that!!

I know,,, this is gonna sound like another one of my endless broken record commentary things but I just have to say it,,,, what about the REAL Elephant In The Room when doing our comparison's: 160 horsepower at 7759 rpm and 129 ft/lbs of torque at 5250 rpm

ABSOLUTELY right on the money Jack!!!!! Believe it or not,, I thought the same thing when I peeked at the new Wing!! Clam shell's and all!! GOOD EYE BROTHER!!!!!

:scared:,,, FOR REAL @VanRiver = ABSOLUTELY FOR REAL!! :scared: and I quote!! """The BMW K 1600 B Bagger price for the USA will be $19,995 (MSRP), plus a $495 destination fee. The K 1600 B is a close relative to the K 1600 GT and GTL, and features the 1649cc inline-6 cylinder that produces 160 horsepower at 7759 rpm and 129 ft/lbs of torque at 5250 rpm. The bike—a direct aim at the Honda Gold Wing F6B—was designed to appeal to the American bagger market, and is designed to be low and sleek. The BMW Bagger arrives standard with three riding modes (Rain, Road, and Dynamic), Dynamic Traction Control, cornering-optimized integral ABS Pro, heated seats and hand grips, power adjustable windshield, cruise control, multifunction display with on-board computer, and Dynamic Electronic Suspension Adjustment (D-ESA) with “Road” and “Cruise” damping modes.""" Gonna chat with ya here Riv just like we was sittin at a camp fire toasting Hot Dogs and burnin Martian Mellow's so please take this comment in the same relaxed way that it is given... WHAT IN THE WILD WILD WORLD OF CTFW IS MOM YAM DOING (and HD and Polaris)?? Makes absolutely NO sense to me!! A quick overview of this scoot and I am beyond the words of I JUST DONT GET IT.. Turns Hot Dog over so it don't burn:big-grin-emoticon:,,, how can an air cooled, belt drive, push rod motored touring bike be so much more $$ on the open market?? Just makes no sense.. I guess it all kind of goes back to an experience I had while goofing off at our local HD shop a number of years ago (said I dont get it,, never ever said I have anything against those V-Twin scoot - fact is,, I LOVE em,,, I just think they are wayyyyyyyyyyy over priced for what they are).. It was the middle of the winter, bunch of my buddies and I were sitting around the table at the Hog Shop drinking coffee and they were watching me gang up on em about how much faster my beat up ol 1st Gen was over their 103 Twin Cam's when a pretty little Street Glide caught my eye - I got up and went over to pet the pretty thing..Setting beside the little black Street Glide was a real pretty Electra Glide Classic - pretty little red one that I couldnt help but pat on the head too while I was standing there.. After turning the tags over on em, I happen to notice they were exactly the same price.. The salesman (another buddy of ours who was also sitting around drinking coffee with us) follows me over and makes his usual snide comment about it being time for me to move up into the 21st Century in my motorcycle collection and buy a new Harley from him.. About the time I finished divulging endless knowledge upon him about why there was no way on God's green earth I would pay $6000 more for that pretty little Classic than I would for the brand new shaft drive, water cooled Gen 2 Venture that I knew was setting down at the Yam Shop I noticed the price for the Classic and the Street Glide were exactly the same.. This caused me pause because the Street Glide appeared to be exactly the same scoot as the Classic except the Street Glide was missing the tour pack (trunk), some chrome and a radio = basically meaning the Street Glide was a stripped Classic for the same money:confused24:... Of course,, there was no way I was gonna leave my buddy the HD saleman standing there without inquiring as to whether or not they (the HD shop employee's) had been making their coffee out of lead contaminated water and drinking the stuff cause that pricing (like this idea of spending a lot more and getting a lot less with the air cooled/water cooled comparison) made no sense. After verifying with the saleman that the bikes were literally the same minus the stuff I could physically see was missing (they had same frame/motor/wheels/tanks), I asked my friend how much it would cost to put a tour pack on the Street Glide.. He didnt know for sure so we headed to the parts counter to find out (thinking to myself = this'll be good).. After confirming that it was in fact over 3 grand in parts to add on the missing tour pack I looked at my buddy and asked him if he saw anything parculiar out what we just found out.. He said no.. I then told him that it just made no sense to me why a person,, any person, would pay the same price for exactly the same bike only missing half its parts:confused24:... I said,, why wouldnt any sane person simply buy the bike with all the fixens (the Street Glide was also missing lots of Chrome pieces that the Classic had on it as well as the radio = we didnt even price those missing parts out so the actual $$ difference was certainly above 4g), pull the parts off that he didnt want and, if nothing else, sell em on ebay? Or,, hang on to them just in case he ever wanted to go farther then the local bar scene and needed a tour pack to put his clothes in? Made no sense! This is when my HD salesman buddy enlightened me as to where we are current new motorcycle purchasing philosophy.. He told me that the stripped Street Glide was, in fact, HD's best seller!! That normal people dont think like I think about getting more bang for their buck. That, for a fact,, that stripped Street Glide outsold the Classic by a 10 to 1 margin and that in this case, people really do prefer less product for more money!!