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Heyyyyy,, bug out Amigo,,, someones already fishin this spot Suegra de Estimada Sra. aire listo. Por favor, permanecer en su casa de hijas hasta julio para que pueda montar mi moto a su lugar y comer tamales con usted y su familia. Me encanta los tamales hechos en casa y sería muy feliz si fueras capaz de cocinar para mí. Eres una persona muy agradable y me encantaria conocerte! ¡Gracias con todo mi corazón! Estiércol de vaca Sr. Which is suppose to say: Dear Mother-in-law of Air Ready: Please stay at your daughters House until July so I can ride my motorcycle to his house and eat tamales with you and your family. I love homemade tamales and would be very happy if you were able to cook some for me. You are a very nice person and I would love to meet you! Thank you with all my heart! Mr. Cow Manure (Cowpuc) PS - those Tamales look WOWZY WOW WOW WOW - scrumptious Ready!!!

The good they do die young,,, miss ya brother... Was gonna wish you the rest in peace thing but personally, I REALLY like the Ride In Peace one that Red1 posted so I am going that route cause I KNOW your riding those streets of gold as I type this = Ride In Peace my friend!! Prayers Up for Russell's family and friends while sorting thru the grieving process - if your reading this = please know he was treasured and loved,, definitely my kinda folk!! Red1, put me on the list of one interested in a Black Owl memory patch. If you need a certain quanity to get the order started - put +1 for Puc. THANK YOU Condor for posting this!! R.I.P. Black Owl Puc

Dont forget you guys, the MK1's needed the updated oil cooling splash plate and crank bolt with the oil orvice in it.. Rev, just make sure she's been updated or you'll keep roasting those stator's like us Michiganders roast hot dogs = crispy!! Also,, double check that connector where the 3 stator wires plug into the main harness up on the frame.. Make sure that internally the integrity of the plug is good - dont want no stickin terminals touchin each other and causes shorts...

I am sooooo hearing that about this medical nonsense neighbor!!! Been flat out of it again recouping from the recent knife fight with the Docs BUT = things are slowly picking back up!! When they pulled those parts out of me recently they found, yet another, small issue - something called Pulminary Hypertension - tickers all swelled up on the side that feeds the lungs - these Doctors are driving me bonkers LOL.. Gotta go in Friday now for more heart testing - here we go again. Neat thing about this new finding is the Cancer doc told me last week that there is high probability that this recent heart finding could be monumental in regaining some of my alertness.. Then, unsolicited - my family doctor recently said the same thing!! Allllll that said brother - I can TOTALLY relate to your chatter about getting back on top of things = ME TOO = CANT WAIT!!! CANT WAIT TO FINALLY SEE THAT ROCKET SHIP BLASTING ACROSS THE POND - EVEN IF IT DOES LEAVE A SCANT OF WHITE POWDER FROM ITS JET WASH ON MY LAWN = LET ER BUCK PARTNER!!!! :big-grin-emoticon::big-grin-emoticon::big-grin-emoticon:

Heyyyy,,, Hi Dale!!!! Wassup brother!! Deadwood is AWESOME!! Rally time or not, it is AWESOME!! Before going there though and in the spirit of Cowboyness - allow me a couple minutes from one highway man to another and trying not to jerk your chain on the "I already knew that Puc" routine!! If your coming down from the Glacier crossing - grab cross state Montana toward Sturgis thru the little cow town called "Jordan" = DONT MISS IT!! Go to the "Senior Center" in that little cow town - I know, I KNOW - your gonna pull into the dirt parking lot of the place and say - "PUC!! What have you gotten me into?!! - cause it wont look like much.. Now - grab your camera and go inside!! OK, small hint, aint no spoiler so I wont ruin it with pics BUT - I can tell you that Jordan is the worlds epicenter for Dinosaur Bones - this is true!! Another unknown thing to mankind that we found out when dying of thirst and almost out of gas in Montana was - mixed in those extremely AWESOME dino remains inside that building are also some of the coolest cowboy stuff you can find!! WESTERN TREASURES GALORE!! I also have a small town called Plevna in Montana I like to visit.. As you know, I tent camp and have camped many times on the picnic table in the little town of Plevna - cant miss it! She's dead now but years ago when on a bike trip the Post Master in Plevna gave me a history lesson of the area and buildings (site to behold) - took about 4 hours but when done she gave me her copy of their "history book" dating all the way back into the 1800's. In that book it tells about a stage coach killing that some Indians did. It's gravel road leading back about 10 miles but there is an old monument marking the spot where it happened.. Some VERY interesting people who live there, older folks that remember the days of long ago.. May stop there for kicks on the way down. Sturgis is AWESOME - rally time or not = IMHO,, but I am weird LOL.. If nothing else, there is a place called "Gypsies" that is ground zero for the early days of the rally. The place has a big bronze plaque on the front of it that mentions "Ground Zero". If you leave the Harley shop just off Main Street in Sturgis and go straight south toward 90 - Gypsies will be on your right about half way down.. Gypsies is not like other Sturgis joints - not a Harley joint. The place is FILLED with an awesome for sale collection of old bikes!! Guy that runs the place is super nice - ask if you can see the back room!! Also, the museum where they unveiled the Indians in '13 is worth the time for bike history.. No idea what your doing for sleeping quarters? You camping? Its kind of a lost art and lots of folks have forgotten but South Dakota is an open state - meaning if its not fenced - you can camp on it.. Did it for years both during Rally and off season rally camping too.. One time years ago my daughter and I are cruising on 90 (yes - on a 1st Gen) headed adda way.. Came upon a small plane crusing adda way too along side the highway.. Getting late, magic hour (last hour of daylight) was almost over and we needed gas.. We exited and turned over highway to fuel station.. Guy in the airplane who had been waving back and forth at my little kid on the back banked his plane and landed on the prairie behind the gas station... Comes motoring up to the fuel pumps - got yakking.. Looks at our beat up old 1st Gen with the tent on the back - asked where we were camping.. I nervously glanced around, then back at him and said - dont tell no body but I have always just camped on the prairie when I come out here = been doing for many many years and never had a problem.. Then I pointed to the prairie where he had just landed his plane and said - probably sleep right over there somewhere.. Guy announced he was a Patrol Officer who patrols 90 during the Rally watching for boneheads crashing their scoots.. Said - lots of folks have forgotten this - prairie camping is legal and fine anywhere its not fenced - even ditches NOT inside the ickspressway right of way.. If you go outside of Sturgis toward Fort Mead, there is a place on the prairie that is know known as Puc's Place cause I always camp there - have since the 70's. Never knew it was "legal" back in the day but do now - can tell ya exactly where it is if needed.. Also,, you would probably enjoy a cruise thru Fort Mead and a visit at the museum there!! Stop at any gas station, bike shop, resturant or where ever while in town and ask if they have any of the Sturgis Rally ride maps - even if its a left over you will need one.. Should be easy to find one no matter what time of year you are there.. As already mentioned - you cant go wrong riding the Black Hills - ALL of the fore mentioned rides are spectacular, especially up to a couple weeks before the Rally and right after the Rally is over - if your gonna go during the Rally = its way to crowded to enjoy "The Hills" but watching those goofy bikers is almost as much fun!! If you are there during the Rally - the fun dont start till after 1am LOL - Main Street - Sturgis Harley Rally = AWESOME at 3am!! IMHO - best riding for mountains - any mountains = morning till 1pm - then the storms come in - hail and all that stuff - get out of mountains for lunch and back in after 4... If your staying in em, just keep an eye on the sky - even those Black Hills can be treachorous.. Leaving Sturgis from the west end of town - go under the over pass - Yamaha shop on your right - BK on left,, keep going and you end up in Deadwood - thought I forgot about Deadwood didnt cha? Fun place IMHO!! Museum there is really interesting and full of very historical stuff from wayyy back when!! Got lots of pics but wont spoil it for ya.. Will say this, outside the museum is an old working scale.. Tip and I parked Tweeks in the lot, walk under the train station area (old historic stuff) and I noticed the scale.. Walked up on it, fooled with it - told her - "look how accurate it still is" - REALLY REALLY OLD AND STILL WORKING!! I said - try it!! She climbed on it - as she stared at the needle I put my foot behind her and pressed on the scale plat form - as she turned to stare at me with those pretty doe eyes I slid my foot off the plat form.. When she looked back at the scale face I slid my foot back over and pressed down again adding 25 pounds to her wait. She was franic - thats about the time I heard laughter behind us.. A couple who had recently retired from the Military had - unknown by me - been watching us and they were ROARING!! Got yakking with them - they looked at our scoot - heard our story - we heard theirs - good people!! They told us all about the Museum in town - glad they did cause it was a fascinating place!! Hmmm,, trying to keep from doubling up on stuff others have already told you about.. Oh yea,, Coming into Keystone (headed toward Rushmore from Rapid City) you will go thru a small tunnel.. After the tunnel and as you pull into Keystone there will be a road that goes off to the left that heads out of the mountains easterly.. There will be a big resturant on the southeast corner of that intersection.. If you continue straight on the road you are on (I think I am thinking 16a) it will head to Rushmore. Anyway,, if you turn left (east) at that intersection and go down a couple blocks you will see a "junk store" on the left.. You will want to stop and paw around there!! Lots of old saddles, mining stuff, cowboy junk and things to glare at!!! Following your handy dandy Sturgis map - you will see where Iron Mountain Rd cuts off away from the Rushmore Monument.. As mentioned = AWESOME ride that Iron Mountain Road!! If you look at the map closely you will see the cut across from Iron Mountain Rd. to Needles Hwy.. At that intersection on your left on side will be a small camp ground.. You will want to pull in there and tell them you want to see their "pets"!! Wayy cool and really nice guy who runs the place!! Take the cut across to Needles Hwy - hang a right up on the Needles - turn off your scoot on the back of the Needles and coast down to Sylvan Lake - good place for quick swim!! Head over to Hill City - neat place too - after leaving Hill City = look at your map and notice "Sheridan Lake"? Right across from Sheridan Lake is the only spot on the planet - after hours and hours of watching game - I have ever seen Big Horn sheep!! Watch the bluffs carefully!! Especially later in the day!! The Spearfish Canyon ride is breathtaking too!! At the very bottom of the canyon is a lodge.. Built into a sweeping corner of the roadway with the lodge divided by the road.. The lodge is GORGEOUS inside - LOTS of woodwork - sort of the likes of that lodge up on Mount Hood that we visited when we did The Dalles (cant remember if you went up there with our group?).. Not quite as grandious but close.. There is a sign on that gravel road that says "Water Falls this way" or something like that.. It a couple miles but worth the ride!! By the way,, if you stay on that gravel road - then follow some quad trails - maybe camp a night - you can eventually come out to Devils Tower Wyoming.. Custers AWESOME!! Those Mamouth digs are too!! Gonna stick up for Wall Drug here too - I LOVE WALL DRUG!! If you go by there - even though it is a major tourist trap - drive all the way to the end of town where they have the street divided.. At the end of town is this place called "the back yard".. The back yard is for kiddies but still fun - go back there, stick your head in one of those holes where your face is sticking out on someone or somethings body and have somebody snap a picture of you to post on here!! Extra points if you climb up on the horse and do the same!! Now go INSIDE the back room area where the dinosaur comes to life every few minutes - cant miss it!! LOOK AT THE PICTURES OF THE COWBOYS AND INDIANS IN THAT HALLWAY!! REAL - I MEAN REAL REAL true to life stuff - REAL DEAL Western History there you will never forget!! Plan on spending a couple hours right there if your looking for real wild west history!!! The Badlands National Park is right straight out of Wall Drug!! I LOVE to leave Wall late in the evening - go sit in the moonlite on the rim of the Badlands in the Park overlooking the place - it is UNREAL!! I have camped on the rim many times but ya gotta get away from the road or ya risk getting woke up.. About have way thru the park is a gravel road that cuts away from the rim and back to the Prairie... It is sectioned of back there with an opening onto the Praire grass lands - camping is legal back there and I tell ya - you do it and you will want to never go home!! I swear you can still hear wagon wheels rolling and Indian pony's chasing buffalo if you listen carefully enough - between the Coyote howling that is!!! Heyyy,,, you coming across to the International at Orlins in Veer-a-qua?? Let me know if ya are.. I know a couple really neat camping spots on the way across for ya!! Puc

open da gate and get out da way,, patti and don are comin outta chute nine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you two have a blast out there this year - no one deserves it more!! Puc

AWESOME BUDDY!!! Hope our paths cross somewhere/somehow this season!! Come up to Michigan this year and I will buy you a Hot Dog at one of our outings!! Saw Monty a while back at one of Don's MD's!! Still as spry as ever and definitely taking good care of your scoot - someday the two of us are gonna go find some great big V-8 powered Boss Hosses to play with that he knows about - he brought me a Boss Hoss cuzy cup from the last time he rode your bike over to play with those great big bikes and I still have it on the front of my 1st Gen (under the antlers - you cant miss it, its the only Boss Hoss cuzy cup on the front of the bike and it is signed by Monty).. Posted all of this to let you know your bike is doing great and still in good hands!! Welcome back!! Puc P.S. = all the very best in finding the next perfect scoot to meet you folks needs!!

We are deeply saddened to read this update about our friend and brother Black Owl.. Our thoughts and prayers are with you Russell and family. May God's love and tender mercies sustain each one of you as you work thru these very difficult moments.. You are loved and missed brother!! Puc and Tip

Another thing you can try is - sit on the bike so its not leaning over, fully open/engage the choke lever to "CHOKE", turn the key on, listen to the fuel pump complete a run cycle, flip the kill switch off and then back on again to run the fuel pump thru another cycle, keep cycling the fuel pump this way until you hear the fuel pump slowly come to a stop in its clicking so you know your carb bowls are full. Now leaving your choke fully on, dont twist the throttle - hit the starter.. If it doesnt fire off with a couple trys, close the choke and open the throttle a little to see if its over choked. Also, blackened plugs will cause hard starting when cold.. Might not be a bad idea to stick some new plugs in her - gap em on the tight side of spec for room to spread, should be good for 15k easily if you dont over choke em.. If you have been fiddling with the sync screws with no gauges on her you will DEFINITELY want to sync her out (should get used to doing it regularly - its easy and fast maintenance).. Another thing that can create hard cold start is diaphram tears - lean her out some.. Also makes for very poor performance and lousy MPG.. May wanna check em.. Also look, listen and check for cracked rubber manifold and vacuum hose leaks causing lean if ya cant find it.. Another spot I have had issues with is high resistance on the plug caps - unscrew em and clean em up at the wires and internally on the resisters may help.. Know what cha mean about that DOG GONE - SCARE THE LIVING DAY LIGHTS OUT OF YA - WAKE UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD SPEEDO SQUEEL!! Search Speedometer lubrication - should find LOTS of good stuff to fix that horror story LOL

Yep,, if she were mine the first thing I would do is check where the cable connects to the carb - make sure that puppy is pulled back so the cable has very little slack in it when the lever is in the closed position. Also not a bad idea to check the bracket that holds the cable for being bent out of position. That thing is a little vulnerable when pulling the carb bank. Then as mentioned, operate the chock while watching the plungers where the linkage hooks up - make sure the linkages are in the grooves and the plungers are in fact opening all the way. Full open with the plungers is very important for cold starting..

Well call me a hippy in a tie dyed tee shirt - I aint never did know that's what those was called = I gotta get out more... Personally I like those longgg grips that came stock on the 1st Gens with no covering on em - I like the way they bend right at the very end just perfectly onto my knee when I am laid back with my head laying against Tippy watching the scenery go by.... Seems how we are talking bikes again,,,,, you get that clutch master figured out videoarizona ?

I was wheelin dealin at a large sled auction years ago,, auction was over,, people were getting up and headed for the check out line,, the auctioneer come back on the mic - says that "lot number such n such had a problem and they were gonna rerun it with no reserve - owner wanted it gone".. Look at my son and told him to check our list (I always did a pre Auction check on all items - checking out condition - keep from getting took...).. My list showed the item as a very good running 2 up sled with low mileage - nobody was really paying attention, I opened the bid at 50 bucks (auctioneer smirked when I did) - he couldnt get any more bids - we rode home with that awesome little 500cc 2 up sled on the trailer!!! Never know Hummingbird,,,,,,, just never know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If ya win it - ya just GOTTA drive it to at least one MD/Meet n Greet brother!!

Most, if not all, of larger dealerships up here practice the "no worky on 10 year old or older scoots" philosophy too.. Like most area's though, this creates a void that smaller shops have nicely filled. We even have numerous dealership mechanics who moonlight in their garages to pick up a few extra bucks.. Besides Craigslist - you might just ask at the service counter of a couple of your local shops (doesnt have to be a Yamaha shop) if they can steer you towards an independent who can handle the job. Also stopping an asking at smaller shops is not a bad idea either.. Word of mouth is also still the best way to find someone who knows what they are doing - searching for a "Certified" Yam Tech isnt always the only or best solution IMHO.. Could also run an ad in Craigslist too "looking for mechanic familiar with Yamaha V-4's" - may be worth a try..

WOWZY WOW WOW WOW = once again TOTALLY awesome read JF!!:thumbsup: Thank you for sharing again!!:thumbsup: Couldnt help but notice the Vee Dub in the wrong lane???? On a corner?? Or,, do those folks south of the border drive on the opposite side of the road .. Loved those breath taking Canyon Shots!!! And brother = look at those STICKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::clap2::clap2:

You lop eared California varmints may be some crazy folks at times () but you sure do have the bestest of the bestest totally AWESOME auctions I tell ya!!!! I would love to just go out there, team up with Condor and go goof off at an auction like that.. Sneak in just to sit behind a steering wheel and goof around like a couple a teenagers and then peek under them hoods eay Jack:missingtooth:

When I see stuff like this it just puts a great big proud smile on my face (check out the mileage).. Cant help but wonder if this belonged to one of our members - if so,, come to Michigan this year sometime and ol Pucster will gladly give ya pat on the back accompanied with an afternoon of free Hot Dogs!!! http://yamahaoflasvegas.com/Motorcycles-Yamaha-Royal-Star-R-Venture-2005-Las-Vegas-NV-80c6f161-b800-4f2d-9811-a687010ef380

Sitting here looking out the window watching Fool add Wisconsin White Wash to our yard and then reading this just makes me :big-grin-emoticon: brother!! Looking GREAT there!!! Thinking that car tire is probably a 15 incher isnt it?? If it were a 16 and you were closer to us I would be over at your house begging you for a chance to mount it up on Tweeksis just for a test ride... See,,, aint cha glad your wayyyyyy down yonder and we is wayyyyy up here Really lookin good there Bossman = SHARP BIKE!! Dont think I have seen pics of it before

or that little Yamaha Vision that looks like 1/2 a V-4 Venture motor? Almost sure they use our diaphrams n slide sets in those..

Another one of my strange but successful habits I use when rebuilding carbs is that I always put my lips over the fuel inlet on the carb after rebuild (even if I dont replace needle n seat), suck in while I am tipping the carb up to make the float activate. When the air that I am sucking out of the carb bowl stops flowing out I pull a vacuum with my breath against the needle and seat and then put my tongue over the inlet to seal it off.. I leave my tongue in place for 30 seconds or so so I can tell whether or not the seat is holding.. Sounds corny I know but this little habit has saved my from redoing doing carbs a more than one occasion..

Yep,, just make sure the float tang isnt compressing the needle plunger when ya measure em out...

If it were mine I would probably pull the headlight, hold a mirror on the dash so I could watch it - turn the key on and tap lightly on the wiring in there and see if I could make it fail while I played with the wiring... Them interrmitent electrical problems can be tricky.. Wonder if the lights flicker when all this is happening?

Well Jav,, as long as you know you have the carbs isolated for diagnostic purposes - have separated the over flow lines that tie together so they are independent like the non Cali bikes are (go back and click on the part diagrams for the two bike - make sure you have the right "vent" line. Have the tank vent open to atmosphere. Have tested the fuel pump to make sure it shuts off (stops clicking) when the bowl fill.. Thinking your working closer and closer to another time of opening them up.. Is is disconcerting that all of the carbs are getting fuel into the over flows - sure leads one to think something is not quite right with the float valves.. Thinking I would leave the over flow hoses off it - cycle the pump till the bowls fill and listen as the pump slowly clicks off indication its at a holding pressure - watch those over flow nipples and see if they start forming leakage. If they do (and it sounds like they probably will) - take a long wooden dowel, hammer handle or screw drive handle and put it against a float bowel and rap on it.. Possibly you got some floats sticking for some reason.. Sure sounds like you might be dealing with the wrong float valves since they were all just replaced,, just thinking out loud - sure is strange that they would ALL be bad if it were any thing else.. It will be worth the fight once ya get it solved my friend - just the hassle of getting there!!

:scared:IT'S CONDOR'S CROWN!!!!! :dancefool::dancefool::thumbsup: I said = hey Tip,, LOOK at this,, bring back memories?? Tip says - Of course I do,, an what AWESOME memories they are!!! THANK YOU Jack for saving that and for posting that pic up here!! Made my day King Condor - YOU DA MAN!!:clap2::clap2:

ROCK AND ROLL BROTHER!!! :dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::clap2::clap2::thumbsup: PLEASE - if at all possible - give your ol Dispatch riding brother in Michigan a quick = HEYYYY PUC,, WE'RE LEAVING heads up in the Water Hole when your getting ready to depart will ya? Memory aint as sharp as it used to be and I sure as beans dont wanna miss out on any of your adventure Tooch!!!

:thumbsup: BEAUTIFUL!!!:thumbsup: Theres a feeling, you can get - ONLY IN A JEEP:happy34:!! CONGRATS BROTHER!!