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Now we're cooking with hot possum grease Coff!!! Ya got 3 days and 9 hours to do it right and rebuild those carbs brother = get er done!!! As long as you got that sweetheart down it might not be a bad idea to pick up one of those cheapie cable lubers and lube up the throttle cables while your in there - might just save you from having to come home from the outback of the desert using a pair of pliers to operate the throttle:missingtooth:.. Been using these for years: http://www.ebay.com/itm/KiWAV-tool-twin-cable-luber-oiler-lubricator-lubricant-for-Harley-metric-/391167761335?hash=item5b136a5bb7:g:5kMAAOSwPcVVxQWt&vxp=mtr and they work great. Have found the best lube to be bicycle chain lube (lasts a longggg time on the cables). Just a thought. Might not be a bad idea to also double check the condition of the air chamber = part number 33 shown here: http://www.yamahapartshouse.com/oemparts/a/yam/50042507f8700209bc788070/cylinder-head. It is located right below the TCI/coil pacs. Look carefully at the molded seams for disfiguring = can be an issue if it's pulling air from a bad spot. Also might not be a bad idea to carefully pull the leads on the TCI, clean the pins and dilectric the terminals. All that and good carb cleaning should keep ya busy for 3 days and 9 hours AND should make good ol Genesis stand up and dance:big-grin-emoticon: Godspeed Preacher!!! Puc

Right there with ya Eye Ball,,, a slice into my freedom to choose how to protect myself just rubs me wrong too.. IMHO, legislation that protects me from hurting me when failing to abide by that legislation has an almost zero percent chance of hurting another person just doesn't seem right.. I conceed to the idea of it hurting others by driving up insurance costs though, truly I get that. The only thing is, there are other much bigger ailments in society, IMHO, that could/should be addressed long before things like helmet laws.. An example are the drinking laws.. Statisically, vehicular death and/or dismemberment by DUI to OTHERS is wayyyyyy beyond the numbers seen by helmetless bikers yet if most small towns all across the U.S. had only 1 building in them, that one building would probably be a Bar.. If in a State with helmet laws in effect,, that Bar will more likely than not have a regular attendance of helmet wearing motorcyclist stop in and partake of judgement impairing beverages. After consuming these beverages - the impaired riders can choose to get on their bikes and head out on the highway (no laws exist anywhere in the U.S. that allow LEO's to do breath analisis at the door of the bar ).. As a result of this, we now have little legal unguided missle's with their heads protected so they survive after doing their injustice to an unknowing passerby out walking his dog on the shoulder of the road. ,, did it again, painted myself in a corner here:buttkick:..... While taking a break waiting for the paint to dry I think I will ponder why people walking dogs aren't required to wear helmets and full goalie gear, thinkin that would solve all our problems..

This is an interesting thread ,,,, Raggy ( @ragtop69gt ),, is this you pretending to be someone else ... Sorry Rojy if I am wrong,, its just that we have a lop eared varmint named Raggy who hangs out around here that likes to occasionally.. Regardless,,, to VR if Rojy.. As far as Holloween decorations,, cant be of much assistance cause I usually dont decorate but go Trick or Treating instead.. Once a year I dress up like an actual biker with leather jacket, chaps, helmet and boots and go surprise all my buddies.. They are so used to seeing me in my usual biker gear consisting of an old sweet shirt, tenner shoes, Harley Hat and blue jeans that I easily pass for a good scary costume and end up with a bag of goodies...

Prayers Up for your brother Doug!! Sounds like the surgery went well - hope his healing goes great and he fully recovers!!

:scared::scared::scared::scared: :dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool: WOWZY WOW WOW WOW = now THIS is what I call SERIOUS scootin!! Outstanding Sir Bill,, ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING BROTHER!!:thumbsup: Those 's are BREATH TAKING and the food looks so good I can smell the camp grub while I am typing this but I gotta say = seeing you standing there with your daughter proudly standing next to her Dad while out enjoying the freedom and bonding time that only a motorcycle trip 2 up a bike can offer makes me concur to one point only = IT DONT GET NO BETTER THAN THAT MY FRIEND = WHAT AN AMAZING RETIREMENT YOU GOT GOING BROTHER = ALL THE BEST WITH YOUR FUTURE PLANS!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heyyyyyy,, hi Sonshine = WELCOME HOME and back to being a grease monkey ... if I were out there helping you like I should be this is what we would probably do (if you allowed such nonsense:smile5:). Put Genesis up on the center stand. Pull the side diaphram covers and slip the slides out of here - check the diaphrams for pin holes and repair em with YamaBond #5 if any holes were found and set em to the side. Pull the drain hoses out of there holders up on the carbs. Take an animal syringe (Ag stores sell them here - if you cant find one let me know and I can send you one of mine:thumbsup2:) and slide the end of it into a drain hose - open the drain and suck the fuel out of the carb - do all carbs. Now tap on each carb body to assist in making sure the floats have fallen. Now pull the syringe pusher and fill syringe with straight Berryman's (have tested Seafoam for this and it will not work = use berrymans). Watch inside the slide opening as you push the Berrymans into the carb thru the drain - you want the cleaner to just start to flow out of the orvice where the metering rod on the bottom of the slide enters into its orfice (main jet). When it flows - close the drain and go to next carb. After leaving the carbs set with Berrymans inside for 1/2 hour - starting with carb you began with (FIFO = first in first out) - open the drain, pull the fluid out with the syringe and then force it back in causing as much agitation as possible - do this for a minute or two and then suck the juice out and squirt it back into its can. Do all carbs. Now fill the syringe with normal aerosol carb cleaner and refill carbs one at a time with carb that stuff - cheap stuff from auto store is fine. Make sure you fill to flow thru main jet again. Let it set for 1/2 hour, repeat with the agitate and remove cleaner. Follow that overflow hose on the backbone of the bike and figure out which carb/carbs it is attached to.. OEM they are laid in the bracket on the backbone in order,, if memory serves me correctly it was 1st one on the left goes to the #2 carb = front carb on left, 2nd goes to #1 = rear on left, 3rd to front right and 4th to goes to rear on right - I think.. Leave the drains open on the carbs thru the overflow hoses that were overflowing on your garage floor. Close the other drains. Turn the key on and activate the fuel pump on and off with the kill switch until you get good flow out of the drains on the effected carbs. Allow the drains to flow for a minute or so off the pump (catch gas in a jar) with hope of dislodging anything in the float valve(s) of affected carbs. Close the drains and see if it will pump up to pressure now with out draining out of the overflows. If so, pull the fuel in the carbs out with a cleaned syringe - squirt the gas from the syringe into a small glass jar from each carb - let it sit for a minute or two and check the bottom of the jars for water in the fuel and for debris.. If your seeing debris = refill carbs and check again.. Dont try to start it till you have clean fuel in jars.. I have resurrected carbs doing this after long term storage successfully but have also ended up having to remove carbs and clean them the correct way a number of times too Tech Sargent Coffey.. It just all depends on how bad they were initially.. Hope this helps.. By the way,, I personally think these ol 1st Gens make AWESOME Chops or even Bobbers.. Put me at the front of the line when it comes to givin Zags Chop a HUGE :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:.... ,, if it weren't for my absolute LOVE for 2 up touring with Tip on the back,,, your ol buddy would GLADLY be seen roaming the country on a Chopped Venture JUST LIKE THAT! PS, PS = for long term storage when I am definitely not going to be able to start/run my scoot occasionally = I am one who likes to open the drains on the carbs and let em sit dry - only way of successfully storing untouched that I have discovered...

Hey Kev - wassup brother.. Still diggin on my Knackers Yard music - GOOD STUFF = THANKS AGAIN!!:dancefool: Aint no way, aint no how this ol boy is even close to being a lectrical guru like LOTS of others around here but this is what I would do if that V-Strom was my baby.. I would take a test lead and connect one end to the negative post on the battery. Then, if the scoot has a removable lense on the blinkers and the blinkers are of the "single element" type (meaning the blinkers themselves are not also providing a running light?) I would remove the lense cover on the blinker that is affecting all the other lights. Using either my test lead with the build in probe point or, using a small jewelers screw driver with the alligator end of a test lead clamped on it - I would turn on that blinker and with the lights effected doing their thing I would push the probe/screw driver end carefully between the base and the bulb and touch it on the metal part of the bulb just below the glass and see what happens. This should instantly clear up the issue if its a bad ground. In my experience, Most of those blinkers are wired for ground right from the socket to the frame. If doing what I suggest works then its just a matter of figuring out where you have resistance in the ground system. Start with a fresh bulb and a good clean socket area - if its still acting up, probe the end of the blinker where it attaches to the frame, if that shows good result - probe the frame where the bracket attaches - if that solves it - probe both sides where the subframe attaches to the actual frame - if that works - probe where the negative battery cable attaches to the frame... Any of this make sense at all brother? If the blinkers on the Strom have dual elements in them (like an 1157 car tail light) so they are serving both as a running light and a blinker) - I would start with replacing the bulb. I have had those particular bulbs loose an element and have the broken end of the element make contact with the other element. This will cause the whole system to "flash" as you speak. If that doesnt clear it up, unplug the feed for the other blinker and the effected one - plug the leads to the affected blinker into the uneffected blinker and see if the other blinker will work properly off the other leads.. If so, the wiring in the blinker itself may have found a way to short out + to + and a new blinker (if not repairable) may be the cure.. Hope this all helps some how.. PS - you happen to notice I have a small bald spot on top of my head?? That is from trying to figure out situations just like you are working on:missingtooth:.. YE BE WARNED

:clap2::clap2::dancefool::dancefool: The bond that forms between a Dad (or Mom) and their offspring while sharing alone time on a motorcycle is amazing!! GOOD ON BOTH OF YOU FOR CHOOSING TO SPEND YOUR TIME TOGETHER DARRIN!!! By the way = BEAUTIFUL PICS = thank you for sharing!!

Here ya go Nightwind - started by another one of our guru's ( @yamagrl ) and jam packed with all kinds of good info!! http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?86009-Time-for-second-gear-repair&highlight=tranny Hope it helps! Puc

Indeed,, I have logged my share of short shifted miles on these 1st Gens but only for the reason of being a cheapskate so to speak.. By em dirt cheap with failed second gear and ride em out to terminal.. That said,,,, I currently am riding my very 1st one (good ol #6 - THANK YOU Carbon_One ) with the updated tranny and can verify = having a solid 2nd gear is AWESOME:happy65::banana:.. While not really an absolute must have for hard core 2 up touring or for absolute durability = it sure makes it a LOT easier to stay ahead of the pac`so to speak.. To help with some mechanical understanding,,,, the commonly referred to 'top end" on our V-4's is not totally removeable from the bottom end cases like on a normal scoot. The heads and cams = yes, the "jugs" no. The cylinders are an integral part of the lower cases so swapping as mentioned is not possible.. If one were so inclined to do the update and catches the update BEFORE the tranny actually fails - then indeed it's just a thrust washer replacement BUT - if the tranny has already "slipped" = to late , gear replacement needed.. As mentioned, @Venturous_Randy has actually sat down and figured gear ratio differences between using 2nd Gen sets and the OEM 1st Gens.. He came up with some amazing scenario's by doing so - it would DEFINITELY be worth some investigation into those numbers before purchasing anything if you have already messed up the tranny and are going to tackle the job = IMHO.. I do know that the gearsets you will want are NOT available in all years = seems I recall Randy mentioning specific models or years when he and I talked about it a while back.. Randy is one of MK1 guru's around here,, hopefully he will chime in.. Also,, if it were me, I would also address the weak 1st Gen MK1 clutch issue if its still OEM while at it and check the stator for splash plate update and water pump for non-plastic impellar while I was in there.. May as well do it all on the bench instead of on the roadside or two track Wish you the best on your upgrade Nightwind = if you decide to go forward with the project you might want to consider the 12 dollar donation to become a supporting member here.. I ABSOLUTELY PROMISE you that you will not make a better investment into the "project" than by doing so.. TONS AND TONS helpful info will be right at your fingertips if you do so,,, have seen it happen over and over and over again around this joint.. Regardless whether you do or not = to VR and hope the info you are getting helps you out!!

What a waste:95:.... Sorry to read this brother.. Hopefully change is coming in the near future with the care you and the rest of Vets are receiving.. It still makes no sense to me why you folks who have stood for our way of life cant just go to a local Dr./Care Facility for medical care. Got to be a reason but for the life of me, I just dont get it.. At any rate - THANK YOU for being there for us your bro!

:scared: :doh::doh: Putting this from @Dragonslayer 's perspective - looks like ol Pucster is still on a "PICNIC" Yamagrl

:scared:WOWZY WOW WOW WOW ROLLER - she is ADORABLE my friend!!! What a blessing and a sweetheart,, a true lil Roller:big-grin-emoticon:!! Prayers Up for a very quick escape from the hospital and home to her family (and Grand Parents) where all the love in the world awaits her!! BEAUTIFUL CHUCK = CONGRATS TO ALL!!

Yeppers Slayer - this time I was one of those "PICNIC'rs" and my good buddy YammerDan gets the Advanced Observation Award, IMHO!! That @yammer_Dan is amazing actually - some of us (myself included) never noticed that missing link!! Way to go DanL'!!!

OUTSTANDING!!!!! I too have always LOVED those old Cushmans and THANK YOU Don for posting this up!! GORGEOUS bunch of scoots!!

Hey Roller,, you ever hear the ol' cliche' about pointing your finger and having 3 of fingers pointing back at cha? Just wondered if that implies x3 on age too he's just an oldddd hippy trying to adjust

I hear ya brother.. It's amazing how refreshing a simple "thank you" with a "your welcome" in response can be.. Even in our activities here in our home forums I have seen that work.. There have been a few times where I have noticed someone asking for help, getting several answers and then - after several weeks = still no clicking on the "thank you" taking place.. Just a simple acknowledgment of appreciation seems to be difficult for a few people.. In the end though, I still see the people responding with answers to people's problems - unaltered by unthankfulness - which has a double positive effect on me cause I think it's way cool when folks rise above rudeness.. When my kids were real little I had a little game I played with them = whoever said "thank you" first got a " your welcome and thank you for the greatful attitude" response from us.. Sort of a way to make saying "thank you" competitive between the kids.. It was AMAZING how well that worked (4 kids = LOTS of sibling rivalry)!!! My adult children still talk about the effectiveness of us doing that to this day = reminding us of how it taught them of the importance of those three little words = please and thank you! Good thread Rand!!

Michigan has no mileage limit on their historic plated vehicles Snyp.. There other restraints though,, you are suppose to be going to/from a "rally", doing maintenance work, ect.. = really vague. I asked years ago about this and was told that basically the State wants to control people using the plates for commuting. Even that is still vague here though because everyone knows part of maintenance of a vehicle is just driving it (letting em sit is the hardest thing in the world on any of em "wink wink").. Also have to maintain insurance and following all normal licensing laws. Here we can get 10 year Historic Plates (which I do) for 30 bucks or, find a plate from any state that matches the year of the bike - pay 35 bucks for those plate for lifetime registration. I have actually done both but prefer the Historic Plates cause their seems to be a lot less questioning them in some area's of the country (according to the antique "car" guys who also travel around north America playing with the cars). The Michigan Historic Plates look like a "normal" plate except they say "historic" across the bottom. Knock on wood - having ran them on LOTS of motorcycles (both dirt and street bikes) all over North America and gotten stopped my share of times for "other issues" - I have never been questioned about running Historics. We have been talking about snatching up a Jeep CJ to play with = was telling Tip that we really should buy an older "Antique" Jeep (had a 74 back in the 70's and LOVED it - one of the funnest vehicles I ever owned) so I can work on it (carb n points) and be able to take advantage of the wayyyyyyyyy cheaper licensing feature of running Historic's on it!! I find it interesting that your State has a 1000k yearly limit to mileage.. There is a HUGE antique car group that circles the States every year that I have followed on my bike (still in love with those ol' muscle cars). Of the hundreds and hundreds of those cars I have viewed over the years I dont remember ever seeing a lot of"normally" registered cars. Wonder if the ones I did see are ones from States that do have a mileage limit:think:, always wondered why anyone would pay the higher cost of normal plates for their '66 Vette - you may just of answered that ..

Still laying low getting a grip on the blod clotting. Keeping an eye on this thread - with a couple weeks more of healing time = we just may make this one!!! It would be a BLAST to see you lop eared varmints again!! :dancefool:

WOWZY Boss - that is exactly what happened to Tip and I on our way back to Sacramento from the International at The Dalles back in '14!! Talk about a SICK feeling.. Soooo glad the 2 of you didn't have a blow out cause that is an adrenaline filled experience to say the least.. Having been there several times thru the years I can tell ya,, the real excitement of riding down a loaded touring bike with 2 up doesn't even begin till about 20 mph - that's when they get extremely squirrely (I am sure you know that too).. Unfortunately it doesn't always work out that ya get to know the thing is dangerously impaired but when I do - I have been known to crawl (5 mph) along the side of the road for miles to get to a new tire.. Gotta protect life n limb I tell ya!! Anyway,, glad you folks came out in good shape!!!

:scared::scared: WOWZY WOW WOW WOW REINY = SOOOOOO GLAD YOU MADE IT BROTHER!!!!!!:thumbsup: Thankfully you weren't 5 miles back in the deer woods when that puppy hit!! Got those Prayers Up for your healing process my friend! Take it easy, listen to those Dr.'s and the 2017 ride season will be here before you know it:big-grin-emoticon:

Keepin a pretty good lope these days Snype,, still laying low letting things heal and letting some clogs disperse before I can wind er up above a lope but no complaints brother... Cant wait to wind er up and see if my mid range whine is still there

Right there with you Darrin - got some amazing folks around here and wanna echo your thankfulness!! BEAUTIFUL 's brother - look forward to meeting all 3 of you someday neighbor!!

Personally, I think your thought on value is about right.. That said though, unless you are considering doing the work yourself - I wonder if you would not be better off to toss the xtra cash for repair in up front and get a good running scoot to begin with.. It is really easy to get in deep dollar wise if you gotta pay labor costs every time you need something IMHO. These big ol Ventures are DEFINITELY heavier than your ST!! With these things the trick to survival = if it gets to far over in a standing lean is for all hands to ABANDON SHIP and never get your leg under it when she sinks:rotf:

Them's not lopes Snype,, them there be lop eared varmints.. Lopes dont smile like that!! sorry = couldnt resist.. ,, always LOVED that HD lope too!!:guitarist 2: