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No 2nd gear doesnt make em scrap - at least to some folks.. It always amazed me how durable and rideable they are even with no 2nd gear!! Just finished off wearing out my 5th - no second gear MK1!! A LOT of GREAT memories from those scrap scoots I tell ya!! Short shifting is a way of life around the Puc house:big-grin-emoticon: Cant WAIT to follow the rebuild thread Johnny!! By the way = I LOVE those ol Blondes!!

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Hurry up and win the dad gum thing will ya DanL'!!! I would LOVE to see a new V-Max all triked out and would LOVE to come camp at your party brother!!

Definitely gonna take your advice on the Castor Oil brother!! Although,, back when I was doing a lot of MX'n and dirt riding I used to LOVE to follow guys running "bean oil" cause I loved the smell.. Probably would have the opposite effect so I will take your advice Slayer

FIDDY HORSE?? FIDDY MORE HORSEYS!!! I WANT FIDDY MORE HORSE!! Now which wires do I cross Raggy? Come on - GIVE !!!

I asked about Seafoaming the living daylights out of it Riv - Doc said no way hosay.. Said something about steering clear of additives for the time being and giving it all time to heal up.. Also said that the biggest issue associated with Tuner installs is folks not following the orders of taking it easy, not moving the clavical area around (heavy lifting and over head movement are a major no no) until healing takes place around the Tuner leads. Said "you HAVE to take it easy for scar tissue to form around the leads - this should also do the trick for the clotting".. As for "filtering" = never even thought of that = read below.. Thanks for the thougts, concern and Prayers Up brother!! Never even heard of such a thing DanL' - THAT is amazing!! They gotta go in and change the filter once in a while or does it self clean as the clotting dissolves? Apparently, if its not to bad of clotting, in the arm when the vessles plug off the blood finds new ways to travel.. Then the clotted area will dissolve, over time, on its own.. You injury was DEFINITELY far worse than what I have going on here (sooo sorry that happened to ya bro BUT sooo glad they were there for you - what would we do around here with out our YammerDan!!) - got very little pain associated with the clotting, swelling is gone and discoloration too.. I am just whining for whining sake being a about having to lay low - wanna go race my buddies brand new 2017 Harley 103 High Output with my "brand new" 1983 Venture ("Sis" has got a second gear, OUTSTANDING CLUTCH and EVERYTHING) that I got from @Carbon_One so bad I can TASTE IT!!!!! 103 inch fuel injected high output against an old Carbed 74 inch and I still think I will put a whoopin on em !! Waiting to run with the big dogs again!! Puc

Like "Hannible" on the A-Team used to say Fool = NICE!!!!!!!!!!!

+1 on the THANK YOU for the input ACE!! Nothing like hearing from actual owner/operators when it comes to data gathering:thumbsup:.. I, for one, would be HONORED to see some 's of your scoot,, I know,, I KNOW,, I am kind of a pest when it comes to 's = flaw in my flawed character as it were .. Show it off brother:thumbsup: = would LOVE to see it!!!

Trackin right with ya Lenny! Crazy how things change aint it? ,, but,, then again,, crazy how things also stay the same.. Back, way back in "the day" so to speak,, we had these things called "CB's" that us social butterflies used to play with.. It was a crazy time of life - CB clubs with club vests, club contest to see who had the most CBing friends and on and on.. Now that I think about it - nothing has really changed except for the magnitude and the ease of being part of it all. Big difference was, back then it seemed like us social butterfly CBers were considered "outsiders" - sort of rebels in a strange way.. Nowadays its the other way around.. Interesting too was the fact that back then us motorcycle crazies were also considered outsiders.. Totally outside of modern societies realm of normal.. Seems like everything has flip flopped in a strange kind of way.. Why its enough to make a has been hippy, CB talkin motorcycle freak his head and ask what just happened.. and a healthy too!

Just be thankful brother Jeff aint conquered the formula for that high temp snow yet DanL'!!!

WOWZY Bongo = sounds like you 2 had a ball!! All the best on your Time Share brother!!!!

1st Tuner test showed me operating off the Tuner 67% of the time.. They said I was still running "flat" (which I took as I still had a little lean condition going on) so they tweeked the program a little to make it more responsive.. Also gotta a dog gone blood clot in my left arm happening.. Gotta lay low with it a little for a month = keep it elevated and apply heat.. Kind of concerned me cause I always thought blood clots in the plumbing could lead to stroke.. Doc said that is very uncommon with clotting in the arm.. Hanging in there! Puc

Pieces parts are in the mail brother!!!!

Tip n I sat on one once,, NICE FEEL!!! Also LOVE the dash board and the fairing design.. Still not really sure why Kawi didnt just complete the design by fully water cooling it as long as they were gonna end up with a radiator = blocking the air flow across the jugs anyway.. IMHO,, thats a lot of bike for the cash when comparing to other like hearted new machines.. I know that Kawasaki installed an external fan to cool the rear jug.. Anyone know if that fan operates off the control for the rad fan? Also,, be interesting to know where the hot air being blown off the rear jug is discharging.. One of the things Tip n I (mostly Tip - one up I actually like running without covers so I can see the motor being a sight stimulated male of the species) have really appreciated about the good ol 1st Gens are the side covers that contain the hot air movement while the engine is being cooled.. One might think that air isnt that warm but we who have had those early "louvers" in the side covers can attest to the fact that even those puppies would deform like the machine we used as kids to make creepy crawlers use to do..

I LOVE that lady!! She looks right into the camera and says things that would get a normal person locked up or shot over even though it is true

Always had pretty good luck using my Oxy/Ace torch set up with a brazing tip (so I could aim the flame "cone" directly onto the broken bolt if snapped off at the surface) for heat control. Get her cherry, cool it like Rod mentioned and bingo.. Wonder if heating to cherry - let cool to the point of no red (so you dont get a fire) and cool the rest of the way with PB or the home brew would work.. Heating the bolt to red also has the effect of the metal loosing its hardness.. Have also broken off easy outs and found heating the broken easy out to cherry and letting cool can make drilling it out a LOT easier.. One of the things I like about using the "screw in" easy outs is that if it snaps off they will usually come out when drilling in to them with a normal right hand twist drill.. Gotta tell ya Unc -bottom line,, those rotten, broken, exhaust poppin manifold bolts ARE one of lifes true Pain in the backsides = could not agree more with ya brother!! Made the hair on the back of my neck stand up and caused my nuckles to start bleeding just looking at those pics!! With todays cramped up engine compartments and all the confounded EPA JUNK ya gotta remove just to get at the confounded things :bang head:,,, well lets just say ol Puc thinks YOU DA MAN for even attempting such a noble adventure..

You also brought the following for show n tell time in the classroom Yamagrl (thought we backrow 's of the class couldnt see it didnt cha young lady:big-grin-emoticon:) = !!! Hokey spamokey I LOVE this place!! If high school would have been this much fun I would actually went :rotf:

INDEED - looking pretty nasty down there!! Prayers Up for ALL involved in this!! WOWZY that looks like a bad one!!!

Got a really good friend in Bradenton,, just spoke with him.. Says all the east siders are heading west toward them.. Lookin really nasty down there!! PRAYERS UP for all involved!!!

Thanks folks!! Passing along all the info - good or bad!! REALLY APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK!!!

and here I thought you was just bringing some good ol fashioned excitement into our "Electronics 101" classroom!! Glad you figured it out Raggy!!!

Is it something about you and are you expecting to much Silv?? I dont know brother,, personally I think it's just part of life.. Once we attach to adulthood it seems like things get complicated really fast.. Working, raising our own families, have our own individual likes/dislikes - before ya know it time slips by and, especially when we get a little older, it seems like more and more past relationships pop into our mind with thoughts like "I havent seen or heard from so and so for 40 years".. It's no ones fault really,, just happens that way. As most, I too have some 2nd hand experience with divorce/broken families and that experience has proven that this complicates the matter even more - another part of life. I also know that there is some old age prophetic wisdom that states "for a man to have friends he must show himself friendly" and I always interpreted that as saying "if I wanna have a relationship with someone it is my responsibilty to reach out".. Not sure if that applies here but it might.. Gotta say this,, I LOVE WHAT DOUG SAID IN HIS LAST LINE TOO = ""The older I get, the more I appreciate the importance of family, even the distant ones""!! That there is SPOT ON IMHO!!:happy34::happy34:

Got a buddy looking seriously at a newer Tri-Glide and asked me what I thought.. Gave him some input on my opinion of differences between straight and independent rear axles yadadee yadadee,zippy doo and yippeeekiyaoh.. I have rode a number of the Glides at HD Demo days but am really limited in superior knowledge on the subject.. Little digging here and I found the thread @rickardracing made about his experience when he and his wife rented one = http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?106971-Tried-out-a-Tri-Glide/page2 Hey Randy - you folks end up getting one? Lots of good read on that thread! Anybody else presently riding a Tri-Glide or have past experiences you wanna share about? Would like to steer my friend straight so if ya know something please share.. Rock n Roll Puc PS - Thanks in advance....

Oh man,, sorry I missed this Slayer!! My "Keep the Deck" comment was encouraging Mom Yam to just hang on to any left over tape decks they have = dont need it on my scoot!! 2 great minds = Rock n Roll brother!!! Looks like we made it thru another September with no new scoot - NOW MOM YAM HAS ANOTHER YEAR TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REALISE ALL OUR EFFORT AND DREAMS!!!

Hey Raggy,, just thought of something else - may or may not be applicable,, no idea if the 2nd Gens have passenger controls on the system? If so,, any chance you may have some "ON" back there that is turning on the system when you hit the switch.. Hope ya got it figured out brother..