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WOW ZZZZZZZZZZZZ WOW WOW UNC - YOU HAVE AN AMAZING DAD!! I LOVE THOSE PICS!! PLEASE GIVE HIM A HUGE HUG FOR ME AND A HUGE THANK YOU FOR HIS SERVICE TO GOD AND COUNTRY :usa::usa:= JUST AMAZING:thumbsup::thumbsup:!! Now to your point - lost my Dad a short while ago. My son got married last Monday - we did the wedding here close to our home and held the reception about a 1/2 hour away. I took the opportunity to escort my Mom in her car to the reception which afforded me the chance to administer a driving test to her. I purposely messed up the rear view to see if she would correct it before pulling out - she did. Passing road signs and then asking what that road sign said on it, watching to see if she would maintain speed limits and how she navigated intersections as we made our way to the reception, blinkers, head checking after looking in mirrors,, you know the routine.. When we got out of the car at the reception she looked at me and said she knew what I was doing .. She did great but I told her that there may come a time when she gets closer to 100 that I would hang a "Student Driver" sign on her car. She laughed and then said - thats not a bad idea - told her I was serious.. She then told me how much she would miss being able to drive. I reminded her of how quickly my dad had gone down hill after he voluntarily surrendured his drivers license - IMHO, this should not be taken lightly Unc and I am GLAD that you and your family are not leaving the decision up to the - quote unquote - authorities, to make the decision.. Spend some time alone with your Dad in the car, do a really thourough test of your own concerning the matter - YOU decide whether or not YOU think your Dad is ok to drive and then be honest with him either way. His eyesight would concern me - my Dad had that same eye disease (had to have surgery - spent a long time looking at the floor and having to view people thru a mirror after corrective surgery) but was able to continue driving after getting it worked on. Still wanna make sure he can see well.. Check him for both day and night driving. Lots of elderly people do fine on the road and I dont go with the idea of "just cause he is 94 its time to take away his freedom". Matter of fact - I see LOTS and LOTS of folks who are in the prime of their lives out on the roadways blocking traffic, running red lights, smashing into each other cause driving while talking on the phone is totally acceptable and legal.. You might be surprised and find out that he is one of the best drivers out there!!! LOVE THE PICS - PLEASE DONT FORGET TO GIVE THAT DAD OF YOURS A :bighug:OR ME!! Puc

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Oh,, sorry,, got so excited when I read "Blondie" I almost missed the point of this whole thread - Dear Mister 1984 Blonde Yamaha Venture Royal rider in New Westminster B.C. - if you read this, PLEASE sign up for a free trial on the site and post a picture of your bike - eh!! The guy that started this thread knows the forum rules about not posting pictures and he is now facing a ticket and possibly probation if some pictures dont appear!! Looking forward to seeing and hearing about your bike! Your friend Puc

,, that was my very first Venture!! Bought it out of an estate in 1987 with 20k miles on it - the old guy who bought it new ran it till the stator died - parked it and then passed away leaving the scoot to his daughter. She had no clue what to do with it and it had to go = WOW did me and the kids have a ball wearing out that bike = kids named it "Beeg" which was short for "Big Girl"!!! Here I am now on number 6 with Beeg being the only Blonde we have ever had = LOVED THE BLONDE!! Beeg's side covers have been on all of our scoots since 87 and now have well over 1 million miles on them - they are cracked, old, worn out and look goofy but they are hopelessly filled with endless memories of gorgeous sunrises, flying lit marshmellows being mistaken for UFO's, mountain side roll overs, Grand Canyon deer trails and out running mad Harley riders in the Black Hills with one of my kids screaming "we beat another one Daddy"!!

Once again Yamagrl the guru nailed it IMHO.. High float setting, seeping float needle(s), out of adjustment or stuck choke mechanism, loose jets, leaky orings in a carb or even dirty/plugged/oil saturated air filter can cause the old "no need to choke" syndrome. May be hard to believe but I have even discovered worn metering rod orvices (high speed jet) on a couple of my worn out 1st Gens that got so oblongated they were allowing fuel past the metering rods and choke was never needed as a result.. With the "D" plugs these V-4's use - my experience has been the plugs dont take to kindly to over choking. Standard procedure around here has been, cold motor - full choke, bump the starter, get off choke as quickly as possible so plugs dont blacken. Dont let scoot idle or warm up on full choke and you will do a LOT fewer plug changes - IMHO.. Hey Snype - good thread - you should turn it into a "poll" = we love polls,, almost as much as 's...

Yep,, sure are Snype..

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THAT is sooooo way cool Bill :dancefool::clap2: = CONGRATS to you my friend!!

,, 2nd Gens got a Throttle Position Sensor? What da heck,, ,, is it a magnetic puc (not like me - I am a non magnetic puc) on the side of the slide body?? If so,, how can that work with vacuum operated slides.. Maybe operated off the carb that the other carbs are synced to??? Never mind,,, I'll try to keep my nose out of this and go back to 1st Gen Tech where at least I have somewhat of a clue.. I gotta get out more

Pull the timing plug, drop a timing light on it and see where she's hitting and how the Spark advance is performing. Pretty easy - thinking you should have an "H" stamp next to the "T-1" stamp on the flywheel (if its like the 1st Gens) - the arrow on the cover should land in between "H" arms when idling at 1 grand and the light clamped on number one plug wire.. Should get a real steady climb in the advance starting right off idle.. Actually,, I have used oil thickening products like Lucas or "motor honey" a number of times to help diagnose mysterious rattles and nocks Rodney.. Take a stethoscope or even an empty roll of paper towel to listen thru - start the motor and get er knocking - get as close the rattle area as you can pin point by listening thru the scope or tube - pull the oil fill and dump in a pint of your favorite motor quieter downer and listen closely as you add the goo.. I have rebuilt a few top ends that people have ruined by starting dry after sitting for a long time and they ruined cam journals by spinning them up with no prelube - thinking that if this is the case with your scoot, because the cam journals are part of the pressurized oil pump system it will probably quiet down fairly rapidly where gear lash rattle or a bearing that is oil bath instead of being part of the pressure system will take a little longer to quiet down.. Another thing to remember - a wrist pin rattle is unique in its location higher up in the jug and oft times will rattle at just off idle when holding a steady low speed rpm with no load on the engine. Big end bearing tend to rattle at higher r's and real noticable right when you take the load off.. As you know - ignition inspired rattles normally happen when load is applied and never affected by thickening the oil.. You ever stick an oil pressure gauge on it to see how much pressure its creating? Might not be a bad idea.. If this is happening when your riding at particular times - say like 1st gear, low r's and only as your easing away from a stop sign it could even be gear ramp up and looseness between the gears.. Clutches can rattle - does it change when you pull the clutch in? Does it lessen when you lean the bike over? Its possible that you have lost the cage on a bearing and the balls are out of sequence (all now riding together).. Got any "buzz" in the bars when ya spin er up? Only reason I ask is I had a scoot once that I bought cheap for rebuild and resell.. Got er fired up and discovered a strange buzz in the bars and a noisy motor - got talking to the former owner and found out it had been hydrolocked = bent rod.. Talk about strange noises BUT accompanied by noteworthy vibes.. Also had an Evo Sporty that I bought dirt cheap cause it rattled and had a really strange buzz in it (Sporties have a normal low end buzz built in - this one was a nasty mid range buzz). Turned out that a PO over revved the poor thing and nocked the crank out of spec - few wacks with a lead hammer between the v-blocks pulled her back into speck and NO MORE NOISE.. Gotta imagine that nocking a crank out of spec or, being a multi pin motor - even nocking one out of phaze could cause some pretty serious rattles that should not deminish with motor honey being added..

Check resistance on your plug caps too..

Still wondering if it would be prudent to just pull the timing plug and toss a light on it = if she's advancing properly the pressure sensor has to be working.. I know if you want full advanced timing marks ya gotta take a degree wheel and mark your own flywheel but you can still easily watch the advance movement and see if its acting properly.. May or may not be a good pretest before rippin er apart...

Now that right is one huge group of lop eared fun loving varmints if there ever was one!!! THANK YOU for posting this up Frog!!

A "POK" is the sound a BB makes after it's tossed out of my 760 Crosman with 10 Pumps and is going thru the side of the canvas tent that my Dad just put up for the two of us to stay in while up north hunting Deer when I was a kid:big-grin-emoticon:.. By the way,, if the BB's are "Pokking" they are not being damaged and can be reused - if they are "Pinging" as in hitting a hubcap on my dad's truck, they are no longer usable.. One of these days Tweeksis, Tip and I are hoping to make it up there and see if we can find a Pig in a Pine Tree Bubber - hope you lop eared varmints have a blast up there!!!

,, back in the day I use to load up a case of 100 rounds of 6 shot on my cheapy Lee Handloader, grab the spring loaded hand clay pigeon tosser (broke more of em tossing em than hitting em) and a couple cases of pigeons and the 870 and go to shooting.. Actually got good enough I could toss em - drop the tosser and grab the gun, shoot and even hit a few = I am like Raggy,, I LOVED wasting ammo .. Wish I could make it down,, I'd do that 40 dollar deal cause I aint sure they would let me into West by God with my coach gun strapped on Tweeksis side:big-grin-emoticon:... HOPE YA'LL HAVE A BLAST DOWN YONDER!!

Yep, daughter lived in Greenville SC for 8 years - didnt take long for the I-40 trail around Ashville and then down 25 to get really boring so the cut across thru Dolly Wood, Severville, Smokey Mtn NP and east on 129 became the mainstay - lots of water down yonder I tell ya and diggin on the fog too - would MUCH rather ride wet than fog myself.. Slept on the picnic tables on the west end of the Dragon by the lake pull off many times and survived rainy nights by tossing the bike cover over the bag on the table cause it was pouring rain.. WOW ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ WOW WOW WOW Yamagrl - BIG RED IS GORGEOUS:178::banana::bowdown: = THANK YOU for the 's sister!! Wowzy,, seeing lots of goodies on the Big feller!! Got an old Niehouse paper with most of those parts listed in it = small fortune in bling right there I tell ya!! I still LOVE the looks of the MK1's!!

,, ,,, been laying low cause of some headache issues - trying to figure out if it's eye related.. Now I wonder if that lop eared Birdy varmint knew about it, took advantage of the situation and flew the coup thinking the site was safe for a while = not a good move,,, my , :stirthepot: and cant even come close to the likes of @Flyinfool and his kind = you started the machine to clean out the Snoper didnt ya Jeff? Notice a great big dark cloud overhanging us all day - Waukee was dead center of it:big-grin-emoticon:... Hope you folks are having a BLAST out there Don!!

,,, :95: Indeed,, Thoughts and Prayers Up for Medics family at the loss of our friend!! Thanks Gunny for posting this up - hard to read but really appreciate knowing!!

Stopped in just to ask this same question DJ = thanks for posting this up!! @Barrycuda and all our other southern riders ,, caught some of the reporting about issues related to this storm,, PLEASE let us know your all ok = THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS UP FOR ALL AFFECTED!!! Remembering back in the early 70's - buddy and I were gonna go into the Airforce on the "buddy plan".. His brother was a Staff Sargent and stationed at Fort Eglin Air Base in Pensicola = said before you sign anything come down here and visit for a month or so.. We did and changed our minds.. Shortly after we left - a hurricane came thru and sucked out every air conditioner in the barracks we had just stayed in .. Watching the news about this one = HUGE chance of Tornado's producing some of the very same damages related to the one I am speaking of. Was numerous lives lost back then - PLEASE take warnings seriously and stay safe!!

Thinking I am reading this correctly Coffy,,, never owned an RSTD but cant imagine it any different than most wheel bearing applications. You want to end up being able to apply fresh grease into the open side of the bearing if its not a totally sealed unit.. If there is a seal that is pressed into the bearing journal after the bearing is pressed in (which - if my memory is correct - this is exactly the case on the 83's I have serviced bearings on - cant be much different than yours) it is that seal that seals the side of the bearing that is open. It is also that seal that allows you to repack that bearing with grease during maintenance intervals. All that said = the bearing face with the built in retainer/seal would go internal.. In the end you should end up with open face of the bearings pointed outwardly and having those open faces covered by the rubber seal you would place in after the bearing is installed.. The built in seal factory installed into the bearings would keep grease from running into the area in the center of the wheel and thereby ending up with dry bearings. Dont forget to install ALL internal spacers before you press the bearings in, there should be an internal spacer that - as the nut is tightened on the end of the axle it ultimately is captured against bushings and bearing races and not pulling the bearings inwardly on their races - make sense? I am hard to follow sometimes so it may not!! Also, I like to pack the open bearing faces behind the seals really well after installing the bearings and seals before I slide the axle thru. Its a really good practice to make sure the seal lips that meet the axle are also lightly covered IMHO. Light smear on the axe itself dont hurt.. Also, dont forget to grease the buffer pins and splines - saves a lot of wear n tear - keeps things quiet too..

:lightbulb:I got this one bro!! I got it I got it!!!!!!!!! Insulate the rear trunk to make it into a chest freezer,, get a cassette tape of that carnival music ice cream trucks play while driving thru neighborhoods,, dress up like a clown and drive around your neighborhood selling those polka dot ice cream bars,,, have a brand new triked Goldwing paid for free and clear in NO TIME = tahhhhhhh dahhhhhh

Dag nabbit that Yamigrl sure knows how to make complicated matters livable and understandable - even for lop eared varmints like me .. My final answer would have been a hunk of electrical tape stretched over that flashing red light cause I have fired a few shots at that sneaky bugger too GOOD, EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND QUALITY INFO YAMAGRL!! :sign Rock On::sign Rock On:

At 70k on a 16 year old scoot for 3250 I would also be looking for varification of things like rear shock replacement and valve train maintenance.. Here http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/mcy/5752919005.html is an 07 with 40k out near you Bella for an asking 3800 but willing to dicker.. 3250 cash may buy the 07 - pretty much rest assured that 3500 would take it.. You can probably see where I am going with my thoughts,, 7 year newer scoot - less mileage for roughly a 500 dollar variance.. If nothing else it shows that your not looking at a steal but an ok price.. Hey,, wait a minute here,,, a year 2000 - is that one of those MM's - tan seat and white in color? If so,, could be a different story if that is what your looking for and that is what he is selling - those are "numbered" scoots,, collectables as it were.. If thats the case, its in good shape and thats what YOU like than yea,, good deal!! I would still be looking at the rear shock and making sure it aint leaking, take a peek at the valve covers and see if its got newer gaskets in it and check the other stuff mentioned too though cause its still subject to all the above - may as well know what your gonna have to add to get the next 200k out of her!! Bottom line - you really dont know what you got with either of em till ya go see em in person - pics tend to be pretty deceiving,, not always but sometimes...

Got cha,,, could be a slide hanging up - they get a little sticktion happening and that can do it.. Might not be a bad idea to pull the air box lid - take a gaze at the slide movement in each barrel - start it up, twist the throttle a couple times and see if they are each moving properly. It really doesnt take much to hang up a slide. Bad plug also comes to mind,, even though they are new - pull the plugs and see if ya got one that shows fouling.. If your using iridium plugs - might try swapping back to standard NGK's - gap em on the tight side at 32 thou so they got room to stretch with time. Dont over choke it to start it - get it off `choke as quick as possible so the plugs dont have a chance to blacken (these smaller "D" plugs dont take much over choke to foul em).. See if that helps.. Also may double check the connection on the wires at the caps - get one that didnt get screwed in real well, been firing on a long arc and is now arc burnt - resistance there is a real killer of power.. You got a timing light you can toss on it? Not saying its not the spark advance - your idea to check it is worthy,, unscrew that plug, clamp on a light and peek in the hole - be REAL easy to see if the advance is working.. Just thinking out loud here with my thoughts about thinking its elsewhere and only from wearing out a few of these V-4's and hanging out with these lop eared VR varmints - havent heard much failure dealing with the advance system.. TCI = yes,, spark advance = not so much.. TCI will do some crazy things like we are talking about but usually the failure is easily noticable by the Tach acting up... IMHO of course...

If I felt better and wasnt in the middle of helping the kids with the Wedding thats happening in 2 days I would be RIGHT THERE showing you hippy wannabees how to :dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool: Miss ALL of you and THANK YOU soooooooooooooo much for the pics/vids and words!! Keep em coming PLEASE!!!!!!!!! :clap2::clap2: