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Good advice so far IMHO.. Also maybe a stuck starter solenoid or a relay switch leading to the solenoid.. I would find the starter solenoid, unplug the small input 12v wire that energizes the solenoid and see if that stops it. If it doesnt the solenoid is closed causing the starter to get voltage as soon as you connect the battery.. Had an old shovel head do that once,, bike rolled over, started up and the starter stayed engaged.. What a mess.. Make sure you have the kill switch off when playing with it so that doesnt happen.. Can always just test the circuits and devices with an ohm meter to see where the fault is but thats not as fun

Engineering 101: Mount an electric winch on a tree on the other side of the road,, hook the cable on the back of the bike and drag her up da hill ,, simple pimple and easy as pie.. Non-engineering old school biker method with friends who dont know about your snow making skills: invite your biker buddies over for a hot dog and have em push you.. Non-engineering old school biker method with friends who do know about your snow making skills: learn to turn the bike around and use Mr. Gravity to back the it in.. :lightbulb:good thing VR has a Puc in its club to do all the thinking or nothing would get thunk about Glad you finally got a chance to get out and test that knew foot Jeff!!! Sounds like your headed for a GREAT summer of riding:dancefool::dancefool:!!!!!!!!!

Forget that dust covered snow maker and those empty bottles of gook you were mixing to make the summer snow with Fool!! It's ride time brother!!

Never did figure out how to change thread title names either DanL so not much help,,,,, but ya gotta give me a little break cause I'm a Puc, not a Google..

Gotta be a starter solenoid somewhere in the mix,, you can test for voltage at the solenoid with an ohm meter set on DC 12 volt range. Ground one lead to the bike frame or battery neg, probe the input for the solenoid and see if ya got 12 volts when you hit the start button. Have heard of problems on the starter relay on the 2nd gens, no idea if this is a different "relay" then the actual start solenoid but I am thinking it probably is - my guess is there is a relay somewhere that is controlled by all the interlocks in the system - you may have to find and test that in the same way..

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I stuck this over in the Craigslist section too cause its a pic from Craigs.. Gotta say,, I have never seen a pic of the actual unit Motortrike installs on their Trike conversion.. Wow there's a lot going on here - pretty cool setup really.. I helped install a straight ax under a Sporty a while ago and it was no where near as impressive as this is.. Amazing from a old school gearhead perspective,,, definitely material!! http://images.craigslist.org/01313_9xGWwFMDn2c_600x450.jpg

Only problem is Drews, a lot of those scoots are from area's outside of Michigan and havent been converted to run on Hot Dogs yet... Not that their owners havent ALL been invited, over and over and over again I might add!!!

EWE,,, thats nasty Brum!! I just betcha somebody refilled with cooling system with tap water during the life of the scoot and forgot about it.. Fortunately that didnt happen up here in @FlyingFool country or that puppy would froze solid and taken out a bunch of expensive parts and pieces.. Good on ya for helping out your buddy!!

Next time could you do me a favor Fool,,, could you please add a little Seafoam to the mix, that last batch was kinda stale and tasted funny coming out of the siphon hose.. I am thinking all the stuff that you think you saw was actually just part of a dream you had during your last surgery.. That you never really did have 5 bars.. This is a common malidy for us bikers when we have to get cut on - its our minds way of saying all is gonna be fine.. Bottom line, dont worry about Jeff, just make sure you fill up the tank and mix up a small amount of Seafoam the next time you store the scoot under lock and key where no one can possibly get at it and all will return to normal:hurts: On a side note,, I hope Orlin, Hoss, BJ66, CMCoffey, Condor, Zzzz, VideoArizona, Eck, Barrycuda, YammerDan, Freebird and Raggy dont read this and figure out whats going on here - if they do I may actually have to pay for gas on our next trip around the country.. :mo money:You varmints didnt really think I would willing pay 12 dollars just to come on here and chit chat did you? Those names and addresses have sure come in handy

Would love to have been there and would love to see a picture of your Mom on her scooter Marca!! She sure sounds like quite a precious lady!!

white lightn'

WOW ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ WOW WOW WOW - SHE'S GORGEOUS CHEEZY - JUST GORGEOUS!!!!:thumbsup: :ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886

:crackup::rotfl:I gotta tell ya Eckster :rotf: I am right there with your wife ... THAT is a classic my friend!! Now let me tell ya one that happened last night.. Tip comes home late from visiting with her mom, asked if I was hungry - of course I was hungry, I am always hungry.. I made the suggestion of heading to Taco Bell for a Taco.. We head out, its dark, we turned the corner by the Pizza Joint and there in the road lays a bag with something in it.. One of my bad habits (and its a bad one) is picking up junk on the side of the road (oughta see the cool hats, shirts, gloves and Harley parts I bring home from Sturgis every year) so I instantly noticed the white bag with something in it.. Turned around, went back and found a fresh baked Pizza that had probably fallen off the top of someones car!! Picked it up, looked at Tippy and proudly announced "Dinner is served" ..

Sorry about the rain Riv but I gotta say - WOW ZZZZZ WOW WOW WOW DID THAT COME OUT BEAUTIFUL - NICE JOB THERE MY FRIEND!!!!!!:dancefool::dancefool::clap2: HERE'S HOPING YOU AND YOUR FATHER HAVE MANY YEARS OF SHARING THE PRECIOUSNESS OF TIME TOGETHER!! WAYYYY COOL!!!!!

INDEED!!! :ice_congrats-vi6886TO YOU AND YOUR BRIDE TOO @bj66!!! HOPE YOU FOLKS HAD A WONDERFUL DAY OF CELEBRATION!!

:Happy Birthday::Happy Birthday::Happy Birthday::Happy Birthday: LARRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE A BLAST AT INDY AND AT THE BARBER TOO!! LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 'S!!!!

I am soooo right there with you Sky, buying the right bike is a like buying a really good fitting pair of Boots.. IMHO, you cant just read about how good they feel on someone elses feet and order a pair. You never know until you try em on and take a few steps.. I have never had the chance to ride one of the newer Wings but have bought/sold a few of the older ones and I could just never stretch out on them because of the engine design. Also did a few of the early Kawasaki Voyager 2's.. I really liked those bikes but they were also to low slung and left me crunched up in the saddle and could not stretch out on them either.. I do gotta say though, those Voyagers (talking about the inline 1200cc) looked great and got AWESOME MPG's.. Picked up our first 1st Gen MK1 back in 87,,, fit like that perfect pair of boots, ran like a scalded dog and toted my kids and I all over the country with very little problems.. Now after wearing out 5 of them (considering Tweeks as worn out) it seems like my backside is permanently molded in the shape of the MK1 saddle.. Problem with me is once I get onto to something like that there's no looking back and these MK1's are not getting any younger.. I often wish Mom Yam would just put the 83 Venture back into production (with the updated stator, water pump and hardened tranny shim of course - I am fine with carbs). I know a lot of modern day bikers that would look at Mom Yam and laugh at them if they did BUT I would not be one of them.. I still think those original Ventures were the greatest touring scoot ever built

Spoil her up good Larry,, that Joyce is a sweety!!! Congrats to both of you on the 49th:clap2::clap2::dancefool:!!!! Tip says :ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886 too!!

Gotta agree with Bill, got over 300k on our current 1st Gen and the top ends never been apart. Had 4 others that we ran out to almost those same miles and never had them apart either.. Thinking the 2nd Gens like you are questioning Alma have probably got similar (or the same) cam chain guides and tensioners as the 1st.. You know,, now that I think about it,, unlike the twin cam Harleys and a lot of the older chain driven cam metrics that were known for wearing out guides (remembering the Honda 350's here) I cant honestly say I have ever even heard of any one dealing with it on our V-4's..

To wash down the Hot Dogs with!!

GORGEOUS SCOOT Trbl - CONGRATS!!!

Ratsssssss,, missed it!!! How was the turn out?

Terrrible!!!! Regardless of whether or not Lester Ott was rider of that bike, Prayers Up for his family at the loss of Lester and Prayers Up for the rider of the Blue Venture in the pic!! We do have a VR West Michigan champ that does ride a Blue 2nd Gen,, better give him a quick shout here to check and see if he is ok, @bluestar99 , Ron buddy - you ok out there?

lop eared varmints who