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Heyyyyy,, Tweeks and I heard that.....

@Flyinfool can speak for himself but I would say that if I looked like a Poodle needing a shave like some people do I would probably take that to heart too... Careful now,, careful,,,,,,,,, I WILL and CAN protect myself!!

Its so cold here that Tip and I had Ice Cream for dinner just to warm up a little!!

I LOVE when that happens David and I sure do miss it,, been a longgggggggggg winter here and sure do miss seeing those gorgeous RSV's on the road brother!!! Shaaahoot,, I would even settle for seeing a , nothing but :cold:,,, :snow: and a few snowmobiles buzzing around a land far away .. Thanks for and bringing a touch of and a ray of to your ol hot chocolate sipping buddies life..

:ice_thy-vi101212101:ice_thy-vi101212101 INDEED,, Tip,Tweeks and I bid a HAPPY VALENTINES DAY right back at the two of you Mama and to allllllllllllllllll our lop eared varmint VR friends too!!!

Prayers Up and Blessings Down for the owners, I am sure they have to be grief stricken.. Also hoping and praying no one was injured.. Definitely a sad thing to hear about..

Yea Eckster,,, I am pretty sure I am right,, at least I think so,,, well,, maybe not but it might be true.. Probably the best way to find out, before you do anything with your wiring, is to roll er out to the end of the driveway while your neighbor is out watering his bushes.. Park the scoot and walk over to your neighbor,, tell him a guy on the internet said your minibike has a turbo that is controlled by a little switch on the handlebar. Then ask him if he would mind taking a video of you going by the front of his house on the bike. After he gets all set up and a crowd has gathered, go down the road a little ways on the bike, turn around and go toward the crowd (make sure you have a signal worked out with your neighbor that tells you he is videoing and that he gives you the signal he is taping you), BEFORE you throw the switch - lean wayyy forward over the front wheel - tuck your arms down toward the fake gas tank - leave your right foot on the peg where the brake is and stretch your left leg out over the back of the bike.. You wanna do this with your left leg so, first of all, you can steer with your toes like a rudder should the front wheel come up and you lose your steering and second of all, you can keep yourself from going all the way over backwards in front of the crowd (this is NEVER a good thing). ,, this is really getting lengthy,, probably lost ya back at parking your bike at the end of the driveway:scratchchin: :lightbulb:Why don't we meet at Don's Maintenance Day this year.. You bring the scoot, I will bring the camera and explain the above and make sure you got it all downpat before you try it.. You can then test it in front of a group of people who probably won't think you went off the deep end or something.. Keep the peace in your neighborhood and all that:happy34:

HOKEY SPAMOKEY,, Look at this gang!! NEVER KNEW THESE EXISTED!!! Here ya go Trader!! May wanna search Ebay a little more - thinking could be had even cheaper,, check it out! http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-5-mm-6-LED-USB-Waterproof-Endoscope-Borescope-Inspection-Tube-Camera-5M-/371397959479?hash=item56790b1f37:g:xLMAAOSwHnFVrmD6

GOOD THOUGHT TRADER!! Highly doubt Auto Zone would have one for loan/rent.. Maybe try tool rental place.. Also might check a pawn shop or two,, those places have some pretty interesting stuff sometimes..

I have tried and tried to install Adobe Flash Player on this con founded dork wad Vista running outfit I am using right now,, CANT GET FLASH PLAYER TO INSTALL and I cant watch stuff like this without it!!!! Going NUTS missing all the fun!! :bang head::bang head::bang head: So,, who all is on the list?

WELLLLLLLL,,, RATSSS,, worth a shot brother!! I REALLY like Flyinfools suggestion about the Harbor Freight inspection camera!! Perfect time to make an addition to the Man Cave tools if nothin else.. If you do that it might not be a bad idea to check the inspection cable end of the apparatus - get the smallest one you can find.. Be wayyy cool if you could get one with a small enough end that it would go into a spark plug hole - remember our scoots have smaller plugs (thinking 12mm).. Wish I had one I would loan it to you..

Nope,, some hippy from Muskegon,, might be my brother though Doug .. Oh my GOSH,, I do make that Tie Dye look good!! Here is a story about it: http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/07/bike_time_gets_off_to_roaring.html Crazy reporter had no clue about scoots,, I say that cause anyone who knows anything about Honda Chops would have known that the motor in that old scoot was NOT a 79 Honda 750,, that was the year that Honda went to DOHC,,, that was clearly a SOHC built 69 - 78,, oh well - he had a close.. That motor was a 1970.. Good runner too.. Rode it to Sturgis a couple times,, good ride - GREAT FUN!! Good find,, think I will see if I can find a pic or two of some highway life out west on that critter... Got some around here somewhere.. Liven this place up a little.. THANKS DOUG,, warmed my heart on a sub zero - Flyinfool White Wash Machine infested night!! Love ya Sonshine!!!! Ur ol Poppers

Top picture, look carefully at the header manifold mount bolts, bottom bolt has something black laying right in front of it,,, could it be????

Hey ya gull derned lop eared Road Glide ridin varmint,, there's one on that Harley of yours,,, its called a "CDS" or Cloaking Device Switch,, "P" is for presentational mode and is used when surrounded by other Harley's - has a homing device built into this mode that will automatically make you appear anytime your near places like Milwaukee Wisconsin or Sturgis South Dakota,, works GREAT too. "D" is for disappear and is used when hanging out with folks who are riding 83/84 MK1 1st Gen Yamaha Ventures and is activated automatically when ever those 1st Gen riders see you in their rear view mirror... :duck::duck: :duck::duck:

Nope,, never did..,,, take that back,,, Yep, saw one recently.. Buddy of mine has a really cool old electric powered Minibike that he is restoring.. He showed that switch to me and said it was for the lights, said that you move it to the left for driving and to the right when you were parking.. I told him I thought he may be mistaken, that "D" was for driving and "P" was for passing. That in the "D" position the lights were all on and they were taking juice from the batteries, in "P" position the lights were all off and all the power was now passed on to the scoots cool little motor - a sort of electrical turbo boost.. He thought I was nuts but I still think he will find out I was right when he finally test rides his pretty little Electro Bike, moves that switch when he's in motion and does a wheelie in front of his neighbors. They will all smile and laugh and probably yell something like "GOOD THING YOU LEFT THAT CREEPY SKELETON THINGY ON THE BACK OF YOUR WING CAUSE HE WOULD HAVE FALLEN OFF AND BROKEN HIS ARM OR SOMETHING".. The End

Check your oil for fuel contamination - seeping float bowls can cause it. Make sure your air breathers and exhausts havent been plugged off from mice activity. By some new plugs, remove the old ones, spin the motor up with no plugs in it and throttle held open to dry out combustion chambers and put new plugs in it. If you hadnt already removed and cleaned the carbs, I would also suggest draining the bowls into a glass jar and checking for water. Check fuel pump by refilling bowls and listening for clickin as mentioned. Hit the start button with kill switch on, no choke, see if it will start. Add choke as needed, if it fires up remove choke as quickly as possible to avoid blackening new plugs. As its warming up, spit check headers to see if she is running on all four.. If problems still exist, might check wire harness for mice damage. Also, how's your battery? Weak battery can = no runny! Any chance it was stored in freezing temps with no anti freeze?

Are you sure it went internal? Look the area over really well and see if you can figure out what the chances of it falling inwardly are as apposed to having just fallin on the bike somewhere. If it does look possible that it could have fallen on the outside of the motor I would take a real bright pen light and use it in a dimly lit garage (the darker the area the better) to keep my focus tight into one small area at a time. Start at the top and work downward. If it did drop internal = I hate when that happens Trader, probably not gonna much care for my advice.. If it is in the motor it's not a good plan to just leave it, can cause a LOT of issues.. Never had the top end of one of these V-4's apart so I am not even sure what oil cap your talking of.. Are the oil caps steel or aluminum? If steel, it might not be a bad idea to try taking a magnet on a coat hanger and see if you can fish it out that way. I have one of those extendable antenna looking things with a magnet in the end of it (might try Harbor Freight if your gonna go looking for one) that is pretty useful for doing it BUT, I have also used a coat hanger with a small piece of an "earth" magnet with actually better success because of the extreme power of the earth mag and tight areas it can weasel into.. If you decide to use the coat hanger routine, I suggest that you put the magnet on the end of the coat hanger and tightly make a wrap of electrical tape over the magnet and around the hanger though - do this so you dont end up with the magnet also stuck inside the motor along with the oil cap. Another thing you might wanna try is draining the oil out of er and seeing if the piece might come out in the oil. Probably sounds nuts but if the motor were out, I would even suggest turning the engine upside down and bouncing it on the bench a little.. You really dont wanna leave the cap floating around inside the engine..

Never had one apart but thinking that looks like a typical seal that is rubber formed over a metal body casing.. Thinking I would carefully drill a pilot hole thru the outer casing of the seal to run a sheet metal screw into and then pry outwardly on the screw,, even do this in a few spots if necessary. You can just drill thru the outer edge of the casing, that way no chance of damaging the inner case seal mating surfaces - where it meets up with the shoulder it sets on. Use a drill bit the same size as the shank of the sheet metal screw your gonna tap into the hole - the shank being the OD of the area at the bottom of the threads on the screw,, dont have to try an measure it with calipers,, just hold the screw up the light and eyeball a drill bit next to it - doesnt have to be exact.. Put a couple screws in it, place something under the pry bar or screw driver so you have something to pry against.. Have done a number of seals like this and usually works pretty good.. If we were talking bearing races it would be a totally different story Speaking of bearing surfaces, might wanna shake that pig down really well cause bearing issues are a known cause for seal issues.. Hope this aint the case here but thought I better mention it.. All the best Puc

You mean like this Sky? The old "ask and you shall receive" routine brother,,, or,, in this case,,,, the old "careful what you ask for" routine may be http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?114869-2015-the-way-it-happened-to-Tip-Tweeks-and-me&highlight=Tweeks+maintenance

+1 on EXACTLY what Mike is saying about having no ruffled feathers and not letting negative comments chase you away from the group @mirider. Hey Mike, spring boarding off Miriders point of view about getting insight from people who have actually owned/ridden/worked on one (I personally still dont see arrogance in that statement - just stands to reason that a person who has owned and "tweeked" on a particular scoot would have a little more knowledge about how it all works) . Are your comments about the Voyager Trike steering harder and having less traction based on actual experience with both machines? Did you have enough play time on the Voy to get to see if you could trim out some of the hard steering using preload as @Condor was mentioning? Is the traction loss thingy something you personally experienced and if so, is it a problem in cornering or straight line or all over? Wish I owned both types of Trikes and it was summer,, I would go outside and do a full blown video demo of both types and a 10 page essay.

Jamsie,, are we talking about the needle (aka Metering Rod) hanging from the slide that has the diaphram attached to it?

Downright MAGNIFICENTLY GORGEOUS there Eckster!!! :clap2::clap2::dancefool::dancefool::thumbsup:

I can see that, I prefer to stick with Trike though Birdy cause I dont want some regulator type of varmint to come along and outlaw em cause they dont have airbags and seat belts

Yes Mama,, THAT was a WONDERFUL party you put on sister - THANK YOU!! GOOD JOB!! :clap2::clap2: The Taco's were AWESOME, we finally did figure out how to shut FlyinFool's bike off, Bongo and Rbig shot a little over 5000 rounds of 7.62x39 AK ammo, Rbig took over for YammerDan with the disappearing act, lots of awesome pics of memories past were shared, BJ spun some GREAT tunes for us, Mama's first husband cut and stacked over 3 cord of wood for us and Mama kept the fire stoked as well as keeping the food and bevs flowing (THANK YOU to Mama's first husband too - those TOGA's arent necessarily good winter clothing), enjoyed having a new person stop in and say howdy (hi Kenny) and I had a chance to sharpen my and sign language skills a little.. Phew WHAT A PARTY!!! LOTS AND LOTS more great stuff too but cha gotta make one of Mama's :vchatparties cause some things just have to be experienced ,,,,,,,,,,,,,