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I am probably one of those one quart plus types who have provided the world with at least 5 1st Gens with swingarms full of grease.. I have always pumped grease into that zerk and always given her an extra shot or two or 10.. KNOCK ON WOOD, this may sound crazy but I have also never had that system apart on any of my bikes either.. I wonder if running that swing arm FULL of grease has actually helped preserve the units.... I have never noticed grease coming out of the rubber boot that covers the front joint on any of my bikes,, hmmmmm,,, :lightbulb:maybe the idea is to just keep filling it till you see grease inside the boot - Tweeks may already be to that point cause I aint shy with the grease gun:big-grin-emoticon:

A REAL AHHH OHHH MOMENT!!

Gotta agree with ya Kan, that whipper snapper Coff is one fine young man, a real treasure:thumbsup:!!! Glad you two varmints were able to get the situation under control!! Hopefully all goes well with your Doc giving the nod and you have a GREAT riding season out there!!

Sooo,, the Venture swingarm/shaft housing was used on a previous model? I wonder what the zerk to lubed in the previous model..

Indeed, WELCOME to VR Classy!! Sorry to hear about the loss of your Father Classy, you have my thoughts and condolences.. It is WAY cool that you have your Dad's bike, he obviously had VERY good taste in bikes - a little time with it and you will have a machine that will bring you endless hours of great memories of the past and the future!! You have already gotten some solid advice. I have brought a couple of them back to life myself, I would advise you not to get to deeply into planning a complete tear down and gasket replacing until you find out exactly what you do need.. You may be surprised to find that you will actually need to replace very few gaskets and do very little rebuilding to have a super nice machine. Its a ways off and has basically nothing to do with getting it fired up (the stuff already mentioned by others will get you there) but, if the bike has been stored on its side stand for all these years - you will more than likely need to replace the stock front fork springs - the stock springs may very well be sacked out. If they are sacked, be careful how much you ride the bike on the sacked springs as its hard on seals and fork internals to have the forks bottoming out.. Just something to keep in mind. Also, when you replace the battery, make sure that you get it to a good full charge before using it to crank the bike up. Low charge on a battery (even new) is hard on the starter. Also, if I am working on a scoot that has been sitting for a long time and am getting ready attempt a revive, I like to "prelube" the oil system. On bikes that have accessible top ends where I can squirt oil thru tappet caps (like a Honda SOHC 750) I will pull the spark plugs, hit the kill switch, run the engine over with the starter while I squirt oil over the camshaft so it doesnt start dry.. Just to get some lube on stuff BEFORE starting.. That said, with the bike on the center stand, remove air filter cover and look for mice nests, remove air filter so you can see the carb slides and clearly see that nothing is going to enter thru the carbs but air. I would clean out the cavities where the plugs sit on your bike really well, remove the plugs, squirt a small amount of Mystery Oil (half teaspoon) into each plug hole (use a short piece of clear gas line - slide it into the plug hole and squirt the oil into the gas line so you know the oil is going into the jug). LEAVE THE PLUGS OUT. Check the oil thru the site glass on the right side of the bike. If it looks low, put enough new oil in it to bring it between the fill lines (dont do an actual oil change yet). Ground the plugs so you dont hurt the ignition system while rolling over. Spin the motor off the starter for a few 5 second intervals to move oil thru the bikes oil channels (prelube). Take the hose that you shot the mystery oil into the jugs with and now shoot a half a teaspoon of raw gas into each jug. Replace the plugs and put the wire on em. Bump the starter and it should fire up and burn off the fuel you shot into the jugs. Motor should now have sufficent lube thru it.. Now you can change the oil and filter without having to worry about starting the engine with an empty oil filter cavity that has to fill before the motor starts recieving oil...

Around here they use fertilizer spreaders on the back of tractors to spread the stuff!! Probably a whole lot cheaper and easier to do it the way those Texan's do!!

= Not you Bongo,, I know from experience how much trouble I would get into if I called a Shift Fork a Zerk!! You people on the outside of our group of lop eared varmints have just been exposed to the type of lingual attributes and attitudinal controversy that our tight nit group deals with on a daily basis.. Arent cha glad ya clicked on this thread,, look at what you have learned already..

Here I am sitting in the back of the class with all my buddies.. We like it back here cause we can make all of our after school plans without the fear of having our teacher rudely interrupt our our activities.. People outside of our sphere of life may find this strange but most of the conversations within our group involve motorcycles. More specifically, the maintenance of them.. My buddy Eck just finished telling our small group that he had finally figured out how his Honda was sucking air into its braking system without pushing brake fluid out in the process - a very interesting topic.. In our little group of misfits, its topics like that that get us thru the school year with low absenteeism and very few visits to the Principals office.. We spend hours thinking thru and deciphering such mystical mayhem. Over the course of the winter months, my mind has wondered in and out of an anomoly concerning my own motorcycle, a 1983 Yamaha Venture. Many winters ago I was preparing for our daily school time discussion's by looking for area's of maintenance needs on my bike. I discovered a grease zerk on the housing of the drive shaft just in front of the rear end. I found that same zerk in my official Yamaha shop manual but no indication of exactly what it was for and no advice of how much grease I was suppose to push into it. Every year at about this time, my mind wonders back to that same grease zerk. Knowing that Yamaha engineers dont usually just randomly place grease zerks on motorcycles (I have yet to see one protruding from the middle of a headlight bulb) and that a grease zerk normally indicates a need for maintenance, I have always been to proud to ask my group exactly what this zerk is for, what does it do, how much grease does it need.. That is until today.. Hopefully someone within our group knows the answer to this because if they dont, I will slowly raise my hand in hopes of catching the eye of our teacher!!

I actually thought to myself,, Puc - you sure you wanna post this up,, what if its one of your buddies trying to sell their scoot!! Guess I cant get that bike Goat, I'm a moron - I thought Lasalle was in Indiana (Hooser)..

I know Tweeks doesnt look like it (the miles have been good to her) but she will start out her summer tour this year at 246,659 miles. To be fair to her though, I have to say that this mileage is a little inaccurate because her speedo imploded last summer in Dennison Texas on a quick trip to California so she has a couple extra miles on her. GeorgeS sent me another speedo for her but I ended up with some medical stuff getting in the way over the winter and never did tear her down and replace the speedo. Depending on how I feel before we start riding again, its possible that she will also end her riding season this year at the same 246,659 miles.. Obviously, this has the potential of turning out to be a perpetual "motorcycles fountain of youth", if that is the case Rbig - I will let you know just for letting me participate in this really neat thread!!

Oooopppsss,, got so excited I didnt even realize you had put the box size in your original post:doh:,, I was basing my guess on the probably height and width of your tool box it is resting against.. Oh well,, it was fun anyway:rotfl:

Heyyyy,, just noticed a couple things while STARING at those awesome pics.. First of all I could not help but notice the box has "V-22" written on it,, maybe making Fools craft the 20th version of the V-2 rocket? Next is I am wondering about the length and width of the craft.. By looking at the pics I am guessing 64 inches in length and 45 inches in width.. I am also gonna guess the Turbine to be 31 inches in length and,, this is hard cause I have nothing to base this on, but I am gonna guess 3 inches in diameter at the large end of the engine that we are peering into to see the turbine.. MAN THAT THING IS WAYYYY COOL!! BAD TO THE BONE!!

WOW ZZZ WOW WOW WOW!!! THAT IS AWESOME FOOL!!!:sign Rock On::clap2::clap2::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool: You have gotta include us on your build reports and stuff!! Thanks Jeff, you made my day!! Brother THAT is beeeeaauuttiful!!!

[h=2]lasalle.craigslist.org = 2001 Independence Hardtail Express Chopper[/h] HOOSER

Probably a little shy like those California folks I met at The Dalles last year.. Maybe getting ride year around in the sunshine does that to people. If your reading this Gary, HOWDY from Michigan!!

GOOD FOR YOU ECKSTER!!!! THANK YOU for keeping em honest my friend!!!

AWESOME PICS YOU TWO - TALK ABOUT A GORGEOUS COUPLE!! :thumbsup: ONCE AGAIN - :ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886 MAY YOUR LIVES TOGETHER BE NOTHING BUT ENDLESS LOVE AND TREASURED MEMORIES!! Its a flaw in my character but I just cant let this rest without saying something about bikes.. Please tell that beautiful Bride of yours that I have ALWAYS loved those Silver Wings - especially the one like she has!! Those things have always had the look of "I dare you to try and wear me out" about em.. good thing i didnt get an invite to your wedding cause that cake would have been in BIG trouble

:group cheers: :clap2::clap2::dancefool::dancefool: Just read about the two of you:173: getting hitched (different thread)!! Congrats folks!! Hope you two are out chasing the wind on a big Honey Moon bike trip or something!! Puc and Tippy

Bongo's initial thought is stickin in my pea brain.. Start it cold, with it idling put a welding glove on, grab the headers one at a time and try to move em - see if you can pickup any noise..

I love reading ads for bikes. Every once in while I run across one that really gets me laughing.. Here is some of the text of one I noticed today that definitely brought a tear of laughter to my eyes.. Check this out :crackup: :bowdown:"""No tire kickers, test riders or low ball offers. You bring cash and you get clean title and bike. NO TRADES. CASH ONLY. And that means cash in U.S. Currency in case you are some kind of idiot. No checks, wire transfer or pay pal bull****. Serious inquiries only, I am helping my dad with this listing so don't waste my time. If you are a moron don't even bother, this is not the bike for you. Reply by phone or text. We do not need help selling it. Do not contact me to sell it for me or for other services. Price is FIRM, because if he still has it in a couple months i'll buy it for that. It's a good running bike.""":crackup:

I dont know this for a fact Fool but I have a hunch that FlyinFool and his Wisconsin White Wash Machine do not actually need any assistance in being remembered. I just have a gut feeling that anyone in North America who's home is east of the west side of the Rocky Mountain's pretty much will remember the two of them..

:clap2: THAT is awesome - congrats Gez!!

Now THAT we are in total agreement about!!

As long as Mikes got us gathered around the campfire here and to stay on topic (see, I am making an asserted effort to not be a hi jacker),, did I ever tell you guys that I cant stand pot holes..

But I am not in agreement with Eck that its the loose nut between the seat and steering wheel.. Sorry Eck but if that were the case it would have been rattling since day one as Mike said it is a one owner truck.....