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That number 17 buttocks looks like a picture I saw a long time ago of something sticking up out of a pond somewhere,,, I think it may have been at one of Freebirds MD's..... Could of been a nightmare I had,, but I dont think so... It's not that I dont believe what you are saying Jeff,, its just that,, concerning the subject matter,, I am really really tired of it being true!!!

Hi Jonathan,, WELCOME!! Ditto on above except if its a 1st Gen (have no idea on the 2nd Gens - never worked on one).. On a 1st Genny the filter is on the front below the Radiator,, its not a spin off filter, its inside of a canister,, kinda old school but works great.. Puc

Yea,, some folks really take loosing their way of life very seriously... If ol Crazy Horse or Sitting Bull would have been in charge of North America when 9/11 happened they would probably would have started at one side of Afganistan and went to the other... :stickpoke:

Yeppers,, FLyingfool wasnt joking,, we had almost 4 inches of fresh trash,,, I mean gorgeous white stuff in the yard this morning too!!! Got it on the run though,, been outside playing in the sun all day!!! Was gonna put the snowblower away but I think I will wait till June,, just to be on the safe side..

Quote: Originally Posted by Yammer Dan http://venturerider.org/forum/images/buttons/viewpost.gif JUNK??? Puc you ain't been talking to the Warden have ya??? Got one of my own Dan O',, got one of my own.... Few years ago I pull in from a longgggg day on the road out buyin,, had a 41 Indian Chief BASKET case,, and I mean BASKET CASE,, stacked on the trailer and stuffed in the car.. Hunks of frame hangin here,, rims and tires tied on there... My warden says,, what cha gonna do with pile a junk,, I says,, dat aint no pile of junk - THAT is a 41 Indian!! What did ya pay for it she says,, $1800 bucks says I,, turned a little green she did, (always lived by the "easier to ask forgiveness than permission,, she has put up with a LOT) calmed down later when she was helping count the 10 grand I got out of it with doing no more than hauling it home.. Good Wardens are hard to find and that Tippy,, SHE is a GOOD warden!!! Quote: Originally Posted by shmily http://venturerider.org/forum/images/buttons/viewpost.gif All I know is that I HAVE to get to a rally soon 'cause I've gotta meet this Puc guy. My kind of dude (a little nuckin' futs). Hang in there Shmily,, FLyinfool is almost out of ammo and summer is almost here!! Looking forward to many longgg distance rides this year and I/we have plans of meeting a whole bunch of new folks this year (gotta be new ones cause most folks that have met me RUN - I blame that on the ratty old bikes I ride) - really good chance that you will be one of them cause I look forward to meeting you too!!!! I included a pic of our bike below,, by the looks of things I will be combining this "junk" 87 into our rider to bring it more life so the pic below is what to look for,,, if you happen to see it with a flat tire on the highway,, or us pushing it to a gas station, or people out in sturgis running from it, or it parked in a Cemetary with a tent beside it, or upside down out in the middle of nowhere PLEASE feel free to stop and say HOWDY!!!!!!!! Quote: Originally Posted by Yammer Dan http://venturerider.org/forum/images/buttons/viewpost.gif Rally??? You gotta include the word eat in there somewhere!!! We don't do plain old rallys...... http://venturerider.org/forum/images/smilies/sign%20Rock%20On.gif!!!!!!! Ya know,,, now that I reread Shmiley's comment I have a hunch he may have been referring to eating when he said "nuckin futs",, arent those sumthin ya put on ????? :rotf::rotf::rotf:

Actually B2MOM,,, I consider it more of a blessing and the result of a TON of hard work.. Been in the business for many many years and know a lot of people, spend an enormous amount of time doing the leg work, finding em, chasing em down (and they dont always pan out), repairing/restoring and then dealing with resale... The only bikes that I claim as non-inventory are my rider Venture, and a couple keeper bikes - my first bike as a child and the kids first bikes.. When my kids were little,, we would be going down the road in our van,, I'd step on the brakes and they would all start screaming - no Daddy not now,, I'd say - quite down you guys - you wanna eat tommorrow dont cha,,, stop the car, walk up, come home with a bike strapped on the back of the van.... Never got rich dollar wise (self employment doesnt always create big bucks and its 24/7) but we survived... But,, like I was saying at the beginning,, I am blessed cause I have gotten to do what I absolutely love doing and have been able to provide for my family by doing it - what a life,,, blessed,, truly blessed.. THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENT ON THE COLOR - I LIKE IT TOO!!! Puc

Good on ya for taking the xtra time and doing both Ragtop.. If I were caught with HAVING to choose I would go with the rest of these guys,, there are LOTS of swervey curvey twisty roads down yonder but only ONE yippy kye yi eay CHEROHALA SKYWAY!! Have a safe and wonderful journey!! Puc

Hi Turtle IMHO,, if it were mine I would start with the motor before you even think anything else,, only cause if the motor/tranny aint decent aint no since (unless you have some attachment to the bike) to go on.. Check the air box for mice nests, pull the plugs.. will it roll over and can you rock it thru all the gears? If so, in neutral stick a battery on it and check compression (either make sure your kill switch is off when you spin it with starter OR ground each plug),, if you get above 120 pounds it should run,, are all jugs matching on compression tester.. If so good!! Spin again and check plugs for spark.. As I recall the 79's were CDI so no points cleaning possible if no spark.. Yank the carbs and clean em. This is VERY important in my experience,, you are gonna have to pre lube the cam assemblies BEFORE ya fire it up,, I know for a fact the 1100 Yam's are steel cam's in aluminum journals,, fire it up on non prelubed cams and it only takes a second of running to smudge the journals.. You will have to remove the rocker covers to do it.. Take the covers off, squirt oil on the cam assembly (you will probably find small counter sunk holes in the top of each upper journal and on the rockers, make sure you cover em good as you spin the motor,, can be messy but must be done!! Back together,, put the carbs on an IV bottle so you know ya got good gas going to em, put a teaspoon of raw gas in each jug, plugs in, hit the starter and you will instantly find out whether or not ya got a good one!!!!!!!!! Just some thoughts,, hope it helps somehow.. By the way,, those XS's were a FUN, reliable bike!!! Good find!! Puc

I can so relate Brake Pad,, went thru it a few years ago.. All I can say is it just takes time to settle in.. Congrats on the new home!! Puc

Sooooo,, I caught wind of this beat up old parts bike over on the other side of the state.. Guys been trying to sell it for a couple months,,, real problem for him cause she aint been run since 2006 (been in a storage unit all that time ) and most folks dont deal in parts bikes.. Reason it sat, according to him was he was skeerd to ride it cause he almost died on it last time he rode it.. Little bikes only got 16k on it! He had to run to the SOS and have an instant title made (was very apologetic BUT,, like I told him,, it was a Godsend cause it gave me lots of time to check out the bike:cool10:) so I stayed there and spent a bunch of time going over it.. Motor was FREE with great matching compression on all jugs, everything came to life perfectly when I hit it with the jumper cables, tank was dry with no rust, only one sticky caliper, of course carbs will need a good bath,, NO sign of mouse damage anywhere (even the wiring looked brand new under the seat), fork springs are sacked from sitting, clutch/brake masters were still full, coolant and oil levels looked great, rocked thru all the gears on her, (can ya tell I am still geeked as I type this ).. Sooooo,, another iffy parts bike comes into the life of Puc.. Of course, if you believe in one of my favorite old sayings - "IF IT DONT SAY SUNKIST ON IT,, YOU DONT KNOW WHATS INSIDE" - then you know that this old beater bike may very well turn into something very very special!!! YEEEEEEEEEEHAWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! Oh yea,, BJ's recent post about man cave pics, coupled together with someones comments about being goofy and nuts inspired me include a couple pics of my Garage/Man Cave decorations,, just to remove any doubts that anyone may have... Double oh yea,, THANKS FOR NOTHING FLYINGFOOL!!! 45 MPH head wind all the way home from the other side and snowing so hard in spots I could hardly see!!:snow::snow::snow::bawling: Oh well,, all in a days work... Live it large!! Puc

Prayers Up, Blessings Down,, nite neverland... Puc

Either way Jeff,, on the stand if I spin it it makes that distinct "clunk" sound if I roll it back and forth real quick with my hand,, if I run it in gear up on the stand it will do the same thing as the rear wheel looses force from the engine.. Somethings tired in there... HI ANNIE!!! Great to hear from you too!!! As you can tell if you watched either of my vids - still as silly as ever!!! Glad to hear its cooling down a little down there!!! Puc And everybody keeps calling me goofy/nuts/crazy/silly,,,,, "What About Bob",,, baby steps,, baby steps,,, baby steps,,,,, ahhhhhh never mind,, it doesnt work.... Bump it again just for me Dragonslayer:rotf:

Yea,, why does it freeze the brain and fatten the butt... And why did all the posts that I clicked "thanks" on over in the "Man Cave" thread have to do with girls.. And why is Tippy pointing her finger at me...

Hey Starbog,, couple quick questions (yea, right..).. How many miles on your Strat? Have you ever replaced the belt on it? I have helped with a couple HD rear belt replacements and not fun - really not a roadside job - mainly cause the Primarys got to come apart.. Isnt the Strat belt access under a little cover of its own so belt replacement is easier?? Also, how difficult do you find your oil changes? Any harder than any other bike? Is the crankcase oil separate from the tranny or do they use the same oil.. They are gorgeous bikes!!! Thanks Puc

Now THATS what I am talking about Mobile!! THAT IS AN AMAZING STORY!!! If you happen to have any old bike pictures you would be willing to share I would LOVE to see them!! Also,, if you think of any other experiences you wanted to share I would LOVE to hear about em.. Congrats on a lifetime of motorcycling history!! Pleasure was mine Mobile!! Puc

Hi Mobile,, WELCOME TO VR (dont think we have met yet)!! Congrats on the bike,, gotta love these ol 1st Gens!! I know the little cover your talking about,, I had a Royale years ago that the same little cover got torn on,, it appeared to be just a piece of cloth like material, I just cut a small piece of polyester out of the sleeve from an old shirt, glued it along the edges with seal all and stuck it over the torn piece (done in a parking lot somewhere out west) thinking I would at least keep some water out of that hole.. Worked fine... I wouldnt be surprised to hear that one of these guys has a supply of those little covers... Maybe even check with a dealer,, maybe they have a supply of them to match their supply of Cassette Players (common joke around here).. Anyway,,, congrats again on your recent purchase, have a great summer!! Puc

Yeaaaaa,, thats exactly why I wondered if anyone had and experiences with one,, its confusing just thinking about it aint it Jeff!! Now toss this into that mass confusion.. Most of those bikes had a right side twist grip throttle BUT they also had a left side twist grip spark advance and an oil pump on the tank that you had to pump every so often to move oil thru the engine (literally was the engines oil supply - every push on the pump shot oil out onto the ground after going thru the engine - called a total loss system).. So,, indeed,, Right hand - throttle - front brake, Left hand - spark advance - shift on the tank with it - pump oil thru the engine. Left foot trap door/suicide clutch, right foot rear brake.. Sounds like a BLAST just getting to go down the road dont it!!

Ya know,, if it comes to that point I would like to see the process of voting to include a web page where we would log in, monitor current bills/legislation, vote directly on the legislation being discussed and than the PEOPLES voting results would be given to their Reps to instruct the Reps on how the PEOPLE expect them to vote.. Then,, if the Rep votes contrary to the his constituents wishes he MUST explain why he voted against the PEOPLES wishes (answers to the PEOPLE).. I have been saying this for a long time and now that our Politicians have web management almost figured out it only makes sense that they put their knowledge about it to good use,, like turning the country back over to We the People... Sign me FlyinFool too will ya,, summers almost here and its not a good time to be hauled off and locked up,,, now that Flyinfool,, that'll teach em..:rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf:

Just thinking here,,,, maybe our postal services bought out all those left over 1st Gens from Japan and are using em for delivery :rotf:

Sitting here yappin with Tippy and she says,,, you probably have rode just about everything in your life aint cha,, to which I replied - not even close.. First to pop into my mind, aint never been rode a tank shift/foot clutch motorcycle.. Trying to imagine what coming to a stop sign, on an incline,, balancing on what foot while operating the clutch with the other would be like??? That being so,, gotta ask,, anyone care to share what its REALLY like???

Heyyyyyyyyyyy,,,, Sandman,,, wassup buddy?? Finally getting out of hibernation?? Wont be long and we will be cruising those awesome roads between here and there!!! Tippy says howdy!! 10-4 on the ol Harley's,,, they sure make great po-ta-toes though:rotf:

As hard as this is to believe,, and I still dont know how they did it,,, I ordered a Battery for this old HD I am working on,, ordered at 1 am yesterday morning thru Amazon from Powersports Superstore in Texas.. UPS dropped it off on our door step about an hour ago!!! IMPRESSIVE!!

Yea Dan,, think of all the "which model is fastest" we could solve if we were riding those... I have the same problem as Dan,, getting it in the garage past Tippy (well,, that and the $$'s of course),, I was thinking how much fun it would be to buy one,, store it at a buddies house until I could turn it into a touring bike with bags/faring/trunk and than show it to the wife... I would name Clark (Kent),,, problem is it wouldnt take her long to figure out why I chose that name... Hey,, you guys notice the abundance of left over 2nd Gen Maxes? Seeing a bunch of em advertised at under 15 (thats USD Squeeze).. AMAZING for what that bike is!!!!!!

IT AINT EVEN BROKE IN YET!!!!! :dancefool::dancefool: ps,, I TOTALLY get the WOW factor comment,, that MM just flat speaks the language...

Gary,, its folks like you (and others) who are willing to share this kind of info that helps make VR what it is!! This whole thread is FULL of really cool stuff and GREAT info!!! THANK YOU GARY (and to all you other gear heads who share info)! Puc