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I am with Roller,, I always LOVED shootin instinctive and took great joy in shooting Bear Recurves (could never bring myself to let go of the big money for a Black Widow back in the day) but when killing time came, I grabbed my Compound cause I was always more accurate with it and despised chasing/tracking wounded White Tail any more then I had to.. That Samick is one BEAUTIFUL arrow flinger though there Radar !! CONGRATS:guitarist 2:

IMHO and according to The Code, its the actual CTFW experience and not what bike, or who owns the scoot that matters.. Most lop eared CTFW varmints abide by this but understand the true meaning of The Code as laid out in the vid below and allow for extremes such as touring Manhatten on a moped for acceptance into "I have ridden" claims. Some things that are direct violations of The Code though would be I.E. = sitting on your bike and running it thru the gears on a dyno and then claiming CTFW honors (bad idea), having someone else ride your bike and then claiming their mileage as your own = double bad idea, buying a used bike and claiming the previous owners CTFW experience as your own = triple bad idea - I am sure you, of all lop eared CTFW varmints understand all this 100% Lenny so INDEED,, rent that bike, tour California (Puc Advice = if you get out on "1" and come to "Stewards Point" = follow the bikes yearning to jump on Skaggs Springs Road and CTFW out to Geyserville.. WOWZY WOW WOW WOW will you be GLAD you did!! Here is short video of the last time we visited Skaggs out there in Trooper (even I aint crazy enough to ride one handed and video that puppy while while CTFW).. Thinking about The Code and cameras = dont forget 's to go along with the AWESOME ride report that will back up your filled in State of California claim on the map brother!!

Hey Kisa,, where did you come up with the intake manifold?

Beautiful:173:!!

ever notice how the faster ya ride the dryer ya stay? Stopping for fuel can be a soggy adVenture though but popping up an umbrella at speeds below 25 can help with that though

Also make sure your Master Cylinder fluid level is not to full, there needs to be an air gap between the fluid and the cap..

All the necessary rebuild parts are still available as shown here Stat: https://www.yamahapartsnation.com/oemparts/a/yam/50042b09f8700209bc789751/water-pump IMHO, if he is gonna pull it down to replace the pump, he is better served with rebuilding with new parts than dropping in an unknown conditioned old one...

Dont know anything about "Edge" Randy but if it were mine, I would do a system restore in an attempt to take it back to an earlier date. If that failed, I would write down my passwords, move wanted pictures/documents that you know are clean to an external drive and then do a complete cold reboot restore taking that puppy back to as new,, a complete reinstall if you will = wipe out the bad stuff = all of it.. Sounds to me like you bumped into some kind of virus/bug/worm/scammer that is killing your puter.. Another method that was HIGHLY successful was doing exactly what you have done here by posting on the site. As a result of me doing exactly that, one of the guru's on the site took over my puter once thru some program that allowed him to access my machine from miles and miles away. I sat and watched him work on my computer (WOWZY WOW WOW WOW was that strange!!) and make necessary changes that brought it back up to excellence (THANKS AGAIN MY DEAR FRIEND!).. That was fun and VERY interesting (watching stuff being deleted/changed/corrected right before my eyes without touching the keyboard = WAYYYY COOL!!) - maybe someone with such talent and skill will chime in offer assistance in this way..

Another thing to consider, possibly, Graham is that, IMHO, when a bike tire wears it wears "square" so you are basically no longer riding on the radius of the tire. Your tire patch to the ground is greatly increased as it were. When you put a new tire on (unless you are a Dark Sider) that contact patch instantly becomes very minimal compared to a worn tire. This does result (again, IMHO) in a major change in the "feel" of the bike when riding and can also affect tire road noise with some brands of tires.

WHAT A BLAST STAT!!! Hope you are having a GREAT time and you are successful in finding sleeping quarters! Following your adVenture here made me think of something.. I have no idea if your CTFW in the old school method of dropping the tent where ever you land for the night but if you are and you are in the area of Mark Twain National Forest, you might consider it for an overnight LZ (see vid). Also, if CTFW down in KY, there are still ample spots for a quick - but VERY worthy drop in and sleep there too (see vid #2 ). Never was much of a moteller but if you folks are doing that type of CTFW adventure I am 100% sure that the southern hospitality, being what it is, will prevail and you will easily find those hidden morsels of goodness simply by stopping in a town and asking accomadational advice from the locals.. Some of the most AWESOME adVentures for Tweeks, Tip and I came about simply by doing exactly that (locals pointing us to fantastic exploring of off beat roads/trails, finding hidden caves and even historical attractions that are not on any maps) and it always amazed me how willing those southern folks were to assist. Bottom line = ENJOY and sieze the day out there CTFW!!! Puc P.S. = please remember the 's for us to go along with some awesome ride reports!!

It's just another on the longggg list of flaw's in my Character Patch ,, wouldn't it be interesting if the mechanic at bike shop the OP went to had never swapped out a set of wheel bearings on a scoot, googled the process for accomplishing the task and ended up following my off beat suggestion, miraculously was successful in swapping in new bearings and charged the guy 200 bucks for labor LOL... CRAZY world we live in brother LOL P.S. = how would YOU have done the project with minimal tools?

It's just another on the longggg list of flaw's in my Character Patch ,, wouldn't it be interesting if the mechanic at bike shop the OP went to had never swapped out a set of wheel bearings on a scoot, googled the process for accomplishing the task and ended up following my off beat suggestion, miraculously was successful in swapping in new bearings and charged the guy 200 bucks for labor LOL... CRAZY world we live in brother LOL P.S. = how would YOU have done the project with minimal tools?

Looking GREAT there Rodney!! Hoping to see you at MD if all goes well for both of us !! Have fun and ride safe brother!!!

That student that is always causing mischiefs hand slowly rises in the back of Patches classroom.. As Teacher Patch reluctantly call's upon the lop eared troublemakin varmint one more time, the student asks: But Master,, isnt high speed spinning basically only used for checking the balance of the tire where rotational speed is affected by improper weight(s) rotational effect? It seems like slower rotational speeds (even slower than shown in the video) would be necessary for checking bead seating, belt issues affecting side to side movement, truing spokes and even a bent rim. I use to use a dial indicator in my shop for truing wheels on spoked wheels and cant imagine trying to work with them, locating high and low spots at high rotational speeds..

Yep,, that is the stuff! Not sure but I think I may have some parts/pieces of the setup that came on my 84.. Been a longgg time since I have seen any of it (stored in a box up in the garage) but if you think you might be able to use any of it I will drag it/them along to MD,, yours FREE just for being such a great Boss (+1 "get out of the VR penalty box" free card for shipping and handling of course )..

My very first 1st Gen back in 87 was a Blonde 84 Royale, came out of an estate sale of an older gentlemen who put a ton of $$$'s in it before he passed away. Reading this @Freebird reminded me that one of the add on's he did was adding " side wings" to the windshield. They were attached to the sides of the shield by drilling thru the windshield and mounted so they could be pivoted in and out.. Made AWESOME venting and actually worked really well at their intended design of widening the stock windshield. I was also amazed at how little they created view blockage and how well they worked in the rain for pushing the wet outwardly. Ever heard of or seen them brother? Wonder if that might be an answer to meet your wider shield needs.. I KNOW,, all old school stuff BUT that was the school we attended

Tellin ya Dog,,, I feel like I need about 2 weeks of CTFW to tent camp on the back of the Bad Lands N.P. where there is nothing but Coyote's howling, Prairie Dogs chirping and an occasional Antelope walking by. Snuggling down on mother earth and listening to the ghosts of Indian Ponies for a few nights would DEFINITELY be theraputic to these old geezer bones after that month brother!! This is THE spot if you should ever find yourself in the need:

You betcha Suds!! Always a pleasure!

That and I dont think those early RS's had a balance shaft for spinning em up and had smaller carbs and such,, sort of "detuned" version of the other V-4's.. Thinking they were maybe 65 hp? If so, they probably wont perform up to normal Venture V-4 specs when diggin on it,, if I am correct in this... All said, I would still take a peek at the Carb slide diaphrams and slide assemblies if it were mine as mentioned by Duey. Torn or pin holed diaphram complications usually show up in loss of power IMHO.. A good tune up including fixing the diaphrams if their holed might not be a bad idea.. Don't forget to sync those carbs too Scott!! By the way,,, from one Scott to another,,, WELCOME TO VR!! Scott (aka = Puc)

Hearing ya 40,, = sometimes these wild eyed fingers of mine just gotta bounce off the rev limiter,,,, sometimes The OP will probably just shake his head, skip what I wrote and go directly to your advice but that's ok,, my fingers and I still had a pretty good time writing that disertation :big-grin-emoticon::rasberry:

Hearing ya 40,, = sometimes these wild eyed fingers of mine just gotta bounce off the rev limiter,,,, sometimes The OP will probably just shake his head, skip what I wrote and go directly to your advice but that's ok,, my fingers and I still had a pretty good time writing that disertation :big-grin-emoticon::rasberry:

SPOT ON DAVE!!! THAT is ALWAYS a heart breaker!! Makes ya say to yourself = "I wish I could take it for those little ones cause I GLADLY would if I could" dont it brother!!

I notice this less when I run Organic pads (which I love).