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NICE ,, really really NICE my friend!! Have fun and safe travels out there brother!! Hope to see you at Don's!! Puc

I done got the summons,, woke me up out of a sound sleep where I was dreaming of CTFW across the vast regions of VAz land,, shoulda known it was @videoarizona who would be behind waking me up Yep, draining the bowls, pulling the slides, filling the bowls thru the drains with spray carb cleaner (Seafoam has never preformed for me) by filling a syringe with cleaner and then pushing the cleaner into the bowls with the syringe till it runs out of t he main jets/emultion tubes and then closing the drains to let em soak has been my MO for years.. 2nded only in carb cleaning to pulling the carbs, tearing em down and cleaning them the right way in my experience = IMHO of course.. Bottom line though Midi,, to my untrained, thick skulled brain,, I/we dont have enough info here to really be able to access the issue.. In attempting to decipher the photo you supplied, it occurred to me that I may very well be looking at the left hand side (kick stand side) of the bike (think I may see the shift linkage there?). If so, that is also the side where your fuel pump is located. I have had occasion in times past that the fuel filter cracked (could also be a hose) and gas would flow out as shown. A cracked line at the output of the pump could also easily cause this. The overflow line exits for the carb bowls are suppose to be located directly infront of the mono/suspention and there should be 4 of them. If its a carb needle/seat that is stuck, causing the bowl(s) to over flow, you should be able to locate those drain lines and determine which/how many bowl(s) are over flowing just by looking at those lines. ANother possiblity is that you will have raw fuel coming out of an air access hole located at the top of a carb venturi. Pulling the air filter and looking down into the carbs will instantly reveal this to you if this is the case. Of course, its also possible you have a cracked line on top of the carbs.. I think if I were you I would roll the bike to an area that will not cause fuel fumes issues () and begin the process of narrowing it down to exactly where the fuel is draining from. I would not attempt to start the bike until this is done cause the last thing you need is to hydrolock er and ruin an engine.. Any of that make sense?

hot off the press just for you Chris!

It's long winded but covers a lot of ground IMHO.. Comparing the new Wing to the Polaris Indian: https://www.webbikeworld.com/same-planet-different-worlds-2019-gold-wing-dct-vs-2019-indian-chieftain-limited/

I was just ya Teach..

I for one can think of MANY times thru the years that I wish Tweeks woulda had a reverse.. Like the time Tippy got to complaining about having to have to push Tweeks uphill to a gas station cause Tweeks drank all her go juice to soon.. I think it would have been wayyy cool to have had an electric reverse motor like the new SVTC has to use to back Tweeks up the hill backwards while Tippy walked beside us sipping on a water and video taping the episode.. There were lots of other times too but they all involve pretty much the same scenario (that Tweeks,, she LOVED playing the "watch me run of a gas" game) so no sense in repeating myself I reckon.. Come to think of it,,,, knowing the new bike has a forward reverse option where you can slow ride it in forward with the electric mtr,, THAT would have also been awesome.. Our new car is a Hybrid (60 mpg) that has got me hooked on forward motion under lectric power,,, I think I coulda handled Tweeks just fine WITHOUT Tippy even having to dismount if the 3 of us woulda had such fanciness back then...

,,, well THAT is a bummer!!

and Patch misspelled "miss spelt" @Flyinfool,, just remember who stood up for you when ya start tossing that White Wash around this fall!!

I dont seem to have a vid of Vaz and I swapping out his RSV's rear tire with the HR Breaker in action but I do have this showing I had successfully used it on the 190 rear tire on my R1 = easy peasy. Thought this may help in your decision making?

Start at 2:20 on the timeline Sky. That little $15 HF bead breaker that you see in the video works PERFECTLY and do so in lots of other applications including on the RSV like yours ( @videoarizona can verify that if needed). I have a high end clamp on bead breaker that I got for a Christmas present that is also has a HUGE application horizon but the only reason, IMHO, that it is handier is that I can carry it in a saddle bag. As far as versatility cause (being able to use it across a wide spectrum of tires) this HR breaker ROCKS and is actually VERY easy to use!! Wayyyyy easier than jacking up a car and using 2x4's (which I have done) and for the money,,, definitely a good investment!!

Oh yea @Chaharly,, just a quick reminder,,, in a camping need emergency = try to remember Puc's - watch me pull the perfect camp ground out of nowhere routine. Sometimes ya just gotta do what Cha (pun intended) gotta do brother:

Thats only cause your forgetting to switch the tape measure in your lop eared young man varmint's brain over to geezer measurement Cha - 1' = 50' in geezerdom .. That said, here are a couple vids of geezer camping in NON Grizz country.. Notice the difference in distance between these and the one of the three of us camping in Grizzland above? and basically,, YES,, that is what we are saying = when it comes to CTFW, that grain of salt routine is the way to go IMHO:biker::biker:!!

Probably a CommieFornia thing Jack. Around here in the AR15 land of Michigan, eth free gas is plentiful and common. It is a dollar more a gallon (right now our gas prices are hovering at 2.80 and eth free at the local is 3.90). I use to actually add alcohol in fuel for high compression motors, doing so made a HUGE difference in decreasing pre detination = worked AWESOME IMHO, sort of a positive side of eth I reckon = thinking from that adding eth may actually increase octane. I have also noticed a decrease in combustion chamber carbonization since the onslaught of the Fed mandate for eth usage.. I do know that the ill effects of the stuff on carb components is real but have found that as long as I keep em running and not let em sit for extended lengths of time that it helps in controlling rust from water gathering in the fuel and carbs gunking up. About the only time I now buy non-eth is at the end of the season for storage purposes but even then, start my bikes at least once month and let em warm to operating temp = wick em up to "lube" the main jets (and intice some adrenaline too) and let em know I love em..

I have installed numerous quick detach docking setups on the HD's thru the years and think I would look into building an adapter to mount and use one of them on the SVTC if I had one. Maybe we should tear Don's bike apart at MD to see if that would be possible.. If so @Freebird, we could go into the business of making adapters and get rich quick off SVTC owners wanting an instant bagger Hey Spicer,, maybe get a peek at an Eluder shop manual and compare it to the SVTC shop manual to see how they each come apart and see if they mounting methods are different.. I got a hunch that Mom Yam used the same frame for both scoots and comparing notes may help in assessing the process.. Sounds fun and doable = all the best in coming up with something and would appreciate any thoughts/pictures of what you come up with!

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WOWZY WOW WOW WOW = how cool is that !!!!! I can hear the "zip, zip, zip, zip" sounds of valve shims being ground and that wonderful music of "click, click, click" as the bed indexes brother!! Funny thing that can hear all that without the inticement of surface grinder project PICTURES though ... WOWZY WOW WOW WOW Jeff,, now you can sharpen your own end mills :cool10:!!! So,, did you roll that heavy little sucker down the stairs into the basement or did you leave it out in the shed by the White Washer so I can play with it when I stop to stuff rags in those nozzles? GLAD TO HEAR ALL IS WELL ON THE NEW TUNER BROTHER and congrats on the surface grinder!!

NICE!!!!!! Can not WAIT to hear the long version of the story,,, perhaps with a pic or two,, or even three (its the code ya know!!). Ride safe and have fun out there!!

I KNEW you would win !!! Congrats brother

Yep,, cheap Russian Steel Case with hard primers.. I am shooting after market trigger group and had a light pound hammer spring in that works great with the softer primers in the Tracers we were firing.. Now I gotta swap in a heavier spring and retest... For the first time in the field, it did GREAT though and even was able to go boom with about 90 % of that Russian junk I love tweekin on these shooters too

:dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool: and right there with the :fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo for you Jeff and TONS of Prayers Up too:happy34:!!! GREAT NEWS = THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE ya lop eared makin varmint!!!

I'd stay the course and make a general heading toward Glacier.. CTFW up into Yellow Stone from the south entrance,, thru Jackson Hole,,, watching the mountain weather as I traveled.. If it looks cold and snowy,, forget it and skirt around ol Yeller around the west side so your not catching the mountain weather.. If doable, I'd drop a tent inside Yellow Stone and exit the west entrance to avoid longgg lines of slow MTR Homes and head up across Montana toward Browning (east side of Glacier ) but would be taking my time exploring the National Forest out there. TONS of awesome CTFW and AWESOME tent dropping opportunities to play with the Bear, Elk, Deer and the like = C 1st Vid. The Road To The Sun (GORGEOUS) is 50/50 on being open that time of year IMHO. Ya just gotta take toss caution to the wind and accept the fact that it may be blowed shut again BUT that is part of CTFW IMHO.. Either way,, it's always best to have WARM clothes if your gonna play in the mountains,, any of em from my expeirence. If I got froze/rained out while tossing the intersection coin while CTFW (our CTFW MO = no map = no GPS = toss and coin and let it decide left or right turns) I would indeed head to the Canyon and the surrounding National Parks. The North Rim is where I would head,, much better off road instant camping and WOWZY WOW WOW WOW,, camping on the rim is FANTASTIC!! Also, Kanab Utah is a fun town and located between Zion NP and the North Rim. Also, the ride around the Canyon up thru Page and then down to the South Rim is GREAT!! If ya get to the South Rim, drop down to Flag and then down 89A to Sodonna and then down a little farther to Jerome AZ = YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU DID!! By the way, when heading to Page from Kanab Utah, maybe take a second for some Ghost Towning = before you get to Page is a good time to begin that process. We followed a trail back to one once that was an AWESOME ride (C 2nd Vid) = AWESOME overnighter back there too = sleep with the tent down and hug the ground,, you can still hear the wagons rolling in to build the town that is long gone!! Another really often overlooked CTFW adventure would be the Flaming Gorge ride. If I got chased outa Montana cause of foul weather, I would drop down to Buffalo Wyoming, take the cut across over the Big Horns to Ten Sleep (UNBELIEVABLE BEAUTY) and then CTFW down to Green River WY and set a course around the EAST side of the Gorge. Then I would ride the edge. I would also make sure that my ride down th east side of the Gorge was before 1 p.m. as it takes the sun shining into the gorge to make it REALLY flame up in endless beauty. If you ride the west side you cant get as close to the edge of the gorge = still GREAT riding but just not able to see as much of the gorge IMHO. I would follow the gorge down into the Uinta mountain range (the only mountain range in the U.S. that runs East and West as far as I have ridden and FULL of awesome camping and WOWZY wildlife) and then drift west into Utah, hook onto 15 and head south toward Zion but dont miss the NP's along the way.. My gosh Cha,, I just wrote a book,, sorry bout that,, to answer your question = short version = yep, I would head to Glacier and see what happens and KNOW that Tweeks, Tip and I wish you NOTHING but the greatest of adVenture no matter where you decide to CTFW brother!!

Tippy would consider that border line spousal abuse Bossman

,, so you reckon it would be possible for 2 different drivers of Slingshots to be able to chose whether or not to wear a helmet if riding in a State that has a Helmet Law due if they are from different out of States State:doh: Kind of confusing,,,,,,,, so in the end,, one person may be required to wear a helmet if he is from one State and the other person would not be required to if he is from a different out of State location Mornin Bongo

He had this,, I had that,,, he took that and I took this

While Tip, Tweeks and I were CTFW in California one time, we got in Helmet Law trouble cause Tip's helmet was White in color and looked like a police officers helmet (cost us 500 bucks for that one). Personally I would advise following State Law to the letter the law and er to the more conservative side of it, especially when CTFW in States where you are unsure of whats legal. Therefore, I would default to the old "When In Rome" rule and if it were us riding/driving or being towed in a Slinger in a State that required helmets when riding a scoot you can bet your lop eared varmint last dollar we would be helmeted up,,, and probably not in white helmets either