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WOWZY WOW WOW WOW Tuffy = NICE!!!!! Noticing it came with a variety of grip sleeves for personalizing to your hand? Are those slide on/slide off or does the grip gotta come apart to tune to your hand? What mags does it use and are they double stackers to create hi cap? Either way, that is a slick looking shooter,, cant wait to hear your full report my friend!!

Boy I don't know Sky,, my experience with those contacts in the fuel pump has been one of when they fail - the clicking stops all together as its actually the contacts that are making er click.. I'd check and make sure I had a full tank of fuel, the tank vent was open and the filter wasnt plugged before I went diggin into the pump.. You aint got a rusty tank do you? After checking those, maybe pull the outlet line off the pump and cycle the pump with the kill switch while watching/checking flow and listening for the contacts working

Well your better half is wayyyy more forgiving that Tip is Sly... wait a second,, take that back,,, I think Tip would be okay with the same as yours but would probably accept the youngen doing all the labor and then kick me out.. Then Tip could live out her life never having to do another dish washin or none of that stuff and spend her time traveling down to play with the Grandkids ... That Tip is always plotting something

and the performance parts for those 350's are a LOT easier to find and way more variety of such... Probably the most versatile V-8 ever built,, TOUGH TOO!! Years ago I was looking at Crate engines for a van and WOWZY WOW WOW WOW,, was I SHOCKED at the difference in price, and build selection between the 350's and anything else out there...

Ratsssssssssssssssssss!! I was REALLY looking forward to cruisin to Leatherby's Ice Cream in that thang Jack! Just thinking of all those cute little 22 year old girls staring at us handsome varmints stepping out of that puppy as we walk inside to enjoy yet another great big scrumdatious bowl of Butter Nut Oh well,, skip the Hot Rod ,, skip those young females (Tip would NEVER stand for me bringing one home anyway and you dont need the headaches anyway brother) and just go for the ice cream

I got a close friend (HD Rider) who swears by Full Synthetic bike oils gave me a full sythetic oil change for one of my 1st Gens a good while back.. Noticing I was suppose to be able to go to 10000 miles before swapping oils (I am fairly old school, I like to swap out the oil in bike when I see it getting dirty when viewed thru the site glass so I wondered how that was gonna work anyway) I went for it and set out on yet another test adventure. Using the stuff, I didnt notice any real change in tranny feel, no major notchin goin on or nothing like that but I did notice right away that the bikes normal oil leaks became a little more substantial.. I turned back to my 2 dollar a quart Dollar Store Deisel oil buying trend shortly there after cause there was no way on God's green earth I was gonna get stuck in some far off land looking for a particular brand/breed of Full Synthetic when my beat up ol $300 scoot had puked a bunched of oil and have to pay almost as much to refill the crankcase as I did for the bike itself I did keep, and am still using, the LED headlight he gave me though.. Now THAT thing is AWESOME!!!

So now the big question I just gotta ask ya Condor, can you legally use those hi cap mags in the field without worrying about west coast Socialist coppin (pun intended) an attitude and :mugshot:ing ya? What fun is owning em iffen ya cant use em?? If it's one of those things where if you can prove they were purchased during the pre-ban but are not mailable into Commifornia,, perhaps I could just give em the receipts and the mags when they come to Michigan for my other daughters wedding in June and then hand carry them home with the paperwork in their possession to show the Gestapo if they need it... The plot thickens Puc

:95:I REALLY hate to see you go brother but I do totally get it,, times change and so do interests.. I wanna say THANK YOU my friend for ALL the great advice and super posts you have made around this joint thru the years = don't EVER think your contributions to the club have gone unnoticed Carl = YOU and your consistent knowledge of scoots and profound way of bringing discussions about bike issues back to reality are second to none - THANKS CARL!! It wasn't very long ago that Tip and I were in exactly the same set of shoes, sold the shop, sold a lot of the inventory (did bring a few scoots with us to our new home though,, a cherry pick you would say).. The only difference is we moved from our home secluded (5 miles of gravel roads) acreage where our kids could be kids into our house (with a full basement ) in town to be closer to hospitals, stores, resturants, the Lake and so on = exactly backwards of what your talking BUT I do get the need for change.. My money is on, no matter what/where/when/how you folks end up and where ever you end up,, you will thouroughly enjoy the life in front of you!!! Therein lies my thoughts and prayers for you folks brother!! By the way,, any chance your into flying airplanes? I just went and looked at an old 4 wheel drive pickup (Tip and I are now into shooting pretty heavy, building a rolling shooting center to be able to traverse the miles and miles of State Land two tracks in a built for purpose shooting machine ) that a guy had not to far from us. He has a BUNCH of acreage with a lake on it and a private air strip (been a crop duster for years). He and his wife are going to be selling out in the near future and moving into town.. It's not listed yet, can hook ya up if you want:big-grin-emoticon:!! Of course,, knowing how us geezers handle snow drifts,, you folks are probably thinking warm climate,, if it weren't for that little grandson of ours having great plans for him and his grandpa = Tip and I would be following ya if thats what your up to By the way,,, if your staying in Michigan and gonna do the walk out basement routine,, be sure to check for sump pumps,, they do come in handy come spring thaw!

I know you two varmints are talking the 2nd gen lingo here but just an FYI for 1st Gen riders on this same scenario.. You too should be carrying a length of gas line in your maintenance department for just this occasion. If a fuel pump failure happens to you out in the boonies you can pull the right side cover, bypass the one way valve on the tank vent, attach the extra gas line to the vent line leading up to the tank and blow enough pressure into the tank with your mouth (just make sure you have a long enough piece of xtra fuel line to go from the vent line to your mouth when sitting on the bike so you dont have to be bent over the side of the bike while your trying to ride thru the pucker brush ) to push fuel thru the pump and into the carbs.. IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry @VentureFar,,, I don't know nuttin about the 2nd Gens but I am sure Bongo will fill us in on that!!!!

Well thats a heck of a note Condor!! I ordered and received two :95:30 rounders for my Sacramento daughters and my son-in-laws 10/22's that I was gonna ship to them as a Welcome Back To A Free America gift !! Oh well,,, looks like I may have to make some lemonade again (you know brother,, when life deals ya lemons.....) and now go searching for a good deal on a Ruger 10/22 just so I can use the mags here in Michigan ...

Very sorry to read but PRAYERS UP FOR YOOPER!!!!! With God,, ALL things are possible Yoop = YOU are on the prayer list brother!!!!! THANKS @Morev4 and @Prairiehammer for letting us know!! Up to this point I have not been much of a Face Booker but my son has been working with me in Face Book orientation and we are making headway. Pretty cool really,, wont be long and you VR facebookers will be hearing more from this ol geezer (as well as tormenting my kids on there ...

Heyyyyyy,, look what da cat dragged in (that's American for GREAT TO HEAR FROM YA ANNIE!!!!! )!! Wassup Sister!! GREAT to hear you two lop eared varmints from down under in the Land of Oz are coming back to the States. Any chance you may make MD at Dons? Tip, and I would LOVE to see you two and there is good chance we will be able to make it this year (between criss crossing the country for my daughters wedding stuff)!! Tweeks donated her Aussie Sticker to her sister Tweeksis when we retired the ol gal a while back and its still seeing America!! Matter of fact, had er out for few hours today (first ride of the season, still snow in the ditches here) and a guy a gas station asked about that sticker so I got to mention you folks = it's still workin Annie Sorry to hear about the PTSD and other stuff your dealing with,, thoughts and Prayers Up Annie! Hoping all your plans for the summer end up being nothing but filled with GREAT TIMES AND AWESOME ADVENTURE my friend!! to both you and Quickstep!! Puc

Buy it @Condor and I'll go cruisen the strip with ya next time Tip and I are in town!!!

Heyyyyy,,, that's pretty good @VentureFar,, it seems like every time I hear someone say "you are friends with Puc" there is usually a traffic ticket involved .. Yet another EXCELLENT review by my favorite MotoMagazine writer, reviewer and author = VERY WELL DONE MY BROTHER!!! :thumbsup:

Thanks for the pic Chief! I will still grab a video and some pics down at the Yam shop next time I am down that way to help others reading this see where I was incorrect in calling those upper louvers fake and what changes Mom Yam did to those upper louvers and how she opened up the channel they control the air flow to make them functional like the lower 2 louvers on the bikes we rode in Sturgis. For the time being though and looking at your scoot (NICE RIG BY THE WAY!!), on the original design only the bottom two louvers had a passage way that they controlled air flow thru - this making them actual functional usuable non-fake louvers. The section of lower fairing above those two louvers was permanently closed off behind the 6 fake louvers above the 2 functional ones at the bottom with no way possible for air to flow thru it and into the riders cabin like the lower two louvers controlled (I know it was like this cause I chatted with the tech's out in Sturgis about how I thought those fake inlets appeared to be the start of an air induction system for a big block V-Max engine and or radiator shrouds for the same:hihi: and that I was shocked that Mom Yam would close them off keeping the air flow from running across the air cooled engine). On the original design, air passing thru those non functional horizontal fake upper louvers was actually ricocheted off an interior backing plate on the inner lower fairing behind those upper louvers with the air flow being controlled by the angle of the backing plate behind the louvers and the louvers serving no purpose other than cosmetic appeal making them fake. Matter of fact, the upper fake louvers (not talking about yours in the pic Chief, talking about what I saw at Sturgis) on the original actually got in the way of air flow IMHO and could have actually been at least partially functional and non fake if they would have been mounted vertically so they would have at least been directing air flow into the open area behind the forks/front wheel. I pointed that out to the tech's out there and they totally agreed with me but felt the designers probably thought having the louvers mounted vertically for partial functionality and then those 2 lower non-fake louvers mounted horizontally would have looked weird.. At any rate,, thanks for a good starter pic Chief,, glad to hear Mom Yam made the changes to assist in air flow thru the upper part of those lower fairings = I commend her as dealing with an air cooled bike, the scoot really needs to be able to breathe and get as much air flow as possible IMHO. I will definitely get a vid together and posted up showing the improvements between pre-release and released to the consumer bikes..

Oppssss, my bad Chief,, I had no idea Mom Yam had made changes to those lower fairings since we rode the bikes out at Sturgis,,, got my apologies Sir.. The SVTC's we rode out there before they were released to the public only had functional louvers on the very bottom of the louver sections = last couple of louvers to be exact. All upper louvers above the actual functional ones at the bottom that allow air to pass onto the riders feet were definitely non-functional cosmetic pieces with no air flow possible thru the lower fairing behind them - this was the same on both sides of the bike. Air movement above the actual functional louvers at the very bottom of the lowers that was designed to flow air into the area between the lower fairings was obviously dependent on the face of the fairing itself behind the fake louvers = the louvers themselves served no purpose in air flow for most of the lower fairings on both sides as they were designed to match (cosmetically) the lower funtional louvers and ran horizontally across the fairing housing that sat in = in order to assist in air flow toward the center of the bike they would have had to have been mounted vertically.. I had no idea that Mom Yam had changed that design before release and glad to hear she did Chief. You are correct, I do not own one of the new ones and wonder if you could provide some pics of the updated lowers on your SVTC that show their functionality. I am sure that our readers would LOVE to see what on earth we are even talking about:Bunny:.. If your not able to, I will take my camera with me next time I hit up the local Yam shop, take some pics (and maybe a short video) of the updated version of the bike like your talking about to explain the differences between the functional louvers like yours and what I saw at Sturgis..

You betcha my brother,, its always a pleasure to disturb your peace and quite Venturefar !! I actually knew your new best friend had nothing to do with your gas bottles and remember them well from as far back as the Rally in Oregon. I also knew that a lop eared iron buttin farrrr riding varmint like you would have advanced knowledge of carrying xtra fuel.. Pretty much a smart guy aint I THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT my friend!

I have used a couple quart oil jugs, wrapped in old socks (to keep em from getting a hole worn thru them from rubbing against the rack) tie wrapped under the rack that our motel (tent/sleeping bags/pillows wrapped in a tarp) rides on for years now and found this pretty handy, kinda wayyy old school dorky approach though. I think @VentureFar uses a much more modern approach with some kind of an aftermarket gas bottle made by a very well known outfitter, cant remember the name brand but I am sure, if I am correct on this, Neil will gladly jump in here and brag about it cause it's probably something that his new best friend gave to him for free and he loves to remind me of that kind of stuff:stickpoke:... I also have seen "sealed", one time use, bottles of fuel at Menards that are for exactly what we are talking about. Maybe something to check into if you have a Menards near you JB...

Spot on Corporal Newkirk, those prices been droppin like a rock for a good while now. Matter of fact, if I were seriously interested in a new left over SVTC I would grab a handful of cash and use that figure that you posted as a starting point for negotiating an out the door deal. There may be some truth to what has been posted on the net about Mom Yam holding off on releasing new updated model years of the line until the left overs are cleared out of dealership inventories. If so, that would definitely provide a platform for being able to see even better deals than the 19,995 left over SVTC's with a little negotiating IMHO. I think if I were in Dan's shoes I would go over my crunched SVTC with a fine tooth comb looking for even paint chips that would require the plastics to be replaced. Sure dont seem like it would be that hard to show an insurance company repair costs well above what a brand new 2018 SVTC replacement scoot could be had for now..

Castrol GTX has been a mainstay in motorcycling for many years Vick, I know a LOT of HD riders that swear by the stuff and have used it for many years. I also know that our own YammerDan used to swear by the stuff for use in his V-4's as I recall,, he and I used to go round and round and round about me using junk oils and him :stickpoke: me about getting on the GTX bandwagon . There may be a high mileage/Energy Cons GTX out there though that would probably not be clutch friendly,,, do you remember what color of container the GTX you used came in? You got a Dollar Store near you? Personally I have been using cheap Dollar Store 20/50 in tempts above 80 degrees for long time now and using the notchy shifting you mention as an indicator of it being time to swap in some new oil.. Maybe its time to just do an oil change in your case? As far as the rest of your scoots issues, that reads like a bike Tip and I would head west on and just add fluids as we CTFW on a 20k mile westward journey.. Sounds like the only thing missin in your case would be the stickers that hold the cracked plastic together so triple digits out across the open deserts for hours on end:hihi:.

WOWZY WOW WOW WOW ,, THAT IS DISGUSTING BROTHER!! Very very glad you are ok Dan,, bikes can be replaced but man oh man,, riders have been permenantly offed for less than that = you done got blessed BIG TIME!! As far as the scoot goes, I would have the neck/frame checked for "tweeking" as its not uncommon for a goose neck to get tweeked in just a tip over if the bars are cocked against the stops when it hits. You could also check the weld joints at the neck and down the down tubes for any sign of cracked paint. Another thing that I would do is have one of my friends ride it directly at me in a parking lot as I laid on the ground and looked carefully down the axis of the tires = if its tweeked you will probably be able to see "dog tracking" going on.. What a shame.. Sorry to read this my friend, glad your ok but it is still hard to look at that big beautiful scoot laying on its side = they are MUCH prettier standing upright IMHO!

YEEEEE HAWWW VICK:thumbsup:!! Ain't nuthin that pulls top to bottom like a little 74 inch ol 83 Venture hittin on 4 baby YEEEEE HAWWWW = open da gate and get out the way,, Vick and his Venture are comin outa chute 9 :bikersmilie: Clutch eh,, read below... :sign yeah that::sign yeah that::sign yeah that::sign yeah that::sign yeah that: BIG TIME:sign yeah that: and after I verified that my scoots crankcase wasnt contaminated with Energy Conserving oil, I would pop the lid on the clutch res and make sure the tiny little bleed back/return hole at the bottom of the res was not plugged. Just watch it carefully as you release the squeeze on the clutch lever and make sure its flowing fluid back into the res. Now that said, until we started riding our 6th 83 (Tweeksis - current bike) who's original owner put a complete Barnette clutch system in it, I never did have a good clutch that would hold solid in higher gears, fully loaded with two up, when the HP hit over 5000 R's.. I tried everything I could think of thru the years on the other 5 from dropping the 1/2 plate buffer plate in the bottom of the basket to shimming and even reloading with heavier springs.. I did do new plates a couple times too, they held for a short while but went right back to "normal" high HP slipping in a very short time.. IMHO, Mom Yam wayyyy underbuilt the clutch in our V-4's (should have an 8" clutch in it) and, and dont forget - this is just another opinion of mine, this may be why Mom Yam went with a diaphram clutch spring on the MK2 1st Gens.. Tweeksis's Barnette is a worthy piece, NEVER slips, holds ROCK SOLID right up thru when pulling hard on all 4 jugs fully loaded and two up.. The downfall of the Barnette setup, again IMHO, is that it moved the engagement spot on the perch from its normal, smooth, easy to feather 3/4 release spot out to a not so easy to feather (that little half plate had its function as a buffer and it really is noticable when its not part of the plate stack as designed by Mom Yam) engagement zone right at the end of the clutch throw. You could try picking up some heavy duty pressure plate springs and installing them, I think Skydoc sells those.. I never did attempt a basket swap over to a MK2 diaphram spring system (1200cc V-Max's use em too I believe) cause all my 83's would whoop anything on the road even with the clutch slipping but that might be an option and it would be interesting to hear your input of such an endeavor if you tried it Vick.. There,, I managed to your ear off again didn't I brother

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!! :dancefool::dancefool::clap2::dancefool::dancefool: My son in law called this morning and says,, DAD - GUESS WHAT - THE CALIFORNIA HI CAP MAG LAW HAS BEEN FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!:usa::usa: Apparently there is absolute truth to what he was telling me as some of the big vendors have already dropped California from their "Can Not Ship To These Socialist States" restrictions. My response to my son in law went something like this: THAT is OUTSTANDING in a genuine, gotta LOVE being a Constitutionalist kinda way!! So,,, what do you got laying around that's quick release Magazined that your gonna be grabbing mags for before the RUSH starts. His response: Ruger 10/22 but the rush is already started Dad, Brownells is backlogged from here (Sac) to your house.. Note to all interested in Hi Cap Mags (over 10 rounds, 10 Rounds has been the max in California),, might not be a bad idea to grab what cha need BEFORE this really goes nuts out there in the market place!! :stirthepot::witch_brew:

Something sticking out of the bed of a pickup truck,,,, a loading ramp sticking out of the bed and backed into it..