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OK I'm getting ready to replace the thermostat and what do I need to remove to get at the housing to remove it. I have removed the rad. But can not get at the back cap screw that holds the top of housing on to remove the thermostat.

Neither have I! I'm still in SH*T for things I said BEFORE we go married!!!!

I'm going to wait for the movie to come out. I think Spielberg should direct it he's excellent with science fiction.

I have to agree dealers have no interest in the ability of the person buying the bike. It's all about the . I think the dealer should bear some responsibility in making sure the buyer is not getting more than he can handle, which in this case was truly the situation.

I heard that's only the first volume of a series! The next volume is on understanding teenage daughters!

My wife has a girlfriend in South Africa, in her 60's, who is looking for an kindly American boyfriend with a bike!

Yep......That's how it's done here in Canada where we have FREE health care!

DONT EVEN GO THERE!!!!!! I got turned down for jobs in Toronto years ago because I'm WHITE ANGLO-SAXON AND A CANADIAN CITIZEN by birth. The company was afraid it would get sued by the minority rights groups if they hired me. And I'm certain it had nothing to do with the fact that I was still wearing my filthy combats and smoking a joint.

The wife came out to see if I was OK yesterday afternoon. There seems to talk about having me committed! The mother in law keeps bringing it up with her! It seems to have to do with me waiting until the heat is at its worst before I go out side. I do all the running around and checking my email and checking in here before I hit the garage. BUT the wife still comes out around five, six maybe seven when I decide to call it quits for the day and make up my list of needs for the bike to pickup. She brings me my sundowner and we have nice chat Which is her wanting to know "When the bike will be done". And "It's not going to be ready this year is it!":backinmyday: She wants to ride it this year. Which is odd for a person who is afraid of falling off motorcycles.

Been there done that. They did me when I had to get my prostrate checked by a specialist. Since they need to get samples they decided to do the camera up the butt also. It would have been nice if they had have waited for the local, freezing, to take effect BEFORE they took the samples. But not much you can do when your in that position! Anyway the doctor who did the procedure was a very cute lady. So I had to ignore any discomfort to preserve my dignity. She told me not to worry there was nothing out of the ordinary up there. So I said "That's good to know. Now I can go home and tell the wife that when she calls me an "A** HOLE", that I am now perfect A** HOLE and I passed a test that proves IT. Just think of it as a right of passage into the world of the senior citizens!

My wife thinks I'm nuts because I go out side in the garage and work on the bike in this hot highly humid weather. Its 90F out with the humidity its equivalent to 100+F here. But I really don't notice it that much. I have worked in high temperature's all my life in the military and in civilian fields of endeavor. Now I find my wife's view of this as odd since she comes from central Africa, Northern Rhodesia, I believe it called Zambia now. She was born at Stanleyville, and lived near Victoria Falls. WHERE its EXTREAMLY HOT and HUMID!!!!! She hides in the house out of the heat and has a fit when I come in from working on the bike soaked from sweating. I take a shower eat supper then we, wife and I, go outside and have a couple sundowners, drinks, and watch a few bikes go by and stare at the fireflies. I think that is a perfect way to spend a day. Working up a sweat doing something you love, then relaxing in the evening with the person who loves you enough to not only put up with your expensive hobbies. But who also supports and helps with them. I wouldn't change a thing.

My 83 XJ750K does that every time you shift!! Its like taking off in a jet just hang on and fly!!!

X=Extreme V=Velocity Z=Zero gravity effect At least for first gen bikes.

I drained the old oil that's been sitting in the engine for 10 years from my VR. The crush washer was truly crushed! It was in two pieces but no oil was leaking out of the bike. I replaced it since I had a few spare new ones for doing oil changes on my XJ. The XJ will leak if I do not replace it after three oil changes! So why take chances?

OR.......they couldn't stand you having more fun then they were!!!

AHhhhhh.......No thanks, his sister lives in the Burlington, Ontario area though. Sooooooo maybe he is Canadian! That would explain Obomacare.

Dirty carb can also cause this problem also if the diaphragm's stick it can cause this. Seen it a number of times on XJ and Secas. When we do a carb cleaning on them we make sure the diaphragm's can pass the clunk test. I put Stabil in my gas once a month it cleans out any kind of build up you may get if you let your bike sit for a week or more.

Every one here has to wear a helmet that's the law and in my opinion a good one. But that's not what this about. I live on a secondary paved road which happens to be an extremely popular motorcycle route. Anyway if I see one bike in a day I see a hundred bikes a day go past the house! And I'd say only 1/3 of the riders wear any amour. Most wear leather vest and chaps. Then there's the no shirt and shorts bunch, riding there Gold Wings, I shake my head when I see them. I can just imagine the mess they will make if they go down. What gets me is this group is usually in the obese category! Then there's the crotch rocket group they do wear amour but they go so fast it wont do them any good in a crash anyway. I don't think they can see speed signs, as it's 30 Km going through our little village but they are hitting 80 past our house. One got splattered all over the road and neighbor's ditch and yard two years ago here. And to show who easy low speed accidents happen last week my brother put his HD Road King down. He was coming up to a intersection, slowed down to stop and there was a plastic pie container on the road all flattened. He saw it but couldn't avoid it. His front wheel hit it and slid sideways and down he went. Luckily he was going slow and all he did was scratch the crash bar. It doesn't take much to have an accident.

My brother's father in-law work for CSIS! Come to think of it MY brother works for the government!! :whistling:I'll be passing on names and collecting a reward shortly!!!!! Then we will continue with our infiltration into the US entrainment industry. Then its just a short leap to a full government takeover!!!

The wife and I are packing our bags and coming to live with you!!!!

Have that covered may just transfer from my XJ to the VR. Also how tight do the clamps on the air box/carb side need to be? The clamps from the manifold to the carbs are fine but if I tighten the ones on the air box to much they pop off.

Now all we have to do is figure out how to get the ospring of one of our Canadian under cover entertainers into the White House:whistling:. And the take over will be complete!!!!!!!! We will rename the new country CANUSA!!!!

OK will do that today. Reinstalled the carbs. Replacement petcock and throttle should be here tomorrow. Will then reinstall gas tank and see if we can get the engine to fire up! Will get one for sure Condor and keep on the bike. I need to take the XJ out for a run its getting testy from being ignored while I work on the VR.

OK, thanks Marcarl. I was thinking along those lines. Another question I should have asked is should I buy the black rubber lines from CT. Or go with the clear plastic ones that the Yamaha dealers sell. Which is best? Or does it matter.