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Steve, thanks for the heads up on places to stop and see! Stay safe and see you next week! david

Yikes, David! Ah man...all I can say...is...go gettum! Kick that cancer on it's butt! Prayers Up...!!

So sorry to hear about the relatives....but happy to hear the wedding went well! Prayers Up for families!

Hope you guys let me come visit! I'll be right down the street!

@VanRiver and I got together for lunch this past week. As usual, we solved the world's problems again! Here we are... It's always good to see James. He sends his regards to all... and his regrets that he can't make MD this year. He's very busy at work...which is a good thing! Till next time, James!

Last month I was in Phoenix and stopped by my friend's house to start the RSV. She had been sitting for a while. Started up but ran rough. Then noticed gas pouring out onto the garage floor in the front. Shut her down and tapped on the left front carb bowl. Started up much better and no fuel flowing on the floor. Stuck float valve. Threw in some Seafoam and ran her up and down the street. She runs fine now. Doesn't take much...and I try hard to keep that scoot's carbs clean and keep Stabil in the tank over the summer hiatus as we don't ride much in 110 degree heat. This past week, I started her up for her bi-monthly start and she started perfectly and ran fine. So, yep....drain the bowls a few times. If that doesn't do the trick, put some cleaner in there by squirting it up into the bowl from the drain. @cowpuc came up with this way of cleaning out the bowl and that can also flush the float valve seat...

Yep. The anti-dive on the front forks takes a lot of current. Reminder, if your brakes are still linked, the rear pedal is still controlling the left front brake. So anti-dive is drawing current. I show low voltage when sitting at light with brakes on. Not an issue... Even with idle at around 1000rpm. I run a tad high idle anyway.

Trip planning. That's one of the reasons I joined up with Best Western. I can always find a room the night before... Even have asked hotel people for help if I didn't know area. I'm now pretty good with their app. On the scoot, I'll either plan ahead or stop at lunch and look ahead in app to see what's around and plan from there. Makes it easy. Or at least...easier! I imagine other hotel chains have apps that do the same.

Even with the shocks at zero pressure, you should be able to get a lift under the bike using the 2x4 under the kick stand. Interesting. I would buy one of those progressive pumps. They have an accurate guage and are no loss during disconnect. In the meantime, a bike tire pump will work fine on rear. Only the rear needs to be pumped for lift. I have the stand and find I lay under right side and lift it up. Wiggling until it finds the right spot... Then the rod slides in.

Almost sounds like the audio is being muted by wind noises. Cb squelch ? Intercom ?

Regarding the no start issue..... Lots of things to think about there. Clutch lever, brake lever, kickstand all have interlock switches to keep bike from starting. In addition there is the tip over switch, the ignition switch and, my favorite, the emergency stop switch. If any of these are dirty, the bike won't start. If you've also lost dash, then I would look at the Master fuse located on the bottom left under the passenger foot rest. There is a small fuse box there in the RSVs... I'm assuming here that your bike is similar. That fuse area can get really gunked up from road stuff. Check the fuse there....

You say you have fluid at the slave bleeder, but do you have pressure? Can you pump fluid out the slave bleeder from the Master handle? Other thoughts. Did you make sure the teeny hole at the bottom of the Master is clear and not blocked? There really isn't anything else in the system that would keep the clutch handle from pressurizing... Except a bad seal on the shaft in the Master (or not installed correctly), a blocked pressure relief hole or air still in there.

There is a complete thread on the jumpering of the RLU somewhere here. I'm on road and didn't find it but know it's there. Tons of pics as well...

I always ran my 950T looser than the book called for. Never worried about belt issues. It ran true and was unmarked and clean after 10K miles.

Guys, I've found sometimes I can find rooms at a better price by going straight to the hotel. Sometimes. Just a thought...

I went with the Best Western in Elyria....be there Thursday pm - Tuesday am.

As an aside: My VStar 950T was belt drive. And when I belonged to those forums the biggest complaint about the belt drive was the dealer tightening it to tight. That in turn would eventually (sooner rather than later), wear out the drive gear bearings and whine like mad until the bearings gave up the ghost. I'm throwing that out as a suggestion because one of the first indications of the belt being to tight was the bearing wear was causing the belt pulley to get out of alignment...causing the belt to move to the outside of the pulley. You might want to take off the belt, check the drive pulley for slop... then check your drive belt tension. Let's hope it's just a miss-alignment of the belt for some strange reason. I marked the drive belt tensioners on each side of the 950 frame with a punch so I had a good indicator of where I was. Could go from there easily.

Clogged crankcase vent?

Ronnie, Oh...they look like the brand my buddy has on his HD Ultra. Nice and rumbly! A touch loud for me, though. I like the bike quiet as well....the standard HD pipes are just enough for me....

:sign yeah that: Me too! Just a slight tug on the switch and the headlight came on. I used a shot of electrical contact cleaner on the switch. Working for a year now!

Clive, the reason I said that pumping slow is to warn people if they have the cover off the master cylinder, pumping slow will not create the jet of fluid that will squirt out of the relief hole and soak the bike, the person and the garage floor. If they have the cover on, then yes, pump fast and hard. Guess I didn't make that clear enough. I don't know what I did differently between the 2 generations. I've found over the course of the past 3 years that the 2nd gen pumps up much faster after servicing the brakes and clutch than the 1st gen. It may be my technique...who knows. I'm good with just getting the job done.

I disagree, Clive. It took me about 10 minutes on the 2nd gen, but almost an hour on the 1st. Each time I've done it...the same. Don't know why. Maybe the tilt of the handlebars being different, or the angle of the clutch assembly. But I would like to agree with you and yes, I did read your post quite a while ago...even printed it out. That all said, it just didn't work for me. At least on my 89.

:sign yeah that: Chris, Bleeding the clutch system is hell on wheels. You can let gravity help. Open bleeder valve down low. Fill master. Tie the clutch handle back and let it sit for a day or two. But you need to find a way to keep the master full. Some have even taken off the banjo bolt up top and forced fluid down the line then put her together and bled the master. Only problem, if one little bubble in the master gets into the lines, you are back to square one. Another way is to force the fluid back UP the line to the master. But again, you run into the potential of missing one little air bubble. BTW, If you want to see those little air bubbles in the master I'm talking about....one or two should pop up in the master reservoir by just gently squeezing the handle just a touch! Little squeezes should move a bubble into the fluid. They get caught right at the junction of the banjo/master cylinder interface. I didn't do either of above. Grins... Just opened the bleeder and pumped that handle. Took a long time! Like 45 minutes. Just because of that experience, I went to Harbor Freight and bought a pressure bleeding system. I use it for the brakes. Didn't want to change brake fluid and spend hours doing that by hand. The clutch was bad enough. OH forgot to add, make double sure the teeny hole at the bottom of the master is clear and not clogged. That is the pressure relief hole. it's the smallest of the 2 there. And when you "GENTLY" squeeze the handle, there should be a squirt of fluid up from the hole into the middle of the reservoir. Squeeze to hard and you will get a small fountain of fluid all over you and the bike. So cover your plastics! A tiny High "E" guitar string is the right size to clear the hole. Gentle with it! The only way to pressurize the clutch system is to get rid of the air and bleed it thoroughly. BTW, Regarding the seal. If you insist on getting the old one out, you need some curved picks to work it out. Frankly, if it's not torn or leaking I'd put her back together and bleed the system.

Agreed! Nice job, @cowpuc!! :happy65:

Yea....I need to. It's never been I want to sell...it's I need to. I've been fighting with the sell idea for sometime now. Not enough time or money to work on the toys, and I'm not getting younger. Insurance and registration on the bikes has gone up as well. Last, the 1st gen is getting taller and harder to ride...or I'm getting shorter and weaker!! Grins! Plus, we are downsizing. Getting older and no longer need all the "stuff" I've accumulated over the past 71 years. Sad to see so many things go out the door. But that's needed as I have one more move to make and don't want to cart "stuff" just to store it. So everything is changing...at least for me. Now I understand why my mom wanted to retire in New Hampshire. She didn't want any more changes late in life. Change gets harder as I get older. I'm open to offers on the 1st Gen. At some point, I'll post it in the for sale area (if that still works...I remember there was a problem for a while). Anyone who makes an offer or is serious, I'll always be willing to have a PM/phone dialog about the scoot. Whatever you need to know...I'll tell you where she is at. She will go across country if you want to rider her home...or shipping can be had. I thoroughly enjoy every ride I take on her. But she's not had the miles put on her that she should. For that matter, neither has the RSV since my trip to cowpuc land. Sigh....