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From my mom in law... 1 box vanilla wafer crumbs 3 3/4 cups 2 t cocoa 1 cup chopped nuts 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1/4 cup rum Combine all above. Coat cutting board & hands with confectioners sugar Form balls with hands and roll in suger Do ahead and store in fridge. Merry Christmas!!

Is this what you mean?? Only in the Arizona summer... And it is a dry heat! david P.S. Christmas will have snow in the mountains here in AZ land....and spots of rain with temps in the 60's here in town. Nice....

Saying Prayers!

Just in case you haven't seen this....enjoy! david:snow:

Not at all! Here I was, thinking through your first post, trying to figure out the answer! Duh!

: Will the "J" mod help the popping on throttle shut down. I tried both ways. Never noticed a difference in backfiring and/or mpg's. I've got all 4 ports capped now. Gave up trying to figure out what it does...or did for me! : Do I sync the carbs fist then do the mod or vice versa? Last thing you do is sync. Check everything else first: plugs, wires, coils, air cleaner, valves, etc., then sync. : I know that riding style has a lot to do with mileage, however even keeping the rev's up doesn't help as much when all your driving is stop and go. I do get slightly better on trips by keeping the RPM higher (shifting into 5th above 60 MPH) What else will help with fuel economy? i'm currently getting about 125 135 miles per tank when the fuel light comes on.(i always pull over and get gas the second the light comes on) i'm usually putting in just around 4 gallons sometimes a little less sometime a little more. On my 89VR, I let her rev. MPG's on the VR seem to be solely dependent on my right wrist action! On the 05 RSV, I shift at lower speeds until 4th gear. Then stay in 4th until 65 ish. Yesterdays 4 hour trip I never hit 5th at all, riding the country roads at 55mph or 60. That seems to give me the best mpg's on the RSV. Averaging 38 to 40. I'm thinking the only thing I can do is to change to a VMax rear end to bring the rpm's back up a tad higher in all gears. That should help me keep the engine in it's most optimum RPM range. Regarding your fill ups. One thing to note: If you are only adding 4 gallons with the fuel light on, that means you have 2 more gallons to go....about 60-70 plus more miles before empty. So that tells me your fuel sender/float is a tad off. Not a problem, but you should be able to ignore the light and keep going until your motor stumbles, then turn fuel to reserve and continue another 30 to 40 miles. In other words, your gauge and/or light may be off, but it sounds to me your miles per tank would be right if you kept going....so bottom line is...if you get stuck in nowhereland and the light comes on...keep riding. You should be good for another 60 to 70 miles!! That's a good thing. Plus the RSV plows a lot more air than the VR does. I have the largest Clearview windshield as well....and that doesn't help with mpg's!!

Yep....

UPDATE: Took the trip yesterday to the border, then up to Patagonia. Didn't go to the lake but did stop for pics at the Bird Sanctuary area off the road. You can then go hiking into the birding area during season and get to see the migrating birds. I just took pics and moved on. Then headed into "town", such as it is, and ate lunch at the hotel. Stage Stop Inn. Seriously. Across the street is the railroad depot...preserved. older picture showing hotel. @KIC has been there too! Our VR's are in background. We rode with @KIC and his friends for a breakfast ride last year. After a good lunch, I headed on to Sonoita. Not much more than a crossroads town, but it is the heart of wine country in southern AZ. Beautiful grass lands, rolling hills and wonderful two lanes to ride on. This pic is just before town. Then headed north back to Green valley VIA Rt 83 and it's nice twisties and Sahuarita road to Green Valley. Nice ride...took 4 hours. Now the weather is turning...cooler and windy this weekend as a cold front moves through. May have to put a sweater on!

Since we are having a heat wave.....81 right now....thought I would help you all out who are resting from shoveling the "White Stuff...":cold: First...went to Rio Rico...Nickels Diner for BBQ... Notice I didn't leave anything for youse gals and guys. Sorry, but I was hungry. Then... Stopped in Tubac to visit the museum.....cool place. Tomorrow, I think I'll loop down to the border and then up to Sonoita with a stop for lunch at my favorite little hotel in Patagonia. I'll post pics if I do the ride. Hope this helps.... david

When my lady and I hit the monsoon sand across the road in the RSV, we flew up.....she came down hard on seat. Back pain was severe. Doc said he thought the damage was not done by coming down hard... Rather from her tensing muscles as she went up. Natural reaction. But that really got the muscles. Only thing that did help was heat and the relaxed pills. Took about a month before she really felt better again. Here is hoping you have a better outcome! Prayers Up!

Whew!!!

Yikes! Hope you feel better tomorrow!!

Yep. I did too... Growing up in New Hampshire. But when i took a newspaper delivery job, my dad and i wrapped the tires in heavy twine in a crossover pattern. Actually helped me at 5am in the fresh snow. Fun times!

Grins....Well...regardless....hang in there, Jeff! Prayers Up!

In seems, at first glance, Nexway is a distributor. I have always purchased from Digital River... Another distributor. My gut feeling is Avast is not at fault with this... But will suffer from the adverse publicity. Either that or Nexway has purchased Avast. Regardless, how they got your cc info is a very good question. I own two paid subscriptions to Avast and two free ones. Will watch my account for similar issue. BTW, there is a notice telling how to get rid of auto subscription...i googled Avast Nexway.

Scott, Wishing you Happy Holidays.... ...and succesful doc experiences in the coming year! Prayers Up! david

+1 Thoughts and prayers!

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I finally found it. In the parts section. But nothing to indicate there is anything holding it in. Guess it must slip up. Update: I feel "STOOPID"...yea. The coolant recovery bottle on the 89 VR simply lifts up. It's mounted on a track and you disconnect the two hoses and lift. Came right up. Lordy...there are times when I wonder what I was thinking last week when I was looking at it wondering how to get it off without breaking anything. Darn yamaha engineers were sure smarter than I when they designed that bottle!! So now it's sitting in the sink, filled with Simple Green and some hot water...cleaning. Sigh...now back to your regularly scheduled program...

Bob, Do you know where I can find it on the parts list? Or in the manual? Either I'm blind or it simply doesn't exist in the manuals. If I could find a pic of it, I could figure out how it's stuck in the cavity!

Bearings and boats. Or....how not to worry about your trailer bearings. I couldn't find the original post so I'm sitting down to re-write it here... A number of years ago, I ended up speaking with a lady from the company that makes Bearing Buddies. I was talking to her because I was very concerned about my trailer bearings. I had heard many horror stories from "experts" on the Trailer Sailor Forum and didn't want to have any of those things happen to me in the wilds of the Arizona Desert. Starting at the beginning: My boat is a 23' sailboat made by Coastal Recreation in 1974. The Aquarius 23 is a very well designed boat, (Peter Barrett) handling just about any weather I care to be in and has held up extremely well considering it's age. It's 4200 pounds total average weight on two 3500 pound axles. The trailer is an original Trail-Rite dual axle trailer, made and built specifically for my hull number. Yep...the original trailer. I had new bearings put in in 2004 when I bought the boat as that was the one place where I knew I could get into trouble on the road. I also had to have the frame rail bent back into shape and an additional frame rail on each side welded on top of old one as the original owner used to run the boat into the beaches of Mexico and launch anywhere. The trailer had taken a beating... So back to the phone call with BB's lady expert. Basically the conversation boiled down to a simple thought: She asked me "How often do you replace your car bearings? Rarely ever, right? So why do all these people burn out boat bearings?" That got me to thinking.... She then told me the simplest way to get good bearing life: 1: Take the wheels apart. Look closely at the bearing races and the axle. If everything looks good on the axle end, buy new bearings of good quality (Like Timco or any good USA made bearing) and have the inner bearing race pressed properly with a new, good brand seal. 2: Then hand pack the bearings with a good water proof type grease. The blue/green stuff at auto parts stores is best. Yes, handpack. Nothing like being able to get the grease in every nook and cranny of the bearings. 3: Fill the cavity between the inner and outer race with grease. Place the inner bearing in and snug down the axle nut tightly. This seats the bearing in the race properly. Release the tension on the axle nut and re-tighten. Tighten only enough to get "most" of the movement out of the wheel. Grab the tire at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock and see if the wheel moves from side to side. You want just a touch of movement. Do the same at 12 and 6 o'clock. If too loose, tighten 1/4 turn and try again. Do NOT take out all the movement in the wheel. When you think you have it right, snug up axle nut just enough to get the cotter key through the nut. BUT make sure the wheel can be moved just a touch. Done with that. "You see," she said, "the number 1 killer of boat bearings is they end up being to tight. Tight means heat, heat means bearing death." 4: Now fill the inner cavity of the bearing buddie (BB) with same grease...making sure the BB plate and spring are clean and the plate moves against the spring pressure freely when you push with finger. Put the BB on the axle and tap it in. Now add grease to the BB until the plate pushes out about 1/2 way. This is the proper "pre-load" for the BB...giving you about 3 lbs of positive pressure in the hub. This is what really keeps out the water and dirt! 5: Go for a drive. Go for at least 30 minutes at highway speeds to burp out any air in the bearing cavity...then pull over and stop. Pull over slowly, if you have brakes, so they don't heat up the axle. Check your temps. Bearings should be cool to touch. One side may be warmer than other if road is crowned as that side will have more weight on it. The BB's and hubs should not be warmer than the ambient air. Also...look at the BB plate and note it's position. If it's moved inwards a touch...you are good. Any more than that, you need a shot of grease to bring it back out. Then go home. 6: Now here is the kicker. Every year, you should jack up the trailer and check each bearing for roughness or noise. You can do this with the wheels on or not...your choice. BUT...whatever you do...DO NOT TOUCH the BB or the bearings at all if they feel good. If they feel/sound noisy, then replace the bearings in the axle....but if you bought good ones, chances are you will go years without having to do anything more than taking off the BB's and cleaning them then putting new grease in to replace what you took off to clean the BB and fill the cavity up again. Go for a test ride, check temps and the pressure plate and forget about them for another year. 7: Now on each and every trip, when I stop, I check the hub temps with my hand. A simple walk around...touching the hubs and looking at the tie downs, the mast, the motor, etc.. It's normal for me to do this. Bottom line: Same bearings on the boat since 2004. Different BB's as some have fallen off on the road, others had become so grungie I felt it was smart to replace them. My bearings still run cool...even towing at 65 mph across the Arizona desert toward California at 115 degrees outside. In November, just a few weeks ago, we went out to the lake for the first time in two years. Before that it was two years again before the boat had seen the water. And one of those years, 2013, I towed her from Arizona to New Hampshire where she sat for a year through the New England Winter...buried in 4 feet of snow then towed back to Arizona. All without any problems on the bearings. I simply checked for noise and roughness, added grease if needed and drove off... As I mentioned at the beginning...this is really simple. But it amazes me how many people still have troubles with their bearings. Now if you don't run BB's on your trailer, fine. Then you should pop off the cap each season and check for dirt. A little water may drain out and that's ok...since the waterproof grease will stick to the bearing surfaces and water will not. So if it gets in, it will do no harm. If the bearings do get really dirty, then yes, pop them off, clean them, grease them up by hand and put them on with the proper tightness...which is really loose! As long as they are clean and not scored...the bearings should last a very long time! Remember at the beginning of this conversation I was asked by the BB lady how often I changed my car bearings? Now you know why she asked. With good bearings, properly installed..there is no reason why the bearings shouldn't last for years. With minimum maintenance. Now you know.

Have to admit, that does look like a possibility. I just didn't want to get in there and yank to hard and break something. Thanks, I'll give it a go tomorrow!

Latest: Finally decided to get down and dirty. Picture of "stuff". The seep hole in the bottom of the water pump is dry. Took off radiator cap and nice green coolant came out...no oil. No coolant in oil either. So...I can only conclude that the seals in the water pump did go south at one point as there is evidence the PO used a sealant of some type on cover and there are old stains on aluminum around bottom of pump. This junk may be left over from previous problem (not flushed out) and finally collected at top of coolant bottle. My plan now is to clean out the bottle and fill with coolant to proper level and run it like I stole it. In a month or so...re-check the coolant bottle and see what's there. It has never overheated in the Arizona sun....even while idling in summer heat The fan is obviously doing it's job as well. BTW, the radiator cap is an original I think and does not have any "stops" when tightening it. It simply tightens and stops. Never leaked yet. As a side note... the bike has been down on right side as there is a tiny crease of the infamous water pump pipe next to the crash bar. Will take off the crash bar and grind down the area that can cause problems if I lose it on right side. That crease was hard to see but it's there. NOW....how the heck does the coolant bottle come off????? :think:

Tom, I pulled the plug four years ago. December 31, 2012. I gotta tell ya....take your time adjusting to not working. Take your time adjusting to the freedom you will find coming your way each and every day. And take your time NOT worrying about anything! That will kill you! The "stress" of retirement... Once I got past the initial adjustment period, I've found myself busier than ever, wondering how the heck I was ever able to get things done while I was working. Now, it's no stress...just relaxing and doing what I want to do when I want to do it. Of course, I volunteered to help with my mom-in-laws house a year and a half ago....and that was stressful enough. But, just this week, the house is done and on the market and I'm back on track on my agenda....riding, keeping up the house, sailing and planning the travel trips we want to do. I hope your retirement transition is stress free and your life moves on in the direction and at the speed you want it to be! And for the rest of youse guys and gals getting close...I wish the same for you as well! Congrats!

When I get some time after this weekend, I'll try and find my original post on the TS forum. If not, I'll do my best to remember all that she said to me. The discussion came when I was confused about the different types of "bearing buddies" on the market so I called the original company direct and asked them. We got into an hour long discussion on the phone about bearings, trailers, salt water, grease and bearing tension within the hub. Very interesting...and quite simple , really. david