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  1. Dragonslayer
    Let me tell you about my dog B.B. My dog BB (BB for Biker b*t*h) became mine while visiting my son down in Thomaston, Ga. My son and his wife had found a female brindle puppy and thinking her cute took her home to discover puppies can become a job in short order. So when I arrived they suckered me into taking care and possesion of this new unwanted dog. But getting her home at first seemed a problem since I was visiting on the bike. I ended up wrapping her in a towel an loosely restraining her to the tank cover between my legs with a bungee net. We took off a little after dark for the two hour ride back to Atlanta on a night I remember as bitter cold on the bike. And for some reason which I can not remember or did not know there was a traffic gridlock on I75 south of Atlanta forcing me on a cross country backroad route that made the two hour trip a four hour trip. BB did well on the ride though and seemed at the time to take to motorcycling. For the entire ride I kept thinking how cool it would be to train her to ride with me as my motorcycle riding canine mascott. My friend Scott had a Black Lab that loved to ride on the back of his Goldwing and rode with with him wherever he went. I figured if a black lab could do it so could a female brindle pit/terrier/mixed/mongral/dingo something or other. When we arrived home, I lovingly carried her to the back yard where she would live, to introduce her to her new dog family consisting of two female beagles, Miss Dee and Lucy Lou, and the male retarded beagle, Buster Brown, who was also a cast off by my youngest son. They all got along famously and took to each other right away becoming fast friends. So while making her a warm and comfortable bed I decided on the name of Biker B*T*H or B.B. for short and for those times when she would need a more politically correct handle. The next day I went straight to Pets R Us to load up on new dog necessities such as a collar, a new leash, a water bowl, a food bowl, her own chew toys, her own dog bed, a puppy size leather aviators cap and googles and a puppy size leather fur lined aviators jacket. The cap, goggles and Jacket I felt were absolutely a must have, and well worth the c-note they cost considering her intended occupation as a motorcyclist sidekick. Unfortunately my foresight did not include the fact she was a puppy and would out grow them in about two weeks. I managed to get out of the local Pets R Us for just under $300 but, seeing her in her new cap, goggles and leather jacket was priceless for as long as they lasted. As part of her motorcycle riding training I tried to take her for a ride in the truck one day with the window partially down to see if she would enjoyed sticking here head in the wind to condition her for motorcycle riding. Instead she just lay in the floorboard shaking like she was caught by the dog catcher and on the way to doggy jail. Figuring she didn't like riding much I returned to the house where she lept from the truck as soon as I opened the door and bee lined it to her dog house in her own back yard behind the safe fence gate. She never did take to motorcycling and to this day will not leave the comfort and security of the back yard even when the gate is left open. Unlike the three beagles that high tailed it for other parts first chance they got. Just thought I'd share.
  2. Dragonslayer
    Just when you think it's safe to re-enter the water........................ The Pond Monsters re-surface
  3. Dragonslayer
    And from a great Master. George, You and I have been through a lot together.
  4. Dragonslayer
    Yep they are all the same.
  5. Dragonslayer
    I rode mine for years without working C.L.A.S.S. without any problems but it was true that once I got mine working it made a tremendous positive difference especially when towing the trailer. Check your email I sent you some resources for a new controller I've got parts to one but am not sure about the display component I have it has a black spot between the pieces of glass in the display.
  6. Dragonslayer
    ac VOLTAGE SHOULD BE WITHIN A VOLT AC OF EACH OTHER, BUT 9 TO 14 VOLT SHOULD BE HIGH ENOUGH OUTPUT FROM STATOR. DOES SOUND LIKE YOUR VOLTAGE REG/RECT IS THE PROBLEM. Make sure your getting good readings through the output plug of the stator. This particular quick connect plug is problematic and notorious for bad connections.
  7. Dragonslayer
    Yes I had ac voltage of 6.7/7.6/7.8 range at the plug and tried three different regulators and got the same thing on all three was just getting 12.4 volts to the battery which was not enough to keep the battery hot. Went through the ground connection issues. No Help. It wasn't untill I changed out the stator and the ac ranges went up to 8.9/9.3/9.5. The old stator had three burnt windings out of 18 and it was enough to drop the output ac voltage low enough to not have enough Dc voltage after passing through reg/rect. Leading me to believe that all three reg/rect were good. Now I.m getting 14.5 volts to the battery at 1000 rpm. So, I have two extras. $25.00 was what I paid for the last reg/rect. YOU WANT ME TO SEND YOU ONE?
  8. Dragonslayer
    I can probably help you with the internal hard parts of the carbs including the bowl drain plug but don't think I can help you with the gaskets.
  9. Dragonslayer
    If want him to chase it you just need to give it to Wildhair39
  10. Dragonslayer
    I've got two extras, I just went through same problem and my problem ended up being the stator.
  11. Dragonslayer
    Me too send me $25.00 and I'll send you a first gen part, I'll pay shipping
  12. Dragonslayer
    I want to know what I'm getting for my ten spot.
  13. Dragonslayer
    Are you trying to pull the cover over my eyes? I know a good deal when I see one. I am Superman and I can see it just fine.
  14. Dragonslayer
    Whadutalknbout? Autopilot
  15. Dragonslayer
    I wonder if it could be adapted to chunk hand granades. Yo Dude, Thats awsome, Where can I buy one.
  16. Dragonslayer
    How can any company, even a Hong Kong company advertise, make and sell a full size vinyle motorcycle cover for $1.66, Buy it now price. I don't know either but I got mine in the mail today. I really didn't expect much when I saw it on e-bay but I figured what the heck for $1.66 I'd take a chance. When it came today just seven days since I pushed the buy it now button I was even impressed with the prompt delivery all the way from Hong Kong, China. When I got it out of the package and put it on the bike I was even impressed with the fit, fabric and workmanship. Gee this time I guess it wasn't too good to be true.
  17. Dragonslayer
    Metallic blue and Gold Metal flake with flames.
  18. Dragonslayer
    Beer30, I will certainly defer to you as the leather finishing expert in this forum and do appreciate your expert guidance in this matter. The buckles look great and came out nice but I'm unsure what method was used to put the logo image on the surface. the buckle otherwise has a raw leather coloration. I was hopeing to color the belt and buckle to match and hopefully match close to a pair of boots I have which is a light tan color. But being unsure how the image on the buckle is made I did not want to do anything that might destroy the image or overall appearance. I have no idea what type leather was used on the buckle or the belt so I would appreciate any expert opinion you might offer.
  19. Dragonslayer
    $21.00 for the buckle $15.00 for the belt blank. $36.00 for a personlized belt with the VenturRider logo and my user ID name instead of $40.00 for an off the rack belt. I'm ok with dat.
  20. Dragonslayer
    I went to Tandy today to get a belt blank to make a new belt for my new VentureRider.org belt buckle. I was asking about what kind of neutral stain I could use on the raw leather belt blank and buckle that would not harm the logo image on the belt buckle. The leathersmith store owner was hesitant to recommend anything not knowing how the image is made on the belt buckle and suggested the safest methode to use would be direct sunlight.......................I said, "What" He repeated, "direct sunlight". He then showed me several examples of raw leather exposed to direct sunlight over varying lengths of time and the darkening effect that sun light has on raw leather. Kinda like sun tanning the leather hyde. The direct light darkens and ages the leather somewhat and the aged color looks more like the tan leather riding, cowbow boots I just purchased a few weeks ago. I'm gonna give it a try.
  21. Dragonslayer
    Just what I need.............................. another excuse to be counterproductive
  22. Dragonslayer
    My wobble seems to happen whenever I take one hand off the handlebar to light a cigarrete and stops when I put my free hand back on the handlebar. I've had this before and corrected it with a new front tire. But right now tire wear and pressure look good I will get the air pressure gauge out and check and correct if necessary to see if that will help. I asked about uneven fork tube oil because I have been loosing fork oil on my left tube due to leaking seal and wondered if I had lost enough to set up a front wheel wobble issue.
  23. Dragonslayer
    Ivan, It's gonna be very hard to find a rebuild kit for these carbs. I'm telling you it is cheaper to buy a complete set of carbs off a running bike e-bay for $100 bucks or so then trying to find the parts to rebuild a set. A complete set of diaphrams new (4 Large, 4 small) cost $480.00. What parts you can find from yamaha that are still available you will have to get a second mortgage on your house to afford. The last shop that touched my bike charged me $1,400.00 ($800.00 parts the rest labor)to rebuild and sync my carbs and screwed them up worse then they were. And didn't even replace the diaphrams. Trust me I had to learn the hard way before I found my way to this forum. I was about to part my bike out and sell on e-bay when I found this sight that breathed new life breath into my bike. These great people have helped me by leading me straight and teaching me how to work on her myself. Now no one but me with the help I get from this site will ever work on my bike again.
  24. Dragonslayer
    No just the saddlebags and trunk are spoken for the other ones are available. just let me know when your ready for them.
  25. Dragonslayer
    Yes but doing this test does not fail a bad stator because the way the stator fails the resistance shows good when the stator can be bad. I just went through the same thing that a1bummer went through to discover that the stator was bad and replacing it corrected the problem. The better way to check stator is to check ac voltage output from stator while running. and see if all three phases of stator are within 1 AC volt of each other.
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