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I asked the crew on a snorkeling trip what they used to keep the masks from fogging up and I was told the solution they had in the bucket they used was water with a little dishwashing soap. I haven't tried it on my motorcycles.

The Gen I and Gen IIs are two different beasts. With your feet out front cruiser style on the Gen II, I suspect a back rest is needed much more so that with the Gen I. With the Gen I, your feet are closer to being under your butt and a back rest is not as necessary for back comfort.

I looked at a 2002 Voyager back in 2009 a co-worker was selling, $4k, 34k miles I would have bought it except the transmission whined like crazy. I couldn't tolerate all that noise from the tranny. Then I test rode a 2006 Goldwing and fell in love. Couldn't afford love though. The one utube video I've seen with someone riding a Voyager XII , that Voyager had a noisy transmission. Maybe it's like the second gen Venture and only some of them have noisy trannys.

I think she should wear the scraped helmet with pride!! It's like, "I survived!"

So glad she is OK!

That's tough to lose all of your friends prematurely. My heart goes out to you and their families.

Reduce the size of the photos and try again.

Great White, Thanks for the information. I sold my TT in 92 and haven't kept up. The Reese WD hitch came with 500, 750, or 1,000lb bars. My hitch had 1,000 lb bars which was what the hitch had with it at the Farmer's supply house where I bought it at a discount. I had been told that the 1,000 lb bars would give a stiff ride with my 25' TT but they were fine. The Reese dual cam sway control worked great with my 25' TT and the 1,000 lb bars. The stiffer the bars, the better the dual cam sway control works.

I used a Coleman popup when my kids were small. It was a lot of fun. We usually went to the beach to camp over long weekends or vacation. We towed it to Kissimmee, FL back about 1980 and camped in a KOA while going to Disney World. I paid $23 per night at the KOA. Every morning going to Disney World, we passed a motel with a sign out front advertising a room for family of 4 for $28 per night! After the big divorce, I sold the popup and tent camped with my kids. Later I bought the 25' Layton travel trailer. I liked the trailer. When it was really hot during the middle of the day at the beach we would come to the trailer and take a nap or go to a movie. But now, I want a small class C motorhome to travel for extended periods and see the off the beaten trail things that Puc sees on his motorcycle. Stop and camp wherever and whenever. Pull over at a rest stop and sleep if needed. My wife is not a motorcycle rider so I can't camp like Puc even if I could stand to do it. I'm 71. I see some discussion about weight distributing hitches that make me believe some don't know that the sway control is a separate device from the weight distributing hitch. The Reese dual cam sway control works with the Reese weight distributing hitch but has to be bought separately. Some use friction type sway control. Diesels are great for torque but the cost of diesel fuel is so much higher than gasoline, I doubt there will be any fuel savings.

I think you should forward this to Yamaha!!

Steel screws in aluminum tend to be very hard to remove. That is why I bought an impact driver very shortly after buying my first bike, a new 71 Honda CB350. An impact driver can get those screws loose without ruining them.

A lot of the carb parts are still available from partszilla. Not cheap but available.

Neither a travel trailer nor motorhome can be justified financially. Most likely you will never use it enough to break even compared to motels and better fuel mileage. It's a toy. You don't have to justify it. Life is short. Have a Ball!

partszilla has some screws in stock if you can't get them locally.

I had a 25' tow behind travel trailer for several years I towed it 600 miles one way from Raleigh NC to Disney World right after buying it and I did not have sway control. I was a road hazard. It took both hands on the steering wheel to keep it on the road especially when I was passed. I cringed every time a tractor trailer passed me. It was all I could do to keep it on the road. The truck would pull me towards it when he passed and push me away when he cleared me. I didn't dare go faster than 65mph which was the speed limit. Everybody was passing me. The first thing I did when I returned was to buy a Reese dual cam sway control that worked with the Reese weight distributing hitch. It felt solid after that with no sway. The weight distributing hitch does what it is named. It distributes the hitch weight over the entire tow vehicle and keeps the tow vehicle level. No heavy duty springs needed in the rear. I was using a short wheel base F150 to tow my trailer. A long wheel base truck would have been more stable. But, a 5th wheel would be much more stable I'm sure. I've been lusting for a motorhome for a long time. But, I can't use it enough to justify it while my wife is working and she will probably work many more years considering she is 17 years younger.

Needless to say I'm sure, but support the front of the bike first!!!

I clicked on the photo a second time and it turned right side up.

Hey, That's my bike and I have no idea what it is for!

Wow! I'm impressed! Congratulations! That's the kind of service that will get them more business from others. Hard to find service like that these days.

Does the 1200 and 1300 have the same stroke length? If not, the 1300 pistons may not work. They are probably shorter. Just thinking out loud here. Never forget the Chevy mechanic in my neighborhood who bored out a 283 Chevy V8 to 4" to make it a 302 cu in engine. He used 327 cu in pistons because they were 4" instead of buying the more expensive aftermarket pistons he really needed. Only thing is, since the 327 has a 1/4" longer stroke, the pistons are 1/8" shorter. So his 302 pistons were 1/8" short of coming to the top of the block. Doh!!!

It may be as simple as some water is remaining in the carb orifices/cavities. I remember waaaay back in 1968, I rebuilt my 65 Chevelle carb at the Ft. Bliss craft shop. After disassembling it I soaked in a bucket of acid I think. The shop has a 5 gallon bucket of something they used for carb cleaner that smoked when the lid was off. Then I washed the cleaner off with water and thought I had it dried before putting it back on the car. The car wasn't running well. I kept driving it and stopping to adjust the idle screws multiple times before it got all the water (or cleaner) out and started running correctly. Afterwards it ran better than before. It was running fine before. I cleaned it and installed a new accelerator pump just because.

Excellent troubleshooting George! Thanks for sharing!

Appears to be a great deal!

So, is there any difference in the gas mileage between the 26H and the 41R? Is there any difference in the performance? Usually, hooking the vacuum advance up to the manifold vacuum improves gas mileage if the curve is set right. But, you need enough advance without the vacuum advance for acceleration because the vacuum goes away with full throttle. I used to set my cars up for 30 something degrees advance with the initial setting and the centrifugal. then with the vacuum advance hooked to the manifold, the total advance could be as high as 50 degrees while cruising at low rpm under lean light throttle conditions to improve mileage. At full throttle with a richer fuel mixture, usually 30 something degrees advance was ideal for acceleration.

Lamasil cream combined with Balmex baby zinc ointment will keep the monkey butt away. Long term seat comfort is another issue. My Dodge Magnum does great!