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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!

Yeah, the "Experts" are saying more people are being bitten now because more people are in the water. That is total BS. Something strange is going on this year off the coast of NC. I have been on fishing piers hundreds of times in my life and last Saturday was the first time I ever saw a shark. 8 people have been bitten so far this year off our coast and that is WAY above normal. My wife and I drive out on Ft. Fisher beach, a 4 mile stretch of beach in the park where they allow 4x4s on the beach and go surf fishing. The last couple of times we caught almost all baby sharks. Never happened before. Since they have been biting people this year, I've stopped throwing them back in the water. Too bad they aren't good to eat, although some people do eat them.

Wow Puc! Cruising at 100 in across the hot desert! No wonder that Metzler 880 started chunking rubber!

You have heard about all the shark bites along the NC coast recently. Here is a video of sharks feeding along the coast. We went to the pier at Kure Beach Saturday to see if anybody was catching fish and we saw a half dozen sharks from the pier ranging from about 5' to 7'.

Berryman's has among other ingredients, Acetone, in it. Acetone is called the "universal solvent". it will dissolve almost anything. It may not be meant for carbs. I recommend using something else.

You may need a mask with high tech filters to protect you from the paint and the hardeners. I am not familiar with today's paints. However, the last car I painted was back in the 70's. I used the latest enamel with the catalyst hardeners and it was very toxic. I used a high quality mask to protect me I thought. I did go back into the garage and check for runs without the mask and afterwards I had an unexplained low grade fever for a couple days. So, be careful!

Quick, trade it for a newer bike and try to forget!!

Not long after I bought my 85ZN700 Kawasaki that had only 1k miles on it the fork seals leaked. I replaced them with OE Kawasaki seals which did not last long. Then I replaced them with All Balls Racing seals bought off ebay and I haven't had any problems since then. They are advertised to last 3 times as long as OE seals and they do fit tighter than the OE seals. So, a second recommendation for the All Balls Seals.

My wife's score is higher than mine. Her income has been a fraction of what mine was before I retired. She has more credit cards like store cards that she pays off. I recently started thinking about buying another house and after checking with a couple of institutions for a loan, my credit score was docked because of too many inquiries about my credit score!!! It's a racket. It's been about 10 years since I've owed money to anybody and another reason for my lower credit score was too much credit. I cancelled my home equity line several years ago because we never used it and they are still counting that against me.

I apologize for the off subject remark, but I like the Hemi Magnum sitting in the back ground!!

I searched on Athens, GA and the bikes came up from the surrounding area. the $100 bike isn't much to look at. there's another one for $500 with no photo I think and up they go.