BlueSky

Just posted a few days ago. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?100751-Thermostats-1st-gen-exact-dupl-cheap

Wow! I just viewed your photos of your wrecked bike. You really tore that one up. I'm glad you survived to tell the tale.

Gypsygirl, I have lived in Wilmington from 73 to 78 and then from 93 to present. But, since 96 I have spent a lot of time working temp contract jobs in many other states. I need to get my ebay 4 brush starter installed and I'll be ready to ride. It runs great but is slow to turn over when hot. Maybe we can take some short rides together after both of us get our bikes sorted out. I haven't done much to mine since I bought it. I worked out of state for 4 1/2 months last year during prime time riding season and didn't ride it much, less than 200 miles so far. You may have read already that the 83 thru 90 models have 2 brush starters that are weak. Bluesky

Man, that's tough luck! That is one reason I don't do valet parking. When I was in the Miami area, some of the places we went to offered that "service". Besides the risk of what you experienced, if they run over someone in the parking lot with your vehicle, you will be sued along with the business.

What a nice neighbor you have!

Lots of people keep trying to find some negative health causes to convince us not to drink coffee, but they fail, fail, and fail!

Hey Puc! How often do you check the valve clearances in your extensive experience with Yamaha V4s?

I never had to take the course to get my motorcycle license because when NC decided to require one, I had been riding long enough to be grandfathered in. However, I have been to the course that you have to ride to get a license in NC and I could not navigate the short turns on my 750 Virago I had at that time. I would have to borrow a tiny motorcycle to be able to pass it. I would never be able to pass it riding an 1100 Shadow. In fact a friend was with me that day riding his 1100 Shadow and he couldn't pass the course riding either of our bikes. I admit I'm not the greatest rider but that course was tough.

I never had to take the course to get my motorcycle license because when NC decided to require one, I had been riding long enough to be grandfathered in. However, I have been to the course that you have to ride to get a license in NC and I could not navigate the short turns on my 750 Virago I had at that time. I would have to borrow a tiny motorcycle to be able to pass it. I would never be able to pass it riding an 1100 Shadow. In fact a friend was with me that day riding his 1100 Shadow and he couldn't pass the course riding either of our bikes. I admit I'm not the greatest rider but that course was tough.

If she doesn't have her license yet, maybe postpone the long trips with her on her own bike until next year. Get a small cheap bike to ride around home and to ride to take the test. It can be upgraded next year. Keep her on the back of you bike this year. I think it was 2010 when I was at the Honda dealer in Miami when a guy rode up on a 2003 750 Shadow with a duffle bag on the back and a backpack. I talked with him briefly. He was from Sweden. He flew to Miami, bought the used Shadow and spent over a month riding around the country. He was there to sell his bike and fly home. I think he was underwhelmed at what the dealer offered him and rode away.

I worked with a guy whose wife rode a Honda 250 Rebel. He said she rode with him to the Keys and held it wide open at 80mph most of the way. My point is that a small used Japanese bike is not so expensive. And the smaller the better as long as it is comfortable for her. Something like a Honda Shadow? I found my 85 Kawasaki ZN700 that had only 1,053 miles on it cheap. New spark plugs, cleaning the carbs and a few other things like tires and it was good to go.

How about telling us the bike and the year, miles, etc, everything that might be relevant?

The first thing I would try is to put some cleaner in the gas. The forum recommends seafoam. I might would try some Gumout with regane on the label available at Walmart. How long has it been since the valves were adjusted?

Thanks Gary, In the future I will try to be more careful of how my posts will be interpreted. I'm gonna have to join Facebook. Seems everyone but me has an account. My adult daughter doesn't communicate with me much because I don't have an account! Ha!

I didn't intend any offense to you on that post #18 for sure. I apologize if you took it that way. Puc didn't want the bike or he wouldn't have posted the link. I don't have a facebook account so I don't know what you are talking about there. Perhaps you have me confused with another Bill.

I have no problem with anybody disagreeing with me. We all are tossing out ideas to hopefully help (and entertain) the thread starter. But, when you question my engineering background because you disagree with me, that's insulting. I answered that question honestly and straightforward. Scuff thought it was pretty funny that you would question my engineering background because of what I suggested. I have no idea what posts you could be talking about. I would appreciate if you would direct me to the posts that you consider other crap directed your way this week. If I have unintentionally offended you, I have no qualms about apologizing for that. Help me understand this. Bill

That looks great!

Du-Rron, I enjoyed your posts. Keep them coming!

I still believe that the judicious use of an impact wrench or impact screwdriver if you could get a tip small enough to reach the pilot screw would loosen it to where a regular screwdriver would remove it. Drilling it out comes with risks too. It's sad but every forum has some guys who try to make themselves feel superior by putting other people down. By the way when I retired in 2013, my inferior engineering skills had enabled me to make more than a quarter million dollars a year. I'm sure a couple of genius's like you and Dingy are making much more? Right?

Sorry, but I am too far away. Shipping cost both ways would almost be as much as the unit cost.

Sometimes it's worth the financial loss if you don't ever have to see that person again!!

The National Motorcycle Museum is having a raffle to raise money. The prize is an Indian Chieftain motorcycle. Each ticket is $5.

That's an oldie goldie for sure.

An Olympic athlete has a resting heart beat of about 40 beats per minute. So that's it!! You are an Olympic Motorcycle Tourer, unmatched in all the land!!!

If it is indeed stuck, I think I would try lightly tapping on it with an impact driver. You don't have to use a BFH. Yes Dingy, I have a BS in chem eng. All of my work experience has been working in a mechanical engineering job at nuclear power plants, usually as a Mech Design Engineer, sometimes as a Project Manager, or Project Engineer. My first job was startup and test engineer checking out and getting the systems to work and running properational tests on the equipment at the Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant. Prior to getting my degree, I spent a tour in the US Army where I went to school for 40 weeks to learn how to repair the target tracking, target ranging, and missile tracking radars for the Nike Hercules Missile System. I also repaired the analog computer that received information from all 3 radars and guided the missile to its target. Got to spend about 16 months in South Korea on a missile site way out in the middle of the rice paddies. The Army experience has served me well in my career.