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    It took me 2 years to actually catch mine in the act of dripping/leaking. You missed a golden opportunity to track the actual source of the leak while it was in the act of leaking. I took so long to catch it in the act of leaking because I hate to just start replacing parts and hope that the problem goes away. I prefer a positive diagnosis and a single repair. As to wether replacing #22,#25 ,#29 and the plastic pipe will fix the problem? Only if they are the problem. As long as you will be in there.............
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    OK I'll bite. How did you destroy a crankshaft trying to get the flywheel off by not having this tool?
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    Plugs are cheap, You might be cheaper of just getting new ones than the time and expense of cleaning the old ones. Just soaking the complete carb assembly will not get the dried fuel out of the tiny internal passages. If your gonna go thru the effort of pulling them off, then it is worth the time to do it right the first time. For the stuck floats. Open the float bowl drains on the carbs and using a tube adapter spray a very heavy dose of carb & choke cleaner into the float bowl thru the overflow tube. Let it soak for a while and blast it again. This mat dissolve some of the crud that is in there and at least free up the float. If this will get the floats working AND you can actually get the engine running, then I would start by draining all of the old fuel out of the system and start by mixing up a batch of fresh gas with a very heavy dose of SeaFoam. Mix about a half can to a gallon of gas. let the fuel pump run this into the carbs till you are sure that the mix is in there. Start the engine and run it for 20 minutes or so and shut it off and let it soak overnight You will want to hit a lot of different throttle positions to get the mix in to all of the different circuits. You will have to repeat this for several days till you have used up almost all of that gallon of gas. (normally we would tell someone to take the bike out and ride it like you stole it, in your case that is not a safe option) If this is not showing improvement, then the only option left is to strip down the carbs and clean then completely. I am not aware of any other procedures that can be done from outside of the carbs.
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    So are you trying to say that they are opening a DQ in a privy????/// That still won't keep Tom away.
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    :sign yeah that: That was similar to my first thought also. You have the potential of a great bike there, I don't know that I would not recommend that you get rid of it, but its power and weight do require respect and some skills. I would Highly recommend starting out by taking a motorcycle safety course to learn the basics, and then pick up a cheap smaller beater bike in the 400-600cc range to ride while you are restoring this bike. by the time you get everything in top condition, you should heve enough skills to start riding this new monster. It is possible to learn right off the bat on a bike this big, but those that do are usually the ones you are reading about in the news paper after a crash. You did make the best first start, you came here and asked for help. You will get all the help you need here, you may not like some o the answers but they will usually be the right answer.
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    LED light

    Flyinfool replied to billmac's topic in Watering Hole

    But WHY do you store your bike hanging upside down from the ceiling?????
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    Hmmmmm I am not sure what you really have. Yami stopped making the 1st gem in 93 and did not start the 2nd gen till 99 (at least in the USA). A picture of the bike will help us determine exactly what you have and what you need.
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    I already did. I was Number 6 in line this morning. I have been voting at the same pole for 31 years, I have never seen anywhere near this long of a line at the time the polls opened. There had to be at least 100 people in line at opening and the line was still growing fast as I left. The most I have seen before was about 30 in line. Normal is about 6-10.
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    I already did. I was Number 6 in line this morning. I have been voting at the same pole for 31 years, I have never seen anywhere near this long of a line at the time the polls opened. There had to be at least 100 people in line at opening and the line was still growing fast as I left. The most I have seen before was about 30 in line. Normal is about 6-10.
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    windows 8

    Flyinfool replied to Gary N.'s topic in Watering Hole

    We just got a new laptop, it took a lot of effort just to still get one with win pro so that I could run my old XP software. I do not want to have to upgrade 10K worth of cad software just to run W8.
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    The Seattle fans are the only people in the world that believe that the Sea hawks actually did beat the Packers. Remember what happened in '10 when the packers were decimated by injuries. Dallas is not looking to bad this year. The Vikes haven't even had to spend the money on a trophy case yet, they aint never won nuttin. Never will...... On the AFC side New England is showing signs of getting better. As for who is gonna win it all? I dun now. This has been a really whacky season where nuttin makes any sense.
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    Its 5:00 and dark out.
  13. Flyinfool
    Did you check the obvious? I there still coolant in the system? How about the overflow tank?
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    Mmmmmmm..... Ice cream. Is not ice cream just flavored SNOW??????
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    Which s word is that? SNOW SLEET SLUSH SLOP SHOVEL SHENANIGANS Running for my life now........... Good thing I have a 1st gen.........
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    I've been doing some cleaning. I know, scarry thought. I have a big box full of old aquarium stuff, pumps, filters, heaters, decorations, lights, lots of misc stuff, and the pile is still growing. I will give it free to anyone willing to come pick it up. It would take forever to try to pack it for shipping.
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    Those blue taps are junk. Do yourself a favor and remove them now and solder all of the connections. You would hate to find that the brake light one went bad after you got rear ended cuz the cage did not know you were stopping. Correctly working lights are critical to your safety. There are MANY threads on here condemning those blue taps.
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    NOOOOooooooo! Its to soon. Not till the salt trucks come out to play.
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    I am afraid that we will have another brown xmas here....... You guys out east get all the luck. :snow2::snow2:
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    Well Dingy did have the disclaimer that he is not sure about aftermarket starters. Hope you ended up with a 4 brush. I wonder what a new 4 brush costs from Sky_Doc????
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    Sounds like you may have it this time.
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    Once you have the exhaust and t'stat out of the way, yes the starter comes out "pretty easy".
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    Today was a beautiful day, clear, sunshine, not even a sniff of a possibility of rain in the forecast. In general a great day for a bike ride, and there ain't many good days left till the salt trucks come out to play. So I go out to the shed to start getting the bike out and I get this weird feeling that says I should take the truck to work today. So I finally give in to my feelings and take the truck to work, about a half mile from home I see red and blue flashing lights up ahead. So I am pretty much paying attention to what is going on up ahead when WHAM I hit something that I never saw. Of course I stop immediately to figure out what happened and hear banging on the bottom of the truck. So I shut off the engine fearing that I just ran over some kid I never saw. This happened about 2 blocks past the school right in the middle of town. I jumped out of the truck to see what is under me and there is a deer kicking and squirming like crazy. Well that was a big relief to know it was not some kid. At which point my brain immediately switched gears into thinking of fresh venison steak for dinner tonight. But before I could do much else the deer wiggled out from under the truck and took off running full blast right down the middle of the road. The stupid deer took all of my fresh venison steak with it. The deer did not appear to be injured and there was no damage to my truck other than a clean spot where the deer rubbed off some of the dirt that was carefully placed over the last year. When I was thinking it was a kid under there I think I was to scared to need new shorts, so no damage there either. But had I been on the bike right there and then this might be a very different story. Sometimes it pays to listen to that little voice in the back of your head. It is the silly season for deer. They are coming into the rut and will be running everywhere like crazy. Keep your eyes open for them at ALL times of the day and night. Those bucks only get lucky once a year and they will not let you or anything else get in their way.
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    And your feelings are probably not all that was hurt......... You brought it up, or at least tried to........
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    Would love to hear the story. Had I been there I might have wet my pants............
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