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The tip over switch is what prevents you from laying in a pool of gasoline should the bike ever go down. With out the tip over switch the pump will just keep pumping until it sucks air in the tank. the floats in the carbs can not stop the flow when the bike is on its side. I have seen people take off with a side stand down, it is never pretty. Safety features are not where I would minimalize.

Nice Keep um coming for us frozen folks.

The only way the RR will cause running issues is if it has died and the system voltage is getting to low to make good spark. It is a simple test to check the voltage across the battery with the bike running at above 2000 rpm, it should be about 14V.

Those lucky dogs........................ We broke all kinds of records for heat this week, and might get 1-2 inches of snow tonight.

Here is a recent thread on this issue. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?112819-LIttle-girl-hands-big-bad-clutch&highlight=clutch

The FA123HH fits both fronts and rear on a 1st gen MK2. I know cuz I need to get some. I have no idea what the FA197HH fits.

I am in Milwaukee and it is staying north of here we just got a LOT of rain. We might get an inch of snow tomorrow as the tail end comes thru. Unfortunately it looks like it will completely miss Hayward WI where they are trying to hold the biggest cross country ski event in north America, The Birkebeiner. 40,000 people from all over the world are there to ski or watch skiing, and they have no snow. This storm literally missed them by 10 miles to the south. They may get about an inch, hardly enough to support 10,000 skiers.

[h=2]7th annual Mid winter M&E Milwaukee[/h] Well it is time again. M&E for SE Wisconsin in Milwaukee This will be the 7th annual mid winter M&E. OK I have picked a date so you can all start to RSVP. It will once again be held at the Final Approach, 4959 South Howell Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53207 ‎(414) 744-7060 ‎ Time 1:00pm till ???? If you are looking on Google earth, yes they have an airplane mounted on the roof. This is the 7th annual mid March M&E that I am having. It has been a great time every year so far. Feel free to come in a cage. March is not usually good for riding. I will be in a cage and I am only 2.5 miles away. PLEASE RSVP on the calendar so that I can let the place know how many of us to expect. Yes everyone can come, they said that they LIKE motorcycles and don't mind rowdy groups. I hope to see a bunch of you there. You can RSVP here.

Glad you got it figured out AND fixed.

Good try, but all the cooling system knows is the pressure differential created by the radiator cap relative to its surroundings, which is PSIG. PSID is when you need the pressure differential between two points where neither is at a hard vacuum or atmospheric pressure. You could have a million and 15 PSIA inside of the engine as long as it was in a room that had a million PSIA and it still should not leak because there is still only 15 PSIA or PSID or PSIG on the seals. PSIA is pressure relative to a theoretically perfect vacuum. Sorry but the mystery continues. The point where the seals decide to pee on the floor seems to be a very critical temperature. That critical temp varies from bike to bike, probably due to individual tolerance stack up and age / condition of the parts. But can literally be if the temp drops 5 more degrees it will pee. Or the bike just don't like being parked in one place.

Good Luck.....:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo

Usually on these bikes any messing with the air box or air filter will need rejetting. Any drastic changes to the exhaust will also need rejetting. People have tried to drill a couple of 1/2 inch holes in the air box to let in more air and ended up having to seal those hole up to get it to run right again.

In that same area is where the stator wires come out of the side cover, that is a popular place to leak.

Flip the hi lo switch and see if the beam actually changes. But if the white dash light is on, the red warning should be on to. Are you sure that you put all the bulbs back in the correct locations. Try shifting into gear and see if the white goes out, it might be the neutral light.

#2 is the one with the grey wire going to it.

Check the obvious first. Is the hi or lo element of the bulb burned out? Just because there is light does not mean it is ok. The bike will automatically switch to the other element if one burns out, and it will then light the headlight warning. Silverstars do not have a very long lifespan.

There are 2 styles of diaphragms out that I have seen. The ones from Sirius Sonic are direct replacement no modding or hammering anything or gluing. Then there is another one that I a bit different and it does require mods to the slide and being glued are a one time shot, next time you will need new slides. I do not know if these ebay ones are the same as the OEM or the same as the ones that require mods or a third style that is something altogether different.

For Yamaha to get around it is easy they just designed the whole system to work together, they are not using an aftermarket off the shelf tach. Sometimes on a tach you can lie to it about what it is connected to. I once had a car with wasted spark ignition on a V8, I told the tach it was connected to a 4 cyl to get it to read correctly. If your tach has a selection for 2 cycle engine, use that it it will then read correct. Just have to play with what they give you till you find what works out. I often lie to various pieces of electronics to get the end result that I am after.

Unfortunatly you can not tell if the baffles are broken or about to break until you get it.

It looks more like a mix of the 2. The 84 says you should have a grey, a red/white, a black and a blue wire. The 83 says it should be 2 red/white, a blue/black and a blue/white. You have the Red/white, grey, black from the 84 and the blue/white from the 83. There is also a typo on the connector for the fuel pump relay on the 84 diagram, the connector shows 2 red/white wires, one of them should be black to match the wires going to the connector.

Well I suppose that if all the float bowls were full of water the tach would read zero because the bike would not run at all.................. So in the most technical sense the mechanics statement is true, but it is not at all relevant to your issue. His statement sounds more like a line of BS because he has no clue what the issue really is and he is trying to find out if you have a clue so that he can run up the bill with more BS. Then there is also the possibility that something got lost in the 3rd hand description of the problem.

I put my TCI in the left faring where it is nice and dry and cool.

I was able to find grommets that work at the local hardware store.

If you look at the wire diagram for an 84 then that has the right colors to be the fuel pump relay, and the grey wire from the fuel pump relay does go to coil #2 . As was determined in another thread there may have been electrical changes to the 83 mid year that are not documented in the wiring diagrams.

On the local news they have been giving warnings every day for motorists to watch out for bikes. This has become a standard part of the weather. I do not know if the weatherman is a biker. And now they are saying that we might tease the 70° mark this week.