Captaineasy520

Yes, mine is indeed an '84...the picture I sent of the box to a friend, said the green tag reads 41R..

Wow, I don't know what to say. I'm humbled, impressed and overwhelmed by your generosity. Thank you so much, I'm sure my 84 will now be CTFW much much sooner than I had ever hoped it would be. Almost every day that I am able I try to complete a different task on her. I've cleaned her tank, added a few driving and fog lites, corrected a noisy speedo, cleaned and polished covers on the block, checked every connerctor I could, started the tedious job of eliminating oem fuse box with more modern connectors and fuses. Done some needed body work, cleaned the frame and sanded, cleaned and preped all the plastic in order to give her a decent paint job. Now ill dig up a carb rebuild kit for the four carbs. You asked about the firing problem I was having at the time I started stripping the body down to get at the TCI and coils. It developed what sounded like a misfire on the #2 cylinder. I pulled all the plugs to check them out and found that two were champion and the other two were Both. Don't remember the numbers and really wasn't interested, I just went to a parts house and bought new one per the manual. It still had the miss but was acting a little better. I didn't like the hesitation it had devolped so I pulled the filter and synced the carbs the with a pair of vac gadges. Took a while but I got the hang of it..ran good for a while and then got worse. Sounded like one more cylinder was failing. Took it for a short run and had to baby it all the way home. The spark became very week, and began to sound like a old Chevy that had it's plug wires rotated 90'. That's about as far as I got before the house fire put a hault to everything.

I believe my bike is an 84. Fortunatly I sent a picture to a friend of mine months ago in hopes he might have one in his junk pile, I was able to get the TCI box info with one short call. He said the box on my bike read; IGNITION UNIT TYPE TID 14-28 41R-10 Does that help or identify it as a 84. Thanks again for all your help.

Best wishes to you both. Kinda funny how when you stare up at the heavens for answers, He looks down and smiles a blessing upon you.

And thank you for your service brother. I still stuck around the green machine for more years than I should have and we finally came to the parting of ways. Thanks for your help. Joseph Davis 9160 S. Avra Tucson AZ 85736 If anyone else wants it feel free to pass it along..

Hey you guys, Thank you do much for the welcome and the good words of encouragement. Sure, I was a little butt hurt my self, I took a moment to back up and smile to resist the urge to blast a person in a verbal way that would probably be as misunderstood as my first writing he tried and failed to digest. I am here to stay and plan to be onboard for the long run. Again, I thank each and everyone of you for your kindness and I look forward to meeting many of you in the near future. Nuff said... What I need as far as parts are concerned I've listed below. I'm willing to pay any reasonable price that I can and I appreciate all of you more than the written word can grasp. CTI/CDI box Plug wires Plug caps 5k resistor type 2 coils Probably front seals and springs (they leak worse than government security) I'm looking for some progressive springs if anyone has any laying around. I think Cow-Puc was supporting them in a big way. I have to air them up continuously or I look like a low rider scraping the bottom. I'm not sure about the other electrical parts because I haven't had a multitester since the fire so I'm not really sure of what's what yet. I've pulled the entire body off and am using my time to get it ready for a paint job. So, this is where I'm at and no matter what else happens I'm determined to have her up and on the road 90 days from now, that's my goal and I'm gonna make it happen. This bike is a 1984 xvz1200. Again, thank you all, you ARE a great group, huh..😁

...."smile, things could be worse". So I smiled, as sure as hell things got worse. Let me tell you about the last six months of "worse". I'm not complaining, I will survive....I think.. Two years ago a good friend of mine, also a Vietnam vet passed and left me his 84 xvz 1200 which he had left out in the Arizona sun for five years. The understanding was that I would give it a look see and take one last ride for him. Well the look see took twelve months of time on a limited VA disibilty budget along with a understanding wife. Finally, the day came when I kicked the old girl over and she coughed and puked back to life, she only had 19k on the odometer and I had a lot of faith. Time passed and we developed a firing problem, so I figured since I had to replace or move the CDI might as well go ahead and remove and test all the electrical, then give her a much needed paint job and new windshield. So I stored all the goodies safely in the house until they could be tested or I had enough money to replace them. I was gleaning lots of wisdom and ideas from videos put out by Puc-Pic and Tec info gathered right here on venturerider.org..things were moving slow, I was gathering parts when I could afford them after a lot of shopping and aound, but not being able to ride was killing me even slower. And things did get worse; on the afternoon of December 7, 2017, my wife said, "Joseph, the Damn house is on fire.!!", she was right, and it was indeed on fire in a very big way. I tossed her and the animals out the front door (not sure what order they got tossed) and had to go back in and grab my sons pooch that wanted to view the whole thing from the inside where he somehow felt safer. We got out with our bare feet and the clothes on our backs. The next morning the individual we were buying the place from informed us his insurance had lapsed and we could expect no financial compensation for our losses, which by the way, was everything we owned or had collect over our entire life time. Things could be worse right? Yes the could! The old 84 got pushed away from the flames, I sat on her seat, put my arm around a sobbing wife and could only watch in shock as my entire world went up in smoke. Fourty eight hours later we were relocated in a fifth wheeled trailer owned by a dear friend who, along with his family opened their doors and hearts with no questions asked. But...things could be worse, right?? Yep! Four days after the fire I woke up feeling kinda weak, an ambulance was called, I was rushed off to the VA hospital here in Tucson. On the second day of admission my doc informed me I had congestive heart failure and was probably operating on about 25% of my heart, however, I could regain a fair portion of the missing 75% with proper diet and exercise. I told him I would indeed exercise every minute I could by means of the 84' xvz plan. He said he didn't care which plan I used as long as i got results. Roger that. After going back and being admitted two more times things have settled more towards the normal. Father's day has come and gone, all four of my daughters checked in with love and my teenaged son was by my side. Can't get any better than that. We've since relocated to a bigger house, that fifth wheel trailer got real small after a few months if ya know what I mean. Life IS short, and, things can indeed get a whole lot worse. This was a life lesson for me, and it showed me how blessed I am to be able to move forward despite the losses, and it's mostly due to family, friends and complete strangers. Sure, things can get worse, and never pay attention to that little guy on the Vespa, he obviously knows nothing cause he aint riding a Yamaha, much less a 84' xvz. Oh, and by the way, I've rekindled my search for those affordable electrical parts needed to warm the heart of my old '84. So if ya come across any, give me a shout. I swear to God I just saw a little guy on a Vespa driving by....Oh, and lookie there, desert rabbits aren't the only thing my big ol Mastif likes to chase and eat....just saying..

Great recap of your trip, and I'm a bit jealous and envious. I live a short distance from you in Tucson. My old 84 1200 is still up on my motorcycle jack while I try to track down some electrical parts that were lost when our house burnt down in December. I've got a couple of shorter road trips in mine of later this year and would love to hear from other members in my area. Again, thanks for letting me hear about your trip, wish I could have been riding beside you.