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  1. Venturous Randy
    I was getting ready to post the same thing. RandyA
  2. Venturous Randy
    Probably the most common way to move the pistons back in is with a "C" clamp. You will need one big enough that you can put the push pad of the clamp up inside the piston in the center so it will push it in straight. You will need to have someplace for the brake fluid to go, either from taking the cap bolt out of the master cylinder or loosening the brake bleeder valve. This would also be a good time to bleed the whole system if it has not been done in a year or so. Edit: I may have led you astray here because when I do anything to the calipers, I split them and I have more room to get to the pistons. Not sure how much you know about your brake system, but the rear caliper and the left front are tied together and will both need to be bled. Once you have the brakes bled, make sure you have room for the brake fluid to expand when it warms up or it will cause the pads to drag to the point that it will stop the bike. Make sure that you take an 8mm box wrench with you if this happens. Also, if you do need to let a little brake fluid out, you can do this on the left front caliper, you don't have to do it on the back. RandyA
  3. Venturous Randy
    I did the ground wire mod on an 86 starter that I had after my original was dragging a little. It seemed to really help the starter and it cranks over good. A couple of weeks ago, I picked up an 09 RSV starter and as I understand it, it should be a 4 brush starter. It came off a bike with 40K miles and looks very clean. I was the only bidder on ebay and got it for $29.95 plus about $13 shipping from Pinwall. I am getting ready to remove the exhaust collector on the bike and replace it with one that I cut open and repaired that rattled before. I was thinking about putting the 09 starter on the bike since I was going to have the exhaust headers off on the front. My question is; does the newer 4 brush starter also need the ground wire mod or should it be ok the way it is? RandyA
  4. Venturous Randy
    I would seriously consider having a talk with the owner of the shop that charged you $1,400 to screw up your bike. In any motorcycle shop, doing a carb sync should be one of the most basic routines. This is why I do not have anything done to a bike or car at a shop. I know that I am fortunate to have tools and basic mechanical skills. My son, Lil Venturous, and my grandson all learned to work on stuff at a young age. I even do my own front end alignment on cars and get great tire wear and they don't pull on flat roads. I have also rebuilt my own automatic transmissions. RandyA
  5. Venturous Randy
    Steve, good attitude, because we want you back. We wish you the best and please keep us posted. RandyA
  6. Venturous Randy
    Well, it's good to hear from you George. We have some ham radio enthusiasts around here as they like to go up on the local mountain that is about 6,000 feet up and talk to the world. Oh, did not realize there was an E-4 available. RandyA
  7. Venturous Randy
    When I opened this post up, I did happen to barely notice the word APPLE, but I did not associate it with Apple computers. I got so involved in your concern about him getting in trouble, that at first I thought you were going to tell us about him getting out with his buddies and they were throwing apples out of the car at people and he was caught and charged with.............. A Drive by Fruiting. RandyA
  8. Venturous Randy
    Good for you. And to think, I was just ribbing you a little. RandyA
  9. Venturous Randy
    Hope everyone is ok down there. RandyA
  10. Venturous Randy
    Speaking of GeorgeS, it shows he was on here today, but has not posted since 8-28-11. What is with you George? RandyA
  11. Venturous Randy
    Was the surging problem the rear brakes sticking? RandyA
  12. Venturous Randy
    That is funny and there are a whole bunch of those. Yep, that's me. RandyA:backinmyday:
  13. Venturous Randy
    Thanks for the update on Ponch. Many of us have struggled this last year and this really does put our challenges into perspective. I hope Ponch will get better and better. RandyA
  14. Venturous Randy
    The video of the dissappearing dots example has been posted twice and I can not find it. I have looked at about the last 25 pages of watering hole and in the safty and video threads and still cannot find it. Not sure the best word or phrase to search. RandyA Just found it. http://www.msf-usa.org/motion.html
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    It sounds to me like the clutch is not disengaging very well and you are having to force it from one gear to another without you being able to stop it between 1st and 2nd. Put the bike up on the center stand and with the engine off, rock the rear wheel back and forth putting slight pressure on the shifter. See if it will shift between the gears. Also, you may need to bleed your clutch if it feels mushy. Where is the clutch catching at when you let the clutch out? You are not giving us enough information to work with. You say you see the green neutral light, so I suspect there is a neutral. Just try this and let us know what it does. RandyA
  16. Venturous Randy
    I can not imagine you being able to move the pinion from side to side. If you can do this, this may be why you have a final drive whine. RandyA
  17. Venturous Randy
    My concern is it adds to confusion for some people. There are some that don't need any more confusion while driving. You may get their attention, but they just don't know how to handle it. RandyA
  18. Venturous Randy
    In my opinion, and I have put over 120,000 miles on my 83 with several different brands and so far, the best handling combination is an Avon front and a Dundop E-3 rear. I was not the only one with 70mph and up tail waggle on a 1st gen with an Avon rear tire. Maybe this is why Avon discontinued them. Even though the bias/radial issue is directed to not matching on the same axle due to different sidewall flexes, I still don't think I would want to mix a bias front and a radial rear, but it may be ok. RandyA
  19. Venturous Randy
    A few weeks ago I ran my DEKA completely down after parking the bike with the fog lights on for a couple days. I charged it over night and it is doing just fine. I had an Odessy and it worked good, but I think the DEKA may be a bit stronger. RandyA
  20. Venturous Randy
    At about 7 pm on the CBS news, it was the leadoff story and it was up to 640 million. It may be up to 800 to 900 million before the drawing and there still may not be a winner. The odds are, I think, 176 million to one. So, if you bought one of every combination and you were the only winner, you could still make 500 million before taxes. To win this much money would be a big pain. Yeah, I would love to win a couple of million, but with this much, you would have to go into hiding. BTW, I did buy four tickets. RandyA
  21. Venturous Randy
    Hmmmm.... No, I AM NOT going to say anything. No, no, no!! RandyA
  22. Venturous Randy
    It will be interesting to see if it does anything with a $100 starting bid. RandyA
  23. Venturous Randy
    I wondered about lane splitting, but there was just so much open area on both sides. RandyA
  24. Venturous Randy
    Not sure what started it but there was definately something going on. And yes, it was obvious the SUV driver wanted to hurt the biker. RandyA
  25. Venturous Randy
    I can not imagine that a lower casing and an upper casing are not machined as a matching pair. I would think that all the line bore characteristics would be very critical. Even the line bore in a head for the camshaft is done with the caps in place and the caps are not interchangeable. Now, I may be wrong, but this is the way I see it. RandyA
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