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    If you are not getting fuel out of the carb bowls, you are not getting fuel into them. I would start at the fuel line from the filter and make sure every connection has good fuel flow thru it. You may have to make a connector that will bypass a carb and check them one at a time having fuel flow into a jar. An easy way to turn the fuel pump on is turn the ignition switch on and flip the kill switch several times. If you are getting good fuel flow to each carb, you will need to go back into the carbs and see what the blockage is. You also need to make sure the pilot jets are not plugged and spark plug caps do not have corroded resistors. Before your last post, I was thinking along the lines of a big vacuum leak somewhere. If you still have the YICS system installed, I would pull the hoses off and plug the ports. You can also have a big vacuum leak in the YICS box above the front head. A big vacuum leak will cause the diaphragms not to open well at lower RPM's, but as the RPM's get higher it will start coming on strong. You can spray starter fluid around the carbs and intakes and see if the RPM's change any. If they do, start looking for the leaks. As far as the oil blow back, check your oil level and make sure it is not over full and make sure you are not getting any coolant into the oil. Good luck and keep us posted. Several of my suggestions are problems I have encountered on my 83 in the last 13+ years. RandyA
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    Absolutely. After what you have gone thru Dan, when I renewed with Allstate, I increased my coverages up considerably from what they were, after what you have shared with us. I appreciate you continuing to remind people of this. RandyA
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    Yep, you 're correct. I am actually referring mostly to the original poster's date. Sometimes a tread lies dormant for a year or longer and then it gets new life. This is fine, but sometimes these threads appear to be thought by many to be current and what they are taking issue with is long past. Just thoughts of a retarded mind in the middle of the night. RandyA
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    I have gotten to the point that the first thing I do when pulling up a thread is to look at the original date. There have been several that are one to two years old that it appears the poster that brought it up, ran across it in a search and took off again, without realizing the date. This is fine as we have a lot of great threads, but if I find an old post pertinant, I will start a new thread and refer back to the old post. I think this keeps down some of the confusion, even though for some, I think confusion is a big part of their life. RandyA
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    When my 83 was "totaled" by State Farm last year when a woman at work knocked it over and drove off, but later on admitted it, they settled for $3,164 with me keeping the bike. They charged me $200 for the bike, so total was $3,364. My bike did have custom paint and the odometer was showing about 20,000 miles, but when the adjuster looked at the odometer and wrote it down and did not ask if that was 120,000, I forgot to remind him. Some people think 20,000 miles is a lot of miles on a bike. RandyA
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    Hey, even the Geico gecko speaks with a British accent. RandyA
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    This should fix the needle movement. Light oil and a little cleaning should work for another 25 years. RandyA
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    I gave the one Lowell sent me to SGN, Steve Neal, so I can't help you now. RandyA
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    Yep, I should have expected that out of you Steve!! RandyA
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    The sensor is to let you know that the water level is low and will trigger the battery icon on the CMS in the center of your dash. If you replace the battery with another water battery, it may have a hole to put the sensor in, which just pulls out of the old one. If you choose to go to a gel type battery, which I suggest, you will need to put a resistor in the line to keep the icon from blinking. There is a write up on this. RandyA
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    Yeah, Dan, My thoughts exactly. I will just stop here as I appreciate all I get for $12. RandyA
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    Bought my 83 in March 96 with 23,000 miles on it. I now have 128,500 miles and it is running great. Most major thing is fixed 2nd gear and painted. Put about 350 miles on this last weekend and if I stay off interstates at 70+mph, I am getting close to 48 mpg. It has truely been a wonderful part of my life. RandyA
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    I got about 48 on a leasurely ride Sunday to Gatlinburg and that included some stop and go on I-40 before I gave it up and went back to two lane roads. I used to get low to mid 30's before changing diaphragms and adjusted the needle depth. RandyA
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    738 ft/lbs of torque. That ought to pull these hills in east Tennessee. RandyA
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    Lots and lots of ice cream!!! RandyA
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    This last summer in Little Switzerland on the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC, I encountered several CBX's at a restaurant. One was custom painted, but the rest looked like new bikes. I talked to the owners and they were real proud of them. RandyA
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    I have been running strobes in my headlight for about 13 years. I actually drilled holes in the reflector and they plug thru. There was a time you could get these at Auto Zone or Advance Auto for around $15 a set. They come with a frequency adjustment, which I have set to blink fairly slow. If you have them blinking fast or multiple flashes at a time, you will definately draw police attention. You look too much like an emergency vehicle. As far as red strobes, I did get pulled over by a Tennesse State Trooper because it was red and I had it mounted inside my brake light lens, activated by the brake switch. It was about 1am while waiting for a light to change. He did not write me a ticket, but he warned me other LEO's might. When I showed him my head light strobes, he just went hummm, but did not tell me to turn them off. This past summer I got pulled over by a city cop because of the strobe in the headlight, but he also told me they were not legal and he knew because he rode a sportbike. I have put over 100,000 miles on my bike with strobes and run them day and night. The one thing I have noticed, especially at night is the left lane bandits seem to move over quicker if I am behind them. I personally am not a big fan of the occillatting headlight as I think it scares some people and they may do rash things to get out of the way. And, you can not use them at night. I would love to have federal laws passed to allow strobes in motorcycles, but it would have to specify frequency and brightness. RandyA
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    On a 1st gen, there are several good alternatives to Metzler. I like the slow speed handling of the Avons and like the overall handling of the Dunlap Elite III's. You should consider one of these. I had Metzler 880's and did not have a problem, but when I went to the Avons from the Metzlers, it was like a totally different bike. RandyA
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    Long stroke devided by six means.....small pistons. RandyA
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    My desire is to go to a V Max rear end and the 2nd gen gear set in my 83. !st gear would probably be lower and 5th would be a bit higher, not as high as a stock 2nd gen, which seems to me to be a bit too high, unless you live on flat land. The big difference would be gear spacing. I feel the same way on my bike about running down the highway at 4,000 rpm's when it seems like there is plenty of torque to pull the bike if it just had one more gear. I do agree with the gas mileage theory in that having to give it more throttle to maintain highway speed, even at a lower rpm will not improve gas mileage. I have a 79 El Camino that came with a 2.42 rear end stock with a 305 and 350 turbo transmission. When I pull out with the slightly built 327 in it, if feels like the trans started out in 2nd. I really need about a 3:54 or 3:73 rearend with a four speed automatic with lock up to make it right. This is a case where lower gearing would still improve gas mileage. RandyA
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    Well, please accept my apology for making a kidding comment on your post. RandyA
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    I have a hard time enjoying chat because I am a terrible typist and slow. That is about the only way I could keep up. RandyA
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    I would suffer from severe withdrawal, but I would probably get a lot more done at home.....and at work. RandyA
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    Hey Lew, you guys over your drought yet? RandyA
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    I don't normally watch South Park, but I came across it channel surfing a few minutes ago and it is unbelivable how far they are taking it with Harley Riders. It is sooooo politically incorrect that I can't even discuss it here. But, it was funny. RandyA
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