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  1. Venturous Randy
    Jason, another thing you may want to consider doing is after you take the rear wheel off and with the rearend still on, start the bike up and see what it sounds like as you go thru the gears. You may get some noise because the driveshaft is a bit more of an angle, but it may help isolate more of the sound. RandyA
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    Why do laundry, we got a lilly pond with in 20 feet of your campsite. Just take a swim with your clothes on and air dry. RandyA
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    We are planning on going down Wed noonish. Laura is thinking about doing a pot of natcho meat and we will have chips, salsa, cheese lettuce and tomatos for one of the meals. It could be Wed or Thur evening. It could also be made up as soft shell tacos too. We will also plan on doing a hotdog meal at least once or more sometime. As we get closer and see who is going to be there when, we will figure it out better and we are open for suggestions. RandyA
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    Worked on a friend's 89 looking for a problem with dead cylinder and it ended up being a corroded resistor in the spark plug cap. It would fire some thru a hand held plug, but not under pressure. Take that cap apart and look at the resistor. Go up inside where the plug connects and you can unscrew the inside and the resistor will come out. RandyA
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    This interesting. My 83 std rear shock has a coil on it. Also on this 83 std with 85 pounds in the rear shock, I would be checking to see if your frame is cracked and twisted near the centerstand. How hard is it to get on the centerstand?. RandyA
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    Actually, I suspect with the CNC type machining setups so common today in manufacturing, I doubt the cost is any different. RandyA
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    Anyone that is willing to take the chance on skin cancer, the most lethal form of cancer, to go to the extreme some do to get a "tan" do not have my respect. Do you repect that mentality? RandyA
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    This is an interesting read and according to snopes is true. It happened in 2005 and the complaining letter to the paper was written by a Navy, Vietnam veteran, who was highly embarressed when he found out what the flyover was about. Over the years and going around the world, some of the details have changed, but it is worth reading. RandyA http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/wakeup.asp
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    One thing I have never understood and that is blacks following MJ. If I were black and a black entertainer did everything he could to change his looks, voice and anything else to not be black, he would be the last person I would respect. I just don't get it. Also, even though he was whiter than I am, he still has the genetic DNA he was born with and therefore the kids that are supposedly his, could not be his. OK, I'm done venting RandyA
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    My run was several years ago when Alabama, Mississippi and Louisanna were getting hurricanes and tornados. In front of me was blue skys, to my left was the biggest, blackest cloud bank I can ever remember and close behind me, the interstate disapeared into a deep grey abiss. I was able to stay enough ahead of it until it crossed behind me and it ended up doing a lot of damage in North Georgia. That was the hardest I have ever run my bike for an extended period of time. I remember how slow 70mph felt when I finally slowed down. RandyA
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    That would be my thinking also. I was wondering if anyone had enlarged their slide holes and if they could tell a difference. Thanks for the response. RandyA
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    Jonathan, I believe you should be getting better than 33mpg. The last time I got that bad was on a trip out of Birmingham, AL on the interstate trying to keep a head of a real bad storm coming in from my left. I ran for about 80 miles and did not get below 90mph, and some a bit more than that. At that speed an 83 tends to use a lot of gas. RandyA
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    I spent three years in Goldsboro, NC and made that trip a bunch of times. My wife was living with her parents in New Bern, where my son was born, and we camped a lot at Salter Path, which was sold for 22 million to put up a high rise. Got a lot of memories down that way. Did you ever eat at Wilbur's BBQ in Goldsboro? RandyA
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    I wonder how he could tell the bearings were so worn out that he could not balance the tire? That does not make sense to me. I changed mine out a while back and I don't remember it being a big deal. RandyA
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    OK, if the speedometer cable is broken again, you need to take the speedometer apart and see if the bearing in the bottom is siezed up due to being dry. This will happen if you continue to ride the bike and the speedometer is squealing. There are posts on lubeing the bearing in the bottom of the speedometer. If you are going to ride the bike with a broken cable, I would take it loose at the wheel so it is not turning if you have not done so. RandyA
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    It is my understanding that there is a difference between the MKI and MKII on the difference in the diameter of the hole in the slides. I read in another post about using a dinajet kit and it said with the weaker springs, the slide hole needed to be opened up and frankly, that did not make sense to me. I would have thought that weaker springs would require a smaller slide hole as a larger allows more vacuum to pull the slides open quicker as would weaker springs. What would opening up the hole do on the slide actuation, especially with the washer change and extending the needle out .030 more on an 83 model? RandyA
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    I doubt that the diaphragms as you described would cause the off idle hesitation. I would be tempted to stick the stock setup back in for a quick ride and see if it goes away. These bikes are slightly different and what may be optimum on one may not be on another. Just out of curosity, have you synced your carbs lately? RandyA
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    Matt, what is the status on your 2nd gear, since it is as I understand, an 83? Did you pull the output shaft and look inside yet? RandyA
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    OK, I am confused, are you talking about the gear that goes to the timing chain? I am not sure what a driven cam is. And, thanks for the update. RandyA
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    That sounds interesting. RandyA
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    Yeah, butt..... it is the 5th day of summer for us and the 5th day of winter for you!!!!! NAH...NAH...HAHHHH!!!! Sorry, that was mean, but it is true and at this time, it is about the only way we can deal with the crap going on here. RandyA
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    Sounds like you done good, and was lucky. RandyA
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    I am not sure if this is the same article as I have, but if it is, it could easily be done in three days. If it is the same article, it talked about Backbone Rock, between Shady Vally,TN and Damascus, VA and the shortest tunnel, even showing a picture of a bike parked at the entrance. I live in Johnson City, TN, so I am just about in the middle of what you are talking about. If you will give an idea of where you plan to be when, I will try to make some suggestions. We have an abundance of places to eat and sleep around here, but maybe we can help put a trip together, and I would love to meet with you guys for a meal and maybe some riding. Keep me posted and my cell is 423-726-0431. RandyA
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    What part of NC are you in Wayne, it is not listed in your profile. RandyA
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