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  1. Venturous Randy
    This has been a pretty good summer for us. We wanted to do more camping, but only camped at Asheville, which was great. I think I have put almost 7,000 miles on the bike this year, which is a little below normal, but the riding season is not over yet. I have had several close calls, but fortunately the airhorns did their job and got attention. High gas prices have probably hampered some as we used to be able to take a round trip of 150 miles and have a nice dinner for no more than $25. The bike has run good this year. We did have the problem with the truck hitting it and it being totaled, but that turned out good. Today has been a beautiful upper 70's degree day and I have not even got the bike out of the garage. In a few months I would give just about anything for a day like today. RandyA
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    Well, when you consider that to some people, they figure the amount of money they have in savings is the amount left on their credit card before it maxes out. RandyA
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    This is exactly the symptoms I was having on my bike when I was at Asheville. It would crank over in neutral, but no fire. When I raised the side stand, it would fire. I finally found the problem and it was in the clutch switch wiring. I had a similar problem a couple of years ago with the starter turning over with it in gear with the side stand down. I had to stretch the little spring in the clutch master to make sure it pushed the clutch lever out completely. What I found on this last problem was the connection had come undone where the wires go from the clutch lever switch down behind my headlight. One quick check is to peel the cover back on the clutch lever switch and use an ohm meter to check the circuit while pulling the lever in and out. Let us know if this solves your problem and if it doesn't we can suggest other things. I would be surprised if it is your side stand switch with the symptoms you are describing. RandyA
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    It drives us 1st genners crazy. That's why we make the 2nd genners ride in the back. If it is not the bike whinning, it's the 2nd gen rider. RandyA
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    If you are running without your thermostat, you may increase cooling problems. Under load, the water can move thru the radiator so fast that it does not cool the water. Turning the by-pass valve does the same thing. Your 84 probably will not kick the fan on until it is at the edge of the red zone, if you gauge reads typically. RandyA
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    I think Dale meant interested. Refer to Cheep/cheap post. RandyA
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    Are you going into the red zone? Many of these bikes do not turn on the fan until it is right at it, especially the earlier ones. You may need to check the connection on the switch. Take off the right side grill near the horns and you should be able to see the switch where the hose connects. These wire connections may need to be squeezed a little to fit tighter. How far is your gauge needle going up? RandyA
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    Today. my signal lights quit working. I am real good about using my signal lights, so this was a big aggravation. When I got home, I pulled out my repair book and read up on the lights. I seemed to have power where I was supposed to so it looked like my relay was bad. When I pulled it out, I noticed it had a cover on it that could easily be disassembled. I took it apart and checked continuity and found a contact was not giving a good reading. I took a small piece of sand paper and doubled it over and rubbed it between the contacts. I plugged it back up and it is working fine. I have attached some pictures and you can see the contacts. RandyA
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    That drip is typically from oil migrating thru the stator wires. This is pretty common and more of a nuisance than anything. It would be a good idea to check your clutch reservior to make sure the slave is not leaking. RandyA
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    Thanks Mini, That is a great site, even for some of us locals. RandyA
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    One other note, make sure your solder gun is very hot before you touch the pins. You actually do not want to over heat the pins for a long time as they are mounted in a plastic housing and it will melt around the pin. RandyA
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    For a 1st gen, I like the Elite III on the back and Venom on the front. I feel my bike is a lot more stable with the E-3 at 70mph and up. I have not made a 100mph run on it yet, but so far it feels good. RandyA
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    So that 's where my Biltmore wine went!!! RandyA
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    Yeah, I would say you are pretty desperate. Best of luck and you don't need no stinking Harley!!! RandyA
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    You are welcome Steve. Did you find some more pictures? I have more and they give better detail. RandyA
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    I have never heard this. Remember, Yamaha has a pretty good engine design team, they designed and built the great engine that was in the SHO Tarsus. The first year the SHO came out, I believe it was one of the quickest cars out. I believe it was even quicker than the 5.0 Mustang GTs. RandyA
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    Well, if you are not going to stretch the truth a little bit, it"s not worth putting up!!! RandyA
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    I think the 83's have less gussets and stuff to save weight, because they were a lot faster!!! RandyA
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    1st gens do have a cable, but they are not off by about 15% RandyA
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    Gas prices up locally $0.45 already this morning to $4. Heard in city near by up to $5.05 for reg. Ike is going to cost everybody big time, no matter where you live. I wish the folks of Texas well, but it looks like you are going to get it! RandyA
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    The first time I had this happen, I was down on the Outer Banks of NC, abour 350 miles from home. I was a cool morning and was taking a beautiful ride. Then, all of a sudden I had the crap scared out of me. If you put groan, moan, whine and squeal all into one and made it loud, that is what happened on mine. It made so much noise that it was hard to determine where it came from. When I pulled over and when I got down to about 5mph, the noise quit. I sat there a minute doing the clutch in, clutch out, in gear, out of gear and everything seemed fine. Being that far from home it does tend to magnify problems a lot more. I pulled back on the highway and rode for miles and it did not do it again. It did not do it until I got the bike back home. I knew it had to be something besides the drivetrain as those noises tend to not come and go. When it happened a couple more times, I took the cable loose and determined it was related to it. I did the usual pull cable out and lube it and that did not stop the noise. I ended up pulling the speedo and greased the bearing and all is well. I have greased it a couple of times over the last 60,000 miles with no problem. I hope this resolves your problem. RandyA
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    This is what we did and when I look back on it, it was the best thing. They really were crazy people and it showed in their kids. RandyA
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    As the saying goes, "Been there, Done that" RandyA
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    This is easy but a little work. Your problem is the speedometer that needs grease where the cable goes into the housing. You really need to remove the dash and speedometer to take it out and put good moly grease down into the bearing area. If you get caught out and it does it, just unscrew your cable housing at the front wheel axle. Just make sure you contain the cable. Also when you put it back together, make sure you get it tight at the speedometer so the housing does not unscrew and you loose the cable. I put a wire tie around the cable near the speedometer so if it did come loose, it will not fall out. This also helps keep the cable in place when you take the dash out. You will hear more of this happening on here as it usually gets worse as the weather gets cooler. One other fix if you do not want to remove the dash assembly is to take the cable loose and use a stiff wire to push grease up through the hole where the cable goes. I do not suggest squirting WD40 up in the hole as it gets all over the inside of the speedometer. RandyA
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    We moved into a neighbor hood when my son was about five years old that had several kids his age. A woman behind us had a daughter that was about a year older and he would occasionally play with her. Well, childhood curosity got the best of them and they did some show and tell. The other mother saw this and went ballistic calling a five year old a pervert and other stuff. We treated it a little nonchantly and told our son that he really should not be doing this. The girls mother must have really raked the girl over the coals. Our son had no other contact with the girl and I think by the time the girl was about 15, she was pregnant. If you have an older child or an adult, this needs to be delt with, but this kind of trama on a five or six year old child can scar them for life. I am not condoneing the show and tell between children, but it needs to be put in proper perspective. She could have said" Boy, he sure has a lot of curosity" and my wife would have said "Yeah, he takes after his dad". RandyA
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