Bob Myers

Any one still making a hitch for 1st gens? That actually fit? I bought one that was supposed to be for a 1300 and it is about 2 inches too short

I'll put my handheld vacuum pump on this critter tonight and see if it holds steady. The surge/missfire,whatever is still constant, and still in the same rpm range, app 2300-2500. It is almost like a cyl quits at 23 and rejoins the pulling team at 25. Of course this is where I usually run the engine when I'm in traffic or cruising a slow country road. Of course.

Rode the bike to work today(47º,,brr) surge is still there, performance is off considerably. Throttle is not as "snappy" as it was prior to diaphragms and raising needle .028" Back to the thinking stool I guess.

Midnightrider1300 had a really nice brand new one for sale, he is in Northern Alabama I think

Yep, excellent pun

Yes, they are hard to imagine what a tumble he took while that was flopping around behind him.

Tongue is bent, I can see that, not so bad it can't be pulled back though. I may jump in there on it just for that and the hitch. I bought a hitch and tried putting it on, it was really too short. Would fit right up against the wheel almost. I would have to lose the bags and bag mounts for it to fit even then though

Man those look good on there too, why could you not get them off of there to reuse.

Update; Ordered 4 new diaphragms from Sirius Ind. on Wednesday, they came on Friday. Now that is service!! Pulled the old ones out, one at a time, left 2 were in really good shape, soft and pliable, no holes that I could see with a strong light. While I was in there I used the keeper washer to space the needle up and put a different washer on top. Raised the needles app .028". That is about half the distance between slots on my Vulcan needle, and one slot to the next makes a big difference in the fuel mileage on it. Right side the diaphragms were some what less pliable, one had several tiny holes, about the size of a 20ga needle, the other on had 2 even smaller holes. We were expecting company so i didn't get to ride, but it does sound smoother coming off idle and revving to about 3k. We'll see today.

try bleeding the pressure off the slave cylinder, via the bleeder valve

On the off chance that it is the diaphragm, I ordered a set from Sirius Consolidated, new price has risen in four years since someone mentioned they were the place to buy, now-today price is $76.95 per set. It was running smoothly, last year and the cap over the screw is still intact. If I take them off for any thing I will open that screw up to 2½ turn from light seat.

I'm sorry, I thought my sig line reflected that mine is an 86 Venture Royale'. I will correct that .

Fresh plugs, 3 cans of SeaFoam over last 6 tanks of fuel, checked carb synch with my mercury gage setup and it appears close. Idle is smooth and appears to be same temp 3inches from the head on the pipe. Time to get serious I gues. From above idle to around 2800 it surges and I can actually hear a cylinder laying down, not real sure if it is same one very time, sounds like it may be on right side though. Steady throttle around 2600 it will surge really bad, running alongside of a car that appeared to have cruise set it would pick up and start to pass, then die down and run steadily beside, then pick up again. Drop a gear to get above 3k and it disappears, runs steady and smooth. What is next order of business, diaphragms?

Mob rules. As one person said above, alone they would never do this. Well, they decided to act as a mob, prosecute them as a mob.

Buy a gallon of cheap lemon juice, put it in a pan and put it on the stove. Bring it almost to a boil and ease the carb down in there. keep it just at a light boil for a few minutes, pull them out and rinse 'em off. I have seen this make stained dirty carbs look new, and other not so new, but clean.

Wouldn't pretty much any filter with 20mm X 1.5 threads work equally as well, with the Motorcraft being a little better because of the anti-drain back valve??

Ah, its all good! Just comes down to who wants it the baddest, may the high bid win a good machine.

Within an hour of posting I got outbid on it. Coincidence?

SShh, as of the writing of this reply I am still high bidder

For fishing the area is tops of the whole state, plus Memphis is close enough for the jazz and blues and Owensboro is also close enough to easily ride over for best BBQ in the region. They have a BBQ festival there every year.

I'm running a Kenwood TMD700 FM transceiver. Occasionally when my APRS unit transmits my 87 will skip a beat or two when I'm running 50 watts, on medium power (25 watts) it never does it.

Are you saying Goldwing parts can be easily made to fit? Markland still makes those http://www.touringmotorcycleaccessories.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_1_3&products_id=3

Why do you wish to use an electret or condensor mic? The audio on these things is pretty hot any way.

Mine has fallen from mid 40's to a consistent 37-38mpg, getting a weird surge around 220-2500 at partial throttle. Almost feels like a misfire just above idle when in 2nd or 3rd. Ran a couple cans of SF through it, made no difference. probably the diaphragms?

That is interesting concept, I too have a bag full of those lamps, just like the OP bought, and some he didn't buy too! Evrytime I think about saving money on some cut rate thing I pull one out of the bag and apply 12 volts to it just to remind me I waste too much money on ebay.