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    The Sky is falling!!! The Sky is falling...
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    Tim, maybe the clear plastic has a smokey film on it, and your clear plastic is now smoke colored plastic!! That would make the display dim, and you may not notice it due to the background color of the display. I finally sent your parts out yesterday, so you should see the stuff tomorrow. I also now have a spare center piece for the dash vents but not the two "up" tubes if you need it...
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    You can have the fairing off of my '85, Scott, but I can't help you with the fairing insert. Cage on down as soon as you can but we will be gone for the weekend, as you already know. We will be heading back Sunday afternoon if you wanted to come down then... EDIT: My bad, I only have the RIGHT side. I threw the left side out as it was missing a major portion or it. I do have the turn signal, though, and will bring with me this weekend and give it to BradT or someone else closer to you...
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    Baking soda made into a paste and applied with a toothbrush also works pretty good...
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    Buddy is most likely right! It's the usual source for the problem you describe. The TCI drives the tach. Get the insides wet and there's problems. Take it out, take the cover off, and either sun dry or liw temp oven bake the ubit with the cover off. You also need to thoroughly clean off the contacts on the unit and the connector and use some dielectric grease on the contacts to repel moisture. If you are brave and have the skills, you may want to resolder the pins of the connector on the PC board as with vibration and age, the solder connection breaks down...
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    OK Old Hippy, Knows a QUALITY scoot when he rides one!! We are sooo glad you are in one piece. Best of luck in finding a nice 1st gen. If the insurance company gives you a hard time, then insist that they REPLACE your Classic motorcycle with an exact replacement. Never EVER take the first, or the 2nd offer and sign nothing until you have reached a satisfactory agreement. Also, try to get salvage rights to your old one so you have spare parts available to you. We expect you and Nancy to show up next year at the Ontario International meet riding a nice shiny 1st Gen!!
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    Do yourself a favor and REPLACE those old, dry rotted 18 year old hoses and be done with it!! Sure, they are a little pricey, but it is well worth the peace of mind KNOWING that they will most likely never fail...
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    I would add that, if you aren't used to soldering PC boards, find someone who is to do the work for you...
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    Yes, there is a fix for that. From what I remember the real problem is the switch scraping against the metal plate. The fix was to add a couple of flat washers behind the plate and xiola, works great. Haven't done it to mine yet; still carry my pliers. Anyway I'm sure if you do a search on the subject you will find the fix.
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    ^^^^^ What he said...
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    I went the whole nine yards and rebuilt my master and slave, and replaced the hoses, and used synthetic fluid. Those hoses aren't cheap. $40 for the lower one and $60 for the upper one. Clutch feels brand new...
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    GE NightHawk or Sylvania SilverStar are two good bulbs, but along with a brighter bulb what you want to do is remove your black rubber liner, remove the glass, and paint it white. Black absorbs light, white reflects light. Makes a huge difference! Just clean the rubber really good to remove any oily film first and prep the surface with rubbing alcohol. If you want to get fancy, you can mask off the area that is outside of the glass... Marcarl has a Silverstar in his scoot and lined his inside rubber with metalic tape, and I still have the stock light. This spring mine and his side by side they were pretty much equal in brightness and definately brighter than stock, and beat out another scoot with just the stock light and silver tape covering the inside rubber. We did a little test this spring at WOWSkunk's bondfire.
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    Cars and friends will be around another day, but a friend in need is a NOW thing. I know it's tough, but help your friend pour concrete. Besides, you can always take a ride after to cool off...
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    What he said!! Actually fairly easy, and the "O" ring kit is fairly cheap. Complete water pumps pop up on ebay and usually go for around $10 or so, but they probably need rebuilding. The rebuild kits also pop up on ebay, but not the impellors...
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    If you do that, dibs on fairing pieces...
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    I'll give you a very strong "Maybe" on that. If we do we will be interested in a Cabin... The 13th - 17th would work slightly better for me.
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    I should have one without key laying around. PM me your addy...
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    I've seen amps go for less than $100 on ebay. Lots of dealers sell the dash units and then sell the amp separately...
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    life

    bongobobny replied to mraf's topic in Watering Hole

    Such a shame and who's to blame we're all the same When life's no game We work and tuil and till the soil and change the oil in our Venture Royale Hoping for a chance to ride and put our many tasks aside But we all know deep inside to our tasks we must abide So to you I wrote this verse remember, things could be much worse With nothing found inside your purse and nothing left to do but curse So in this website we must lurk Feeling somewhat like a jerk as the coffee starts to perk I must leave, it's time for work...
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    SICK

    bongobobny replied to mraf's topic in Watering Hole

    I know the feeling, Allen, and our riding season is soooo short! You just gota make the time. Any time you want to go riding just give a call, and maybe if I'm not too busy as well we can ride...
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    I'll third that, especially seeing as things started working by themselves again like magic. Worst case senerio, replace the whole assembly. They pop up on ebay quite often.
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    Hey Dexx I wish I would have known you were coming thru. Unfortunately we were at a wedding last night. I think I have seen that same bike going thru Springville a month ago. If it was on Rt 39 towards the west side of town it would have been Koike Aronson Inc. I will have to keep my eyes out for that but I don't get over that direction that much. Work is the other direction towards Rt 16 for me and I do very little business in town. Thanks for the heads up!
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    I always wanted an electronic "Something!!!" I have no idea whatsoever what that thing is either...
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    I could probably help you out with a mirror, clutch hose if you don't take the other one, 4 way flasher and some of the relays. The plastic pieces are going to be a little hard to find cheap. Just keep watching ebay for those parts but the dash parts tend to be pricey. Sorry, but I already gave away my fairing panels... PM me.
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    GeorgeS has given you some good advice. I personally am thinking contaminated carbs based on when the problem started but it could be coincidental to another failure. You may want to pull your airbox cover and observe whether your sliders are working or not. You may have developed a pinhole in one of your diaphrams... Also, with airbox cover and filter out, it's a good time to spray a can of carb cleaner down the throats.
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