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Now Brian don't go getting in a huff. Although it is not out of the question, I don't think there is anything wrong with the HD. So my preference is to explore other options before ... ... if you know what I mean. Between my stupid Venture and my forever home renovation I have close to $0.00 available for entertainment. It's rather difficult to come to terms with the current state I'm in but there you have it. I'm not looking for a challenge and if I have to start spending money I'll most likely upgrade the hardware and install Win7 MediaCenter which was perfectly adequate in the past when running XP MediaCenter. XBMCbuntu just seemed like it would be a good thing to try at this time. I do appreciate you input and I thank you kindly for your effort.

I don't know how long I need either but going from my very bad memory the shims are probably 4"-6" in so more length would be better. Still worth a look.

I'll check at our Sears. One never knows, I might get lucky.

Yes, I saw that thread. Well done! Thanks for the heads up.

The CT ones are a bit on the short side. When I googled it, Sears appeared to have a fairly long set but the Sears in my area carries hardly any tools but I haven't been there yet to actually see if they have them.

How long were the ones you looked at? The set at Canadian Tire are somewhat short.

My air gun? Hahahahaha... well if I had an air gun I would definitely give it a try.

Already tried just the magnet but it wouldn't move the shim.

No I didn't do a checksum, didn't think of it. Did D/L versions 11.0 and 12.0 of XBMCbuntu though just in case one was bad. Downloaded the files on my Win7 machine. Ran Rufus to create the bootable .iso on the flash drive. There are so many variables its difficult to pin this down. Could but don't really want to do that. If I can't get this linux Hoo-Haw stuff working I can upgrade the hardware and run Win7 MediaCenter on it. Yes I could go the HTPC route with Western Digital or Apple TV or similar but they are both too limited while some of the other options are, I think, mostly subscription based. Anyway, I wanted to give XBMC a shot first.

The one I installed is xbmcbuntu-12.00.Intel-AMD.iso which is the latest stable release. I used Rufus 1.3.2 to create a bootable .iso on the flash drive. Prior to doing that I installed the 11.0 version .iso from a CD. Both ended up after the install with the flashing cursor syndrome. During the install process the HD is chosen by me and then formatted by the installer. The primary partition drive is a 160 GB IDE with controller on the MB and there is a 1TB SATA as secondary slave drive with a PCI controller. The SATA drive will not boot. Tried it with both WinXP and with XBMCbuntu. Successfully installed WinXP on the 160 GB drive, also tried installing with only the 160 GB drive connected but no difference. MB is an Asus A7V400 MX with an AMD CPU but can't remember which one it is at the moment. The install completes successfully to the point where it say to remove the USB drive and reboot which is when the flashing cursor thing happens. There is nothing on the HD except XBMCbuntu. If I re-install, the previous OS and version is recognized so it is definitely going on the correct drive. I have a couple of MCP's in Windows and administered a linux WebServer for a year. Mostly concerned with the web side of things though. Probably forgotten most of what I knew but could likely follow instructions.

That method was my first thought but since it appeared to be somewhat time consuming I thought I would see if someone had a better way. Never heard of them before but they look like they would probably work better than a screwdriver. Thanks for the suggestions.

The other day I attempted to remove one of the shims from the valve bucket, or whatever it is called. The slot kept rotating to an inaccessible area when inserting the lift tool. Any suggestions on how to go about getting those little suckers out?

So far I have only tried the XBMCbuntu bundle because it is XBMC that I'm interested in rather than Linux itself. While $20-$30 for a 160 GB HD is not very expensive in itself compared to the cost per GB of a SATA drive it is expensive. Add to that an extra $30 or so for shipping across the border plus possible duty it is relatively quite expensive. So my re-install effort this evening had the same negative result. Perhaps there is something wrong with the .iso that I d/l. Perhaps one from a different mirror will work better. Failing that, I could install a straight Linux distribution then add XBMC on top of it. There are options that have not yet been explored.

From what I have been able to find out a broken grub seems to be the most likely problem as there is a known issue with Ubuntu and the flashing cursor syndrome. At this moment I am redoing the XBMCbuntu.iso install on the flashdrive so I can give it another try. The boot order in the BIOS is correct with CDROM and USB coming before the HDD. There is only one IDE HD in the system so no confusion with that. Getting a new HD is problematic since the MB has only an IDE controller and new IDE HD's are expensive, if they can be found. I put in a SATA controller and HD but while the BIOS sees it the boot process does not. In my other computer setting the boot to SCSI worked to boot off the SATA drive but not this one. Working...Working...Working..........

I think the hardware is reasonable, a bit short on RAM but it should run XBMC. It did run off the .iso which was mounted on an old 2gb flash drive. Last night I installed a minimal version of Ubuntu without XBMC. On reboot it did the same as the other install, nothing but a blinking cursor. I did have XP installed and running so I know the computer works. Linux doesn't seem to like something though.

This installation has the two bundled together. I would be quite happy with the Win7 Media Center but unfortunately the computer I want to use does not have the resources to run Win7. Don't have the couple hundred $$$ it would take to upgrade the hardware so thought I would try XBMC.

Installed XBMCbuntu Media Center this evening. It ran OK off the .iso, slow of course but after rebooting to the HD all I got was a flashing cursor. Anyone familiar with this distro of Ubuntu and XBMC have any suggestions on what went wrong or what I can do to sort the problem out?

Well, my manual says the firing order is 1-3-4-2. As far as I can tell it is the official Yamaha paperback manual. In any case, I am in the process of doing it as SemiRetired mentioned, which also coincides with the procedure as outlined by Goose. Nice to have confirmation. Thanks to all for the replies. Edit: Just in case there is any doubt I added a pic of the offending information from the manual.

Not a rally but in case you missed it, there is a Meet-n-Eat on April 27th at the Ram Restaurant, in Lacey, WA.

My valve adjustment project is turning into somewhat of a saga. I was using the procedure in the Tech Library article written by Goose for the gen 2 which indicated the firing order was 1-3-2-4. My gen 1 manual states the firing order is 1-3-4-2. I did not notice the discrepancy for a while though. Thought these engines were the same. Oh well, there are no plans for me to give up my current job to become a mechanic so it probably doesn't matter all that much.

I've happily been using the Firefox browser for 10 years but the last two or three versions have required that I double click the Back button to get it to work. Very annoying. For the past two weeks I've been using Chrome and have not experienced that issue. Comcast is an ISP and probably do not have their own browser but probably bundle Internet Explorer with their stuff. Could also be a different browser that is bundled. Help | About in the menu might indicate which browser you have.

Thanks that lightens the load a bit. But not as much as carving a few corners this afternoon did.

@ FreezyRider I have the SMH10 headsets and agree they are indeed awesome. Was planning on getting an SM10 this Spring. My CB doesn't work and I probably won't bother with the headache of trying to fix it although I wish it did work. I knew the Yamaha and Honda 5 pin audio connector could be hooked into the SM10 and just assumed it would work with the CB as well. Thanks for the clarification.

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I'm in the middle of trying to do this job. Been following Goose's thread for the 2nd Gen where he states the clearance is best taken on the compression stroke so I'm wondering how to tell when that is? Did the #1 cyl from the T1 mark as per the manual and Goose's instructions then turned the flywheel 180 degrees for #3 cyl, then 180 degrees plus almost a 1/4 turn to the T2 mark which should be TDC for #2 cyl. However that put the lobes pointing down which means the feeler can't be slipped in. Seemed that I must be doing something wrong so I started over and now am getting different readings than the first time. That is probably conclusive that I'm not doing something right. Anyone got any suggestions? It's a beautiful sunny day here and it would be much nicer riding my Virago than poking around in the shop.