Chaharly

Wow sounds like you were super rough shape! That is scaaaryy! Glad to hear you're coming around though, and hopefully they get you fixed up right! You're lucky to have a good wife that called the ambulance for you right away! That is far scarier than anything I've ever gone through. Best of luck on a full recovery!

Really sorry about your accident! I see you're from nebraska too, its been a rough year for us Nebraskans wreck wise! Honestly, one thing that noone's said so far is pictures. I would certainly take ALOT of pictures of the bike, his car, and you. I understand why you guys wouldn't want to get the insurance involved, but it may just come down to it. So documentations going to be good. About the bump, the only thing I can say is you SHOULD go to the hospital... I turned down the ambulance ride after my wreck and by the time we had gotten to Norfolk, 40 miles away and about an hour and a half later, I was sort of regretting not taking the ambulance. I had a huge welt on my leg as well and they told me I may have broken a shin. The worst thing I can see coming from your leg is what happened to my elbow. I didnt break but I had a hematoma on it about the size of the softball which REALLY REALLY hurt! So thats kind of up to you. Sad thing is everyone makes mistakes, but insurance is there FOR THE MISTAKES. If the dad would offer me 2k for the bike, but doesnt want to get insurance involved, make sure you're not going to need a two thousand dollar cast on your leg. If you're healthy enough, I'd certainly take the 2k. Like i said though, sorry about your wreck! Thats one of those that is TOTALLY unavoidable by you and really just bad luck! I hope to see you back on the road with a big grin on your face soon!

Hey now you're not that young!!! I think I could point out the youngest guy on the site!

Hey guys, I need to replace the O-Ring on my thermostat housing and like any good mechanic, I feel like i should replace the thermostat too. Yamaha wants 40 bucks for theirs, which is outrageous. Is there an automotive thermostat that I can use and save 30 bucks? Thanks in advance guys!

Probably the most sick and twisted and cruel thing I've ever endured

Did you ever get the noise figured out

to bring up an old post but have you figured out what caused this? My 88 does that, and I think its just gear lash but I'm not sure

Well @dingy, I didn't get your measurements, but I got something better... Pictures! (Maybe they're not better) [ATTACH=CONFIG]98465[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]98466[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]98467[/ATTACH] Yeah, what I did was drilled too far, well past the head. I had completely removed The head and didn't bugger up the threads, Thanks for the suggestion by the way with the torx bit! Worked perfectly, just my error of drilling too far. So basically all I had to do was get the rets of the bits out. So I just took a teeny tiiiny drill bit, don't remember which one and drilled into the stem with a little pressure, and just pulled the rest out. [ATTACH=CONFIG]98468[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]98469[/ATTACH] So I got the new one in, and its running great. Totally happy with it! I just wanted to say thanks for all the advice guys its really much appreciated it. If I didn't bugger it up so bad at first It wouldn't have been a big deal, but I got it out! What do you guys think of the temp gauge by the w

Just crossed 800 myself

Lol I agree with you on the impact driver thing, I think those threads are tougher than we give them credit for. I wouldve tried an impact driver but I already buggered up the head too bad. When I tried the torx bit it actually worked pretty well and I HAD to hit on it pretty hard with my LFH (little friggin hammer). Now I'm going to try an easy out since I got the head, or at least most of it out. I think these guys just get a nightmarish mental image of me pounding on the bad boy with my BFH And ruining a perfectly good carb body! They're just trying to help just like you and I really appreciate the help you guys have ALL given to me!

And its the number 3 back right

I've ridden on the back with Dad for many, many miles. I think it helped to mold me into who I am today and I think it is great to get kids into travel rather than video games and TV. I think after a few short rides your confidence will go up along with her experience and I think you'll have a great time

To me the only true danger of a mobile home would not be having a basement.

I can do that right away tomorrow. I tried pulling the jet screw out by doing only so far into it and tapping a torx bit into it. I drilled too far and managed to pull the threads out. So I'm pretty sure there is no head on the screw anymore

I guess where my problem is is that the threaded part of the jet is gone. I should just be able to pull out the rest of it right?

So we're talking teeny tiny torx bits! Does any one know what the size of the pilot screw stem is? I've got the head off and didn't bugger up the threads

Ok so I had it centered on the pilot screw until I took the head out. Now do I have to re center it on the stem of the pilot screw and drill into that? I just figured as soon as I got the head off the rest would follow

You're right the torx bit idea does work, but i've gone in too far and drilled through. I got the head out but I need to get the rest out. Any ideas on how to get the rest out of there?

Ok I got the head off! Now how do I get the guts out?

Yeah we can do that! They spliced the plug that goes to the speakers though so I need to get up to randolph and do a continuity check on all the wires first, and if the plug is fine then I'll PM you!

So I got my plan, I'm going to hit the little bastard with my BFH!

Hopefully they get you sorted out puc, you still got another million miles to put on these ventures!!!

How much would you like for it my good sir

That's what I was thinking too, all of the good old songs actually USED stereo!!! I'll just have to get an aMplifier? Is the amp on an 83 the same as on an 88

You're talking the amplifier right?