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Way to go Carl now you went and got him all upset and emotional like

When it comes to spring The ground hog, may error once in a very blue moon and sometimes the Robins, may arrive a tad early. But come on. The Toronto Maple Leafs were on the golf course (a guaranteed sign of spring) and yet this morning my motorcycle was covered in snow. How is this possible:think:

Now what gives you the notion that we would consider being called Cunucks, an insult. We are proud to be Cunucks. Now its a good thing that despite being fiesty we are also extremely tolerant. If we really got ticked off we would invade your soil like locusts eating all the ICE CREAM in our path. Should that ever happen you would be in real trouble because you would now have to face BIG TOM and explain as to why you kicked the sleeping dog, and caused an ice cream drought. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.

Hey not all of us are retired. Some of us still work 10 hour shifts and don't have all day to sit and read VR.org. Plus it took me what little available time I had to read through Carls long long story. It was so long you would almost think he was standing up at the front of a meet and eat and telling it.

Hold on just one minute there. I was looking forward to going to Ground Hugger's for a visit. It was Carl who changed the destination saying that due to the delay and the time it was getting to be that it was probably too late to get Ice Cream at Hugger's now and if there was no ice cream it was not worth going, so he switched to ice cream plan B I would have still been happy to just visit. Ice cream or not

Happy Birthday Robbin.

Well although this was not my first ride of 2014 it was the first Non-Solo ride for Carl and me yesterday, going out for about a 3-4 hour ride. Since we were on Carl's turf, I let Him lead. Welllll, True to Form Carl managed to squeeze in, an out of the way coffee and food stop, a mechanical failure, mis-direction, change of destination (thrice), the all famous U-turn (ok not so famous since it did not include a barnyard tour) and last but not least an Ice Cream stop. So yes I can honestly say Carl is in prime shape to do another tour, as ride captain for yet another season of group rides. Ohh I forgot He did leave out a dirt road But 5 0ut 0f 6 ain't bad

Happy Birthday Annie. May whatever you wished for when you blew out those few candles on your cake come true.

You are absolutely right, I just thought I would throw it in as an added point of interest. Believe it or not although we have the equipment at work, I do have techs working with me that do not realize that a battery load tester is useful for more than just load testing battery's. Sad but true.

Hey Goose could this be applied to setting float levels on 1st gen MKII carbs as well? The manual only shows how to set them wet on the bike which is a pain because of accessability to the drain plugs with the carbs mounted. The other alternative seems to maybe check them wet with the carbs sitting level on the bench while gravity feeding gas to the carbs from a container perched high above the carbs.

Flyinfool's test procedure above is a very good one. One thing you could add (but not a necessity) if you want to know amp output of your stator and you have a carbon pile style load tester handy, is the test below. connect positive and negative clamps to the battery and the inductive amp clamp on the ground wire coming from the battery (these clamps can be directional so you may have to clamp it in one direction for the first reading and reverse direction for the second reading). With the key on and but engine not running note the amps on the amp scale. Reverse direction of the clamp (if needed) and start the engine With the engine running at 2000 rpm turn the knob on the carbon pile to load the battery until you pull it down to 12 volts and note the amp reading. Add the amp readings from lines 2 and 4 together. this will give you the amp output of your stator @ 12 Volts @ 2000 RPM. This test and can also be performed using a separate inline amp meter of sufficient capacity connected between the ground cable and battery post and separate voltmeter and carbon pile connected across the battery terminals.

the whine is there to let people know your coming so they are not frightened when you come up from behind ad blow by them. Its the closest thing to a siren that Yamaha could install without breaking any laws.

Venture riders yes but more so because of the farm land detour .......I'll bet that first one leading was named Carl.

Just Picked up a set of Dunlop EIII's from Zedno's in Kitchener last month and installed them on my 89. Rode the bike on Sat. and so far I like them. They cost me $350.00 for the pair.

Anyone ever use it in their final drives and if so what is your opinion?

Thank God this thread started so close to spring and that spring is around the corner. Otherwise there would be no end to this thread. A whole winters worth of trying to get the last thread in. :backinmyday:Its getting like a married couple situation with everyone trying to get in the last word. Sure glad I'm not like that. :backinmyday:I know when to stop. Makes no sense to drag things on. Otherwise it would just go on forever. I learned a long time ago when enough was enough. :backinmyday:Yep so that's why I never go on about stuff. I just know when to call it quits. :backinmyday:Just know when there is nothing more to be said. Just plain know when to stop before things get out of hand..................

Don't hold your breath waiting. Like the Eveready I hope to keep going and going and going.

So you admit it........I'm not old after all but rather ....still a young man.

Ahhhh now you know that aint gonna happen..l'm always willing to pass on a good hug on to any girl that may feel left out. Oh and thanks for the riff ---Much appreciated.

Yeh Thanks a lot Camos. In the end all you accomplished was setting me up for another POKE by Marcarl all because I failed to see the initial date. On the other hand the info I posted in response still holds true RE: were and how much I paid for the decka battery last year (2013 to clarify). Worth looking into if anyone here in southern Ontario is in the market for a battery.

Like a few others I had my suspicions, hoping all the while that I was wrong. I am extremely happy that the two of you, have decided to continue your life together. My wife and I ,many long years ago also hit a bad rough patch. But with faith caring and a whole lot of give and take we managed to save our marriage. It didn't happen overnight and sometimes the road felt like a long rough ride but we got through it. This year we will be celebrating 37 years of marriage and not once have I regretted putting forth the effort we put in to saving it. Here is to a happy future together for both of you. And my the Lord bless you both with eternal happiness and strength.

Not to rain on you. But a note of caution here is that there is no way of knowing were they end up when they die and a pet dog or cat can get seriously sick if they get hold of one. My Dogs will eat a squirrel, dead or fresh caught if they get hold of one.

The only reason she sleeps so well back there is because she dead tired and worn out from harassing all the male members when she is off the bike.

Well you did say you just learned-----You did not say you figured it out for yourself.

For us its the black ones. Red squirrls in my area are extremely rare.