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Take a piece of white paper and place a drop of oil on it. If it spreads evenly there is a good chance there is no gas in the oil. If you end up with a dark center and a lighter ring around it there could be gas in the oil. Another way is to rub some oil between your thump and finger. If it remains slippery it should be OK but if feels like it is just rubbing away and loosing it's slippery feel than there is likely gas in the oil.

Now you went and done it @ragtop69gs

Wet carbs could also indicate stuck floats or needle seats, Is there any gas dripping on the ground from the overflow tubes while idling? If so you will have to remove carbs and check internally that the float and needle seat are functioning and free.

Start with checking for spark. Squirt a bit of oil in each cylinder and stick the old plugs back in and crank her over a few times to swish the oil around, (take care you do not overheat the starter several short cranks is better than one long one ). After the starter has been given a rest pull the plugs and do a compression test. If compression is good and If you have spark put some new plugs in, trickle a very tiny bit of gas in carbs and crank to see if it will fire. If it does but won't run on the carbs (assuming here that you drained all fuel and replaced with fresh fuel), you can try doing the shot gun treatment, see attachment. If that does not work remove and Overhaul the carbs. shooting the shot gun.pdf

I was doing the same. and couldn't come up with an answer . I mean who would even consider banning me

Took my bike out for its 1st out of town ride since getting it back on the road. Guess what!

A definite maybe for me. getting the time off could be a stumbling block for me. Seems I am too valuable to be allowed vacation time unlike the rest of the employees, who can get time off whenever they want.

Thankfully your on the ball @Freebird

That's because I am far too busy monitoring the air conditioning unit in my office to get involved with those other issues but they are on my list of things to get around to when time allows.

I heard he deliberately detoured around your neck of the woods. Not really sure why, but.

There are some real twisted people out there. Maney years ago I pulled into my regular gas station were a car had pulled in just a few minutes before me. The parents and the kids were getting their faces hosed down by the gas station attendant. some jerks thought it was funny to drop a car battery off the overpass over the QEW which hit their car in the center of the windshield.

Hey @Marcarl FYI! It's hard work handing out repair orders. 1- you have to pick up the phone and page a tech to the office, 2- you have to lift a piece of paper known as a repair order off the desk and hand it to him, sometimes even explain it to him. ( if your lucky you get time to catch your breath between 1 & 2 ). 3 you got to tilt the chair back so you can rest up for for the next time you have to execute 1&2. Sometimes it gets really rough you have to answer the phone to answer silly customer questions like (when do think my truck will be ready)

Today I renewed the insurance and lic plate and rode it to work.

They have it down pretty pat so I would say go for it. Ask around and find out who in your area is the most recommended.

I did the same on the advice of others before me. Some not all who settled for the basic have said the wish they had gone the extra step so I did.

I could be wrong but I think it was E4 or E6 but as stated its not a difficult fix if your handy with soldering circuit boards. As far as the actual compressor itself goes I cannot recall ever hearing of one fail on either the MKI or MKII 1st gens. Once you do repair the board add an additional support for the harness were it enters the connector which plugs into the controller and make sure the harnes itself has lots of freedom of movement. Opening and closing the door creates wire movement in the plug which contributes to the cracking of the solder joints.

I had no choice. I knew If left the rest dirty I would not hear the end of it. But thank you just the same.

My makeshift paint booth

Finally finished the repairs and repaint to the left side and rolled it out of the garage for a trial run around the neighborhood. Tomorrow I hope to get the insurance back on bike.

Unless its a Sat or Sunday I am unable to attend.

Welcome to the club. I had mine done last year and never in my life could I see so far and so clear and with so much detail. My 1st discovery was that trees had individual leaves they weren't just all green like a kids coloring book. I always had the fear if I lost my glasses whether on the motorcycle out on a horse or backpacking and/or canoeing the back country that I would be in what heck of a bind. Not any more.

@skydoc_17 ( but I'll talk to just about anybody! ) just about took you off my friend list. (I still Love you guys! ) but this last comment earned you some brownie points

Won,t work for me either as I have to work

Princess Auto and many marine stores carry blade type fuse blocks that are ideal replacements for the stock glass fuse holder. The retaining clips on those get corroded thin and weak. Try picking out a block with a few extra fuses for add on,s. Also you may want to carefully take the signal switch apart clean and lubricate it with a light electrical lubricant like ACF 50. Park the bike on an old carpet so if anything drops it won't get lost. https://www.amazon.ca/ACF-50-770153100130-ACF50-ANTI-CORROSION-369GR/dp/B016OMGR0E/ref=asc_df_B016OMGR0E/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=293033137840&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16358521859039373572&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9000858&hvtargid=pla-568295715302&psc=1