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  1. SilvrT
    Ditto on the tires! Mine whined on right hand curves at higher speed (ie. 40-50 mph & up) ... Had a reasonably good Venom X ... got a nail in it so changed it to new one...same kind... whine gone... got about 8K on it now... whine is coming back.
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    so does this mean in all aspects of your life... you'll be swinging to the left?
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    well, it's got wheels on it... I guess ya could TOW it !
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    Speaking of which, what's the "normal interval" one should consider syncing the carbs? It's good if you have your own carb-sync tool...you can check it any time you want but when you've gotta take it to a dealer or get a buddie who has the sync tool, one would not want to be doing that every other day (so to speak).
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    the first quote sounds more realistic to me. I've only had carbs sync'd once and that was on my last scoot (the '85 VR) way back when I got it (around 2000). Seems to me it cost around your first quote figure at that time. Based on the time and current shop rates around here, that's pretty much in-line. (just my 2 cents)
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    COOL!!!... my question is tho... how the heck do you carry that JACK around with ya?
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    heck, I'd GIVE mine to ya.... but then, my scoot would fall over ! .... sorry ;-)
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    .... and you know this... HOW??? :witch_brew:
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    I concur... mine is around 4200 @ 75mph yet my '85 would be closer to 3600 or somewhere around that so I'm thinking my rear end is from a vmax. Ok...Ok... not "MY" rear end... the bike's!! geeez
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    That's about 3.38 US quarts. What is the MFG's advertized capacity?... seems that's appx the max you'd put in to fill `er to the top mark?? Is it possible when you ran it up, you didn't wait long enuf for the oil to drain back down, and when you checked it again, it had.
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    hmmmmmmm D for deluxe, T for touring... now who'da thunk that! thanks!
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    heck...we battle all the time If many of them are being sold thru eBay, then THAT is the MARKET I would think?? Any adjuster worth his/her paycheque will most certainly low-ball any write-offs .... I wouldn't trust them...don't take their first offer. just mho (aka 2 cents)
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    Hey... no problemo my friend... I wasn't raggin on ya! Frankly tho,,, I'm surprised you don't have an answer....you're a walking technical library if I ever saw one :thumbsup2:
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    I've heard that flushing with diesel fuel is a good idea. Drop the old oil, replace with diesel fuel ... start her up for a minute or so... drain that... put some cheap oil in....run it until normal operating temp, drain that oil & filter and then put new filter and proper oil in. Any truth to this?
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    Years ago when I used to pull wrenches and pump gas, I had this regular customer who drove a Mercedes deisel. He would regularly add some ATF to the fuel to clean the injectors.
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    Second response to this... seems the system totally lost my first one... Anyway, I was wondering at what point in the sight glass the oil level would be when we might be in danger of oil foaming and possible engine damage (or would it be so low we wouldn't even see it)?
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    I am the kind of guy who is...what should I say... difficult??? I question a lot of things and don't always accept "simple" answers, especially when there's still a question in my mind, not completely answered. That being said, why then would there be a DT and a T ... there HAS to be some reason....
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    From what I've found, there is .... XVZ13DT XVZ13DTC XVZ13T XVZ13TC I'd be interested in knowing what the differences are.
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    Lately I've noticed something peculiar and was wondering if others out there experience the same or am I just experiencing something coincidental. With this scoot and my '85, I've generally brought the oil level up to somewhere between half and the top mark on the sight glass. Due to other readings on this sight related to oil level and oil leakage/seeping, etc... I've been allowing the oil to go below the middle point...almost as low as the bottom mark. Cool... I don't get any oil leakage anywhere any more but I've also noticed that the whole engine seems to run a LOT quieter, smoother, and seems quicker. Anyone else notice this?
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    ok... dumb question here... or maybe I'm just not thinking -but- what does zinc in the oil have to do with a catalytic convertor?
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    VERY COOL! ... except for one thing .... those chrome pipes look totally out of place! I think yellow pipes would be awesome!
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    one should never ass-u-me ..... LOL I never took any rider courses but I'd wonder if they even teach that method. My son never heard of it and he's just finished taking his M/C course to get his license... neither had his buddy who took the same course althought that guy had been riding off and on for a few years already. Have to chuckle tho... I'm trying to teach my son how to shift that way but for some reason, he's afraid to... I guess just not enuf riding experience... lack of confidence a bit still. I've been doing it so long I can't even remember when I first learned how but at least as far back as my Honda 500-4 which was over 30 years ago.
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    cool.. thanks for sharing this info from the book... that's pretty much how I do the shift without the clutch...preload the shift lever...quick "back-off" the throttle ... tranny pops into next gear... roll back on the throttle. It doesn't take much of a "back-off" on the throttle either but I've found to make sure you have a good pre-load and follow through fully on the shift lever when the upshift occurs.
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    Tell us more pls....
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    Yes, there should be gaskets there. Don't get them directly from Yamaha as they aren't cheap... try and find some off eBay or somewhere else...maybe another member here has extras. Also, I use a little "exhaust gasket cement" on mine coz mine are old and getting worn so when I take my mufflers off, I apply some of this stuff when I reinstall them just to ensure no leakage occurs.
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