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    Morning Chop and welcome to the site. Ok, lots of things to look at here. I guess we should start at the carbs. When you set the bike up to start (key on and kill switch to run) you should hear a series of clicks from the fuel pump, priming the carb bowls. Do that cycle a few times until it don't click anymore. Then you know the fuel bowls are filled. Open the fuel bowl drains and make sure the bowls have fuel in them, and catch the gas in a glass bottle to see what else comes out. Should only be clear fuel. If that is not happening check the fuel line from the pump to the feed T at the top of the carbs. That line is probably still red if it's the original line. So 20 years old. These lines have been know to break down internally and collaspe or send tiny chunks of rubber into the carbs clogging the net filter in the carb body. More on that later. Ok, the fuel pump. These usualy fail completely, all at once. There is no kit for them so your ordering a used one is a good step forward if you need one. If it's clicking three or four seconds when you hit the key, you should be fine on that. Now you said it pumps fuel for a bit and quits. Follow the line from the input side of the pump, another possible problem hose and that runs to the fuel filter behide the pump. A bit a bear to remove if needed but possible. I replace mine every time I take the rear wheel off. Yep, that's the easy way. LOL! The fuel filter would be my first suspect. A lot of them have never been changed. Check it for rust debris, anything clogging it. Replace it no matter how it looks. Ok, if it looks like it might have rust particles in it, you may have a problem in the fuel tank. If the filter is filled with rust flakes the next filter will fill up fast also. If it is ...... remove the seat. On the top of the fuel tank there is a panel the mounts the fuel level sending unit. Four bolts and an electrical plug. Remove it and carefully look into the tank at the right side where the petcock is. Look at the pick up screens on the petcock. One on a stand pipe, the "run" pickup, and one right at the bottom of the tank, the "reserve" pickup. Both screen should be intact and undamaged and clear. Then what do you see on the bottom of the tank? Water, rust? If you have a rust problem change ALL the lines and filter and consider coating the tank interior. Ok those are about all the thing to check. If you do not find any problems with the lines, pump, filter or petcock add about half a can of Sea Foam to the fuel and cycle it into the carbs and let it sit over night and then drain the fuel bowls again and repeat the process. That will clean the gunk out of the system. There are a set of small net filters (1 built into each carb body) that can clog up also but that don't sound like your problem. Won't worry about them yet. So that's a starting point. Glad you got up early right? Like I said, I'd suspect the filter first. Good luck and let us know what you find. Mike
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    You got a fan here Jack. I did that to my old CB750 long ago. Had the fins smoothed off and sprayed the entire engine case, heads and jugs in a flat wrinkle black. Toasted all the parts in the oven to cure the wrinkle and had the fins polished to a mirror finish. Sweet! The paint and polish were cheap. The R/C Engineering parts were what caused me pain. I miss that bike. Mike
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    Sounds about right to me. I rarely use 5th gear until I'm hitting 70 mph. I've had a few interesting conversations with other riders about running down the Interstate in the 60 mph zome and then coming into the 75 mph zone. I can hear the other riders revving up and I kick it into 5th and roll away. Now I've been told by a few V-twin guys that I'm "Gonna blow that sucker up!" a few times. Nah....things like that don't cross my mind until I hit about 7,000 rpm. Love the sound of those Macs! These bikes really don't hit the power band until what?...........4,500 rpm? Mike
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    I went through something like that a while back. Just for chuckles try this. First jump the posts on the starter solenoid to see if the starter kicks in. If not.....then Run jumper cables from the negative battery post to the body of the starter. Run the positive cable from the positive battery post and tap the hot end of the positive jumper cable on the cable mounting stud on the starter itself. That should fire it right over. Of course make sure the battery is well charged. The point where the positive battery cable attaches to the mounting stud has shown to be a weak spot for me. I have to ask..... the car wasn't running when you jumped from it was it? Fine out what happens and then go from there. Mike
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    Another sucessful opration!
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    The VJMC is having a 3 day MetricFest here in Omaha this weekend for vintage bikes over 20 years old. Been tossing around the idea of putting the '84 into the Show & Shine just to see how it rates with the judges. It's not perfect but it's pretty good for its age. Be fun to hang out and see how it goes anyway. Going out Friday night to see if there are going to be any other Ventures around. Just of of curiosity Yama Mama, that kind of $$$ were they talking on that '02 Indian? Mike
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    Ok, I'm no expert on tires but I've been running Avons for the last two seasons with excellent wear. I've got about 15,000 on my both the front and rear on mine now with no issues. I noticed you stated pressure on the rear at 38 lbs. I run mine at 48 PSI cold all the time. I belive the tire states 50 lbs PSI cold. If the tire is seperating or wearing at the outter edges that would indicate low tire pressure and causing too much flex. And you are right. The wear bars was pretty much worthless from what other riders report. Once they hit the bars there may only be a few hunderd miles left on them. How many miles on yours? Mike
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    Scarylarry had a good point. Worked pretty well for me. I kept my mouth shut and took notes on everything that went on during the last 6 months of the marriage. The more she fought for and found out she couldn't get the more she fought to get something else. It got crazy. Her demands got so be so unreasonable that her lawyer finally asked the judge to allow her to withdraw as counsel right before our last hearing. The judge allowed it and gave my ex 2 weeks to find new counsel. She notified the court she would represent herself. Well...like they say ya know. It did not go well for her. I kept the home, the car, my possesions that I'd had all my life and got full custody of our 9 month old daughter. She pays support to me and she got stuck with over $23,000 worth of credit card debt that she ran up over the last few months. She had 19 credit cards I didn't even know about. Didn't see her again for over two years after the court ruled against her so it worked out pretty well for me and "da kid". She has only showed up a few times in the last 18 years so the daughter didn't have the issues to deal with between parents. That was a huge plus. Like I said, mouth shut, take goods notes and keep good records. Keep your cool as hard as it may be. I pays off in the long run. Hang in there my friend. Mike
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    Hey Bob. I don't know how far you tore down the first rotor you pulled but if you did not remove the engage clutch from it I would simply swap the rotors out intact. Should be fine. The tricky part of these things is the alignment of the engage clutch to the crankshaft when you tighten the three bolts. If it's off even a bit, it will cause the engage clutch body to work its way loose. I believe this was part of the reason for the failure on my second engage clutch. Just my thoughts on it. I know that Dano has a special plug that he uses when he installs the upgrade engage to set the alignment. You can eyeball it and get it close, and like you said you want get by for a while, but it needs to be spot on. I'd recommend new bolts also and make sure they get a solid stake when you set them. Don't want those puppies coming out. Check the springs for damaged ends and make sure they are straight. Sounds like you have some spares to choose form anyway. Sounds like the stator is on it's way out to. Damn the luck. Old engage look something like this did it? Mike
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    Only 91 degrees here in Nebraska today but the humidity is so bad you make gurgling noises when ya breath.
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    Hey Yammer... Same kit I bought. O-rings are ok, bushings would work, probably won't need the plate. Just throw out the brushes and buy better ones. Mike
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    Yepp. Good quality harmonic puller... Lots of padding under the rotor....or about a foot away actually. Lots of tension on the puller... A little propane torch heat to the hub of the rotor may help.... DO NOT BEAT ON THE ROTOR OR THE PULLER WITH THE BIG HAMMER!!! Or try my method. Tighten puller repeatedly. Heat the hub a little bit. Put big box with padding inside and set it about a foot away from the bike. Have a beer. Do NOT remove the puller! Go to bed. If you wake to the sound of a shotgun going off...the rotor is now in the box. Yep.....it worked for me. Unplanned but successful. These rotors do not slide off gently. They leave the crankshaft very suddenly. You aren't going to catch it in your hand (about 12 lbs) unless you are a catcher for a shot put team. Padding below and off to the side of the bike is important. Have fun.
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    I was thinking the same thing. Spanking and wine......
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    Hey Nate. See you made a little progress. I didn't have the washers left over. Still had the springs and spacers but tossed everything else. If you are going with the Progressives you really won't miss the anti dives at all. I just removed the short jump line from the calipers and used the short union bolt from the anti dives to attach the brake line to the caliper and cut down a flange head bolt to close off the port on the anti dive. Works just fine. If you don't like the PVC spacer in the kit for the springs you can adjust the preload with SS washers. That way you can sort of fine tune the springs by adding or subtracting washers as needed. I've changed mine around a bit over the last couple of years. The Progressives might feel a little harsh, or stiff in the beginning but they do relax a bit in time. Smooth out real nice after a couple thousand miles. Mike
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    Yep....do the upgrade!! No regrets here on mine at all. Works like a P'd off gorilla! Push the button and it's gonna turn over....no questions asked.
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    Yep.....had my fun with them. I got to tell ya what I think. Forget the kit! It has parts that would be useful if the starter was pretty much shot but more than likely will not be needed. If the kit would include the brushes....throw them out!! Take the starter out and clean it well. Clean up the armature and recut the grooves with a jewelers saw or file if needed. Inspect the bushings and lube them. THEN.....spend the money on a set of OEM brushes or a high quality replacement set! I rebuilt my starter when I first got the bike and used a set of brushes I found on eBay and much to my regret even advised others to the low cost brushes. Did all the things I mentioned above and the starter worked great. For a while..about a season and a half. I was having engage clutch issues myself and the starter got a workout for sure. I did the battery cable upgrade, added a DEKA AGM battery, R/R, fuse panel, upgrade stator and even did the upgrade engage clutch that Squeeze came up with. Then added the clutch upgrade to boot as the bike was doing so well. Then BANG!! No power to the starter. Nuttin. Chased everything through the system and found I had power to the starter end of the cable but the starter was not firing over. Pulled the starter and found the brushes to be burnt to a crisp. The OEM brushes that came out of the bike were only half worn down after 25 years. The 1 1/2 year old "cheap" brushes were gone. Period. The armature was burned beyond use. I had to buy another starter. I was lucky and Skydoc_17 saved my bacon and set me up with a 4 brush unit. The discount brushes were most certainly the cause of the failure. Just low quality. The OEM brushes are a bit pricey on this side at about $28.00 each. Well......it would have saved me some grief to spend money on the good stuff the first time. These starters are built tough enough for sure. A good cleaning and a little money on a good set of brushes should see you through. Now if you find the engage clutch to be slipping or chattering....talk to Squeeze. He can help set you up with the upgrade. That lil monster alone is one of the best changes I have made to my bike. And Dingys got a good thread here somewhere about doing the additional ground on the brush plate. Highly recommended. I have no worries anymore as to being stranded away from home because the bike won't start. But that is just my opinion. Mike
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    This is causing quite a stir locally. People here are not happy with the situation. It just gets sadder as it goes along. "BELLEVUE, Neb. -- http://www.ketv.com/images/structures/buttons/button_enlarge.gif http://www.ketv.com/2010/0728/24420851_240X180.jpg Shirley Phelps-Roper outside a Sarpy County courtroom. The widow of a Nebraska soldier killed in action is furious by a Bellevue's decision to pay thousands to the woman who protested at the funeral. Dee Bailey is also protesting the decision by federal judge to block the state's flag mutilation law, which let the protester, Shirley Phelps-Roper, largely off the hook. "It just infuriates me that she's allowed to stomp on a flag, the flag that my husband gave his life for," Bailey said. Bellevue's city attorney said settling the lawsuit with Phelps-Roper was in the best interest of the city. Bellevue paid $17,000 to the woman on Tuesday. The decision came a week after the federal judge permanently blocked the flag mutilation law, calling it unconstitutional. "You don't get to violate people's constitutional rights -- it might cost you something," Phelps-Roper told KETV NewsWatch 7 over the phone. The funeral for Bailey's husband, William Bailey, took place in June of 2007. Bailey and her family were physically protected from Phelps-Roper and her group, the Westboro Baptist Church, during the funeral. But three years later, the emotional protection is gone, Bailey said. "I was just enraged, like why should we have to pay her money?" she said. She said she doesn't want to take away the church's freedom of speech rights; she just wants them unable to protest at funerals. Phelps-Roper, however, said she'll use the payment to fund her protests. "We're going to use it to get this message before the face of this nation," she said. Bailey said she disagrees with the settlement, but that she understands the city had to do what was necessary. She said she believes the flag desecration law should stand. "That federal judge, to give her the right to stomp on that flag, it's … I know he's appointed. I wish there was a way to get him voted out or something. I just don't know where we can go from here," Bailey said. Bellevue's administrator declined to comment on the matter. The city attorney who made the settlement, Patrick Sullivan, didn't return calls requesting comment. Phelps-Roper still faces charges of negligent child abuse and disturbing the peace. Her attorney said he has filed a motion to recoup attorney fees and costs." I'll be adding another flag to go with my American Flag soon. And I'll be collecting flags from anyone not treating them with the proper respect. Enough is enough. Mike
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    I'll take a look in my old, "Keep it for Reference" stash and see if I still have the old washers from when I did mine. If nothing else they could be matched up with new stuff from the local hardware store. The waves are pretty easy to find but I can't rememebr how thick the center washer was. Not very thick. Mike
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    Hi Nate, The washers are basically a lock washer setup. Keeps things from working loose. When I did mine the washers were pretty well crushed and broken. Always replace them anyway. I'd make sure to install them when you put it back together. Have you checked with the guys over at Johnson Cycle yet on rather or not they have them in stock. If not....maybe our one and only skydoc_17 can help ya out. Probably run into you sooner or later. I'm always passing through Fremont when I'm out roaming around. Mike
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    I have to stop reading the news. It's not good for my blood pressure. I realize this may be like throwing a gernade into a vat of gasoline so it may not last long but I had so say something. And this happened in the city that is home to Offut Air Force Base. "BELLEVUE, Neb. -- An Omaha suburb has paid a member of a Kansas church that protests at soldiers' funerals $17,000. In exchange, Shirley Phelps-Roper has dropped her lawsuit against Bellevue. The settlement with Westboro Baptist Church, which says troop deaths are punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality, was signed last week. The church said it shows that responding to public anger by taking action against it costs taxpayers. City attorney Michael Polk didn't respond to a message seeking comment. Phelps-Roper was arrested during a 2007 protest in Bellevue after she and her son allegedly mutilated the U.S. flag. The settlement was signed the same day a federal judge, with agreement from Attorney General Jon Bruning, permanently stopped the flag-mutilation law from being enforced. They said it's unconstitutional." (this latest ruling was that these people can NEVER be arrested in Nebraska for defacing the American Flag.) And that's all I'm gonna say about that. I'm going to go grind my teeth some more. Mike
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    Now this incident brought up a question I had for my sign language instructor. If a person that signs loses part of a finger.....would that cause a lisp? I had to ask. Never got an answer. They were laughing too hard. Was just wondering ya know.
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    If ya can't find the dual's.......
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    The provider I was with all this time was Cricket. Ok.....not a great provider but I liked the fact that they had fixed rates that allowed unlimited everything. For a cell phone for a young teenage girl....perfect! I had friends that had war stories that would curl your hair about the bills their young kids ran up on overage charges. For $45.00 a month she could yak and text to her hearts content. I got mine on the same deal as I'm deaf as a stone and can not use a regular phone. Thus....I entered the world of text messaging. I finally had a good communication link with my daughter at all times. Three months ago I bought her a new phone with all the bells and whistles. About $300.00. She loved it. Been working great. So anyway...I came home yesterday and her phone was acting up. She could not receive incoming calls or text messages. She could send and call out but nothing was coming in. I called and sent text to it and it showed that her message box was full and all the calls were going directly to voice mail. Box was emply and all resoures were wide open and showing available. So off the store. They checked the phone and found it be acting oddly and it got worse the more they played with it. They say that isn't right. Well Duh! So just replace the danged thing! Well... they say they can't do that. It's still in warrenty so what's the problem? In their opinion......the phone was damaged. What was damaged? The paint on the body, under the protective cover that THEY installed the day I bought it was scratched.....by the protective cover! It was worn where the cover rubbed. Now according to them the phone must be in "Like New" condition to be covered under warrenty. So the answer was to replace the phone. That is out of my pocket! Another $300.00 for a new phone to replace a less than 90 day old phone that had rub marks on the paint UNDER the protective cover. Now I may be out of line on this but I called BS! The phone was not receiving inbound signals because the paint was worn? Get real! What a BS way to not warrenty a new phone. So I'm done with them. I've had Sprint years back when I was traveling every month coast to coast. Great coverage....lousy customer support. Not likely I'll got back to them. The folks around here cuss AT&T pretty regular. Not real excited about them. Been reading the fine print and plan details on the Verison stuff all night and the details are a little fuzzy on the text "data" charges as far as how many text massages would be included in the rate. I only use text because on my hearing. She thrives on it with the friends. If they are limiting the data too much that could be an issue. It's really about all either one of use. So I'm still shopping. And still a bit miffed at what happend today. My daughter is still alive but semi comatose. She went out with some girlfriends as she needed to be "with somebody who understands". Well at least she talking to them instead of tip tapping away at a keypad. Who knows....she might get used to it. I mean dang....actually talking to people! Who woulda thunk? LOL!
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    I hope there was LOT of money involved in the bet he won. I mean a LOT of money!
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    You done ok. I got one of those 3:00 am wake up calls a few years ago to come over to the in-laws house and find the Dad-In-Laws thumb. Nuttin like an 85 year old insomniac with power tools. Geesh. Looks like all the pieces are there so you should be in good shape. Might sting for a while though. Heal well and heal fast. Mike
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