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THANK YOU for keeping the prayers happening my eternal brother Sly (it goes both ways but I think you KNOW that),,, without that prayer support the enjoying our time together would have been long since passed! That cutie with the AK is DEFINITELY a keeper! She is the actually the one who noticed the Museum and thought best we turn around and check it out = FOR SURE,, my kinda cutie too!! Look carefully at her stance and site line of the pic of her pulling a bead with the AK,,, she may look innocent enough but I would DEFINITELY not want to be a bad guy on the receiving end of her taking a stand if she ever needed too!! Yea it is AMAZING the things one finds while out goofing off CTFW and chasing the wind.. Sometimes I think I am related to "Little Joey" in the "Family Circus" cartoon Vaz,,, you know,, the kid who his mom sends out for a news paper and he spends all day doing everything BUT getting a news paper ... You are more than welcome on the post brother,, here is part 2 of the museum,,, FACINATING place to see and definitely worth the stop if you meander up that way,,, by the way,, TOTALLY free admission AND,, GET THIS YOU GUYS = $5 GENUINE Military Ammo Cans of ALL sizes!!!!!!!!!! Also the place is "manned" by Veterans who are still volentering to serve their country.. Place is amazing!! Part 2

I am not a longgg in the inseam as you Spence (6'1" here) but was fairly close to your weight at one time (before I broke my back and had to loose 50 pounds to get put back on my feet) and also one who was never able to enjoy forward controls (other than my Choppers,, I did LOVE the feet forward on the long bikes).. That said,, one of my favorite tricks to make life on the road for me/us,, was to get rid of the fair lowers on my 1's so I could stretch out when needed.. Turned a 12 hour bike into an easy 16 to 20 hour CTFW monster no problem!! Then take a set of clamp on foot pegs and mount em on the crash bars in just the right location for the passenger so they are comfortable too:thumbsup:!! For touring or even dirt scootin,, it has always been mid controls for me,, always found them much easier for decent control in emergencies or serious cornering competition.. I think if it were me I would chase down a late model MK2 and convert it back to the clam shells for bags.. Get a nice one so ya aint gotta hassle with the 2nd gear issues, cracked frames and all that stuff of the 83's.. I have fired a few shots of long distance CTFW on the 83's (and 1 84) and they always got me and the wife/kids home with very little worry BUT I had to get my hands dirty more than once to do so (way of life brother,, way of life).. Personally though,,, after 56 years of torturing scoots,, making em do things they really didnt want to do (like short shifting MK1's, skipping a blown second gear to get the last 200,000 miles out of em LOL),, I honestly LOVED em all but gotta say,, I never did meet one that didnt have to be worked on every now and then... Speaking of Beemers,, I think VanRiver (wassup Riv?) is riding a Beemer now.. As I recall, he rescued one,, did his thing with it to get er on er feet and has been VERY impressed.. Not sure what model but if he chimes in I am SURE he will shoot square and from the hip with ya... Riv's a lot like I am though in that I KNOW he has never met a scoot he didnt LOVE = ye be warned:missingtooth:.. Here's a couple of my corny vids that you may or may not find interesting..

Hugged Tweeksis and Maggie REAL good as I was unpacking from our journey west !! Both of them had that "where ya been ya varmint? Better take me for ride before our carbs go solid" look on their faces for sure!!!!

Talking shooters and things that go BOOM, this museum in Hawthorne NV was absolutely AMAZING!! Turned into an all day event during our Honeymoon!!! Got another video of what is inside the building - got er cooking as I type!!! Everything from small arms to Nuclear Bombs...

Been out CTFW's Roller,,, hope you got er straightened around brother!!!

Absolutely DID NOT have a clue on this one brother,,, not a clue.. I even asked Tip, smartest person I ever met, who knows wayyy more about the History of Politics than I ever will and she couldn't pull it either,,, simply said "I would have NEVER of guessed that" when I showed her.. Wayyyy cool knife there Bro! Lucky it dont have more than two blades there my friend,,, I think High Capacity Knives are illegal out there :witch_brew::stirthepot::stirthepot::guitarist 2::guitarist 2::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:sign yeah that::sign yeah that::sign yeah that: And WOWZY WOW WOW WOW,,, another fantastic answer to prayer :clap2: Hey Sly,, tell Jana that Tip and I covet your prayers too my eternal brother and here is double :bighug::bighug:from each of us,,, WELCOME HOME SISTER!!! :scratchchin:,, rats,, just another one!! That's ok though,,, knowing our sweet brother Bongo,, he's up there at us saying atta boy guys,,, your doing me proud!!! Nanana Carl,, nooo penalty box this time

ANSWER TO PRAYER RIGHT THERE ^^^^^^^^^^ :thumbsup::thumbsup: OUTSTANDING my brother!!!! Sooo glad you are able to get out and enjoy your new scoot = YOU deserve it!!

I wave at everything from kids on Mopeds to geezers on geezer Glides,,,, Hell Angels on Choppers to sweet little old ladies with their side cars full of groceries, street legaled lop eared varmints on dirt bikes and even speed demons on full blown liter sport bikess,,, yep,, its been a lifelong flaw in my charechtor = always that happy to be part of the two wheeled crowd.. :biker::biker:

Be even better if we was sitting with feet propped up, knawing on a bucket of Butternut Ice Cream and watching the auction action!!

,, nooo,,,, take that back,,,, maybe that 8195 installed Pay no attention to the Puc behind the puter curtain,,, he knows nothing about trikes

If it does, according to the Hannigan site it adds $1100 to the $8195 uninstalled (if I am reading this correctly and I got a gut feeling I am) list price for a new Hannigan "kit".. This is really good read my eternal brother Sly,, check it out = http://www.hannigantrikes.com/products/yamaha-royal-star-venture-tour-deluxe-conversion/ By the way,, good morning my friend!! Please remember us in your prayers for our upcoming adventure as I will be yours too = THANKS!!

Now THAT is what I was talking about :guitarist 2:!! We are talking HANNIGAN here folks!! Is this Carl minus the beard? Let er rip brother!!!

Ya BUT,, it was still fun ya this mornin

Prayers Up for your tooth brother,, never fun!!! Here's one that hopefully will cheer ya up some and make ya smile when remembering it while sitting in the dentist chair under the gas,,,,

Corner shmorener,, tighten the screws and take er to 12 :mo money::mo money:

A stone caught in the tire tread? Smack the rear brake caliper with a rubber mallet so the pads are farther from the rotor and try it.. Grease the drive hub fingers and check the wheel bearings while in there messing around..

May do another in house auction like with the trike!

IMHO, moving freely in the guides is one thing, sealing on the valve seats is a whole nuther subject. If the valves are pitted from rust gathering there is very little chance of them lapping themselves back in to create a good seal.. What eventually will probably happen if they are pitted and/or have a build up of rust holding them open a little) on you run it on them is you will burn the valves.. Another option IMHO would be running the engine on the other 3 good jugs that have clean valves (I would check them too first and make sure the valves are sealing properly on them) leaving the plug out on the bad one. Spray PB into the #4 as its being operated by the three good pots and see if doing so wouldnt give the rusted valves a chance to reseal without combustion so they cant burn. Years ago I took a spark plug and gutted it and stuck a shrader valve in it to use for leak down testing. Worked great.. Just run the piston to TDC on the compression stroke, hold the crank with a wrench so it couldnt spin when I hit it with air, shoot 40 psi in it and let it sit for a few minutes to see if it held. Bad valves were REAL easy to find like this as they would "whistle" - good easy test to show my customers whether or not they needed a valve job. You could do something similar and then pull the plugs, expose the crank rotor nut so you could put a drill motor on the crank, spin the engine while keeping the valves moist with PB or some other lube with rust remover.. After a few minutes of running the engine without it actually running you could put some air on #4 and see if its still leaking.. Never know,, might work,, definitely better than just starting it and smoking the valves IMHO..

If health were not a factor on my end other things could have been arranged,, to the tune of a Puc's Delivery service in action cause I gotta Grandson out there who is about to have his first B-Day but indeed,,, a Condor and Puc's Road Show would work just as well :crackup:

Forget what I wrote about misting em with gas/oil mix,, I just reread your post and see where you lubed em with PB Blaster,,, attal' do just fine! I would still make sure the fuel was Top Tier though,, cant hurt.. CAN NOT WAIT TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS!!! :You_Rock_Emoticon:

That roll pin you are pointing at is the locater pin and keeper for a plastic bypass tunnel to transfer anti-freeze. If you look horizontally behind the spark plug you can see the face of the plastic tunnel. The tunnel tube is removable (they can be a pugnacious little buggers to get out because there are o-rings that seal it) by removing the spark plug, pulling the roll pin and grabbing the exposed fin on the face and turning it/pulling it. If you start having misfiring and discover you are getting water/anti-freeze collecting around the plug - this is the first place I would check.. Just an FYI. If @StevenG was still around he would be well pleased to hear what I am about to mention. If it were mine and was concerned about the rust formation on the valves I would do a compression test on it to make sure the rust had not formed on the face of the valves = possibly creating a leak which would not be good. I would also take my cheapy bore scope (bought it off ebay for 10 bucks, works pretty dog gone good!! I grabbed the one with the 10 foot lead so I could check drains and stuff if I wanted. No idea how much they are now but it was well worth 10 bucks, came with software too), roll the piston up on the intake stroke so the valve was open and look at the face of the valves just for kicks. Slight rust dusting is not that uncommon on valve faces/stems on the intakes after setting for long periods as the intakes run pretty dry, especially with no-lead 10 percent alcohol fuel running over em. As long as I didnt see stalagtites hanging from em I would not be too concerned. To my knowledge these V-4's do not have valve over lap ground into the cam profiles so scavenging is not a factor but you also do not have the benefit of burned gases keeping the valve and stem coated IMHO. Personally,, if the rust was just a dusty look to it, I would probably mix two stroke oil and gas at mix common for a dirt bike/chain saw,, maybe 30 to 1,, in a spray bottle and spray the mix into the intakes as I was rolling the bike over before starting it - dont hydro lock it,, just enough to dampen em up. I would also make sure that the fresh gas I was putting into the tank was "Top Tier" fuel so I knew it had a good detergent assisting in rust dust removal.. Give it every chance to survive any rust that may have built up on the valve faces and stems..

Will be watching and waiting in great anticipation my friend!! that all goes according to plan!! Soooo much fun bringing these beasts back to health = GOOD ON YA FOR JUMPING IN WITH BOTH FEET AND GETTIN ER DONE!! I gotta gut feeling that your big award is right around the corner:7_2_102[1]:

Sounds awesome!! I did a little digging and found this thread = https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?33290-Proper-way-to-measure-valve-clearances/page3&highlight=valve+adjustment which on page three has some fairly good pics of the cam/valve/journal arrangement. I noticed the plugs on the cam journal caps you are speaking of. I also noticed the exposed holes on tops of those caps and thought they were potentially entrances into the journals to capture oil as I mentioned previously but after noticing the plugs you are referring to it dawned on me that those openings are probably threaded internally and used to hole the covers on. All that said, it appears that the cam/journal set up is of the line-bored = cam to aluminum journals/saddles but are in fact part of the pump system = EXCELLENT!! You did good though brother,, good on ya for checking!! I would hit the jugs with a 1/4 teaspoon of Marvel Mystery oil (I use a syringe for this) and roll it with the starter after buttoning up the cam area - plugs OUT and grounded. Couple minutes of that I would do the same with 1/4 teaspoon of raw fuel on top of the Marvel and spin it again.. If it spins fast enough to dampen the spark plug area's that would be AWESOME - keep the plugs away from their holes so you dont get ignition.. Spin it till it stops misting Marvel/fuel mix. Cycle the fuel pump with kill switch a few times to fill the bowls and start er up.. CANT WAIT TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS!

Exactly but before I did that I would do some digging and determine whether the top end has line bored journals or if it has actual bearings. I would also check and see whether or not those journals (if it has them) are part of the oil pump system that the pump is actually delivering oil under pressure to. What I have done in the past is pull valve adjustment covers and/or valve covers and squirt the same oil I would be using in the crankcase across the cam as I rotated the camshaft with either the starter or a drill motor attached to the crank. I have never had the top end of a venture apart so I really do not know what the cam/journal/bearing lubrication arrangement is therein.. While waiting for someone with much more knowledge on the V-4 to respond here, I will do a little digging in the shop manual and VR tech site to see if I can determine what arrangement you are dealing with. You may want to do the same..