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K1 and K2 have somewhat different effects.

I started feeling pressure in my chest when I went on my 50 minute rapid walks around the subdivision and it slowly got worse. I had tried statins but the side effects were unacceptable. Two years ago, I was told that two of my heart arteries were 85% plugged and the 3rd was 65% plugged. And they were plugged almost evenly all the way down to the capillaries what they normally see in diabetic patients. My heart's pumping efficiency was normal. The heart muscles were just not getting enough blood flow. Bypass operations were probably useless and they inserted 3 stents which may have helped a little. Anyway, I got serious about taking statins and took rosuvastatin even though it made my arthritis worse. Now it is 2 years later and I was about the same. 6 weeks ago I started taking Vitamin K2 which is supposed to help prevent and maybe reduce the buildup in arteries. After about 2 weeks, I noticed that I can be more active before I start feeling angina. It's a very noticeable difference. The brand I'm taking is "Doctors Best". I don't know if that is the best brand but it seems to be working for me. I felt that this is important enough to share with my friends on venturerider. It's giving me some hope of living a more normal life. I'm 77 if you don't know. I remember from years ago that Suzanne Somers said that if you take Vitamin K2 you will never have hardening of the arteries. She got breast cancer years ago and did a lot of research into supplements and health remedies. I think she even wrote a book on the subject. She is 75 now and her husband is 82 and she claims they have sex all the time with the help of hormones.

My new computer with Windows 10 did not allow me to load my Office 2007 programs. It came with Microsoft 365 but you have to pay annually to use office if you choose that option. The other option which I chose was to go to Best Buy and pay for a one time use of Office that downloads from the internet. I also bought a portable DVD drive since my new computer did not come with one. They have to keep the money coming in. They can't let you use what you have already paid for.

Check the compression just to make sure the engine is healthy. It's not unusual for the fuel pumps to have issues on these 2nd Gens. I suppose I would suspect the diaphragms in the carbs but you said you rebuilt them.

What year bike is it?

I spray penetrating oil into my 2 stroke outboard's cylinders over the winter.

Unscrew the spark plug caps and look for green stuff on the spark plug wires. The connections are not moisture proof and the copper core wires corrode. Usually you can cut off a half inch or so of the wire to get rid of the green corrosion and screw the caps back on. While you are at it, check the cap resistance. The stock caps are about 9k ohms and the aftermarket NGK caps are 5k ohms.

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The tank on my 85ZN700 is rusty. When I bought it in 2009 with 1k miles on it, I sloshed the gas around and dumped it to get the rust particles out and put a filter in the line and I've never had a problem as far as I know with rust clogging up the carbs. They will clog up easily if it sits for a while but with a 700cc engine with 4 carbs the passages are really tiny and it doesn't take much sludge to plug something. I keep Gumout with PEA in the gas which helps this issue. My 2 cents.

It was 70 degrees with the sun shining so the wife and I took the 18' boat out fishing in the inland waterway. Seems the fish are larger this time of the year. We caught 6 keeper Whiting ranging up to 18", some smaller perch, a black drum, a puffer, a very large crab, and 5 sharks that ranged from 2' to 3'. We threw everything back. Whiting are tasty in my opinion but we usually don't keep anything we catch. On the way back to the marina, we stopped to watch a pod of dolphins swim by. It was a great day on the water, perhaps the last time this year.

Hey, you can tour the world with that bike!! Or at least this guy does! https://c90adventures.co.uk/

I recently bought a new HP computer because my old Toshiba Satellite is about 10 yrs old and has a few issues. The new one came with Windows 10 but when I booted it, I was given the option of upgrading to Windows 11. I chose not to for now. I only use my computer for the forums and watching youtube videos mostly and paying bills on line. I do enjoy watching historical videos and auto/truck/motorcycle mechanic videos since I've been a shadetree mechanic all of my life.

I would put a bottle of Gumout for high mileage engines in the gas tank, or Chevron Techron

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You might want to call pinwall cycles. They salvage a lot of bikes and usually sell the parts on ebay but sometimes they have stuff that doesn't get on ebay.

Yeah, they are much easier to work on than the RSV in most cases. I think I removed 21 screws to change my headlight bulb and about 28 to replace the air filters on my RSV.

You might want to check the valve adjustment. My ZN700 needed adjustment at 6,000 miles. A couple valves had 0 clearance. And the timing chain may need adjustment. Mine has the automatic adjustment and the springs in it needed replacement. This video may be helpful if you decide to adjust the valves.

You might want to reconsider using Sintered brake pads for the rear. The RSV rear brakes tend to be on the too powerful side stock. Increasing the rear braking could be making the bike more dangerous to ride.

The Ultra bulb only lasted a few minutes or seconds maybe so I don't think touching it could make it fail that quickly because it didn't have enough time to heat up. I put my volt meter on the battery connections and it was normal voltage at 14.2 volts and stable idling and revved up so I don't think that was the issue. Maybe it had been dropped as Marcarl said. Don't know. If I start riding at night, I'll probably get an LED like RDawson uses. Sylvania expects the Ultra to last 100 hours and the standard bulb 1100 hours so that's a big difference.

Come on joe biden! 🙂He was asking about Korean made K&L parts. I haven't seen any yet, only Japanese. I would trust either.

I've used K&L parts several times but they were made in Japan.

I just finished installing the new basic H4 headlight bulb and I now have a headlight again on my RSV. The Sylvania Ultra bulb's both filaments were burned out. I don't think I even rode the bike after installing the Ultra. When I tried to ride it later, the bulb burned out. It couldn't have lasted more than a very few minutes. Don't buy an Ultra!!

Today I checked the headlight fuse- good. I checked the charging voltage to make sure it wasn't super high-good. I tried removing the bulb from the back and got the wiring disconnected, the rubber boot off, but had trouble getting the spring flipped so the bulb will come out. I'll probably split the fairing again to make sure I don't break something. I went to Walmart and bought the cheapest H4 bulb this time that is supposed to last 1100 hours for 10 bucks. I checked the ultra package and it said it was guranteed for 12 months and most people averaged 100 hours of use per year. Anyway, I had thrown away my receipt and package for the ultra so I just lost that $25 plus tax. So, my advice is that if you buy the Sylvania Ultra bulb, save your receipt.

Well folks, I backed the RSV out today to go for a ride and I noticed the low beam wasn't working. I switched to high beam and it flashed and went off. So, it appears that my new Sylvania ultra bulb only lasted a few minutes. I haven't looked into it yet. Maybe it's something stupid like the connection fell off. Don't think so. Fuse? I'll find out later.

I don't consider my RSV to be top heavy. The steering is stiff at low speeds but some have put a narrower tire on the front to resolve that issue. I'm 5'10" with a 29" inseam.