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I don't think anyone sells a complete carb rebuild kit. I bought new needles and seats and idle jet screws and parts on ebay that were K&L made in Japan for my Kawasaki. I would make sure any parts I bought were made in Japan. I usually buy the factory parts from partzilla or boats.net which is the same company.

A little whine from a motorcycle gearbox is quite understandable. But my 07 is irritating it's so loud. The Gen 1s might have a little while but I don't think any of them whine like the Gen 2s. My Gen 1 transmission is very quiet in comparison.

I think you are lucky. From what I've read on this forum, most of them whine. I know my 07 with 23k miles on it does and it is annoying. I would replace the clutch basket in a skinny minute if I knew it would get rid of the whine. I usually try to keep the engine rpm either lower or higher than where the whine is at its worst.

When Ford introduced the SHO Taurus in the 80's, it had a Yamaha designed V6 engine. Ford didn't have the engine tech at that time to build the hipo V6.

Almost all, if not all, medicines have side effects that don't appear to affect some but do others and there is always the possibility of the dose you get not being exactly what it's supposed to be, poor quality control. Being an old coot now, I'm taking meds that I didn't used to take. I research the drugs to determine the known side effects, and if I experience them I decide whether to continue taking that drug. One of my tongue in cheek sayings that I have come up with is, "There are a lot of powerful drugs today that can extend your life but sometimes the side effects are so bad you wish you were dead." Ha!

When my 81 year old sister got covid, she was sent home and told to take tylenol. She got worse and spent a few days in the hospital taking several weeks altogether to recover. When Trump got the virus, he was given many drugs.

I'm running Firestone Destination ATs on my 2002 F150. I was leery of buying Firestones but Brigdestone bought the company the last I remember and they had a C load rated tire that was two sizes larger than my stock tires (265/70x17) that I felt I needed for driving on the beach. Most of the tires in 285/70x17 that I wanted were E load rated and I thought they would ride too hard. They are wearing a little faster than the Michelins I had on it before but they are running quiet and smooth so I'm pleased with them so far. I have shinkos on my 07 RSV.....

Really sorry you had problems with the covid shot. Hope you recover quickly and completely. Which shot was it?

I stumbled across this video and thought you guys may want to see it.

Has anyone heard from Skid? He always goes. I hope he is okay.

When so many people were laid off with great benefits, they repaired their motorcycles. I was told by a guy at partzilla that they were working 7 days a week trying to fill all the orders. I suppose that combined with the virus has caused a backlog for many things. The chip shortage among other things has caused a low inventory of new trucks. Even RAM is giving tiny discounts now and you will probably pay sticker or more for a toyota truck.

When I checked the float levels in my 89, as I remember, I put slightly larger tubes over the ends of the drain tubes and it was very easy to check the levels.

The float level can be checked without removing them. Check the manual. A clear tube is connected to the drain and held up to see where the level is. Adjusting the level is a different story.

Have you checked the engine compression? I would do that first just to make sure the engine is okay.

Tires don't fail that often these days but they do fail. I've needed a spare tire when on the road 5 times that I remember in the last 21 years. An oh by the way, if you own an old F150 close to the vintage of my 2002, the cable that holds the spare tire tends to break especially if you tighten it too much. Mine fell off somewhere on the highway. Hopefully it didn't cause a wreck behing me. I was not aware of it falling off. I bought a spare wheel from a salvage yard and a used tire from a local tire shop while I as in Homestead, FL. The new cable replacement from Ford has a spring on the end that reduces the tension on the cable keeping it from breaking. The NHTSA tried to get Ford to recall the affected trucks but they refused.

I have a short video that was emailed to me long ago of I believe Canadian snipers shots in Afghanistan. Anybody who would like to get this video, pm your email to me and I will send it. It shows the devastating power of the 50 cal sniper rifle. Squeamish may not want to see it.

Checked my RSV (I thought) and rode it to an inspection station in order to renew the registration. Turns out the low beam headlight doesn't work but the guy passed it anyway. Then rode to the license plate office to renew it and my two trailers. I looked at the owner's manual for the headlight bulb and it only says it's 60/55W. Why the heck doesn't it identify the bulb number? How do you get to it on an RSV? Oh, last month I found out that my Kawasaki at 35 years old doesn't require an inspection any more to renew the plate.

Check the fuel filter to try and see if it is full of rust particles. Add some seafoam or fuel injector cleaner with PEA to the fuel tank to help clean up those carbs.

Try pinwall cycle in Ohio. They sell lots of bike parts. Also, if you look up the part numbers of what you need at partzilla and google those specific part numbers, sometimes that will find what you need.

I think 91 is the first year for the strong starter. (4 brush starter versus a 2 brush starter) So, you shouldn't have to worry about slow hot starts.

Welcome! Did you get a 1st Gen this time too?

I'm no expert on these bikes but I think I would start on the rear by making sure the brake isn't sticking, not likely I'm thinking, and then pull the rear wheel and inspect.

The front brake on my 07 takes more hand pressure than I like but I can make the front tire howl when stopping quickly which is probably good enough. I'm sure the brakes have the OE pads. Perhaps for a rider with my below expert skills, it is safer than more sensitve brakes especially on wet roads.

Kinda like Puc and Tippy getting a ticket for impersonating a cop because Tippy was wearing a white helmet.

There is a used one on ebay. Pinwall cycles may have one. I suggest you try other parts houses just on the off chance they have one in stock such as bikebandit, babbitts, carolina cycle and many more.