BlueSky

That Honda should keep you busy for a couple days! Yeah, from what I understand, when you release the brake lever/pedal, the MC piston is pulled back by the spring in the MC and brake fluid pressure is relieved back to the MC. Then the pad/caliper piston will back off a little from the rotor pushing it a tad due to irreguarities in the rotor. But, the pad might still contact the rotor just a little but not enough to matter. So, some contact is normal with a brake system.

So sorry to hear that. Wishing her a speedy recovery! I fell today. The wooden slat walkway to my daughter's home in the mountains was wet and slick. My feet went out from under me but I was able to catch myself on my right knee and right hand and didn't go down all the way into the mud. Those pushups I've been doing helped a bunch.

That'll buff out.

Heal fast! The world needs more dancers!

I'm sorry for your loss! It's really tough to lose a family member. I got an email last night informing me that an engineer I worked with at D C COOK Nuclear Plant in MI in 1999 had died. He was a very good project engineer and I liked and respected him. I think he was in his late 70's. We had kept in touch by email.

yamahapubs.com is a source for official manuals.

I think I remember reading some threads on using the R1/R6 front caliper on the rear of the 1st Gens but as I remember the bleed valve is in the wrong place so you have to remove it and turn it so the bleed valve is the highest point in order to bleed the line. Not sure if there is a difference in the MK 1 and MK 2. Skydoc may have one for you.

This country has way too many attorneys and way too many residents who think of suing like they are winning the lottery. Reminds me of the guy many years ago who was driving drunk in his cheap Pinto and crashed the car killing his son. Then he tried to sue Ford because they had the technology to make a Pinto safer in a car crash but didn't. It was a frontal crash not the infamous gas tank exploding. Wasn't his fault for driving drunk. It was the fault of Ford. People like that are a waste of oxygen.

What an ordeal you went through Puc! My heart goes out to you. You are one tough cookie!

Let me find a big tree to hide behind! Okay! Here goes! One of the best treatments for most ailments is to lose weight. I've had trouble with weight gain because I love to eat, meat, potatoes, ice cream, beer. But, when I get sciatic pain or my back gets worse, I try to lose a few lbs and it always helps. Right now I'm trying hard to get the excess weight off and of course it's making me feel better. My back pain is less. My general overall feeling is better and it's easier to get around which is important for an old codger of 75. Of course routine exercise should be part of our lives too. Let me know when I can come out from behind the tree!

Really sorry you are in such pain. I don't think nsaids have much effect on nerve pain or at least that has been my experience with sciatic pain and the nerve pain in my left hip when I got shingles. You need some opioids for that. Drs are reluctant to prescribe opioids now with all the hoopla about over prescribing them in the past. I did get a little for the nerve pain when I got shingles and I went into a bit of withdrawal when I quit taking them for 3 weeks.

My wife and I went on an air boat ride in the FL Everglades about 10 yrs ago. The boat engine kept spitting and sputtering and then cut off. The dipstick driving the boat drained the fuel filter on top of the black battery that had been sitting in the sun with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth and then hit the start switch. That battery was very hot from being in the sun and the gas was evaporating quickly. One spark from the battery or that cigarette and the boat would have gone up in flames. I told my wife to get ready to jump overboard. Luckily there was no fire. I told the guy about it when we got back but I'm afraid I didn't make much of an impression. I was too nice I suppose. He claimed he could put out his cigarette in an open container of gas. I didn't ask for a demonstration for proof. If I remember correctly, it was Coopertown on highway 41 across southern FL.

You will be the venture rider site expert by next summer! Riding one of these old bikes requires you to become an expert I suppose. Keep on keeping on!

Yeah, I've seen young girls filling their car's gas tank with one hand and holding a cigarette in the other hand. I left as soon as possible.

Good on you for stopping and helping!

Happy Thanksgiving to All! It's good to think about what we have to be thankful for and the list is long for me.

The Saudi Princes have enough money to buy anything, evidently.

Old Coots like me remember the old cars that had a vent pipe that vented the engine base to the bottom of the car to atmosphere. I remember my old chevy V8s having a large tube that connected at the rear of the engine that was routed down. My old $100 59 Chevy developed a head gasket leak or something and water vapor would come out that pipe. When emissions concerns came about, they vented the base of the engine to manifold vacuum and used clean air downstream of the air filter to supply the engine base to complete the engine base purge.

Yes, they somtimes fail. Some have used stuff like Yamabond to repair holes in the diaphragms. Vacuum against this diaphragm moves a fuel metering rod in and out of the jet that feeds the engine above idle. If there is a hole in the diaphragm or the metering rod is stuck, the engine will not run right above idle speed. #not a mechanic

I suppose he was doing that for a joke. But, he ran the risk that one of his joke victims pulling out a weapon and finishing his joke.

I've read some good things about fluid film. Ford tech makuloco just put out a video on undercoating. He used something called woolwax that he said he preferred over fluid film because it didn't smell bad like fluid film.

I think I would try removing the idle mix screws and spraying carb cleaner in the hole. Be careful because it's really hard to get the o-ring out. you will think it isn't there but it is and carb cleaner might ruin it. Your best try might be to use cowpuc's method. Do a search and read about his method. An animal syringe injecting carb cleaner through the drain. You need to get the details from him because he explains how much to inject.

Seems to me that the drain plugs are not oe. They usually have a drain hose attached so that they can be loosened and the carb will drain.

When it happens remove the gas cap. If there is a vacuum, the vent is plugged. Without being able to troubleshoot it when it happens, you are left with shotgunning it. It does sound like a heat related electrical problem to me. Plugs one heat range hotter might be a good thing but it has nothing to do with your problem.

this training video shows how to sync and adjust the idle mixtures. The idle mix screws are shown at about 4 minutes into the video.