BlueSky

This week when I was in Walmart, I looked at Quicksilver oil. Walmart only had the marine oil which did not have the Jaso spec on the bottle. I will not use non-Jaso rated oil in my bikes. Rotella T4 and T6 have the Jaso spec on the bottles but not the T5.

Good to hear from you. I keep thinking that "bikeless" tag will disappear but not yet!

If they sit for much more than a week, the carbs are partially gummed up. If you drain the carbs when you leave it, that may not happen. I put a whole bottle of Gumout for high mileage engines with PEA in a tank and run it a while and let it sit overnight and run it again. That clears it up for me.

My "smart" battery charger bought at Walmart for about $30 or more does have an AGM setting.

I was stationed in South Korea at an Army missile site when the first Woodstock happened. I was working when the second one happened but my son went. The first one was a financial disaster but the second soaked everybody. You coudn't take any food or drink with you and they gouged you when you bought inside. I think that is why some of the attendees broke into the trailers and stole food and then burned the trailers. Now that I am retired this is my chance but have no interest any more. I'm sure pot won't be the only happy drug available. Hey, we would overdose on viagra anyway if we went this time.

Awwh, just pay the guy $3500 and let him do it. Remember all the hard work last time!

Mk2s have linked brakes and are totally different from a Gen 2. Gen 2s do not have linked brakes and the rear brake is very powerful.

Marcarl, you are slipping my friend. 1st gens were sold thru 93.

Check your meter with a known source such as a 12 volt battery. If the meter is correct the new R/R is bad.

I think the HH pads are metallic, not semi-metallic and they will wear out the rotor fastest. The organic pads sound like a good idea to me for the rear of a RSV due to the strong performance of the rear brake.

Good luck Jeff! And I was getting poed today trying to fix my dishwasher...

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Quite a while ago, I bought a CD off ebay for about $12 that has the 1st Gen, 2nd Gen and many, many other Yamaha models manuals on it. So, look on ebay occasionally would be my suggestion.

Now Freebird is going to have to trade his to get a black one!

The right side kitchen sink drain was almost plugged. I poured lots of crystal Drano in it with little change. I got a small flexible steel cable from the garage and attempted to ram it down the goose neck but it wasn't flexible enough. So, I got out the tools to remove the goose neck to manually clean it out. Then my wife says why don't you use the toilet plunger. I did and it pushed the clog out. I need to keep her around I guess to supplement my retarded repair skills!

One of the first tools I bought after buying my first motorcycle was an impact driver. It has been a big help over the years. But, the following video provides a great tip for making the impact driver even more effective.

Tough way to start the new year but so glad you are okay. I also hate to see a nice Venture damaged.

I have to pull the clutch lever in all the way to get the clutch to disengage. Is that normal for the 2nd Gens? Also, I went for a ride yesterday on my Kawasaki to wash the carbs and then I went for a ride on my RSV. When I pulled in the clutch lever and put it in 1st gear, the engine died. So, I checked the clutch MC for fluid and it was low. I had checked it a while back and the reservoir was overfilled so I have a leak. After filling the MC, the clutch worked and I went for a ride. I've owned 3 bikes with a hydraulic clutch and all 3 have had leaking slave cylinders when I bought them....

I googled and found out that Yamaha made wood plane propellers and fuel tanks for airplanes during the war. Those small spotter planes the USA used during the war also used wood propellers as I understand.

Mitsubishi made the Zero fighter planes and Kawasaki made the submarines during WWII. I wonder what Yamaha made?

A compression test would be interesting. If the compression is down on the cylinder that had gasoline in it, that would indicated the rod bent a little.

I hope you didn't bend the rod.

Well, I'm older!

My thoughts on buying that bike is, Is it the type of bike that you really want? If so, and you can afford it, the dealer might talk turkey if he knows you are serious. If you want a bike like that, you won't find a better example than a "new" bike. It's a heckuva lot different from a Venture with its vibrating v-twin and different hp/torque curves.

This video reminds me of Miami sportbikers!