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Maybe if you are touring out west where the gas stations are few and far between but for most touring it shouldn't be necessary. That said, our bikes don't have the range of a car.....

Went to start my 07 RSV and only got a click. Did some checking and verified the battery was weak. I bought a new one from O'Reillys and I have to wonder about that store. I was told over the phone it would cost $155.99. When I got there a different guy waited on me. He charged me 125.99 and I had taken a look at the rack that had a price of 115.99. So, after a little delay, he claimed he charged me for the core even though it was sitting beside the new one. Maybe it was all a misunderstanding but I have to wonder. After installing it, the bike fired right up. The old battery had a date of 8/18 on it. So, it didn't last all that long. I kept a battery tender on it. Is it better to keep a battery tender on it or not? Thanks

The site just wasn't the same without you Puc! ❤️

I was using the weed whacker to edge my walkway and driveway and evidently disturbed some fire ants. Those little suckers attacked my right foot. I was wearing sandals which wasn't the smartest thing. All of a sudden the top of my foot was burning like crazy. I thought it was sunburn at first and then saw the little critters. I went inside and put some hydrocortisone cream on my foot and some shoes! Those little critters are fearless when you mess with them. Ha!

I've bought from them several times in the past. Always got good service. Sad to hear.

About all I remember is that there is a certain sequence that you have to follow.

Flushing the tank may not be possible? or is it? When I flushed my Kawa tank, I used a paper shop towel to filter the gasoline and reused it. Vacuuming inside the tank is probably not possible? Just wagging here.

Do a search in the tech talk forum and there are discussions of an aftermarket tci that might be available.

That idle mixture screw needs freeing up. Was it stuck when you disassembled the carbs? Idling way too fast usually means a vacuum leak. I would suspect a leak between the carbs and the engine, the "manifolds" or carb holders.

I'm too lazy to go back through the thread. You have checked the compression? It may need a valve adjustment.

Sounds like it's running on 2 cylinders still. You'll get it sorted out.

Did you check/replace the wires for corrosion, spark plug caps?

Yeah, the tank looks good after cleaning! Good Job!

I'm amazed!

Welcome jafso! Lots of reading to do on this site in the tech sections. Feel free to ask any questions you like.

The seafoam is beginning to work! Sounds like it isn't firing on all cylinders.

One of those infrared thermometers would be useful in determining the temperature of the exhaust pipes and therefore which cylinders are not firing.

Unscrew the spark plug caps from the wires and look at the copper core in the wires. The seal between the cap and wire is not waterproof and the copper core tends to corrode. If corroded, you can usually snip off a half inch or more of wire to get to clean copper. You may want to check the caps resistance. Factory caps are 9 to 10k ohms. Aftermarket NGK caps are 5k ohms. A weak spark will require a richer mixture I think. By the way, the starters on these bikes are weak. It was about 91 before Yamaha went from a 2 brush starter to a 4 brush starter that cured the slow hot start. The later starters will swap out with yours

That's a slick piece of equipment! And they are not that expensive!

My old 85 Kawasaki ZN700 actually has a voltmeter! There is a button on the tachometer that when pushed shows voltage! Just some useless information....

I bought new ones from partzilla.

I bought the motion pro manometer type and I was disappointed. They had bubbles. I called the manufacturer and was told I needed to buy a refill kit. I sold them cheap and bought a gauge set that I am happy with. Just to make sure, I connected all four tubes and pulled a vacuum with my hand held mity vac and all the gauges read the same.

Wow! And I thought I had too many things to keep up!

And a whole lot of kids are growing up without their Dad around to control them.

Several decades ago, there was a saying that CA was 10 years ahead of the rest of the country?!!!!!!