Flyinfool

If you can not find someone local to repair it cheap, IF it is just a pinhole, you may be able to solder it yourself. But you do have to get the special solder and flux for aluminum. I would at least try to do my own repair before spending for a replacement that is of unknown history and condition. The worst you can do is to mess it up and have the buy the one you were gonna buy anyhow. You can practics soldering thin aluminum on some soda or beer cans. Google "aluminum solder" there are a lot of how to's.

But up here there is a type of anti freeze that must also be added to the water in the tires so that they do not freeze solid. IIRC it was Calcium Chloride, which also makes the water heavier and corrosive so you also need an inner tube. I have also heard of people using RV anti freeze since it is non toxic, if/when you spring a leak. If you use regular antifreeze it is very toxic and most animals will lick it up cuz it tastes good.

I just had a thought, (those who know me know just how dangerous that can be....). I believe that my 88 is a Cali bike because it has all of the extra pollution crap on it. I will try to remember to check my side covers to see if their might be a CA emissions sticker in there. If there is, we will at least know what it is supposed to look like. I know that there are some kind of stickers in there, I just never paid close attention to them before. Now I just have to get over my CRS and remember to do it..................

Since you are in FL you do not have to worry about cold cranking, I would opt for the extra AH. Up here in WI I would opt for the better cca for those rides to work in sub freezing temps.

That thing should be able to stack snow pretty high, and for a long long time, I guess that means that I can let er rip......................

Is this the sticker they are looking for? https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-Yamaha-OEM-1985-XVZ12-Vehicle-Emission-Control-Information-Update-Sticker/360783072703?hash=item540058cdbf:g:vEIAAOxy8HlSdxIW&vxp=mtr Or maybe this one? https://www.ebay.com/itm/SEADOO-YAMAHA-KAWASAKI-WAVERUNNER-EMISSION-2-star-DECALS-STICKERS-JET-SKI-DECAL/192222680440?epid=1089754779&hash=item2cc15d5578:g:uMMAAOSwhh5Toc0T&vxp=mtr

Mechanically I think it is easier to make a leaner like that than it would be to male it ridged like "normal". It would be very simple to have a bar that would snap in to go from leaner to rigid in just a few seconds. Could also be used instead of a kick stand. You would think they could find a road or empty parking lot to show off its capabilities instead of on roads that are in use. Even parking a truck in the center lane just around a curve so as to make it hard to see?

Then the question will be, Can you do the jugs while on the bike or do they have to come off?

Have over 7500 what?

You just beat me to this one............ Wait!!! are we showing our age???

So then that sounds to me like an order for more snow to WV of the light fluffy kind and not the wet sloppy kind.................................. Some times if you want specific things you have to make a specific request......... Careful there @cowpuc, you know that all it takes is to put one tiny dent in the nozzle so that you get more fallout when I am lofting it up over you...................

So did you have to quick EAT EVERYTHING that was in the old fridge? Ya know we could all have helped with that part.......................

Sorry Dan Snow just by its nature lands very gently and so it is nearly impossible for it to break in transit or delivery. What you do to it once it is there I can not control. I will need proof that it was broken before it arrived, If it was broken that badly, I may just have to send more....

This sure looks like an order to me.................... Just because you broke it right away does not mean that it was not properly delivered. I you did get a few days off so that proves it was quite functional when you received it.

Without evacuating and putting in a specific weight of gas or having gauges hooked up, it is really hard to get it right. To hi or to low are both bad. If you managed to get some air in the system then the air will mess things no mater what you do with the charge level.

You didn't think all this beautiful white stuff was free did you??????

What is really important is to use something that will seal the pores. If you do not seal it it will rerust very quickly. Polish is an abrasive that will clean. Polish does noting to protect the surface. You need something that has some kind of sealer in it. There are some polishes that also contain a sealer to protect what you just cleaned. Once you get it all polished and clean, you must seal it immediately. At the microscopic level it will start to rust again in just a few minutes. Anything you put over that new rust just seals it in.

You can if you want to and it makes you feel better, just do not use a hardening type of sealer or you will regret it next time it has to come off.

Where are the pics of YOU crawling in there???

Looks like fun.

Just wait till I send you the bill.

I do not know about laws in Mexico, but in the USA you can not have amber running lights in the rear, they must be red.

If a bolt is torqued to 8 lbs it will take more than 8 to break it free. Using breakaway torque is both hard on the torque wrench and this method on these skinny bolts may have you looking for the EZ Out. Look at lug nuts, mine are torqued to 150 lb/ft, I do this with no problem using the 20 inch long torque wrench, when it is time to remove them I need a 24 inch breaker bar with another 2 foot cheater pipe to break them loose. The mechanic probably works on a lift that holds the bike level, while level the oil will pour out when you remove the cover, leaning on the side stand the oil will be on the other side of the engine. Also leaning on the side stand makes it easier to work on the clutch side because it is pointed up.

I was not brand bashing either, I was small engine in big vehicle bashing. The vehicles that you consistently see with huge miles on them usually have big engines. Just the environment that a turbo has to live in I can not see them lasting 15 years or well over a quarter million miles. And they are not cheap to replace.

Sounds like your LED receiver is drawing a fair bit of power, even when off. I would fix that, it is not good for the health and life of the battery.