Flyinfool

Nope, I don't play that game. I have told her many times to just say what she means because I do not know how to read between the lines. Yes means yes, and no means no. I take everything quite literally. She has gotten used to the concept of say what you mean, because I will do what you say, and all the whining in the world will not make me feel bad for simply following instructions. But with that said, she has become quite adept at using the word NO!!! At least I know exactly where I stand. My EX wife never did master the concept of yes and no.

It all depends on just the valves were done last time and how long ago it was. I think it was around every 30k that valves are recommended in the owners manual. If they were set as "good" but right on the low end then those would most likely need attention again. When I did my valves I made sure that they were al right on the high side of the tolerance so that I know they will be good for a long time.

If the valves are bad enough to notice something, it means that the valve is down to less than zero clearance and the valve is not closing, this will result in major engine damage, not just a MPG drop. But if Cowpuc stayed down there he would no longer be able to harass me about the snowpercharger every day during the winter. I don't think he would want to give up all that fun.........................

Well since she is not interested, I'll be right there.........................

The ground wire being off the relay would cause it to not disengage the cruise. The relay is set up to break the circuit when power is applied. So unfortunately the ground being off the relay is not your problem with the cruise not working. Can you get a pic of the end of the relay with the wires on it?

No Puc you did not break the computer, THIS TIME, It is just PhotoBucket getting greedy and ruining a lot of good threads on forums all over the world. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?131012-Saw-this-in-another-forum-today&highlight=photobucket

+1 more on what Cowpuc and Frank said. I did some actual testing with 91 ethanol free and regular 87 with ethanol. In small engines with no computers to take advantage of the higher octane, they all actually made less power on the 91. This is because the higher octane actually burns slower and cooler, with the high RPMs that these small engines run the exhaust ports were open before the fuel was done burning. So the engine temp was cooler but the muffler temp was was about 200°F hotter. Running against a fixed load the peak RPM was also about 200 RPM less, so there is noticeably less power available. This is true in lawnmower size and smaller, like weed eaters and chainsaws. In my Venture I was unable to measure or notice any difference in performance or mileage other than the weight of my wallet. BUT in my P/U truck Chevy half ton with all the computer stuff, I ran a test where I used premium for a full year, writing all the info down in a log book. Based on a full year of premium vs a full year of regular the premium does get better gas mileage, which makes since since the computer can advance the timing to take advantage of it. Because the computer can take advantage of it, my 0-60 time was also a bit better with the premium. BUT and you know there always is one, when I did the $ per mile calculation. Regular still won by a bunch. the $/mile was a lot closer on the occasions where I could get ethanol free premium (the nearest ethanol free is 98 miles away), but the 87 still always won. As a result of the test I do use the high octane when I hook up the RV to hit the road, That little extra HP is noticeable to get that 6200 lbs going, and the slightly better gas mileage is simply more convenient, I save one gas stop on the trip. I think your 91 got contaminated with water either by you or at the pump or even just condensation and the ethanol helped to dry it out. Higher octane will never harm an engine. It will just have a bit less power if there is no way for it to make use of the extra octane. Lower octane in an engine that is designed for high will do damage. I did one have some leftover 130 octane racing gas, that I dumped in my truck for proper disposal, the computer seemed to like that a lot, but the truck developed a squeak in the tires that went away as soon as that gas was used up. and the exhaust smelled like candy......... Ahhh I miss that smell........

Yes you do rotate the engine backwards to remove the tool. If you try to rotate the tool thru you WILL break something, engine tool or both. You need to watch very close when using the tool to push the buckets down, trying to push them below the surface of the head will damage the head. Once you do the first valve set it will be obvious as to how it all works.

A lot of the volume of my dedicated saddle bag is taken up by a role of paper towels and TP, some cloth rags, window cleaning supplies, bottles of water, a fairly comprehensive first aid kit, quart of engine oil, a complete change of clothes (this has come in real handy when I arrived at a destination completely soaked to the skin in partly cloudy). Some of this stems back to my younger days where I had a policy of never paying more than $50 for a "new" car. You should see the "emergency kit" that I keep in my truck because I have more room, it is over 200 lbs of stuff....... I have never needed any of this for my bike, but it has been used on many other bikes.

Just out of curiosity, You said that you wired in the relay for the cruise. Did you by chance connect one of the wires to pin 87 of the relay instead of pin 87a? Did you ever try the test of connecting the green/yellow wire and the black/white wires together for testing to see if the rest of the system was even functional?

I have one whole side bag dedicated to nothing but tools and emergency type stuff.

Did you try an impact driver?

Back a few years ago the state did a study to find out why the number of motorcycle deaths had risen. Their conclusion was that it really did not rise, the number of bikes on the road had risen greatly with the spike in gas prices and the number of MC deaths per 1000 bikes stayed close to the same. By far the greatest number of deaths was for riders with less than 2 years MC experience. They only looked at deaths, not crashes. You can always shake the beans till they fall into the pattern you want.

Back to the beginning. When You turn on the cruise does the blue light come on? When you press set does the green light come on? At any time does the amber light come on? Does the self canceling on your turn signals work?

What you talkin bout dude..................? I is innocent I tells ya. I N N O C E N T...................

Sounds like progress to me.

Some of what I have discovered by trial and error. 1. for lighting up the sides of the road to see deer there is nothing better than dedicated fog lights. 2. there are a lot of lights that come as "driving" or "fog" or "wide angle", these are not the same as dedicated fog lights. Real fog lights will have a top cutoff so that they do not blind oncoming traffic, wide angle or driving lights do not have this cutoff and therefor are NOT what you want. Many of the lights made for off road have a round beam so that when you are going down a hill there is a lot of light up high to light the road going up the other side of the ditch, these will also blind other drivers not accomplish what you need for seeing critters to the side. 3. Real fog lights will do very little to light up things straight ahead they are designed to put most of their light out to the sides where the deer and other critters are going to come from. There are a lot of good fog lights now available, just be sure it has the top cutoff and you will be good.

So we will see you and the missis here this weekend? Hot Fudge is in season right now you know............

You could always take her to Leons here in Milwaukee, It is an ice cram stand good enough to be open and selling ice cream with the temp below zero and a howling blizzard.

Murphy's Law says that no mater what sizes you buy, you will still need a size you don't have on hand.

I am not telling ol Puc to not ride nekid, just to NOT post pics of it. A nekid bike ride is still an item on my bucket list, but I will spare most of you all the agony of posting pics of me doing it.

There are a few people that modify the stock seat by changing the foam inside and then reuse the original cover so it will still look OEM. About the only way to tell would be to compare to a known stock seat.

I had some imbecile that was behind me and pulled into the merge lane pulled up next to me and matched my speed and was then VERY upset I did not move out of his way to let him merge. He told me I was #1 . So I smiled and waved and he went berserk. Then he started to play games so I explained the difference between my V8 Chevy with speed governors removed, and his V6 Dodge. Never saw him again after he faded in my rear view mirror.

@cowpuc Go into the camera settings on your phone and set it to take smaller pics so that you will not need to resize them. Still no pics, that will be ANOTHER violation................. May have to add another couple of feet of depth to your bill.................... Hope you are havin fun out there, but you need to check in more often so that we know you 3 are all still OK. Yes we worry about our one and only pucster, and of course his wonderful bride. but PLEASE Puc, no pics of you riding nekid, I hate having to wash my eyes out with sulfuric acid and then wash my brain with bleach.

On the middle gear cover the very bottom bole goes thru into the oil sump, there is supposed to be a copper crush washer under the head of that bottom bolt to seal the oil. if you reused that washer a bunch of times and/or it is not there, that is a common leak. Also on the front left engine cover where the 3 stator wires come out, they go thru a rubber grommet, that grommet is also a popular leak point.