Marcarl

If you feel that it would be beneficial to somebody stuck along the road?? by all means!

You are plenty early for this seeing as we have hardly even thought about who, where and why. But I can see the merit. You would be welcome to visit our place in Brantford but we are about an hour or away from the Falls. stickhandle2 lives in Welland and I'm quite sure would be more than happy to have you visit with them, they are about 20 minutes from the Falls, but you'd have to check with them,, Mike and Tammy. dogman also lives not too far away with easy access, and would be an excellent host. Dave and Bernie. Normally we go as a group from S.Ontario on Friday leaving Grimsby around 9 am and arriving in the Oberlin area between 4 and 5 in the afternoon, just in time for dinner, taking I90 most of the way. You'd be welcome to hook up with us if so desired.

Two things I would check before anything else, the first would be the steering head, making sure the bearings are not pitted and properly greased and the proper tension on the bearings. Too loose on the bearings will make the whole front end seem loose and ready to let go. The other would be to look at using a narrower front tire which often helps with the steering issues on the 2nd gen.

The reason for Easter? Christ has risen, Death is defeated!!!

Blessings Scott in this time of trouble. Life has it's ups and downs, and for you at this time would be considered a downer. I'm glad you have more than just us to lean on and guide you through this time. May the Peace that passes all understanding be yours as you discover more of His love.

Now just make sure you get the right jets into the right locations, some of them look very similar but are different sizes.

Sorry to hear of your loss. I'm sure that dealing with your sister's illness was a heartbreaking experience for you and your wife and family, and then in the end to have to say goodbye and admit defeat on the battle was also very difficult. My prayer is that she is with our heavenly Father and that someday we will all meet again in perfection, never to be separated again.

Good news,,,, blessings to ya!

Not too bad when you loose things, you can always go to the HF store or Princess Auto and get some more. Now when you loose yourself and end up searching in vain,,,,, now that is fun!!!

Check the install of the float valve, they can be a pain to seat properly. It doesn't matter how you nymber the carbs, the bike can't count and it can't read either, but just for info: LF #1 LR @2 RF#3 RR#4. Look at your throttle cable and check which carb it goes to, that would be the base carb, next is the one it's mated with and in this case it's the one in front of it. Then check the linkage to the opposite bank to see which one is linked to the base carb, leave it for now but balance the last carb to it first so that both those carbs are sync'd, then balance the linked carb to the base carb. Now that that is done, do them all again once more. Everytime you make an adjustment, blip the throttle so that all linkages seat back to where they think they should be. The throttle blip has nothing to do with clearing the carbs or engine, as much as it has to do with proper seating and positioning of the linkage. Once this is done the only thing that might throw off the sync is worn linkage or obstructions in the carb throat,,,,, or leaky valves maybe.

How long since the plugs were changed?

Check the parts fiche for best all around explanation. There are a number of jets and they all ave different sizes and can easily become mixed, even when a feller keeps them all separate,,, don't ask how I know this,, it's painful having to redo what you just finished doing 'so well' https://www.yamahasportsplaza.com/oemparts/a/yam/50045f8bf8700209bc794e6e/carburetor

Air mixture screws 2.5 turns out might help. But I am thinking about not having to use choke at cold start, that shows rich in the fuel mixture. You mentioned a confusion on the jets, could it be that you have them mixed up, looking at the results you posted, it would seem that might be the case. Not that you can see with the naked eye, but the one is a fair bit larger than the other, and getting them wrong would give a cold not choke start and bad mileage.

We have to deal with rain, which is kind of nice, seeing as without it we would become like Arizona, and I'm not much for that type of terrain. Also still busy trying to get my daughters house ready for her to move into. Riding soon enough though,,, have to, just to make it worthwhile to pay the insurance,,, if for no other reason.

I guess that the best thing to do would be to inform us of the years and models, then there would be ideas come forth.

Darn!!!! I hate to admit it,,, but I have to agree with Puc this time around,,,, can't even seem to find a monkey wrench to throw into the mix. You is getting smart Puc!!!

Ya,,, if there had been a foot of the stuff,,somebody would of had to give that truck a push!!!

Just make sure you have the right size allen, otherwise you'll be drilling and tapping, and that ain't no fun. I would use a quality allen bit with extension long enough to properly get an impact driver attached, but the allen needs to be a snug fit, not one that has wear or you'll strip out the bolt head.

Ya buuuutttt,,, what if for some unknown reason I fail to make it on that weekend, then you wouldn't have had the pleasure of seeing me at all for a whole year,, well maybe that would be 2 years,, that would be a long time and you might have withdrawals and who knows what other ailments might develop. I will sit down and discover if my planning can include a short stay at,,,, where was that again???

Let me get this straight, you said that I need to put them on and get them off?? or did you really mean something else,, like,, you get them on but I can't get them off,,,, maybe you could explain that just a little.

Ahhhhh rip!!!! and I;m not invited,,,,, nice guy!!!!

That would seem logical to me, red is usually always power or positive. If there are 2 wires then one would be positive (colored, or most of the time red) and the other negative or ground (most of the time black or occasionally green) and normally the positive would be switched.

Mama??? you have a reputation??

You mean they don't make Sail and OldChum anymore? I used to like Sail.

I'm thinking there should be an easy answer to that question,,,, but seeing as there seems to be some contentiousness about the answer I would think it best that all involved should be asked to vote on it. In order to vote properly, and by Roberts Rules of Order, nominations need to held first,,, so I nominate Saddlebum and Cowpuc,,,, seeing as it has been seen as improper to nominate oneself.