Marcarl

If I had new ones on site, I would probably put in the new ones, and if they got a little mixed up on the bench that wouldn't worry me a whole lot. These are not weight bearing washers, they are there to deal with oil flow so I doubt that the spring action is used much if at all. That's probably why Yamaha is out of stock and they have been for a while already, no call for them.

Now I wasn't there to view the fray, but it seems to me that if there were only 3 Canuckians then that is all there should have been on that team,,, and,,,, that the 3 Canuckians would have easily matched the 4 Americans at their game. Nothing sad about the American imposter, but I could think that he might well have thrown the game, just so that his counter-conspirators could hold their flag high. On the other hand, why would the peace loving Canuckians want to go to a foreign country and disturb the peace by upsetting the whole apple cart and taking the flag back to a much northern location. In retrospect it might have caused a flap, a big flap, a mighty big flap, and more work for the Canuckian foreign minister of international flapitionians. I think as it turned out, what happened, and happened for a good reason. We are presently still at peace, we got back over the dividing line safely and none of the higher-ups are any the wiser. We didn't have any overworked ministers or others taraffing each other. Had it been the other way around, who knows what it may have conspired to have meant. I for one am glad the Americans took the prize, now if they think they are real good at this maybe it's time to see if they can also do this on foreign soil, of course there would have to be a large enough contingent to be able to select from, or at least to fill the available foot holds, we would even be so nice as to let them bring their own impedimenta. We'll see how that works for the next round!!

Not that this suggestion would of helped you at all, but I've been told that the best way to get rid of a chasing dog is to go slow until it matches your speed, and then twist the throttle. If you keep picking up speed the dog will think that it has you, once it thinks that it has you then you pull away and it gives up,,, for them, there is always a 'next time'

Sounds to me like you should start with a carb sync, it may cure your concern. If it doesn't it's the place to start anyways so your good from there.

Nope, not sure at all, fact is I think it would be rather strange, but it works, seeing as all the castings are made from the same mold, and hey''''' if it works why not use it.

Lookin real good, now keep it that way.

I really don't think it would make a whole hill of beans difference, the fuel pump only puts out 3-4 lbs pressure, so about as much as a gravity system. The way I did my floats, was to hold the carb upside down with the floats installed. As you do that you will notice a casting mark on the jet body and that should line up with the contour of the float, worked every time, never an issue that I noticed, but then maybe I'm not as fussy as some others.

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Really kind of weird. Wonder if something in the cpu is screwed up, or maybe the wires got turned around somehow. Another thing to check is that the ground wire is properly grounded and that something else isn't being grounded through the sending unit circuit.

Maybe check the sync screw on your base carb, could be that your base carb is being held open by the sync screw rather than the idle speed screw. My guess is that not all 4 carbs were perfectly synced and you left it with: that's as good as I can get it. Just maybe?

That weren't no glitch, it was a ride!!!! On a motorcycle eh? need I say more?

Saddlebum was there!!!

Darn!!! Next time I'm going the QEW route as well. Never seen a front car hit by a front car before, and I do want to see that sometime!!

It was awesome!!! even with the glitches.

I got a sneaky feeling that the shoulder on the OEM washer doesn't fit into the Progressive Spring.

Yes, that piece of plastic will require quite a push, with the possibility of cross threading the stopper. You can cut the plastic done to a manageable size, I think most of us cut them in half and the only use the one. The washer is there for protection, from the sharp ends of a spring digging into a spacer, that's it's only real purpose

The lower part stays as is. Make sure you have all three washer installed in order. The spring stays put. On the top end, the shouldered washer goes on top of the spring if it fits, other wise use the plain washer. The factory spacer can be used if that works for you or you can use the plastic spacer provided. What this does is preload the spring, so it really has no effect on the operation of the fork other than how much preload is there. Now, preload will result in stiffness, the more preload the stiffer the spring, resulting in a softer or harder ride. Some guys have no preload and some use the whole spacer, and some use something in the middle. It's important that both are the same.

Don't know how I managed to miss out on all the fun, Sleepy2 just informed me of the fact that The Tooch came up with. Now I have to decide if there is any truth or semblance. I have to be careful here, don't want anybody feeling bad or anything. I'll give it some thought.

Couple of thoughts here. 1) It's a known fact that the rotors are a real bugger to get off the tapered crankshaft with a factory install. 2) There has to be threads inside the crankshaft for the bolt. 3) The bolt needs to be a hollow bolt for the wire thing to work and for oil transmission to the stator. 4) It's not surprising really that the rotor didn't fly off if it's as tight as some to get off. 5) If the factory installed the rotor and didn't use a bolt, how did they get it on soooo tight that it didn't come off. 6) as mentioned, if you put that thing back together the way it is, I won't be taking that bike anywhere, for if it decides it time for an exit, it could do a lot of damage and poor folks that are in shooting distance.

I've been told that I'm missing something, but I bet it ain't a cooler.

And here I had visions of a tractor trailer,,,, well at least a tandem, but then someone says: THE ICE-CREAM TRUCK IS HERE!!!!! and it's this little van all painted up real nice,,,, so I got me some, and you want to know something??? Really good ice-cream!!!!!, I'm guessing the size of truck has very little to do with the quality inside,,,,, good one Tom!!!

Just got home, all safe and somewhat sound. Got a bit screwed up, but I can blame that on the folks I had to deal with all weekend. Saddlebum managed to do his regular thing and mixed it up at the border, so from there he was on his own, good thing actually, for we seen some very dark clouds and thanks to him being elsewhere we didn't get rained on. Many thanks to the great crew of WNY for this rally, as usual there will be good memories. Just had a bit of difficulty finding a person by the name Junkas, but maybe next time. Glad to have had some rain as well, brings something new and exciting to the plan eh? Thursday dinner was a different occasion, but I'll let one of the DRIVERS expound on that. I might give credit on the right side where there should some on the left side. Either way, it was a wonderful ride getting there and back to the rally site again. Too bad not everybody got to enjoy the country side like some others. Really good to see you all again, and somehow I miss you guys and gals already.

Gonna have to put you back on camera duty, lousy job again today, rained out at the movies darn it!!! And the question about Durecell? do you really want an answer?

If I got it correctly, it's an indication that the shock needs a rebuild or replacement soon. Do a search, there is a thread on how to rebuild.

Will pass this around to all at the NY Rally tomorrow. Prayers on the ways, for blessings and thankfulness for those already given.