Marcarl

If you are sure that the tank was full when you left it, and you say that now it's empty, and you have not smelled gas at anytime,,, then there is only one of two places it could go. It would not end up leaking into the carbs seeing as the tank is lower than the carbs, so it has to be going elsewhere. If it is parked in an enclosed garage then somebody has helped with the disappearance, if it's in a shed with the possibility of air flow through, you might have a leak.

The rider suffers from internal and external wear, maybe due to not enough lubrication or maybe too much. Could also come about from this recently discovered aging thing that a lot of folks seem to be talking about. It just seems to effect the rider though, these bikes don't seem to mind it a bit,,,,, even better than an EverReady.

A friend of mine (Thanks again Evan) bought me a Jump Starter. It has a flashlight, usb charger (2 ports) a 12, 16,19 volt port with adapters and it actually does even start a car with a dead, dead battery. It goes with me mostly wherever I goes,,, if I remember. Recharges from 110 or 12v.

Yep,, it's a bummer for sure, but when we were younger we couldn't seem to get our head around the fact that older doesn't mean that we get more agile or even stay that way. We just couldn't believe that soon we would succumb to the ever changing life that we live. So we carry on as though we will go on for the next 30 years as we have for the last 60,,,,, and then reality hits, and we come to find out that there is a reason why retirement age is set to 65, CRAP!!! now what eh? Enjoy what you still have, use what you still can, eat as much as possible, have a beer now and then, but most of all: love the people around you, say Hi to all the strangers you meet, and get yourself ready to meet your Maker. About your bike though? You have an 83 and it's not going to get any newer no matter what you do to it. It has lots of extras, but some of those might not suit a new owner so they become a liability to him. The color might only suit a few or none at all. So look at it this way; you enjoyed doing the things you did to it for the time that it took, it gave you entertainment and something to do that you found enjoyable. Now that time seems to be over for you. The next person won't be able to do anything that you did, because it's already been done, so all he can do is ride it,,, which maybe just the cat's meow for him, but not for me, I would like to wrench it some to make it mine. So,,,, it's still an 83, however a real nice 83 so should get a dollar that is on the higher end of the scale, around here that would be about $1800 maybe. Tough part is saying good-bye to the last number of years and looking forward to what lies ahead,,, less of this and less of other things as well,,,, but that also comes with mores,,,, more sleep, more doctors, more wheels, more walking help, more pills, more forgetfulness, and more things that I can't remember. Hey, just thought of something,,, oooo what a brain wave!!!! Trade that 2 wheeler in for a trike of a new 4 wheeler. Then start your project all over new and you'll be ready to get good use of it when the time comes. Just sayin'

Ok I'll jump in,,,, $4500

Take the air filters off and physically inspect them and the air passages.

Although I upgraded to the better starter clutch and was super happy with it, from what I see and what you tell us, I would stick with what you have, but install it properly. If all the bolts weren't torqued properly there is no telling what noises might be produced and what you have doesn't look bad, to me anyways.

He should be careful lying there like that, he could get stepped on and get hurt.

Oh he was polite, Tippy was there, he was: kind (kind of) and warm spirited (when isn't he). Now about straight forward (that board got a bit twisted) and true (now would that make a video?)

In my humble opinion Puc, this wind is nothin but your fault,,,,, you see, seeing as you have not been on site too much lately and have kept kind of quiet like, it gave Saddlebum an opportunity to get wound up and start talking,,, not that he really needs silence to get started, but it does help. Now you know as well I the rest of us know, when one talks there is air coming forth as well as words. Now we haven't heard a lot of words coming from the Bum just yet, but going by the amount of air that is being projected forth presently, guess we best get just a little ready.

I wonder if they make a kit for a Spyder,,, that would be a great Santa thing for Big Tom.

Yep! I tend to agree with Bum, you shouldn't be getting any until we have at least been able to test the quality, but knowin Bum he might not have it all together and have his criers washed so you just might have to let us know just how it all works out. I understand from his better half,,, oh sorry,,, much better half that opening and closing doors is not something that he is highly effective at. Seems like he could use some further training off and on.

You may have stretched the cable or cables, but I doubt it. The only adjustment that I know of is at the handle bar end. The cruise control has no adjustment, but if somebody had taken it apart and not put it back together proper, there might be an issue. Make sure that when you hook up the carb end of the cables that the primary side goes on the inside of the rod that has the nylon bushing on it. It seems that the nylon bushing might be a bearing point for the cable to slide across, but that is not the case, the cable actually runs behind and away from that rod. To lube the cables is a 2 step process. There are 4 cables all told. 2 long ones from the grip to the cruise control and 2 shorter ones from there to the carbs. I use Fluid Film that is liquid enough to get in the shield and stays mobile enough to work it's way down.

No wonder he is not so nice to you, I think he would be smart to stay far away just in case you shake a bit too much and actually hit something, in his case that would become personal.

Figured I'd best do some moderation work and do some editing. Can't leave it all to Freebird, he is busy enough looking after Eileen. Hope I didn't screw things up Big Tom, but there was clear reason for some creative editing in your post. Now that the truth is told and you will get from Santa what he determines will be in your best interest. Off line I suggested to him few other items, such as a new paint brush and roller, some micro fiber cloths to do a better job of cleaning the Spyder, a GPS so that you would have a better idea of just exactly where you should put the garbage, a new feed trough so that your live stock would have a better time eating and not have to bend over sooooo far to eat from the dirty ground, a shovel or two so that you can do a better job of cleaning up behind them. I also sent Santa a letter for Taters. She is such a wonderful woman!!!! I mean having to put up with the likes of you for so long,,, poor thing!!!! Anyways, on her list is a large size straight jacket, ear plugs, pointed steel toed boots, cattle prod, new paint for the bedroom, a door lock to the kitchen and seeing as they are on for half-price, maybe one for the bedroom as well. Isn't it nice to have friends that love ya, and look after ya!!! I hear that as you get older and advanced in years that love shines more and more. Hopefully you can enjoy those feelings as time moves on. It would be nice for you though, I guess, to have Taters keep up with you as this happens,,,, but due to who she is, she is seemingly not advancing as well as you are. I am totally amazed at how she keeps her youth so well intact, must be her friends at VenterRiders. And somebody said once that I was LongWinded!!!! Hah!!!!!

What issues are you having, maybe we can help some more.

Too bad you is so far away. It would be an interesting project to get all those loose parts back together and bled out. Glad you got a 'new' one, what a steal!!

It was supposed to be a high of 56 yesterday, and I had to go half hour drive to see a lawyer, ( yeah, they need my input as well,, go figure). Decided to blow some dust off the bike that had collected for the last few weeks in the process. Turned out that the temp went up to 68 instead, wasn't sure what I should do about that, so I took the long way home to try to figure it out. It didn't help, I still got home alright. I did lower the gauge some though and now will have to see about that problem. Problems!Problems!

May Mary and the family and friends find comfort from above.

Wow,,, 40 years and she is still living there with you??? Amazing that woman!!!!! And I thought we had agreed that you would let me have a word or two with your newest addition before he came to settle in,,, oh well, guess he looks good enough to manage you by himself. I hear say that he is made from a wonderful breed,, just looks a bit small for an Ayrshire, maybe should feed him ChumChow to help him grow.

OK!!! FOUND IT!!! Right click on the windows icon, left corner bottom of your desktop. Scroll up to Computer Managment, click. Scroll down to Services and Applications, click. go to Services Scroll down to Windows Update Go to right hand window Click on More Actions for 'windows update' Click on Properties Center of new window change 'start up type' to 'manual. Click OK See what happens, good luck!! My OS is Windows 10, version 10.0.10586

I turned mine off completely. I have no idea of what damage I done but the updates were driving me nuts,, well,, even more nuts!!! It would screw with my desktop, shut down files I was needing on a daily basis for info, and other not so fun things. I'm running Windows 10 Home, but it doesn't tell me which version. I didn't want to say anything about this because I wasn't sure it worked for me, but it's been about 2 weeks now and I haven't had any issues to date, I also haven't shut my computer off either. Now if I can remember how to do it. I went through my 'history' to find where I had got the info to do it, and best I can come up with at the moment is 'Howtogeek.com' I should have written it down how I did it, but it was so easy I thought I would remember how, bit then I took a nap, and darn!! there it was >>>>GONE!!

That don't look very familiar to me. It seems that the pipe\hose you are showing is not from the clutch assembly. What year and make are we looking at?

Yep I'm thankful!!!! I got 2 arms, 2 legs, and all the stuff in-between. I doesn't all work like it used to when I was 20, but it sure works better than I see and hear from others. I have a house to live in, heat and water and a car to drive, along with a Spyder to play on. I have 6 kids, 17 grandkids and a 2 (3) great grand kids along with 4 kids in-law and 2 grandkids in-law. Everyday so far, the sun has come up as was promised and has set again in the evening. I wasn't promised anything when I was born, but have been granted a lot, food, water, clothing every day, and medical when I needed it, freedom to move around from here to there without somebody needing to know about it constantly. I have wonderful wife, who doesn't want the moon and cooks like no other. For my future????? I can only hope and pray that in the next years I will be blessed as I have been, but if I loose some or all of what I enjoy now, I will still depend on the One who guides all. The distant future looks great, no more sorrow, no more hunger, no more sickness, no tornadoes, no landslides,,,,, just perfection!!!! Want to join me? You would be welcome for sure.

Now how would you know?