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Yep, that's Monday Morning pictures, but that may not look as good on paper as it does in real life, the swelling has gone down big time, so much so that we can now figure who the main culprit is. It's called the MLC or Medial Colateral Ligament. It runs on the inside of the knee from the top bone to the bottom bone and helps keep the knee lined up so that you go straight. Thanks goodness I'm not riding, have enough trouble going straight without ligament problems,,, I'd be all over the road. So when are you coming down to feel sorry for me personally???????
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You're more than welcome anytime, like I said somewhere before, come after breakfast, bring your own lunch and leave before supper. . Just call before you come, we'll be here most of the time I expect, but Marca wants to go out, and I can't blame her, so we might make a trip here or there. She says I also need to visit the doc,,wonder what's up with him,, so we'll have to make that appointment as well. Other than that, come on Riders, the more the merrier.
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Patience is a hard thing at times, must be extra hard waiting for that phone call. Let us know when you get it, then we can all breath easier. Don't worry though, as my mother always said, no news is good news.
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I looked but haven't come up with it yet, I know it's out there somewhere. You might try to contact Rick Butler, member here, he might be able to help. I could use a couple of new ones as well.
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I know the rules, we must post pictures,,,,never mind that I'm getting bored and want something to do, but I'll follow the rules and post the 'progress' I really thought that maybe the scoot would run today, but so far no luck, Marca won't let me anywhere near it, least I could do is hear it run,,, and maybe just test it out a little to make sure that nothing is ceasing up from lack-a-wana. Problem would be, how to get the leg over the seat??????? maybe I could ride sidesaddle. Nice colors eh???? just a real pain to get them so pretty.
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89 VR Carb Sync Problems - HELP
Marcarl replied to rmcclain's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
#1 one is front left, #2 is behind it, # 3 is front right, that leaves #4 being the one behind that. Don't read the book tooo much, some translations didn't work so well. Just to verify for yourself, take a look at your carbs, check out the linkage(s). You'll notice that the throttle cable leads to the left rear carb, regardless of it's supposed number, that makes it the primary carb to which all other carbs are synced. Now you'll also notice that the carb in front of it is linked to it by an adjustable 'shaft' linkage. So now you can see how to make those two work on conjunction with each other and the front one is adjustable to the back one. Now if you go to the right side and twist the throttle you be able to notice that there is a link moving between the left bank and the right bank and that this link primarially goes to the front carb, also you'll notice how they have cleverly managed to somewhat duplicate that shaft linkage from the other side, it's not quite the same but pretty close. Now the trick is to make the right bank equal to each other, so you adjust the back carb to the front carb. AT this point now we have 2 adjusted banks, the left bank works by itself and so also for the right bank, but they may not be the same to each other. So now is the time to make the front right one equal to the primary, which is the left rear, as we said before, and seeing as there is a link going directly back to that carb without interferring any other carb, by adjusting the front right carb to the rear left carb, you will be able to sync them together and seeing as the rear right is tied to the front right and will stay the same as the front right, when you adjust the front right to match the left rear primary, all will now be perfect. I hope you like reading, because this is helping me in not getting too bored. Anymore questions, the doctor is still in. -
I think that they figure that if they don't say anything, we'll forget what's going on, but that only happens when your over 60,,,, if he wants friends when he gets back home, he had better do his thing down south, what's your opinion Jopie?
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I got me one of those, and it has 'good' lights in it. and it has 'good' lights in it, want to trade?????, yours is very shinny compared to mine, I can see why you'd want to fix it properly. I know I seen the fixture somewhere on line, I'll have to see if I canfind it for you, give me some hours and I'll see what I come up with. Carl
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If you got the slider with the diaphrams, don't bother trying to take them apart, just use them as you got them. If you need to replace the diaphram on your own slider, you need to open up an area between the two washers. Sometimes that's easy and sometimes it's harder and if you is not careful, sometimes they break,,,,,****,,,. So, take out the sliders. With 2 flat screwdrivers, gently insert each one, from opposite directions, in between the two washers holding the rubber in place, gently working them until they separate enough to remove the rubber, clean it and insert the new rubber. Make sure that when you insert the new rubber that it goes in the right way, with the bead into the groove in the washer. Once the old diaphram is removed, the washers are cleaned and the new diaphram is in place, tap the whole works back together with the wooden part of a hammer or a plastic mallet. To aid in the separtation of the washer, it helps to understand how this is put together. The slider is plastic and so subject to breakage. The part that holds the washer to the plastic slider is metal and pressed into the plastic. It's a pressed fit so will be tight. You can 'heat' the plastic with hairdryer to expand it a little before you try prying with the screwdrivers.
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89 VR Carb Sync Problems - HELP
Marcarl replied to rmcclain's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
So far I agree with what been said, but maybe I'll say my two cents worth anyways, seeing as I can't do anything but type and sleep and read. Take off the air box, (there are two hoses attached to the bottom, one is in the center and goes to the middle of the the V in between the cylinders and has a wire clamp holding it in place, and the other is in the front left corner, also with a wire clamp). The one in the center comes with the airbox, the one in the corner stays in place. Loosen the 4 clamps that are above the carbs holding the airbox in place and then wiggle the airbox off. Now if you gently move the slider back in the carb you can see the butterfly at the bottom. Starting with #2 which is the back side carb on the left side, adjust the idle screw (not the idle mixture screw) so that the butterfly closes completely. You can check this by turning the screw in and out to see if the butterfly stops moving and is actually seated against the throat of the carb. If you can't get it to seat, as said before, you probably have one or two other butterflys holding it open, so then check #'s1,3,&4 to make sure they are open, so that they are not seated. I they are not seated, then #2 has to be seated. Once #2 is seated then you seat #1 and then # 3 and then #4, Now don't seat them tightly, adjust just so that they touch, no more. Now you can readjust the idle screw on #2 so that it starts to pick up the butterfly in #2, then start the engine and adjust to a proper idle. Let it warm up well, about 15 minutes, and then attach your carb tune and see what happens. If you suck the trannie fluid into the cylinders no harm will be done, except that it will smoke, but that will go away with time. The order for cyncing is #1 to #2, then #3 to #4 and then #4 to #2. Let us know how it works. -
If there isn't someone around to help you the first time, don't fret, it's really quite simple, and once you do it, you'll understand why Squidley can do it. Did I just say that????well he has Lonna for support so I guess it's ok,,,,,,anyways, there are instructions in the tech section to help you through, but the biggest help would be to understand what you are trying to accomplish and how accurate you need to be. A carb sync will not neccessarily get rid of fuel smell. It does not effect the running of a cylinder, in other words, the cylinder still gets gas and it still fires, so the burning should take place and so the fuel should be used up. What does happen, is that one carb will not open at the same time as the others, and so provide less air\fuel mixture to the cylinder (or if it opens earlier, more fuel mixture) so consiquentally it will 'pull' at a different rate than it's counterparts, therefore giving you a rough running engine. Once you have the carbs sync'd all cylinders should pull the same and so give a smoothness to the running engine which is inherant to the Yamaha V4 If you smell fuel, I would suspect a bad plug, (don't go by eyesight, you can't tell) or maybe some dirt in the carb(s). You might even have a float out of adjustment, but that would be a long shot.
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10\4 that works the best
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What age, it's got nothing to do with age,,,,,,it's got more to do with permission, and the third baseman did not ask me for permisssion, then he pushed me over,,,, and then I fell,,, I'm just sure about it now that I think of it,,, had nothing to do with Marca,,,,she thinks exercise is good, and she like to see me fit,,,,,,,,,,my jeans, my shoes, my skin,,,
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Yep I agree with this statment,,,, it's all in the bike, but then maybe it's just the tires,,, tires can make a lot of noise, and the faster you go the more you have to deal with. On the other hand, if you go fast enough, the noise will be deflected to slide under the scoot and so will not be heard by the rider, but can be an annoyance for those riding behind the bike in question. That's why some riders put load pipes on their scoots, they just can't seem to be able to attain the speeds necessary to cause this reaction to take place,,,, hence most 1st gens don't need load pipes.
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Yep, not kiddin' ya,,, fed up with all this sitting around, looking at the computer screen, hobbling around on one leg,,,,reading the 'newspaper' watching all the scoots going past as though there is nothing going on,,,,,napping,,,,,eating,,,,,,,... After all the bike is ready, the weather is excellant,,, and all the bad drivers have gone south and the roads should be quiet,,,,,,,and best of all Mrs. Jopie is cooking supper,,,,,, get the cage ready hon,,, we're on or way.
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I would say that some is going to have to have eyes in the back of her head, in the near future, them was fighting words.
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So in the mean time,,while we all wait for the boss to take some lazy time off, and we all have to deal with the COMPUTER GREMLIN,,,,,Maybe he's jst trying to sell more bells, so we will start hanging them on our computers now as well. Man, this sitting around is gonna get me in trouble yet.
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Enjoy your time off, you only get one week and then it's over, so don't worry about all the other things, just enjoy the moments and the days.
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So you finally posted, we were thinking about you all, and didn't hear nothing, so it's nice to see that you can still communicate. Have a great ride, we're actually kind of jealous, but hey, I'm getting more mobile, keep us posted.
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Today Greener stopped by, and we shared some good times, I also 'walked' a little, with a little assistance of the sticks but it felt good. Still swoll up pretty good, I'm looking forward to tomorrow,, should be better again,,,I hope. Thanks for all your prayers and good wishes, it means a lot and helps a lot more.
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So now who am I gonna believe, is it a possum or opposum, and then if we have more than one is it possumites or opposumtoneians, and if you get bit by one of these creatures, will that be possumotitis, opposumectomy. Man this is getting confusing, some better jump in here and clear this up, or I'll be down with wordology along with my knee-vex-omee.
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Broke in The KLR 650.... Now My Endurance run
Marcarl replied to E-Fishin-C's topic in Watering Hole
Are you sure you need credentials????? I thought that was for Canadian citizens, you know, the kind that wear clothes and do shopping and stuff...did I just say that?///??? Don's on vacation, I just might get away with it,,,,,,,,, -
They sell bikes on Craigs list don't they? Just go buy a new one, they come all nice and shinny and clean, and then let us know when you post the old dirty one forsale.
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You did the right thing, had you braked you would have grabbed that possum and drug it along, never brake, always throttle, you'll 'lift' the front and ride right over it. We were taught in riding school: the throttle is your friend, not your brake, only use your brake as last resort, the more you think about, the more sense it makes.
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Are you nuts??,,,,, do you know what that would cost me in windex? I don't own that company,,,,, but now maybe hamburger,, that might be an idea,,, would that work the same???????