Marcarl
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Sounds to me like you're right into it Bummer, keep up the interesting work.
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As the saying goes: Absence makes the heart grow founder,, so I guess that means we love our scoots more, love our riding time more, love our riding partners more, and maybe because of the cold just generally love more. Now no need to go into all the intimate details of that statement, but you may just get the point. I hear that practice makes purrfect and I'm not perfect yet, but am practicing.
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Don't go rushing around and buy the first one you like. Make some offers and let them die if necessary, there's lots to choose from and more on the way, and the prices aren't going to be going up soon. Our family is in the moving stage right now, 4 to 5 of us looking to move, phone lines get hot at times.
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Not very safe indeed. Too bad you ride a 2nd gen, if you was riding a 1st gen, you could hunt them down and give them a piece of your mind, don't know if that would leave anything for the next round, but in my case it wouldn't matter, they'd get it anyways. I thought about the suggestion of riding somewhat haphazardly, back and forth between tracks but that would be even more dangerous.
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This can be aweful frustrating, just go it one day at a time, and depend on the guidance from above, then you'll never go wrong. Bad things still happen, that's life, but help will be given to those who ask. Ask and it shall be given, seek and you shall find, knock and the door will be opened.
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Tell him in easy terms that you were not hapy with the situation and leave it be,,,,until next time,,,,,watch him close and if he pulls it again,,, walk up to him, look him in the eye, and point blank tell him that you won't ride with him again, unless he is in front of you!!
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Generally there is enough slack to pull things together, if you do that don't make things snug, if that happens you'll need to extend the length somewhat. -
Big Scare on Halloween - Blown Tire - Long Story
Marcarl replied to RedRider's topic in Watering Hole
Glad to hear you made it through all right, now you are more experinced, but maybe not the experience we are looking for. I think pressure has a lot to do with thread \ tire life. Too soft and you heat things up too much and wear the edges, too hard and you burn out the center for early failure. My recommendation is to start with what is recommended by the tire manufacturer according to load and then adjust as you watch the wear of the threads. The nice thing about running gravel (even just a parking lot) is that you can look at your tire to see how much of the width of the thread you are using and judge things from there. -
When you get to that point in the life of your scoot, just clean it all up and solder them together. Make sure you provide plenty of insulation and you should be good to go. That connector is often the problem for stator failure and may even be your only problem at this point. You can try these guys to see if they have something for you, although they don't list one. http://www.rmstator.com/en/index.php?page=4/Motorcycles/Yamaha
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You'd be amazed at how much a cup of coffee and a donut each can add up. Cut the extras and put away as much as you can.
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Keep the spirit young'un, you'll make it one day at a time. Good to read your comments. Keep us updated. Carl
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I didn't even think that would cross somebody's mind.
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Ya that 'should' work. Marcarl's is normally the Saturday after the Victoria Day weekend so that makes it the 23rd this year. Now we'll have something to do if the forecast is bad for either weekend. Guess I won't be going to one or the other,,, now I have to choose,,, man that's going to be hard.
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stupid dealer
Marcarl replied to MikeM8560's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
It's worth the price of the tools to take the wheels off yourself. Jack and a couple of sockets. Makes it also better because you don't have to wait 3 weeks before they have time to do the change for you. Time taken for taking the wheels off and on is about 1.5 hours max. -
So far as I have noticed, anytime someone wants to discuss something other than MC it's done in the watering hole. That's nice because I get to read the thread and then leave it if I want. I might learn something and then again I might learn to stay away and not learn any more. If that were 'hidden' I would not see these threads and so would not see more of what else our family is made of. To offer up disagreements in a thread is OK by me, as long as it stays civil, but, if and when it gets nasty, I'd just as soon we stick to the rules and turf it out. As said before, a family has issues and disagreements, and different ways of looking at things, and that's OK, but let's remember why we joined this group in the first place: it's who we are and the rules we abide by. If we make a change, that's OK, but it needs to be for the better of all concerned.
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Three white wires, under the left side panel, about half ways down. Take it apart and decide if it's an issue,,, don't just look at them,,, take the connector apart.
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High-rev problem
Marcarl replied to MikeC's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Had that problem this spring,,, drove me nuts,,,that's why I am what I am. Did everything you could think of, lub the linkage, checked the cables, worked on the cruise and then gave up, because I had sync'd the carbs and that just wouldn't be it,,,wellllllllll,,,it was. Got right back to square one on the carbs. Set #2 so that it closed,,,completely. Then did the rest of the carbs in order,,,,,,,,,,,,guess what,,,,,,,,,runs beautifully,, no more problems. Need more info on that, just ask. -
GeeWiz, can you all talk about something else than work? I'm going to another thread.
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And if you ever want them back,,, no problem,, use the same protocol to do that. Will that make you happy??????? We're here to make you content.
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And here all along I thought you was smarter than me.
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Mirror screws ?
Marcarl replied to Ga Dawg's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Try getting helmet holders to replace the screws, that way you can hang your helmet there as well. CruiserCustomizing.com maybe be able to help,, or BigBikeParts may have what you need. -
Don't worry too much dear boy, the actual number of the beast is 666, no more no less, as can be found on everything you buy today. Found but not seen.
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Good point. Our tanks are small as compared to a cage tank, which we are all used to. So it becomes important to fill up at the same place, same pump, same exact parking position, same air in the shocks, so that the scoot has the same lean, side to side and froward to backward, as the time before. A small amount of fuel difference will make a big change in mileage calculations.
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Seems at this point that I also have an interest in the viewing of this highly desired item. We'll see if we can make a group viewing of it as well.
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I think he's just not klicking on all four.