Marcarl

It's made you into who you are today, and I'll say no more,,,,,, at least for now anyways.

Good to see this discussion is being held without anybody shooting at each other. Don't mind following this at all,, but now I'm going to through a monkey wrench into the whole theological theory. Time will come when this world will come to an end. Scientists will back that thought. We all like to remain blind to that fact and refuse to deal with it, but the signs are there. I'm not on climate change, flooding oceans, drought in areas and floods in others, all that stuff. I'm not one to delve into that stuff much. Rather I see things a bit different and the events kind of point in that direction. We can complain, fight, vote, rally, or whatever, to try and direct bosses (government or companies and know-it-alls) in the direction that we think they should go, but it doesn't seem to work. Why not? They are not the ones really in control. We live in a world that is governed not by mere people, but by the unseen 'bodies' that rule and guide us, evil vs good if you will. Presently evil has things going his way and so we are getting deeper and deeper into kaka. That's why I don't oppose any of the myriad of conspiracy theories that are being brought out. Anyone of those could be true. What I do see though is that man is being primed to follow what ruling bodies decide, as well as swallowing any 'white lies' that are being pushed around. It in advertising, government, political correctness, packaging and thoughout all our systems. We are so immune to it all, that we don't pay pay attention to it anymore, fact it, often times we will even support it. This may not be you and I, but thee general population where of I speak. Our moral fabric is going to shreds, our governments (that's us by the way) are so far in debt that there is no way out. In order to bring this around and be able to carry-on at all,,,, there will have to be a one-somebody to take it all in hand and fix it,,,, somehow cancel all debts of the countries, set 'new' rules in place that we need to abide by and still somehow make sure that we follow his lead. This won't be an easy thing to do, but a lot easier than it was 100 years ago. There is now enough of the population that will follow anyone that can make some wild ass promises, it doesn't take 50% plus one,,, it only takes 15% of the people to vote in a new government. Kind of scary I think, and like I said at first,, we don't want to deal with it. As a closing statement: Do we know which con theory is right? True? Can we trust what we are told by our rulers or bosses? Really?? Where is the truth? Who has it?

Don't think I removed mine when I did the 85. Maybe the book thinks you are a paid mechanic and so you could use the time involved, and you never know, there maybe be something you could break and then charge more.

I bet they seen me comin', and thought to themselves: we got more to do today than to listen to this Canuck, bet he learned his talking from the guy that's stranded over there. How soon can we get these speechifiers otta here?

So I am assuming then that it did turn over well enough. Did you check to make sure all the electrodes were still on the spark plugs, thinking that one make have broken off and started bouncing around inside a cylinder.

What do you mean by 'wouldn't start'. It wouldn't turn over or it turned over but wouldn't fire.?

Correction: Queenston Lewiston Bridge should read, Peace Bridge.

I don't see anything correlation (big word for me) between the cracks in the front and what's on the back. No way should a tire crack like that under any circumstances. (another big word, but this one I've spelled before)

I would suck out all the old fluid, then use brake clean to wash out the reservoir, and then do it again, all the corners and crevices. Dry it out with a clean cloth, gently blow some air to finish the drying and then add new fluid. Only fill to about the half-way mark. The system doesn't ever use any fluid so no need to fill it up to the top. If you do fill it full then you run the risk of having the fluid expand when it gets hot and then it will push the clutch plates apart.

And clean it out like you are sanitizing it.

There is a switch attached to the kick stand that caused the bike to die if the kick stand is down and bike is in gear. Guess you know that anyways. Work the kickstand back and forth a few time, let it bang on the way up to see if the switch is maybe stuck. Can't think of anything else that might cause that to happen. There's no adjustment to the clutch and if there was it would not cause what you are describing. The clutch is hydrolic so can run out of fluid, but has no impact on engine running.

Just a good reminder!!! CHECK YOUR TIRES OFTEN!! no matter how good the reputation.

Try making sure that your kick stand is up and the switch is working

OOOoooo that's scary. But like has been mentioned many times, any shot is not without risks or side effects. Glad for you that things are looking better at this point and that you didn't suffer worse. Thing is,,,, now what.... do you or don't you?

At the bottom of the cover that is off in one of the pictures there is a bolt that holds the cover on. It should have a copper washer on it to seal. I think it might be missing or it may not be a copper one.

Now that makes a bit of sense,,,, finally some wisdom here!!! @ guys saying more or less the same thing, must make it right! Thanks guys!!

As you sit on the bike,,, to the left of the battery box there should be a rectangular in-line box, about 2 inches long by about 1inch square. There are 2 red wires coming from the positive side of the battery, one is large and goes to the solenoid and the other is smaller and has the in-line fuse.

Sounds to me like you might have a short in the starter or the cable going to the starter. You might also check the connections at the battery, pull and tug on the cables to make sure they are clean and tight. Don't be afraid to hull on them a bit, if they are loose they will come apart and you found a problem that needs fixing anyways.

So,, after reading some GL posts in other forums, there is some talk about the Anti-dive causing a seal leak. I scratch my head over that. What do they have to do with each other? The anti-dive is there to slow the progression of fork depression, so limiting the transfer of fork oil. How does that effect the seal?

Sure,,,, slap me over the head,,,, give me a wedgie,,,, spill my coffee,,, drink my beer and then tell me you love me after pulling the rug from under me. Love you too Earl!!

It's a beautiful piece.

Tell us more info: Battery voltage, at the posts and at the connectors. Does the headlight come on when you turn the ignition. Check the main fuse, left side of battery in rectangular plastic holder. Should be an extra one there as well.

A bigger bit just the right size to fit the bore will give you a depressed perfect center at the bottom of the bore at the screw. Go too small and you will add aggravation or maybe even another carb.

Suggestion: Grab a drill bit the same size (or very slightly smaller) that will just clean the inside of the bore, not to take any metal, just the 'dirt'. Drill out the remainder of the brass screw, a little at a time until it's even with the threaded part. Now you have a nice centered platform to work from, and not some dumb angled unapproachable screw end. To do a nice job you will need a nice sharp bit that runs 100% true.

So did Montreal bleed a lot?