Marcarl

All good info, it should work for you. Sometimes though it might take 2 people and it might end up being the case of darned if you do and darned if you don't, in other words as you pop the one side in the other pops out. Keep at it, and they will all seat eventually. Personally I think the problem arises from the fact that the carbs were not perfectly flat when joined together, they may have looked flat, but weren't close enough. Yours look like they should flip in, but it might be a back and forth a couple of times. Heat and a good dose of WD40, or better yet, Fluid Film.

So yous say it was windy? Where, in South Africa? No signs of wind in those pictures, maybe it was just in your noggin, 'course you were fairly close to a wind machine, maybe that's what you were doing with your fist, trying to divert the inevitable. Not sure that Marca needed any help from you at that time, she was watching all on her own and is quite capable in doing that by herself,,,, don't go stepping on her toes or you be HISTORY!! just a warning. If you found any turns of any description on that trip it was only due to mama Yamaha and her choice of bearings. Now there might have been a few curves and turn offs, but u-turns would have been your idea.

Don't think a couple of small holes would compromise the bar at all. What I would look at to do is to remove the cover from the back side, fasten the mount onto the bar with a couple of tek-screws, cut off the protruding screw on the backside with a dremel, put the wires back in and re-install the cover. Bob' your uncle! Advantage of using tek-screws is that they completely fill any hole and it's easy.

Under closer inspection, what were you up to with your left hand while I was taking a well deserved nap after getting tired leading you through the total maze of roadways to get you to this point. Bet Marca wasn't watching close enough or you would have been total pulp!! THAT'S HER TERRITORY!!

Now you did done doed it, all h3ll will break loose and the intention of the thread will go in other directions.

Just some pictures of what @saddlebum was mentioning. I'm the one having a nap,,, something I do well!! Built by none other than @Squidley Pictures taken 2016

Check forks, straight and even. Check rear wheel alignment, so swing arm to be tight and in good condition. Check brakes all around, especially the front two that there is no excessive drag. Check the fork brace to be true and tight. Front wheel bearings. Rear wheel bearings. Steering head bearings.

Yah Bum, you don't know the half of it, stay in your corner!!

Covid??? Yep!!! needed to buy some breakers for the electrical panel at our shop. Not in stock anywhere, so called my electrician. He said they were all made in Mexico (not that that matters) and that the 3 shifts at the plant are now done to only one. Why?? It's the times I bet. Anyhow, building houses etc just got slower because of a tiny part that is needed to supply power.

Nope, you should be fine.

Marca had to have a new valve put in her heart in Dec and now the Dr wants more tests. It sure makes one think about what happens next and when. There's no time like the present to plan the future. For her and me, we are quite alright with what's been offered.

They may not be so far out actually. Our most intense areas for covid around here is in Toronto/Peel region. It's claimed that the high Covid count is due to the working conditions/habits at places such as Amazon and other close quartered plants. Understandable. And when the down and out counts ranges in the 100s in one location, it makes sense to me.

So if you can see for 30 miles on March 23, how far can you see on April 10th? lol.

Are you sure there is enough oil in there? I have never seen perfectly clear engine oil, mineral oil, castrol oil, but never engine oil.

Not anymore I bet. Although there will be more in the transmission side, and that stays there.

Nice work, especially if it works well.

Off chance thought. Is your oil level more than 1/2 the sight glass when bike is straight up? If the answer is yes, you may have oil leaking down from the breather. Another though would be that there might be a cover bolt that's not seated properly. These bolts are shoulder bolts and do not tighten onto the valve cover, they snug down on the shoulder which gives exact clearance needed for the valve cover gasket. If you added a washer or so to the bolt, it's done wrong and will leak.

Try cutting a slot in it for a flat screwdriver, or just grind the head off entirely. The left over pipe will remove easily seeing as the tension is removed when the head is off.

They are still as good as way back when, recipe is still the same.

There are 2 kinds of people in this world, those who are VentureRiders and those who wish they could be a Venturerider.

Even if they are of Dutch decent?

Thinking you'll need to become a paid member and then have a few posts, but I may be wrong about the post count.

I'm guessing that maybe Nobody has, but it's been a while since he's been on the forum, so might not answer,,,,, again.

Moved it to the Watering Hole, you'll get more input from there.

Do they have hiway pegs?