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  1. GS51
    I hate to be the one to through a wet blanket on this but I think you should leave this one alone and look for something else. Several problems that I see If you are planning on hauling 4 heavy bikes then the total weight will be higher than you think With just the bikes and no additional gear the payload weight will exceed 6,000 lbs and could easy exceed 10,000 lbs. plus the weight of the trailer it's self you could have a gross weight in the 12,000lbs range. There is no information on the axle rating. This is a converted boat trailer. Most boat trailers only come with 3,000 to 3,500 lbs axles. With 2 axles together that only gives you 7,000lbs gross weight far less than what you need to safely handle the load you plan on hauling. The trailer only has brakes on 1 axle while some states only require brakes on 1 axle for light trailers Other states like PA. require brakes on all axles on any trailer over 3,000lbs, with good reason when you get into the hills and mountains you will need the additional braking capacity. You will want all the braking capacity you can get when you have to a panic stop. The weight distribution on this trailer is all wrong it looks like you have about 80% of the weight on the hitch and 20% on the wheels. Standard distribution trailers are 30% on the hitch 70% on the wheels some go even higher on the wheels. This trailer configuration will make the trailer unstable on the road and put a lot of extra weight on the towing vehicle hitch. Another thing to consider I have looked at a lot of motor homes over the last few years and I have not found one that the towing hitch receiver is rated over 5,000lbs gross weight again far less than you need to tow 4 big bikes. These hitches are designed to tow a small car with a weight of about 2,000lbs I know that we all see motor homes towing large trailers all the time but what happens when there is a problem. I thin the last thing you want to see in you rearview mirror going down the road with $80,000 worth of bikes on a trailer is to hit a bump and see the trailer come apart because it over loaded. Or worse to do a panic stop and the trailer jack knifes and comes around and hits the side of you $120,000 motor home maybe totaling both or killing somebody. It's not worth it get the right trailer with the right hitch and the right tow vehicle and everybody will be safer. We all share the road and I may be the one beside you when you lose control of the trailer. Here's what can happen with even a slight mistake towing from what i understand he was only doing about 40 on a slight grade dry road. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fkey5jyr49zkkom/AAAYgPZEgRmp58tQhWj-d7Eaa I wish you well and hope everybody stays safe on the road
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    Prayers Sent
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    Earl I haven' t been on in a while and I just found out about Jean. My best thoughts and wishes to you and Jean. I will be praying for you both. Do what the doctors say and you can recover. Take it from someone that's been there and made it back. If there is anything I can do let me know. Keep us posted Gary
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    There is no reserve on my 83 Vin 101 no lever either just a square head with a slot. I even ordered a replacement to get the leaver didn't happen, the only thing I did get was the screen. it's a pain to turn it off to change the filter i have to use a wrench. Gary
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    Friends I normally don't post here much but I do enjoy hanging out here and catching up on all gossip and I like to think of all you as friends. Some of you may remember I posted here some time back for you good thoughts and prayers for my grandson William while he was in the hospital. For those good thoughts and prayers I am truly thankful. he pulled through that stay and was doing great in fact better than ever. Sadly god called him home in November 2011. It was unexpected and rough time for all of us. His last few days were the best he ever had in his short 14 years for that we are grateful and at least now he is at rest and no more pain from repeated operations and hospital stays. That said the reason I am on here again is another good thoughts and prayers request for Williams older brother David. David signed up and joined the marines, graduated boot camp last august. It was his choice and he has no regrets in fact he is enjoying it, if it makes him happy I and the whole family are happy for him and support him anyway we can. David was stationed at Marine Camp Pendleton he came home in August for a short 2 week leave to be with the family and to get married. He returned to Camp Pendleton the first week of September to be deployed to Afghanistan. As of yesterday or today he is boots on the ground in Afghanistan. He minimizes the risk when he talks to the family but I know and I think that all of you folks that have served or have family that have served in that area know that he is in fact in harm's way. There is not a day that I don't think about him the first thing when I get up in the morning and the last thing before I go to sleep at night. He is where he wants to be and I am happy for him. He scheduled to be there until May 2014 but we all know that that could change at any time. He has 3 more years on this enlistment so he could be deployed for a 2nd tour some ware again. So I am asking those of you that are so inclined, to remember him in your thoughts and prayers to keep him safe and bring him home to his family. I thank each and every one of you for your prayers
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    I would check the frame, my 83 did the same thing on me. I was on ride and it kept getting lower and lower when I got home took it apart found the cross member on the frame cracked allowed the back frame to roll up to the point that the mud flap was dragging on the road with just me on.I took it apart pulled it back into place welded it up reinforced it a little no problem since That was before I found this site and learned about the weak frame on the early bikes. Their is a Thread about it here someplace. Good Luck
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    .22 Hornet

    GS51 replied to Black Owl's topic in Watering Hole

    My son has a .22 Hornet what are you looking for empty cases, reloads or what and yes it ts a center fire reloadable
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    Try this Guy I contacted him some time ago and quoted me a good price on a slider way below all the dealers. At that time is was $65 each SMorrisRN@aol.com if you try to clean them do not usethe new soak carb cleaner, use clean gas only the newer carb cleaners react badly with the metals in the older carbs and could give you problems. Gary
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    Here's a Link that may help explain the differance if ot were me I would stay with DOT4 i talked to brake manufacture and they said to stay with the DOT4 unless you plan on fulshing the system every month or so DOT 5 was designed to be changed often. http://www.motorcycleproject.com/motorcycle/text/cows-brakefluid.html Gary
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    Actually the serial number is 101 as shown in the service manual and confirmed from the factory records, they have records of the original owners starting at # 174. there are no records before that. How do I know its still on the road, because its in my shed waiting for me to take it for ride.
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    The first one Ser# 1 is still on the road
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    check out these guys it looks like they have it all together http://www.tourtank.com/ Gary
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    try these I have used both and they work OK for me. although the scanner I have is not bluetooth is wasen't avaiable when I got mine If I hade the choice the bluetooth is the way to go. http://www.vupointsolutions.com/browse.php?cat=scanner http://www.shopping.hp.com/store/product/product_detail/CB026A%2523B1H Gary
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    Saw These

    GS51 replied to Yammer Dan's topic in Watering Hole

    Before I would buy them on ebay i would check out this link asme thing just looks a little different but is a direct replacment less tham $5 each i was thinking about replacing mine and dir some web searching http://www.parkeryamaha.com/ngksparkplugcaptb05ema.aspx Gary
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    The 2 blues are Hot the White is Nutural and the yellow / Black is Ground all though most of the time the Ground is Yellow / Green that's colors they us in Europe and Japan the hot are usualy Black but there is no set color except Green and Yellow / Green those 2 will always be earth ground connected to the frame.
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    I am looking for some help or advice on an 86 Goldwing 1200 My son got a n 86 Gold wing last spring, yea I know it’s not a Venture but he likes it and the price was right his other bike is a Valcon 1500 and he can’t keep up with me when we ride together and long rides are out on that thing it’s just not comfortable on road trips. Anyway last fall the stator went out so the project over the winter was to replace the stator. Well as you know if you have ever worked on a Goldwing to replace the stator you have to remove the engine. So while we had it out we replaced the clutch and the timing belts rather than waiting on them to break down. Well the stator is replaces and working good that’s another story in its self, and we double and triple checked the timing belts with the engine out and with engine back in place. The clutch works better than it ever did when he had it. After putting it all back together the engine runs good a little back fire but hardly noticeable when sitting still even at high rpm’s but when he tries to ride it there is just no torque when he lets out the clutch in gear it can hardly move itself on level ground any king of a grade and you have to keep slipping the clutch to go. When you release the clutch it stalls out completely, the clutch works fine fully engages and disengages just like it should we even flushed the clutch cylinder and checked to be sure it is working freely all is OK. We had the carb rack out at least 4 times to check for vacuum leaks or linkage problems but nothing. Timing is right on, all the cylinders are getting spark 2 of the cylinders look like they may be running rich (Plugs are wet) but no indication of unburned fuel in the exhaust. We really don’t want to rebuild the carbs without having a real good reason to. We are at the end of our wits and he is ready to scrap it out for parts if we don’t get it running soon. This bike ran good before we had to pull the engine to replace the stator. So any help or suggestions would be helpful Thanks Gary
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    I was at the store the other day and this was in the parking lot. i beleave it was built in the 70's based on a KZ600 and the landing gear retracts
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    The first thing to do is to connect the lights directly to the battery neg to neg th brake light lead to the pos + of the battery the light should work as designed do the same for the marker light lead both the marker and the use the same neg - connection. if both lights work connected directly to the battery then they will work on you brake lights no natter the load you have with other lights. if they don't work when connected to the brake light wire then you have a bad ground (neg) or return to the battery. Electricity will seek a secondary path if the primary is open check your ground connections. PM me with a phone number and I will see if I can help you in more detail.
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    I would check with Yamaha on that. I called them back in the spring to get the cab manufacter and model so I could get some parts for mine and I was told that the carbs on the 83 are yamaha's they made their owen.
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    First Royale

    GS51 replied to Zane's topic in Watering Hole

    Serial Number 1 is a Royale
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    try this link a full set of 4 for 109.95 thats where is got a set for mine http://www.carbkitscapital.com/carb_kit_list_model.php?make=Yamaha&model=XVZ1200
  22. GS51
    I would check the headlight plug if thats OK then change the lamp a bad connection could do that
  23. GS51
    it sounds like an open nutral they are hard to find if you don't how to check for it. electric is a funny thing to work it will always seek the plath or least resistance. because wiring in the average home has both 120V 2 wire and ground and 230V 3 wire and ground. on older homes they may not have a ground wire but that will not give you this trouble. the current that would nromaly flow back to the power company through the nutural now must pass through other devices to the other hot line depending on what devices are turned on the time if that current is to large for that braker it trips. sometimes it will just cause a brown out on just one part of the house. turn everything off and then see if other 230V devices will not work (electric rangs or Dryer) other 230V devices may give you the same troble when you try to run them you may have to just open every electrical box in the house and check the nuteral connection. (White wire in most cases) the bare copper or green wire are the ground the normaly never carry any current if their is any current on any ground wire then you have a device that is bad and need to be fixed. pm me with a phone number and i will try to help you if you still need it. i have over 40 yeard working with all types of electrical systems Gary
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    try this contact smorrisrn@aol.com i checked with him last year $65 each and i think thats with the rubber bellows the list price is about $150 each i didn't get any from him because i am short on cash and i want to replace all 4 of mine when i do. i was able to repair mine and their working for now.
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    I don't like to disagree with you good people but that bike is definitely a 1983 assembled in the USA The JYA is Japan Yamaha America the DA in digits 10 and 11 indicates the assemly plant as USA the last part is the serial number 000175. it is the 74th of the production line. When I called them to trace my Venture they told me the lowest number they have any racords for was 000175, that did not help me as my number is 000101 they did confirm that the numbers start at 000101 and run consecutively. From the VIN number it looks like someone took the bike from the US to England If you contact Yamaha America they may still be able to give you the name of the tirst owner.
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