saddlebum

First stop is 1pm, Tim Hortons on the South side of Paris - Rest Acres Rd. from there we trip over to, Twisted Treats, 79 King Edward Street, Paris Ontario, Canada. https://paristwistedtreats.ca/

I am currently on year eight with my Deka AGM and it is still going strong. Generally keep on a battery tender through the harshest winter months but I have had years where I have forgot to hook it up and I never disconnect the battery from the bike, yet still the bike would just barely crank over. I would then put it on the battery tender overnight and it would be good for another season. If it is dropping off as fast as you say I would suspect a parasitic drain condition try disconnecting the ground cable from you battery when you store the bike and see if it still occurs.

Hope you do it would be good to see you again.

First let me welcome you to the site. Also if your free on Aug 6th some of us Ontario members are hoping to have a little get together in Paris. You should come and introduce yourself. As far as the whine goes it is pretty much a normal thing with these bikes. Some have replaced the clutch basket but I believe many of us myself included just learned to live with it.

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Normally I would be inclined to disagree. The speedometer and odometer use the same signal produced by the speed sensor which measures the wheels revolutions per mile or kilometer then this signal is translated into miles or Km per hour by the speedometer and total miles or km coverd by the odometer of the rolling wheel. A smaller tire will have more revolutions per mi/km and a larger one will have fewer revolutions per mi/km. So by putting a smaller dia tire or wheel on the bike the speedometer will make it appear the bike is going faster than it actually is and the odometer will make it appear the bike is covering more mi/ km than it really is and the reverse is true if using a bigger dia tire since it will have fewer revolutions per mile. Since both speedometer and odometer utilize the same signal if one is out so is the other. If one is corrected so is the other. The only discrepancy to this is if the needle itself on the speedometer is out of calibration while the odometer is within or closer calibrated. In that case than yes the healer would become a double edged sword. I would love to see the cluster of a second generation since I have to wonder if there is a calibration adjustment on the speedo head since many electronic speedo heads do have one. On the 1st generation you can correct the speedo by very carefully bending the needles return springs anchoring tab and increasing or decreasing spring tension until you have achieved accurate speedometer readings.

Your very welcome always feels good when your able to be of some assistance and improve someones day. Good luck with the carbs. Chances are the needle seats are stuck open due to debris. Be careful how you remove the seats if you plan on reusing them because they are easily marked if you just try to use a straight punch. Some where I have a pic of how I remove them which I wiĺl post when I find it. One method I have used in the past is replace the needle with a few close fitting balls from a ball bearing and carefully placed a punch against the final ball and tap out the seat. Because the punch will be on an angle tap carefully.

Almost makes you wish it came with a transparent replacement cover. How cool would that be?

It was nice to meet you too Mark

Without a doubt REPLACE IT. Last thing you need is a tread to fly off while ridding.

May the angels guide him in his new journey to the Lords side.

Your right I meant to say Larger molecule (my bad). Any way here is a clip from one of our service bulletins at work From GM who as I stated earlier neither recommends or discourages nitrogen use in tires. Nitrogen use in on road vehicle tires. A common explanation: “The larger-sized molecules of this gas compared to atmospheric air means less slow leaks caused by air bleeding out of porous alloy rims.” Nitrogen makes up 78 per cent of the air we breathe, so 100 per cent nitrogen isn’t likely to have much effect in holding tire pressure on old and corroded wheels as suggested within the industry. It is perceived that it will let tires run cooler, which is why race cars and airplanes use nitrogen.” It’s highly unlikely that a minivan or SUV will have its tires subjected to the extremes that track cars and jets experience, so like less air leaks, this benefit is highly doubtful. The only benefit of using nitrogen is less pressure variation with temperature changes. Repair shop air compressors, air-lines and air-powered wheel tools are subjected to a lot of moisture contamination. Even the best shops that drain the water from their compressors daily and use water traps on every bay’s air-line can have high water content in their compressed air. When they fill tires, this water goes in with the air, causing increase in air pressure when the tires warm up; the moisture droplets expand, increasing the pressure. When temperatures drop the moisture droplets contract, decreasing pressure. Nitrogen is compressed for transport and shop use under processes that ensure low water content resulting in more consistent pressures.

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And this is one of the reasons (among others) why crime will never be stopped because it is a cash cow for lawyers (BTW I do recognize that there are some lawyers out there that actually do have some integrity)

Nitrogen compresses and decompressed at a constant rate unlike air which compresses and decompresses at unstable rates. This why Nitrogen is used in some shocks. Used in tires it maintains a more consistent pressure unlike air which can increase and decrease in pressure signicantly with temperature fluctuations. It has a larger molecule so it is less inclined to leak and it does not hold moisture like air does therefore reducing wheel rim corrosion. Is the benefit significant enough to warrant using it in car tires? Not according to most car manufactures. GM for example in their bulletin on the subject neither recommend nor discourage its use. The only tires it has proven to have significant advantages in are heavy aircraft and race cars. In passenger cars it's more of a selling feature than anything else.

Better at milking than a dairy farmer. I was told once by a retired awyer friend of my father's that many laws or rules are created by the lawyers themselves for their own benefit, more then for the benefit of the people.

Were did you get it from?

It's not just your Opinion Earl. Ì whole heartedly agree with every word you said. I remember when arguments were quickly solved with bare fists and then sealed over milk and cookies or later a few shared beers. Win or loose it was Quicker and less stressful than involving lawyers for every little thing which they love to drag out forever to fatten their purse and now you have cowards, slandering from behind the skirt commonly known as the internet.

Oh Darn

Hey @sleepy2wires the pic of my truck. Poor girl felt was feeling left out 😥. Nice pics thanks for posting.

Correct on all three points

I have I always said that the smartest guy is not the guy who thinks he knows everything but it is the guy who is aware that there is still much to learn.

That's him. He was a full member when membership was free. Once Freebird asked for members to pay teenie weenie member fee he couldn't just quit but had to go on major rant. Ran into him at a timmies one time and got an earful from him. I could not get out of there fast enough but not without making a few quick remarks in freebirds defense first.

If that gear looks fine the only other thing I can think of is the rubbing blocks for the timing chain it's possible that a piece of that may have broke off. But it has been a while since I had my nose in there so I'm not 100% sure.

I will probably get slapped for this one but Facebook always reminded me of an Old time sewing Circle