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So whats in the box? Inquiring minds wish to know!

It always sad to hear of the passing of another member. Condolences and prayers for him and his family

Yes Merry Christmas , Happy new year and lets hope!

Its not? and here i just filed my tank with water figuring it was cheaper than gas. My thinking is that since compression creates heat and heated water turns to steam I would in a sense have a steam engine that would cost me nothing to run.

Check battery voltage before you you hook it up and recheck voltage when hooked up If there is a big voltage drop your battery is either defective or undercharged. Put it on slow charge over night and repeat the same procedure. If the same occurs you likely have a defective battery you can verify this buy load testing the battery. On the other hand if when you hook up the battery and you get an unusual heavy spark as you touch the cable to the battery you may have a bad short somewhere.

A Day late but hope all had a very merry Christmas Day.

Yes Merry Christmas to you as well.

Another interesting fact that my Dr told me which totally threw me for a loop is that oranges are fattening. I guess it, and can only assume it has to do with the sugar content. Who Knew.

Knew you would get in on this one. Notice how I conveniently left out the name of this dish to give you an opening. If its one thing us dutch folks like as much as stretching copper penny's as though we were making copper wire. Its Stamppot.

Try taking the kale out of the garden the day before you intend to eat it and put it in the freezer over night before cooking it. Back in the sixties and most of the seventies when it stayed frozen all winter we left the kale in the garden all winter and only picked enough for dinner. Also try this. Peel and quarter some patatoes place in a pot and cover with water. Place a bed of kale on top oft the potatoes and some smoked pork or pork and beef sausages on top of the kale and cover. Once the patatoes are done, remove the sausages and mash the potatoes and kale together. Serve on a plate and mix in some viniger and raw diced onions. You will love it.

So your clearing the snow so you can cut the lawn and I thought my neighbor was a lawn fanatic

I take both rosuvastatin and ramipril. I have had no side effects from either as far as I know, though I do know that certain types of statins have produced muscle pain in some people. One statin in particular was notorious for this. I take both before bed rather than in the morning. Apparently statins which are meant to control cholesterol work best while your sleeping. I take the Ramipril at night because the pharmacist advised that it has a tendency to cause dizziness so its best to take before bed rather than in the AM. Vitamin K2 and food products such Kale which produce a lot of K2 helps the body produce more blood platelets which in most cases is great. However if you are on a platelet reducing medicine such as Clopidogrel You should not take it because it defeats the purpose of taking the drug. Also not a good idea if you are prone to blood clotting and should be avoided for at least a year if you recently had any stents inserted.

Now I am not even close to being a computer export as a matter of fact far from it, so the only thing I see when it comes to newer operating systems is fancier more confusing do dads for which I have little use.all I do on the on the internet is email, bank, and sometimes look up info on how to do something I am not familiar with or go on VR to stir the pot, so for me windows 2000 and maybe XP were just fine. From my point of view for the limited amount I use a computer all these upgrades mean to me is more time sitting in front of the computer struggling with another learning curve, I would rather do without preferring to spend my time with more physical activities instead of constantly saying to myself. Now What

What year and model of bike are you talking about?

Check the connectors at the ignition module (CDI). I almost replaced mine for the same same symptoms. No spark on one cylinder. As I was removing it I noticed the build up of green and white crap in the connector and on the terminals. I cleaned all the terminals with slivers of fine emery cloth and electrical terminal cleaner followed with a second cleaning of ACF 50 then gave it a good saturation of ACF 50, then reinserted all the connectors. that was three years ago and the bike has run like a dream ever since.

Garages are self full filling. They get filled full all on their own.

It is not uncommon for something like this to take place in these bikes if they have sat for a while. Sometimes they take a little help to get started and once you do try keeping the RPMS up for a while until the bike warms up. once it warms up ride up and down the street for a bit in 1st gear and keep the RPMS well up. Or if the gas is old drain the carbs into a glass container, this way you can check for water in the fuel. If possible after letting the bike sit undisturbed over night, drain the fuel tank as well with shut off set at the reserve setting. Drain the 1st bit into a glass container so you can again check for water. In any case if the fuel is old replace it and the fuel filter. If this does not work, Start with the simple things. Make sure it has spark. If you have a compression gauge check compression while you have the plugs out. If compression is bad on any cylinder do a cylinder leak down test to pin point where the cylinder is losing compression. It may also be a good idea to check your valve settings. Too tight may prevent a valve from fully seating fully as the engine heats up and an overly excessive gap could indicate a sticky or damaged valve, such as a bent valve stem or debris between valve and seat. Make sure the fuel cock is open. Check the fuses if it still has the old glass ones its possible the fuse holders have corroded and weakened with age sometimes the fingers even get so weak they just break away. Take the top off the air cleaner and trickle a bit of gas in each barrel to see if it will then fire up. If not or if there was no spark, Go over your electrical connections, specially the ones going to the ignition module regulator and stater. Check for any green or white powdery looking coating on or bridging the terminals and clean with a good electrical cleaner (ACF50 is my preference as it does a great job of cleaning and protecting ). If it does, look into your fuel system make sure fuel is getting to the carbs you can open the fuel bowl drains and turn the key on. You should hear a clicking noise indicating the fuel pump is running and eventually fuel should run out of the fuel bowls. Try shooting some good carb cleaner through every orifice. At this point though avoid removing the diaphragms to access more orifices for now since you wont know their condition and for now is better to not disturb them, You can remove them later when all else has failed. With the top off look down into the carb and check the sliders make sure they move freely. If the the bike has been sitting for some time it is possible that crap has built up in the carb and plugged orifices and/or jets If initial attempts to flush carb with cleaner appear to fail you can now remove the diaphragms since if this step fails to work your next step will likely be to remove the carbs anyway and try flushing the remaining orifices reinstall the diaphragms and sliders and try again (make sure the hole at the needle end is in the six oclock position. If after all this and everthing checks out Ok other than the only time the engine will run is when you trickle fuel down the carb than I would be inclined to considering removing and O/H the carb

Along with Marcarl's suggestion I would coat the slip fit parts, matting surfaces and threaded parts with a high temp nickel based anti sieze compound such as Permatex® Nickel Anti-Seize Lubricant , MMC78 Nickel Base Anti-Seize Lubricant Compound 2500°F , Volvo jointed bolt and exhaust paste 1161929 or equivalent. It helps parts to slide in place better and aids in getting a better seal. You will notice a smell the 1st time or two the engine heats up but after a few good rides the smell will be gone.

Another vote for DIY. Plus along with getting the proper manual which you can download for free if you look this one http://www.venturerider.org/manuals/RSService.pdf should be close enough for most of the work until you find one specific to your year and model. Also the tech section here is full of advice plus does and don'ts experiences posted by by other members over the years, some who have learned the hard way . Finally this site has the best technical support you get any were from many knowledgeable and experienced members right here on the site. Many who also started out very green but over the years have developed a pretty good handle on things. True there are very rare occasions were someone may post questionable advice but in most cases if you wait a little before jumping in with both feet, another member or more, with a little more knowledge and experience will step in with a valid contradiction and explain why that advice may not be as good as it sounds. Plus since there is often more than one way to skin a cat, you will often end up with more than one good idea to perform certain tasks, not always based on right or wrong but often geared towards what one has at hand to work with. Lastly If your lucky there may be a fellow member within a reasonable distance that will come to you or allow you to come to them to help you learn your way around the bike.

I do the same and some times I also use Gaiters such as hikers use in winter and also skiers. I also find washing the clothes in something like Nikwax Cotton Proof™ helps to keep them from soaking up water from snow and rain. It helps make the clothing water repellent. Depending on the material it can vary from water proof to different levels of water repellent. At the very least it helps prevent the jeans from soaking and holding a thousand gallons of water which can turn warm jeans into body heat robbing clothing. I do all my cotton camping gear with it as well since wet cotton can actually cause hypothermia in cold weather. Check out this link: https://www.nikwax.com/en-us/products/cotton-proof/

If we can get some info as to year and model of bike and what the issue or symptoms are there are still some very knowledgeable people here on the site that may be helpful.

There has for long time been this theory that Yamaha deliberately set their speedometers to read higher than the actual vehicle speed whether it is for some safety perspective or just to make it seem like your going faster than you think you are, or whether it is to ensure the vehicle never goes faster than the legal road speed by assuring any speedometer error is below speed limit not above.

Which particular one did you get ? I see there are several models. https://nvx.com/marine-audio/bluetooth-controllers.html

I would go along with what @Marcarl since carbs do not cause spitting back. Before pulling the carbs out. If its spitting back up the carb this suggests that the cylinder is drawing fuel in but during compression the intake valve is not sealing allowing the fuel to spit back out through carb. This can be caused by a sticking valve. Sticky valves can be caused by a bent stem or extremely dirty valve. Often this can be determined by noticing the valve clearance being exceptionally high. Valve clearances that are too tight can keep valves from fully seating. A broken or cracked valve or seat. Much of this can be determined by a compression but better yet pin pointed more accurately performing a leak down test. .

As well it is a good idea to check or even replace the bolt as they have been known to break at the most inopportune time