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I would like to get a pic of my in-laws garage, he's been collecting and restoring on a penny pinchers budget for decades. Even has one fo those Suzuki? With the rotary engine.

And with me, but I learned to ride on a Bridgestone 90 basket case that my dad fixed up around 1970. The real challenge is when I get on my wife 600 shadow and go for the heel shift

I've had my 02 midnight do this twice in the 3 years I have had it. For me it wasn't a list battery connection but surface corrosion between the ground lug on the battery. Was weird that it would provide enough current to run the electronics and light but starter would break the connection and the click was the spark at battery. Both times I was able to clean up the posts and cable. First time it happened I was at a gas station in my town and had to use the tool kit and access driver to scrape the oxide of the post. That was 2 years ago, happened again late last month and at least I was in my own garage. Recognized right of this time. Wondered if anyone else had experienced it.

Unfortunately, I know what mine look like and are in for need of replacement, but I am still getting mid 40s most of time even with those nasty ones in it. Mine had one previous owner as well and yamaha dealer maintenance. Don't think they ever got changed. Cough, cough 12 year old bike with over 49,000 miles. I should just break down and ride to the nearest dealer and get a set, anything is better than what is on mine right now.

This is embarrassing I looked at the picture yesterday and was admitting the paint job, oblivious to the flames shooting out

I came close to degloving my ring finger in high school with my class ring. Same kind of deal. Out playing around out in the woods dropping off a trestle piling onto some loose brush. Brush gave and my ring momentarily hung up on the steel trestle. I got lucky and it only cut into the Palm side of finger. I wrote my wedding ring for a lot of years, got complacent then worried I was going to forget to take it off working out in the garage. Do out sits on a shelf in my medicine cabinet. Once in a while if we ever go out for something dress up I will put it on. But it's not worth the risk here. I work with enough stuff that could take the finger in a blink as hobbies I need all my digits.

Well that's confusing, I get mid 40s using 5th for pretty much all my riding. See high 40s fairly regularly, that's U.S. measurements but not adjusted for my Speedo errirs. But I am a very conservative rider also. 2002 midnight

I thought it was just the cassette player that was antiquated.

Guess I am fortunate. The area I am in east central Illinois there just aren't any poisonous ones. Our in my 53 years I've managed to avoid them. Now if I go 50 miles southeast there are rattlers and copperheads. I've seen some huge copperhead down around Bloomington, Indiana. But here hog nose, garter and black snakes are it. I see a 3 foot hog nose in the yard once in a while and leave it be. Good mouser. My wife doesn't like my not kling it but she just have to get over it

I'm using the 155/80r15 Goodrich on my 2002 midnight also.

Shoot the Yamaha dealer I got my venture from swore out didn't have a clock. I found out otherwise pretty quick online. It's a small but old dealership, was disappointed that they didn't know their product better.

Hit a dog when I was in my late twenties. Had my helmet on and probably wouldn't be here if I didn't. Was going between 35 and 40. I screwed up trying to avoid it and went down and over the bars. Martial arts and helmet. Los of fall practice I tucked and rolled but still remember feeling the distinct helmet strikes to the pavement. I'll putt up my driveway 1/4 mile to listen to the bike unrestricted when I am chasing a noise but being that the helmet goes on. I'm not so consistent about wearing a good jacket though. Skin heals a lot easier than brain injuries.

Oh on the other question of how long it might take me next time I couldn't fathom a guess. If I had turned around and done another venture the next day I probably could of done it in half the time. In two years I will probably have to relearn everything all over again.

I did not change shims. They were in spec by the book. I do plan on checking them at next 27k. At my current riding pace that could take two years or more and I will definitely have the tool and shim assortment on hand next check.

Finally did something onmy bucket list. Left home at 6:18 am yesterday and pulled back in driveway at 250am this morning. Google maps had the loop I did at about 1020 miles. I had started out thinking about doing it official but totally spaced getting any receipt in kansas city one of my turn points. Dan it was hot yesterday afternoon but I planned the route so the sun was to my back most all the time. Marshall, il. I70 to kansas city. Picked up i35 to des Moines. I80 to the Illinois border, then i74 to i57 in Champaign, il and home... I understand why it's called a saddle sore and doubt I will repeat it. But at least I got one off my bucket list.

Oh worse than creosote. That was velsicol. They made chlordane. Been closed and mostly cleaned up for a very long time. Bob Evinger Marshall, Il 2002 midnight

Okay this is just sad. I live about 20 miles from moonshine on the other side of the county. I've never been there... venture may not be back together by Saturday either. Parts may come today. Bob Evinger Marshall, Il 2002 midnight

I finally decided to bite the bullet this weekend and try one more time to get the bike down to check the valves. I started into it last year and hit a snag with the lowers not cooperating to come off. Just had to be a bit more persistent. Anyway, bike has about 42,000 miles on it. I bought it used with about 28,000 and the dealer told me up front he had not checked the clearances. I put it off for 3 years now, just couldnt justify payiing a dealer to do it as for one I wanted the experience of getting down to that level and my wallet appreciated not being out the $300 or so they wanted to do the check. Learned one interesting thing that I sure am glad I had not needed to know and resulted in a question. what on earth were the yamaha engineers thinking when they stuck that fuse block behind the right lower??? all i could think was I am glad i havae not needed to change one of those fuses 1000 miles from home. For the most part all exhaust valve clearances were such that a .007 inch gauge slipped through no sweat. So that is middle of the road on exhaust clearance. Intake valves are all within spec, but barely. 004 inch gauge slips in, with the following noted tool oddity. I had a limited set of feelers in 002 increments for the smaller clearances. So I wanted to see how much room was really there. So I went to o'reilly and bought a 31 blade feeler gauge. The .005" wouldnt slip in any of them, but neither would the .004 from the new gauges. I checked the two .004 feelers I have with calibers and there is about a .0002" difference in them with the new one being a tad thicker. My intakes are all right at the bottom end of the spec. If they were solidly under clearance I would get the tool and shims and widen it up. Since they are still in spec, think I am going to put it back together, waiting on the gaskets and new plugs and note that I will want to plan on probably having to do the shim shuffle next go around. At least i know where the valves are at now.For what it is worth I also checked them setting position based on the service manual and I think gooses posting and then rechecked by just pointing the cam lobes up. clearances for me were the same in both cases. I just hope I can get the beasty back together next weekend or sooner. My left lower had taken an impact somewhere back in time and the outside edge support actually is missing on its back side. Oh a word of warning on those 31 blade feeler gauges. part way through the nut/bolt that holds the wad of them together, the nut fell off. I cant find the nut, but I dont think it went into the engine. I found the washer on the floor far enough away that it looks like it drop somewhere else. Looked in the rocker covers and not sign of it. I think I am going to take a big magnet and drop into the oil pools in the rockers just to makes sure though. bob 2002 midnight marshall, il

Yeah I've had a dog wreck and deer wreck, in that order and about 20 years apart. Still riding. Started out at 9 years old on a Bridgestone 90 my dad bought as a basket case and brought back to life... 1970 been riding in one fashion or another ever since. Bob Evinger Marshall, Il 2002 midnight

Gee all I been getting is court notice from all over the USA telling me to be at x court house on a date. Places I I've never been and it is amazing the number of Nigerians that have jobs as court clerks in this country Bob Evinger Marshall, Il 2002 midnight

My 02 midnight has a clock. Bought it used 3 or so years ago from a nearby Yamaha dealer. They swore it didn't have a clock. I discovered it in the manual or by accident I don't actually remember. Bob Evinger Marshall, Il 2002 midnight

Try focusing on one of the other dots. I did and at least for me the same other dots disappearing happens. The middle one blinking isn't anything special Bob Evinger Marshall, Il 2002 midnight

I had not seen this one before but when I had my first air medical what seems like an eternity so the doc had something similar but old tech. A black backdrop with a dit middle. The drill was to stare at the dot and then he moved a pointer in from the edges at which point I had to announce when the pointer became visible. The point as I recall was to quantify where the blind spot in every pilots eye is. We all have them. When flying of course the habit instilled is a regular interval head turning scan. One direction to watch outside for other aircraft and then the return pass the instruments. I've been flying recreationally for 40 years. I have always tried to keep that same routine even when on land vehicles. It's hard to get a land lover to understand why i do it. But I usually spot the deer first that way. Most of the time anyway. Bob Evinger Marshall, Il 2002 midnight

I live on the Indiana Illinois state line on Illinois side. Thought one of the two had added a no stating in the passing lane for not than a half mile on a four lane highway. Swear it was around the time the law quoted above went into effect. I've been on a volunteer ambulance service for about 12 years. The interstate and 4 lane state roads around here tend to be much smoother in the passing lane. Guys where I go when driving with s patient in thr back. Policy is we are supposed to go no more than 10 over the posted limit. Have a few lead foot drivers that try to drive the rig like a NASCAR vehicle. You don't really want my opinion on those folks. Bob Evinger Marshall, Il 2002 midnight

Hey it is about time for me to change my oil in the bike.... Aiming it ever warms up enough that I can ride more than once every 7 weeks!!!! Bob Evinger Marshall, Il 2002 midnight