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  1. KIC
    Received mine. Looks great. I'll try it on the 87 sometime soon.
  2. KIC
    Nice looking rig ! Great job.
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    C'mon Dan....PICTURES my Man...PICTURES....seeing is believing.... we need to know that it is reality being produced...not med invoked fantasy... P.S. Good luck on your project !
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    Hey...... I hate kickin' somebody when they are down. I'm gonna wait till they are done.... Good luck on the repair.... and the wife...
  5. KIC
    The problem with scratching that itch while half asleep....
  6. KIC
    Thanks for he write up and documentation. Printed it out and put it in my 3-ring binder for when I get back. That will be the next thing I do ( besides the stripped screw)
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    Who done it

    KIC replied to Marcarl's topic in Watering Hole

    Rumor has it that it was a process server but you weren't home.... like I said..just a rumor... ...that I thought I would start.....
  8. KIC
    Here's a few pictures of my new 87. Needs a little TLC in a few areas, but it is all doable. Especially now that it is running. The last photo shows some extra parts including the broken fairing piece.
  9. KIC
    I would do them on the bike. Wouldn't take the forks off if I didn't have to. When I do my 87's I am leaving them on the bike. I tore my 89 so far apart and then went on travel, never thought I would finish it. One day my wife walked out into the garage looked at me sitting on the ground in front of the bike and asked " you think you will ever get that back together ?" I looked up and replied "no". Her reply was "nice" as she turned and walked back in the house. IF you follow the instructions on the forum, and ask a few questions, it is a doable repair. Oh yea... USE YAMAHA SEALS !!! As for the wifey issue..... sounds like a Dear Abby time...
  10. KIC
    Well, had an interesting “bike week”. First I break off a shoulder bolt on the valve cover on the brunette. Thought the bike was done. With the help of, and the advice from this forum, I was able to have it fixed and riding within 24 hours, and only 4 hours worth of work. Saturday, I finally had a chance to look at the blonde 87 that I picked up several weeks ago. This 87 was left in an airplane hanger for 2 years….with gas in it…The carbs were clogged. Wouldn’t start. Following YammerDan’s advice, I used the fuel pump to drain the old smelly varnished gas, then hooked a hose and small funnel to the fuel pump and ran clean gas through the carbs, draining them all over the floor. ( OK..YammerDan didn’t say to pump them all over the floor) I then made a50-50 mixture of SeaFoam and gas mixture. And fed it into the carbs until it started coming out of the drains. Closed up the drains and let it set for 24 hours. Sunday afternoon I put some fresh gas/ SeaFoam mixture in the tank and hooked up all the lines. Full choke, hit the starter… it fired but wouldn’t stay running past 1-2 seconds. Kept at it and finally got it to idle but could not give it any throttle. After filling the garage with a ton of smelly white smoke, it slowly ran better and better…could start cutting back on the choke and eventually could give it throttle. Had some back fire and it is slow to respond from high RPMs when given throttle. The main issue right now is there is no clutch. The lever is flat and there is no fluid in the reservoir. I noticed that the left screw is totally “screwed”. I will have to drill and easy out this puppy. I did notice a couple of drops under the left side that looked/smelled like clutch/brake fluid. Hence the empty reservoir. Guess I will have to fix that leak too. Just good to leave the bikes in a forward moving condition. I will be on travel for a month so it all will have to wait.
  11. KIC
    He..he..yea.
  12. KIC
    Yea..why try to look for something other than perfection ? Get another 1st Gen and be more comfortable and faster than....well you know...
  13. KIC
    I found out that for the helmet leads.. I had to reveres the pins. The diagram shows the female end. Once I reversed the pins, it worked. Going to finish up the two helmet leads and see how they work. Need a small soldering iron.
  14. KIC
    Well boys-n-girls, here is the latest. It went from really thinking the bike was down and out to.....riding it today ! :happy65::happy65: Taking off the valve cover, removing the cam cap, removing the broken bolt piece, and for now, resealing and changing the washers on the bolts to a much thinner washer. Put it all together and rode it this afternoon. I plan on ordering the new valve cover seals and bolt rubbers and doing them all at the same time. This will just keep it running until I am off travel. I really didn’t want to leave it torn apart for a month while I’m gone. I’m glad I had the 87 to borrow a new shoulder bolt from. I really want to thank all of you for your input and advice and putting me on the right repair track. The hardest part was having to take the top fairing piece off to retrieve the radiator cap when I dropped it taking it off. So much for oily fingers. I also want to say that the washer trick really will work IF you get the right thin washers. I had to go to 3 different Bolt and Hardware Specialty places today to find the correct washer. The last place had them. Ironically, the guy gave me 24 of them for free from a large container. He said it was easier than ringing them up. The thicker ones from that I originally bought at Ace Hardware cost me like .30-cents apiece. He gave me the number of the washer: 3/8 15FW3-038
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    My investigative powers of observation told me that the hose was in my way. My not so powerful mechanical skills didn't tell me that it was the radiator hose. It went up toward the the top of the gas tank. Thought maybe "breather hose" Lesson learned.
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    Checked mine today..they all were 23/24 Ohms. Thanks for the info.
  17. KIC
    What about St George Utah area ? Close to CA, NV UT and AZ...I want to ride Zion National park again..that has been on my radar....
  18. KIC
    The first Generation force has been shadowing me at best...... Followed the advise, pulled the cap...wish I had known what that big hose in the middle was before I pulled it at the last minute. Got the cam cap off... used a small screwdriver to turn the broken thread portion out and reinstalled the cam cap. Borrowed a valve bolt off of the 87, which will be replaced once I order one today. Haven't got it back together yet because that pesky "work crap" keeps getting in the way. Hopefully later today. Marcarl - used your small screw driver trick and it worked beautifully... thanks.. :cool10: :cool10:
  19. KIC
    Seeing is believing.....just saying......
  20. KIC
    Be careful turning the reserve petcock. From what I have read in other posts, the petcock valve rod can stick/jam and can break if it hasn't been used a lot. Mine won't turn. I haven't gone in to see what the issue is, but just don't force it.
  21. KIC
    Any idea off hand what the ft lb on the torque is on the reinstall of the cam caps should be ?
  22. KIC
    Thanks Jeff, I will give it the ol college try...knowing I can remove the piece with the broken bolt helps alot. Thanks for the pictures. Might start on it tomorrow... I'll let you know. Bill
  23. KIC
    Thanks for all the encouragement guys. It was the "while I'm at it, just fix this and that ", that got me overwhelmed on the fork seal job. I guess I'll see what I can do on Saturday. I was just so jazzed on riding this one and working on the 87 that this really has got me down. My month of travel starting next week leaves me with if It ain't fast and easy...it will have to wait until late April.
  24. KIC
    It was working Dan. I just over wrenched it while talking on the phone. Should have been concentrating on what I was doing, or better yet. Been riding instead of screwing around. I guess Saturday I will try to take off the whole valve cover and see what I can do. From what i can see it isn't promising. maybe a real small angle drill might get in there to drill for a small easy out. It will be a wait-n-see issue. Any hints on what to expect on getting the cover off ? Sad part is my wife was going to be gone all day Saturday, I was going to ride and work on the 87. Tuesday I go on travel for a month. It's gonna be around 80 on Sat.
  25. KIC
    I can see it from the valve cover hole and it looks like it is below the top of the area it screws into. From the looks of the bolt ( below) it is broken below the the stop portion of the bolt. How hard is it to get those valve covers completely off ? Besides the 8 bolts, what else is bolted/connected to them ?
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