I ain't never been on a cruise either. Yeah I don't know about being packed on a ship with all them people, but I do know I would like all the food!! I'm gonna...
... <snip> ... there ya go! hell, if you went, and came here and wrote about it, i'd actually probably find it pretty interesting and read it. speakin' of...
Eh, sometimes there more participants than others. We suffered a lot of casualties during the last election, about 90 % I'd say........... :) g ... From:...
Little numb right now. Got everything back together, chain all gold and shiny, starts up good, take off seemed smoother, strange pop sound on acceleration not...
Yo Veg, did you change your oil and filter?? It kinda sounds like your oil filter could be leaking, maybe loose, or the gasket from the old filter stuck to the...
Thanks for guessing. I got clutch cover off now, want to put oil in, start it up, see where it's blowing oil. Would that make sense? Want to do it now,...
Sounds to me like you punched the clutch rod seal out with your mis application of the spacer (ask me how I know). It will dump what appears to be a lot of oil...
... can see that oil started leaking from bike as soon as I started it. What the fuck might have I done? ... Sounds like you blew the seal. It happens...
Haha!! Veg blew a seal!! sorry Veg, but that is kinda funny............... :) http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd140/amc-ken/penguin.gif g ... From:...
Thank you Phil. How would you know??? Could it be that you or someone else did the same thing, put the spacer over the clutch rod? Dang, maybe I don't have...
If you trust the mechanic, I'd let the shop do it.....I always get to know the mechanics real well at the shop, the one I deal with at my dealer knows the...
sam, it could be that you had the clutch activating "pushrod" out of position when you bolted the slave cylinder in place. could be that it caught the body of...
... <snip> i've thunk through some of this some more...this is all i have. its based on the likelihood that the pushrod shaft is leaking. i;ve had the slave...
Thanks Hube. I'm going to trailer it to shop tomorrow. My best guess is simply that I pushed the spacer into the seal, and from looking at it now, it's...
... anytime sam. ... sounds like you have a plan. if that is what you decide to do i hope it works out for you....i will try to convince you to do otherwise at...
... <snip> ... <snip> i should qualify that. i am *assuming* your dealer will not have a new seal in stock. hopefully they will. efficiency/timeliness in...
Mornin Hube- "...it should/would be a simple matter (for you) to extract the old seal, order a new one, along with whatever odds-n-ends you might need/desire,...
"...it should/would be a simple matter (for you) to extract the old seal..." Your post got me re-involved, looked at schematic, thought, ok, that's all it is,...
i didnt expect to still be at home...maybe the missus is going down to visit her dad at the VA...she is told he is now "stable", lets hope. ... if necessary,...
Hey Hube: Thanks for phone number, just noticed it in my email, which I never check. I will call not if but when I hit another wall, or maybe better- before...
... de nada...its there "if" ... will do....pa-in-law hanging in there i guess....all the "good intentions" havent killed him yet...he was in a regular room...
... <snip> and i ponder....how much gumption would it take to get an hour or two in the saddle (figuratively speaking) before addressing my regular work day...
Thanks for posting the pics as usual, dang I have got to learn that. That picture of the Vstrom was from last year at Round Lake State Forest Campground in...
Hi BJ, I will do that- I've often thought that when I finally make it back to Madison for old times sake (left there in 1993) and to see some people, I'd see...
madison...mmmm. anywayz...the  sand country of northern nebraska, black hills but not in august, bear tooth pass, grand tetons, missoula and the lolo...