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So, a while back, the front inner tube just rips at the valve. I had a tube ordered from motorcycle superstore, a month or so and they send me a e-m saying they refunded my money. 
I was goose hunting over near Victoria (60 miles away) and went in to Victoria after the hunt, north side, didn't have to worry about Navarro traffic, and bought a tube at the Yamaha shop. I installed it the other day, but the battery was flat. I know it was getting old and figured sitting that long would finish it off. It's been 4 years. So, today we had to attend the funeral of a lady we went to church with in El Campo (40 miles away), stopped and got a battery at Autozone because I was too lazy to walk through Walmart all the way to the back. I got home and started messing with it. The friggin' bolt NEVER EVER REACHES THE NUT on the battery post!!!!!!
So, after pressure from the phillips head pushed the terminal into the battery ...
...I put paper under the nut (old trick) and got it going. Been sitting so long, took a while to start.
The idle circuit on the carb had been plugged. Treatment with Seafoam (a marvelous invention) had got it acting better. But sitting with Seafoam for another month, the thing ran like a new motorcycle. I ran it down the road breaking the rear loose easily through three gears (dirt/gravel, but fun), brought it back noticing my speedo wasn't working. The cable isn't broken, so obviously I didn't get the drive on the hub back right. I don't know if I lost something out of there or what, but I was going to set it back on the jack stand and pull the wheel again and investigate when THE FRIGGIN' CLUTCH CABLE BROKE!!!!!
Oh, well, I'll mess with the front wheel while my Bike Bandit (an aptly named business) clutch cable order processes. Victoria is the nearest Kawasaki shop, the price of living in paradise, I suppose. Guess I've totally missed the good riding weather. It's supposed to turn to crud in a few days. My license plate is due this month. Oh, well, I'll get it sooner or later. I live on a private road and rarely get on the highway, but I still need to keep it legal for when I do get the urge.
I was goose hunting over near Victoria (60 miles away) and went in to Victoria after the hunt, north side, didn't have to worry about Navarro traffic, and bought a tube at the Yamaha shop. I installed it the other day, but the battery was flat. I know it was getting old and figured sitting that long would finish it off. It's been 4 years. So, today we had to attend the funeral of a lady we went to church with in El Campo (40 miles away), stopped and got a battery at Autozone because I was too lazy to walk through Walmart all the way to the back. I got home and started messing with it. The friggin' bolt NEVER EVER REACHES THE NUT on the battery post!!!!!! So, after pressure from the phillips head pushed the terminal into the battery ......I put paper under the nut (old trick) and got it going. Been sitting so long, took a while to start. The idle circuit on the carb had been plugged. Treatment with Seafoam (a marvelous invention) had got it acting better. But sitting with Seafoam for another month, the thing ran like a new motorcycle. I ran it down the road breaking the rear loose easily through three gears (dirt/gravel, but fun), brought it back noticing my speedo wasn't working. The cable isn't broken, so obviously I didn't get the drive on the hub back right. I don't know if I lost something out of there or what, but I was going to set it back on the jack stand and pull the wheel again and investigate when THE FRIGGIN' CLUTCH CABLE BROKE!!!!!
Oh, well, I'll mess with the front wheel while my Bike Bandit (an aptly named business) clutch cable order processes. Victoria is the nearest Kawasaki shop, the price of living in paradise, I suppose. Guess I've totally missed the good riding weather. It's supposed to turn to crud in a few days. My license plate is due this month. Oh, well, I'll get it sooner or later. I live on a private road and rarely get on the highway, but I still need to keep it legal for when I do get the urge.
Not a good year for them. All the turn signals fell off. Mufflers fell off etc. 
Had another guy come out on a newer GoldWing. I took him to my house in Port Lavaca, he was interested in buying. I've since sold it, he missed out. But, when we got back, he said he needed to get to the highway before the rain that was coming since he barely made it down here when it was dry. 
I put it all back together and can ride it. The up side is the part is under 9 bucks on Bike Bandit. I think I'll wait, though. We're going to Victoria mid month and I can stop by the Kawasaki place there. If they don't have it in stock, I guess I'll order it from Bike Bandit. But, it's not really a hurry.