Dying on the Vine....

If we are going to keep this forum alive, some of you new folks are going to need to ask more questions, or get out the camera and take a few pictures of the kids, animals, off-road trails, oh yea, even the TW....



Now, I can't even keep track of what I am posting where. Here is a nice spot that I seem to visit about 3 times a year. I think this was late in the season and the water is pretty low, but at least much of the smoke from the forest fires has cleared. Gerry

Gerry, I agree that the traffic is low. Its a matter of exposure in search engines. If you search for TW200 you have to look a long way down to find either of the two new fora (forums). Google ranks on hits and the sites do not have that volume (yet). Cheers. tom

I started a forum for another group and traffic is almost non existent even for the membership. If just one person gets the necessary tidbit of information required to solve the problem at hand, I think the mission has been accomplished. :thumb:

I haven't been posting lately because of my current life crisis...
Cessna just gave 4000 of us here in Wichita notice... we're being laid-off at the end of March. Duration of layoff unknown.
And this week they kicked us in the nuts again... they announced a slowdown to a 3 day work week starting this month.
We're not gonna get full paychecks up to our layoff date.

I'm scrambling to figure out how to keep my bike.
Been too cold to ride it.
Now with warmer weather I'll have the time to ride, if I can afford the gas!

It can be a challenge. I have been on a 32 hour week for about six months. The state then pays me 'unemployment' for the other 8. It is not a full paycheck but certainly keeps my ship afloat. The program in Calif. is called work share and kind of keeps a business going when they find themselves in a very tight spot but can't layoff anymore people. Take care, and hope you are able to keep the really important stuff under control. Take care, Gerry

We've been told that the company is in negotiations with the state about "work share".
Everyone is wondering how that service will effect unemployment insurance limits for those of us who are being laid off.

Judging from past unemployment experience, I'm going to have a lot of time to kill and little money to spend,
so I'm probably gonna be doing a lot of primitive camping, and a bit of tinkering on the bike. <G>

It is hard to feel comfortable about not having a job for I have been in that situation more than once. I wish you the best and I suspect you may even have some quality time with the TW. Hope you will share your adventures/pictures with us. Gerry

SRS713, how are things going? Have you had a chance to do any TW camping? Any pictures? Take care

Gerry

Hello all, I just bought a 2009 TW a couple of months ago. I live in northwest Arkansas and there are MILES of gravel county roads ranging from wide enough for 2 cars to pass to 2 tire tracks with grass in the middle. I put a garmin navi 205 on a handlebar mount and have seen some really nice country. The TW is GREAT on these roads but the seat is pretty hard after about 60 miles. Any suggestions on good cushions? also the clutch seems a little funky and ther seems to be a ping when it lugs down some going up hill. Does it need higher octane than 87? If I ever figure out how to post pictures, I'll show you some really nice places. I've also got a 2002 honda shadow 1100 and a 1972 CT 90, but they sit more now.......Peace.

Max, check the return spring on the lever comming out of the engine case and make sure it is properly hooked up to provide 'return pull' to the lever. Check the links on the other recent posts. Most of the folks that were here are now playing at Yamaha TW200 Trailways forum. Gerry

Mr giz is that lake picture in Montana? I went to a wedding in Montana about 25 years ago the picture looks about right? OH yeah I have a rebuild kit for my starter, the book I have does not show how to install the kit. could you send me some info? My leg is tired from kick starting my TW.

Wingnut:

It seems you are on a forum of one. Mr. Hodaka put together a pretty nice place to visit, but since there has been peace on the Yamaha TW-200 Trailways forum, everyone has moved back 'home'. The lake in question is Lake Philbrook. It is a small body of water that is used as an 'energy store' for California's fabled Pacific Gas and Electric, our power provider. Lake Philbrook is located a bit North East of Chico, Calif. Gerry

I would like to see this post flourish as the other site is broken or whoever runs does not care because unless your already a member there is no way to get a message through to the people who run the site!! I have tried and tried to join and never get an e-mail or response of any kind EVER. Is it because I am on a MAC? I can't believe that would make a difference, 10 years ago maybe. So it would be great if someone from this site who is already a member of the other site to tell whoever is running it that new people can' t join or at least people on a MAC can't. Tell them that there should be a way to get a message thru to SOMEONE even if you are not a member.
But if this site starts to get some use as summer arrives and we are all out riding and working on our bikes the exchange of information will be great. Lets get this site active, it is set up much better than the other site. More organized. We can all get together and ponder deep questions like why do some motorcycles (like the TW) have an accelerator cable and a decelerator cable? Does the return spring need the extra help? It seems like pushing on a cable to close something is not sound engineering.
Yet the TW is as well engineered as a dual sport bike can be. So why two cables?
I have an old 1978 Kawasaki KL250 that runs well and looking thru the shop manual it too came from the factory with two cables: accelerator and decelerator. It's been running on one cable since I've had it but the Japanese designers thought it necessary to have two. Is it simply over engineering? Why don't motorcycles have thumb throttles like a snowmobile? The throttle control I have on my sno-go is great. There must be a reason out there somewhere.....

I will let Tracy know that you need some help. He is actually the moderator of this and the 'other' forum, perhaps he can give you some helpful advice.

My understanding, at least as discribed by someone else, is that the second cable is a 'safety' that actually pulls the throttle closed should the opening wire fray or otherwise jam preventing the throttle slide spring from closing the slide. Gerry

Any body know what happened to the "other site" ? it appears all FUBAR! keeps giving me "critical server error" messages.

I'm trying to find out what is going on. I'll let everyone know as soon as I do.

Tracy

Ok thanks i hope it comes back soon

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