What's a 'Yamaha Dealer'??  never heard of 'em... 

These guys have caps for $47.50.

http://www.yamahapartshouse.com/?gclid=CM2hhd2V_qMCFeoD5Qod_FSyLA

I have seen gasket material kits that have a small sheet of thick rubber gasket material (along with a sheet of cork and paper material) in a lot of smaller hardware stores (Menards and such may also have them). If it were me I would find one of these and cut out a new gasket at least for a temporary fix.

Might be worth seeing if there is a cycle salvage yard close to you and see what they have.

Where to begin. The $800 they wanted to charge me to clean my carbs if I removed them myself? Removed and cleaned the carbs myself, thanks, Lucky, et. al.

Maybe it's because I'm in the second week of waiting for my crank puller to arrive ("It's coming from Cali"--okay, Bikebandit doesn't have an issue with the East Coast, and they're in San Diego).

But wait there's more. So, I ordered a pair of carburetor joints for my bike over a year ago, have not arrived, so I call the dealer. "We'll call you back. Guess what? No call-back. Stopped into another Coleman Powersports closer to home home to buy a tube and tire irons. Asked if he could check on my carb joints: "Something's kinda' hinkey," he says, "computer says you picked them up. You'll need to call the Woodbridge store." It gets better...

So, I call Woodbridge. "No, sir. You didn't pick them up. Sometimes the system works like that. Let me ask my manager if I can give you a refund and I'll call you right back."

Did I get a call?

Bikebandit has been amazing, reliable, and they give me an AMA discount.

I'm done with Yamaha dealers.

Sorry about venting.






 

I used what I had available, Gorilla A-frame ladder and a come-a-long.    BDC

Thanks, all. Car jack works quite nicely! Porpoise, can you post/upload that drawing?

M'zen--

Hi gang,
quick update. After all the tank work with new steel welded in and POR-15, I go some blisters in the new paint. Not where we had replaced the steel, but just in front of the petcock and at the back where it dips down. Seems the POR-15 didnt get it all. Boy, that metal is thin. Anyway, I sanded down the area and did find some very tiny pin holes. I cleaned them out and J-B welded the area. Then I re-cleaned the tank and applied new POR-15. I know this is probably a no-no, but I can put any more money into this bike on my dime. Let the new owner take it from here. I will sand and repaint the tank this weekend and no gas for 96 hours at least. Also running airflow through the tank to help curing process.
Regarding the carbs, I will follow Tigers advice and check the Flapper again. I will also use the gauge as a sync tool and see what I get.
More info later.
Thanks,
Kevin

  Pictures paint a thousand words...What condition are they in?? Running or not?? Dollar value your looking for...each/both??

           .......TIGER.......

I think I followed that guy last week....

And thanks for the kind thoughts - I'll be sure and pass them along.

Treedragon runs a cycleworks see pics on this thread here http://ridersofvision.net/rovforum/index.php?topic=11539.0

The cycleworks has same attachments as stock so you still need the rear Y-pipe with all usual gaskets etc.

So I had the day off from work and got to tinker with the Vision. It has been sitting for 8yrs. I cleaned out the gas tank (not rusty!!!) Drained the carbs. Put fresh fuel in it. Removed the cracked YCIS chamber. Replaced the fuse block. It had no front brakes and when I took the cover off the master cyl. it looked like it was full of graham cracker crumbs. So I cleaned all that out and flushed the brake line and the caliper and I actually have brakes now!. Now I need to get intake boots..........