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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you… good info, I still have mine , but don’t ride any more for multiple reasons…. I have a 89 blue and white Transalp that has 13K on it and is almost perfect and a 1989 NX250 that has 3K on it, also in perfect condition. I would like to sell both for 5K and 4 K respectively. The only problem is that they have not been started in 2 years. Is any body interested , I’m in Richmond , NH.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Tanx <tanx-bounces@lists.micapeak.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tracy Cerrato via Tanx<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 17, 2020 12:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> Tanx <tanx@micapeak.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Tracy Cerrato <tcrrto@comcast.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Tanx] Fwd: TA --- vacuum hose leak.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A bit of TA advice from Herm...<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script Std",serif;color:black'>Tracy </span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>From: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Hermann Kasper <<a href="mailto:hermannkasper@hotmail.com">hermannkasper@hotmail.com</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Subject: TA --- vacuum hose leak.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Date: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>October 15, 2020 at 8:08:51 PM EDT</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>To: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Tracy Cerrato <<a href="mailto:tcrrto@comcast.net">tcrrto@comcast.net</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi Tracy---<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The following might be of interested to TA owners. Care to send it out?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Today I was on a ride , when the engine started to stutter --again. This had happened before, but it always recovered. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Fiddling with the fuel petcock ( ON /RES ) had helped in the past. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I thought I might have a partial blockage in the petcock and had planned to take it apart-- as soon as practical (= an almost empty tank.)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This time fiddling did not help. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I rolled to a stop.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I also was considering an Ignition module failure . ( I always do carry<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><u>2<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></u>spare modules on the bike! </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😉</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> )<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Stranded on the road side , I was just about to install the new modules , when I decided to check the petcock first.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Long story short: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>the vacuum hose to the carb had a small tear (= air leak ) very close to one end , thus intermittently shutting off the fuel ! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I cut off the end (about 10mm)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Luckily--the hose was still long enough to function. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>After that , the engine ran fine again. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>👍</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tomorrow I will get a new vac hose for the carb!</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😊</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(After all-- that piece of rubber hose was 31 yrs old!!)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Herm<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>