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Nice, you have the VT1100C/C1, Spirit? It's very possible that the jets are clogged if it sat for that long with fuel in it. If you replace them with the exact same spec jets, you may not need to adjust anything else. But if they're just clogged and not ruined, I'd recommend removing the carbs and cleaning everything. You can use carb cleaner or SeaFoam and some pressurized air (don't go crazy) and unclog stuff. Then just reinstall the original parts.

@@ShadowFlyer I just came in from pulling the carbs. Only took one anxiety pill!! As soon as I catch my breath, I'll clean the exterior with brake cleaner and then take those covers off to get at the jets. I have some new gas with a lot of Seafoam in it, so I'll clean the jets out and let them soak overnight. Do you know that piece of foam "Air Cleaner" in that black box just in front of the carbs? I found mine turned to powder when I touched it. I'll see what it's called in the shop manual and get a replacement. Food for thought. I found both lower isolator screws completely backed off. Do you think air could have been sucked in down there to lean the mixture out? They seemed tight though.

@@JB91710 I don't think I have a foam filter in mine. It sounds like you're talking about the air filter under the seat? Mine is a reusable K&N air filter; I don't know if I'd want a piece of foam in there for the exact reason you mentioned: they can deteriorate. I'm not familiar with any screws that adjust airflow... My bike's straight pipes and high-flow air filter are the cause for extra air and then I adjusted the jets and carb screws to bring the fuel-air ratio back up to normal.

I used Loctite to "glue" mine. I just put it around the area where it sticks out of the hole in the steering column. Using just a little didn't have much affect; I had to put a fair amount on there before it actually helped. Just be careful not to get it further in where there are moving parts for the tilt mechanism.

@@ShadowFlyer What i did was drill a hole by the ignition switch so next time all i have to do is stick a dowl through the hole and push the piece back in place.

Do you mean like the layout and what goes where? I put pictures of that (and more) at the very end of the "Tips for Air Assault" video. th-cam.com/video/P-VjMEBUsFU/w-d-xo.html

Oof, that stinks. Were you able to get it fixed or are you still waiting on a new part? In the past, I've had good success with getting parts from a junkyard. It's more work, but your first attempt at taking things apart is now on a junker rather than your own vehicle! Haha

Ya, I was very surprised to hear them say that as well. To be fair, we still got addressed when we messed up and (occasionally) did group exercises to remind us not to mess up again... But it was far less than I expected. I'm sure teaching methods were quite different in 09.

No smoking? We got smoked on the daily.

Ya, the air ducting can be a pain sometimes. Just gotta find the right angle for it to slide on, then tighten the clamps enough to keep it on until everything else is connected.

@@ShadowFlyer yeah I think I got it figured out hopefully

Got my wings first try! Thank you for the videos! AIR ASSAULT

Well hey! Funny that you're looking up videos on a course you took years ago. Just reminiscing?

No, we did not do any measurements while we were there

Same here! Where you coming from?

same here! see y'all there

I'm not sure which ones can be adapted to work, but you can get the original part through Honda motorcycle warehouses. For my bike, it's part #30410-MBH-A21.

They have one there too, yes.

Lol Ya, the pictures/videos had absolutely nothing to do with the audio. They were chosen at random from my old saved files. We had two trumpets and two trombones. Some of the songs had 6 parts, so we had to just choose the parts we preferred.

I believe the max time you could get and still pass was 18 minutes. 9-minute miles aren't too bad, but don't forget that you will be running in OCP's (minus the boots) after doing some form of PT beforehand.

It was not done on a track. We ran along some roads, hit a predetermined turn around point, then took that same route back to the starting point.

@@ShadowFlyer was it really a 9 min pace or y’all were fluctuating between 10?

@@Whatx22 I didn't have my phone or smart watch to tell me our exact pace, but 9 min/mile sounds pretty close. It wasn't very fast; it was more like a jogging pace, in my opinion.

The place I bought from on Amazon no longer sells them, unfortunately. There are similar kits there, but they are much more expensive. The kit is called "Jet Kit Honda VT1100C Shadow 1997-2003 Stage 3." Here's a link to what appears to be the exact kit I bought (just from a different site): www.ebay.com/itm/331664269979

I did post a video later showing how it ran, but it definitely wasn't immediately after putting the bike back together. Thanks for watching!

I still might qualify for "dumb nerd," but I try to at least be a FUN dumb nerd. Lol Hard to accentuate that over a TH-cam video.

Not bad overall. There were some rolling hills, but nothing I would consider a "steep grade." I believe there was one section that was unpaved, but again, nothing dramatic enough for people to care/take notice of.

Congrats!

If it only goes down , check the switches. Mine had bad switches and both passenger doors would not roll up due to the bad switches.

Glad the video helped! For the Saturn, I just did this one and fixing the window motor/alignment. I stopped doing videos a bit ago, but I've done plenty of work on that car; so if you ever have any questions, I'll do my best to explain what I know.

@@ShadowFlyer amazing my Saturn L is still purring along, now over 215k. However, this silly steeing wheel column looseness issue recently caused an inspection fail..... (my bad for not checking closely) But this time, even after I popped the pin back in and the steering column seemed very firm, the local Charlottesville inspection place -- Colonial -- still claimed that it was unaccepable, that even a micro slight looseness would not pass. (not that I could feel !) They couldn't tell me exactly what was wrong, nor did they concede that popping the pin back in did anything. They wanted to charge me an hour labor, just to diagnose it! I got angry and gave up. Will try somewhere else. (Are you aware of anything else in the steering column that might cause miniscule looseless?)