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I actually traded the Bearcat for a '76 Chevy 3/4 ton 4X4 lifted pickup truck tonight!
On the way home I lost a rear wheel on the truck doing 65mph in the rain! Truck's alright though and in front of ...

Hey, sorry I've been out of town.
Yes I do think I got oil stuff fixed. If the bike sits for a few days then you try to start, it smokes a lot at first, but then it clears up and runs ok again.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_G_FkLk7-U

So un-insulating my ignition switch mounting so that it was grounded fixed 2 things
-no more shock when touching key
-turning off key kills engine.

I don't know why someone had insulated that..
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I just posted this on my personal car forum of some buddies:
"HOLY ***!
I've put 20 miles on the bearcat, most of that was offroad. Problem is I have the chain on the small sprocket for top end ...

I got an in-line fuel shutoff valve.

Motorcycle shop also found I had a clogged pilot jet, and I got a new one of those.
I can pickup battery tomorrow, and give all that a shot.

I'll play with that level screw some more and add some more oil.
A good type of oil to use in bikes and bike transmissions is Mobil Delvac 1300 super (diesel truck oil)

Interstate has a battery fo ...

Now hopefully it was just unburnt gas/oil mixture coming out of the exhaust rather than just tranny oil that was put in the front fill and may have been being sucked in.

no no no you don't understa ...

Oh my, can't believe it.

I got the thing running and drove around the block a few times!! Running alright NOT blowing oil out the exhaust, and with oil in the trans.!!

I filled oil in the rear ...

Your bike is NICE!
congrats there.

Pretty certain the previous owner did NOTHING to prep it to sit for over 5 years (who knows could have been 10).

I had looked for oil level screw before but seen nothing.
I'll take metal shield of ...

It's not stamped with the amount of oil to put in trans.
Regardless right now, if there is any oil put in the engine anywhere it ends up blowing it out the exhaust and fouling the plug..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tp4o43i6S0
(no oil in the engine at all, real quick start and drive then kill)

Yep that is it.
There is only one drain plug underneath.

We saw the engine had 2 oil fill holes.
With the drain plug out, we poured a little oil in the front crankcase and soon it started draining out the drain hole.
*so we thought oh, those 2 fill plugs ...