Good Morning!!!! 55F @ 6:30AM. Sunny. High 77F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
I’m with Kyle, Drew: Up the viscosity of that oil. Valvoline VR-1 is another one that’s available in straight weights; I used 40wt in the old BMW.
Spoke to soon on the 17” MacBook Pro; applied a software update this morning and it freaked out again. Won’t boot from backup thumb drive, so I’ll try pulling the SSD again to see if it’ll come back with it out of the system.
Had better luck with the Yamaha yesterday and got it running again. Then spent several hours making a special screwdriver to adjust the idle air mixture screw. It was a LOT easier when I figured out I was trying to go into the wrong hole on the carb, which more or less prevented the screw from being adjusted. Bad eyes and a really awkward position on the bottom of the carb are to blame...

Finished up by draining all the fuel out of both tank and carb, so it should be ready go to next time when needed.
Got word that both of the gears in the 5th gear set are roached in the big BMW dirt bike, but it looks like they’re available from several German sources for a lot less money than what 4th cost for the Vanagon.
Today it’s the newest BMW’s turn to get polished up and videoed for a Tuesday ebay debut. Hope it goes easier than it did with the Yamaha; it’s been sitting almost as long.
Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!