I appriciate it, but while i may sound like i know very little with all the questions i ask, i'm really not nearly as inept as i may sound. I'm not a bike tech by any means, but i've spent my life troubleshooting all kinds of things and i think i'm somewhat good at it because i'm the guy all my friends and family come to when they need most anything repaired. the point isn't that i'm trying to impress you, but that this problem isn't as simple as you may think. no one here or at a number of other forums including non triumph bike forums has been able to come up with any ideas i haven't already tried.

I appriciate the offer, but i can assure you that while you my know your stuff, and i'm sure you do, i don't think either of us want to spend 10 hours tearing things apart only to find it's been a waste of your time and mine. Just to even KNOW if anything tried has worked requires 70-100 miles of riding. So in other words, the logistics of working out this problem in a few hours at your garage just aren't possible. I know i won't change your mind that i'm being stubborn, but it's like the saying goes..."i guess you had to be there".

anyways, all that aside, i already have it corraled in knowing it's got to do with the EVAP system. So now it's just a matter of nailing the exact flaw. I've come all this way and trust me, i WILL get to the bottom of it. All i ask is help when i have questions that will save me time in figuring them out myself. I don't require that anyone reads my posts, and if it IS exausting, no offence meant, don't read them. I mean that literally with no mean spiritedness whatsoever. Unlike most people i ask questions that i know others probably are less likely or no more likely than i to know because i find that if you put it out there you at least have a chance someone will happen upon an idea that helps. Anyways, thanks for the offer, but i think i'm almost there.