Having some thread tape on the nipple threads is a must if you want the vacuum to work properly.
Go on - post up the "after" cleaning photos! Your bike looks to be a similar condition to mine when I bought it, it took a lot of scubbing and...
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If you fit a voltmeter to your bike you can monitor the charging voltage. I could see that mine was dropping down over a number of weeks which...
Having to tighten the cam caps against some valve spring tension is pretty standard in all of the cams that I have worked with.
The purpose for soldering in place of the alternator connector is that the connector pins can get wet and start to corrode, which puts the...
Hey my MT-10 can do over 200 on a tank too, but only if we are being metric.
The fuel sender usually has two components, the float arm/wiper that changes resistance as the level changes and drives the needle, and the...
Sounds like you need to buy a Honda ST1300...they have a 29L fuel tank (7.7 Trumpgal).
Yes those bolts are supplied with a threadlock coating on the threads. I would apply some Loctite blue and just reuse them (actually, I did just...
If at first you don't succeed, don't take up parachuting.
Just tighten it till it strips and then back off 1/4 turn.
Just like the Ship of Theseus...
Maybe I have misundersood your question, but the float bowl gasket surface is on quite an angle when the carbs are installed, such that the lowest...
Sorry but I can't agree with either of the last two posts. The wax unit is part of the internal circulation system i.e. from the engine block to...
There is a physical hose connection from the rear MC to the front left upper pistons, with the usual delay valve and proportion control valve in...
On my VFR1200 they have at least abandoned the SMC (which seems to be the main source of linked brake woe) so no front to rear connection this...
And yet...on my ST1300, 6th gen and second 5th gen, I have kept the brakes 100% stock. I actually like the engineering behind the CBS system, and...
It all depends what you want to do. If you just want gold callipers, paint the ones you have! If the linked brakes are the problem, there are...
Ah, the famous delink! Many here have done it. All you really need is some fork leg lowers off a VTR1000F, and swap these for the VFR800 bits....
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