:welcome: The bike will seem smaller and smaller every few hundred miles you ride until you can't believe how big it felt at first !
Too sporty ?? Or too uncomfortable for you ?? That bike is about a #4 on the sportyness scale compared what's out there. Wpuldn't know unless...
Where's your usual ironical jest, BB ?? Of course the price is way unrealistic, as decent 2nd and 4th gens can be had for that money, both far,...
If bike's been in storage, carbs could clog up. That carb float bowl vent lines must remain open and connected to nothing. Try revving up to...
After about 2 or minutes from startup, bike should idle smoothly and evenly without using any throttle or choke inputs, even at a speed below...
Even if you think you cleaned carbs proppaly, some things could have been missed. Small passages under the idle mix screw or tiny holes under the...
Most epoxy isn't resistant to long-term exposure to fuel. Keep looking as replacement is the best option.
You don't want to go using other bikes' forks just because they fit. Ride height, springing, valving, working range are all considerations when...
Good advice ! Just one careless drop of a set of carbs onto the floor could ruin something big !!
Most assuredly, as suggested along this thread.:congratulatory:
[ATTACH]All good advice but try riding the bike as-is even briefly to check things out before diggin in deeoer. Can't afford no fancy clutch...
Just cuz accuracy counts here: no VFRs before '86, and those had no stacks in airbox. What advantage with individual filters (that would require...
Important on any synch job to snap the throttle 2 or 3 times after adjusting any screw to allow linkages and throttle plates to settle firmly into...
Unless you have computer-monitored FI to compensate, it's NORMAL for a hot engine to idle faster than a cold one. Just like your heart flutters...
I believe you can buy a 90 degree tool similar to the MotionPro with 1/4" replacable sockets, including a D-shaped head for your 4th gen, but...
Careful not to press too far on the link's side plate when installing or link will bind.
Best METAL polish is Semichrome far as i know.:tiger:
Really, that sounds a bit too unreal to me ! Any reliable witnesses ? Regarding any squirrels in the road, apply brakes and proceed straight...
It goes way too far back into the harness for that (ithink), but you could put in a new end section.
Tape should work OK. Shrink tubing too. Did you look carefully for any obviously bitten area that might suggest rodents at play, cuz fraying like...
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