[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]Hey, don't bash THAT bike, please !! I spent lots of time working on our dear little #2043, and she's among the top 15%...
[ATTACH] PHOTO: cleaning choke circuit fuel pickup tube, wire diameter .012", depth about 50 mm. If you gut the diaphram you risk flooding...
Find something newer, even if it's not a Honda.
Flatslide carbs are best on racebikes where the usable engine rpm range is narrow and at the top end. On a streetbike they're very hard to tune...
Sincerely, i'm sorry to sound like a shit, but squirrelman is outrageously outspoken and has well-known, very predictable animosity toward the VF...
Some very good looking bikes don't run at all ! Hate me, so kick me in the nuts !!!! :crazy: I believe life's too short to ride the same...
......................................... AS a result of this project and cuz i've had ideas (:crazy:) cooking for years, i'm starting NOW to...
"Flawed from the factory !" Dude, ya coulda found a good gen 2 for that money !!! Now you have a nice condition bike--FROM 1984 !!!!--that's...
[ATTACH] Glad you're enjoying it , Matt, and i say again that Canadians are damn good people !!!!!! I could never have gotten the best...
Start scanning CL for a bike from the 90's. Your VF has low miles and should still be OK, but anything seriously wrong in the engine would...
.........or experience, the right tools and a dyno, the best tool of all!
Right, dukie, since i couldn't easily control the plug color with the mixture screw, i concluded that excess fuel to that cylinder was probably...
Your bike is ready for pick up on Monday or anytime after. As a test of the work i allowed my neighbor Mark,, "rusted root, " to ride your...
[ATTACH] Verifying that slow jets are open....wire diameter .012"
[ATTACH] ......................... After hours of tuning and experiment i've got the plugs all looking about the same, but one is still...
After riding about 45 miles round trip, i checked plugs again and found obvious improvements. But i guessed that the darkest plug needed...
Ok, Matt, i buttoned up your bike last night after some valve adjustment and carb reassembly and rode the bike home from the shop to check things...
Read carefully and use logic: there is NO diaphram in the petcock of an '87/'87. No vaccum or electrical diaphram. Fuel flows to carbs only...
Have you tried fresh, clean sparkplugs ?? A quick plug inspection after the engine dies might give you more clues about what's going on.
Petcock seemed to shut fuel off OK, but when open flows very slowly--a problem i've seen many times on my own '86 VFRs and don't understand...
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