Remove the line from tank to fuel pump and blow compressed air into tank (filler cap open) to clear crud from pickup tube. Water, rust, other...
I apologized if there was a problem and immediately offered to go through Matt's carbs again without delay, but i asked for a few simple...
Ok, Matt, glad you're making progress ! Float heights were VERY carefully SET to specs for '86 bike and CHECKED: I filled the carbs with...
NOW THAT'S the best deal ever !!!!! Make sure it's great beer, not Bud or Coors.
see if you can find the float bowl gaskets in a "Parts Unlimited" catalog at your local INDEPENDENT 'cycle shop.
+......combined with lack of movement. I've added periodic hub maintenance-- rotation of the adjustment in both directions--to my regular...
Not A Gerbil ......more like a ground squirrel.....or one of these.....
(borrowed from another forum) 1. Comb baseball player goatee and mustache 2. Spend 6- hours polishing gaudy chrome pieces. Be sure people can...
AFTER all that work ?...... i'd put a very thin coating of grease wherever things need to rotate or slide. Wheelbearing grease or white lithium...
Start off with a set of clean, working stock carbs first......It would get your project going sooner and provide a baseline for improvements...
Muffler?? Here's what i shook out of a VFR can that had been sitting on a shelf for 2 years: [IMG] Mice, not a squirrel !!
MY choice would be at or below 100 hp. limited by choice to what i might be skilled enough to put to practical use, and don't think i could ever...
Carb vent line clear, unkinked, open to atmosphere?? Mixture screws set at 2 1/2 to 3 turns ??
SQUIDSVILLE ?? It happens every season in every town: walk into your local cycle dealers about 3 or 4 weeks after the summer starts and...
I've only test-ridden 3 VF 500s over the years, but i'll state that a good one has the SMOOOOOOOOOTHEST motor you'll ever find!! Like a sewing...
I'll never seriously contradict Jamie, too much respect going on there.......so I must be mistaken, and it wouldn't be the first time either!
Wheelies, besides being juvenile exhibitionistic behavior that does not belong on the street and making motorcycle riders look like nutters, are...
I metacarpel on a fishing trip this summer......
With soap and water ??
A line i've NEVER said : " That's a nice Harley."
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