Things that make me crazy

I was looking at my Factory Honda VF1000R shop manual and I wanted to know the float measurement.

Page 4-1 Specifications : USA model .350 thousandths.

Page 4-3 Photo showing float measuring. Says float measurement is .300 thousandths.

Now how are the mechanics supposed to get things right when the shop manual cannot even get it right?

 

Set them at .325?

Just kidding. The shop manual for my SV650 has "model specific" information, but I have never found a chart showing how to identify which model you have. This is the entire bike model; not just a part on it. Most of it the information differences are trivial enough not to care about, but it's just the idea.

 

I really like that answer!!! Will do. Thanks LGN001!

I asked the question on one of those "ASK the EXPERT forums and the answer I got back was that a Honda bullitin said it was supposed to be .300 gap. "GAP!!!" He said gap so now I don't know if that "EXPERT" really knows anything and cannot trust that info. LOL

I like your answer much better.

 

See if you end up starved with one or overflowing with the other? I like the headlight aiming info in my manual. It tells you where the adjusters are and what they adjust, but no procedure or measurements. Something I found from a BMW owner's group says a 2" drop at 17 feet and it seems to be right. No help with your needs though, sorry.

 

I went for a ride today with my air/fuel ratio monitor instrument installed.
Very interesting too. It was showing a lean mixture at idle and most all the way through the midrange when cruising at half throttle.
After the engine cooled down I looked at the plugs and they looked like lean too.

I then turned the pilot airscrews out to richen the mixture (1/4 turn) and got immediate results.
Now the lean condition does not happen at idle.
I just have to shim the needles in the slides now and richen up the throttle from 1/4 to 3/4.

The mains could be increased, but I do not run wide open that much and it pulls hard at wide open now.
I have 128 mains and can easily go bigger. But I am trying to keep fuel consumption down.

 

To me.. that is not a real "Shop Manual"

To me a "REAL" shop manual tells you EVERYTHING!!!
What the part does. How it works, How to test it and How to adjust it.

BEST WORKSHOP MANUAL I HAVE SEEN IN MY LIFE.....Renault R5 Factory Workshop manual.

 

I agree you about what constitutes a real manual. Whoda thunk a Renault manual would have been the best you've found. The French pull some things off every now and then.

By the way, I really like what you've done with that chopper. Excellent work. Very inspirational.