Newbie here. I recently purchased a 2000 VFR and when I got it home I noticed the number 1 cylinder exhaust was not as hot as the others, its much colder at idle and low speeds. The bike pulls really well over 4k rpm's and higher but does seem to be a little sluggish when pulling out and it has a bit of a rough idle. I checked the plug & plug wire on that cylinder and all seems ok, I am thinking a fuel issue. The bike sat for a while and my current guess is a partially clogged injector? My first questions is, do I really have to pull the throttle bodies to get the injectors out? Any other thoughts based on the symptoms would be greatly appreciated? 22,000 miles Thx Steve
Yes, throttle bodies need to come off and appart to remove injectors. You can try some injector cleaner in the fuel first.
Tank, airbox then throttle bodies. The rail the injectors sit on unbolt from underneath so the bodies have to come off. It a pita but not hard to do. Good luck
Thanks for the responses. I was actually able to get this fixed without removing the TB's. Through some troubleshooting on the injector that I suspected was bad I was able to free it up and it is now working. I accomplished this by unhooking the injector connector and using the 9v battery method to test it, this apparently broke the injector loose and the cylinder is now firing. I'm guessing I will need to tear this down at some point to clean it correctly but for now I'm good. Thx everyone.