I saw a VF1000R on Ocean St. today in Santa Cruz, about 6:30-7pm or so. Looked like it was in great condition. Anyone willing to claim it was them?
I have a big box of nitrile gloves for the messy liquids. 5 years of VFD taught me to love those for keeping my hands clean in all sorts of...
McViffer, my wife and I did the same (but on facebook/twitter/g+) for a bunch of stuff that we wanted to get rid of before we put our house on the...
More likely, that's leaking o-rings on the plastic fuel pipes between the carbs. That's when I always do it, and then fuel up at the next...
So, I have a theory. I was looking at the bike over the weekend, and noticed that my relocated R/R (under the rear fender) had one very dirty...
I need my fingers for work, so a busted knuckle really is a pain. This is cheap insurance to me. Especially if they last at least a couple of years.
My nearly 10yo pair of Mechanix impact gloves finally bit the dust over the weekend, and I'm looking at replacements. Based on my VFD experience,...
Just saying, cracks like that shouldn't just happen...
Oh, THAT piece. yeah, that's pretty mangled, and I agree that you're going to need a whole new bracket. That may take a parts-bike find, or a...
wow, that sucks... hairline crack, huh? I'd put a new (well, used), head on it. Repairing a crack like that in an aluminum casting is going to...
Definitely double check that you didn't let air in, and sometimes the vibration of riding will help move bubbles up and out, and a bubble in the...
can you post a picture?
Something a friend of mine said when I picked up my bike, and was complaining about how it rode below 3k rpm: "don't". I always keep it up over...
The idle screw (the one you can turn by hand), adjusts the front left carb, and then the linkage drives the others off of it. They should all...
McViffer, I understand, and I also feel the frustration (I'm getting ready to post my own garage clearing-house). However, if you happen to have...
You have the collectors/cans off, and just have the two header pipes that you're trying to remove from teh rear?
Honestly, the carb sync shouldn't have much impact as you open up the throttles (they make a big difference at idle, but almost none when WOT)....
So, I think you were first turning the pilot screws for the carbs (which are used to adjust the idle mixture), and are part of the "idle drop...
For syncing the carbs, you want to adjust the linkage between the 4 carbs, not adjust the pilot screws which control the idle mix. By syncing the...
The reason rpm matters so much on these bikes (and doesn't so much on a car) is that we have a permanent magnet + stator system. It's output...
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