Cosmic purity aside, "cheating" is hard to nail down. IMO, the defacto rule in professional cycling has always been don't do anything detectable...
This is great work by Inspector Ahab Javert Tygart. Next on the retroactive cosmic justice hit list: Eddy Merckx.
Try spraying carb cleaner, starting fluid, or some such around the outside of the boots while it's running. If it has any effect you have a leak.
This sounds familiar. After having my carbs off I had similar behavior. The balancing screws are sensitive to very small changes, and taking the...
Doesn't engine disassembly/reassembly entail a substantial investment in part that are expensive and/or hard to get, i.e. a gasket set? And that's...
Check out the Mike Nixon book. I found it to be a pretty good guide to taking these things apart and getting them back together again. I'm sure...
Yeah, I figured this out somewhere along the line. If it was mentioned in any of the how-tos I read beforehand, it escaped my attention. A...
My particular flavor of yankee ingenuity hails from the Tennessee hills. :smile:
Well, I finally got my balancing rig and adjustment tool rigged up, so I got my first experience syncing V4 carbs today. It does seem that the out...
My 500 is roadworthy and legal as of today. I just finished going through what I hope are all the safety and operational necessities as well as...
The easiest way to pull the collector is with the front header pipes off. I'm not sure it's possible otherwise. The rears can stay put.
I agree with this. To clarify, there are ten things called "gaskets" in this story: Four crush washers between the cylinder head and the header...
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I just pulled the oil pan off my 85 today. I don't know about the gasket. I'm going to reuse and keep my fingers crossed. It looks like the...
Have you tried pulling in the clutch and killing the engine at 40mph? If the sound persists this would narrow the possibilities down considerably....
I had something similar that turned out to be the speedometer cable. It first cropped up last fall when the weather got cold. There was a whirring...
Hi Everybody - I've been a regular 9 months a year motorcycle commuter for several years, with occasional MC riding back to my far-distant youth....
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