When it comes time to reassemble the brakes the bike is going to get some Spiegler braided steel lines... [IMG]
Blowing the pistons out of the rear brake. [IMG] [IMG] Gonna replace all of the old seals.
Now I've moved on to the brakes (and the clutch line too). Here's one of the first things I found: [IMG] [IMG] What we have here is the clutch...
Yesterday was mostly spent changing out the clutch internals: new Honda (OEM replacement) friction plates and pressure plates, a new judder spring...
Question: Where do people get shims from? Should I go to the Honda dealership?
I want to do the valve adjustment tomorrow so this evening I popped the valve covers off, got the feeler gauge set out and did a very, very...
Actually I was copying too. While I was reading through the Honda VFR800 Service Manual and I saw this drawing on page 7.1 [IMG] I figured...
Yes, I've got a set of Barnett springs to install, slave cylinder rebuild items and a nice set of Spiegler braided steel lines (both for the...
I've disassembled the clutch in the 5th gen that I'm refurbishing. The bike has its original clutch friction and pressure plates in it. I've...
I recently cleaned up the very dirty '99 I just bought. The area under the throttle body was full of dirt, sand and dead bugs. Here's what it...
You get everything disconnected (all the plugs and vacuum hoses), then you get a hair dryer and thoroughly warm up the metal of the throttle body...
That's funny, all my "terrible tire" experiences have been with Dunlop tires. Through the years I have purchased several used motorcycles and...
New rubber... it's gonna feel so good when I get this thing put back together. [IMG]
The bike's prior owner was a fan of wax-based chain lube. I won't deny that wax-based chain lube works well, but have you ever tried to clean...
I removed my 5th gen's throttle body just a couple of days ago. The big gray-colored wiring connector you're talking about only has 1 press-tab...
I've seen that bar or tab on other motorcycles. A long time ago I was told that on level ground if you fuel up until the gasoline reaches that...
Cleaned swing arm. [IMG] But more importantly I cleaned and re-greased the swing arm bearings. It was pretty obvious these bearings have...
I found an extremely dirty K&N air filter inside the bike's airbox. For now I'm going to replace it with an OEM Honda paper air filter element....
The next thing I tackled today was removing the fuel pump assembly from the fuel tank so I could replace the high pressure fuel filter. Removing...
I vacuumed out all the dirt and sand and dead insects, then I went at it with good old 409 kitchen cleaner and a toothbrush. On the dirtier spots...
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