It is really not the miles you put on them, age certainly takes its toll with unseen corrosion inside the connector, type of weather conditions...
Wouldn't get too stressed about compression at this stage, you have had it running so it has compression. Next step is to hook the fuel bottle up...
If you put a spare R/R under your seat you will never break down and need one on the side of the road
Size of the wire doesn't seem to be the problem, the connector is the thing that always fails because it will start to corrode = bad connection =...
particularly with ethanol in it
Sorry I have no idea, some VF's had pumps I think, some don't, some can run without a pump no idea what you have but the hose to feed the fuel...
Ok so stage one complete, motor runs, so ignition and wiring are ok. Next step is try a fuel bottle straight into the carb feed hose. Disconnect...
attaboy :tongue-new:
Somewhere around the temple area seems to get a good result
Can't help you with the readings but on my CB I was given a tip to close the air gap to .010 with great results, not sure if it will work on a VFR...
It is pulsating because you are turning the motor over because the plates are not disengaging. Might have to pull the slave cylinder to see if it...
Pull the tank,pull the top off the air cleaner, short squirt of starter fluid on the filter, hit the starter, and see if it attempts to fire, if...
If you could do any damage rocking it back and forth, imagine what damage you could inflict with the horsepower a V4 twisting the gearbox mainshaft
My recent misfire problem on my CB was the pulse coil air gap, closed it up a few thou and problem solved
Put it in top gear, motor not running , pull the clutch and rock it back and forth till the plates free up
When was it last run? How old is the fuel? this will tell us if carbs need stripping before going any further, then you start looking through the...
This is just a wild guess but can you bump start it without the starter fitted and see if the noise has gone?
Tat, sorry about your problem but you are to blame here, how many times do people have to be told to solder and heatshrink the connector, in...
No they are just wakos
One thing to remember Aus is a bloody big place
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