I thought it would be appropriate to post some pictures of my torque wrenches here. The ones towards the front are obviously inch pound wrenches;...
Not much done on the bike in the last week but the UPS man bought some nice presents. I really like opening boxes with Honda printed on the...
Just a few photos of the latest activities. The blocked coolant gallery [IMG] My wife says I have a gasket fetish - I'm sure she is wrong...
Both methods have been used with good results. The disadvantage of the sadwich plate method is that you cant use the genuine filter and I have a...
Spent a couple of hours all up cleaning out the coolant gallery to number 1 cylinder, until I was happy it was flowing properly, Given the angle...
I have the originals and also the later version. The later version is actually not d shaped but more like a round oring with a shoulder on one...
Do you have the three inch longer version?
Found problem with cooling number 1 cyl - lower coolant (inlet) gallery completely blocked with crud. Now cleaned out and ready for re-assembly. I...
The gods of motorcycling have been on my side for once on this bike. After pulling the carbs and swearing I would take nothing else off, I...
I put the front end on so I can wheel the bike about. Tomorrow I will take it outside and use a high pressure washer to try to flush the water...
Thanks for the replies guys. I will try filling as much as I can of the cooling system with this mix and let it sit for a couple of hours and then...
Having pulled carbs and water pipes I can see that there is a fair bit of crud in the cooling system (engine jackets) Is there a good way to clean...
Great song and very appropriate.
I have pulled the carbs on my 84 VF1000R and in the spirit of leaving no stone unturned, I pulled the coolant pipes which sit in the valley...
To be fair to the OP he has done what he set out to do - warn against using a hammer to tighten bolts or nuts. I also think the OP is right - you...
I disagree, I like the purple ones but we can only get blue now.
In a moment of insanity I pulled the carbs yesterday and could not see any obvious problems. I already have a couple of new spare sets of carby...
Started putting the lower radiator pack back together (using replacement radiator from the US as mine had severe fin rot). The 84 Aussie VF1000RE...
Thanks for the replies. I will start working through the items next weekend. I am getting a horrible feeling I will have to pull the carbs....
Back in the old days (well a year ago) when the R was running, I noticed the rear left cyl was running 20 centigrade hotter than the other 3. This...
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