Uh oh, can't see the pics at work but some of those IC's unless they were generic IC's might be impossible to source. Sounds like your Regulator...
Sweet man. Sweet.
Is there anyone local you could hit up to hook up their running CDI to test? I bought an extra one or two so I could test or replace if one gets...
Acetone usually works with the other commercial liners, I am not sure if it will work with Red Kote lining, that stuff is pretty tough. Sounds...
Yeah, you should not have blasted these with glass. At the very worst you should have soda blasted them if you wanted to clean them.
Yeah, I think I had to rafter hang from the subframe before I finally got a center stand for VFR#1 to put the Twin Clicker on.
If idle was rich it would blub blub and stumble to get power. Like Taylor said it sound like you have an air leak, have you changed the carb...
Man, I would love to get a Hawk but I would have to dump one of my 750's and the wife would still ride me about having three bikes.
Dicky, the stock 86 units are a sealed Showa here in the states and are only rebuildable if you perform surgery on them, and good luck finding any...
No, I looked it up on the website address you put up there and I did a search for Honda. Honda Transalp Intiminators Out of Stock Honda...
The only Hondas they have are for the Transalps.
At best you should change out the front springs and maybe slip in some cartridge emulators, doing wheel conversions and fork swaps gets you...
Looks quite nekkid.
RT - Digital Product Search Race Tech makes kits if you want to do the work or you could send your forks to them, if you want to use emulators...
If the original shock is on there it is well past it's prime- replace with a new or rebuilt used shock with new springs adjusted to your weighted...
Because somebody has to be nice to those awkward, chocolately cammed, red headed step children and who better to do it? US!!! Because we are...
Huh, and I needed a choke cable. Anybody have a choke cable to spare?
If your 500 is at all like my 700 it does not really start hitting it's stride until after 7K. Then it is hold on to your butt time.
Like Squirrel said I doubt this would only be a main jet problem. Run down the supply chain of fuel/spark from the top and report back.
Fuel or spark is you culprit, go down the supply chain.
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