You missed cleaning the long brass tubes that draw fuel into the enrichment circuit. Typically, they clog up at the exact point where fuel rests...
Inspect and regrease them all, Matt, in accordance with service manual instructions. With the relatively low miles on your bike, it's not...
TO TEST the wiring and the gauge, VERY briefly (like less that a second) touch the lead going to the thermosensor to ground while watching the...
A new battery with a full charge should show about 12.6 volts on your multimeter, and owning a Honda motorcycle requires that you keep a meter...
If you let fuel sit in the carbs for months during storage, your carbs are maybe clogged with goo. Do you see black smoke from exhaust ? Is...
:welcome: Clean the contact point on the large black ground wire going from battery to chassis, and be sure the battery connections are tight....
:welcome: For godssake man, it's in the blinkin' service manual...........you've read it, right ?? It's got pictures too !!
Normal. Discharge at near idle speed is normal; voltage increases with speed.
Pliers ?? ..... Pliers?? Using the correct tools is critical, and pliers should have no role in this operation. The proper tool is a box end...
Smoke+knocking=possible piston or valve problem. Time for a compression test.
I can't remember any vaccum lines on my Gen 4.
:welcome: Hook up with our famous Randy ##### and go riding. Don't let your wife see him in his Mountie's garb as it's too much for any...
If you need special tools and fancy equipment to bleed brakes, you're either not doing it right or in a big hurry.
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Classic symptoms of dirty carbs, clogged pilot jets, bad fuel pump or pump relay, but have you checked the fuel shut-off valve under the tank ??...
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Often, a burned up starter is the result of owner abuse and a symptom of a bike that doesn't want to run.
Mixture screws, pilot jets, small passages, cylinders can be slightly different, so what is optimum for one mixture screw would not necessarily be...
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