Take a good look at the wires going to the top of the starter relay too ! If they look melted, the bike won't charge proppaly even with good reg...
AS K-B ( one of our most estimable members) suggests, do your own compression test, clean the carbs, and flush the cooling system while the...
NO NEED to separate carbs to clean enrichment tubes. Time to try SeaFoam.
All the lawyers i approached to take my case said i wasn't hurt bad enough !! 'round these parts here cop unions, not city hall, rule the...
STUFF A RAG INNIT !! Your exhaust. :nelson:
Yep, i heard a young 4 or 5 year old girl point to me getting off the bike and say to her mom "There's that bad guy !" Here, i know definitely of...
|Good point there, Reista, about doing a compression test (even cold) before buying !!!!!
Be sure not too over-fill mc as there should be some air space above the fluid.
Stalling the engine while braking can be the result of a clutch that's not fully releasing and/or idle speed set too low.
Delicate balance......++ Once it's gotten cool enough to need the choke for starting, it's a delicate balance between not enough and too much...
Honda used superior quality OEM wires, and unless you see breaks in the insulation or sparks leaking out (in darkness), yours are likely OK. You...
It WAS a fine beginner first bike back in about 1984, but almost all examples you'll find are in poor condition motor-wise by now. Cheap, yes,...
Again, FSM rules, Bunky. :nelson: No Hanes or Clymer has the good cable routing info.
At only 5'4" i can't hope to flat foot on my '97 or '86 but don't feel i need to, i'm just fine and in control, no problems so far. Seems like...
Check the valve clearances and look for mushrooming on the tops of valve stems. Valves are the #1 problem on 500s.
Reg Kittrel used to run "Battletrax" bike gymkhanas in CA and around the southwest a few years ago. I ran in three of them when he showed up...
Our single-action calipers slide left and right on pins that must be grit-free and properly greased. Stiff sliding will cause excessive drag,...
^ Ain't no way to weld the witches' brew of mixed metals that carbs are made of.
Nobody knows what's fast until they've ridden it. My fastest were ZX-11, V-Max, and 1200 Lawson specials Yamaha tuned, with hot cams.
How grindingly apt and true !! As long as electrons remain unelucidatingly invisible to the humanoid eye, electrickety will remain cunningly...
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