: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 ??...
Salvage yard.
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...
SHOCKING ! OMG !!!! Now you've found an awful potential fault in Gen 2 bikes that i never suspected ?? (Stop smirking you Gen 1 guys !)...
Not likely to be any hydraulic problem, not fluid, not air. Remove, clean, and lubricate pivot bolt, and put a dab of grease on the end of the mc...
I'd imagine you'd need the use of a dyno, a whole new FI map, the savy to create it and the ability to add it to the system.
Washers usually end up somewhere harmless, like at the bottom of the oil pan, no real need to remove since they stay there happily without moving....
Check that your charging voltage is proppa, about 13.5- 14.5 volts.
Why are you stuck with a VFR motor when there are other engines with the hp you're looking for built-in, not added-on, and with trans, cooling...
Seems like alot of agro for an undertermined change in audio presence; the sound of the bike is also influenced by gear whine and intake gasps....
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