Do you have a download of the 6th Gen Service Manual? If you don't have it, get it. There's everything you need in there, drawings of the areas,...
Aaaaaand also, if at 20+ years down the road from new the bike's fuel injectors have never been removed and sent out for professional cleaning...
Also, another thing that can increase motorcycle drive train lash is the rubber pieces inside the rear hub "cush drive" getting old and hard with...
If you read chapter 21 of the service manual you'll learn that in the low throttle opening range (low volumetric demand) the Honda PGM-FI ECM uses...
The "header bolts" on the VFR800 are studs and if you're careful they're easy to remove and replace.
When you're refurbishing an older motorcycle have you ever found a set of cush-drive rubber inserts that no longer had the proper size to prevent...
And "this pad property of UHaul" apparently you and I shop(lift) at the same establishment
Okay, good to hear you've checked and there's no mouse nest in the intake. (Now class, if you would all please open your 1998-2001 Honda VFR800...
I was recently divorced when I joined VFRWorld, the dumpster fire avatar pic felt appropriate at the time, now my personal life is more stable but...
Another "cost free" item to tick off while you've got the coolant drained is taking the radiators off the bike and giving them a good cleaning....
I owned and worked on a 1993 Suzuki GSF-400 for years and I can tell you there's a huge difference in the quality between the bits-n-pieces of...
Also, when you've removed the throttle body assembly to gain access to and replace the thermostat you have easy access to the fuel injectors, they...
Doing a valve clearance/adjustment is the sort of thing that is easy when you've got the top of the engine undressed to the point where you can...
It could be something dumb, like an airbox full of mouse nesting material. If I translate your description of the situation into "fuel-air-ratio"...
If you go back far enough you end up in a world where "Gixxer" hadn't happened yet, instead they (the GSXRs) were called "slabsides" or "slabbies"
Is there a California difference in this case? A lot of Honda and Suzuki motorcycles I've worked on over the years had California model...
your VFR sounds normal to me. I have noticed a bit more gear driven camshaft noise when the engine oil is older.
I think it's wise to point out that 24 years is a long time for rubber items. At 24 years the Honda-quality maintenance-free honeymoon period is...
All I hear is a Honda 360 degree crankshaft making its normal sound. And yeah, it does sound different from a Honda 180 degree crankshaft. Which...
A CB400 SuperFour engine might make the difference, if you're gonna go for "MV Agusta" looks 2 cylinders aren't enough.
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