Can't really add to what's been said already, sorry to hear your bad luck but glad you're able to tell the tale & glad it took 30 years before it...
On a stress/fatigue crack I couldn't agree more with drilling stress-relievers & plating it over, but personally in the area of the frame that...
Not the ones under the hat (pilot & main air) the ones in the mouth (venturi ring) :( They're called air compensator jets as I recall. Thanks for...
Hmm yes, they do appear to be labelled as that on the Mikunis but I'm struggling with the concept that they're only vents on the Hitachi's else...
I agree, freeze damage. Not got any experience with it personally but I can't see it being too hard to repair, disconnect battery/tci etc, take...
Could still be the faux-primary tensioner though :/
I'm not sure we're talking about the same thing here :?
Just a quick question for anyone with knowledge of carbs. Wondering what function the air compensator jets either side of the venturi ring of our...
Yeah, not fun that! :o It's not the moisture that caused it, but the minute air bubbles trapped within the concrete so I believe. It's why you can...
Wow, glad they turned up in your line of sight & not anyone else's. I'd have always been worried tol leave the bike anywhere if they didn't turn...
Buy cheap buy twice IMO ;) EBC FTW
I like Carl's thinking, makes sense. In my experience (as a cheapskate with one tub of lube grease and one tub of copperslip grease haha) Castrol...
Yeah these things really dislike synthetic oils lol. Chances are the plates dried out & fossilised while the bike was sitting, and now the...
It sounds like it's running rich for some reason then, that needs to be addressed. Combined with the initial high idle (and now hanging/slow...
What he said ^ :wink: listen to Fitz, I like to think of him as this forum's voice of reason... TBH I don't think there's really an issue...
Thanks for the link, couldn't find it earlier... Wonder if he's paid off the dyno damages yet?
OK I'm officially looking for the tw4t who bid £65 at the last second, and will be straightening my original stanchions around their neck when I...
"Can it be done?" Yes, anything can be done with a bit of ingenuity & a welder... But should it be done? Nope... Especially not if you're in...
Or (less likely) a failed head gasket can also cause oil burning. I think we need to go back to basics on this, when you say "valves are good"...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/madsquirrel20 ... 7675.l2562 Just thought I'd share the 900 I found being broken on the 'bay... please don't go & bid...
Now it only runs on prime? Have you checked the vacuum line from the tap to the inlet stub to make sure it's attached & not holed? To be...
OK here's a weird thought that just occurred to me (and I mean weird, but you never know with p/o's...) What if it had been laid up for a long...
Personally, seeing as there's no marks visible inside or out & you have good compression on all 4 pots I'd be very tempted to leave the engine in...
Yeah I'd agree, it was a nice feeling & the camaraderie was a big part of what got me more into bikes than cars... End of the day we're all...
Exactly, well said that man! I always enjoy reading about the 900's especially, they're my bike's American market Cousin after all :lol: On...
They do actually! The amount of trucks & buses that slosh diesel all over the place (specially roundabouts, those circular things we ride/drive...
Or not, as the case may be... Any woman wants "in" on my life (however unlikely lol) then it comes bikes 'n all... I managed a little further than...
Common mod on early '80s Hondas that one. IIRC the auto-tensioner could be changed to manual by "gutting" it, drilling & tapping a thread and...
And there, in a nutshell, is your answer. Personally I've no particular desire to be associated with the word "biker", and equally I've no...
Isn't auto carrot competing ship? :lol:
Re: Membership Advisory: Potential Identity Theft Risk High Sorry, really needed those 5 new Yamahas though! :P 8O Seriously though,...
Not sure on whether the caliper needs to be split on the FJ as I'm not familiar with the type, but personally I'd split them anyway because in my...
I buy from e-bay, and it's saved me plenty of money tool-wise. You should consider it, I'm sure someone in Canada has a chain tool for a...
Can you not get it to idle by turning the idle stop screw in, just for the purposes of getting the colourtune in to see what's going on? Have...
^ This... And Ron's exploding fuel tank comment, pretty much sum up my feelings on the matter. Shameful behaviour & sadly the kind of thing that...
Definitely not XJ900 from the pics then, glad someone recognised them :)
They look quite similar to post '83 XJ900 forks, going by the mudguard/brace mounting points. Not sure about the top cap though, that looks...
Been a while since I logged in here but thought I'd share this in case it's any use to anyone else in future... Some of you may remember that I...
What they said ^ :) Checking after lapping in is important since the amount of material taken off the valve head/seat, although tiny, will...
Len (username- chacal) will know, and he won't sell you more than you need anyway, seriously he's a great guy who's in it for the love of the...
I'd say that was originally written by a Honda CB fan "Her older sisters came to life in 1969" "bloody great roller bearings" etc (and at what...
True... Although I'm struggling to think how an adjustable would even fit without dropping the exhausts (bearing in mind mine may be slightly...
Actually no, rat LOOK is what you described, a true rat is not built to look like anything it just evolves over time through it's owner's ethos...
Bike looks great :) Welcome, and yes Fitz, Rick, Len et-al deserve a lot more thanks than they get for all they contribute. Thank God some people...
Hard brown stuff... Sounds like someone confused their carb rack for the phone & started talking down it lol :roll: I do like this thread, I...
A Km/h to Mph speedo convertor drive & a long rest while I hibernate through the stormy weather lol :?
My thoughts exactly. I've never heard such cr*p as what that shop told you. For a start if the cylinders were "locked up" you'd get no compression...
What is it with some people? What is their major malfunction? Just gone outside to go to the shop & discovered that the little Honda 400 has...
I know there's a reed switch that is used by the self-cancelling indicators, perhaps that could also be used by the speed light (illuminating when...
Wow quite a haul of extras there! :) Can't complain huh? Is the frame bent/rotten/titled? Engine seized? If it was me, I couldn't help thinking...
