Ive got a spare engine eith some cylinder liners..im thinking i need a press to remove them and replace them am i correct? What else should i...
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I was going to swap the heads and slap the spare engine into the frame, but upon further inspection im going to rip both engines apart, in order...
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Alright im feeling better already about this then, honestly the pick up coils appear to be the exact same, the ground spots are located in the...
In doing some research. Having yics carbs on a non yics motor will give it about 15% more air, resulting in a lean mixture..could i just rejet the...
It doesnt says yics on it no.. This motor coming off the bike is yics..how much does that matter it looks to me like itll match up to the drive...
EDIT: we posted that at the same time^^ Also aside from swapping the bottom components of the engines, mainly the transmission i see my other...
Do you mean magnetic on their own? Or can i pick them up with a magnet?
Im thinking im going to swap the nearly the whole bottom half of the spare engine i picked up..it has way fewer miles on it, its the same year...
Im in the process of splitting the case, when i dropped the oil pan off the bottom i got these out, theres another black piece hiding in there...
Damn, so its gotta come off the frame to split the case right?
Bad news tho. Found a large metal tooth in there thats broken off..it defintly wont fit through that hole lol and the rubber piece disappeared as...
Thats exactly what i needed to know! Heres a picture of the rubber in there, i poked it with a screwdriver and its loose in there
This is about where im at now, let me know if you guys want pictures of something specific to help me along
Im going to keep it simple, im not finding much good info on this other than "break it open and fish around" which is where im at now.. I have...
word I maybe out of the area to go live on my bike in the desert and cruise up and down the coast for a while, who knows whatll happen I'm kind of...
aluminum foil wont scratch the chrome, I would assume that brass wool or steel wool, or wire brushes would scratch it up.
I've learned sometimes that spring inside the starter button also can become crooked or get corroded or whatever and end up shorting out, when it...
From trying to figure out and understand this alphanumerical code I think my metric tire size is 130/90-16 though
Where is the 21 coming from for my front tire? If it says 19 on it When I'm reading overall diameter and is says 25.70 what measurement is that...
So this may be a silly question but its about my tire size.. I measured my rear rim at 17" but from what I can tell stock maxim rear rims are 16"...
I may be in Sisseton soon
Thanks for those links, I just don't see it as a $100 piece of plastic, even $59 is more than id like to spend for it lol If that's the average...
Do I smell a calendar idea? whos going to participate?
I've grabbed some parts off parts bikes in my area there has never been a right side cover. I've looked on evilbay (ebay) and searched the...
i'm not even 30 yet and I know that sound lol My oil bolt was stripped as well and I took and 11mm combo wrench and the ring spanner side was...
Somebody suggested watered down vinegar to me recently. I kind of want to replace the foam inside my seat to a gel seat though, is there any...
I'm replacing my rear tire this weekend and I new it was old but now I know it is from freakin' 2003 and I just put a few thousand miles on it in...
Yall still around? I'm out in Emporia, I may be going to the Vintage Japanese Bike show in KC in May this year, if not its because I moved to SD...
I just thought i'd let you guys know I took my bike from the center of Kansas down to New Orleans at the beginning of the month, I put nearly 2000...
Well since this is a whiskey drinkers thread now, I'm a markers mark fella myself.
I was thinking that since mine is primarily MPH but also has small numbers and KPH that if you were to swap the face with the MPH smaller and the...
If your a bike noob as you claim (no shame I'm still learning on my first bike) Best advice I can give is start with the simple issues first,...
Ive never converted one of these but it seems like you could make it simpler by swaping just the face inside the one you currently have with one...
I looked it up to see what that looks like and that's my smaller cone filter, the first one on the fuel line where I said it look like possibly...
I put the wave washer on the wrong side of the lever, is what happened, now there are no issues with my petcocks function The small cone filter...
...So lets say your right on the money Stumplifter, I still had about a quarter tank of gas but each float bowl was about 1/5 full of gas, whats...
Ill try that, if im feeling froggy ill do it today but more than likely tomorrow
another update: I was able to get the bike to start up and rode it about 30 ft before it died again by running with it, jumping on and dropping...
pick up coils ohmed out perfect, removed the kickstand safety relay the gas cap vent breathes, bike is having trouble starting but I was...
Quick update: The bike had absolutely no power anywhere except the battery this morning. The positive wire going from the starter relay to the...
It was in the high 50s when I started my cruise i'll check the gas cap vent, also gonna check the side stand relay today, in addition to ohming...
^^Yeah it was the float levels, also bad seals on the 2 of my float needles, which were on the cylinders that weren't firing, and I think gas was...
Good news, shes running and I'm on the road, I finally got the boots on, I have all the cylinders firing, I have no electrical issues Thanks...
I guess i misinterpreted the level is supposed to be at, i understood it as between 1mm and 3mm
So have the floats wet set tk 1.4-1.9mm all new float needles withe good rubber tips (which is why i was having gas leak and cylinder wash) which...
Ill try it again mostly because i have no choice but the only thing i havent done that you mentions is having the clamps on the carb yhroat...
Ive tried starting with the in the airbox first and ive tried starting them on the carbs first, the airbox is loose in the frame but pulls itself...
I have stopped the oil leaking into the airbox, I don't know exactly what was going on other than I dumped out about 2 gallons of oil/gas mix, so...
