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Afternoon, so I took your advise and swapped out my k&n air filter with a stock paper filter and in doing so the k&n reeks of fuel. I ended up pulling the carbs and noted that the intake boots had a little moisture in them. Air box "appears" dry. I plan on doing a "basic" carb rebuild...

So I have been trying to wrap my head around the connections inside the headlight for the blinkers, etc. My headlight works (high beam and low beam) and the blinkers front and back work off the switch on the left controls. What I cant seem to figure out is why my amber lights aren't staying on...

So if taken apart my calipers, greased the sliders, felt that the piston was moving freely and reassembled everything. New master cylinder and fluid. I bleed the brakes and I have good pressure at the lever with no fading. When the bike is rolling and I pull the lever to stop there is hardly...

Ugh the cams...I had a hell of a time getting the shim gaps within spec. Contacted all the local Honda dealers who were happy to get rid of the shims for these things that have been sitting on their shelves for years. If I recall some of my gaps are towards the fat end but still within spec...

Very interesting. Funny you say the Honda factory made changes eventually to the manuals after arguing about it for a bit. I'm into the Yamaha XS650s as well. There are a lot of quarks with that bike where you question why the factory didnt just do it in the first place. Main one using...

3 out of 4 cylinders held the fluid at full. Re lapped the valves on the 4th and it stayed with the others. Now would this filter airbox issue cause the bike to be difficult to start? I have to turn it over quite a bit before it will stay running under it's own power. Should I mess with the...

Thanks for that tip. Time to hop online and find a filter. I did a full rebuild on the engine. Sat along side a barn for 15 years and 3 cylinders were full of water. Lapped the valves and did a leak test on the head. Everything was good to go. Cant believe these carbs are that sensitive.

Morning all, recently near completion of my 81 cb750c project. She runs l decent but I think there could either be a richness issue or weak spark issue. When I pull a plug and check spark it's there but weak in my opinion. When I look at the plug its black which leads me to believe it's running...