blackhawkxx

Please reread.

No need to spend $$ on replacement as many things could be used to plug the holes (duct tape, bolts, etc.) and you can't see it with the tank on.

Only the factory sprockets have the rubber on them. I had the same question about size you did when I installed mine years ago. Yes, it should move around a little on the shaft and I believe the manual says to put a little grease on it. It will be fine.

We need a ride review, get busy.

Thanks for letting us know. It will help someone down the road.

If you get them or find a photo of them on the Bird, please post it. I would love to see them on the XX.

Sounds great for someone who had a collection.

I thought that the saying was "Better off dead than red".

I have found out that everything except weekends take longer than you thought it would.

How loud is the one on your RR?

Can't you put in a lower temp thermostat like we have done was cars forever? I never hear of people doing that with bikes.

Didn't Dean remove his also?

Good looking bike.

I have to try one of those some day.

Being a little quicker in bracket racing doesn't make you a winner but I suppose you know that.

:icon_clap: Anyone can go buy one of those ugly other two bikes. Like you said, the idea of going to a race track is to win. My 97 does.

Not going to find a better deal than that.

I was talking to a guy the other day that was driving a old Mazda B3000 V6. It has 259,000 and still running. American junk.

+1 My truck did that a few months ago.

Just as a follow up, I got around to ripping it apart. Removed the bottom plastic and changed to a known good set of plugs, no difference. Ripped the top plastic off and got the air box off(had 4 vac. hoses, a hot air tube like a car and wires). My heart sank, if there is a way to remove the carbs without taking the motor out, I don't know how. They sit way down between the huge frame rails and must have 20 hoses going to them not counting the cables. It is a CA model, don't know if that makes a difference. The thing is that you can not touch most of them. How do you remove something that you can't touch? Anyway, I took a shot and sprayed carb cleaner from the top into every hole I could find. Fired it up and it ran perfect. Thanked the Lord. I sprayed some more with it running and started to put it back together. I hope to never had to replace those carbs.

Stock Bird seat in very good condition. Selling for a friend. PM if interested and I'll hook you up with him. $65 or Best Reasonable Offer.

That is nice.

Do they really need repacking? My Yosh's have close about 15 K on them and they don't need it. Also, mine have screws, yours have rivets?

Thanks for the ideas. For some reason, I just hate to rip into all that plastic but got to do something.

1500 Wing, low miles, great shape. Last year I got gas and within a half of mile, the bike was running really bad. Dumped about a half of a can of Sea Foam in it and within five minutes, everything was great. Early this year, about half way through a tank of gas and it did the same thing. More Sea Foam and life was good. Last week, about a quarter way into a tank and the same thing. Put in about a third can of Sea Foam, nothing. Added another half can of foam and nothing. The 1500 Wing has to be the most pain to work on because everything is covered with plastic and all the bolts are hidden. It starts right up but don't sound right (like it running on three cylinders) and idles real low and doesn't have any power. It doesn't pop, or stumble when you rev it. Seems to run better at the very end of the rev range. It feels and sounds just like it did the other two times when Sea Foam fixed it, why doesn't it fix it this time? Any thoughts before I rip into it? Thanks.