fizzy
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Something tells me tomek will not be impressed with black and white pics. His loss.
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Presumably, this is the same bike that you are rebuilding the carbs on in a sister thread. This has never happened to me personally, but I understand that if you foul an iridium plug, it is very difficult to bring it back to life. In case your carb rebuild fails, I would get her running properly with the old plugs, then switch to iridium.
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6 hours ago, XXitanium said:
Some of us are old enough to be in their ballpark.
In their ballpark, but not in their league?
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97% of climate scientists agree that these ladies are hot. So it's settled.
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23 minutes ago, tomek said:
How old are you people? Not talking about what the birth certificate says,,,,,,,,had to Google her, Ann Margaret, born 1941,,,,,,, really?
If you bleed, what color is your blood? 😎
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19 hours ago, XXBirdSlapper said:
Bet TOMEK would pay 100K for the seat off that thing just to get a whiff of Walter Matthau's ball bag.
Oh, no. What happened to Anne Margaret?
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3 hours ago, superhawk996 said:
Not by anyone that got away alive.
Tuff guy?
Sun Tzu .............. "when you are weak, appear strong, when you are strong, appear weak" 🍺
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3 hours ago, SwampNut said:
We're brothers, so
Have you 2 actually ever been seen together? 😎
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21 hours ago, superhawk996 said:
I've got a great idea for you! Pay someone to join and have your back so you can at least point to one person that takes your side here. Or hell, just invent a new user name. That's free...and hopefully the only way to find someone like you occupying our planet.
Funny you should say that, as I have contemplated that you and SwampNut might be the same person. There is an invisible thread that connects both your posts that sometimes shows thru the matrix. Never mind, all in good fun. 🍺
By the way, the last vid I posted was not really directed at any one person, but the thread as a whole.
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Bush fix:
1. Loosen nut and drive wedge to open up.
2. Drive a few #6 finish nails into larger holes. If they are too thick, skinny the nails with a belt sander/grinder.
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39 minutes ago, SwampNut said:
Here's what's left of a can dipped in a hydroxide solution to remove the aluminum.
The liner is either BPA or lacquer. Yet another reason why sodas are bad for you. We figured out we needed to protect people from drinking aluminum. Switched to feeding them BPA. 50 years later...well...that was very bad too.
After the hydroxide experiment, you probably shouldn't drink the cola.
I think the liner is more about protecting the can from the coke rather than the human from the can. 😎
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5 hours ago, blackhawkxx said:
Maybe get the fattest guy you can find, have him sit on it and do some measuring?
I have to imagine Honda already did that, probably using a Sumo wrestler.
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This is for the vfr800, blackbird very similar.
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poida, "when i wind the spring in the cct back and then release it the motor no longer has the buzz/vibration.that usually lasts for a few days till it comes back"
This is the same as pushing down on the corner of a car and watching it bounce back. It doesn't actually do anything.
As you have extra CCT's why don't you add 1 turn to the clock spring on a spare one?
Fowlers UK shows p/n 05140MAT325 for lifter only £91.61
14520MATE22 for the kit. £114.72
Note: this is p/n for all years.
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You want the "double dot" version, which I believe is the newer one.
By the way, it is possible to give an old CCT a new lease of life by adding 1 or 2 turns to the clock spring. To do this, disassemble unit, you will find inside a spring with 10 turns of pretension. Simply reassemble giving it 11 or 12 turns. I say simply, but actually is tricky but doable.
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Why people continue to go to The Garage for garage advice is a mystery.
Edit: Nice chart Tomek clearly showing the progressive nature of the air gap.
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1 hour ago, superhawk996 said:
When doing the initial set-up it won't have 'settled'.
If you believe the difference is measurable then prove it. Measure the sag both ways using method above (air settled vs air under compression) and report back.
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10 hours ago, superhawk996 said:
Think of it in extremes. If it's full to the top the fork won't compress at all, if it's an inch down it'll compress a little bit. If it's empty it'll compress a lot more than normal.
I obviously should have said "normal air gap". Didn't think that was necessary on a sophisticated motorcycle forum in the "garage".
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1 hour ago, superhawk996 said:
If the oil level is near normal a couple mm might not be noticeable, but "oil air gap has no affect on sag" isn't true because being far enough off can make a difference.
How so?
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2 hours ago, SwampNut said:
In which multiverse is the compressibility of air, and quantity of compressible air, not a factor?
I would listen to Hyperpro.
Compressible air gap only has a meaningful effect on fork action at the bottom roughly 25% of the stroke, giving a linear spring a progressive action.
It has no measurable effect at the top where the sag is measured.
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Do you mean the front is stock except for the springs? These forks as delivered by Honda are not adjustable for sag. In order to adjust sag, the spring spacer length would have to be changed. As blackhawkxx states above, check with Hyperpro.
FYI: oil air gap has no affect on sag.
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Peter, first off, let me say that if you allow the dealer to mess around with replacing the wiring harness you will end up spending more than the bike is worth and no promise that the issue will be solved, IMO.
Anyway, the bike is showing an FI light. To find the code: bike running, in neutral, side stand down. FI light will flash a 2 digit code (or series of codes if there is more than 1).
What is the code?
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Semi-flat paint? WTF!
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Flipper may have spot primed over the crayon with a shellac based primer which does an excellent job of covering stains but leaves a slightly shiny finish that will bleed thru.
To fix, you may need to re-prime the whole wall 2 times with an oil based primer such as zinsser cover stain oil based primer. Then your paint of choice.
Alternately, you might find success with a top quality (Sherwin Williams or Benjamin Moore top grade) interior paint/primer in one, which has good covering abilities, but not as good as my 1st option.