joeblackbird99
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I believe that Honda put a dampner in the transmition to stop the gears from spinning when in neutral. This reduces the amount of jumping you get when you first put your bike into gear. I just let out the clutch enough to spin the gears and pop it into gear.
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Polish is for removing light scratches and oxidation. It acts as a light surface cleaner. Wax is for putting a protective covering over your finish. I like Meguires brand. I use thier spray polish followed by thier carnuba wax. I touch up the finish with Quick wax.
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Here's what I did. It works. And I'm cheap. http://www.cbr1100xx.org/newhome.html?/rev...avon3940.html&2
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Take a look at www.Bigbroncos.com
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Wow! :shock: I can't believe the amount of work you got done in such a short time. Looks great!
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When idling in nuetral the tranny gears are spinning past each other. Probably what you are hearing.
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Table saw: A device to turn perfectly good wood into sawdust! Any projects in mind?
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I did drop one of those funky coil nuts into the abys. Lord knows where it is now.
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I happen to live near Discount Motorcycle Tire Co. so I bought and installed them there. Pilot Roads, mounted and ballanced for about $260 including tax. I took the tires off myself and brought them in.
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The tranny gears are still spinning as you shift into gear. I believe that later year Blackbirds had some kind of dampner added to slow the free spinning gears down a little. Try using a synthetic oil, it makes everything smoother.
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Don't know, maybe they are paying for the new building? I bought an oil filter there for $12.00.
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My local dealer (Fay Meyers) wants $42.00 for one. I said no thanks.
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I have an extra stock can I plan to experiment with this winter. The link above shows the internal details. I was thinking of doing the long-drill-to-the-first-baffle-plate thing for starters.
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The Sport Touring newsgroup seems to like it for their bikes (synthetic type). I could only find the dino version so I'm using Castrol Syntec. The engine feels smoother then when using synthetic blends or dino. Just over 10k miles.
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Did you guys by new VFR clip-ons from the dealer or a salvage yard? How much did you pay for them? Inquiring mind(s) want to know!
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I'm positive that I read it 'burps' best on the sidestand. An earlier thread said that the radiator cap is vented to the autmosphere. I believe that is only true in an over-pressure situation. Radiator caps are designed to seal the radiator up to a max pressure and then allows only excess presure to vent.
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I have a stock right side muffler for a '99. I bought the set off e-bay when I needed to replace the left side. :cry: You can have it for free just pay shipping. Let me know. OK, just noticed you live nearby. I work in the Ken Carl area. I would be happy to bring the muffler into work.
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I also jumped on the low price and am very happy with it.
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I remeber read here that front spring sag should be around 35mm. Is this sag with only the bike weight or with my big butt on the seat? :?:
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$100 for 4 spark plugs at Honda Dealer ????
joeblackbird99 replied to StPeteXX's topic in The Garage
I will be ordering the TP430c Splitfires from www.sparkplugs.com for $5.99 each. Their cross reference is: Autolite, Traditional spark plug 4303 for $2.24 each. They also show: NGK VX platinum CR9EHVX-9 for $6.40 each. This is for a '99 XX. They just added these: NGK iridium CR9EHIX-9 for $6.95 . Hope it helps. -
My '99 came with NKG platinums.
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Is that really grade 10 or 1.0?
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Thanks guys. www.sparkplugs.com has the Splitfire triple platinums (tp430c) for $5.99 each plus shipping. Looks to be a decent deal.
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I'm coming up on my first plug change. Is the dealer the only source for these? Anyone find a discount source?