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Well, I finished syncing the carbs, bike is idling, running, and sounding like it should. I built a manometer out of plastic tubing with some fluid in it, using 6mm welding tips as a vacuum restrictor and connector to the bike. I still haven't been able to ride it yet, I still have to re-finish the ...

I was trying to sync my carbs, and totally effed them up. The idle adjuster is as far out as it will go, and the throttle cables are both loose, but the bike is idling around 4-4.5 k RPM's. I guess I'm going to pull them back off and do another bench sync, while adjusting 3 and 4, the bolt fell out,...

If you put the chain in kerosine or diesel overnight you are risking that its crawling behind the rings and might kick out the lube out of the rolls partially,so that the lubrication between the rols and the inner pins might not be granted any more, and usually this would be a reason for chains bre...

Ok, but on the other page, CPR the FZR, I think it was, he put the chain in a kerosene bath to clean it over night. Should I do that? Or just scrub at it with a wire brush?

I saw on one of the other pages that people were soaking their chain over-night in kerosene to clean their drive chain. I know I need to take it off and inspect it after sitting for so long, but wouldn't the kerosene dry out the O-rings in the chain? If my chain is still in good shape what would you...

Did you reface the pads if they were used or fit new.? The pads that came with the calipers were still pretty new so I re-used them. Pads need to be perfectly bedded to the disc to get the best effect. I would carefully ride using the brakes lightly when possible to bed pads to the worn disc surfac...

I was trying to get the brakes fixed and am at a loss for what to try next. My Haines manual is no help at all, so I looked at the Wiki on how to bleed the brakes. It said: Remove the front master cylinder reservoir cap. You must keep the reservoir full of fluid during all bleeding operations to pre...

I finally got the bolt for the carburetor, I just put it in a bit and turned it on, but I haven't synced it yet, but it runs SOOOOOOOO much better now. I'm going to try to do the front brakes tonight after I get home from school. and then synchronize the carbs this weekend.

You may have a little trouble sourcing a spring and adjuster and will probably need to fabricate one ....which is bad. Luckily, my local powersports dealer had one they could order, and was wasn't too bad for price (I think it was around $7, I've gotten to be pretty good friends with a guy that wor...

This morning I took off the front brake calipers to get ready for when the blue dots come in, so I can slap those babies on and see how she goes, or, in this case, stops lol. I realized I had what appears to be stainless steel brake lines... I just never noticed because they have a "clear" hose over...

I'm not sure what I did, but somewhere in the process of taking the carbs off and looking at all the jets, I fixed it, and all 4 cylinders are firing. WOOT Somewhere along the line the carb adjustment screw and spring for no. 3 (I think) fell off. :swear I guess I'll try to find a replacement tomorr...

I don't think I did, I tried to only take one jet out at a time, and put it back in the same hole... that's what she said (sorry, couldn't resist )

I guess I'll take it back off and see what I can see

I'm pretty sure it is not an ignition issue, I swapped the 2 and 3 spark plug wires since they fire at the same time, and cylinder 2 still did not fire. I guess I'll have to wait and see what the compression test shows.

I tried what you said with the pods off, but I was working on the back brakes earlier and forgot I took the muffler off for easier access, :duh: so I started it with both the pods and muffler off (the pipes were still on the head gasket, only the muffler was off) It fired right up, a LOT easier than...

This morning when I started it, I felt the exhaust pipes again, and the 2nd cylinder was cold and all the others were hot. I don't know if i just didn't feel it yesterday, or it just started to not fire, but it sounded the same as yesterday, so most likely I didn't feel it. I took the spark plug out...