Bike Maintenance and Repair
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How long did it sit? If it sat for even couple months,the carbs will probably need to be cleaned and "synced". When you synce the carbs,you are basically balancing them out.
Maintence is simple,once the gas tank is off,you have access to spark plugs,wires,carbs and such.
Oil change is simple,i would recommend you get at least a rear bike stand.Makes for easy service work.
The service manuel can be found online,just do a pdf search and it will help with maintence on the bike.
Maintence is simple,once the gas tank is off,you have access to spark plugs,wires,carbs and such.
Oil change is simple,i would recommend you get at least a rear bike stand.Makes for easy service work.
The service manuel can be found online,just do a pdf search and it will help with maintence on the bike.
Should I remove them to clean them, or is it easy to clean them while still on the bike?
I read that I can 'sync' mine without even pulling the gas tank? (Found a little write-up on it)
So there is no real 'adjustment' then, Just keeping them clean and 'synced'?
My bike has a kick stand, and the rear tire stand, do all bikes have both?
I read that I can 'sync' mine without even pulling the gas tank? (Found a little write-up on it)
So there is no real 'adjustment' then, Just keeping them clean and 'synced'?
My bike has a kick stand, and the rear tire stand, do all bikes have both?
yea they have to be removed to clean.There are balancing screws on the carbs.Same if you "jet" a carb,you need to adjust fuel mixture screw and such.
If you have a center stand that works also,till you have to remove the rear wheel or adjust the chain.But they are good for oil changes.
Not sure what bikes still come with center stands.
The write-up online basically says all I need is a piece of clear hose to do the sync...?
I would never use seafoam in anything,even more on a motorcycle!!!! I do agree with you taking to pro for cleaning.Not for 1st time mechanic.
You need a carb balance tool for 2 or 4 pair carbs.
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yea i guess you could do that.haha But for safety reasons,i would use the proper bike stand.
Shoot if you are gonna go ron's way,might as well use milk crates then!! haha
You can get those for free!!!
I used to re-jet and tune my own bikes...had a wall mounted mercury sync too.
However on my ZX9R, I got the tune close...then brought it to a guy with his own personal home dyno. He had the bike for 2 weeks between the other bikes he had and waiting for a good barometric pressure. He was only able to beat my HP tune by 3hp (153), BUT the bike was soooo much more driveable. With my tune the bike was so-so under 6-7K rpm, then took off like a bat out of hell...in fact, you could stay in the throttle WOT until 6-7K, then the wheel would start coming up...so you always knew when it was in it's powerband...lol.
Anyway, after I got the bike back it was smooth like butter off idle to redline...so much more power under the curve than before.
Guess the moral here is...do it yourself, see how it's done, then find a pro to tweak it for you.
However on my ZX9R, I got the tune close...then brought it to a guy with his own personal home dyno. He had the bike for 2 weeks between the other bikes he had and waiting for a good barometric pressure. He was only able to beat my HP tune by 3hp (153), BUT the bike was soooo much more driveable. With my tune the bike was so-so under 6-7K rpm, then took off like a bat out of hell...in fact, you could stay in the throttle WOT until 6-7K, then the wheel would start coming up...so you always knew when it was in it's powerband...lol.
Anyway, after I got the bike back it was smooth like butter off idle to redline...so much more power under the curve than before.
Guess the moral here is...do it yourself, see how it's done, then find a pro to tweak it for you.
Well its not the fix for the source of the problem.Kinda like people using febreze to "mask" funky smells! You can make it smell good for lil bit,but the AZZ smell will always win!!
Stead of washing the funk out of whatever,mmmm lets hide the azz smell with febreze .haha
So why make a temp fix,when you can fix the problem all together?You fellas are welcome to use whatever you like to get by,but fix it right the 1st time or dont fix it at all!! GO BIG OR GO HOME!!!
Stead of washing the funk out of whatever,mmmm lets hide the azz smell with febreze .haha
So why make a temp fix,when you can fix the problem all together?You fellas are welcome to use whatever you like to get by,but fix it right the 1st time or dont fix it at all!! GO BIG OR GO HOME!!!
Well its not the fix for the source of the problem.Kinda like people using febreze to "mask" funky smells! You can make it smell good for lil bit,but the AZZ smell will always win!!
Stead of washing the funk out of whatever,mmmm lets hide the azz smell with febreze .haha
So why make a temp fix,when you can fix the problem all together?You fellas are welcome to use whatever you like to get by,but fix it right the 1st time or dont fix it at all!! GO BIG OR GO HOME!!!
I think I see what you are trying to say. It's like using draino on a dirty drain to see if that helps instead of calling the professionals and spending a ton of money on something you may not need.
It's $10 for a bottle of seafoam. It's statistically proven to clean valves and other parts of engines. I would rather have him spend $10 than to take the whole thing apart himself possibly mess it up and then spend a whole hell of a lot more money fixing it.
I work on my own bike and have done a tune up on it and everything but I will not pull the carbs off. A lot of bike people wont. They take it to someone who really knows what they are doing.
Yea i cant say how well it works,never have used the stuff.I also can say i've never heard of using that stuff in a motorcycle.
Problem with carbs is,once they get dirty of "gummed" up you really have no choice but to disassemble and clean the internals of the carb assembly.Pouring anything in the gas tank will probably not clean the carbs very well.
Hey its a chance he can take,see what happens.But i would personally just pull them and clean them up.If they are not real bad,you dont even need to "tank" them.Good tall can of carb cleaner and air gun will do a good "basic" clean job.
Kinda like the guys that use "body sprays" axx and such,stead of taking a shower and cleaning off turd smelling body stank,they mask it with a can of perume!!haha
But i would not be afraid to tear into those carbs,shoot its only a 500,theres not alot on the engine that will cause stress for maintence.
Just order new gaskets for carbs and tear dem bitches out and clean them!!
Problem with carbs is,once they get dirty of "gummed" up you really have no choice but to disassemble and clean the internals of the carb assembly.Pouring anything in the gas tank will probably not clean the carbs very well.
Hey its a chance he can take,see what happens.But i would personally just pull them and clean them up.If they are not real bad,you dont even need to "tank" them.Good tall can of carb cleaner and air gun will do a good "basic" clean job.
Kinda like the guys that use "body sprays" axx and such,stead of taking a shower and cleaning off turd smelling body stank,they mask it with a can of perume!!haha
But i would not be afraid to tear into those carbs,shoot its only a 500,theres not alot on the engine that will cause stress for maintence.
Just order new gaskets for carbs and tear dem bitches out and clean them!!
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