Can't really add to what's been said already, sorry to hear your bad luck but glad you're able to tell the tale & glad it took 30 years before it...
On a stress/fatigue crack I couldn't agree more with drilling stress-relievers & plating it over, but personally in the area of the frame that...
Not the ones under the hat (pilot & main air) the ones in the mouth (venturi ring) :( They're called air compensator jets as I recall. Thanks for...
Hmm yes, they do appear to be labelled as that on the Mikunis but I'm struggling with the concept that they're only vents on the Hitachi's else...
I agree, freeze damage. Not got any experience with it personally but I can't see it being too hard to repair, disconnect battery/tci etc, take...
Could still be the faux-primary tensioner though :/
I'm not sure we're talking about the same thing here :?
Just a quick question for anyone with knowledge of carbs. Wondering what function the air compensator jets either side of the venturi ring of our...
Yeah, not fun that! :o It's not the moisture that caused it, but the minute air bubbles trapped within the concrete so I believe. It's why you can...
Wow, glad they turned up in your line of sight & not anyone else's. I'd have always been worried tol leave the bike anywhere if they didn't turn...
Buy cheap buy twice IMO ;) EBC FTW
I like Carl's thinking, makes sense. In my experience (as a cheapskate with one tub of lube grease and one tub of copperslip grease haha) Castrol...
Yeah these things really dislike synthetic oils lol. Chances are the plates dried out & fossilised while the bike was sitting, and now the...
It sounds like it's running rich for some reason then, that needs to be addressed. Combined with the initial high idle (and now hanging/slow...
