Good comment on the pipes sushi. Temp sensing the pipes is the easiste way to find a dead cylinder. The pipes will be hot by the time you get down...
Aluminum roof flashing works like the beer can method. The benefit, is that you can wrap around the entire pipe. It's all temporary. The pressure...
It's easy to spray paint, time consuming to make it look professional. Rattle can paint isn't likely to be gas resistant in general. You may...
If it is cold where you are working, it also helps to get the rubber parts warm with a heat gun or hair dryer. I tend to do all my work when the...
I second checking the coils. Maybe an easy way to check coils out would be to swich the coils. If the dead cylinder moves, you've got a bad coil....
If you have a bench vice, a couple of bar clamps, and some wire, you can pull down the spring and get the keepers out. That's the method I've used...
I removed the bottom bold while the bike was on the ground and the wheel on. This prevents the fork tube from rotating. The top cap was...
Have you validated that all four cylinders are firing. A quick check, is to get your hand near the header pipes to feel for heat. You also could...
A note for working with plastic and brittle rubber. Warm things up with a heat gun or hair dryer, especially with hoses on hose barbs. Things...
For cast aluminum, I clean with carb cleaner, then coat with wd40. This works well with the old bmw's, which are mainly casl aluminum.
+1 on getting the forks out. You're going to think you've emptied all the oil out of the forks, but think again. You will have to dump out the...
Try shooting the starter fluid into the airbox before the carbs directly. It doesn't take much more than a squirt to get things spinning. Too much...
Be careful of over polishing the fork are that contacts the fork seals. That area will work best cross hatched with 300-500 grit. If you do some...
Hope it's just the oil. I had a heck of a time finding replacement springs. Ended buying a parted out transmission (honda cb650).
K&N seems to really work well, or really botch an air intake path. Listen to chacal on this if he's had experience with poor performance. My...
