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Yeah, don't mind, and even really enjoy tinkering and piddling around! I just worry about getting in over my head, since this is my first bike. So far I've managed to rewire my rear turn signals and bring it back to stock somewhat, but the only carb work I've ever done was to my pushmower, taking it apart in an attempt to clean it and replacing the fuel line.
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Well let’s start with what problem are you trying to solve with a carb rebuild
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High idle, increasingly low gas mileage, constant fuel odor, performance is suffering too, no idea if they're synched correctly. Don't think the bowls are leaking, but nothing is making sense right now. Floods out really bad, doesn't need choke to start.
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Jan 20, 2021 17:57
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gileadexile posted:How bad an idea is it to consider purchasing a full four carb rebuild kit and trying to refurb my own with walkthroughs and videos, versus just sending them off for a couple of hundred bucks to someone who specializes in them? For me it would depend on how much of a pain it is to remove and install them a second time once you discover you did something wrong.
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Jan 20, 2021 19:07
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High Protein posted:For me it would depend on how much of a pain it is to remove and install them a second time once you discover you did something wrong. Ohhhh, it's a process. 4 carbs, airbox, have to remove alot of stuff, takes a few hours.
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Jan 20, 2021 19:11
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gileadexile posted:High idle, increasingly low gas mileage, constant fuel odor, performance is suffering too, no idea if they're synched correctly. Don't think the bowls are leaking, but nothing is making sense right now. Floods out really bad, doesn't need choke to start. Normally I would say go hog wild we've got your back but iirc you have a V4 magna which is like choosing extra hard difficulty when it comes to the carbs. It sounds like your choke is stuck on (happens a lot with those) or the synchronisation is really bad (happens a lot with those) or the fuel pump is playing up (happens a lot with those) or you have clogged pilots + PO fuckery to compensate (happens a lot on every bike). It's not impossible for a first timer but there are loads of pitfalls and ways you can get it wrong without even realising it. I'll be impressed if you can get them out of the bike at all, do that and we'll talk more.
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Jan 20, 2021 19:26
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Oh, wait, V4 Honda? Outsource it. We’ll help you learn on something easier lol
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Jan 20, 2021 19:42
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Hahahahahaha, message received fellas, that's why I wanted to ask. Think I'll contact the guy over at https://thecarbspa.com/ and see what he can do for me. It will still entail taking them off and putting them on myself, but while I do that I'm going to refresh the throttle and choke cables, do a deep clean and detail, etc. Maybe slap on a cheap motocross type straight handlebar. Is it ok to ask periodic questions in here? I always feel like I kill threads when I post stuff about my rat bike and I don't want to tire others out.
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Jan 20, 2021 20:04
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Maybe you have a pilot jet that fell out and it's just sitting in the bottom of your float bowl. Oh wait that only happens to me?
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Jan 20, 2021 20:04
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Before I fixed my carb problem with a simple mixture screw adjustment, I was considering cleaning the carbs myself (Honda v-twin), but just getting the carbs out of the frame looked like a massive pain in the butt.
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Jan 20, 2021 20:17
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epalm posted:just getting the carbs out of the frame looked like a massive pain in the butt. This is my biggest issue. Its all bike dependen. If you can remove your carbs easily go ahead and tinker away, but if they're tough to access you will spend more time on disassembly and reassembly of your bike than you will tinkering with the carbs.
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Jan 20, 2021 20:36
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Toe Rag posted:I’ve heard you can donate it to your local emergency services so they can use it to practice safe removal etc. Yes this is a good idea, especially if you have a size other than L. Also helmets with unusual features like a modular helmet. But I really like the astronaut helmet idea.
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Jan 20, 2021 20:57
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Paint it like an astronaut helmet, give it to a kid, donate the kid to the local emergency services.
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gileadexile posted:Hahahahahaha, message received fellas, that's why I wanted to ask. Noone cares,  I'd recommend budgeting for a fuel pump and filter or any carb work well be a waste, if the pump is original it's probably pretty close to dead. Verman posted:Maybe you have a pilot jet that fell out and it's just sitting in the bottom of your float bowl. Had this happen, as well as the other variation where I forgot to put them in entirely.
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Jan 20, 2021 21:32
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2007 Yamaha V-Star 1100 Classic with 2500 miles coming up at auction. No start, filthy, looks like it was stored outside. May have surface rust on some of the top chrome, may just be dirty. If I get it, what's the best way to transport it ~5 miles to my house?
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Jan 20, 2021 21:56
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is your house uphill or downhill from the auction. this is important
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Jan 20, 2021 22:02
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gileadexile posted:High idle, increasingly low gas mileage, constant fuel odor, performance is suffering too, no idea if they're synched correctly. Don't think the bowls are leaking, but nothing is making sense right now. Floods out really bad, doesn't need choke to start. If you're going to do it, step 1 is take the carbs off and bench test for leaks. On Honda V4 carbs you have a single fuel line from the tank going to a plastic T at the back of the carbs, a fuel line from the T goes to another plastic fuel tube that runs between the front carbs, and one that runs between the rear. There are O rings on these plastic tubes where they meet the metal carb; that is almost certainly where your leak is. The o rings can be replaced without fully unracking the carbs (don't touch the sync screws, don't unrack if possible). A leak from these points looks almost exactly like a leak from the bowls, but you probably won't be able to see it on the bike. On my VFR, I had to remove the plenum to see the leak. Another possibility is you have a carb overflowing, this is easy to see with a bench test by looking down into the carbs when they have fuel in them, if you see fuel in the carb body, pooling up on the butterflies, you have an overflow, which means stuck float, bad float valve, or mis-adjusted float (yours probably are not adjustable).
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Jan 20, 2021 22:08
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right arm posted:is your house uphill or downhill from the auction. this is important Just enough winding road and uphill to prevent me from pushing it. Already considered. If it wasn't a big road hog, I'd think about it, but drat, that thing would suck to push that far. Edit: Seriously, uphill this thing would make me want to cry --  Edit 2: Would it be unreasonable to tie it to a pull strap on my Escalade's hitch and ride it as it's towed? I know that sounds redneck as hell, but... a 15' rope tied to the backbone or downtube can't be that dumb, can it? meatpimp fucked around with this message at 22:29 on Jan 20, 2021 |
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Jan 20, 2021 22:14
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Rent a pickup from uhaul?
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MomJeans420 posted:Rent a pickup from uhaul? I'd still have to get it up into the bed. I could probably talk my neighbor into using the flatbed he's parking in front of my house at the moment, getting it up onto the trailer is still a question. I don't have a frame of reference for how much this weights / how hard it is to push. My only experience in pushing bikes is from 25 years ago pushing my roommate's 350 about a mile home after the stupid thing wouldn't start for me.
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Jan 20, 2021 22:33
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Rent a motorbike trailer from Uhaul.
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meatpimp posted:a 15' rope tied to the backbone or downtube can't be that dumb, can it? Don't underestimate this idea, it could be extremely dumb. You certainly don't want to push that pig for 5 miles, an 1100 with all that on it is going to weigh north of 650lbs. It will be easy to keep upright, but take a lot of effort to keep moving. Still, in nice weather I might consider it. Your best bet is to beg borrow or steal a trailer.
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Rent or borrow a trailer. Ask someone for help pushing it on there if you gotta. Seriously, it's 5 miles, you could rent for an hour, it'll probably cost next to nothing.
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Gotcha. I'll look for a trailer. Thanks! If I'm looking at a $1500 buy-in, I can't really go wrong, can I?
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I’ll just say don’t pull a bike with a car and a tie down strap. If you aren’t 100% dead on lined up with the car, it tries to pull the bike over. Beve Stuscemi fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Jan 20, 2021 |
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I would say that is a rubbish bike and not worth $1500 but hey
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I’ll just say don’t pull a bike with a car and a tie down strap. That's why you PUSH it with a car (and a couple of throw pillows).
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Slavvy posted:I would say that is a rubbish bike and not worth $1500 but hey I'm not a bike guy, I just see 1100 and 2500 miles and think there's profit potential. If it's poo poo, it's poo poo and I'll pass...
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There's no profit in metric cruisers here, I can't imagine there is any in the land of cheap Harleys. Those are an extremely mediocre, lackluster bike that depreciates like an alfa by virtue of being a totally forgettable metric boomer cruiser. Like if it's literally just a battery + petrol = running bike and profit then sure, go for it. But when was the last time that happened?
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Slavvy posted:There's no profit in metric cruisers here, I can't imagine there is any in the land of cheap Harleys. Those are an extremely mediocre, lackluster bike that depreciates like an alfa by virtue of being a totally forgettable metric boomer cruiser. Somewhere between 2007 and now. 
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meatpimp posted:I don't have a frame of reference for how much this weights / how hard it is to push. My only experience in pushing bikes is from 25 years ago pushing my roommate's 350 about a mile home after the stupid thing wouldn't start for me. I forgot you probably have at least one vehicle that can tow the proper uhaul bike trailer, that has a long ramp and is relatively easy to push a bike up. Just make sure the tires have air, I had to push my 450lb project bike up a long driveway then up the uhaul trailer while it had a flat tire and it SUCKED.
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Get a trailer or a white van man with a ramp. Note to Americans: the van is white, the man can be any colour.
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Steakandchips posted:Get a trailer or a white van man with a ramp. Yeah if you go specifically looking for a white man with a van you run the risk of there being a wizard airbrushed on the side of the van, and shag carpeting on the floor There are tiedowns, but not for your bike
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meatpimp posted:Just enough winding road and uphill to prevent me from pushing it. Already considered. If it wasn't a big road hog, I'd think about it, but drat, that thing would suck to push that far. Obviously don’t tow it with a tow strap, that’s dumb. Buuuut... If you do tow it with a tow strap, you attach the strap to the car/foot peg of the bike in front of you and then you wrap it once around the foot peg of your bike but DO NOT ATTACH IT. You then “attach” it by stepping on the foot peg. And, more importantly, you can detach it by lifting your foot up. Then, just make sure the tow rope is never ever ever ever going across your bike. So, left foot peg, rope and vehicle doing the towing always stay on your left so the rope doesn’t come across and take out your front tire. Slavvy posted:Noone cares,
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Phy posted:Yeah if you go specifically looking for a white man with a van you run the risk of there being a wizard airbrushed on the side of the van, and shag carpeting on the floor Please stop disrespecting my culture
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meatpimp posted:I'm not a bike guy, I just see 1100 and 2500 miles and think there's profit potential. IDK I'd probably pay 1500 for that big dumb cruiser. it'd be a very different project than in the past, plus possibly fun to tool around on. You can borry my trailer if you need it.
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Steakandchips posted:Get a trailer or a white van man with a ramp. Man with a van isn't really a thing here afaik. 
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Toe Rag posted:Man with a van isn't really a thing here afaik. How do you lot move poo poo around? On the back of flat bed trucks? ROFLMAO.
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Toe Rag posted:Man with a van isn't really a thing here afaik. A very overconfident T and H, with obvious consequences. Plan ahead!
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captainOrbital posted:IDK I'd probably pay 1500 for that big dumb cruiser. it'd be a very different project than in the past, plus possibly fun to tool around on. If I can get it cheap, maybe. It wouldn't be the dumbest thing I've ever bought...
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