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Hi all, I have left the fold for pastures new. Last week I heard that a local bike shop was getting in a Honda Blackbird finished in metalic blue, my favourite colour. Went along and it had gone. So I bought some spark plugs instead and caught my eye on a.............Honda VFR fi Anniversary. Yes I ...

Hi, The S can buzz a bit but not in an intrusive way. If it gets too bad then something is wrong. Recently I had a problem with vibrations which I thought was down to bad TB balancing, turns out it was a coil cap gone off on my twin spark. New coilcaps and all is sweet. This is a big bore twin and w...

Hi Timbox, RE the loctite. When I did my disc bolt last year I rang loctite to find where I could get hold of some 2701 as no one seemed to sell it. As with yourself they told me it was only available in a £30 bottle. When asked what was the difference between 2701 and 270 they put me through to the...

Hi all, All is happy in the cobbster stable. New coilcaps fitted, fresh set of spark plugs and a TB balance has sorted her out. Its obvious now that the coilcap must have been going for some time hence the threads Ive started mentioning vibrations ect. The firing must have been way off. I tested the...

Hi chaps, OK, fitted my new coilcaps today, started her up and sweet. Easy tick over and nice and crisp on the throttle. Did'nt have time to ride it but it felt much better, BUT. I decided to put a fresh set of plugs in as the other ones had about 3K on them. Checked the book which recommends NGK BK...

Hi,
My local Hein Gericke in Newcastle is offering zero % finance if you want to really splash out.

Cheers, cobbster

Hi lads, I'm adjusting the cables for the high rev adjustment and BBS for the idle speed. Iv'e just got off the phone to Motorworks, when I descibed what was happening I was told that if my TB's are in balance and tappets set right then its almost a certain that its coilcaps. These things fail at a ...

Hi Steptoe,

Yeh my bike is a twin spark. When you say a coil cap is that the supressor cap that fits to the coil located just under the fuel tank?
I'm going to try a TB balance tomorrow at 3-4K revs see if that helps smooth things out.
Thanks, cobbster.

Hi timbox, With the twinmax at 85% sesitivity at 4000rpm the needle pulls to one side to ~2.5 to 3. At the same sesitivity at 2000rpm the needle stays pretty much in the centre. As the revs increase the more out of wack it goes. The info iv'e gleaned says to set things up at 1500-2000 revs because t...

Hi all, As the title suggests I need some more TB balancing advice. My bike is running dog rough at and above 4K rpm in any gear. Iv'e balanced my TB's at idle and at 1500-2000rpm. As soon as the bike rises above 3500rpm things start to get rough and at 4000 its getting unbearable. Have I made a mis...

looks the DB's mate, well done.

Cobbster.

Yeh mate I thought that. If it starts to touch again due to expansion then I'll be taking a hacksaw to the lot of it.

Cheers, cobbster

Hi all, I discovered where the majority of my foot vibes were coming from. Simon came accross the other night and we changed his gear box and final drive oil for MOBIL 1 fully synth stuff. I noticed his Y peice seemed to fit better than mine so after he left I made a few investigations. The cross me...

Hi Leasky, The overflow pipe may have been blocked for some time with crap building up behind it. My overflow was blocked and only cleared when I poked it with a bit wire and 'wobbly dog'. Seems as though thier prone to this because of their location, ie, on top of the filler neck. The breather is i...

Hi Leasky,

As IT says, one hose is for the battery, one for the petrol tank over flow and the other is the petrol tank breather hose.

Iv'e had petrol leak out from time to time. Was it a lot of oil?