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Hi, How much are you asking for each one of the exhaust systems… I'm very interested please let me know… Thank you

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Hello everyone, I'm looking for a 4 into 1 exhaust system… For my 96 1200 Let me know what you have and please forward some pictures… Looking forward to hearing from everyone, Thank you

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Hi everyone, Looking for a center stand… My current stand separated at that location where you press your foot down and where it attaches to the bottom of the center stand frame. I have the both pieces and I assume I could weld it.… But it may easier and less expensive to get one from someone...

Hi everyone, Parminio, I took your advice and backed out the air fuel mixture screws about 1/4 of an inch… There's a significant change in the machine running much smoother with much more low-end torque. On the freeway. No popping at all on deceleration. However, city riding around town...

Hi everyone, I could use a little help My bike (1996 Vmax) has suddenly developed a lot of deceleration popping… (I've made no changes to the machine just started to occur as the weather got colder) My current set up: Running hole shot exhaust 4 into 1 6 months ago I re-jetted and...

Hi everyone, I was changing the main jet size in my carburetors today from 155 to 150… Everything went well until, I started the bike with the airbox removed and noticed that one of the carburetor was leaking fuel from the top where it shouldn't be coming from (my best description) (see...

Hi everyone, SAVE YOURSELF HOURS OF FRUSTRATION A MUST HAVE TOOL FOR JAPANESE MOTORCYCLE REPAIR. Further, I would recommend a JIS screwdriver with a built-in impact (built-in impact driver)… Which I have listed below with a picture vessel 980 Below are not my words but I'm going to quote...

Hi everyone, I need to purchase a new speedometer and I just can't get over the 55 mph highlighted red indicator within the Speedo I did a short piece of research and it seems that's from Pres. Nixon in 1973 in response to the OPEC oil embargo were the mile-per-hour speed limits were reduced...

Thank you everybody, I stand corrected… The small heads are the correct jets… Regards, F-18 driver

Hi Capt. Kyle, How did you reference or determine that it's the small head size? The reason I ask is I have done a little more research and have determined that it was the large head size… I reached this conclusion after exercising my memory of when I replaced the idle jets and examining a...

Hi JoshR, The reason you stripped out the head is that you are using a American Phillips screwdriver (they are designed to CAM out) In order to avoid any future problems when removing or tightening screws that appear to be Phillips screws you need to purchase the correct screwdriver When...

Hello everyone, Currently I am running 155 main jets… Running to rich black soot on 4/1 exhaust at sea level. Decided to go with 150 main jets that I ordered directly from the Mikuni They sent me the small, round head n102.221 jet in the desired size 150 As I recall last time I was in the...

Hi Hondaman, Thank you, for taking your time to forwarding the detail photos that I requested… Exactly what I was looking for. I forwarded the pictures to the local speedometer shop and he's not comfortable disassembling the unit… (He is worried that it will crack and break upon disassembly...