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« on: April 10, 2025, 10:04:33 AM »
Hi Bryan!
TBH im not sure....as the filter is probably drawing in more air im guessing that im going to need more fuel going in.....
I do appreciate you did mention about getting the Steel Dragon and everything that goes with it but im taking the carbs in and out so often and the stock airbox is so soft and bends around its near impossible and harder everytime i refit it...i thought from a removal (and refitting) point of view.....its 10 times easier..!
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« on: April 09, 2025, 04:23:36 PM »
As above - the lovely Roo will 'ave it in his backpack for me in a few weeks time... up til now ive still not managed to get the carbs working properly on mine. An added hassle is actually the removal of the carbs in itself is a monumental pain to get out and even worse to re-seat so ive opted for a Steel Dragon as that will make the whole removal process easier. Question is that i know ive got to rejet it so whats the recommended new size i need.?
Thanks all
Andy
I just noticed it says "SOHC expert" next to me...thats one thing im not.!
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« on: March 02, 2025, 03:10:40 PM »
Cheers - thanks for that. Well, its a whole new electrical system - the Reg/Rec is specifically for Lithium batteries. Ill make a start on cleaning and checking connections....as i say it seems to be steady at 12.6/7 volts....
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« on: March 02, 2025, 02:22:07 PM »
Hi there - its been a while since ive had the chance to get back to the Honda to test it...ive started with testing the stator resistiance and im getting about 0.7 across the 3 yellow wires....is that a bit high?
Edit: Just opened the Haynes manual and found it should be 0.61 to 0.69 - not sure how critical that number is?
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« on: February 02, 2025, 08:50:24 PM »
Ill have to get back to you..! (back in the house now for the night) probably wont be able to get back to it til friday night....stand by!!
Many thanks for the reply back.!
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« on: February 02, 2025, 06:40:47 PM »
Righty...ok..so having the meter on the battery is the correct place to take a reading?
Edit: well - sounds like a new problem....figures as its been about a year to sort out the carbs..!
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« on: February 02, 2025, 06:21:50 PM »
Was in the garage earlier balancing (or at least trying to) balance my carbs....which is a whole other story (one day ill get "the knack") but so far it eludes me...
Anyway, last week, when i started balancing them (or trying not as well) - i ran out of battery....which did surprise me. Just as a bit of background my 400 has got a completely replaced wiring loom. Its got a Lithium battery and an aftermarket reg specifically for a lithium driven system.
Put it back on the optimate last week and fast forward today. Balancing didnt take as long (its as good as i can get it). So, as a last check i put a meter on the battery as the engine was running which was showing about 12.4-5 volts....if i hold the throttle open slightly it goes up to 12.6v.
Ive got a few reasonably modern bikes (one of which is a z1000 gen4) - i seem to remember that charging about 13 to 13.3 or so. Should the 400 charge at that rate or is 12.6 ish about the right voltage...wondering if its because its a smaller bike, older generator etc etc....
Thanks to anyone that takes a punt at it.
Andy
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« on: July 08, 2024, 02:35:18 PM »
Cheers sir. Ill get in contact. I was looking for the honda jobbies but anthing'll do i suppose...!
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« on: July 08, 2024, 01:25:44 PM »
As above ive no idea what theyre called... (id like to order some) - the screws that you take out of the manifold to fit the vaccum guages - one of mine is a little mangled so id like to get a spare set...
Can anyone send me a linky? cheers.
Andy
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« on: June 23, 2024, 05:12:48 PM »
Went for a run round the block....still not right but a bit better...the only notable thing is the fact that when i shut the throttle off, it doesnt come back to tickover very quickly....kind of comes down gradually...also when pulling away it bogs down so i have to give it more beans to get it going..
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« on: June 23, 2024, 01:21:06 PM »
Cheers sir - back in the house but back out later on! - thanks for the info!
Edit...righty had a chance to read through....im right up to the point of actually the adjustments....
after a couple of hours of twiddling....the only kind of constant i could get was (and id read this on the net somewhere) to get the tickover set to 3k and balance there...now at this point i had a reasonably good result but when i brought the ticker backdown to about 1/1.5k the levels were out...
Is that right?
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« on: June 23, 2024, 11:24:30 AM »
As above....
Trying to learn.....is there a link on here to the "steps that you take"
Its difficult to explain but no matter what i try to get to balance one of them - it always tends to knock the others out then at the same time you end up raising the rev limit at the same time...
If say for example i adjust carb1 - it can knock out the other 3...adjusting one of the other knocks out the other ones....at the moment even with the guages to me its seems to be literally guess work on what to adjust...
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« on: May 24, 2024, 06:50:57 PM »
I did used to thing that mine was reasonably tidy...now im not so sure after all the comments! 
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« on: May 24, 2024, 06:36:00 PM »
Brand new and never used. 40.00 delivered. Oh yeah and there is 4 of them.  Sent from my SM-N986B using Tapatalk
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« on: March 23, 2024, 09:02:22 PM »
OK - if you think it can (and im trying to understand it) then ill get one on order....!
Edit - just to verify i can trash the relay i was using and utilize the one on the fuzebox.?
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