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I have installed ordinary flashers not LEDs. I think I have connected everything correctly but the problem I have is that when I switch the Flasher's on with just the ignition on they flash fine. If I use them with the bike running it blows the 5 amp fuse. I replaced the 5 amp with a 10 amp to...

Ok I still seem to be having an issue with an erratic idle speed with my cbx550, it seems to get worse the warmer the bike gets. The idle speed will gradually increase the longer i ride, the more I thrash it the worse it gets. I have rebuilt the carbs using keister carb kits. I am using the...

Last week I took myself along to the Motorcycle Live Show which occurs every year here in the UK. I took a load of pictures, but I will only post the ones I think people might like to see on this forum. They where only taken with my camera phone but they are ok. Hope you enjoy them.:D...

Ok, so I am sat here just taking it easy after suffering a mild stroke 2 weeks ago. I'm not looking for sympathy just wondering about other peoples experiences with this condition.? A bit of background for you, I am 42 years old,non smoker for the last 6 years, light drinker, reasonably fit...

Ok so after balancing and cleaning etc I am at the point of buying new diaphragms and jets etc for my cbx550 as I still have an issue with varying idling and general rough running. A rebuild kit for each carb costs about £60 so it got me thinking, can you buy replacement carbs for older bikes...

Hi, just finished my project. I have fitted a set of indicators that I bought from a seller on Ebay. Now I know they where cheap but after running them for a week or so one of them looks like it has melted from the inside out. It has a small bubble in the casing and the indicators on that side...

Hi all, just thought I would show off my finished project. Hope you like. :)

Ok carbs have been cleaned during the rebuild. Starts great on the choke and runs fine. After warming when I try to take the choke off it refuses to run. I also had what looks like a fuel over run from the airbox breather pipe? The carbs have only been dipped and general cleaning and...

Hi I have purchased a new speedo and tacho set up. Being an absolute electrical novice my question is this... On the clocks there are two wires for the internal lighting, one red and one black. Assuming red is live and black ground/earth where can I connect these to enable the lighting? Here is...

Hi guys, so I have been putting my bike back together and have hit a snag! On the cbx carbs the choke is cable operated. The cable attaches to a arm which should lift four in number plunger type things? Sorry for my ignorance but carbs are not my area of expertise. :P Anyway, when I operate the...

Hi I have a question to ask all you builders in the UK. Once I have built my one off cafe racer where do I go for insurance?!!! Checking around it seems you can have 3 mods, then when you get to the end of the quote no one will insure you! I am sure when I have finished I will have possibly 30 -...

Hi I have a 1983 Honda CBX550 which i am giving the cafe treatment. My question is if I junk the ugly standard airbox set up and put pod type air filters on what do I need to do to the carbs? I have read various posts referring to rejetting after fitting them.Is this always necessary? or will...

So here is my first attempt at building a cafe racer. Found this bike in a friends garage after his father parked it there 8 years ago after a fuel leak from the tap.Sadly his father passed away and the bike remained where he left it. I am hoping that after a fiddle, some fuel and a battery it...

Hi,been hanging around various forums for years dreaming about my own project but never seem to have got around to it. Not anymore! Informed by a work colleague about an ageing Honda tucked away in his mothers garage that I could aquire for very little. So off I went all excited and full of...