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Okay, I'll sort that out first and take another video. Having trouble with pretty much every bolt on this bike being seized

Yeah, sorry I forgot to say the join between the pipes isn't clamped as I had to cut it off the remove the pipes and both pipes aren't pulled in tight because I need to retap the holes. I was more trying to show the knocking noise. I'll check the carbs this weekend and see if I can make some...

I managed to take a video, it sounds worse today than I can remember, but the video was taken in my garage with the door shut: Engine noise I thought it might help narrow things down. If I rev it much more than that it sounds absolutely terrible

Just an update. When I was transporting it home one of the spark plug leads broke so I've replaced both. It stills idles fine but still sounds a bit rough when I rev it so I'll take Sonreirs advice and pull the carbs off to clean them. We have equipment washers at work that spray boiling...

Hi everyone, I'm just after some advice on where to start/what I should be looking for first with a bit of engine trouble I'm having. I was riding my bike (1990 Suzuki VX800) to work the other day when I felt like I'd lost a bit of power. I pulled over straight away and put it into neutral...

I ride about an hour each way to work every day and listen to audiobooks. Keeps me entertained but I can still hear everything around me. I use the old Sennheiser CX200's, they fit in my ear nicely so my ears aren't killing me by the time I get home. And they're pretty good at blocking wind...

As far as I'm aware I'm not using oil with additives. It's just 10-40 oil. Thanks for the tips. I'll buy some friction plates and replace those and see if that fixes my problems.

Sorry for the complete lack of updates. Haven't managed to get much done on this as I've been planning and paying for my wedding in 3 weeks time. I've replaced the shocks which have worked well. Having ridden it to work a lot I've found a few other things that I want/need to do. First and most...

Turns out it isn't the shaft oil that's leaking, it's one of the rear shocks that was running down and collecting on it. I've just ordered some new shocks which should be here on Monday. The coolant overflow reservoir was a complete mess so I've replaced that and flushed the old coolant out. It...

Well, coming home from work I rode over something and had a flat tyre within 2km. Freaked me out as I was going 100km/h and thought the small leak from the shaft housing had drained it completely and I was tearing apart the shaft. Managed to get off the highway to a quiet street and got my...

I do have a thin hose coming from one of the carbs that isn't connected to anything, I'm assuming this is the vacuum? I have the aftermarket petcock on the new tank at the moment, but I'll probably swap over to the other one if I can make sure it's working properly. I got it roadworthy-ed...

Everything is back together now, and I'm pretty sure I've fixed everything that needs fixing. I'm booked in for a roadworthy tomorrow so we'll see how that goes. Atleast if anything is wrong with it I'll have a list of what I need to do to pass.

Improved the seat a bit tonight. I'll sow the lip and the top together tomorrow so it stays in the right place.

Sorry for the terrible phone photo. Getting late so just took a quick photo. It's not perfect by any means, but hopefully should pass a roadworthy.

Picked the tank up yesterday (4 hour round trip but through some lovely Aussie countryside) but unfortunately the sidestand switch didn't work so I bought a couple of small switches today to play with just to get it going. I also bought some marine vinyl so I'm going to have a go at...

I've managed to score a new tank in good condition (minus 2 dents). Most importantly the inside isn't rusted through so I don't have to worry about petrol pouring out of it when I'm riding along. It also includes the original petcock, and I'll be grabbing a sidestand switch off his donor bike...

I have one of those gauges. So easy to set up and a great size. I'm looking forward to what you do with the rest of it

Thought you guys might be able to help with this one. I can't move the choke lever at all, it's rock solid. All I did was remove it to change the handlebars and then put it back on. Is there anyway of testing it to ensure it's not on all the time? Either way I'll have a play tonight and see if...

Looks great. Do you have any pictures from before you stripped it down and started cleaning it up?