Recent content by Diatribe

I hate to do it, but I need the money. It's still a work in progress, so there's a lot to be done. New elec. ignition. Drag bars. Mac exhaust. Gel battery relocated under the seat hump. LED tail light. The carbs need new jets, but it runs. Electric starter, but it needs some tweaking to get it...

I have two problems. The first, is the lower tree. Actually more like the threaded tube that connects the top tree to the bottom. It's ovaled. My question is, is there a way to round it out again, without mushrooming it? I was thinking of using a pipe cutter with the blade taken off. And...

That worked. It's pulling like a drag racer now. Though I need to go in and move it back down .5mm. It started sputtering and created some carb blowback. Appreciate the help.

The thing about it is that it runs better now that I put all that stuff on and switched the plugs. No sputtering, no popping, just lags from a stop. Top end pulls like an ox, but it's like someone switched my sprocket and I lost all torque. Just thought it might have been a timing issue since...

I'm having some difficulties adjusting the timing on my cb550f. I just put in pods, new pipes, made an elec. box, upped the main jets, and put in new NGKs, and after adjusting the best I could, I'm getting low power on the low end. I'm a mess with timing, so adjusting that is my main issue...

I'm actually in Iraq right now, stationed out of Ft.Hood. From what I've heard back home, it passed fairly easily over that area, not much flooding, no major damage. Even one of my bikes faired the strong winds, rain storms, and panic people, and it was parked outside under a bike cover...