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Thanks Tim, Sounds like I've got some serious work ahead of me for the weekend! But I'm getting butterfly's already! I know the basic in's and out's of tuning the carbs and what effects what. But value clearances and timing I have never played with so this will all be new. Firstly, are there...

WOW I reply from the the man himself! I feel so privileged Noel! I haven't as yet re-timed the points but I think I'll chech them this weekend. I have however adjusted the air/fuel screw. At the moment it is screwed basically all the way out, if it screws out anymore i'll be unscrewing the...

Um the only things i can think of are: - a surging when I give it full throttle - very on off on off. - sooty black spark plug - after a short ride round the street, if i wipe my finger around the air intake of the carb I find a film of fuel. (remember running only an open carb at the moment)...

Got the service manual. I'll give ti a try just for general checking and tune-up reasons. Is there any way to check the coil? It's brand new but I'd hate to have installed a crappy part. Also, this may be a dumb question but I was looking at it last night and my coil to spark plug lead is...

I ask because it's been sitting for 35 years or so and I don't know much about points and value so I haven't touched them.

yeah I kinda thought that but I only replaced the ignition coil, spark plug lead and condenser about 3 months ago. Could it need a points or value adjustment?

SO CONFUSED! Bike is a 75 Honda Cb 125s. Current jets are stock Main 105 Pilot 38. Runs perfect for around 30 minutes but then starts to bog a little on full throttle and then spark plug gets sooty (dry carbon not an oily wet carbon). Figured I needed more air to lean it out (ie go down some...

Re: Boingks '88 CBR250R - Project Redline [Pics of progress] Boingk! I am SO jealous right now! I was given a Suzuki 250 Across 2 years ago that my mate had to get rid of. Didn't run and I had limited knowledge of bikes so played around with it for a while then sent it to the wreckers for a...

Bought a Trickle charger today! Just have to wait for it to come. is there anyway for my to do a charge system check at home? Or do I have to take it to the shop? As much as this is something I want on the road, this is my first time doing kind of mechanic stuff and I'm learning so much. I...

Hey Guys, My Cb125 has a 6 volt battery system and I'm having major troubles keeping the thing charged. First, I thought it was the Rectifier, or Stator so replaced them but I'm last night my battery went dead. Now, it hasn't been ridden in about 2 months since the new battery went in, but I...

Ok so after reading Wee Todd's cryptic message, I pulled the carbi apart this afternoon and had a close look at it, seems the Float was sitting to low and when the bowl was empty and the float dropped down the needle would fall and then prevent the float from raising again.....crazy yeah??? Now...

p.s. Boingk I will read your post and hopefully be more informed an life.

What am I looking for? At the moment all I'm getting without even leaving my garage is BLACK BLACK BLACK soot..... I'm so confused......Everything is stock: exhaust stock airbox stock jets stock spark plug stock yet still i'm just getting soot. frustration.....going to have to spend serious...

Hmmmm that's definately a better idea that what I've been doing...... (having my GF sit on the back and lean across and turn it off when I tell her)...... however atleast you could consider that spending time together yeah? Any suggestions on how to kludge a tether cord?

Mate, quite a few Aussies on this forum which is great! I'm from northern Sydney area, Hornsby. Ok sounds cool, the hardest bit is my bike doesn't have a kill switch on the handle-bars, it kill is the ignition which is located just under the tank. So it would be great if I just had 3 hands.....

Plug chop - Where you have full trottle then kill the engine have a look at the plug and hope for that nice chocolate brown yeah? Also, Boingk you'd know this (from memory your NSW also) how long do I have once my rego runs out to get a pink slip before I have to go through the whole blue slip...

Mods to bars and seat and what not but nothing to the engine. If I was to put a pod filter on with stock exhaust and everything how much would it effect the carb? Would I have to go up jetting size?

No Modifications, all stock. It's a 75 CB125s so stock jetting is 105 main 38 idle. It was running pretty well untill I put in the D9-EA, so I think I should just go back to the D8-EA yeah?

OK so I'm pretty sure I've got this right but just wanted to check with you experts before I spend considerable time tooling around. I'm tuning my carb on my CB125s and I got it to a nice point and was just tuning the Idle when my spark plug fouled (it was a NGK D8-EA) I had a spare plug the...

Hey could you blokes help me out a bit? As a little side project I'm converting my old mountain bike into a fixie, with the hub spacing how big is the difference between road deep V's and mountain bike hubs? Need to know how much I need to re work the frame! Cheers!