John Todd
Member
hi I have been riding for 50 years, owned quite a few different bikes, but this is my first litre bike. It had been sitting about 8 years, and the carbs were gushing fuel out. I took the carbs off, cleaned them, found that the float levels were all over the place. Don't know how that happens. Put them back and to my surprise she fired right up. Went through the bike, changed all the fluids, followed the shop manual for maintenance, put on some new Michelin Road 5 tires, and licenced it.
Well it is quite a bike, I can't believe the power, on the throttle she just wants to leave earth and head for the moon. I don't feel any of the famous lean surges I've read about, but what I do notice is that she doesn't like a light throttle, bitches and grumbles and snatches especially in lower gears. Behaves just like an air cooled Ducati in fact, the bike I was on before the FZ1. I'm wondering if Ivan's kit cures that condition, or if that is something you just get used to. Also it has a giant Yoshimura can on it that does a lot of popping on decel and light throttle. So looking for any suggestions on how to make it run better. I don't know what if anything has been done to the carbs. The air injection system has been removed and it has a K&N filter inside what looks like a stock air box.
Another noise I hear seems to be from a gearwhine in the transmission, not a bad sound, but quite distinct during decel. The bike has 22,000 miles and feels pretty tight.
Well it is quite a bike, I can't believe the power, on the throttle she just wants to leave earth and head for the moon. I don't feel any of the famous lean surges I've read about, but what I do notice is that she doesn't like a light throttle, bitches and grumbles and snatches especially in lower gears. Behaves just like an air cooled Ducati in fact, the bike I was on before the FZ1. I'm wondering if Ivan's kit cures that condition, or if that is something you just get used to. Also it has a giant Yoshimura can on it that does a lot of popping on decel and light throttle. So looking for any suggestions on how to make it run better. I don't know what if anything has been done to the carbs. The air injection system has been removed and it has a K&N filter inside what looks like a stock air box.
Another noise I hear seems to be from a gearwhine in the transmission, not a bad sound, but quite distinct during decel. The bike has 22,000 miles and feels pretty tight.