Re: New rider with general questions
Posted by gonebiking-2 on Aug 30, 2008; 4:45am
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Rod_Knockin has given you the same advice that I would have given you. Its sound and practical. I never owned a SOHC Honda so cant talk from experince. Get the carbs rebuilt and thoroughly cleaned out. Make sure the fuel tank is clean inside, other wise get that scale and rust removed and the inside coated to prevent further build up of gunk inside the tank. One thing that should be looked at is the rear shocks and springs for wear, the rear swing arm bushes ( which are the primary cause of rear end wobble at high speed ) and the steering head bearings. As these are sealed and there are no grease nipples, it would pay you to remove them and replace with new ones. Apart from that the motor is pretty well bullet proof. Happy riding