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folks i have a new painter but he needs RAL numbers for the paint, its the 2 shades of blue and white , any help be great thanks

thanks Dudes, bought the bike.will post pics later next week when she is delivered

folks just about to pull the trigger and buy an 1984 red and white efe which came from Holland, anything to look out for ,she has about 45k miles on her all original comes with mint set of original pipes and headers,

thanks mate will give it a go

folks i am restoring a 1988 gsxr 750 back to original, can anyone tell us what finish is on the frame as mine is half polished and i want it original, how do i get it back to original thanks

sorry for not reporting the findings after lads, got to the root of it,a wet plug was the issue feel very silly after rebuilding the carbs again lesson learned check the simple things first , thanks again for all ur help

i will do a compression test over the weekend mate thanks,had nearly full and perfect compression on all 4 when i first started her,and the pilot jet problem was a spoiled plug after but dont tell anyone i feel foolish enuf haha

folks question for you here,i have an 82 katana 1100 she seems to be running hotter on cylinder 1 from the lefthand side i have a temp reader ticking over she runs at 95 where the other 3 run at 50 degrees,is it possible i have the air mixture screw wrongly set ?,the carbs have been fully rebuilt all new jets the lot,whats ur opinion ?

thanks mate will try empty bowls later and try again

thanks mate

well folks i put new pilot jets in and new plugs number 3 and 4 cylinder working perfect nothing out of 1 and 2,my original issue was cylinder 3,that is perfect now but lost one and 2,all i did was blow out the carbs fit new pilots and plugs and fitted back to bike, i have fuel in all the float bowls and spark in all the plugs what else could it be as like i said 1 and 2 were working before now not ?

thanks John,but no shell near me in ireland

haha,i hear ya man,did not get a chance yet to re fit the carbs,will try for tonight,i really think its the chemicals in the fuel now,bring back leaded petrol again,problem is when a bike is laying up over winter the carbs block up

sick is not the fecking word,pulled off the airbox,tank,carbs the lot,stripped the carbs fitted new pilots did not see feck all wrong with old ones,so decided to change the plugs lo and behold one of the plugs was drowned with fuel,so i did not need to do any of the above lesson learned check plugs first in future will fit carbs tonight and keep u posted

thanks lads was hoping not to pull the carbs but looks like i might have too

folks i have a pilot jet blocked on my katana 1100 ,i was going to buy 4 new ones ,the thoughts of pulling the carbs is killing me,any help or ideas be great,also what is the size i ask for when buying the pilot jets ? i was told 47.5 is the size has anyone got a part number ?,can i get originals ?,is there any additive i can add to clear it ? thanks again folks

well folks i finally found the leak wooop woooop ,it was not the cam chain tensioner after all, it was the bolt going into the crank casing,i had put an earth strap on the bolt and it was coming from there,i changed the earth strap to a different location and have not seen a drop of oil since happy days,i think the hole in the earth strap was the problem and maybe the bolt was not going down far enough either,well anyways thanks for your help atleast it is sorted .

i dont know if thats it as it looks like a trickle where ur thinking , i would have a dinner spoon full on the top of the crank case within 5 mins so fairly strong leak,i have oil at bottom of the spring mechanism so thinking its near there

well folks i think i have it sorted now,i think it is coming from the cam chain tension area,i will know more tonight when i rip her apart will keep ye posted and again thanks for the ideas and help

thanks folks i will let the motor run tonight and give ye an update tomorrow,i still think its not coming from camchain area but we will see

not that Toni, if u are on the righthand side of motor and put ur hand in towards the oil switch before you reach it there is 2 6mm bolts going down into the motor i think the oil is coming from there,as when hot there is a small pool of oil sitting around them bolts well atleast one of them, i cant see where else it can come from, none from the head none from the oil switch so dont know anymore i will take a pic of it later shown the bolts

yes the oil light switch is perfect no leaks,there is 2 bolts going in to the crank case on the right side of the motor i think them oil is coming from there

folks a mystery here,i have an oil leak on my motor ,i thought it was coming from the pilot light switch so i bought a new one with new seal and that did not fix it,the oil seems to be coming from one of 2 bolts close to the switch the bolts seem to me holding something internal 2 10mm heads prob a 6mm bolt,it is fairly strong leak when hot,should there be a seal on the bolts ?

very good quality mate

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