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Topic: couple diff. maintenance questions... (Read 5050 times)
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hondatech
Justin
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1. are the only brownish/tan air filters K&N??? cuz i was going to replace my filter and i took it out and its not white heh. i checked on it for something that maybe said K&N but nope... 2. is oil on the engine side of the air filter bad??? if so whats wrong... only thing my bike has problems with is starting in cold or wet weather. 3. if the oil ISNT a problem... then what else might be giving me a hard time starting up in the cold... (i just recently replaced spark plugs and changed oil) 4. whats the best way to repair cracks, rash, and bad rash to where there is a hole on fairings? i was just gonna use fiber glass and resin (sp) but i figured i should ask the pros first  5. ive noticed this before but forgot to ask... on the right side of the engine.. theres a little bracket i guess u might wanna call it. its just a piece of metal screwed into the engine, then comes down and you can screw something in at the bottom... but on my bike its not being used. 6. and last but not least... do any of you guys have any screws/bolts/allan key fairing screws that fit F2's that ya dont need? or know a place i can get them cheap?
Ok, I'll add what I can:
#1, K&N would most likely have a reddish tint due to the oil thats used for it. But, it would say K&N somewhere on it. I have a K&N laying on my basement floor, I can send you a pic if that helps.
#2, no it's not bad, as long as it isn't much. It's just oily air that was vented to the air box from the crank case, the oil settled on the inside of the air box.
#3 is a tough one. Did it start OK before you screwed with it? If so, then you did something to make it not start. If it's always been that way, then you have to look elsewhere. I disagree with the compression check. If it had low compression, it would always be hard to start. Plus, it'd be many miles before that was a concern. I'd check a few things. First, it could be running lean. Colder weather would make it leaner and that may be enough to keep it from running. Also, has it sat for any length of time? If so, then perhaps some gas varnished and clogged a passage in the carb. What else has been done to the bike? Full system? Was it properly jetted? Also, were you trying to start it while you had the sir filter off? The extra flow would make it lean as well.
#4 There is this stuff called Plastix, it works well. And this other stuff called Fuser. The first stuff can be had at a bike shops. The second stuff is professional stuff found at auto body shops. I've used glass and resin and it wasn't very strong. Not the resin itself, but where it bonds. Your bike doesn't have fiberglass, it's ABS and the resin isn't made to bond to ABS.
#5, you'll have to snap a picture of. I don't really understand what your talking about.
#6 I have loads of them. We're talking coffee cans full. WHich ones do you need? I have lots of the common ones, but only a few of the hard to find stuff. I can give you anything I have enough of.
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Justin
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"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer" -Twain
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hondatech
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well, if there is some sort of build up in a carb.. u think this is a job i could handle? ive heard mixed opinions on messin with carbs or would cleaning them be easy?
i really dont got the cash to take the bike to a shop and i dont mind rippin her apart... got lots of time. winter isnt fading anytime soon heh
thanks man
If it's just dirty, then it's something the home mechanic can do, but it would be a fairly skilled home mechainc, not a putz. I would hesitate to tell you to pull the carbs off the bike with the little information I have though. It could be something else. Plugs maybe. Do you ever start the bike up and let it sit and idle for a long time? There wouldn't be a build up unless the bike has sat for a good long time. If that is the case, cleaning the carbs consists of removing them, taking the bowls off and removing the jets and cleaning them in Gumout, and blowing through the carb passages. If this sounds like stuff you feel you can handle, then give it a go. But, go and buy a service manual, (Honda, don't buy a junk clymer or Haynes). This isn't something I can easily talk you through in the space here.
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