Tech

Bosch Platinum Cross Reference?
I was in Wal*Mart the other day, buying a 55-gallon drum of Berryman B12 Choke and Carburetor Cleaner to soak my motorcycles in and I noticed they had a lot of Bosch Platinum spark plugs for $8.88 a pair. The Bosch part numbers are 4301, 4302, 4303, 4304, 4305, 4306, 4307, 4308, and 4309. If I knew what the NG... 4 Dec 2007 11:12

82 xj750 help
this is my first posting on this group and am just getting back to motorcycles.i just got this bike (runs good) and have a lot of questions. let me start with . the positions on the gas petcock are not marked.help the battery condition sender unit is missing and the flashing red light is covered with black tape. h... 7 Nov 2007 12:48

78 yamaha tt500 tec help please
I am trying to build the old clasic bike up with vintage parts any thing you might have seen or done in the past to hop this thing up i would like to know from fork swaps to carb jeting or any thing inbetwen but still age corect ... 19 Sep 2007 14:49

Reg/rec info
The r/r on my Virago has the following printed on it: '42X-A0' and 'SH569-12'. This one on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-FZR250-3LN-RECTIFIER-FZ-250-FZR-400-SH569-12_W0QQitemZ330158149685 ....has the same lower number but the top one is '47X-A1'. What do the different codes signify? -- Si - XV535... 6 Sep 2007 18:04

Exhaust Header Rust
My wide did a long trip on her 2004 Honda Shadow, and got the bike muddied and now there's rust on the Exhaust Header. Is there an easy and effective way to get rid of the rust withoyt losing whatever chrome there's left under there, help. Bg ... 7 Sep 2007 23:33

new to the CB350
So I grew up riding BMW shaft drive, boxer engine, built like a rock and handles the same bikes and have until very recently had almost no experience with other bikes. So the other day I traded some old junk for some new junk in the form of a 1973 Cb350. Really it is a nice bike and the little woman will love it wh... 22 Aug 2007 18:52

Drain plug stripped--self-tapping plug?
Hello, I have a 2006 Yamaha FZ6 and decided to do an oil change myself for the first time. It was a struggle to get that oil filter off, but I finally put a screwdriver through it and succeeded. However, I ended up striping the oil pan with the drain plug. *sigh* I talked to the local Yamaha dealer and the... 29 Aug 2007 18:22

Rough running '85 Honda VT700C
I would appreciate any advice on this. I have an '85 VT700C with about 32K miles. When I got the bike about 4 years ago there were acceleration and top end deficiency issues. Otherwise the bike ran fine. I had not previously done much work with motorcycles, so I ignored the problems for about a year before d... 4 Aug 2007 02:48

1973 Honda CB175
Does anyone know the correct routing for the fuel lines? Tank valve has STOP-ON-RES with 2 spogots , one for on & one for res, I presume. Each carb has one inlet. Does one line simple go from each carb to either outlet on the valve? Thanks. ... 3 Aug 2007 03:20

Mold release
Does any one have any empirical evidence for the existence of new tire "mold release" other than anecdotal folklore? cheers ken ... 21 Jul 2007 18:59