An old BMW mechanic now passed made a comment years ago about over tightening things. "if you look at the average 10mm wrench or 13mm wrench they are...

Welcome from not so sunny this time of year Rochester, NY. St.

I am happy you have a shop that will do the splines, remember do both the wheel spline and the final drive spline, they must be done as a set. As fo...

I agree with the 50% worn rate, that would figure in with the miles on the bike. LOL, I wore out my first set of splines at 95K but I have a lot of u...

Not knowing the condition of the bike, I will ask what condition are the gaskets in? James makes a good point, as far as I know there is no torque s...

LOL, Let me clarify myself. Since I can't see what the owner sees, I perhaps misinterpreted "blurry" of the timing marks. I meant double. I don't...

James, that is a good point to bring up and one I had forgotten. Also, are there springs inside the carbs to return the slides to the closed positio...

Personally I have never taken efforts to measure throttle cable slack. I set it so the cables are loose enough the carbs are at idle and there is no ...

Well, one off the list and thanks for the follow up. Next relatively quick check is the marks on the twist grip, when you changed the cables are you ...

As long as you are not real far off of fitting, you should not have a problem. Good luck and let us know how you make out. St.

One thing, move the bracket, the fiberglass fairing is less forgiving of misaligned brackets. I have seen the inserts in the fairing pull out due to ...

I would think one could use straight edges, perhaps a carpenter's 90 angle rule, with a bit of messing to get things perfect. Not knowing how far of...

I don't have the bike to "see" what the fellow is talking about in terms of blurry, Points equipped bikes alway have some degree of blur with a timing...

Add another possible thing to the list. When you last replaced throttle cables, were the marks on the twist grip and gear lined up? One tooth off ca...

Hi, let me start by asking how many miles on the bike, what is it? Drop in gas mileage is the issue? Have you inspected the diaphragms? Any vacuu...