There's been a couple of posts about cleaning the carbs lately so that's covered I think, the reason behind this cleaning is the bike will be fine then all of a sudden it'll bog down (the engine makes a similar noise to when the bike is running out of fuel - if this makes sense), and takes a moment before it starts to work again, the bike was stood in someone's front room for a year before we brought it and it seems to have gotten worse as time goes by, so I can only put it down to fueling, am I on the right track with the carbs? is there anything I should buy in order to do this, i.e jets, rubbers etc, I was thinking of buying another set of carbs but I feel I may run into the same problem?

Also the bike is an electrical nightmare, and little things keep popping up as late the fan no longer works (blows the fuse), and the loom has been molested so much that I bought one from a forum member and plan to unplug the old and plug in the new as I go round the bike, I guess I maybe hoping for an easy switch - is it as easy as this or will I need to do more than take the fairing off?

I have my Hayne's book of lies for the carbs, but the electrical bit isn't mentioned. Please bare in mind that the most I've done on these bikes is replace the neutral switch... ANd I'm no mechanic but I want to learn what's happening under the fairing.

Thanks in advance.

Matt

Checking/cleaning the carbs will be a good start. If it's running out of fuel then pay some attention to the float heights (haynes covers this).

Changing the loom is a royal pain in the arse. It would be easier if the engine was taken out first, those were my thoughts at the time... probably an exageration, but a fiddly job all the same.

Na changing the loom is easy enough and you should do it with just the fairings and carbs off, I built a new loom from scratch for my NC with just the fairings, tank and carbs off

Okay - i'll persist with it, any tips on were to start - I was thinking of starting at the rear then following it round to the front?

mattjc wrote:Okay - i'll persist with it, any tips on were to start - I was thinking of starting at the rear then following it round to the front?

There's only one way it'll go back in, that was the cause of my frustration.

The rvf loom is harder to put in, some plugs and wiring is bigger.

Stickshift wrote:

mattjc wrote:Okay - i'll persist with it, any tips on were to start - I was thinking of starting at the rear then following it round to the front?

There's only one way it'll go back in, that was the cause of my frustration.

Which way then - or will I have to find out the hard way! lol