My preferred method of cleaning is Evinrude Engine Tuner:
Followed by some brake clean and then compressed air. Be careful not to get those chemicals on your skin - it will burn.
So I put them together and all of a sudden the choke cable didn't fit. I cut it from the lever on the clip on just so I can get the bike started.
After hooking up all the lines, I put some gas in it and turned the petcock to prime. Aaand it started leaking. Figures. The bike sits for 5 years with bad gas in the tank and no leaks but as soon as it has an inkling of coming back to life, it starts leaking. Typical.
So I bought a rebuild kit which was specified for a 1993-1994 GSX-R1100W as the OEM Suzuki numbers cross over. I put it all back together and it leaked from everywhere. I bit the bullet and bought a brand new OEM Suzuki unit from Motosport.com; they even had it in stock! It should be here tomorrow so I can finally get it going.
In other news, I bought two bikes recently.
First one is a 1998 Honda VFR800 in lovely Italian Red:
It was sat behind a house just north of Boston. If you've read the first couple posts, you'd see that I've had a couple of the earlier generations of VFRs. They are great bikes. This generation 800 was the first of the fuel injection. I got it for a very good price. It needs tires and a mirror. The tires and mirror just got here today so it will be for sale soon!
I spent a day polishing the oxidation and general dirt off of it:
The Italian Red shines up pretty well I must say. It's strange, I can almost feel the paint is thinner than on my 1993 CBR900RR. Honda cutting costs perhaps?
A while ago you may remember I posted about a red, white and blue 1993 CBR900RR at a dealer for a good price that I was looking to pick up. The deal fell through on account of a very flaky dealer. But as of last night, the situation has been rectified!
I spotted one on Craigslist Sunday night. Pretty thorough ad:
1993 CBR900RR - Red/White/Blue color scheme. currently will not stay running. ran when it was put away 4 years ago. don't have the time to fix it or ride it so I am looking for $1500.00 OBRO. Should just need the carbs cleaned and a new battery, speedometer isn't currently hooked up. comes with extra set of rims and all components to get speedo working again. currently has newer rims on it that don't let the speedometer work. rode it that way for 3 years with no problem. Vance and hines exhaust installed, vortex sprocket and chain kit installed with only 180 miles on it 15T front and 45T rear sprocket, K&N air filter.includes extra frame, swingarm, extra front disc brakes (needed to get the speedometer working) new wheel bearings, undertail delete kit, assorted extra plastics, headlight, vortex sprocket and chain kit installed with only 180 miles on it. 1 gallon sealed Honda motor oil and any other parts I find in my garage.
I got in contact with the owner and set up a time to take a look at it.
I made the seller an offer andff he took it.
As far as condition goes the middle side fairings are all cracked up but repairable or replaceable but the rest of the body is near perfect. Came with a full color matched Corbin seat set up, undertail kit NIB, spare tail fairings, spare frame with swingarm and shock, 17 inch front wheel conversion, strange V&H SSR2 slip on with a flange which will be binned in favor of a stock muffler, spare blinkers. Seller bought it 7 years ago with no title and swapped it all onto a titled frame.
I'm super excited to have the first year and best color scheme of such a game changing bike plus it will look great next to my 1994 red, white and black version!
Until next time
See you on the road!
