My neglected Silver 900F

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:27 pm

Peter,

Wonderful outcome. What a beatutiful machine you got there!!

Dave

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:41 pm

Yep - all of the above. Damn thing ran like a clock all Saturday and Sunday, and today it's like she's running on two or three cylinders; spitting out the stacks, surging, popping, missing and generally just being a BAD BAD Supersport.

AAAAAAARGH!

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:48 pm

pontiacstogo wrote:

. . . generally just being a BAD BAD Supersport.

AAAAAAARGH!

Guess she's still mad at you?

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:59 pm

It must be running rich and you fouled a couple of plugs. Or they got fouled from the choke/enrichment lever?

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:49 pm

Cb900SS wrote:

It must be running rich and you fouled a couple of plugs. Or they got fouled from the choke/enrichment lever?

Spot on Ben - swapped in a fresh set of NGK's and cured the problem. Guess I need to twiddle the air-thingamobs on the CR's (or carry lots of spare plugs with me).

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:54 pm

pontiacstogo wrote:

Cb900SS wrote:

It must be running rich and you fouled a couple of plugs. Or they got fouled from the choke/enrichment lever?

Spot on Ben - swapped in a fresh set of NGK's and cured the problem. Guess I need to twiddle the air-thingamobs on the CR's (or carry lots of spare plugs with me).

I have heard Tony say that the enrichment lever can cause this problem if used to much(I think). Being it only started to act up after two days... I would say your not far off.

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:04 pm

Cb900SS wrote:

I have heard Tony say that the enrichment lever can cause this problem if used to much(I think). Being it only started to act up after two days... I would say your not far off.

Tony's right about the enrichment lever, but I learnt not to even look sideways at that stupid thing with the CR's on my red bike. I've only had a couple of cold starts on the silver bike since I got her back together, but I've not touched the enrichment lever (there's no need to).

The CR's on the silver bike are new to me, but not new and while they look spotless, I guess it's possible that the prior owner messed with them. The idle air screws are now set 3/4 turn out, so I'll go from there and see what happens.

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:45 pm

pontiacstogo wrote:

Cb900SS wrote:

I have heard Tony say that the enrichment lever can cause this problem if used to much(I think). Being it only started to act up after two days... I would say your not far off.

Tony's right about the enrichment lever, but I learnt not to even look sideways at that stupid thing with the CR's on my red bike. I've only had a couple of cold starts on the silver bike since I got her back together, but I've not touched the enrichment lever (there's no need to).

The CR's on the silver bike are new to me, but not new and while they look spotless, I guess it's possible that the prior owner messed with them. The idle air screws are now set 3/4 turn out, so I'll go from there and see what happens.

Arn't those carbs oposite from CV's and the screws adjust the air? So turning the screw out would be leaner?

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:26 am

Cb900SS wrote:

Arn't those carbs oposite from CV's and the screws adjust the air? So turning the screw out would be leaner?

3/4's out from seated.

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:28 am

pontiacstogo wrote:

Cb900SS wrote:

Arn't those carbs oposite from CV's and the screws adjust the air? So turning the screw out would be leaner?

3/4's out from seated.

What I meant was what does it do if you go to 1 turn out, instead of 3/4's? Make it leaner or richer?

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:35 am

Cb900SS wrote:

What I meant was what does it do if you go to 1 turn out, instead of 3/4's? Make it leaner or richer?

Turning them out makes them leaner (I believe).

Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 8:01 pm

Neglected once more. After almost three years of sitting idle something needed to be done!

New plugs, Dyna colis, new leads, oil change, refreshed CR's, valve adjust and she springs back to life Very Happy

Quick ride tomorrow morning to make sure everything's OK, then I'll start prepping her for evilbay Sad

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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 8:16 pm

Looks great Peter....They certainly are resilient!!!....

Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 8:17 pm

Peter, come to the spring ride and hang with us .....

Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 9:38 pm

petrat wrote:

Peter, come to the spring ride and hang with us .....

What is this spring ride you talk of? Razz

Nah - not this year.

Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 12:46 am

Glad to see your still with it Pete, we should meet up for lunch one nice weekend. And you are past due for a spring ride appearance.

Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 9:05 am

Hope all is well Peter..Good luck with your sale

Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 10:16 pm

I suspect Peter is still mad about being "dirt-tracked" by GPS a few rides back. Peter: GPS and ride captains have gotten much more civilized since then, and you really are encouraged to return your great, wry sense of humor to the fold. Hope to see you at a future ride.

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 3:22 am

PGSmick wrote:

I suspect Peter is still mad about being "dirt-tracked" by GPS a few rides back. Peter: GPS and ride captains have gotten much more civilized since then, and you really are encouraged to return your great, wry sense of humor to the fold. Hope to see you at a future ride.

Thanks Peter - it would be good to catch up with everyone and put some faces to some new names.

Maybe the fall ride? A lot will depend on what bikes I have available to me by then - I took the silver 900F out again this weekend and I'm loving it all over again. That doesn't bode well for my plans to list it on eBay Confused

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As far as the "dirt-tracked" routes go, I'll just make damn sure I run filters and not open stacks next time Wink

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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:54 am

Resurrecting a VERY old post....

I dug this bike out of storage this past weekend - new Big Crank arrived today and with fresh gas it fired right up. First time it's run since 2016 Shocked

I've got to stop putting this bike away for 3 or 4 years at a time!

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:50 am

That is a beaut of a bike. Why you would let that sit alone and lonely in the garage is just plain sad. Ride it man!

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 5:39 am

Wow. Nice!

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:27 am

Now that is proper storage if it fired right up after such a long nap.
Still looks great, Peter.
Hopefully you got to take it for a ride.

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 11:47 am

tomk1960 wrote:

That is a beaut of a bike. Why you would let that sit alone and lonely in the garage is just plain sad. Ride it man!

It's not alone - it has other non-running bikes to keep it company Razz

But yes - it should be ridden and not locked away. Now that it's running I'm going to go over the brakes etc. and then take it for a ride before I decide what to do with it.

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 11:51 am

smurdoch wrote:

Now that is proper storage if it fired right up after such a long nap.
Still looks great, Peter.
Hopefully you got to take it for a ride.

I'm glad I ran the carbs dry before parking it up this last time (CBXTRAS rebuilt them for me in 2016 after I let it sit with gas in it for too long).

I should have removed the battery and stored it properly to save having to buy a new one - I'm building up quite the stash of dead 'Big Cranks'.

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:34 pm

Hey Peter! Glad to see you back on here. What bikes do you still have?

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:17 pm

1980CB750F wrote:

Hey Peter! Glad to see you back on here. What bikes do you still have?

Hey Mark. I still check in most days, but don't post as often as I used to. I still have the bikes in my signature. The red 900F has also been sitting since 2016;

I plan to get this one up and running soon too. It's sacriledge I know, but I'm leaning towards parting it out...

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:52 pm

That is one of my favorite bikes. If you haven't done so already, you should submit it for the 1100f calendar. Definitely don't part it out but if you do there are a few things I would be interested in for sure.

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2020 7:48 pm

pontiacstogo wrote:

But yes - it should be ridden and not locked away. Now that it's running I'm going to go over the brakes etc. and then take it for a ride before I decide what to do with it.

I'd forgotten how much fun a back roads ride is - particularly at this time of the year. These bikes just have a great riding position and a ton of character. Bought back a lot of great memories!

Got the red bike running too. It's next for a road test.

On a completely unrelated note - it's the first time I've worn my mesh riding jacket in 4 years - it appears to have shrunk Shocked

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2020 11:26 am

1980CB750F wrote:

That is one of my favorite bikes. If you haven't done so already, you should submit it for the 1100f calendar. Definitely don't part it out but if you do there are a few things I would be interested in for sure.

+1 on that! I totally agree!!

Cheers!
Chris