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I think we agree. I used "cheat" because they are an aid to the next person who removes and then re-tightens that bolt. Most of the Ducati ones line up with a specific spot or same color mark indicating, to me anyway, that this is where you should stop tightening. The Aprilia ones? Yes, inspection and quality control.

Shout-out to Mello Dude! Doing some other work and took the opportunity to install these. Nice to get that done.

I don't think they are "cheats". Likely telltales that the proper tightening method was used and marked for quality inspection.

Haha, maybe you're Italian. My Ducati has a bunch of small colored marks on bolt heads that I assume are "torque cheats," i.e., shows the point where the spec'd torque value is when tightening small bolts. But little color coded dots are all over my Aprilia. Everywhere! From the factory.

Woohoo! Paint... a man after my own heart. Looks great (in the slightly blurry photo). What did you use, by the way?

Fresh paint on the rims.

Thanks. Yeah, this is the one I'm ordering. Seems to be the best of both worlds.

Yeah, exactly this for me. 60mph+ is really hard work. At 70, it feels like the aero causes the airflow to converge at my throat. Going higher and my lid is trying to remove my head by force😂 My lid has always been awesome, so it surprised me. I wear plugs, but going full tuck then causes the flow to smash into the sides of my head. I'm going to try the Powerbronze. It's only £78,so nothing ventured.

you're more than welcome 😊

Set the airbox base down on the TBs take a look and figure how I want to go about things.... Sat down a minute to ponder and grabbed a piece of chocolates I have been munching on, the wrappers have odball notes and the one I just picked says... Got a bit of a chuckle out of it.... Moi? Overthink? I never do that.... --------------------------------- Once in a while in the overzealous persuit of upgrading, sometimes that bites you in the ass.... Case in point was the silicone hoses made the job waaaaay more of a fiddlely fight, Stuff doesnt like the tighter bends and it ends up coming across more "sharp" edges in the TBs. What a PIA...... In retrospect, if there is a next time, just use new OEM. Another one, I found this silcone plug on Amazon to replace the cracked rubber one on the inlet on the front side of the airbox base for the pair valve hose..... Thing is... when trying to install the airbox base the plug hits the frame and that prevents the base from sitting on the TBs seats... grrrr. Effe that, hacksawed the nozzle piece off and did my Permatex and Bolt thing to seal up the hole. Red loctite on the nut... Its not coming apart... And airbox base is on... venturis installed. Longtime habit... since I dont claim to have a memory, mark the hooey out of everything.... color code every connector and where hoses go... Paint pens are your friend...

check that all slides rise equally with more throttle. if one lags behind or rises only a little that diaphragm is probably not installed correctly.

I got it to start and the throttle works! Thanks so much. I can't quite give it the whole throttle or itll cut out

ok here we go................😆

Ive got it back together and now im having trouble getting it to start

No I didnt separate them to take out the carbs. The jet needle is this

Welcome!

How are you removing the carbs? Hopefully that's actually, how WERE you removing the carbs? You never separate them for removal.. They come out as a unit and then split if needed (like replacing the o-rings). A proper carb clean can be accomplished with the carbs as a unit. They are installed as a unit. Have you removed the pilot screws to ensure that circuit is clean? Are those what you are calling "jet needle"?

@Captain 80s Yes i replaced the Orings because I broke one of the plastic lines the first time I removed the carbs. That was a pain in the ass to find. I was talking about the tiny washer that goes inbetween the jet needle and spring. Im almost home from work now so I'll be putting that piece together then putting them back on the bike.

Thanks for your comments! Much appreciated.

What is the opinion on using a power commander. What does it change and do you get better fuel mileage? Here is a couple of updated pics of the bike

It appears you have removed them from the plenum. Hopefully because your plan was to replace the fuel cross-over tube o-rings. Is that correct? You have definitely added a layer of complexity, but I always advocate for performing that preventative operation if you have the carbs out. If you are referring to one of the tiny washers for the pilot screws, Joe @ V4Dreams can help you out. Actually he has a lot of products that you can use right now. How do the diaphragms look? Be sure to keep them away from any carb clean or similarly harsh chemicals.

One of the washers was missing besides that everything was there thankfully @Captain 80s

Well it's 19 years since I last rode a VFR, but it feels as good as ever 🙂 Hello all !

For your Volt Meter, a feed directly from the battery is the most accurate. That's why you would use the switched 12V to energize a relay. If you use the same source that is powering other things, it will likely read low. Just did an experiment the other day to see what is displayed with only a similar charger and a Volt Meter on a switched 12V (a headlight running light lead as mentioned above), and it wasn't even close.