New member just got a Valkyrie has questions
wjamesfl:
I am also a new owner. I decided to take on rebuilding the carbs my self. It's alot (atleast for me, first time working on carbs), but the service manuals helped tremendously. Organization is paramount.
It couldn't hurt to check if the 4 bolts for your carb rack are torqued correctly since those tighten up the carbs together meaning the fuel rails too. I decided to crack open my carbs though and go through them replacing o-rings and hoses for piece of mind.
I highly recommend checking out the YouTube channel Moto-Resto Machine and Repair. He has a Playlist of 16 videos working on Valkyries. Multiple videos of carb removal/disassembly/cleaning/reassembly to give you an idea of what you'd be in for. I learned alot about these bikes from that channel and watched all his videos before attempting carb rebuild.
If it looks like more than your willing to take on, there are definitely several options out there for shipping them out but you'll still want to use the resources mentioned above for removing them.
I dont know about the eBay option, but Valkyrie Flat Six and Valkyrie Carbs and Custom both seem to be the more established carb rebuilders from what research I did.
DM me id you have more questions on the carbs. Im no expert, far far more experienced people on here, but I've been going through this recently (past 3 weeks)
Pluggy:
Quote from: Sixgunluvr on August 18, 2025, 08:15:34 PM
Gotcha, so after looking again it is “capped” at numbers 1,2,5 with hose connected to 3,4,6.
Your motorcycle is correct. That's how Honda built it.
Sixgunluvr:
Thanks for the responses so far everyone. I’m not really sure if they’re even is a carb issue. I was told when I bought the bike that the carbs were gone through a few years ago, but I have no way of verifying that. Remember the issue that I do know that is obviously present is that there is a leak I’m assuming at the fuel rail at this point. Which of course means I might as well have the carbs gone through because they’re going to have to come off the bike and take apart to get to the fuel rail O-rings correct?
HayHauler:
Like wjamesfl said above, there is no harm in verifying the torque on the long bolts that hold the carb banks together. You never know, it just might stop your leak.
If it doesn't, then you can look into it further.
Hay 8)
Jimmyt
Sixgunluvr:
Quote from: HayHauler on August 19, 2025, 09:59:26 AM
Like wjamesfl said above, there is no harm in verifying the torque on the long bolts that hold the carb banks together. You never know, it just might stop your leak.
If it doesn't, then you can look into it further.
Hay 8)
Jimmyt
Ok Thats my next step. I took it for a ride this morning and the leak continues but it is very minor. Seems like if I get somewhere and wipe it clean it is dry when I get home….weird.
Can I access the carb long bolts without removing anything?
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