New member just got a Valkyrie has questions
Jess from VA:
Welcome (like your handle :cooldude:).
If you didn't get one with the bike, you want the OE Honda 1500 1997-2003 Service manual (not aftermarket Clymers).
New is expensive, they can probably be found on Ebay cheaper.
Here's a PDF link.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220328115011/https://valkyrienorway.com/download.html
There's lots of links to good information on this site. Like this one. https://www.jkozloski.com/generic_parts.htm
Sixgunluvr:
Ok… so I went out and did some more checking by just letting it idle and taking a good look. It appears I have a leak coming from the fuel rail directly behind carb number three. This is quite disappointing as I have just bought the bike a couple months ago and it seemed fine on the two hour ride home.
I live in Chester West Virginia about 45 minutes west of Pittsburgh. I fear at this point. I’m going to need to do a complete removal and rebuild. I see there is a guy on eBay that does total rebuild if you send him the carb bank. I think I could probably get the carb bank out this winter but I think a rebuild is definitely out of my league.
I work full-time so I don’t have a lot of time, off Fridays and Saturdays and some vacation next week. Perhaps a member here would have a few minutes to chat over the phone. I will continue to update with pics and questions. Thank you so much everyone.
Trapper has first dibs to discuss the pegs and trim rail as soon as I get time after work next day or so to respond.
HayHauler:
Give Mooskee a PM here on the board. He rebuilds carbs all of the time.
Just my opinion.
Hay 8)
Jimmyt
Pluggy:
Quote from: Sixgunluvr on August 17, 2025, 09:41:44 PM
She’s more of an ornament than a helper. :D. Still working on pics. Here is one of the hose missing.
Are carbs numbered a certain way? It’s the middle carb on the right side of your sitting on the bike. It only seems to leak once per riding session in a very small amount of say a few drops and drips from what looks like the carb itself.
I also have some cruise pegs and fender trim for sale if anyone is interested. I don’t use cruise pegs and I bought the fender guard before I realized I would have to drill a hole in the fender to install it…won’t be doing that. It would look nice however.
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The stubby black rubber thing in the top picture is a Honda vacuum cap. With the engine guard in the picture, it indicates we are at cylinder #2. This is the way Honda made it. Nothing modified.
Sixgunluvr:
“The stubby black rubber thing in the top picture is a Honda vacuum cap. With the engine guard in the picture, it indicates we are at cylinder #2. This is the way Honda made it. Nothing modified.”
Gotcha, so after looking again it is “capped” at numbers 1,2,5 with hose connected to 3,4,6.
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