Valkyrie Riders Cruiser Club
July 15, 2025, 01:49:44 AM *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Ultimate Seats Link VRCC Store
Homepage : Photostash : JustPics : Shoptalk : Old Tech Archive : Classifieds : Contact Staff
News: If you're new to this message board, read THIS!
 
MarkT Exhaust
Valkyrie Riders Cruiser Club > General > 1500 Tech Board > One thing bugs me about "Desmog"
Pages: [1]   Go Down
« previous next »
Send this topic Print
Author Topic: One thing bugs me about "Desmog"  (Read 1010 times)
Cosy
Member
*****
Posts: 8


Berks UK
« on: March 08, 2015, 08:19:32 AM »
My girl is getting Old by now and I was thinking of re-rubbering or Desmoging.
I did a search on "Desmog" and got 21 pages of related topics.

What  bugs me is this: What the Honda engineers / designers were thinking when adding all those extra tubes and stuff that are totally unnecessary and also reduce reliability according to Desmogers.
Were they crazy or what?
Logged
I drink to forget? ? ?
Edvalk
Member
*****
Posts: 168

Dayton Ohio
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2015, 08:33:16 AM »
I have not desmogged but I want to. The engineers followed whatever air quality regulations that were in place that year. Does it pollute less ....who knows. Does it hurt the performance .. Probably . My bike runs good the only problem is a little backfire on desellerating . Cobra pipes and I'm willing to put up with it because I love the cobras. Less places for vacuum leaks cleaner look is I think why Most people desmog.
Logged
1998 valkyrie standard , 2007 Suzuki Bandit 1250
doubletee
Member
*****
Posts: 1165


VRCC # 22269

Fort Wayne, IN
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2015, 08:33:46 AM »
My guess is they did it to comply with EPA regulations.
Logged
  
Farther
Member
*****
Posts: 1680


Quimper Peninsula, WA
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2015, 09:56:03 AM »
The smog stuff probably reduces pollution at idle and cold starts.
Logged
Thanks,
~Farther
sandy
Member
*****
Posts: 5390


Mesa, AZ.
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2015, 04:37:46 PM »
The smog PAIR valve operation has no effect on HP. It pumps fresh air to the exhaust to complete combustion of unburned fuel. Remember these bikes like to run a bit rich.
Logged
http://i982.photobucket.com/albums/ae310/sandyal55/ManCave.jpg
Jess from VA
Member
*****
Posts: 30468


No VA
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2015, 05:34:16 PM »
If every bit of the smog had been metal pipe, it might have lasted as long as our bikes.  Desmog is mainly just getting rid of rotting, cracking rubber, and leaks.
Logged
Cosy
Member
*****
Posts: 8


Berks UK
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2015, 04:27:12 PM »
Thanks guys, I new that I would get the answer found here. You are as reliable as ever.
Logged
I drink to forget? ? ?
Jess from VA
Member
*****
Posts: 30468


No VA
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2015, 06:05:03 PM »
That helmet looks pretty sturdy, but doesn't it limit your vision?
Logged
Cosy
Member
*****
Posts: 8


Berks UK
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2015, 02:37:23 PM »
Naah, Just a bit of pain for in-keeping with fashion.
Logged
I drink to forget? ? ?
Pages: [1]   Go Up
Send this topic Print
« previous next »
Jump to:  

Theme by Crip Powered by SMF 1.1.20 | SMF © 2013, Simple Machines MySQL | PHP | XHTML | CSS