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« on: May 17, 2020, 11:55:59 AM » |
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I tried to post already but don't know if it went thru ! Yesterday I started having about 1 inch of free play on my throttle. I have a 2001 Valk (standard). My thought is that a main connection at the carbs slipped. I messed with the settings at the handlebars, but it did nothing. If someone can help me I would greatly appreciate it. I also am not sure that I will find the answer you send on this site. Please email me at: mrantioch@hotmail.com ! Thank-you so very much in advance ! Larry |
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2020, 12:15:55 PM » |
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It should be fairly easy to see if the cables look right at the carbs. If it’s not looking messed up there I’d suspect a failed cable. They are fairly easy to replace.
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« Last Edit: May 18, 2020, 05:40:24 AM by Chrisj CMA »
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lar1620
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« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2020, 06:18:51 AM » |
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Thanks for the reply Chris. Would I have to pull the tank and breather box ? I imagine I would. I am going to call my local dealer today and see what they can tell me. Thank-you again !
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2020, 06:55:44 AM » |
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Thanks for the reply Chris. Would I have to pull the tank and breather box ? I imagine I would. I am going to call my local dealer today and see what they can tell me. Thank-you again !
Pulling the tank makes it way easier. You won’t need to pull the air box |
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« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2020, 06:07:43 AM » |
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Thanks for the reply Chris. Would I have to pull the tank and breather box ? I imagine I would. I am going to call my local dealer today and see what they can tell me. Thank-you again !
Most likely they'll say "Valkyrie?, is that a Honda?" As Jeff stated, pulling the tank will make it easier and you can check or replace the air filter also. |
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« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2020, 08:57:58 AM » |
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I pulled my carbs a couple weeks ago, put everything together, tighten everything, took her for a ride, took me a couple hours while I'm riding to figure out why do I have about an inch of play, I completely forgot to tighten the screws on both cable by the carburetor  Now I have to pull the tank to adjust. |
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2020, 10:57:09 AM » |
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I pulled my carbs a couple weeks ago, put everything together, tighten everything, took her for a ride, took me a couple hours while I'm riding to figure out why do I have about an inch of play, I completely forgot to tighten the screws on both cable by the carburetor Now I have to pull the tank to adjust. Like I always say. If you think pulling the tank is hard, you just haven’t done it enough  |
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« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2020, 01:43:28 PM » |
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I pulled my carbs a couple weeks ago, put everything together, tighten everything, took her for a ride, took me a couple hours while I'm riding to figure out why do I have about an inch of play, I completely forgot to tighten the screws on both cable by the carburetor Now I have to pull the tank to adjust. Like I always say. If you think pulling the tank is hard, you just haven’t done it enough I hear you Jeff. I have only pulled mine 6 or so times but never found it difficult. |
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2020, 02:01:50 PM » |
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I pulled my carbs a couple weeks ago, put everything together, tighten everything, took her for a ride, took me a couple hours while I'm riding to figure out why do I have about an inch of play, I completely forgot to tighten the screws on both cable by the carburetor Now I have to pull the tank to adjust. Like I always say. If you think pulling the tank is hard, you just haven’t done it enough I hear you Jeff. I have only pulled mine 6 or so times but never found it difficult. I have had bikes and worked on bikes that the tank was harder to pull than the Valkyrie for sure. No body parts to remove, remember the cross over tube what a PITA that is. I must have pulled a Valkyrie tank 80 or so times. I never found it hard. Now I don’t even think about it. If it needs to come off boom it’s off. Sometimes getting the vacuum line to the petcock is a pain because on some Valkyries more than others for some reason the connection is directly behind a fairly immovable wire harness. Aside from that, POC once you have done it a few times. |
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