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sorry I'm somewhat of a novice when it comes to this stuff, so does that mean having the fluids underfilled would be better than having them overfilled?

I just picked up an 85 VT700 and the guy put some straight bars on it. I like the look but the brake reservoir and clutch reservoir (hydrolic clutch) are setup at an angle now, they were setup for the stock bars which had about a 30 degree downward angle. Is having the reservoirs at an angle like th...

thanks for the link dean, i just spent about 30 min over there and I think it'll be really helpful.

The rear brake works pretty good but the front brake lever is tough to press, and it doesn't work great but pretty decent. The fuel line looks pretty new. I've never cleaned out carbs and I wanted to try it out with this bike so that'll probably be one of the next things I do. Is replacing the radia...

I just picked this bike up yesterday, it sat for about a year and wouldn't start. I changed the plugs (they were oil fouled), ran some fresh gas through the tank, and charged the battery and it still wouldn't start. The starter sounded good but it just wouldn't start, I ended up bump starting it and...

thanks for the advice, I think I'm going to take the bike in and get it the rims looked at.

I've been riding my 79 CB350 for a few months now and it runs great except the rims have a slight wobble to them. The front was really bad, it would shake the whole bike once I hit about 30 and my buddies tell me that the rear also wobbles but I can't really feel it. So I used the "ping" t...