20 Most Recent 1997 Honda VTR 1000 F Firestorm Questions & Answers

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hi m8,, undo the clutch reservoir,put a few rags arround the tank ,leave the cap off, then undo the clutch piston housin, so in your hand the clutch piston,, pump the lever a few times till u see the piston move out,, dont over do it,, once the piston has moved out enuff, replace it back on the bike,, maybe a little harder putting the housin bolts bk in without pushing against the housing,, as u push it in ,u might get a bit of fluid pop out the reservoir,, top up clutch fluid if needed,, replace cap,, this should do it,cheers

Could you have left the ignition switched on? Recharge the battery, refit it, with the ignition switched off, connect the poss feed first, secondly as you replace the earth wire, if you get any level of spark as you touch the earth to the battery, then you have a voltage drain, this could be a result of external accessorze like an allarm, to a faulty rectifier, if you have no spark then there is no drain and you would have to question the integrity of the battery,

Hello,

The problem is most likely with the float being stuck, or bad, in the carb bowl. If the float has become heavy, filled with fuel, then the gas will keep flowing through the carbs. The floats operation is when in the down position fuel will flow through the carb - when up fuel stops flowing.

If it has a float plunger, check it's operation for proper movement.

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The stock battery for your bike is Yuasa brand, # YTX12-BS (Honda Code 4176897)

Well, have you checked all the fuses and I mean all fuses. It sounds like one of you main fuses just before starter solenoid, the ribbon type is not delivering to the starter motor. Check it first.

22 miles not far enough to keep me from contacting service tech. that worked on it for hire.I'd ckeck the sparkplug wires, make sure they are staying in contact at the plug.The fuel - air system needs to be assembled to work properly.if you are right about the fuel not working properly cleaning fuel system is needed.just putting cleaner in the fuel may not fix trash in system.

could be the wires need cleaning or new ends.or low battery power. check battery for 12 or 13 volts.if good on volts disconnect starter wire(dissconnect battery first) then hook up dc volt meter to starter hot wire and a ground at the battery.watch volt meter when u press the start button,do you still read more than 12 volts. if not replace solenoid.

Have you fully charged the battery?

check your fuel tap you might have a problem with the vaccum tap

do you have a charol system in the bike because when you take off the tank the little pressure line on the bottom of the tank is suppose to drain into that ,...now if its gone that would possibly explain the leak. but one day i had it pissing out like a race horse and thought it was going to explode..i took the seat off and looked around and found that i had bad o-rings on the main t-fitting going to all the carbs. i just went and bought a salvaged one at a junk dealer popped it in an viola! the bike worked better than it ever did.

its probally the regulator

Look at the starting thread on the shaft

Check the valve lash (clearances). If not enough clearance, the valve(s) could be not fully seating which would create the problem you have described.

Remove bolt from bottom of slider.Prise dust seal from top of slider.Remove spring clip from above main seal and pull apart with a slide hammer action.