Excellent. I know a chap with a bike business, he's closed Sundays and Mondays. Well he's not closed Mondays, he is there, but ignores phone calls and emails so has a whole day of no interruptions and can get on with jobs. 😁👍❤
This really should be one of the top at least three youtube bike repair channels on youtube. Such an informative channel. Not to mention the quality of the work is always top notch.
I have a '98 R1 4XV, that was pissing fuel. I sent the carbs off to you for cleaning - they came back with the problem fixed and now runs like a dream😊
That's 👌 I started reading the message and thought, "F...k whats happened!" Carbs can be an absolute nightmare, you can be so OCD with them and still get problems!
From a 74 year old subscriber with mobility issues, whose legs have saId "no more riding for you old man". I don't have any more bikes and I sorely miss riding and getting on the tools. Jim, you are informative, entertaining and most importantly not up yourself. Mate, I would even watch a video of you simply cleaning spark plugs. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Past 3 months I’ve been working on a non-runner 4XV I brought cheap, At the stage of new panels being fitted, Tank repaint, Seats re-skinned & Wheels powder coated, so watching this was a blast as just been through the same, Carbs was on and off a few times lol, The day I finally re-fitted and synced them and thought i was done with them checked the throttle position sensor via the handy built in way to check (key on, unplug TPS then re-connect it) showed 10000 on RPMs witch means it’s too high… Carbs off again to get access to the TPS screws, Adjusted re-fitted carbs re-sync just in case I knocked them slightly out of sync, was a right nightmare, Glad it’s just about finished now. For anyone wondering how to check TPS position on older Carb modules 4XV & 5JJ, Turn key on but don’t start bike, Un-plug TPS then plug back in if Rev counter is sat at around 5.5k it’s perfect if it’s at 0 RPM or 10k it’s too far out need to get it too 5.5k 👍
I'm glad you addressed the issue of doing the first revolutions of an engine that's sat for a long time manually. Too many people just jump right in and crank it over on the starter. On reconditioned engines we used to crank them over with the spark plugs out, primary ignition circuit disconnected, and rocker cover(s) off, at least until oil pressure had reached all the cam lobes despite the liberal use of assembly grease and a wee dollop of ATF down the plug holes.
that sounded pretty sweet straight off the button. I have the same gauges, bought them about 30 years back and still going strong. Another job done properly
Thanks Jim we are humbled that you take the effort to video your real life experiences repairing motorcycles and share it with us. Watching and learning from what you do is well worth the time we spend. Daz from Australia
To preserve 1978 Kawasaki Z650 carbs over winter I run them dry then fill them with 20:1 two stroke mix, as the petrol evaporates over winter it leaves a smearing of oil on the carb internals preventing corrosion. Come spring it starts first time and runs like brand new again. Being doing it for thirty years now and never failed once.
🏍️ The repetition of watching your videos is giving me a lot of confidence when it comes to my little resto project. So many helpful tips! Speaking as a former swim coach of 20 years, repetition and revisiting basics is essential, Thank you!
You bloody videos are bloody fantastic. I think I’ve watched nearly all of them since Xmas. I did have a bit of a laugh on this one watching the fuel filter bowl run dry on warming the engine……😂…remember to turn the inlet lever on!! ❤👍🏻
Thanks for all the video's Jim. I'm a retired car mechanic, but I enjoy riding and repairing bikes too and I've learned such a lot by watching you at work! Don't worry about the waffle Jim; if it helps you get your point across it's well worth listening to! Oh and by the way If you hydraulically lock a diesel engine (Usually due to water ingress rather than fuel) you will seriously damage it if not totally destroy it.
Vacuum is imo also depending of valve timing /clearance and the state of piston rings. So inter change a perfect performing balanced carburator on a other bike will see a change and will behave differently. So I with you and a compliment for you Wath a bloody good specialist you are.
My favourite You tube Friday evening watch, that was a lesson in how to turn a sows ear into a silk purse with that carb job 👍. I had a Kwacker GT 750 flood and fill the bottom end, luckily I pulled the plugs before cranking it and spraying oil everywhere 🤣
I'm going to start my 1999 zx9r this afternoon. It hasn't been run for 4 years due to health problems and I really want to use it again as I get my licence back in April as long as I don't have another seizure in the meantime. The worst job for me is getting the throttle and choke cables off, I've never been able to do it 😂😂 I stripped the carbs while it was still attached last time but I'm going to get it off this time or I'll cut the cables with my side cutters 😂😂😂 Hope you have an ace Christmas 😊👍👍
I'm happy to say, I can buy non ethanol petrol here in the States. And I just bought a 2024 XR650L, and like my NT647, it has a carburetor. I know what you're thinking " in 2024? Bloody he'll. I can't wait to put a pipe on it and rejet it. It is sooooooooo lean right now, you hav2 choke the he'll out of it. Great show as always mate. Stay Happy 😊 Cheers and go have a beer 👍💪🙏🖖
Nice job,👌..I had a v,reg blue one..lovely bike..super smooth with the 40mm carbs ..no snatchyness like some fuel injection...and a appreciating machine now..nice bike..
As a complete novice to working on a bike, your videos are superb. Replicate the problem has been invaluable to me. I have to admit I'm laughing whilst learning Jim. 😂 Cheers mate
Another awesome project.. The anticlimax of that fuel tap was truly palpable 😅 Ps I keep praying that one day you share the recipe for your ultrasonic cleaner concoction 🤓😊
Great video ,as they all are. When your phone rang for the first time, I was hoping it was Uncle Joey again. I'm going to miss that guy. So much comedic value in him.
2 minutes into this-same problem with mine, 2002 5jj owned from new but laid up for 5 years. I rebuilt carbs but hey presto, piddly diddly ar y llawr. I guessed it's the fuel connector o rings thanks to shite Spanish unleaded replacement o rings now obtained. I've disconnected the supply til I get chance to get back to working on it. Have settled down to watch the rest of your fine production. Many thanks.
I Have seen a video of a Royal Star Venture, that had a stuck float bowl and an open valve. When the owner cranked the engine, 1 of the cylinders fired and it hydro locked and put the conrod through the crank case. I know this is rare, but it does happen. I was amazed that by the next day, the owner had stripped the bike and had a replacement engine running. these are not easy bikes to work on either
A tip for cleaning the small parts (including jets) from the carburators: Take a small zip seal bag, put the parts in, fill it with your magic juice, close the bag with no air inside and put it in the ultrasonic cleaner. You will remember me.
A tipi picked up from Allen millyard was to clean the brass bits with clock cleaning solution,apart from using it outside because it stinks,it brings brass up like new
I have had a set of JIS drivers - essential for small two strokes as the buggers had loads of them, until I discovered socket caps - since 1980 ish - I still have the brass bar I used as a punch, flat on the end, give the screw head a smack and then JIS it out it worked 9 times out of ten, if that failed same beating and then impact driver, failing that chisel the buggers off. Ride safe!
I am really surprised how dirty the carb's were going by the over all condition of the bike. Which I must say was in really really good condition. But I suppose it just goes to show. I have the early version but I only use it every three years. This is because I have an other two bikes. But I always drain the fuel out of the carbs and empty the tank. But it starts up every time after being laid up. But I do keep them in these zip up storage bags things so does help to keep the moisture off them.😊
Great video Jim. I actually used one of those steam cleaning things on my first carb clean and rebuild. It was a 1999 zx6r with really filthy carbs. Can't really comment on how good it is as it's the first time I've done it but it defo helped me get into the orifices as I don't own an ultrasonic cleaner.
This is now my fave bike channel (used to watch 42teeth, but it started to annoy me), really enjoyed the GSXR engine rebuild you did a while ago! Glad you’re uploading more frequently now
For a minute, I thought that was my old bike - 2001 5jj. I was looking at the front wheel mud guard to see if there was a bit missing from a wheel lock hit :D Loved the bike to bits, but it constantly needed attention. Coil packs, fuel pump, battery, weird issues. I kept it going and looked after it, but there was little help locally - I took it to a garage and the guy asked me where the ODB port was. At that moment, I thought better of leaving it with him, as I felt he would have been a parts cannon mechanic. Sold it to a bloke who daily drives it and I still see it. I'm sure he takes it to bed with him ! :D
Hi jim, i have seen a few of your superbike surgerys now, and i enjoy you talking to us, the veiwer, and yourself, too . I learn as i watch you and have a bit of a chuckle to , its nice you said you appreciate people watching, commenting, and subscribing, so that's nice to hear. Where did you pick up this standby phrase from by the way?
I suffered the scourge of fuel leaking into the crank case on my mk1 bandit 1200. Lucky I was doing the oil change anyway, but I can't describe how shocked I was when the 3 ltrs of oil that I expected was rapidly followed by 2 ltrs of petrol. Petcock diaphragm AND internal carb float valve assembly seals had failed. I think because of using E10 fuel. Or they were just too old. Or both. It was bad anyway. Replaced all the bits and now I only use VPower.
Had similar, except the bike misfired a touch and I tried to”prime” just to ensure fuel was getting through. Then forgot. 3/4 of a tank of fuel through the carbs and into the engine / airbox (airbox was half full). Just a dirty needle valve made far worse by me leaving it on prime .
So many R1's with carb problems. Mine leaked up the emulsion tube. Did 3 oil changes. My fuel tap also leaked. I'm blaming the ethanol. Poxy thing still isn't perfect at 20mph but has had fuelling checked on dyno and a/f ratio is perfect😳
Jim, love the vids always, even with the waffling (and Concours/ZG1000's were WELL known for hyrdo and bending con-rods). Could you do us a favor though? Anytime you mention a tool, give us a name or link in the description? I know you've mentioned those JIS bits a dozen times and today I thought about just ordering some to compliment my Vessel drivers that I hesitate to hammer on, but I can't be bothered to dig through the catalog of your videos to look for the ones you've landed on. Another source of some income if you do affiliate links too... Or not, not like these vids are your main income. PS, miss your darling daughter interrupting. :)
Anybody else find themselves saying ‘yep!’ at the screen every time Jim says “does that make sense?”!!!
Yep.
@@295walkYep Yep 😂
I want a superbike surgery shirt
Saying
Does that make sense 😂
@@Scottfireblade With Yep on the back 🤣🤣👍
@@gavcoopey9542 yep 🤣
Best Bike Mechanic Ive Seen On TH-cam by many Miles
Excellent. I know a chap with a bike business, he's closed Sundays and Mondays. Well he's not closed Mondays, he is there, but ignores phone calls and emails so has a whole day of no interruptions and can get on with jobs. 😁👍❤
This really should be one of the top at least three youtube bike repair channels on youtube. Such an informative channel. Not to mention the quality of the work is always top notch.
I would say the top being a bike mechanic myself for many years, but just don't say the bearded one is in the top three!
Anybody that think they can bench balance is talking out there arse - so TRUE and love it!
I have a '98 R1 4XV, that was pissing fuel. I sent the carbs off to you for cleaning - they came back with the problem fixed and now runs like a dream😊
That's 👌 I started reading the message and thought, "F...k whats happened!" Carbs can be an absolute nightmare, you can be so OCD with them and still get problems!
“Apprentice marks” 🤣
From a 74 year old subscriber with mobility issues, whose legs have saId "no more riding for you old man". I don't have any more bikes and I sorely miss riding and getting on the tools.
Jim, you are informative, entertaining and most importantly not up yourself. Mate, I would even watch a video of you simply cleaning spark plugs.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ah but it wouldn't be simple. Jim's level of clean and mine are not miles apart.... More like worlds apart.
Past 3 months I’ve been working on a non-runner 4XV I brought cheap, At the stage of new panels being fitted, Tank repaint, Seats re-skinned & Wheels powder coated, so watching this was a blast as just been through the same, Carbs was on and off a few times lol, The day I finally re-fitted and synced them and thought i was done with them checked the throttle position sensor via the handy built in way to check (key on, unplug TPS then re-connect it) showed 10000 on RPMs witch means it’s too high… Carbs off again to get access to the TPS screws, Adjusted re-fitted carbs re-sync just in case I knocked them slightly out of sync, was a right nightmare, Glad it’s just about finished now. For anyone wondering how to check TPS position on older Carb modules 4XV & 5JJ, Turn key on but don’t start bike, Un-plug TPS then plug back in if Rev counter is sat at around 5.5k it’s perfect if it’s at 0 RPM or 10k it’s too far out need to get it too 5.5k 👍
Another R1 saved from the ruins - and an informative lesson on carburetors👍
I'm glad you addressed the issue of doing the first revolutions of an engine that's sat for a long time manually. Too many people just jump right in and crank it over on the starter.
On reconditioned engines we used to crank them over with the spark plugs out, primary ignition circuit disconnected, and rocker cover(s) off, at least until oil pressure had reached all the cam lobes despite the liberal use of assembly grease and a wee dollop of ATF down the plug holes.
that sounded pretty sweet straight off the button. I have the same gauges, bought them about 30 years back and still going strong. Another job done properly
Definitely had your fair share of R1’s this year including my 4XV 😮
Had bikes all my life , I've learnt so much from your vids, many thanks and keep up the good work 👏
Thanks Jim we are humbled that you take the effort to video your real life experiences repairing motorcycles and share it with us. Watching and learning from what you do is well worth the time we spend. Daz from Australia
Even if I wasn't a retired mechanical engineer and kawasaki triples fanatic (labour of love) I would thoroughly enjoy your videos Jim. Awesome.👍
Thanks Mate 👍
To preserve 1978 Kawasaki Z650 carbs over winter I run them dry then fill them with 20:1 two stroke mix, as the petrol evaporates over winter it leaves a smearing of oil on the carb internals preventing corrosion. Come spring it starts first time and runs like brand new again. Being doing it for thirty years now and never failed once.
@colinhall8998 what a great tip
I shall try this next winter
That thumbnail is fire!
I'd rather have a screen grab of the bike's actual leak as a thumbnail than some overdramatic AI-generated rubbish.
Thanks Jim for sharing your fight with motorcycle troubles...
I look forward to these videos on a Friday, another great one. 👍
🏍️ The repetition of watching your videos is giving me a lot of confidence when it comes to my little resto project. So many helpful tips! Speaking as a former swim coach of 20 years, repetition and revisiting basics is essential, Thank you!
You are very welcome. It makes me very happy that people find genuine value in these videos. It's a massive motivation to keep creating content 🙏
Thanks for all your efforts
Truly amazing mechanic
I love these 20 to 30 year old sportbikes. Thanks for doing these videos.
You bloody videos are bloody fantastic. I think I’ve watched nearly all of them since Xmas.
I did have a bit of a laugh on this one watching the fuel filter bowl run dry on warming the engine……😂…remember to turn the inlet lever on!! ❤👍🏻
Jim youve got the mumbles again 😂. Just love watching your videos they are just fantastic. Keep up the great work, just love it.👍👍👍
Thanks for all the video's Jim. I'm a retired car mechanic, but I enjoy riding and repairing bikes too and I've learned such a lot by watching you at work! Don't worry about the waffle Jim; if it helps you get your point across it's well worth listening to! Oh and by the way If you hydraulically lock a diesel engine (Usually due to water ingress rather than fuel) you will seriously damage it if not totally destroy it.
I learn so much and have recovered 2x CBR900RRX Blades jumping your hints and techniques. I love the way you present the daily battles
Vacuum is imo also depending of valve timing /clearance and the state of piston rings. So inter change a perfect performing balanced carburator on a other bike will see a change and will behave differently.
So I with you and a compliment for you Wath a bloody good specialist you are.
My favourite You tube Friday evening watch, that was a lesson in how to turn a sows ear into a silk purse with that carb job 👍. I had a Kwacker GT 750 flood and fill the bottom end, luckily I pulled the plugs before cranking it and spraying oil everywhere 🤣
Why is you being constantly interupted by the phone so funny 🤣 Thanks for the great content 👍
If it's not the phone, it's the compressor 😕😂
@@SuperbikeSurgeryTV so true 🤣 so funny (for me but maybe not for you) 😉
Always a pleasure watching your wisdom on super bikes 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🖤🇬🇧
I'm going to start my 1999 zx9r this afternoon. It hasn't been run for 4 years due to health problems and I really want to use it again as I get my licence back in April as long as I don't have another seizure in the meantime. The worst job for me is getting the throttle and choke cables off, I've never been able to do it 😂😂 I stripped the carbs while it was still attached last time but I'm going to get it off this time or I'll cut the cables with my side cutters 😂😂😂
Hope you have an ace Christmas 😊👍👍
I'm happy to say, I can buy non ethanol petrol here in the States. And I just bought a 2024 XR650L, and like my NT647, it has a carburetor. I know what you're thinking " in 2024? Bloody he'll. I can't wait to put a pipe on it and rejet it. It is sooooooooo lean right now, you hav2 choke the he'll out of it.
Great show as always mate. Stay Happy 😊 Cheers and go have a beer 👍💪🙏🖖
Many interruptions mean you're busy which means bread on the table Jim
Nice job,👌..I had a v,reg blue one..lovely bike..super smooth with the 40mm carbs ..no snatchyness like some fuel injection...and a appreciating machine now..nice bike..
As a complete novice to working on a bike, your videos are superb.
Replicate the problem has been invaluable to me.
I have to admit I'm laughing whilst learning Jim. 😂
Cheers mate
I liked the video before I even watched it. Mucho entertaining 👍
Pure magic jim. Good work.
That fuel tap at end tho.😮
Have this to do again with a '94 VFR after I left shite E10 sloshing about for a couple of months. Lesson learned.
Sterling work, squire!
Another awesome project..
The anticlimax of that fuel tap was truly palpable 😅
Ps I keep praying that one day you share the recipe for your ultrasonic cleaner concoction 🤓😊
Brilliant content love yo watch your videos
Great video ,as they all are. When your phone rang for the first time, I was hoping it was Uncle Joey again. I'm going to miss that guy. So much comedic value in him.
Great video Jim,you did my carburettors for me a couple of months ago and there spot on
*they're 😉
2 minutes into this-same problem with mine, 2002 5jj owned from new but laid up for 5 years. I rebuilt carbs but hey presto, piddly diddly ar y llawr. I guessed it's the fuel connector o rings thanks to shite Spanish unleaded replacement o rings now obtained. I've disconnected the supply til I get chance to get back to working on it. Have settled down to watch the rest of your fine production. Many thanks.
Jim love watching the vids mate. Your attention to detail is amazing.
Great, love you approach and language, the real deal thx
Brilliant as always Jim 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Love the vids Jim!!!!! Thank you 😊
Loving this channel
Smart man love your work❤
Another masterclass . Always entertaining and informative
I love my Carbtune tool, along with the 90 degree screwdriver I got when I worked for Triumph.
Like the phone answering bit-as good as coronation street
I Have seen a video of a Royal Star Venture, that had a stuck float bowl and an open valve. When the owner cranked the engine, 1 of the cylinders fired and it hydro locked and put the conrod through the crank case. I know this is rare, but it does happen. I was amazed that by the next day, the owner had stripped the bike and had a replacement engine running. these are not easy bikes to work on either
Jim, did he have one back in the day?? 🤔
Haha only joking, absolutely love your videos 🫶🏼 keep doing what you do 🙌🏼
Another great one. Wish there were two of you so that one can come and stay in my country. Keep up the great video's
A tip for cleaning the small parts (including jets) from the carburators: Take a small zip seal bag, put the parts in, fill it with your magic juice, close the bag with no air inside and put it in the ultrasonic cleaner. You will remember me.
😂👍 I do a similar thing, when they are ready bad I just float the plastic pot in the ultrasonic tank, works great 👍
@@SuperbikeSurgeryTV You can do manifold rubbers like that with mineral (baby) oil been told it softens them up lovely. Not tried it myself yet.
Love your content Jim,
A tipi picked up from Allen millyard was to clean the brass bits with clock cleaning solution,apart from using it outside because it stinks,it brings brass up like new
Love your videos mate, very helpful from a learner
I have had a set of JIS drivers - essential for small two strokes as the buggers had loads of them, until I discovered socket caps - since 1980 ish - I still have the brass bar I used as a punch, flat on the end, give the screw head a smack and then JIS it out it worked 9 times out of ten, if that failed same beating and then impact driver, failing that chisel the buggers off. Ride safe!
another great video Jim
Brilliantly content once again.
I am really surprised how dirty the carb's were going by the over all condition of the bike. Which I must say was in really really good condition. But I suppose it just goes to show. I have the early version but I only use it every three years. This is because I have an other two bikes. But I always drain the fuel out of the carbs and empty the tank. But it starts up every time after being laid up. But I do keep them in these zip up storage bags things so does help to keep the moisture off them.😊
"who dirty the carb's were" or "how dirty the carbs were"?
Thanks for all your effort.
Thank you for doing these videos sharing your extreme knowledge Jim
Great video Jim
jim, i absolutely love hearing you lose it!!!!!
Lovely! Had a blue mk 1 years ago. Awesome bike that made me go into but another 4 R1s over the years.
Great vid!!
Spielberg levels of camera work!
😂
Great to watch a pro at work
Thanks for another great video Jim 👍🏻
Great video Jim. I actually used one of those steam cleaning things on my first carb clean and rebuild. It was a 1999 zx6r with really filthy carbs. Can't really comment on how good it is as it's the first time I've done it but it defo helped me get into the orifices as I don't own an ultrasonic cleaner.
Good stuff. I like the new thumbnail format
Thanks Jim. Really enjoy your videos.
The exact same colour scheme of the one I bought new in 2000, only mine was much better taken care of when I traded it in for the new 2003 model. 🙂
Superb…I seriously love this channel
Love these videos.👍
Lovely bike, shame it's been neglected. Those carbs came up a treat.
Great video again Jim.
This is now my fave bike channel (used to watch 42teeth, but it started to annoy me), really enjoyed the GSXR engine rebuild you did a while ago! Glad you’re uploading more frequently now
For a minute, I thought that was my old bike - 2001 5jj. I was looking at the front wheel mud guard to see if there was a bit missing from a wheel lock hit :D
Loved the bike to bits, but it constantly needed attention. Coil packs, fuel pump, battery, weird issues. I kept it going and looked after it, but there was little help locally - I took it to a garage and the guy asked me where the ODB port was. At that moment, I thought better of leaving it with him, as I felt he would have been a parts cannon mechanic.
Sold it to a bloke who daily drives it and I still see it. I'm sure he takes it to bed with him ! :D
Great vid. Those carbs looked new when you finished!
Outstanding job sir.
Great work and well explained once again. Pi$$ed myself laughing when your phone went off the second time.
Hi jim, i have seen a few of your superbike surgerys now, and i enjoy you talking to us, the veiwer, and yourself, too . I learn as i watch you and have a bit of a chuckle to , its nice you said you appreciate people watching, commenting, and subscribing, so that's nice to hear. Where did you pick up this standby phrase from by the way?
Your "I Need To Clean It" nerves must be going nuts
😂 100%
As always brilliant content. Thank you 😀😀
I'm glad you asked for a subscription, i hadn't realised i wasn't subscribed already
Another brilliant video 👍👍
As always a top Video thank you !
Thanks for posting I really enjoy your videos.
I suffered the scourge of fuel leaking into the crank case on my mk1 bandit 1200. Lucky I was doing the oil change anyway, but I can't describe how shocked I was when the 3 ltrs of oil that I expected was rapidly followed by 2 ltrs of petrol. Petcock diaphragm AND internal carb float valve assembly seals had failed. I think because of using E10 fuel. Or they were just too old. Or both. It was bad anyway. Replaced all the bits and now I only use VPower.
Had similar, except the bike misfired a touch and I tried to”prime” just to ensure fuel was getting through. Then forgot. 3/4 of a tank of fuel through the carbs and into the engine / airbox (airbox was half full).
Just a dirty needle valve made far worse by me leaving it on prime .
bought some jis screwdrivers on your say so. love the channel so many top tips
So many R1's with carb problems. Mine leaked up the emulsion tube. Did 3 oil changes. My fuel tap also leaked. I'm blaming the ethanol.
Poxy thing still isn't perfect at 20mph but has had fuelling checked on dyno and a/f ratio is perfect😳
Very good job
Jim, love the vids always, even with the waffling (and Concours/ZG1000's were WELL known for hyrdo and bending con-rods). Could you do us a favor though? Anytime you mention a tool, give us a name or link in the description? I know you've mentioned those JIS bits a dozen times and today I thought about just ordering some to compliment my Vessel drivers that I hesitate to hammer on, but I can't be bothered to dig through the catalog of your videos to look for the ones you've landed on. Another source of some income if you do affiliate links too...
Or not, not like these vids are your main income. PS, miss your darling daughter interrupting. :)
I've worked on my bikes and cars since the 60s and I only learnt about JIS very recently 🤔
Love the thumbnail very pro looking 👍
Fantastic