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I have the same philosophy with my bikes and the only reason i like the Iridium is because of the enhanced spark i get out of them as well as the resistance they have to fouling. As you're from Alberta you can attest to the winters in this country as being horrible for bike starting. I drive my bikes until snowfall, and additionally when the roads are clear on an unusually mild day ill even ride then! Where i do try to get my moneys worth is usually my oil as i use synthetic but even then i change every 7k.. Haha.

Nice to meet you Van and yeah i can already tell from skulking around the forums that thems two guys know what theyre saying! After buying a bike like this, i didn't know there was such a large community and im very happy to see that there is one. Honestly, i thought this bike was much lesser known than it is. I didn't do a lot of research before i bought it because the guy was selling it for 800$ with 50k on it and had people lined up down the proverbial "block" to buy it off him. I immediately went to the bank and got him his petty 800 clams in exchange for this sex machine!! Anyhow, i did learn that 1st gen 82 So far a lot of planned work and i am looking for the correct plug type but i am getting two types. Can anyone confirm that the 86' takes DPR8EA-9 NGK plugs? Im going to stick Iridiums in her for that extra kick and insurance. I am also looking at universal handlebar mounts that will sit in the tripple tree. I am unsure which size to get and am reluctant to buy the wrong size for this bike, because i know nothing is truly universal haha.

Excellent advice! I will be checking into the tank liner, good to know about a specific product since there are so many. Also yeah, after i ran it around more there is no more backfiring, no more smoke and no more issues other than my low idle. Ill be doing that foam treatment before i get into the thick of it with a full clean. Has anyone here done a sea foam treatment into the air intake? Im thinking taking the filter out, and spraying some sea foam right into the carbs from above to really get them at the heart.

@ Flyinfool - Thanks for the reply on this, i couldn't find the resource but its probably because i am a trial member. Just seeing the amount of help here and topics makes that 12$ 100% worth it and i would like to contribute to the community here as well if i can. Especially people modding their VRs. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Now that is some amazing advice. The amount of searching i have done for a GOOD solution for servicing carbs probably ranks around the 20 hour mark. I forgot to mention in my first post that the first few times i ran the bike when i got her home, it was spitting gas out of the carb drain hoses (unsure which carb), probably due to sticky floats. I let the bike sit for about a week after that as i was away and too busy to spend good time on her. When i came back to work on it, the bike wouldn't idle at all, which is where i am today kind of. I went out and bought Deep Creep seafoam, an oil sealing agent and some rustremoval for the tank. I plan on pulling it off and doing the tank first to get the rust out of it. THEN hit the carbs using your method. I am going to start off with a few ounces of seafoam in the fuel tank on the VR to get it working in the system, then start the process. Any additional advice on using seafoam for long term operational use or carb cleaning?

Excellent news for the head/taillights. Thought this was going to be a huge issue for me. I need to somehow also hide all the extra wiring and i believe splicing every single wire to shorten them is out of the question.. I hope i can pull them all back and tuck them under the seat somehow, but thats gonna be a lot of work. I believe its rust for sure now and that i've dislodged something in the gas tank. I believe it was sitting for over a year in Canadian weather. I took a look in the top of the tank and i found some smooth rust spots as well. I stuck a plastic rope down into the tank to see if i could rub on the sides and there was certainly some rust colouration on the rope. Possible to line the tank or treat it? I took a video (below link) of the bike running right now and it sounds like its backfiring, while producing WAY too much white exhaust. Afterwards the exhaust slowly comes out of the tailpipe like a cigarette plume. The backfiring happens around 40 seconds mark. Let me know if the link is broken, and ill try loading it elsewhere. https://vid.me/WIWm

So i am now an owner of a VR 86' 1300 and i am planning on stripping it down and transforming it into my own creation. I am going for a Vmax VR hybrid look and i am seeking some help with a few aspects of getting to the end goal. I have run into some trouble both weird and normal: Taillight, head light, blinkers: These run through the CMU (dash unit) to work correctly, and i have little experience dealing with electronics to come up with a solution in order to bypass this. I guess i can do some splicing but i am wondering if anyone's done anything like this or has other possible solutions in mind. Idles fine but slowly dies (SOLVED) ALSO - i cannot tell if my radiator is working correctly without the CMU connected. The fan doesn't seem to want to work either and i am not sure how i can work around this.. Maybe rig the fan to run 100% of the time? Still have no idea how to figure that out. Currently what she looks like (beautiful): The end result would be chopping that tail end off, shrinking it down, replacing the seat to something more smooth, replacing the headlamp with something meatier and finally obviously replacing the old handlebars with something else that i have not fully decided on.