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The problem is once one starts tinkering with carbs it can become an addiction and constant niggling trying reach ultimate perfection and one ends up chasing their tail. You change one thing and it ends up upsetting the balance requiring another change elsewhere. To get things running absolutely sp...

Hey Guys, thanks so much for the pointers. Gives me a lot more to look into which is promising. Some of the stuff I would never have though to check. Scenario 1; If you ride the bike for 10mins cruising at 3-4k rpm K&N air filter Tricky to set up without repeated dyno runs by someone who knows t...

Scenario 1; If you ride the bike for 10mins cruising at 3-4k rpm What gear 6th? As that's an overdrive gear. Try changing down a gear to help it fill its lungs quickly and cleanly for overtakes K&N air filter Tricky to set up without repeated dyno runs by someone who knows the VTR - and while g...

Hi Guys, Spent many, many hours, getting my bike to this point. It is near perfect except for a small inconsistency that I can not isolate and hoping someone with more experience knows. Sorry for the long post, I am a bit of a perfectionist so I give as many details as possible. Bike: 2003 SH with 1...

Hey Guys, Sorry for delay been busy with work. Appreciate the info, that is massively helpful. KermitLeFrog: I assumed those were the factory stock plugs. One thing I noticed when I took the K&N filter off there was approx 2 tablespoons of filter oil pooled in the airbox. I wonder if it's possib...

Hey Tony, I have not done the CCT's. I plan to but for now they are the stock auto tensioners. I did not see any evidence that valve covers had been off, I do not believe the bike has had any valve train work. I could of course be wrong. I should mention I did not remove the carbs or sensor from the...

Hey Everyone. Long time reader, first time poster. I have searched extensively online but can't find anything that pertains to my situation exactly. I would greatly appreciate if someone could chime in and offer some insight. I recently picked up a very clean 2003 SH with 11000kms on the ODO. Bike h...