Is This NORMAL???

[VTR Jay]

Recently, and I do mean recently [ 500k ago ] I had my VTR major serviced at my local Honda Dealer.
I had the Cam Chains and tensioners replaced with brand new ones - new Oil/Filter and Air filter fitted,
All fluids replaced [ Brake, clutch and coolant ] had my headlight assembly replaced, brand new battery,
brake pads replaced, brand new Dunlop Qualifier on the front, and a brand new Dunny Qualifier on the rear.

Yesterday I went for a ride to the Gold Coast. [ For those of you unfamiliar with the place, it's about 250 kms from
where I live, and now owned by the chinks. Sand Surf and Titties everywhere ]...
While cruising on the back roads, I decided to give the ol girl a bit of a spurt [ as you do ]
Didn't push it too much, reckon I may have cracked the 200 there on the odd occasion. The temperature gauge hardly moved.

When I found myself stuck in bumper to bumper traffic on the M1 Freeway, The needle began to climb. It got to about half there before we got moving again, but the temp gauge didnt drop.
A little farther down the road I had stopped at the traffic lights and kicked her into neutral and stretched my back and shoulders...The temp gauge was now hot and the fans kicked in. People alongside of me thought I was a transformer and the bike was about to take off vertically or something. If looks could kill....

All of a sudden I heard this clunk.

Just the once...and it felt like the engine was going to conk. It was like the engine had missed - or had a brief fuel block...
When I got home later that evening, I pulled up in my garage, put her into neutral, and let the clutch out to get off, and it clunked again...
Just the once....
admitted, I have only owned the bike for a month, but I dont recall the bike ever doing it before.
I'm just wondering if this is a sign of something more serious, or is it just normal for the VTR?
Any comments greatly appreciated...

Thanks.


Jay

[tony.mon]

Yep, normal.
It's a backfire through a carb into the airbox, you can feel it through the tank.
They all do it to a greater or lesser degree, balancing the carbs helps and I found that fitting a -4degree ignition trigger (advancer) from Factory Pro stops it but it runs hotter, so you might want to think about that.

Also turning the tickover up to around 1400 helps as well.

[benny hedges]

turning the tickover up to around 1400 helps as well.

agree. i run about 1200 tbh and it seems fine as long as everything else is bob on as well.
what did sh1t me was rolling slowly round a corner in town, probably at around 1500rpm, it coughed, stalled and hopped the back wheel - tried to fall over as there was no power to pull back up...
leg down moment, sh1t meself lol, nearly dropped it in front of a crowd

[VTR Jay]

turning the tickover up to around 1400 helps as well.

agree. i run about 1200 tbh and it seems fine as long as everything else is bob on as well.
what did sh1t me was rolling slowly round a corner in town, probably at around 1500rpm, it coughed, stalled and hopped the back wheel - tried to fall over as there was no power to pull back up...
leg down moment, sh1t meself lol, nearly dropped it in front of a crowd

Thanks, Yeah I'm already idling at about 1200 rpms...thought it was quite high actually...
Thanks guys.

[VTR Jay]

turning the tickover up to around 1400 helps as well.

agree. i run about 1200 tbh and it seems fine as long as everything else is bob on as well.
what did sh1t me was rolling slowly round a corner in town, probably at around 1500rpm, it coughed, stalled and hopped the back wheel - tried to fall over as there was no power to pull back up...
leg down moment, sh1t meself lol, nearly dropped it in front of a crowd

Hey I really do like the white. Never seen a white VTR before.

[benny hedges]

Hey I really do like the white. Never seen a white VTR before.

cheers bud - they don't do white ones, that's why i did it.
it was either white or kawa green...
it looks a bit rough close up though tbh cos i ended up rushing it to get some summer riding - i thought crouton it, i'm being too fussy.
i'll do it proper over the winter if it lasts that long lol
i put all the mods in my profile thing cos they wouldn't fit in my sig!

glad you like it

[VTR Jay]

Hey I really do like the white. Never seen a white VTR before.

cheers bud - they don't do white ones, that's why i did it.
it was either white or kawa green...
it looks a bit rough close up though tbh cos i ended up rushing it to get some summer riding - i thought crouton it, i'm being too fussy.
i'll do it proper over the winter if it lasts that long lol
i put all the mods in my profile thing cos they wouldn't fit in my sig!

glad you like it

Nah , I Really Really like it.Considering the same paint job myself actually....

[Pointblank]

Yeah i like the white too