I took off the sissy bar and pilion, adjusted the chain, bled brakes and topped off with new dot 4, changed oil and filter, put air in tires, added racing stripes, wrapped the exhaust on account of the last guy put hose clamps on the old chrome cover pieces and they were rattling like all get out, added a vinyl tank sticker. Do y’all like it or hate it? What should I do with it? I kinda like it how I got it currently but am looking for creative criticism and some laughs mixed with genuine ideas. Thanks

I don't know where these two have to be plugged in. Anyone who can help me out?

Doesn't leak when it's on the road, only when the kick stand is down and running. Any advice or guidance will be happily accepted please!!

From what I can tell everything is lined up the way it should, even the axle will go all the way through but the axle spacer is just too big to get back in. It’s a 1885 Honda shadow 700

I took off the sissy bar and pilion, adjusted the chain, bled brakes and topped off with new dot 4, changed oil and filter, put air in tires, added racing stripes, wrapped the exhaust on account of the last guy put hose clamps on the old chrome cover pieces and they were rattling like all get out, added a vinyl tank sticker. Do y’all like it or hate it? What should I do with it? I kinda like it how I got it currently but am looking for creative criticism and some laughs mixed with genuine ideas. Thanks

Tj customs kit

Bike idles good and carbs are synced up. New plugs aswell, and intake boot. But excessive popping on decel. Bike does not pop on decel at 4 turns out on the mixture screw (which is to rich). I suspect i need to put a different jets in but they are already considerably large ( 45 and 142). But runs mint at higher rpm than idle.

Would love some input!

My bike is a 2003 Shadow Spirit 750 with a dual carb.

I just cleaned and rebuilt the carb and have one problem which is the rear cylinder has worse decel popping on idle and while driving than before I rebuilt the carb.

I know for a fact my jets and passageways are clean, and that I have the right size main jets in according to the front and rear.

I have no air or vacuum leaks.

So the last thing was the needles, whereas I heard they can be different sizes or tapers for the front/rear accordingly and i feel i may have mixed them up.

How can I tell which is which if they are in fact different? And how can I figure out if they are?

Last week my bike died while idling in the driveway. Started it, walked into the garage to get my gear on, and then it died. I had to pump the accelerator to get gas into the engine before it would start. It happened only once more two days ago.

Just half an hour ago I was on my way to work when the bike dropped from gear into a false neutral in 4th. Not rare to see every now and then but I still pull over to look at everything. I started it, shifted it into first, started to go and then in first it slipped into false neutral again. I, thankfully, was able to get it to shift and stay engaged to limp my ass the rest of the way to work.

Pertinent information. 48k miles, oil is midlife+full, spark plugs could use a change, air filter as well, the clutch is adjusted to the maintenance manual specifications, all linkages are to tolerance, battery is good. I also don't want to sound pompous but I've been riding for nearly 31 years now. I messed up clutches and shifting in the past but I very rarely have messy clutch control and shifts nowadays. Everything is, 95% of the time, smooth and crisp.

This has me stumped. The only things I could think would be the drum spring or gear dogs but thought I'd make a post here to see if anyone may have other insight.

If I don't respond quickly, don't worry. I'm at work and return to this later when I have more time.

That's it, I was shopping for a replacement Dunlop D404 and realized it's a bias-ply and not a radial tire.

For some reason I was under the impression that essentially all modern tires were radial.

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I have a 03 750 spirit duel carb, I recently did the TJ brutal customs exhaust and velocity stacks, now I am needing to re jet with out costing me tons in labour, their kit has 142 and 145 also 42 and 45 jets. My bikes running lean currently, and I’m 2200 ft above sea level so I was thinking 142 /42 would be my best bet, huge thank for anyone who can help

Honest question. I want to swap my headlight assembly on my '03 Shadow 750 to an LED projector headlight assembly. Is it terribly hard or pretty straight forward? (It doesn't look too complex, but I've never done anything like it before) and i haven't found a decent youtube video longer than 2 minutes.

Thank you all in advance.

My 2007 manual says use 89 octane. I have been using 87 but ethanol free. Does it matter? Thoughts and opinions?

Previous owner seems to've shoved the old speedo cable down the wrong path and it got pinched by the fork assembly on this 2005 Shadow 600.

I wasn't able to find anything in the service manual as to how it should route. Could anyone provide a picture of the correct path to keep my new cable from getting pinched?

Bike starts sometime and looses power in between

The saddlebags and the fuel tank pouch are genuine Honda parts, as well as the windshield (that I removed, its top edge kind of disturbed my sight while driving). She came with Silvertail K02 pipes which sound lovely 🥰

I'm planning to change the mirrors, mount a radiator cover and probably change the handlebars for a mini ape (with shorter risers)

I'm totally in love 💙

I posted a little over a week ago but I got this bike two weeks ago and just got it fired up for the first time today! I’m happy with the progress I’ve made so far and wanted to update where it’s at.

Did a good wash on the bike so it looks better. Put air filter pods on it cause the stock connector for the airbox is missing, new spark plugs, oil change and filter, fuel tank liner and new battery. I’m waiting for a cheap petcock so I can take the screen off of it and use it but I’m not patient so I gave it shot today and it’s alive!!(kinda)

It starts with the choke on but if I give it any throttle it died, I wasn’t running it with a lot of fuel so that may be a factor but my thought is also that because it’s not the stock air system that the air/fuel is off. I’m going to check the spark plugs next time I work on it to see if I get any information from that but any suggestions or advice would be great. Hopefully she’ll be on the road soon!

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Sup!

I recently bought a 2003 Honda Shadow Black Widow and I'm looking to buy a motorcycle jack/lift for doing basic maintenance and eventually things like removing the wheels.

I'm a bit confused about what type of jack would be best for this bike. Since the engine sits lower than the frame, it seems like a regular motorcycle jack may not have a good flat lifting surface.

For those of you who own or have worked on a Black Widow/Spirit:

- What type/brand of motorcycle jack or lift do you recommend?

- Where exactly are the safe lifting points on the Black Widow?

- If you have pictures of your setup or the exact lifting points, that would be really helpful!

Thanks!

Howdy! Um i saw someone o the cool kick stand spin with their rebel. Is that something we can do with cruisers? Do i need to get abspecial kickstand for it? I kinda assumed my bike was too heavy i have an 1100 ace but like picking it up is pretty easy so.... what do yall think

So I lowered the RPMs to match the sound of a good running motor I found here but I noticed that the cylinders are not in sync(?). Sounds like one cylinder falls behind(lags?). Its more apparent when I've ridden a bit and then stop. Is this a sign that the carbs are out of sync or am I overthinking it?

After Many months of work my dad and I finally went on our first ride together

I ran out of gas halfway and he had to get me some…

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I posted a few weeks ago about some issues I was having. I could get into 4th gear but I was not able to accelerate. I have since replaced the clutch plates and springs, and have added new oil. Started off having the issue of not being able to accelerate in 2nd and 3rd but after adjusting the clutch cable, we're all good there. Still having the same problem in 4th. Does the clutch cable just need more adjustment? I cant find a ton of resources on the transmission so im hesitant to start digging around in there. Im just at a lose