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on a ride to go look at another bike last week i was happily cruising along on my 2006 vt125 until the engine completely bogged on me, completely cut out and made me disappear in a cloud of white smoke like a ninja, i coasted to the nearest safe place and pulled over to see what had happened, no...

‘2006 Shadow 750 no acceleration at an Idle I can pull either plug wire with no change in idle, when riding it seems to be running on 1 cylinder hard to reach 60 mph slows way down up hill. I tried back flushing the carbs withno change. There is also a backfire in the carbs you can hear it...

I bought this bike and Dude said it ran but it only ran with choke. Had carbs cleaned and fixed by Honda, redid plugs and plug caps. Cleaned the gas tank, adjusted throttle, and bought new carb boots. Before all of that it would hesitate or even just die out upon the slightest throttle input...

Hello I recently got a 1987 Honda Shadow vt700c that had been sitting around for over 4 years. When I replaced the battery and attempted to start it it was not starting. So, I decided to give it some gas and when I pulled the throttle back, fuel start spilling out from the front left of the...

hi my name is Carly, I am a beginner when it comes to riding motorcycles. This is my second bike the first one I only had for about a month. In this 2006 Honda Shadow Spirit 750 DC I've had for less than two weeks. I bought the bike and apparently had been sitting for 5 months. I have changed...

Hi All! Working on my first bike, a 1983 VT500 which hasn't started in about 8 months. In order to get a better angle to try and remove the front left spark plug, I removed the top cover over the pistons. The cover came off nice and easy with no wrestling or problems, but when I took it off -...

So I just purchased a 1983 Honda shadow 500 in rough condition, been sitting for years and it shows. I got it home and started to see if i can get it to start or do something. Had no ignition key so I spliced the two wires together and got the lights to come on then I push the start buttons and...

Hi, i just joined this forum because I am gonna be using this to look for ideas and while seeking assistance on bike repairs. I am excited to see what i can do with my '09 vt750c2f and already got a few ideas. finally, is there a separate part of the forum to ask for help?