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I'm pretty new here; I've been signed up for a few months so I could use the search button, but I thought I'd say hi for my first post. I've got an '84 700 that I repainted Midnight Blue. Picked it up really cheap 3 years ago when I was still in high school and got it running. It turned out that second gear was going bad, so I just shift by it and don't ever use it. When I was rebuilding the carbs, I broke one of those plastic air tubes in between the carbs, and I went back and forth with the local Honda dealer trying to get the right part. It turns out their fische was wrong and I ended up getting it after they ordered a similar part for a 750, but long story short, is there an easy way to clean the carbs so I don't break any of those plastic pieces? It was almost $30 bucks if I remember right.

Howdy!

Sorry, don't have the answer to your question. Figure if they were all replaced, I would hope that would increase your chances, of them not breaking. (Due to the plastic not being as dried, old, and brittle.) Try a little dura lube.

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I think i've got one of the bike itself somewhere but not of the carbs. Here we go.


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Generations of Interceptors Pauls 1984 Interceptor, my 2002 interceptor

I think your carbs are similar to my Sabre carbs. I've done the Sabre at least 3 times (took that many times to get it right) and the VFR the same as well (finally figured out the choke circuit was plugged) and the wifes Suz once. ALL 3 bikes had
not been ridden in a long time.
If your bike is down for a significant period of time, like winter, I recommend draining the carbs so the fuel in the carbs cannot evaporate and cause varnishing.
Also use Stabil or an equilvalent in the remaining gas in the tank, and of course turn off the petcock. With these steps hopefully you will not have to clean the carbs again.
But, I would NOT separate tha carbs and risk breaking the plastice tubes you are referring to. I did separate mine on the Sabre once, didn't break any tubes but the o rings were shot, had no choice.
If you search on my name, I put together a detailed cleaning process around last fall if your interested.
Good luck..............

Yeah, that is what my bike looks like now in Dave's picture. Here is some pics of it when I picked it up.


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Here's one when Dave (klrtovfr) and I went riding in Iowa last year


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I want one. New is cool, but I'm and old-school schlub. LOL. Bet you can tune that thing to a purr, and be-bop the he!!, out of it. Miss an old carbed bike. No ECM, the only brain is the applied one. Uh,...well,...

How many have you replaced? (the plastic jobs).

And of course, More pics.

I've only replaced one of them. I was really lucky when putting the carbs back in, I was sure that another was going to break, but they didn't. So I think I'm going to try to avoid pulling them apart again.

You've done a great job on your '84, well done!

Thanks. I've got one last pic. I think it's the only other one I have of the bike. It was the first day I rode it after I fixed it up.


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Great job on bringing it back to life...Welcome as well.

Hey welcome to the site. Good job perservering and fixing it up yourself. It looks like you have a great bike to ride now. beer.gif

I'm having some problems with my left turn signals. Sometimes they work, sometimes they won't, and sometimes I have to hold the switch to the turn position or they shut off. I'm thinking that the problem is in the switch itself. Possibly dirty?