97 Valkyrie Carb Question

[Phantom]

DO yourself a favor and use TECHRON , buy 2 bottles just in case. Try Auto Zone or Sam's Club. It does a better job than Seafoam.

OR if you have a connection with a auto repair facility, the BEST carb cleaner is BG 44K Fuel System Cleaner , you may not ever heard of it, but that is because it is not sold directly to the public through retail stores. You can find it on e-bay. I have used this and it is NOT cheap but a lot less than a rebuild, the results are amazing.

One of the quotes from the below link "well kept secret as BG only supply Dealerships, no auto parts supply stores have access to it"Read the following comments including post #8 ....

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...m-cleaner.html


Find a dealer near you that MIGHT be willing to sell a can over the counter ... http://www.bgfindashop.com/locator/index.php

[Phantom]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BG44K-BG-44K...b4c859&vxp=mtr

[Tbone56]

DO yourself a favor and use TECHRON , buy 2 bottles just in case. Try Auto Zone or Sam's Club. It does a better job than Seafoam.

OR if you have a connection with a auto repair facility, the BEST carb cleaner is BG 44K Fuel System Cleaner , you may not ever heard of it, but that is because it is not sold directly to the public through retail stores. You can find it on e-bay. I have used this and it is NOT cheap but a lot less than a rebuild, the results are amazing.

One of the quotes from the below link "well kept secret as BG only supply Dealerships, no auto parts supply stores have access to it"Read the following comments including post #8 ....

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...m-cleaner.html


Find a dealer near you that MIGHT be willing to sell a can over the counter ... http://www.bgfindashop.com/locator/index.php

My brother-in-law is a parts manager at the Ford dealer, so he may have it. Thanks.

[Steve 0080]

The BG product is very good... your low idle jets are gummed up.... drive around at low speeds.... under 45 and that will help clean the low speed jets... after about two tanks pull her down, if not running right, and D & C .... and ALWAYS use Stabil

[1951vbs]

DO yourself a favor and use TECHRON , buy 2 bottles just in case. Try Auto Zone or Sam's Club. It does a better job than Seafoam.

OR if you have a connection with a auto repair facility, the BEST carb cleaner is BG 44K Fuel System Cleaner , you may not ever heard of it, but that is because it is not sold directly to the public through retail stores. You can find it on e-bay. I have used this and it is NOT cheap but a lot less than a rebuild, the results are amazing.

One of the quotes from the below link "well kept secret as BG only supply Dealerships, no auto parts supply stores have access to it"Read the following comments including post #8 ....

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...m-cleaner.html


Find a dealer near you that MIGHT be willing to sell a can over the counter ... http://www.bgfindashop.com/locator/index.php

+1 on the TECHRON Saved the former owner's neglect on my Norton carb. Cleaned up the ethonol induced issues with my Vincent carbs and fixed my stalling problem with my BMW K1200GT....Really!

[Phantom]

If you are still not convinced about the BG44K, here are some more reviews ....

http://www.amazon.com/BG-44K-Fuel-Sy...owViewpoints=1


FYI, my Diesel Mechanic, Local Porsche Dealership, BMW and Mercedes Dealerships use it.
It wouldn't surprise me if one of these shade tree repair shops would charge their customer for a carburetor rebuild but instead use a can of BG44K to fix the problem. The product is that good.

[Scotrod]

Yep, idle circuit/jets plugged/restricted.

Tank flush / fresh gas wouldn't hurt.

Riding w/cleaners might work,,, worth a try.

Berryman's B-12 used to be pretty good.

[RickW]

Put a post on the Valkyrie Rider Cruiser Club Tech Board.

There are people there who are incredibly good with Valkyries and can help with anything.

Rick

[hondabikepro]

the best way to fix your carb problems are to rebuild them. as old as your bike is, it is in need of new orings, float needles and seats, take your carbs to a dealer that has a ultrasonic cleaning tank, this is what we use to clean carbs. the float needles soon will start leaking fuel into the left had cylinders, when this happens you may hydrolock the motor, and damage the staters gears, this is a motor pull to repair. also replace the fuel valve diaphragm, they are starting to leak fuel into the left bank, threw the vacuum hose that opens the fuel valve, turning off the valve makes no difference, and it will drain the fuel tank into the motor. the best way to store this bike is drain the carbs of all fuel, fill the tank with a fuel additive. in both of my dealer ships we do not leave any fuel in carbs, even on the show room floor, it is a pain, but drain everyone after running them, this is the only way that we can be positive, not to have any running issues, any stale fuel will also wet foul the spark plugs, some plugs are 15.00 each and take over a hour to install.. dale

[Steve 0080]

Ya, What Dale said..... and this is one of the major reasons I sold my Valk...you DO have to be a mechanic to own one. I used to turn the fuel off about a 1/2 mile from my house to get most of the fuel out of the carbs... Hydro lock it ZERO fun as well... if the bike will clean up enough to run OK for you then run it, but I can almost guarantee you will be pulling the carb pak... great bike, just too old...sorry