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fc 501 questions

Joined Dec 2013
54 Posts | 7+
nottinghamshire england
hi, bought a 99 fc501 just before xmas and what an odd but great bike it is lol! left foot kickstart? air intake runs through the frame? love it!

so a few things

1, why is there more than one feul pipe coming from the tank?????lol

2, whats this little lever do on top of the gearbox at the side of the kickstart? it has a slot for the barrel of a cable but theres no cable for it?
has anyone ever converted the air intake so it doesn't go through the frame? im a bit worried as theres paint flakes inside mine and I take it the bike doesn't run on these lol so think il be jet washing it out at the weekend

overall any helpful tips would be appreciated or advice on maintence, I bought the bike purely because its different! and a lot of fun and the engine looks really simple to remove and work on too! think its a 99 model!

cheers :cheers:
 
that little lever is a kickstart actuated decompressor. when you kick the arm should flick from right to left as you view it from the right side f the bike.

it's the poorest of the three decompressors: the other two being a cable operated one up to your left handlebar and the third an invisible one mounted on the camshaft.

the one on the camshaft is the one to get right ideally. so I'd leave that cable off the kickstart one and concentrate on the old way which is to hit the 'wall' and then using the flick lever on the left bar to get the engine just over TDC. then fire it!

regards

Taffy
 
ok thanks for that, do you know anywhere in the uk that I can get graphics and plastics for this bike?
 
nowhere. all I can suggest is that DangerUK who have been around the longest will have some individuals own design on file. see if you can't them to change a couple of stripes and do a set for you.

Taffy
 

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