http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/ Honda Reflex Owners Group Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:07:32 GMT agoldink http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70588 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70588 I changed Rear end oil, engine oil,new fuel filter new K&N air filter, new tires front and rear (Avon Vipers)K-mod,with new honda belt, deglazed faces at same Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:06:48 GMT a2012reflex http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70587 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70587 You are right. I used the first number I saw on this thread, http://www.faqs.org/qa/qa-2617.html but did not notice that no one agreed that gas weighs 8.66 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:00:04 GMT jhcaudill http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70586 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70586 In light aircraft computations for "weight & balance", it is common to use 6 lbs per gallon of gas. Water is usually figured as 8 lbs per gallon ("a pint, a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:28:58 GMT a2012reflex http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70585 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70585 I bought mine in December 2012 with about 20K miles on it. I did the variator belt change, de-glazed the pulleys, changed the rear end oil, new oil(not Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:05:27 GMT a2012reflex http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70584 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70584 Just for fun the math goes something like this. If you go 60 mph and get 60 mpg, gas weighs about 8.66 lbs or 138.66 ounces per gallon. If you use 138.66 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:14:58 GMT BruceK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70583 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70583 Well first, you're not going to get a LOT MORE than 72 MPH out of a 250cc engine. What is the RPM when the top speed is reached? Mark's post provided a lot of Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:08:06 GMT BruceK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70582 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70582 The spec is 8 oz in 30 seconds. You don't REALLY need that much, but a trickle is probably not enough. Bruce Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:59:26 GMT paddywhackedtoo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70581 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70581 My Reflex purchase was very similar to yours. I bought mine (a 2002) back in December 2012 with only 2800 miles on it. After a bit of neglected maintenance, my Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:18:56 GMT paddywhackedtoo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70580 Yeesh! What a PITA job! However, you probably had a cast iron head on that 351, yes? Reflex has an aluminum head, which WILL strip out easily - I don't care Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:53:29 GMT j lumm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70579 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70579 what top end were u expecting? 72, especially if gps verified, seems good to me. i'm 165 lbs and that's about top end for me. some folks claim 80 mph and Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:30:03 GMT jdk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70578 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70578 I'm two weeks into owning my Reflex. I am really enjoying my experience so far! I bought it from a lady that bought it from a dealer one year ago and she Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:39:40 GMT red rider http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70577 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70577 When the bike is running, how much fuel should there be coming out of the fuel pump? Constant steady stream or just a trickle? -Norm Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:43:38 GMT paddywhackedtoo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70576 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70576 My thanks, Bruce. I was trying to remember the name for those (helicoils) things, but my word-retrieval software in my head wasn't co-operating that morning. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:10:29 GMT Rock http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70575 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70575 I have run into this on a Ford 351 eng, because for what ever reason (I may have shaved the heads on a surface grinder) the plugs were 1 thread into the Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:55:27 GMT red rider http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hondareflexowners/message/70574 Thanks Bruce. Not the news I wanted to hear, but fixable. I'll check it out. -Norm