One area of maintenance that will make your Victory motorcycle, or any motorcycle, run like new is cleaning the Throttle body. I do mine every other oil change, and I am amazed at how much differance it makes. Many of you will look, and think that there is too little build up on the throttle bodies to worry about. However since the Victory motorcycle does not use an Idle Air Bypass. A little bit of maintenance of the throttle bodies goes a long way. This may sound difficult, but is in fact pretty easy, and can easily be done in under an hour. The fun and time comes in removing the fuel tank and air cover to get at the throtle bodies. Dissasembly Remove both side covers. Remove the 2 bolts that secure the seat. Remove the cheese wedge on the rigt side. Loosen the clamp on the top fuel line[behind cheese wedge] that comes from the rear. slide the line off. It will only dribble a few drops. Remove the one rear, and two front side allen bolts that secure the tank. Lift the rear of the tank a few inches with one hand. Use the other to unplug the electronic plug. Also note that the vent line[small black plastic hose] You will need a flat tip to bend the tab that it passes through. Just spread it enough to get the vent line up. Lift the front of the tank, and remove the vent line. Lift tank straight up You will now be looking at the back bone and air box. On the top rear of the airbox you will see a cover that is screwed on with either philips or 8mm screws remove them, and the cover. You will now be looking in at the air tubes. They are simply slid into place. So first remove the rear

[some wiggleing will be necessary. Remove the front tube. Well you finaly made it! You can now see the throttle plates. If you twist the throttle you will see a line of crud around the thottle bore, and on the plates. I use a rod from a gun cleaning kit, and patches from the same kit for the cleaning. Spray carb cleaner on the patch an wipe away all the visible crud. Then use a dry rag to wipe away all the residue. As I said most of you will think you are wasting your time, But once it is back together. You are in for a surprise. Reassembly is the reverse order, but make sure you re route the fuel line back to the fitting,and don't forget to slide it on , and tighten the clamp. With the key on cycle the kill switch 3 times to repressurise the fuel system. It may stumble a couple of seconds on restart, but don't worry. I usualy have to lower the idle 2-3 hundred RPM when I'm done. Idle should be 1000RPM + - 50. It is set by a screw on the left rear of the throttle body. The screw is gold in color, and requires a long philips to reach it.

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