Pay the $150. The stocker lasted this long, right? Any aftermarket junk that you have to booty fab and won't last as long as the stocker did. Also, the $150 is a small price to pay for something that will plug-n-play and get you back out riding without custom fab or wiring hacks...

Just my $.02.

Ryan

 

Thanks Ryan. Makes sense. I was starting to think that was the right call.

I live in Portland, OR and the weather finally turned and it's race weekend in town. Was attempting to do everything I could to have her running well.

Off to the honda store!

 

Or you can go the free way and run it without a pump. Just do a gravity feed setup like the newer 900s do. It works great, you will never notice you don't have a pump there. Just be sure to turn the petcock to off position when you are done riding.

 

+1 :thumb:

 

89ls1, Are you running fuel pump-less on your '95? I've read several posts that talk up going gravity fed/ no pump, but they also mention that engine begins to starve at high speeds - on FWY.

I would love to go pump-less, but I was a bit skeptical. Do elaborate if you have a minute. Thanks!!!

 

I currently do not run pumpless because my pump has not given me any problems yet. BUT, my brother owns a 94 900rr which we setup gravity feed because the pump went out while we where cruising down the highway, so we took it out and his bike has been running great since. That was about a little over a month ago. He gets his bike upwards of 150mph often and has not had any problems with starvation. Most mornings on our way to work we cruise about 90 if not a little quicker, all 25 miles, all HIGHWAY. When/If my pump gives out Im just going to run gravity feed myself instead of spending all the cash on a new pump.

 

Same issue here... my fuel pump was working intermittantly and then last night I pulled it completely off and I rode around San Antonio for about 90 miles and didn't notice anything different other than my bike wasn't sputtering. Just remember to shut the gas off so as not to possibly flood the carbs out becasue then you're going to have your exhaust pipes filled with gas, and for one that would be a waste and for two, the headers can be a real biziotch to get off and on at times... unless you have Allen Head replacement bolts in place of the stock bolt setup.

 

get the part number from Ron Ayers Motorsports - Motorcycle, ATV, Jet Ski and Generators Parts and Accessories and order it from zanotti motor in PA or service honda in OH. It will be a fair bit cheaper as opposed to buying it from your local 'stealer'.

 

with out pump you must have over half full tank with gas. its tru its run great ,but not in high rpm\km.h and loooong weelies. :idunno:

 

I realize that this is an old thread, but it's the newest/best fit. Mods please move if desired.


The OEM fuel pump on my '93 900 was dead when I revived it; 'twas parked far too long with fuel in it, and I went with a FleaBay version from China that was ~$47.00 delivered. Minor issues were that the inlet & outlet were reversed, and the pigtail adapter was female on both ends. :rant:

For saving that much money, no biggie... or so I thought. After two months and almost exactly 2,000 miles, it died. At least the time and location it chose to go was good: at the top of Santiam Pass in Orygun, on a nice day with a paved pullout and several hours of daylight remaining. Downhill in both directions.

Thanks to this forum, I knew that bypassing Mr. pump was the easy option, and I was back on the road in about 30 minutes. The sputters were just returning at the first gas station (in Sweet Home), and there was enough room for 2.65 gallons.

Bit the weenie as soon as I got back with a stock pump. As already mentioned, the more expensive option in this case is better. :thumb:


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MP63, OR74/Heppner Highway, two days ago :woowoo:

 

To avoid the same problem in the future, delete the fuel pump entirely. I have on 2 different 900's. 1000's of miles, nary a problem.

 

Yup, both 93's.

 

I friend of mine has a Victory V92 with a bad pump. OEM with all the pieces was $500. It arrived DOA. Now he's fighting to get $$$ back. I found a recall on it, also $155 for just the pump and reusing the old pick up tubes again. Now I wonder if we could just use gravity feed on it as well? It's only 2 cylinders...

 

I would say yes as long as the tap outlet is even or above the bowls. That way you know you won't have to flow it up hill.

 

I bypassed the pump on my FJ and rode it that way for quite a while, the only problem I had was I lost head pressure as the fuel level got low and if I really got on it couldn't fill the float bowls fast enough and it would start to stumble ‘till I let off. Eventually I canned a pump off of a Katana 1100 for like $20 at a salvage yard. I had to re-route the fuel lines as the inlet and outlet were angled instead of straight, problem solved.

 

I am another running no pump on my 93, i have FCR carbs and rarely have more than a gallon of gas in the tank and have yet to have an issue, but for future reference, a fuel pump out of a 2000-2001 Yamaha R1 is a direct replacement. Plug and play.

 

Saw his bike today, hoping to try it out, found this bike is fuel injected, its going to need 60psi. lol

 

Then he'll have to run a longer hose to the vent and blow reeeeeally hard, if he's ever played bagpipes it should be easy.