Knucklebuster wrote:
Hello everyone, I'm new to The Clinic and my 07 Roadstar. I was just curious if there is an explanation of the abbreviations used on this forum. ie. svs, pms, mmo. I always do my own service work and have used other forums for my other vehicles and toys as a point of refrence for maintenance and repair. This site seems to be loaded with good info, I just need a clue as to what I'm reading. I appreciate any and all help.
Well, as the Clinic's resident insomniac, I'll be happy to give it a start now
...and everyone else here will be sure to join in later.
As for the ones you mentioned:
SVS (sticky valve syndrome) - A problem that plagues some of the 1700 ('04 & up) R*s caused by carbon buildup on the valves. No one is really sure why we get it, but it has a lot to do with the bikes characteristically running rich right from the factory.
PMS - Primary Mixture Screw - adjusts the air/fuel ration and one of the favorite and most frequent adjustments around these parts
MMO - Marvel Mystery Oil - a gas tank additive used frequently to combat SVS in its early stages.
There's more, and even more getting made up all the time. Sadly, I had the opportunity to make up the SVS acronym last year when I bought the bike used...and it came with a free case of SVS.
Feel free to ask away and enjoy the Clinic!
RK
I guess I'll still send this reply...I started writing this at 2 AM...just forgot to hit send when my 10 month old daughter woke up then and decided it was Schizophrenic Play Time, yelling and laughing and crying... 
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