MECHANICAL GODS WHERE ARE YOU NOW?????

[josh28]

cool...thanks, Kerry!

Any idea about my bike diying when I release the clutch in gear?

[Kerry]

Ok, heres the [...] newly bad news!

Now the bike whruns well at idle, but when I ingage the 1st gear to go forward it "boggs down" and dies.

You say it bogs down.  You're sure that it doesn't shut off immediately, like it would if the sidestand were down a little bit?  


Meanwhile....

Pic #1 is of my own tank lock



Pic #2 is of the vacum hose that was rubbing the accelerator cable wire. I pulled the hose back to the fuel line and ziptied it there at the lower T to hold it in place. I thgink most of the vaccum hoses are preformed in an 90 degree angle at this area to avoid the cable from rubbing.



Pic #3 is after the hose is tied down and in place.



Pic #4 new vac hose in place. (3/16 vinyl hose)



Pic #5 is the new vaccum cap



Pic #6 is the fuel filter with new clamps added



Pic #7 is of entire engine compartment

Looking good!     (Well, except for the tank lock.  And what happened to the frame on either side of the air filter?   )

My only caution is to watch that vinyl hose over time.  It's nice and stiff, which is good for a vacuum hose, but over a period of years it may become TOO stiff.  Like any other type of hose I guess....  

Here is the vinyl hose that's been attached to my auxiliary fuel tank for 3 or 4 years:





Now get out there and check that sidestand!  

[josh28]

Nope the stand is all the way up!  After the bike seems to get warmed up and you end up in first gear, say at a stop sign or so, and you release the clutch (slowly of course) as usual, it seems as if the  engine gets (I guess) too much gas and looses all power and just creeps foward till it dies itself out!

Still got a problem I believe with the floats.... I have gas on the left side (sitting on it) That is at a drop every 2-3 minutes from the carb,

[perfdrug]

don't think of it in terms of you letting out the clutch. what if it's in neutral, idling, and you twist the throttle. it dies, i'm assuming.

there's something wrong with your fuel system. the leaking carbs is a gasket failure most likely.

if it idles for awhile, does the engine speed raise? when i was running really lean, sometimes it would bog (never die) but the RPMs would climb with time (not good. over heating).

bogging down is definatly lean. have you ever messed with the mixture screws? (on the initial stock carb, you don't have access to the screws. they've got tabs to prevent tampering). i've never messed with any mods, but if you change your intake level, you need to change fuel accordingly.

have you run it on prime yet? if it still happens, then vaccum is not a problem. it's in your carbs somewhere.