well, I finally got my bike re-assembled. It wants to start, and will run for a little while (30sec-1min) @ about 25-50 rpms at full choke and WOT. The only way it will start at all is with WOT.
Initially, I had my hoses hooked up wrong, and had fuel everywhere and soaked my new air filter.
I also dropped my carbs just before reinstalling them.
I rejetted to 40 pilots, 150 mains and 2 #4 washers on the needle. My mixture screws are set to 3 turns out each and I have tried to increase the idle air screw with little success (ran a little better). I also did a rebuild. The little washers near the diaphragm are installed. The needle appears to be seated correctly.
I did some searching and it sounds like carb problems. Could it just be the fuel in the filter causing problems? I have not checked the intake manifold for leaks or the float height yet.
I'm hoping for some suggestions on what else to check. I want to ride again.
For those of you with K&N pods, where do you mount the tank? If memory serves me, it bolts to the airbox. Without the airbox, there is nothing to bolt it to.
Thanks for your help.
I overfilled my bike with oil and it soaked the filter. I didn't let it dry after I cleaned it and expirienced the same thing. Try the filter. Although I wouldn't see gas as causing that much of a problem.
Are you getting any backfires?
Are you sure you're getting spark on both sides?
What do the plugs look like?
After one maintenance I did, I could only run WOT with the fuel petcock on ON (worked fine on RES). It turned-out that the fuel hoses were a little pinched between the tank and petcock. I worked them around a bit, until they were slack, which fixed it.
Probably the next thing I'd try, is to use the u-tube method to check gas level, then maybe remove the #4 washers and make sure the slides can slide freely.
The only time I had to use WFO (Wide Full Open; us oldtimers know this one) throttle is when I reinstalled a camchain tensioner without recompressing the spring, so the tension (read: stranglehold) of a fully extended tensioner was forced against the camchain resulting in the engine only being able to run WFO to make enough power to overcome the tension on the camchain.
WFO is Wide f%$king open...
Cool.
Srinath.
I got it started tonight. I think the whole thing about fuel dripping out of the air filter had something to do with it barely running. She started up fine today when I tried. Unfortunately, I didn't have the time to tune the carbs which is BADLY needed. She's running really rough. Anyhow, I can't wait til I get off work tomorrow. Then its straight to the garage and carb tuning time :)
Maybe I'll even get to ride tomorrow, but I shouldn't get my hopes up :lol: :lol:
I searched for this one but didn't have any luck.
I need to synch my carbs and adjust the mixture. What order should I do these in? I was thinking that I would synch the carbs before and after I adjust the mixture screws. What have your experience(s) been?
Quote from: seshadri_srinathWFO is Wide f%$king open...
Cool.
Srinath.
Yes. Yes it is.
OK, I have been working with the mixture and its running a bit better now. I am concerned about an occasional noise though.
every once in a while, it sounds like the engine wants to stop (and almost does, and then keeps going. It makes a sound like the cam tensioner extending. Happens under 2k.
I think that I need to re-check my valve clearances becuase there is a little much valve noise, but I'm not sure that this is related.
Other than that, it is running pretty well. I still need to work on the mixture though. I ran out of time since my neighbors like me and I want to keep it that way.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.