Quote from: loki7714 on December 05, 2008, 10:04:52 PM
Start it on "on" right?

correct

1995 been working on it a while mostly cosmetic stuff like turn sigs and stuff though just getting around to tough stuff.

How do you get into neutral anyway? Half a click up from 1st right?

That petcock, how it is now with the vacuum operation on, it is a fuel starvation problem. Here's some post on how to fix it.

http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=19363.20

http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=41309.0

K thanks!!!!! Prob try tomorrow.

Quote from: loki7714 on December 05, 2008, 10:11:13 PM
How do you get into neutral anyway? Half a click up from 1st right?

Usually I know from my green indicator light below the speedo and tach, but if you don;t have those then yes it's a half click above 1st, and you'll know from when the bike doesn't move and it doesn't stall.

Lol know how to tell if it is in neutral but i dont think its clutch cable b/c i put my ear close to the thing and i can hear a click/clunk when i pull it in. Am i right?

Also, you should get a fuel filter if you don't have one. Do some searches.

Any other questions, feel free to PM.

-Eric

Quote from: loki7714 on December 05, 2008, 10:20:12 PM
Lol know how to tell if it is in neutral but i dont think its clutch cable b/c i put my ear close to the thing and i can hear a click/clunk when i pull it in. Am i right?

It's just a little click above first gear.......I couldn't find nuetral when I first started riding either. It takes time to get used too.

Quote from: loki7714 on December 05, 2008, 10:20:12 PM
Lol know how to tell if it is in neutral but i dont think its clutch cable b/c i put my ear close to the thing and i can hear a click/clunk when i pull it in. Am i right?

i had a lot of little issues like these when i got my bike 2 years ago.  I ended up checking with MOM (motorcycle owner manual) and adjusting all my cables to the specified settings and my clutch operated way better.  mine seems to need adjustment pretty often, i dont remember how often its required to be checked.  I also overfilled oil once and it made the bike nearly impossible to shift. 

N is between 1 and 2.  you can either do a little click up from 1st or a little click down from 2nd.

i pulled my carbs off last winter and poured them out.  the fuel in there looked like tang with all the rust.  bike ran MUCH better the spring after that. 

Switched bike to prime and revved and let it sit forever but it never ran out. Did sound like it wanted to die a couple times and got pretty close but it always came right back. Made sure it was on Prime and everything idk why it wouldn't run out.

Thinking i'm gonna have to take apart petcock.

Bump anyone 

Yes i realized i had to have a operating no-vacuum petcock working first. Sorry about that 

What you wanna do for the petcock is to first have the handle facing up, then you want to unclip the metal bracket that holds the handle in. After you unclip the handle off, make sure the plastics center cone piece is pushed in or else fuel will spew out. Then install the handle back on, but facing down instead of up. This will block off the vacuum operation.

I did give you post on how some ppl used JB weld and that works too, but is much easier. The only thing that's different is that you now have "PRIME" for off, "RES" for reserve, and "NO"(upside down 'ON') for on.

I'll take some pics of mine and how it looks. Really easy fix.

It should look like this after:


After you do this, you have to plug the vacuum inlet on the carb, so if you decide tank off the tank, remove the air box(unless you can get your hands under the carb and install a fuel filter between the hose that's running from the carb to the petcock. GET A FUEL FILTER W/O COPPER PIECE IN CENTER. These tend to rust and fall apart.

Hell if you take off the tank and the air box, you mind as well clean the carb.

Thanks yeah was thinking i need to clean carbs anyway prob gonna do this next week and take out like 5 birds with one stone. (due for oil and air filter change as well, plus fuel filter sounds like a good idea. Thanks for the help