News:

New Wiki available at http://wiki.gstwins.com -Check it out or contribute today!

Main Menu

Re-jetted and now my bike is confused...2005 GS500F

Started by Dache, May 16, 2012, 09:51:59 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

Dache

And by confused I mean it ran fine the first day (or seemed to) for 1 hour and then the 2nd day I take it out and 1st gear was bogging down at 7-8k, 2nd gear was fine for the most part, and 3rd had almost no power almost like it wasn't catching

after 20min it kept stalling/oil light would go on every time I stopped/got into the lower rpms

I finally get her home and all of a sudden gas is leaked out everywhere

K&N lunchbox and Jardin RT-one exhaust. 147.5/20 kit from Buddha for the re-jet

Any idea? Really don't want to take her to the shop but I will if needed

00sanchez

#1
Check your float height. If it is off, put it in spec. Check the needles for springiness and the seats for wear. You may need a carb rebuild. If all is well, follow the mixture screw adjustment procedure after resetting them to 1 turn out. I doubt this is the issue, but it doesn't hurt to tune it well after a rejet rather than guessing.

If you are losing pressure, I wouldn't run the bike until it is solved. Check your oil and smell for gas. If there is a strong gas smell, you will need to change the oil and filter. I suggest flushing it with crappy walmart supertech oil and then draining again and putting your oil of choice in there.

If you check your plugs, they are more than likely gas fouled. This sounds like a flooding issue.

I had this same issue and it was the needle seats. A rebuild fixed it.

Edit: You will also want to check out the o-ring that holds the float bowls in place. If those are bad, it could cause this as well.


The Buddha

Oil light = serious - can you check oil, see if there is gas in oil, you may have a float that is off, but now you got more problems, gas in oil = you need to change it ... asap, oil cant live with more than 1-2 cups of gas and still retain its film and lubricity characters.
Cool.
Buddha.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
I run a business based on other people's junk.
-----------------------------------------------------------------

SMF spam blocked by CleanTalk