Post by polishdupa on Jul 21, 2020 18:01:32 GMT -5
I’m at a loss... I have an 81 XS650 Special. I was experiencing a lot of popping out of my exhaust. I was told that cleaning the carbs would probably solve that problem. So, like an idiot, I went for it. After cleaning the carbs, life happened and my bike sat, unassembled, for a year or 2. I finally was able to put the carbs, gas tank, and air filters back on. I went to start the bike, and it sounded like it wanted to start, but just wouldn’t turn over.
My battery is newer, and was on a tender, and my connections are clean; my plugs were pretty new. Then it dawned on me...old gas!
I drained my tank, added new gas. I tried getting it started, and eventually I could get it to turn over and run, but only for about 20 seconds, and then it peters out.
So my routine every couple days is, take the battery off the tender, fiddle with the idle screw, get it to run for a few seconds, get mad, shut it off, put the battery back on the tender, repeat.
The other day, my father suggested changing the plugs, so I did. It
started right up! 30 seconds later it petered out.
A friend of mine seems to think it the mixture, but I can’t find a picture or a diagram of the location ANYWHERE online. I tried the carburetor thread on this site, but the pics won’t load. There’s no mechanics in my area that will work on a bike as old as mine, and I dont even know how I would get the bike to a mechanic that would be willing to do the work! HELP!!!!!
My battery is newer, and was on a tender, and my connections are clean; my plugs were pretty new. Then it dawned on me...old gas!
I drained my tank, added new gas. I tried getting it started, and eventually I could get it to turn over and run, but only for about 20 seconds, and then it peters out.
So my routine every couple days is, take the battery off the tender, fiddle with the idle screw, get it to run for a few seconds, get mad, shut it off, put the battery back on the tender, repeat.
The other day, my father suggested changing the plugs, so I did. It
started right up! 30 seconds later it petered out.
A friend of mine seems to think it the mixture, but I can’t find a picture or a diagram of the location ANYWHERE online. I tried the carburetor thread on this site, but the pics won’t load. There’s no mechanics in my area that will work on a bike as old as mine, and I dont even know how I would get the bike to a mechanic that would be willing to do the work! HELP!!!!!
