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my 79 special was doing the same after I rebuilt the carbs once in a while until I installed inline fuel filters and it has settled down now, mine seems to like hugs and pet the tank, lol! ride it and enjoy it, some times it spits and sputters a little but it will always get you home.

have you checked xs650direct? they are in stratford and I have ordered from them many times and fast shipping and great support, check their site it is very good.

My hands are covered with chain lube and I have a huge smile on my face!!! I have a 1979 canadian edition xs650 special that for some strange reason comes with a 36 tooth rear sprocket. I installed a 31 tooth and went riding, ha! what a difference, cruising 60-65 mph effortlessly out of the...

Bike not running right. I cleaned the carbs and re-assembled. Right side fine, left side has a miss. I spent the day riding and adjusting my mixture screws but Right side fine and left side no matter where I put the screw no change??? I read the tech pages carb section ( all of it this time) and...

I went thru the tech page and spent more time adjusting my pilot jets using the dead cylinder method and after some fiddling and patience my bike is back to normal and running very well, thanks again for the advice and support. I am learning that patience and perseverance are important assets if...

1979 650 special bs38 carbs all stock. I rebuilt my carbs according to videos and tech pages on this site, did all the tests and thought I had them, now bike starts great, idles good and revving from idle revs come down fine but when I'm riding down the road and pull in the clutch to shift the...

My 79 xs650 special was running like crap this year, so I ordered re-build kits for my BS38 carbs. I went on you tube and followed 3 videos by John Cooper and my bike is running better than ever, for some reason my floats were at 28mm's and my butterflys were out of line. I used his flashlight...

1979 xs650 special. right side running very rich and gas dripping from right side air filter, probably no simple answer but I can always hope, bike is all original starts good and runs good. I purchased two carb rebuild kits, anything specific I should be looking for. Vacuum petcocks are working...

I am looking at purchasing a newer fuel injected t100 bonneville. I have looked at 5 or 6 so far all with similar mileage, approx. 5 to 10 thousand miles, some have lots of blueing on the head pipes, some have a little and 1 has no blueing at all? why the big difference, the one with no blueing...

I tried to read xsleo's link to the carb guide but link doesn't work, where can I find this article, thanks Sam.

after fighting with cold starts all last summer, I took my carbs apart and sure enough that choke port in both bowls was plugged. I cleaned them and today, first spring ride started with choke on second kick and ran great all day!, thanks again, Sam.

that's the picture, you guys are awesome. thanks 5twins I hope this works.

1979 xs650 special all stock. when cold bike is hard to start. I push the choke lever down and no difference, even when I get it started with the choke on it does not fast idle? I remember seeing a picture in a post of a small port in the carb that is for the choke circuit. I will remove the...

Hey! happy winter,lol. I own an all original 79 xs650 special, I ride it occasionally and it runs great just difficult to start sometimes, lots of cranking fires (once) right away then lots of cranking to fire again.. I would like to rebuild my carbs this winter but have read here that some...

thanks a bunch for the info, as always great support and information here. I think I will become a supporter since I already saved a ton of dough with all the help!