Recent content by Holloway321

Ok so it's been a little while so I can't remember exactly what rpms I was at I just remember it was full throttle high in rpms that it was stumbling. They are stock carbs and no I haven't done a slide drop test. There's not much on this bike that isn't stock.

It's been around a year ago that we did the carb kit but if I remember right we didn't change the jets we just cleaned it and put new gaskets. When I rode it down the road it pulled good through mid range and but once I got to full throttle it would sputter and run bad. Once I would drop back...

As far as I know they are stock caps and wires. I'll get to around to checking those things at some point this week.

Ok sorry let me explain everything better. This bike was my grandpa's, then my dad's, now it's mine. My dad parked it in the early 2000s and it hasn't been on the road since then. The past few years me and my dad have tinkered with the bike trying to get it running right. It's pretty much stock...

With me getting good good voltage to the battery and having good spark plugs do you think that it is still likely for it to be a charging issue or are you leaning towards carb problems?

I replaced the plugs pretty recently. It was a few months ago.

Alright so I just got the chance to get it out and do the voltage test and I got 14.5 ish at 3k rpm.

Yeah me and my dad are leaning towards the ignition but it had sat so long so we just went ahead and did the carbs.

We've been working on it at random for a few years now and it's never been fully right. It was my grandpa's and he gave it to my dad and then my dad gave it to me. It ran great until my dad parked it so it hasn't really been on the road since the early 2000s. We have cleaned the carbs and synced...

I'll have to check when I get home. Last I remember when we checked it was getting good voltage there but I can't remember exactly what it was at.

So I have a 1980 xs650 special 2 that I'm trying to get roadworthy and I'm having issues with running. It will idle great but when I rev it out or ride it down the road it sputters and doesn't run right in the top end. It also tends to stall easy right off the bottom as you leave a stop sign. I...

So it almost makes it more modern feeling in a sense.

How does the wider wheel and tire up front affect ride quality?

That's what I've got so far. Slowly putting more and more parts to get it where I want it.