Recent content by KJR1

The carbs are only 2 years old from Mikes XS. I'm hearing more and more that these carbs aren't great. This is the first time the choke has been stuck. I did leave my bike in the rain for an hour by accident and this is when it got stuck. I added the year etc to my signature as suggested - thanks.

Hi there, I have a choke on my right carb that seems to be stuck in the down position. The left choke works fine and I've been able to use it to start my bike. I usually, however, use both chokes at the same time. Any reason why it would be stuck? I've given it some pretty solid force as...

Ok thanks. Do you have a link for that thread?

I'm fairly new to maintenance side of bikes so go easy on me! Recently was riding my '81 xs 650 and it was backfiring out one exhaust. I have Mike's Xs carbs (pic below). Took it home and played with the screws a bit which helped some but not entirely. I then tightened the fuel line which seemed...