daniel deblanke
XS650 Enthusiast
i haven't been riding the xs a lot lately.
started it up a few weeks ago and realized the battery had died.
tendered it for a few hours and it seemed to be perfect!
Jumped on it on saturday morning and it was bogging hard, no power.
pulled the plugs, one was black the other barely white.
Right here my story could have ended, with replacing the spark plugs.
BUT NO!
NO NO NO
I tried to rebalance the carbs, checked for leaks, checked mix screws, tinkered with idle, pulled hair from my head, drove frustratingly around my neighborhood, emptied float bowls, pulled tank, checked for clean gas, checked advance, etc etc
I wasted several hours over two days, when If I had replaced the spark plugs first thing I would have been happy.
So my two year old plugs were shitty. end of story.
MC is happy again.
I always need to remind myself to go for the obvious, easy answer first!!
started it up a few weeks ago and realized the battery had died.
tendered it for a few hours and it seemed to be perfect!
Jumped on it on saturday morning and it was bogging hard, no power.
pulled the plugs, one was black the other barely white.
Right here my story could have ended, with replacing the spark plugs.
BUT NO!
NO NO NO
I tried to rebalance the carbs, checked for leaks, checked mix screws, tinkered with idle, pulled hair from my head, drove frustratingly around my neighborhood, emptied float bowls, pulled tank, checked for clean gas, checked advance, etc etc
I wasted several hours over two days, when If I had replaced the spark plugs first thing I would have been happy.
So my two year old plugs were shitty. end of story.
MC is happy again.
I always need to remind myself to go for the obvious, easy answer first!!