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    John Underwood (xsjohn)

    I haven't been on in months, saw this, .. thought I'd like to pay my respects, albeit late. Thanks for the good times, the good advice, and the color and entertainment you brought to my life. May you find sunny skies, clear roads and warm breezes, my friend. Pegs down.
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    Engine Has Gone MAD!

    I'm guessing a combo, John. He got the floats and the mix screws set up right. I had to go through dead cylinder twice to get it on the money too.. Seems like I've had to do most things on this bike twice. Congratulations on a great repair!
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    Engine Has Gone MAD!

    And congrats on getting it back on the road! That's huge progress.
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    Engine Has Gone MAD!

    What are your mix screws set to now? (Turn in until soft seat, counting turns and then put back where they were). Pull your plugs and take a look - what color is the tip and insulator?
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    Engine Has Gone MAD!

    I've used shorter springs, and it won't make much difference on return for idle, just makes it richen up quicker from roll-on.. The faster the needle gets back into the needle jet, the faster it is running on only the pilots, which isn't going to have much affect on your popping problem, or...
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    Engine Has Gone MAD!

    Great catch, John on the float levels. Fergie, when you're in there, write down your jet #'s- if you need to rejet, that will be very usefull information (where you are now), so you know where you need to go next. Another point of note - when I mentioned 3/4 turns out, I meant from current...
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    Engine Has Gone MAD!

    That's some good progress... Put those pods back on - any tuning you do with them off is going to throw things off. Sounds like you need to turn your air/fuel mix screws out about 3/4 turn - (Then use dead cylinder method to fine tune from there).
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    Engine Has Gone MAD!

    Check for vacuum leaks by spraying some starter fluid or carb cleaner onto the carbs and intakes.. if the idle changes, then you have vacuum leak(s), which will cause lean running. Also check float levels - if there isn't enough fuel in the float bowls, it will cause starvation at idle.
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    Barn find registration in California

    Went to DMV yesterday, turned in the paperwork that the CHP filled out. The guy at DMV looked at the paperwork, reading it carefully... twice, asked me if I was sure the VIN was correct because it was the wrong number of digits (guess he's not used to seeing the short VIN# - same thing happened...
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    Where and how would your XS be if you hadn't bought it?

    I put an ad out on Craigslist, looking for something to wrench on - I wanted something to work on that wouldn't require me to risk my daily driver. Someone responded, asked me if I wanted a '79 XS650 special II. I said sure - he delivered it from the other side of the state, helped me and a...
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    Barn find registration in California

    Update - I saw CHP a few days ago.. Mostly it was just a waiting game. I made an appointment, which was easy.. Showed up 10 minutes early, the lady at the counter asked what I was there fore.. Told her - she looked at the papers that I got from DMV for about 1.2 seconds, and told me to sit and...
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    2nd ride report

    hehehe - I'm going to take some pics this weekend. She's still not ready for prime time cosmetically (that's next), so fair warning there (although she looks 100x better than when I got her). Gordon - yeah, the seal doesn't look too bad - I had to take this one off to get to the vent, and it's...
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    2nd ride report

    You hit the nail on the head, Gordon, I rode home with the cap loose - no starvation. Took it apart when I got home and sure enough, the vent was plugged up tight. I'm thinking it wasn't a problem on the title ride, since there wasn't much fuel in the tank, had a lot of air to suck on before any...
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    2nd ride report

    That is definitely on the list of possibilities still. I did pop the cap and it did go away for a bit, but don't know if it's just slow supply or venting yet. I think I'll ride with the cap loose on the way home and see what happens.
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    2nd ride report

    LOLOLOL Thanks for the morning chuckle guys - took her in to work this morning, and she's having fuel starvation issues - so.. she goes back under the wrench tonight.
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    2nd ride report

    RG and Gordon - I'm not gonna ask how you know what a romance novelist should sound like... really guys, I don't want to know. It was a great ride, that's for sure.
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    2nd ride report

    Our first ride was a few weeks ago, and was simply to the corner gas station and back, as she wasn't legal yet, and she was still acting a bit grumpy because her carbs were running lean, and her timing was not quite dialed in. She had a cold, I think, because she kept coughing the whole way, and...
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    bs38's slow butterflies

    I'm assuming since you are speaking about carbs and not bike, that they are off the bike. My guess is that you'll need to separate the carbs to find out what's going on. I've had mine apart enough to know that it could be caused by a few things: Throttle linkage not re-assembled correctly...
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    Tearing down my 77 continues....

    I did my kickstart, final drive, clutch pushrod and fork seals without any sealant, and no leaks so far. just used a large socket and carefully tapped into place - once it started moving, it seated fairly easily. Just make sure your edges are clean and/or chamfered (no sharp/jagged edges at the...
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    Barn find registration in California

    Hi Everyone, I'm finally at the point of registering my restoration project.. It's been 15 years since it was last registered, and of course the guy who gave me the bike didn't have the title, got it from someone else who didn't have the title, etc etc. When I posed the question to various...
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