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No real updates. Went over the carbs, everything looked alright, the floats were set properly. I figure there was probably two things that could have explained it: 1. being off on the needles (which i'm 99.9% positive of.) 2. floats not seating properly - but didn't check this. checked float...

had no idea what "ride to skate" was. jesus christ, where the fuck have i been? this shit rules. also, bump for erklep, who has apparently shown me the light.

thinking about an old shovel, or maybe one of those new v-star 1100's... haven't decided yet, but it'll be something soft, for sure lol. maybe even a 1200 sportie or something. ::shrugs::.. also, what's up with all these guys popping up from new jersey? good shit, good shit.

oh god, i love this.

bump. well i've got a buddy of mine helping me look the carbs over. the bike is now running again. not the BEST, but running, nonetheless. i've also PM'ed oldschool. hopefully he gets back to me soon. thanks guys - a lot of encouraging words here.

what a bummer. i'll be selling mine soon enough, too. gonna get me a nice little cruiser so i can join my pop on his 400 mile hauls lol. best of luck with sale!

congrats, man. saw this on CL for the past few weeks. looks good, man.

Thanks b1! I already ordered a new set though. i'll let you know what happens with em. And thanks Bill. I definitely appreciate the pro-tip. I'll make sure i keep it in mind. I just can't wait to get this fuckin thing back on the road already! the worst part is we had a 65 degree day here...

goddamn it! yes! thank you!

bike is working with a tcbro's hardtail, by the way... apparently some people are saying the chain tensioners used for those are different?

not one of those fancy bolt-on/weld-on ones, just a regular old chain tensioner that the rear axle goes through. don't ask me why my dumb ass needs one, but i do. and i can't find them anywhere. the only thing that comes up are those aftermarket springloaded thingies that weld/bolt-on to the...

Did not rebuild the head. i believe i'm currently running 10-40? maybe 20-50? and as far as a lean condition is concerned, i don't THINK so, but I could obviously be wrong lol. I'll let you know how she runs when i start her up again. i had her running right for maybe ten minutes after i...

Hey guys. I tried searching but only came up with a few irrelevant searches for this. My bike has been out of commission for a couple months now anyway, and i never really thought about it before, but.... my bike was always fussy when i'd ride in the summer. like, if i'd be out on a...

thanks ironsled!

Cros, i saw those last night, but wasn't sure if they were the same - they look a little too wide for what i'm looking for. if worse comes to worst i'll try em out./

http://www.xs650chopper.com/2011/02/dirty-ds-chopp-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-20859 I'm looking to change my bike up a bit for the spring, and i'm looking to go higher and narrower. Something like what i posted above, maybe even a little narrower if anyone could recommend anything. I'm...

I've had these carbs off quite a few times prior to this without any issue. don't know what vacuum barbs are, but if they had them before i took em off, they had em when i put em back on! lol. And how would one change the float level? i literally took the float bowl off, inspected the carbs...

oh, and also, these are a pair of 78 bs38s (i think? at least that's what year the bike is :D)

the bike was running fine before everything, it's just that under load there was a small "hiccup." i took the carbs off just because i'd never done it before and wanted to familiarize myself with them. in retrospect, i feel a little dumb, because after working on cars for years, i should have...

Honestly, i've lost about a month of riding time with this carb problem. i took my carbs off to clean them out, stepped up a size in jets, put the carbs back on, and the bike began running terribly. took a long time to kick, would only start with the choke on. it was shitty. so i took the...