carburetor

I did a cursory search and didn't find much on this, but it seems like it could be important. I normally live at 4500 ft, but I'm visiting family 800 miles away at 2000 ft. More oxygen here means I'm running lean, right? So should I be worrying about adjusting my mixture as I go through...

Hey Guys, I still cant get the xs to run right. The carbs wont balance (without a gauge its pretty much a guessing game). So i was surfin the internet to try to see if some one some where made a sync tool without using the air barbs and i came across this...

Alright, so I'm pretty new to the world of xs twins but i've been learning alot. My bike has been running decent but has recently started acting up...to my knowledge the bike is mostly stock. I synced the carbs as best I could with the old glass bottle method. It will idle fairly well at the...

first off why did they have to hide my idle adjust screw in such a weird spot? i have an '81 xs650 and when i'm cruising down the road between 3500 and 4000 rpm the motor simply dies. it also dies at other random times. accelerating, decelerating, clutch in, clutch out, 3rd, 4th, and 5th...

Hello there, I am new to rejetting but I had a quistion about it. I was interested in cutting my exsaust off at the muffler and was wanting to know the easiest way about dealing with the carbs. I know I will have to change the jets out for larger ones, but I don't really know where to start. Is...

My home made filters as per Pamcopete http://xs650temp.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Fuel&action=display&thread=7303

Okay guys, i've read up, and found no definitive answer. I hacked off the exhaust before the mufflers, and I didn't receive the stock air box, so I'm running 2 foam pod filters. How are you guys setting up the stock carb setups to cope with this? The bike runs fine until it's warm, and then...

i believe i may have a bad seal on my carb float needle because i get gas to seep out of the carbs when not running i have taking the carbs apart several times and noticed that there is a small grove in the needle, i have tested the floats and they are not leaking and have adjusted them to...

Has anyone done the GPZ500 carb conversion, I have mounted them successfully as they slip straight onto the XS rubbers no problems and done a small modification to accept the XS throttle cable However I can only get the engine to start on Eazystart and it wont idle so this points towards...

on a 79 xs650 with bs 34 carbs the only reason for the vacuum ports is for tuning and vacuum petcocks am i right of am i missing somthing

should there be a rubber plug at the bottom of the pilot jet no a bs 34 carb 1 carb had 1 and 1 didnt :confused:

I have a 79 650 2F, been shedded for years. When I got it running I set the idle at about 1200. After a short run it would idle too slow, raised the idle to around 1200 again, then after another run it idled too fast. I cleaned carbs and installed new carb kits, including needle jets and...