idle issue

Hi all, I will be working on the bike in winter, I have a new coil and plug leads, and I will pull the carbs. I took it out yesterday for a 50-mile ride and in the beginning after a difficult cold start the idle was 1000 to 1500 RPM but by the end of the ride it was racing at 3000 RPM, it's...

Hello! I'm new to this forum and I'm new to XS bikes. This is my second bike, and my first carbureted one as my last one (15' sr400) had EFI. Heads up I'm in the early process of learning as much as I can about bike mechanics and modifications (as I have modification plans for this bike); so...

So basically I took my carbs off to Adress the idle issue I was having. Upon further inspection I found the previous owner had two different sized mains in the carbs and one pilot clogged. I couldn't get the other pilot out because this... Somehow that thing snapped off the tip of an easy out...

Hey guys, I finally got my bike running-ish. I found out its a 77 xs650 D. My manual doesn't have much on the D model....But when I start it, it idles around 1200 and then starts to increase fairly rapidly. I have my pilots at 2 1/4 turn. The rest of the jets are based off the xs650C model...

Hey everyone hope you guys had a nice Memorial Day weekend! Bike: I have an 79 xs650 bored out to the 707cc with a Boyer ignition system installed to give me the bare minimal wiring for a chopper style bike with a kick only setup. Issue: I do have spark. The only way I can get the bike to...