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Punkskalar
Hugh's HandBuilt
Weld in some new bungs, problem solved...
I found that my carbs starve at High RPM with just 1 petcock, and I just recently put in Hi-Flow dual Petcocks to help combat the issue. If you have a stock engine and carbs, 1 should be ok though...
I found that my carbs starve at High RPM with just 1 petcock, and I just recently put in Hi-Flow dual Petcocks to help combat the issue. If you have a stock engine and carbs, 1 should be ok though...
suthpaw22
XS650 Addict
Hmm... The engine is stock and its stock bs38 carbs...Starving would be a possibility though. I'm not married to this tank so if anyone knows of a similar shape with 2 pet cock ports I'd be interested.
Punkskalar
Hugh's HandBuilt
All the sportster tanks I have bought (new) lately have had the big style harley petcock bung, and two 1/4" NPT bungs at the back... Ebay is full of them...
suthpaw22
XS650 Addict
Punkskalar, in hopes of not sounding too ignorant, I don't know what a bung is. I'll post a ppic of the bottom side of that tank.
suthpaw22
XS650 Addict
Punkskalar
Hugh's HandBuilt
No such thing as a stupid question. Bungs are just threaded inside or our for the proper application for things like bolts, petcocks, etc... Do a google search for "Bung", it might be fun
suthpaw22
XS650 Addict
Thanks punkskalar
lukach4
XS650 Addict
and if u need some of those pesky bungs.... just talk to punkskalar(aka, Hugh) His are top notch.
suthpaw22
XS650 Addict
lol... ok, so now I know what bungs are and I do see the bung I'd need on ebay, but I am not expert on cutting and welding metal that is to house any form of liquid. Is this a comon mod that most bike or welding shops do cheaply?
littlebill31
Smells of Raw Fuel
I had a guy at work think I was joking when I asked for a bung wrench to open a 50 gallon drum. My wife also thought I was joking when I explained that, because of bees living in it, I wanted to fill the bung hole on an old whiskey barrel I have outback. Just say that out loud. I thought nothing of it at the time. I grew up on a farm, these were normal words.
suthpaw22
XS650 Addict
lol @ Bill
gmiller217
XS650 Addict
I have had similar conversations ... and also was raised on a farm. I also get funny looks at parts stores when I ask for weasel piss and goose poop
hooktool
XS650 Junkie
The XS Specials use just one petcock.
John
John
Have you considered that the air vent in your tank may be too small, causing what seems to be a fuel flow issue when it is could be a displacement issue instead? My cap has a tiny pinhole vent and I suspect it is causing the same problems for me as well.
Punkskalar
Hugh's HandBuilt
Yep, even tried running full on without the cap on. It was the petcocks I was using not flowing well enough. I have clear bowls on my carbs, and could look down and see the carbs were empty
New petcocks solved the issues
suthpaw22
XS650 Addict
Anyone had this done that could give me a ballpark on a price?
Classic
rackin' up the miles
You'll probably get a charge for 30 minutes to an hour. $15 to $30 it what it should cost. Any more than that and you're getting jipped.
suthpaw22
XS650 Addict
Ok. I figured it shouldn't be too much.
