Yeah, it would be way easier if I could take a picture : /
So here is how I best can describe it....in order...
-Finished up cleaning the carb, reassembling everything. Adjusting the float height is now the very last thing before i'm done, before I start tuning it.
-The floats is the only thing that seems off. Everything else on/in the carbs is where they should be, according to the manuals.
-After much researching, both the float height, and the floats themselves looks off/weird. The bike is a 1980, but has plastic floats....When googling "XS650 plastic floats", there is not a single image that looks like my floats......This is the closest thing that looks like mine...
http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mA7XWN5h4zhnhrgb1fcWGdw.jpg
-The tang height, is right on at 22mm. I thought the tang was the original measuring point, but later found that it was the highest curve of the float itself. With that, i measured and came around 35mm......
-Gradually bending the tang, I realized I would have to bend it significantly. I took out the spring/needle that is underneath the tang, and put the pivot pin back in.....just to see how low it could go...........it now touches the bottom (or since it is upside down, it would be the top) of the carb itself. And still measures at 25mm (3mm to go).
-This leads me to believe that these floats are from a different bike/make/model. Because they simply are too large.
-Lastly, I have seen this bike run at one time. My impression when I saw it and rode it was that it was fine. However, I've never owned any other XS650, let alone one that was properly set up.....
-Where should I go from here? I probably am just going to buy some actual xs650 floats.......but since the bike has run with these current floats, I might keep them? idk, all recommendations/help is appreciated.
