Gordon in nc
XS650 Junkie
Okay.....I'll make it quick. I thought I had seen it all.....DPO fixes and mess ups. Heck, truth be known I'm a DPO myself.
Working on the "Black" 1978 XS650E trying to get it back on the road. Carbs were so stuck nothing moves. Rebuild carbs.......nice. Remount them and want to hear and feel that "snap" we all like to get when our carbs and throttle are being nice. Hmmmmmmmm?????? still sticky??? Must be the cable, no big deal, strip the throttle down and I'll be damned...........................................the DPO had used GRIP GLUE on the handle bars on the throttle side. Looks like it had been there for some time. You would have had to break it loose then push and pull the throttle open and closed. ONLY good thing (if you can call it that) was it kinda acted like a cruse control because the throttle would stay put where ever you wanted it.
That's what a man gets when he "thinks" he's seen it all...................................................GG in NC
Working on the "Black" 1978 XS650E trying to get it back on the road. Carbs were so stuck nothing moves. Rebuild carbs.......nice. Remount them and want to hear and feel that "snap" we all like to get when our carbs and throttle are being nice. Hmmmmmmmm?????? still sticky??? Must be the cable, no big deal, strip the throttle down and I'll be damned...........................................the DPO had used GRIP GLUE on the handle bars on the throttle side. Looks like it had been there for some time. You would have had to break it loose then push and pull the throttle open and closed. ONLY good thing (if you can call it that) was it kinda acted like a cruse control because the throttle would stay put where ever you wanted it.
That's what a man gets when he "thinks" he's seen it all...................................................GG in NC
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