mjpchief
XS650 Enthusiast
Had the bike out the other day for a ride and had just left the coffee shop. When I pulled up to a stop sign the left bank backfired and the bike was only running on one cyl. I managed to get it home on one cyl. and pulled the plugs out to check compression. It was good and when I looked at the plugs the left plug was dry. Decided that something had happened to the carb and when I went to pull the left carb off I discovered that it had been blown out of the carb mount. Never had seen this before. Put it back in the mount and bike ran fine. A couple of days later it happened again. Reinstalled the carb and bike runs fine. The mounts are aftermarket from MikesXS.
In the past the bike has popped back through the carb and died but started right back up. Still running point ignition with a recent tune up (150 miles).
In the past the bike has popped back through the carb and died but started right back up. Still running point ignition with a recent tune up (150 miles).