Pattymatts
XS650 Member
First off, hey dudes, I'm new to the site. Did a bunch of research and read a bunch of the tech guides and still can't seem to figure out the problem with my bike.
I'm going to try to give as much information about what is going on, but bear with me I'm no motorcycle tech haha. So a few days ago I finally got my '81 running, after maybe a minute of idle I would blip the throttle and she would just take off and the idle would NOT go down and then fuel would piss from the intake of the left carb and only left(I'm thinking that was gravity's work though). So I explained what was going on to a buddy who knows more than I, and he said the carb floats were most likely stuck. I then took the carbs to a shop who cleaned them. Put them back on yesterday and she sounded great, took it for about a 15 minute ride and it stalled twice and when I rode into my garage fuel was dripping from the left intake, not pissing like it was, but dripping. So I go to mess with her today and she won't start, full choke nothing, after about 30 kicks(it's kick only btw) she starts with the choke off, is idling like crap and when I would try and open the throttle it would die. So I then decided to mess with the mixture screws on the carb, the right was at 2 turns and the left was at 3.5(never have I touched these before), so I set them both to 2 and eventually 2.5 and she started, sounded better than before and then died. So after about 45 mins and dripping sweat in the Vegas sun I threw my hands up, said fuck it, pushed her inside and now I'm going to you fellas for help. Hopefully I was descriptive enough for you. Please help!
I'm going to try to give as much information about what is going on, but bear with me I'm no motorcycle tech haha. So a few days ago I finally got my '81 running, after maybe a minute of idle I would blip the throttle and she would just take off and the idle would NOT go down and then fuel would piss from the intake of the left carb and only left(I'm thinking that was gravity's work though). So I explained what was going on to a buddy who knows more than I, and he said the carb floats were most likely stuck. I then took the carbs to a shop who cleaned them. Put them back on yesterday and she sounded great, took it for about a 15 minute ride and it stalled twice and when I rode into my garage fuel was dripping from the left intake, not pissing like it was, but dripping. So I go to mess with her today and she won't start, full choke nothing, after about 30 kicks(it's kick only btw) she starts with the choke off, is idling like crap and when I would try and open the throttle it would die. So I then decided to mess with the mixture screws on the carb, the right was at 2 turns and the left was at 3.5(never have I touched these before), so I set them both to 2 and eventually 2.5 and she started, sounded better than before and then died. So after about 45 mins and dripping sweat in the Vegas sun I threw my hands up, said fuck it, pushed her inside and now I'm going to you fellas for help. Hopefully I was descriptive enough for you. Please help!