smurph
XS650 Addict
I have a 81 XS650 bobber, sporty tank with strait through petcock, Pamco, good voltage, stock BS34 cleaned and synced with vacuum gauges, uni foam pods, valves adjusted and timed correctly. Kick only, seems like when bike sits overnight it doesn't seem to pull fuel into the cylinders, plugs look dry. Crack the screws on the float bowls and fuel flows out.
If I get it started eventually, sometimes using a starting type fluid directly in spark plug holes or if I pull the caps off of vacuum plugs on carb boots and get it running seems to run good. Bike doesn't seem to want to run with the choke on, only if I have the throttle just cracked open till it warms up for a min. then I have to let it idle (idles very low as it warms up the idle picks up and idles and runs fine) then can kick start it on half a kick anytime after that. Even if I start it a few hours later it seems to start pretty easy. Any longer time (more than 5-6 hours) gets hard to start again.
Which way to go with the carbs?
Problem with choke circuit?
Timing again? Has kicked back a few times, though that was with starting fluid.
Anybody run a primer?
Just seems that if I wired a starter to it and was able to crank it over a few more revolutions than the kicker can do, it would fire right up.
If I get it started eventually, sometimes using a starting type fluid directly in spark plug holes or if I pull the caps off of vacuum plugs on carb boots and get it running seems to run good. Bike doesn't seem to want to run with the choke on, only if I have the throttle just cracked open till it warms up for a min. then I have to let it idle (idles very low as it warms up the idle picks up and idles and runs fine) then can kick start it on half a kick anytime after that. Even if I start it a few hours later it seems to start pretty easy. Any longer time (more than 5-6 hours) gets hard to start again.
Which way to go with the carbs?
Problem with choke circuit?
Timing again? Has kicked back a few times, though that was with starting fluid.
Anybody run a primer?
Just seems that if I wired a starter to it and was able to crank it over a few more revolutions than the kicker can do, it would fire right up.
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