smg65
XS650 Addict
I found the following thread that definitely relates to the problem I'm having with my '76:
http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30627&highlight=left+cylinder+cold
I'm posting this because my carbs are BS 38, while the above thread applies to BS 34 carbs. The intermittent firing from my left cylinder goes away after about 15-30 seconds, and does not appear the rest of the day after the initial cold start up. (I don't use any choke after the first start up... and extremely little at the first, if that means anything.) A proposed solution with an accompanying photo, seen at the bottom of the thread, is to drop off the float bowl and clear out the choke feed jet. The photo shows what I gather to be the bowl from a BS 34.
Does this solution pertain to the BS 38? I haven't had the carbs apart, but I'm thinking that photo might not exactly represent what I'll find in my carb. Unfortunately, the OP did not say whether this, or something else, fixed his problem.
I will say that since I've been putting more miles on the bike (only have added about 200 so far), the problem seems to have lessened. Perhaps I'm running in "self-cleaning" mode! Other than that cold start-up glitch, the bike seems to run very well.
As usual... Thanks!
http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30627&highlight=left+cylinder+cold
I'm posting this because my carbs are BS 38, while the above thread applies to BS 34 carbs. The intermittent firing from my left cylinder goes away after about 15-30 seconds, and does not appear the rest of the day after the initial cold start up. (I don't use any choke after the first start up... and extremely little at the first, if that means anything.) A proposed solution with an accompanying photo, seen at the bottom of the thread, is to drop off the float bowl and clear out the choke feed jet. The photo shows what I gather to be the bowl from a BS 34.
Does this solution pertain to the BS 38? I haven't had the carbs apart, but I'm thinking that photo might not exactly represent what I'll find in my carb. Unfortunately, the OP did not say whether this, or something else, fixed his problem.
I will say that since I've been putting more miles on the bike (only have added about 200 so far), the problem seems to have lessened. Perhaps I'm running in "self-cleaning" mode! Other than that cold start-up glitch, the bike seems to run very well.
As usual... Thanks!
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