The bike looks pretty complete. Get rid of the exhaust wrap before it rusts your headers and get a set of commandos on, the long ones. Sell the shorties or bin them.......might just be the root of your carb problem.
Just thinking here....if a '75 Fender guitar followed me home, would I build it? I guess it depends on what 'build' means.......
You read my thoughts on that one...the shorties are going. Spent the last few days planning and searching the forum and commandos are in the future. You have an opinion on where I should buy them from? What brand/flavor? The exhaust wrap will unravel at some point too.
As for this bike, I'm not touching it, so to speak. I already have a '75 that I'll eventually get "built" or modified one way or another. This one will be another learning tool and then I'll eventually sell it...or keep it. That's just the way it goes. I'm sure I'm not the only one...
I had a 1966 Fender Mustang for my first "real" guitar. It was in original condition. It sounded pretty good. After a while had some questions on it's electronics and pickups because they were scratchy and seemed to feed back a lot. My instructor at the time forbade me to change anything as it was an original machine. Sounded and looked fantastic just the way it was. Don't ever touch it.
Well. I didn't listen.
I eventually got the guts to practice on my beater guitar and discovered some things. Learned a lot. Fast forward a year or so and I finally upgraded the pickups and pots and re-wired my original Fender guitar. I filed the frets to get rid of some fret buzz. My instructor ended up buying it from me in the end. He was, "so glad I never changed anything on the guitar and he swears it sounds better every time he plays it." I know eventually he had to have gotten in there and checked it over...always wondered what he thought.
I still have my beater guitar.
So what the hell am I going on about? I dunno. I like old motorcycles. I don't like to see the good examples getting hacked apart...but I'm not against a cool looking chop or modification if it's done right...to me that's just "hot-rodding"...
I guess I'm saying I like this forum and all the personalities and knowledge...I like that no one is afraid to say what's on their mind. Thanks for the input.
...this will be my first experience with ACTUAL stock xs650 carbs...I'm on my second read through of the guide...I can sense another thread coming in my future...
