Meddy
XS650 Addict
I'm getting close to finishing my bike, really just waiting for the tank, fenders and side covers to be painted so in the meantime I have been busying myself with some small catch up jobs.
I pulled the carbs off the other day to fit the different needles that 5Twins recommended earlier in the thread pictured below.
The 4n8 is the new one, the 4m1 is the one that I had and the 31 is one that comes in one of those generic carb kits.
After fitting the new jets I started up the bike (first time since I started it back in late December) it started easily and settled down into a nice steady idle.
A few blips on the throttle and all seems good though one of the mufflers has a chirping sound which is going to annoy me, they will have to go once the bike is registered.
I hadn't tried the clutch out yet so while the bike was running it gave me a chance to check that out. First couple of attempts putting it into first gear had the bike stalling I then put it into 3rd gear with the bike stopped and pushed back and forth a couple of times to try and free it up, started the bike up again slotted it in to 2nd gear and no problems clutch freed up and seems to be working fine.
After bleeding the rear brake a couple of weeks ago it developed a small leak, the copper sealing washer on the caliper was not seated properly and of course by the time I noticed the paint on the caliper had started to lift, so I had to pull all that apart again clean everything up and repaint it, got that back on today and bled that again, I also did the front brakes as well, an extremely challenging task by yourself but I got there and all looks to be working ok.
Next up is to put in an order from Mike's probably to get a few things to finish off, some footpeg mount rubbers, some new badges maybe some mirrors and a couple of dome nuts and then just wait for the painter.
I pulled the carbs off the other day to fit the different needles that 5Twins recommended earlier in the thread pictured below.
The 4n8 is the new one, the 4m1 is the one that I had and the 31 is one that comes in one of those generic carb kits.
After fitting the new jets I started up the bike (first time since I started it back in late December) it started easily and settled down into a nice steady idle.
A few blips on the throttle and all seems good though one of the mufflers has a chirping sound which is going to annoy me, they will have to go once the bike is registered.
I hadn't tried the clutch out yet so while the bike was running it gave me a chance to check that out. First couple of attempts putting it into first gear had the bike stalling I then put it into 3rd gear with the bike stopped and pushed back and forth a couple of times to try and free it up, started the bike up again slotted it in to 2nd gear and no problems clutch freed up and seems to be working fine.
After bleeding the rear brake a couple of weeks ago it developed a small leak, the copper sealing washer on the caliper was not seated properly and of course by the time I noticed the paint on the caliper had started to lift, so I had to pull all that apart again clean everything up and repaint it, got that back on today and bled that again, I also did the front brakes as well, an extremely challenging task by yourself but I got there and all looks to be working ok.
Next up is to put in an order from Mike's probably to get a few things to finish off, some footpeg mount rubbers, some new badges maybe some mirrors and a couple of dome nuts and then just wait for the painter.