projectxs650
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My bikes a 1980. I've had some trouble with acceleration the last few weeks. The bike struggles to speed up, at times I almost don't know if it"ll make it up a steep hill, even with my hand holding the throttle wide open.
So I cleaned up my carbs a bit, and got a brand new battery. When I was working on all this I noticed 2 things that I think are significant.
The first, is that my right float does not hold nearly the same amount of gas as my left. At times when I needed to flush them out through the valves on the bottom of the bowl, my left bowl would gush out for a good bit, but my right bowl would only have maybe 50-75% of what my left did. As in what came out was not nearly the same amount. Now it was on it's kickstand tilting to the left, but I dontthink it would make that much of a diffrence?
The second thing, is that my right exhaust doesn't get as hot as it should. My left exhaust is scorching hot, as it should be for a exhaust pipe. However my right exhaust only gets warm, and I can actually wrap my entire palm around t. For reference, it's get as hot as a coffee cup, so If I had to I could hold onto it for quite some time.
Any idea guys as to what's causing these 2 things, and dO you agree that it is the main factors or contributing factors to why I'm having horrible acceleration? All the help I can get is appreciated.
So I cleaned up my carbs a bit, and got a brand new battery. When I was working on all this I noticed 2 things that I think are significant.
The first, is that my right float does not hold nearly the same amount of gas as my left. At times when I needed to flush them out through the valves on the bottom of the bowl, my left bowl would gush out for a good bit, but my right bowl would only have maybe 50-75% of what my left did. As in what came out was not nearly the same amount. Now it was on it's kickstand tilting to the left, but I dontthink it would make that much of a diffrence?
The second thing, is that my right exhaust doesn't get as hot as it should. My left exhaust is scorching hot, as it should be for a exhaust pipe. However my right exhaust only gets warm, and I can actually wrap my entire palm around t. For reference, it's get as hot as a coffee cup, so If I had to I could hold onto it for quite some time.
Any idea guys as to what's causing these 2 things, and dO you agree that it is the main factors or contributing factors to why I'm having horrible acceleration? All the help I can get is appreciated.