Been a while since i've been here, but pulled the bike out this spring and been having some issues. Im just going to lay out the symptoms and hope someone has some suggestions
First few rides were fine...a bit of stuttering and popping once in a while which I just attributed to old gas. Last night I got a few miles up the road and it started to spit and sputter at about 60mph...like alot. If i were to let of the throttle it would die completely but if i cranked on the throttle it'd come back, still missing and sputtering. I fought it for a while hoping it would smooth out, but it didn't so i gave up and let her die. It did this to me once last year too on my morning commute...soooo battery being next to dead I commenced kicking, and kicking, and kicking. I could get it to fire up on full choke but it would die soon after. After much fiddling like this I could get it to stay running by alternating the choke on and off...finally it smoothed out for the most part and I rode it home.
So. I was thinking there must be some dirt or something floating around which would work its way into the a jet and cause the problem. Tonight I pull them off and cleaned them out, checked all the jets etc. There was virtually no build up besides a bit of dirt between the main jet and the washer that sits underneath it on one of the carbs. But I did notice that one of the boots was a bit loose when I pulled it off...and upon further inspection found that both of the boots were weirdly deformed on the inside(i had put new boots from mikes on about 3 years ago when i bought it).
Anyway, put it all back together and it seemed to be a bit better, peppy, and responsive...took it for a ride and when i came back it was stuttering a bit again at low throttle...after revving it a few times to check its response it let out a large sputter/backfire and the left vacuum barb flew out.
That is where it sits...i know this is a book, but Im just wondering if i'd be correct in thinking that i might have been sucking in air around that barb if it was loose enough to fly out and also around the other potentially loose boot.
Could this cause these issues? Also where would I find better boots than the ones from Mikes?
Thanks!
First few rides were fine...a bit of stuttering and popping once in a while which I just attributed to old gas. Last night I got a few miles up the road and it started to spit and sputter at about 60mph...like alot. If i were to let of the throttle it would die completely but if i cranked on the throttle it'd come back, still missing and sputtering. I fought it for a while hoping it would smooth out, but it didn't so i gave up and let her die. It did this to me once last year too on my morning commute...soooo battery being next to dead I commenced kicking, and kicking, and kicking. I could get it to fire up on full choke but it would die soon after. After much fiddling like this I could get it to stay running by alternating the choke on and off...finally it smoothed out for the most part and I rode it home.
So. I was thinking there must be some dirt or something floating around which would work its way into the a jet and cause the problem. Tonight I pull them off and cleaned them out, checked all the jets etc. There was virtually no build up besides a bit of dirt between the main jet and the washer that sits underneath it on one of the carbs. But I did notice that one of the boots was a bit loose when I pulled it off...and upon further inspection found that both of the boots were weirdly deformed on the inside(i had put new boots from mikes on about 3 years ago when i bought it).
Anyway, put it all back together and it seemed to be a bit better, peppy, and responsive...took it for a ride and when i came back it was stuttering a bit again at low throttle...after revving it a few times to check its response it let out a large sputter/backfire and the left vacuum barb flew out.
That is where it sits...i know this is a book, but Im just wondering if i'd be correct in thinking that i might have been sucking in air around that barb if it was loose enough to fly out and also around the other potentially loose boot.
Could this cause these issues? Also where would I find better boots than the ones from Mikes?
Thanks!