Hi everyone,
I am currently doing a build of a 1979 XS650 Special, going to make it into more of a standard.
I just took the engine apart to check the cylinders out, and I had a few questions about how to tackle this engine.
Firstly, what all do I realistically need to do? Before I lost the alternator (reason for rhe initial teardown of the bike), I was able to ride the bike but I had a lot of backfiring on one side, enough to burn holes in the pod filter. I'm not sure if the carbs were the issue, the pods, or something in the valves or timing - and I don't really know what to look for.
Second thing, I was looking at some of the threads here and elsewhere about fuel onjection and it seems really expensive. I've read that pre-2014 BMW F650GS has a basically standalone ECU and a conventional, non-CANBUS harness - and both the ECU and throttle body assembly are pretty inexpensive used. Is this a system I could relatively easily retrofit in place of my stock carbs? My other bike is fuel injected and it's so, so nice.
Finally, what are some of the best engine paints you guys have found? I think I'm gonna go for a blacked out engine.
Thanks a bunch, and sorry for the wall of text
I am currently doing a build of a 1979 XS650 Special, going to make it into more of a standard.
I just took the engine apart to check the cylinders out, and I had a few questions about how to tackle this engine.
Firstly, what all do I realistically need to do? Before I lost the alternator (reason for rhe initial teardown of the bike), I was able to ride the bike but I had a lot of backfiring on one side, enough to burn holes in the pod filter. I'm not sure if the carbs were the issue, the pods, or something in the valves or timing - and I don't really know what to look for.
Second thing, I was looking at some of the threads here and elsewhere about fuel onjection and it seems really expensive. I've read that pre-2014 BMW F650GS has a basically standalone ECU and a conventional, non-CANBUS harness - and both the ECU and throttle body assembly are pretty inexpensive used. Is this a system I could relatively easily retrofit in place of my stock carbs? My other bike is fuel injected and it's so, so nice.
Finally, what are some of the best engine paints you guys have found? I think I'm gonna go for a blacked out engine.
Thanks a bunch, and sorry for the wall of text