Hanniusms
XS650 Member
This is my first XS2, I picked it up a few weeks ago. I took care of quite a few maintenance issues that needed to be repaired (rear brakes, sprockets, chain adjustments, new throttle cable and throttle tube assembly, etc) before I got it road worthy.
I got it on the road for the first time today. It has an extremely sluggish and jerky throttle response through the low RPMs to about 2500, (but it idles smooth?) and then it runs good and strong in the higher RPMs.
Running 91 octane in it currently and I don’t know if it’s the octane or the valves, I haven’t checked the valves yet. I know some guys with old bikes and they say you need to run 87 in them that the 91+ screws with performance.
The carburetors are completely clean. I don’t know if the fuel air screws are adjusted correctly and I don’t know the specs for these carburetors, they are not stock Mikuni’s. I’m gonna put some pictures up and see if any of you guys can help me identify what carbs they are, and what’s specs those carbs would have.
Thanks in advance!
I got it on the road for the first time today. It has an extremely sluggish and jerky throttle response through the low RPMs to about 2500, (but it idles smooth?) and then it runs good and strong in the higher RPMs.
Running 91 octane in it currently and I don’t know if it’s the octane or the valves, I haven’t checked the valves yet. I know some guys with old bikes and they say you need to run 87 in them that the 91+ screws with performance.
The carburetors are completely clean. I don’t know if the fuel air screws are adjusted correctly and I don’t know the specs for these carburetors, they are not stock Mikuni’s. I’m gonna put some pictures up and see if any of you guys can help me identify what carbs they are, and what’s specs those carbs would have.
Thanks in advance!