Recent content by rumortoad

Hey everyone, long time no speak. Done a little to the bike in the time I was gone: Pulled some stuff off. Electronic ignition. Shorty's on. Wrapped pipes. Actually set the carbs to stock settings to get my plugs from fouling out. Bike runs like a beast! Done the ton a few times. Pulls hard...

I know my bike wants to run, I just can't get it dialed in correctly. Started pulling the carbs yesterday, loosened the right clamp on the boots and boom, the whole carb set fell out of their boots! That may have been my air leak! Well, opened the carbs cleaned them up and inspected all...

Found this gem in the awesome carb guide: http://www.amckayltd.com/carbguide.pdf - Too small of a pilot can be indicated by an idle that "hangs" after blipping the throttle or by having the motor be slow to return to idle after running at higher speeds. Once again, mix screw settings may help...

Hey all. Went with the hotter plug and got no big difference. So, I tried adjusting the mixture screw on the side of the carb and syncing, but I really got it out of wack. Ended up taking the bike to local guy. My jets were 150 for some reason, he had some 145's so thats what they are now. He...

Thanks for all the great info. VIN number on the title does start with 2F0, so 79? Haven't taken the bike apart so not sure if points or electronic ignition. The bike runs great, sometimes. The issue I am dealing with is the plugs, or ignition. It was running great, then I had one plug die on...

The title says 80 xs65. It has two petcocks on the bike (either second one added later, or maybe wrong year on the title). The pictures show thefollowing: Petcock with only hose on prime side. The tube connecting the two carbs. The port on the back of the petcock with nothing attached...

First post, first bike even. 1980 xs650 special with less than 5k on the odometer. Not sure if true, but I think it is. Here is my question: so I thought I had battery problems when I first bought the bike; it would stall out after a few minutes of starting. I could go about a 1/4 mile then it...