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Well, now that I've picked it up again, I wouldn't be heartbroken if I have to ride this a bit more myself.

I just dropped it off at the shop for a spring tuneup, inspection, tires, and whatever else it might need. It's still available, but the price is going to reflect its repaired state when I get it back. NH doesn't issue titles, we provide a bill of sale and a copy of the current registration. MA...

I've been REALLY happy with my little cl360 and my gsxr750, and I think it's finally time to hand the xs650 off to a new owner. It has side covers, but I took them off so you can see the PO's wiring 'fix' (there's duct tape as insulation against the side cover). I only put 400 miles on it last...

It's riding much better after dead-cylinder-ing the idle mix screws, and I don't REALLY want to modify this bike too much ... so I just bought a cl360 scrambler that I don't have to feel bad about cutting up a bit. I'll get photos tomorrow, if anyone's interested (even though it's way off topic).

Rode in to work this morning, the right cylinder feels about perfect but the left is popping and maybe even a little backfiring out the exhaust. I think a sync may be in order, as well as dead cylinder mix screw settings.

That looks a lot like what I had before, but it had a philips head on the opposite end (which was a bit of a pain). I don't actually want a holder/driver; If you need extra leverage on an idle mixture screw, something's really wrong. Ordered, should arrive on Wed ... just after the time I...

Makes sense to me. It looks like the rain is starting to let up, so I might be able to do some testing tonight. I've been trying to find a screwdriver bit that fits the idle mix screws without having to pull the tank, but to no avail. I used to have one of those double-ended bits that was...

Yep, I'll turn 30 later this year, with any luck. I think my body is punishing me for lack of activity lately (my schedule hasn't allowed me to get to jiu jitsu in a few weeks now). Just because I've cleaned the carbs carefully, it doesn't mean they're necessarily clean. I didn't pull all of...

I've searched around a bit, and thought this would be a sticky or something along those lines in the carb section. I also dug through the Clymer's manual, but haven't found a start-to-finish howto. However, I think I understand the broad strokes already. Please correct me if I'm wrong: Pull one...

It 'runs' but needs a little more fine-tuning. I think I can take it from here though, at least now it works. The problem really was just the idle speed being way way off. I backed it out all the way, started it with full choke and held the throttle in place so it'd idle. Tightened down the idle...

Looks like it was a pinched nerve and pulled muscle. Now I'm starting to feel a bit better and can even turn my head a little, so I'm going to spend a little time working on the bike. HOPEFULLY I can have it running for tomorrow morning so I can take it to Deerfield Leathers...

This is a first for me, but I was nearly in tears when I tried to get out of bed this morning. Ibuprofin is definitely helping to make it bearable, but I'm not particularly excited about climbing all over a bike today.

No reason to apologize guys, I feel a little bad for even asking carb questions, since there really IS a plethora of threads about it already ... but logic wasn't explaining what's wrong and I needed extra eyes/brains. I'm going to try to get some results today, but I did something to my neck...

No, sorry if I wasn't clear enough. Even if it's warmed up when I push the choke all the way in (open, no air obstruction) it'll stall. If I have the choke closed (maximum obstruction) it idles high (5k or so).

That makes lots of sense. Just to confirm, what I'm hearing amounts to this: Set the idle to ~1200 while the choke is wherever it needs to be to run, then continue adjusting the idle screw while pulling the choke in. I feel a little bit stupid for having not thought of that before, but it's...

Thanks for the welcome and responses, guys! I've been through the carbguide (http://www.amckayltd.com/carbguide.pdf), the Clymer's (which was pretty much useless for carb tuning), and used my carb diagnostic experience (again, not an expert, but I have some experience) chasing my tail on this...

I purchased a non-running xs650 last year for $500 when I realized the PO broke the electric starter. A few kicks and some starter fluid and it kicked to life right away, and I thought I was in good shape. I bought it just before winter, and took it out for a few cold rides to find that it...