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I have an issue that I cannot find a solution to. My 1980 Special starts first kick, has a steady idle and rides fine for ~40 minutes. During the first 25 minutes the idle rises about 2k, which I adjust for with the idle screw while i'm at a stop light. Consistently, around the 40 minute...
I have a 1981 Special, i had it running for a couple of weeks this summer with no issues, and all of a sudden while riding home from work the bike started surging and cutting in and out, with a weird sounding engine note. I tried giving it gas to keep it alive but it eventually died completely...
Hey forum'ers, I recently bought a non-running 1980 XS650 and have been bringing it back to life. First of all I want to say that this place has been extremely helpful for getting informed on all aspects of the bike, and most problems I've encountered there is usually a thread with great advice...
hey guys.
Thanks for all the help previously.
Well...as it goes. You fix one problem only to discover more. Here’s my current set up.
•Pamco with e-advance
•PMA/Capacitor
•uni pods
•pandemonium ya mommas (planing on modifying them for mufflers)
•78-79 bs38s with matching internals
•jbm...
I havea 1980 xs650 special and no matter what i throw at it i can't seem to solve this. After warm up the left cylinder behinds backfiring and surging getting worse and worse until it's essentially running on 1 cylinder. Leave it overnight and it's back to normal until it warms up and starts...