Hello all. I have posted on here a few times and have gotten some great help so far so I am hoping that is the case here. First off, I have a 75B with BS38's on it. I have been working on it slowly over the past few months and finally got it to run last week. It ran like crap, (static timing is set, cam chain tensioner adjusted, valve lash set, points good, battery good and have a good blue spark when checking plugs) and the PO said the carbs needed to be cleaned so I did just that. They received an ultra sonic bath then were cleaned again with aerosol carb cleaner and compressed air. I put them back on and the bike fired up and idled well. I took it for a spin around the neighborhood and it ran 10X better than before. When I got to the end of my neighboorhood I turned around, heading back to my house and went around a long sweeping right hand turn and the right cylinder died. When I got through the turn and got the bike upright the right cylinder starting working again. After I pulled in and turned off the bike I thought that it must be a fuel problem and remembered that in my haste to get the carbs back on the bike, I forgot the set the float heights. So, I pulled the carbs again, set the float heights and now I can't get the bike to start. It tries to start but..... Also, now when the I am trying to start the bike, fuel comes comes out of the overflow tube on the bottom of the bowl, when I let off the starter button, it stops. Vacuum? So, I took the bowl off the left carb and with the fuel line attached made sure the float wasn't sticking and the needle valve turned off the flow of gas. It all works properly but the "brass tubes" with fuel line connecting both carbs together that are just below where the fuel line from the petcocks connect, the one on the left carb pours out fuel when the petcock is on, regardless of float position. ( I am unsure if this is supposed to happen or not?)
So, any and all help would be appreciated. Sorry for the novel post. I just wanted to make sure all details were covered.
Cheers,
Clint
So, any and all help would be appreciated. Sorry for the novel post. I just wanted to make sure all details were covered.
Cheers,
Clint