SpongeBobbed
650 Simpleton
Hi Guys,
I picked up another 650 a few weeks ago and have been trying to turn it into a bit of a cafe racer. I've been working on a bobber on and off for the last couple years, so I wanted something I could just ride and add a few things here and there. It was a pretty sad sight when I first picked it up, but I've added a bunch of stuff and have it looking like this now:
Painted the front forks, put the boots and the fairing on, new handle bars, LED signals and taillight, seat, side covers, shocks, pipes, re-did some of the electrical, etc. I wanted this bike to have all bolt on parts for now. I spend tons of time with my other one, so I wanted to keep this relatively simple.
When I picked it up of the PO it was running like crap. Only firing on one cylinder, wouldn't idle, etc. I narrowed it down to a carb issue, and promptly rebuilt the stock BS34s that were on the bike. Bumped the pilots and mains up one size from stock, put the Canadian needles in, new gaskets, etc. Cleaned these things as much as possible. Synched the carbs and it fired right up and ran smoothly through all RPMs. Rode it around for a while and then started noticing a gas puddle under the bike when I was idling it. I looked closer and there is gas pouring out of the new in-line fuel filter I put in. It also seems to be flooding and the bike instantly quits when I put the choke on. I took the carbs off and inspected the lines/fuel filter but nothing looks out of place.
Note that the bike originally had a vacuum petcock on it but I installed a new non-vacuum type. I also installed the rubber plugs for the vacuum barbs on the carbs.
Has this ever happened to anyone? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!
Here's a video of it running prior to all my gas pouring out of the fuel filter. Still needs some more tuning but it's a start. Cheers!
I picked up another 650 a few weeks ago and have been trying to turn it into a bit of a cafe racer. I've been working on a bobber on and off for the last couple years, so I wanted something I could just ride and add a few things here and there. It was a pretty sad sight when I first picked it up, but I've added a bunch of stuff and have it looking like this now:
Painted the front forks, put the boots and the fairing on, new handle bars, LED signals and taillight, seat, side covers, shocks, pipes, re-did some of the electrical, etc. I wanted this bike to have all bolt on parts for now. I spend tons of time with my other one, so I wanted to keep this relatively simple.
When I picked it up of the PO it was running like crap. Only firing on one cylinder, wouldn't idle, etc. I narrowed it down to a carb issue, and promptly rebuilt the stock BS34s that were on the bike. Bumped the pilots and mains up one size from stock, put the Canadian needles in, new gaskets, etc. Cleaned these things as much as possible. Synched the carbs and it fired right up and ran smoothly through all RPMs. Rode it around for a while and then started noticing a gas puddle under the bike when I was idling it. I looked closer and there is gas pouring out of the new in-line fuel filter I put in. It also seems to be flooding and the bike instantly quits when I put the choke on. I took the carbs off and inspected the lines/fuel filter but nothing looks out of place.
Note that the bike originally had a vacuum petcock on it but I installed a new non-vacuum type. I also installed the rubber plugs for the vacuum barbs on the carbs.
Has this ever happened to anyone? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!
Here's a video of it running prior to all my gas pouring out of the fuel filter. Still needs some more tuning but it's a start. Cheers!