Guss80special
XS650 Addict
First let me thank Lou, gggGary, Skull, retiredGentleman, azman and maxPete for all the great advise in another thread... and I sincerely apologize for side tracking Lou's efforts.
I got 'er started again and with the darn button!!!! Woooo hoooo it was that darn ignition grounding issue that I read about so many times. I truly thought I scrapped enough paint off my tracker bars around the left and right housings, but apparently not.
I will post pics and a video when I learn how to do that
Background. My buddy gave me this bike in June for $20 with the condition that he gets first chance to buy it back if and when I ever decide to sell. It belonged to a family member so it has sentimental value to him. Me, I love motorcycles and I've always wanted to resurrect one. I know very little about the mechanical aspects of them, but I want to learn. I'm a programmer and so I know how important these sorts of user forums are and hopefully I can offer up some help to others. The bike was last registered in Saskatchewan in 1992. I'm in Alberta so the first thing I have to do is restore it back to a state that is safe and will pass an out of province inspection.hopefully before winter!!! It's coming Once that is done, I might create a street tracker - maybe not.
So I'm back to where I was 3 weeks ago. Engine runs and idles with choke on..., after a couple min i turn choke off and it idles nicely. Give it some throttle and it dies. Except now i actually got a few nice revs of about 2500 rpms on the throttle before it died. I suspect pilot and/or main jet issues? Hopefully not slide problems.
What I've done this far:
- new carb and air box holders (they were cracked and brittle)
- new plugs, batttery, oil, air filters, fuses
- Installed in-line gas filter and new gas line
- checked vacuum tube (tight on both connections and not clogged)
- new front break caliper re-build (pushes fluid now. Success. (Need to clean the rotor caliper end Now i suspect)
- Back break seems to be fine
- cleaned carbs. Unstuck the floats,(took 8 YouTube videos and 4 days to figure out how to get those darn push pins out of the float posts) checked for holes (none). Measured heights (27 mm) ish. Didn't adjust them.
- new float valves and seats
- cleaned pilot and main jets as best I could. They turned green after!? Yuck.
- rubber carb slidy things seem ok. They go up smoothly and come down with a bit of a cathump sound - seems like a good seal.
Reinstalled everything = same symptom.., still dies after a bit of throttle. Bummer.
Next step: I prchased new pilot, main, needle jet and needles as per recommended sizes on xs650direct. They suggest using slightly larger main and pilot jets to deal with a lean situation. I dunno.... I'll be doing that tomorrow night! I'll post the results.
Cheers.
I got 'er started again and with the darn button!!!! Woooo hoooo it was that darn ignition grounding issue that I read about so many times. I truly thought I scrapped enough paint off my tracker bars around the left and right housings, but apparently not.
I will post pics and a video when I learn how to do that
Background. My buddy gave me this bike in June for $20 with the condition that he gets first chance to buy it back if and when I ever decide to sell. It belonged to a family member so it has sentimental value to him. Me, I love motorcycles and I've always wanted to resurrect one. I know very little about the mechanical aspects of them, but I want to learn. I'm a programmer and so I know how important these sorts of user forums are and hopefully I can offer up some help to others. The bike was last registered in Saskatchewan in 1992. I'm in Alberta so the first thing I have to do is restore it back to a state that is safe and will pass an out of province inspection.hopefully before winter!!! It's coming Once that is done, I might create a street tracker - maybe not.
So I'm back to where I was 3 weeks ago. Engine runs and idles with choke on..., after a couple min i turn choke off and it idles nicely. Give it some throttle and it dies. Except now i actually got a few nice revs of about 2500 rpms on the throttle before it died. I suspect pilot and/or main jet issues? Hopefully not slide problems.
What I've done this far:
- new carb and air box holders (they were cracked and brittle)
- new plugs, batttery, oil, air filters, fuses
- Installed in-line gas filter and new gas line
- checked vacuum tube (tight on both connections and not clogged)
- new front break caliper re-build (pushes fluid now. Success. (Need to clean the rotor caliper end Now i suspect)
- Back break seems to be fine
- cleaned carbs. Unstuck the floats,(took 8 YouTube videos and 4 days to figure out how to get those darn push pins out of the float posts) checked for holes (none). Measured heights (27 mm) ish. Didn't adjust them.
- new float valves and seats
- cleaned pilot and main jets as best I could. They turned green after!? Yuck.
- rubber carb slidy things seem ok. They go up smoothly and come down with a bit of a cathump sound - seems like a good seal.
Reinstalled everything = same symptom.., still dies after a bit of throttle. Bummer.
Next step: I prchased new pilot, main, needle jet and needles as per recommended sizes on xs650direct. They suggest using slightly larger main and pilot jets to deal with a lean situation. I dunno.... I'll be doing that tomorrow night! I'll post the results.
Cheers.