Went to start the XS today to take it to a friends for temp storage, while my garage project continues on. For the first time since I’ve had the bike, it wouldn’t fire up right away. Electric or kick starters wouldn't even produce a fart from either side. After trying for too long, I got it running on one cylinder. The right side was dead. Pulled the plug and it was wet so I popped in a new one. Still ran on the left side only. Started poking around for a more serious look and found the problem. Somehow the bike spit the carb right out of the rubber intake. Quickly had a look at the clamp and it was cinched down tight. Wrestled the carb back in, reset the clamps and all was well, other than my voltmeter - see pic. All that cranking must have boiled over the Chinesium in the gauge. Not clear in the photo, but at idle it was 25+ volts. The multimeter confirmed the gauge was fried. Lol.
So what might have caused this? To my recollection it didn’t backfire. The bike is running UNI foam pods so the carbs are “dangling” off of the intake rubbers. Maybe I need to make a support for them this winter?
So what might have caused this? To my recollection it didn’t backfire. The bike is running UNI foam pods so the carbs are “dangling” off of the intake rubbers. Maybe I need to make a support for them this winter?