Sesty
H.E. Pennypacker
Figured id stop making new posts for every project/ problem that comes along.
Its a 1987 xs400-E.
7,503 miles, 2 owner bike. Tires and battery was shot, and the carbs were dumping fuel all over. PO cut the stock mufflers and welded on the emgo shorties and crappy emgo pods.
First thing I did was remove the old rear flasher and taillight. Cut and remounted the fender and installed a new integrated LED taillight. Shortly after was new rubber, Kenda Challengers, front and back. Swaped in flat drag bars, the PO had put on custom tracker bars (he cut and welded the OEM bars) they were a bit crooked. I also shaved down a bit of the seat foam, and waiting to re cover it.
After having carb issues I sent them out to get ultrasonically cleaned and I re-jetted for new UNI pods and the short mufflers: 45 pilots, 135 mains, needle in the middle. Stupidly i let it sit all winter with fuel in the clean carbs and have been having carb issues all summer. Cleaned them 2-3 times already and Im ready for number 4.
Last night made a manometer with some tubing a yard stick and few ounces of 2-stroke oil. Got them sync pretty close, however the oil was a bit jumpy and it was hard to tell exactly. The levels seemed to change after every start up.
And I saw some tiny flames coming up the carb sync tubes when pushing in the enricher so it seems Im in for a valve adjustment before I can everything synced up proper.
Its a 1987 xs400-E.
7,503 miles, 2 owner bike. Tires and battery was shot, and the carbs were dumping fuel all over. PO cut the stock mufflers and welded on the emgo shorties and crappy emgo pods.
First thing I did was remove the old rear flasher and taillight. Cut and remounted the fender and installed a new integrated LED taillight. Shortly after was new rubber, Kenda Challengers, front and back. Swaped in flat drag bars, the PO had put on custom tracker bars (he cut and welded the OEM bars) they were a bit crooked. I also shaved down a bit of the seat foam, and waiting to re cover it.
After having carb issues I sent them out to get ultrasonically cleaned and I re-jetted for new UNI pods and the short mufflers: 45 pilots, 135 mains, needle in the middle. Stupidly i let it sit all winter with fuel in the clean carbs and have been having carb issues all summer. Cleaned them 2-3 times already and Im ready for number 4.
Last night made a manometer with some tubing a yard stick and few ounces of 2-stroke oil. Got them sync pretty close, however the oil was a bit jumpy and it was hard to tell exactly. The levels seemed to change after every start up.
And I saw some tiny flames coming up the carb sync tubes when pushing in the enricher so it seems Im in for a valve adjustment before I can everything synced up proper.
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