Recent content by Vermont4me

Ok, so I had it in my head to get an xs400 and I did, spent a month and several hundred getting it running and right- it has 3300 original miles, came with (an ugly) faring as well as a cool piece of (keyed) luggage that sits on the back rack- original title, manual, all wires for that luggage...

Definitely the holes then- thx and appreciate you

thanks guys- I had a sick kind of realization this am (maybe)- so I’ll pose my thought in a question… I capped the vacuum line on the engine but DIDNT cap it in the carbs- would this be why gas would continue to pour out if the carbs? I’m thinking I answered my own question….please let me know...

Last question- with a capped vacuum hose on my 81xs- will gas flow naturally if it’s not running? Maybe that’s why gas kept pouring out of the carbs as I’m standing there- oh if I only knew…

Hello my friend- I’m in ‘carb hell’…so the first set of carbs had a hole in the float, sent them back..second set I snagged ($150) is absolutely frozen, I mean frozen- so I may have to send that one back too- what would you do if you were me (again, not super mechanically inclined…)- someone has...

Appreciate your time, you have been wicked helpful- so yesterday, yeah, got the bike running and idling smooth but fuel kept rolling out of one side- i even ride the bike, felt good…took the carbs off, then apart and cleaned them, thinking maybe the initial ‘starting’ got em bunked up- put em...

Carbman Twin Carburetor Double Cylinder Carb Compatible with Honda Rebel 250 Carburetor CA250 CMX250 1996-2011 CMX250C 2003-2011 Carbs https://a.co/d/epO5Agv ????

Ok my friend, for some reason I feel that you’ve ‘been there’ for this cycle rehab- new wrinkle, bike was running odd (mentioned the gas leak etc) so I removed the carbs (again, and btw, they were originals from eBay in seemingly good shape..)- upon closer examination the float was corroded...

Indeed, working on that today- thx for this also

Wow, what a journey, I (hope) that I’m almost there- new petcock arrived, installed it along with the new-old carbs, gassed it, sprayed the carb cleaner and it FIRED up after 32 years of sitting in a barn (oil is decent etc-) PROBLEM- the right muffler (which was heat colored when I got it..)...

perfect- thanks again

If I can ask one final question (mechanic I’m not…) so when I install the new petcock, I simply cap the vacuum nipple that previously had a hose on it to the petcock? Thx

Cool, MANY THANKS