carbs

  1. U

    Can't figure out gas in oil

    I've read lots of posts on this. I have gotten my bike to the point where it is running great but after I ride a couple miles I get gas in the oil. It does not seem to be leaking into air filters and it's not the petcock leaking because I have installed an inline fuel cut off valve. I've read it...
  2. M

    Bike does not pick up speed

    Hey guys, So I've been working on this bike for a few weeks now. Bike works fine and starts up fine. However, when I go to shift to a higher gear, the bike barely picks up any speed. The max the bike goes is to 45 mph and that's at 6 th gear. Really frustrating as I just went ahead cleaned...
  3. bakeLit

    Left muffler pops

    My fellow riders, I have gone through everything (carbs cleaned, float level set, valve clearances set, carbs synched, timing and points gap set, mixture screws 3 turns out) and overall my '81 SOHC bike works fine. BUT the left muffler still pops quite substantially. I have found two tiniest...
  4. drewpy

    How a CV carb works

    I little animation on how a CV carb works. May help peeps to understand the workings a bit better. The only difference on our carbs is the pilot is on top and the choke on the side. It may be shown this way in order to see the animation clearer
  5. DrHans

    problems with carbs, xs400 1978

    Hello during the build I have found a problems I suspect it is carburators: The bike only starts with Choke On and runs very unstable, when opening the throttle bike turns Off. what may be a problem ? jets ? (if jets, what are sizes and names for replacement jets) carbs are: Mikuni...
  6. A

    Just a bit of an update!

    Hey everyone! Soo the bike has been put away for the winter here in sunny sask, so i figured its time to start tearing into it. Over the last couple of days I've been tearing it down, pretty much just seeing what hidden gems I can find that are broken. Found the PO got his sticky fingers into...
  7. volcomskater77

    where to get carb boots?

    anybody know where to get intake boots for the carbs? mine are all dry-rotted:mad:
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