redratbike
XS400 Addict
After actually getting the bike to run to put my mind at rest that it was worth carrying on with i moved on to some other bits
so i cleaned the carbs out as the bikes been standing for 10 years i washed all the crud off the outside with some carb cleaner then took them apart one at a time to clean all the jets etc etc
here's what i found inside ..this was the worse one the other wasnt half as bad
and
took the best part of 2.r hors in total i think but they ended up a lot cleaner ..lots of carb clener inside ..removed all the jets blew them through..cleaned everything and put them back together ..
fitted a new throttle cable and guess what
the bastard wouldn't start!
going to wait till i get a tank from Drewpy and try again as i'm just forcing petrol down a funnel at the moment .
do you know if shorting out the solenoid to start it would have damaged anything else? as my start button has disintergrated but cadxs has 2 new ones
so i cleaned the carbs out as the bikes been standing for 10 years i washed all the crud off the outside with some carb cleaner then took them apart one at a time to clean all the jets etc etc
here's what i found inside ..this was the worse one the other wasnt half as bad
and
took the best part of 2.r hors in total i think but they ended up a lot cleaner ..lots of carb clener inside ..removed all the jets blew them through..cleaned everything and put them back together ..
fitted a new throttle cable and guess what
the bastard wouldn't start!
going to wait till i get a tank from Drewpy and try again as i'm just forcing petrol down a funnel at the moment .
do you know if shorting out the solenoid to start it would have damaged anything else? as my start button has disintergrated but cadxs has 2 new ones