Fullmetal
XS400 Enthusiast
What's up guys. I spent all of christmas day doing some tinkering with my xs360. Slapped on my pods again, fixed the leaky petcock finally, even wrapped my 2-to-1 exhaust and installed that on the bike. Got a jet kit from the boys over at 6 Sigma and upgraded the jets in my carbs. All in all, it was a pretty productive day.
Yesterday morning, I went to try the bike out and was met with much disappointment. Starting the bike cold, it idles nicely after I set the speed and the mixture. But when I put it in first and tried to take off, the bike bogged down and stalled as I let off the clutch. When I would try to start it back up, this time the idle was below 1000, even with the throttle fully opened. I let it sit for a while, and it would start back up normally again, but once I put it into gear, it dies. Bump started the bike in second and it seemed to be fine, but only when the rpms were above 2500. When below 2500, the bike would start to bog back down again. When switching gears, the bike would literally die and come back on as soon as the lever was released. No matter how I tune the idle speed and mixture, this continues to happen.
Did some searching on here for a similar problem, one solution was to adjust the clutch. Did that, and the problem still occurs. Since this is happening below 2500, would this be a problem with the pilot system? Or could there be something I'm (probably) missing? I'm running 155 mains, 22.5 pilots, and the e-clip is 4 notches down on the needle (6 Sigma recommended this mod). Stock jets for the 360 are 145, 17.5, and the e-clip 3 notches down.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the essay!
Yesterday morning, I went to try the bike out and was met with much disappointment. Starting the bike cold, it idles nicely after I set the speed and the mixture. But when I put it in first and tried to take off, the bike bogged down and stalled as I let off the clutch. When I would try to start it back up, this time the idle was below 1000, even with the throttle fully opened. I let it sit for a while, and it would start back up normally again, but once I put it into gear, it dies. Bump started the bike in second and it seemed to be fine, but only when the rpms were above 2500. When below 2500, the bike would start to bog back down again. When switching gears, the bike would literally die and come back on as soon as the lever was released. No matter how I tune the idle speed and mixture, this continues to happen.
Did some searching on here for a similar problem, one solution was to adjust the clutch. Did that, and the problem still occurs. Since this is happening below 2500, would this be a problem with the pilot system? Or could there be something I'm (probably) missing? I'm running 155 mains, 22.5 pilots, and the e-clip is 4 notches down on the needle (6 Sigma recommended this mod). Stock jets for the 360 are 145, 17.5, and the e-clip 3 notches down.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the essay!