carburetor

Looking to upgrade exhausts and I was wondering if these carbs would work well with our bikes and if anyone has used them in the bikes? These are supposed to be performance carbs, what's the difference and is it any better than the stock carbs with a new exhaust?

So I opened up my Carbs today, and surprisingly everything was really clean! (Good for me). So I was trying to put back the carbs together and I ran into a problem at the end where the diaphragm goes in. When I put the whole set up in the diaphragm doesnt go all the way in, so if I try to make...

What is this grey screw where my pilot jet is supposed to be?should I replace it?

I've been reading this forum for about a month now. I've tried just about everything on this site so far but my bike still won't work. I have a 1979 xs400e (I think). All original everything. It was given to me after sitting for almost a year in the sun. I had ridden it and it ran great...

Hello everyone, Long time no see/post. I have been away in a career for a bit, and thankfully haven't run into troubles with my bike (80/81 xs400sg) nor really needed to break into the carbs...until now. It turns out, one of my adjustable needles snapped because the prior owner had replaced...

Tore my carbs apart and cleaned them thoroughly with carb cleaner. Set the timing to be fairly accurate and point gap is perfect. Valve clearances all within spec on the tighter side (quite quiet now, might have read my old posts on the valve train noise, has all but gone away now with valves in...

Hey, Changed my oil and adjusted valve clearances yesterday, now valves all within spec. Took a video before right cylinder intake valve was set properly. Didnt like the sound so went back over and checked all clearances. I just did a poor job on one of them (was .003 out! on an intake valve...

So, I noticed my bike would not start up today. I rode it about 24 miles or so a couple days before with no issues. In fact, it ran better than ever and I had a blast since I had cleaned the carbs a couple weeks before. Anyway, I disconnected the fuel line (with filter still attached to the fuel...

mostly for my own edification, want to have these all in one spot... might help others clean carbs / tune carbs Carb Part Photos Cleaning Guide: http://www.thegsresources.com/gs_carbrebuild.htm Guide: http://www.amckayltd.com/carbguide.pdf Walk Through with photos...

I'm still kinda of a newbie and haven't really pushed the bike too hard yet. Learned that going fast is fun... As I gain some more confidence, even considering taking it on a limited access highway.... However,just noticed the motor stutters at 8-9000 RPM. Don't know if this is related to new...

Mikes xs sells carb holder spacers meant to improve low end throttle response and torque, but they are for a 650. Does anyone know if these would be beneficial or applicable to the xs 400? If so I'd love to grab em and see how they do.

Hey guys, just recently bought a new engine after my old one seized. Electrical works fine and for first time ever my electric tic starter works too. Had to jump my bike since my battery wasn't doing and was pretty much low, and after about an hour of trying to kick start and electric starting...

So at the beginning of this Canadian winter, I'd known but how to change my turn signals(crapily) and how to do an oil change, next to chain cleaning and maintenance...that's pretty much all I'd known til I'd really started reading on this forum, I'd learned plenty here and want to share lol the...

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

Hey all. I was wondering if there are any fabricators out there that want to build a 2 into 1 carb manifold for me. My budget would be right around $100. I know this is a small amount, but I just want to check if anyone is willing to do it before I buy new carb boots. My boots have seemed to...

Ok so I have straight pipes and pod filter. Tuning my carbs with different setups. Right now I have a 135 main. stock is 127.5 and 117.5. Please dont worry about the stock jets sizes being different this has been well debated on other threads. The pilot is the stock size I realize this needs to...

Warning to all xs250 owners. The k&n ru-2970 does not fit on the bs32 carbs. The opening is 5mm too big. Anyone have an idea on how to make it fit. I really like the look and want to use it but not sure how to make it fit. cheer

I am looking to get pod air filters for my '79 xs400. Im specifically looking for K&N filters, the folks that have run them what are your thoughts and as well what model# did you get and how was the fit? Thanks Peter

Hi guys, hope all are getting their rides in, and PsuedoMonkey your healing quickly! I need tech advice. I have be trying to sync & tune the carbs for days now. I have read the threads on how to do this but I still have procedural questions. Okay, I have the A/F screws at 3 and have adj...

Hi guys I am new to the forum and recently have taken on the challenge of restoring an xs400 (it's a interesting story how I ended up with that but it's not for now). Anyways the bike hasn't run for a long time (21 years) so the carbs are oxidized, gunked up, and deemed beyond the point of...