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  1. 🔧 Motorcycle Repair 🔧
    Hey Guys, just got this 1988 VX535. Have spark and 125 PSI compression. Rear cylinder is not firing and doesn't appear to be getting fuel as the spark plug is completely dry. I disassembled the carbs and ran everything through an ultrasoninic cleaner. Pulled the float cover off and it had...
  2. Parts Needed
    I can’t find carburetors for my 1978 Suzuki GT185 anywhere, the only ones I found were $700. I don’t have that kind of money. Can someone help me out and help me find out where I can get carbs for them?
  3. 🔧 Motorcycle Repair 🔧
    Hello I have a 1980 Suzuki gs850 I bout the bike and it was running rough and missfireing I tuned the carbs and changed coils/plugs. Then it ran perfectly. After about a week it started to leak fule from the air box whenever I would come back from a ride for about an hour or so. I tested the...
  4. Parts Identified
    Hi, I would like to know what the part that I have circled is called. Is it a jet? I couldn't find any info about this online. Thanks.
  5. Vintage Forum
    Hi I have a 1982 Honda Nighthawk 650 Nighthawk. I would like to pay to have the carbs cleaned and sync. I have purchased the rebuild kit with gaskets and jets for all four carbs. I intended to do it myself but I would like for an experienced person to do it. If you have experience with this and...
  6. 🔧 Motorcycle Repair 🔧
    Hi there! A little background on me/my bike: I bought a half-disassembled 1999 Suzuki Katana GSX600F back in December of 2019 for $100. I never owned a motorcycle before and didn’t have any experience working on cars or bikes, but Ive always wanted one and I thought hey, for $100, worst case I...
  7. 🔧 Motorcycle Repair 🔧
    Hi all, just a few days ago I pulled apart my ninja 250 carbies to give them a good clean and somehow lost 2 o'rings, one for the lean/rich adjustment screw, and one that sits in the diaphrahm, I bought some generic o'rings own of which fit ok but a little loose around the fuel adjuster, and for...
  8. First Bike / New Rider
    Hey guys, I’m new here but wanted some advice. I just got my first bike a couple days ago and don’t know much about them but I wanted to learn. When I test drove it it idled perfectly and rode perfectly and has for a couple days. Now I’m experiencing a problem where when I start it from cold it...
  9. 🔧 Motorcycle Repair 🔧
    I am looking into buying a GL500 but the guy selling it says that it has a clogged idle circuit on the right side carbs. Would this be an easy fix? Sent me a video of the attempted start, but he says it starts and runs, but runs at high rpm's. Decent bike at a better price.
  10. First Bike / New Rider
    Hi, I've built an old honda cb350 from a compilation of about 3 different bikes years 71-73. I've got pretty much all the kinks worked out of it. I'm having a problem with the what I think should be a carb problem. I get good power out of the bike but at about 4 or 5000 rpms in probably 3rd...
  11. 🔧 Motorcycle Repair 🔧
    I am working on a 1973 Honda Cb350g. The engine seems to be running with the timing retarded. It seems the engine is getting hot quickly, and the engine in running sluggishly. I have timed the engine according the book. I also checked the exhaust for any obstructions. I have also rebuilt the...
  12. Honda
    I have done little maintenance on motorcycles. I do have a mechanical mind but cleaning carbs is kind of a scary idea. If any one can help me out with this it would be great. What are the tools and chemicals will I need for this project? Also what kind of time frame are we talking, 3-6 hours...
  13. Vintage Forum
    Hey guys, Elliot here from boston, obsessing over getting this old '72 350 to fire up. Feeling close. Turns over but won't quite get there. Losing sleep over this thing. SO FAR New and charged battery. Clean carbs (although the jets might be upside down- I can't find ANY instructions that...
  14. 🔧 Motorcycle Repair 🔧
    Hi, my 1985 Yamaha Maxim XJ 700 isn't running well. The outside two cylinders are firing but the inner two don't. I've sanded and exchanged the spark plugs but nothing changed. They were all running last week until I changed the oil and hosed it down. Suddenly, I have trouble. I've read...
  15. 🔧 Motorcycle Repair 🔧
    I recently cleaned and resealed my carbs. The rebuild kit didn't come with the main jet o rings, so I picked some up at a hardware store. I'm assuming they are for plumbing. I also replaced the stock air filters with the pod style ones, and thus upped the main jet size as well. Now my bike runs...
  16. 🏍 General Motorcycle Discussion 🏍
    I was bad and improperly stored my Honda Cb1 for 10 months and now it won't rev/start. It turns on after being on a battery charger, but when i turn the throttle, it won't start... HELP Do I just need to clean the carbs? It was working completely find before I left it storage.
  17. Vintage Forum
    Hi semi-New Rider here, I Decided to clean my carbs when i took the carbs off i had to take off the airbox too, Well... my air box is not going to work again do to a fairly large whole so I decided to put air filters on instead. Here's the problem... With New air Filters i have to rejet and...
  18. First Bike / New Rider
    can anyone give me a solid breakdown/step by step on cleaning the carbs on my 81 xs400... I am new and have heard way too many opinions on cleaning carbs that it has just made it more confusing. I am having major idle problems where the rpms shoot up while riding when I come to a stop with the...
  19. Honda
    I am at a loss on this one it's not flooding the carbs but I have absolutey no clue why or how you get gas coming out of the points. :confused: Anyone Have a clue I am beyond lost and at this point and would like to get it running before winter gets here.
  20. 🔧 Motorcycle Repair 🔧
    1982 yamaha vision 550. Was working when I got it and I took a look inside the carbs for fun and now it wont work. The strange thing is that I have cleaned the carbs 4-5 times now and right after I put everything back on it start up fine and run, than as soon as I kill the engine it wont start...
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