my bike is down for a while. sucks to be me.

[El capitan]

decide to address the carb mani gaskets which were leaking, and finally use the rebuild kit i bought forever and a day ago. tore it all apart and found that both diaphragms had holes in em'. one had a tiny pinhole... the other.... pinched and a nice slit in it.

fuck me.

[ReconRat]

I've had a few of those. It seems to be a weak part of the design. The vacuum diaphragms just won't last forever. I prefer simple throttle slides like Mikunis have. I remember gluing one shut with RTV, but I wouldn't recommend doing that. It would have to be fixed again soon. The bad part for me was when I went to buy a throttle slide/diaphragm, they said I had to buy an entire carburetor. I refused. That was overseas in Japan and the carb cost near as much as the used motorcycle. Or it seemed that way at the time.

[Bad324]

so how about that 919?

[ReconRat]

so how about that 919?

no carbs, and not wanting any ever again.

[Bad324]

no carbs, and not wanting any ever again.

oh shit, didn't even know you had one. Meant it towards El Capitan, I know he was looking at one the other day

[ReconRat]

oh shit, didn't even know you had one. Meant it towards El Capitan, I know he was looking at one the other day

ha, I forgot about that. I have two. Spares are good, except in bowling...

[El capitan]

Scored a set of used diaphragms on eBay for 70 bucks shipped. Better than 99.95 a piece without shipping for the new ones. And I'll get them next week instead of 3 weeks or so.

[TenTwelve]

Scored a set of used diaphragms on eBay for 70 bucks shipped. Better than 99.95 a piece without shipping for the new ones. And I'll get them next week instead of 3 weeks or so.

Good kill!

[El capitan]

i got her back together today. ran fine for like 5 secs. now troubleshooting what i think is a stuck float... FML

[El capitan]

took it apart and put it back together again. i think i can do it in like 15 mins now. float valve swapped and no more leaks.... yet. it was late so i buttoned it up and left it for tomorrow.

[Bad324]

fix that shit!

[El capitan]

its back together.. and it started. no leaks... not really idling well, but i think the plugs are fouled a tad.

[El capitan]

made it to the gas station and back. running good so far. fingers crossed.

[ReconRat]

After fiddling with carbs, check for air leaks between carbs and engine. That would cause a rough or low idle. No problem at higher RPMs. Spraying water around the joints will seal them temporarily and the idle will go up or smooth out.

[El capitan]

It idles good, no leaks at the manifolds either. I'm going to check the hats that cover the diaphragms tomorrow. It ran real strong today, and I think my mileage has improved by quite a bit. I never knew how bad it was til I saw how good it has become. The throttle response is really quick and snappy. And my exhaust has a nice crisp bark to it.

[tklatti]

Glad it's fixed. Ya' gonna make the sunday ride?

[El capitan]

Not sure yet. My wife might have other plans for me.