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When I first bought my bike I had a few issues. The (1) first issue was that the bike ran on a high idle from a cold start. (2) The owner had to use starter fluid to get the bike to start. Since I joined this forum I have learned a lot about my bike and I have made some progress. However, the bike is still running high.
So what have I done?
1) First of all I read over Carbs 101. Thoroughly read over it but did not disassemble much of the carbs. Why? It looked pretty clean because I did not see any rust. However, I did change the O-ring gaskets on the float bowls and changed a cracked float bowl cover.
2) I got a new air box. The old one must have been cracked previously because there was a covering substance that was spread on top to act as a sealer. Plus there were no clamps to attach to the carb. This would probably lead to a massive vacuum leak. The original air box also was missing screws to keep the air filter in place. The new one that I bought had one. ALSO the air filter is the stock one and NOT a K&N.
3) The choke cable that originally was on the bike has no tension left, so I got a new one.
4) I changed my battery. The old one was shot. I had to connect my car battery to just get the bike to kick over a bit. I put a slow charge on the old battery, but it would never hold charge for long.
5) One of my spark plugs were not firing when A buddy of mine checked out the spark plugs. All four were changed.
What is my problem?
1) My Kat now starts, but….. it is at a high idle. But at one point it was at a lower idle but would surge and smoke a bit (probably from the shit tone of starter fluid I used.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zptXOD2JOI
2) In the video shown, that was the lowest the idle has ever been. It started up at around 2,000 rpms and stayed consistent. BUT, when I would rev the throttle, the RPMS shot right back to 7,000 (could this mean my throttle cable is sticking?)
My buddy and I are going to be looking over the carbs some more tomorrow. Should I just take apart the carbs again and follow Carbs 102? Or is there another explanation for this?
So what have I done?
1) First of all I read over Carbs 101. Thoroughly read over it but did not disassemble much of the carbs. Why? It looked pretty clean because I did not see any rust. However, I did change the O-ring gaskets on the float bowls and changed a cracked float bowl cover.
2) I got a new air box. The old one must have been cracked previously because there was a covering substance that was spread on top to act as a sealer. Plus there were no clamps to attach to the carb. This would probably lead to a massive vacuum leak. The original air box also was missing screws to keep the air filter in place. The new one that I bought had one. ALSO the air filter is the stock one and NOT a K&N.
3) The choke cable that originally was on the bike has no tension left, so I got a new one.
4) I changed my battery. The old one was shot. I had to connect my car battery to just get the bike to kick over a bit. I put a slow charge on the old battery, but it would never hold charge for long.
5) One of my spark plugs were not firing when A buddy of mine checked out the spark plugs. All four were changed.
What is my problem?
1) My Kat now starts, but….. it is at a high idle. But at one point it was at a lower idle but would surge and smoke a bit (probably from the shit tone of starter fluid I used.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zptXOD2JOI
2) In the video shown, that was the lowest the idle has ever been. It started up at around 2,000 rpms and stayed consistent. BUT, when I would rev the throttle, the RPMS shot right back to 7,000 (could this mean my throttle cable is sticking?)
My buddy and I are going to be looking over the carbs some more tomorrow. Should I just take apart the carbs again and follow Carbs 102? Or is there another explanation for this?
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