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I am new to posting in KR but have been using your advice for at least a week or 2 lol. Trying to do everything as inexpensive as possible as I am broke off my *** but want to be riding sooo bad.
Few weeks ago I went and bought a new to me 91 gsx600f.
Person who I bought it from said that it was jetted stage 2, but supposedly there is no such thing as a stage 2 for the Katana. Its running a Vance & Hines exhaust with a Uni Filter. Thats about all I know mod wise.
When I bought it he had been jumping it with his truck running over and over to start it. Battery was toasted, wiring harness was about 50% melted where it runs over the corner of the engine, a few other wires were melted.
I've gone through and rebuild the wiring harness and replaced wires where needed.
another issue was rust in the tank and the bike would only choked up, 50-100%, read up on here about electrolysis and did that treatment on the tank, didn't have the cash to coat it so I know its not permanent but it'll do for a temporary fix. While doing that I tore apart the carbs, cleaned everything out and as near as I can tell got all the passage ways cleared out. Used a lemon juice bath to soak it then took carb cleaner and wd-40 with an air compressor to make sure the circuts were clear.
Cleaning the carbs was definatly an experiance!(I have no exp working with engines and mechanics stuff lol) I left the carbs on the rail while cleaning them so HOPEFULLY i don't need to resync them or anything.....
The air box boots had worked their seal loose, and it looks as if at one time it was sealed with something so used epoxy and ran a bead around each boot just to make sure they were sealed up tight.
Got everything back together but now's where I am getting stuck and don't know where to go next. After getting it all together it was a PITA to get started the first time, its like it wanted to turn over but something needed greese or something because it felt like it was hitting something. Finally turned over after i replaced the spark plugs but ran REALLY REALLY rough.
Pulled the air box, had probably over a cup of gas in the airbox(Left on prime to long, flooded? dunno but was probably my own fault). Set my A/F screws to 2.5 turns out(I think they were at 3-3.5 beforehand). Added some more gas into the tank 1/5th full atm?
Started up, as long as choke was on and I didn't touch the throttle(it was would bog down and die if I did). Got it warmed up and choke off, was bouncing around 1100-2k rpms, wouldn't go steady, then started reving up to 6k and sat at 6k steady as stone.(this was all without touching throttle.) gave it a rev and it dropped back to 3k. then just kinda puttered down and died. It's still starting but can't figure out what I need to change.
Do I need to go back in and readjust my A/F Screws?
Idle Adjustment is still all the way out at the moment.
One last thing, It is vibrating like mad now while running. Also poping and backfiring, and saw flames out the exhaust a time or 2.
Thanks, Arthur
Few weeks ago I went and bought a new to me 91 gsx600f.
Person who I bought it from said that it was jetted stage 2, but supposedly there is no such thing as a stage 2 for the Katana. Its running a Vance & Hines exhaust with a Uni Filter. Thats about all I know mod wise.
When I bought it he had been jumping it with his truck running over and over to start it. Battery was toasted, wiring harness was about 50% melted where it runs over the corner of the engine, a few other wires were melted.
I've gone through and rebuild the wiring harness and replaced wires where needed.
another issue was rust in the tank and the bike would only choked up, 50-100%, read up on here about electrolysis and did that treatment on the tank, didn't have the cash to coat it so I know its not permanent but it'll do for a temporary fix. While doing that I tore apart the carbs, cleaned everything out and as near as I can tell got all the passage ways cleared out. Used a lemon juice bath to soak it then took carb cleaner and wd-40 with an air compressor to make sure the circuts were clear.
Cleaning the carbs was definatly an experiance!(I have no exp working with engines and mechanics stuff lol) I left the carbs on the rail while cleaning them so HOPEFULLY i don't need to resync them or anything.....
The air box boots had worked their seal loose, and it looks as if at one time it was sealed with something so used epoxy and ran a bead around each boot just to make sure they were sealed up tight.
Got everything back together but now's where I am getting stuck and don't know where to go next. After getting it all together it was a PITA to get started the first time, its like it wanted to turn over but something needed greese or something because it felt like it was hitting something. Finally turned over after i replaced the spark plugs but ran REALLY REALLY rough.
Pulled the air box, had probably over a cup of gas in the airbox(Left on prime to long, flooded? dunno but was probably my own fault). Set my A/F screws to 2.5 turns out(I think they were at 3-3.5 beforehand). Added some more gas into the tank 1/5th full atm?
Started up, as long as choke was on and I didn't touch the throttle(it was would bog down and die if I did). Got it warmed up and choke off, was bouncing around 1100-2k rpms, wouldn't go steady, then started reving up to 6k and sat at 6k steady as stone.(this was all without touching throttle.) gave it a rev and it dropped back to 3k. then just kinda puttered down and died. It's still starting but can't figure out what I need to change.
Do I need to go back in and readjust my A/F Screws?
Idle Adjustment is still all the way out at the moment.
One last thing, It is vibrating like mad now while running. Also poping and backfiring, and saw flames out the exhaust a time or 2.
Thanks, Arthur
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