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Hey everyone, thought I would say thanks for all the awesome posts and information out here. I have read and learned a ton from everyone. Anyways, here is my situation.
I found a really good deal on 1995 600 locally. I was looking for a new project and I definitely found it. The bike was 600 bucks and the guy I bought it from said it was running up until 2 months before I bought it. When looking at this beast at first glance I thought no way. But looked a little deeper and noticed fresh tires on the front and back with the nubs and the paint still highly visible. All of the fairing had been ripped off except the front fender. The guy told me it looked way cooler this way when I asked him if he saved any of them. Anyways, he was asking 800 and I plopped 600 in his face and the beginning of my saga has begun.
So a buddy got his truck and we loaded her up and got it in the garage. I started work immediately. I pulled the gas tank off and noticed some sweet duct tape on the carb. I pulled that off and the duct tape on the seat.
I also found a couple screw drivers under the seat and behind the carb. The airbox was also hanging half off.
Anyways, after straitening it up a bit, tightening bolts, new gas line, new breather hose where it had been duct taped closed on the carb, new plugs, and new fuel I gave her a try. It sounded like it wanted to start, but no love. Then it started clicking. Wierd, so I jumped on this site and viola. The battery had leaked on the starter solenoid and corroded the heck out of it. I order a new one for 21 bucks, installed it and it started right up.
I ran some seafoam through it and after it made its way through idled like a champ. Super smooth but a lot less powerful than I thought it would be. Took it on the highway and could not get it past 70. So I did some research and wondered if I had a main jet issue. I did use and infared temp reader and noticed the two left headers were 5 times hotter that the two right ones. So now I assumed no gas to the right set of carbs.
Anyways, I pulled up the sweet carb101 tutorial and started breaking down the carbs. I could not pull the carbs all away apart because the duct tape man had also stripped almost every screw on both mounting rails. So I followed the tutorial and broke it down as best I could, bathing everything in carb soak over night. Minus rubber pieces.
I finished up the carbs, turned out the a/f screws 1.75 turns out from dead stop on each carb. Bench synched them to half the first hole. Did my best to adjust the floats, etc.
I got everything hooked back up and as soon as I tried to started it, I started hearing some popping. I am guessing it is afterfire from the exhaust. I did not try to hard to get on it and start it once the afterfire started. My neighbors already sent me a nasty little note from the other day when I was trying to synch the carbs and it let out a major pop.
Anyways, that is where I am at. Tomorrow at lunch I will go after her and see if I can get it started. I do have a mercury carb synch tool that I bought for pretty cheap so I will do that after I get it going.
Thanks for all the great info.
I found a really good deal on 1995 600 locally. I was looking for a new project and I definitely found it. The bike was 600 bucks and the guy I bought it from said it was running up until 2 months before I bought it. When looking at this beast at first glance I thought no way. But looked a little deeper and noticed fresh tires on the front and back with the nubs and the paint still highly visible. All of the fairing had been ripped off except the front fender. The guy told me it looked way cooler this way when I asked him if he saved any of them. Anyways, he was asking 800 and I plopped 600 in his face and the beginning of my saga has begun.
So a buddy got his truck and we loaded her up and got it in the garage. I started work immediately. I pulled the gas tank off and noticed some sweet duct tape on the carb. I pulled that off and the duct tape on the seat.
I also found a couple screw drivers under the seat and behind the carb. The airbox was also hanging half off.Anyways, after straitening it up a bit, tightening bolts, new gas line, new breather hose where it had been duct taped closed on the carb, new plugs, and new fuel I gave her a try. It sounded like it wanted to start, but no love. Then it started clicking. Wierd, so I jumped on this site and viola. The battery had leaked on the starter solenoid and corroded the heck out of it. I order a new one for 21 bucks, installed it and it started right up.
I ran some seafoam through it and after it made its way through idled like a champ. Super smooth but a lot less powerful than I thought it would be. Took it on the highway and could not get it past 70. So I did some research and wondered if I had a main jet issue. I did use and infared temp reader and noticed the two left headers were 5 times hotter that the two right ones. So now I assumed no gas to the right set of carbs.
Anyways, I pulled up the sweet carb101 tutorial and started breaking down the carbs. I could not pull the carbs all away apart because the duct tape man had also stripped almost every screw on both mounting rails. So I followed the tutorial and broke it down as best I could, bathing everything in carb soak over night. Minus rubber pieces.
I finished up the carbs, turned out the a/f screws 1.75 turns out from dead stop on each carb. Bench synched them to half the first hole. Did my best to adjust the floats, etc.
I got everything hooked back up and as soon as I tried to started it, I started hearing some popping. I am guessing it is afterfire from the exhaust. I did not try to hard to get on it and start it once the afterfire started. My neighbors already sent me a nasty little note from the other day when I was trying to synch the carbs and it let out a major pop.
Anyways, that is where I am at. Tomorrow at lunch I will go after her and see if I can get it started. I do have a mercury carb synch tool that I bought for pretty cheap so I will do that after I get it going.
Thanks for all the great info.
. I remember getting my bike in similar condition.
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