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I just wanted to know if something like that (meant to break down gunk) might be too hard on stuff like the fuel lines, which look to me like they're made of some kind of rubber. It's probably ok though.
If it's meant to be a fuel additive, I'd imagine that it's ok for the fuel lines. It's a ...

snikro wrote:Would running a few capfuls of seafoam in the gas help to do things like clear out the fuel lines and stuff on that end? I've heard it works wonders.

I've never tried seafoam, only heard of it. It's easier than taking the carb apart (which isn't that hard). You might give it a try.

I was just thinking could it possible be an ignition timing issue? I've heard that backfiring is also caused by that... It does sometimes miss/erratic when idling by itself, so would it help if I took a vid of that as well?

Before you dive into timing, did you ever clean your carb? Junk in the ...

Talking to the guy above you, I know you say it out of respect for my plug reading abilities.
Plug chop.
Kenny:
I like your minimalism, you just pop up and say 'plug chop'.
May I suggest that you shorten this further and just say 'plop'? Could be a good tag line for you, like 'Do you feel lucky ...

Kenny_McCormic wrote:Plug chop.

Kenny:
I like your minimalism, you just pop up and say 'plug chop'.
May I suggest that you shorten this further and just say 'plop'? Could be a good tag line for you, like 'Do you feel lucky' or 'I'll be back'.
JohnP

Well now I'm just thinking it might be a fuel problem. Like, maybe a blockage in the line, or something preventing enough volume of fuel from getting to the carb when it needs it (accel and speed) cause its fine at idle, but after you've been moving it starts to starve and backfire (lean), and if ...

So any more ideas about getting that dam cap off?

It's an odd thing that you have there, the cap is just screwed on. Kenny mentioned that it might be loctited on, and in that case you would apply heat, like from a torch. Some loctite needs heat to un-loctite it. Not red hot or anything, just hot ...

I fooled around with the bike today and now I'm just wondering if I can just richen it up a bit, because I tried moving the air/fuel screw on the carb half a rotation to the right (richer I THINK), and then riding it, and the problem was much better. It's back where it was now but I think just ...

you mean between the carb and this?

Yup---you can see a brown plastic piece about 1/8" thick between that and the carb--there's an o-ring on either side of it. Spray some starter fluid around it, if your idle goes up, they're leaking and you need to replace the o-rings. If nothing happens, then ...

well we are not going to be able to tell much by photos when it comes to that part. just look it over for holes, or leaks or anything like that.

when the motor is running spay some starting fuild around the ends of that. if the motor rews up it means you got an air leak. _________________

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