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CARB and intake help PLEASE!
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:30 pm
by zapwalker
i just ground down the intake and all that goodness washed it out air dried it for about an hour and put everything back together and now the thing will barely start up and stay running. adjusting the idle doesnt work everything was put back correctly... can anyone help?
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:34 pm
by Dac
did the reeds have any gaps at all?
did you use new gaskets/were the old gaskets still good?
did you do the spacer on the carb
right?
was there any, and i mean ANY water still on anything ?
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:00 pm
by zapwalker
no water everything was good
but there is a little gap where the reeds are
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:36 pm
by Kenny_McCormic
reed gap=new reed time.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:41 pm
by zapwalker
how can i fix that???
i need bigger reeds
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:41 pm
by zapwalker
how can i fix that???
i need bigger reeds
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:46 pm
by Kenny_McCormic
If you want bigger reeds you use a SB50 intake and reeds, of course then you have to use a blown petcock with a plugged vacuum port because there is no where for the vac line on the SB intake.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:52 pm
by zapwalker
Kenny_McCormic wrote:If you want bigger reeds you use a SB50 intake and reeds, of course then you have to use a blown petcock with a plugged vacuum port because there is no where for the vac line on the SB intake.
i have no idea what a blown petcock is. and where i can get one of those?!?!
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:09 pm
by Dac
why do you think you need bigger reeds?
just head to honda and get some replacement ones. you dont need bigger ones.
hah. Coincidence.
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:48 am
by TreeSquid
I had just done the exact same thing (dremeled the intake and then couldn't get the bike to run) when I read this. Turns out I did still have some water in it after rinsing the shavings out, I wasn't too careful about drying it. I was able to start it on starter fluid a couple of times and then after that, with no starter fluid, I just kept kicking it over and it slowly started running for a little longer each time. It took a BUNCH of kicks, but now it's fine.
I can't really notice much difference in power, but top speed increased by a whopping 1mph, to 31mph, probably because I haven't drilled out the exhaust yet so it's still choking there.
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:29 pm
by noiseguy
Slight reed gap is OK.
Why would adjusting the idle screw make it run?
My bet is that you put the thermal decoupler in backwards and now have a vacuum leak, or you didn't reconnect the air filter. Check that and post back.
