New from MD...
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 7:02 pm
New member here from Maryland. Been riding for a few years now on a few different sport bikes. My step father rode in his youth and was bit by the bug to ride again so I found him a 95 intruder 800 with about 10k miles on it locally really cheap. The paint is pretty faded and its a bit rough cosmetically around the edges but it was dirt cheap and ran. I got him his learners and he started getting familiar again then he had to have surgery that took him off the bike for several months.
The bike has not been touched between 6-8 months and upon getting a new battery in it and starting it up idle is pretty rough and it struggles to get moving from a stop and accelerating without a bunch of throttle. It felt like it was essentially running from mostly just one cylinder. I have done a ton of reading how terrible it is to get these carbs on and off again but I decided to take on the project.
After a few hours of sweating and cussing I managed to get the carbs removed and ordered rebuild kits. Got the carbs opened up and cleaned after dealing with many stripped screws. The rear carb didn't look too bad but the front carb especially the float bowl had quite a bit of junked up gas in it. I rebuilt the carbs and put in new idle/pilot screws in both carbs because one was almost completely stripped out and didn't want to put it back in.
Somehow in the process I managed to damage the rear throttle cable where the sheathing meets the end of the cable so I had to order another one and am waiting on its arrival. I can't wait to get this part in the mail to wrap up this project and get his bike all sorted again. When it ran good the bike seemed to have pretty nice power for a small v twin and my step dad is really itching to get back on it.
When I cleaned up the carbs I did separate them so I know the synch will probably be off. Once I get the throttle cable in and I get the carbs back in the bike what steps should I take to get it dialed back in?? Probably carb synch then pilot screws? Thanks for reading.
Skunkle121
The bike has not been touched between 6-8 months and upon getting a new battery in it and starting it up idle is pretty rough and it struggles to get moving from a stop and accelerating without a bunch of throttle. It felt like it was essentially running from mostly just one cylinder. I have done a ton of reading how terrible it is to get these carbs on and off again but I decided to take on the project.
After a few hours of sweating and cussing I managed to get the carbs removed and ordered rebuild kits. Got the carbs opened up and cleaned after dealing with many stripped screws. The rear carb didn't look too bad but the front carb especially the float bowl had quite a bit of junked up gas in it. I rebuilt the carbs and put in new idle/pilot screws in both carbs because one was almost completely stripped out and didn't want to put it back in.
Somehow in the process I managed to damage the rear throttle cable where the sheathing meets the end of the cable so I had to order another one and am waiting on its arrival. I can't wait to get this part in the mail to wrap up this project and get his bike all sorted again. When it ran good the bike seemed to have pretty nice power for a small v twin and my step dad is really itching to get back on it.
When I cleaned up the carbs I did separate them so I know the synch will probably be off. Once I get the throttle cable in and I get the carbs back in the bike what steps should I take to get it dialed back in?? Probably carb synch then pilot screws? Thanks for reading.
Skunkle121
