running rough after 685 install (video)... any suggestions?
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:44 pm
check for the collar that the neadle's pointy end sits into.
I've put a couple of carbs back together and this piece fell out.
symptoms are just like what your video indicates.
--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "bensherwyn" wrote: > > Hey all, > > So, I recently installed the Schnitz 685 kit on my 2003 KLR 650. Everything is back together now but the bike isn't running too well. It starts fine with the choke on and seems to idle okay for awhile, but as soon as I give it gas it begins to stumble, smoke, and die. Over the weekend, I noticed that some of my vacuum hoses were cracking, so I replaced them with the reinforced bmw-type that I've heard suggested on here. The last thing I'm thinking is that I may have missed something when I rebuilt the carburetor (Schnitz says that the stock jetting and carb settings should work well for the new kit... so I didn't do anything but clean and rebuild). I posted a video of the bike starting to http://www.tumbleweedamerica.org/klr/klr.mpg if anyone would like to hear and see the bike start, throttle, puff a little black smoke, and quit. I'll probably go back to the carb next, but I've got the nagging fear that it is something other. It sucks to keep running/idling brand new rings against a fresh hone without being able to do a proper break-in. If you've got any thoughts on this I'd be very grateful. > > Thanks! > > Ben Sherwyn > > Attached Link: http://www.tumbleweedamerica.org/klr/klr.mpg">[url=http://www.tumbleweedamerica.org/klr/klr.mpghttp://www.tumbleweedamerica.org/klr/klr.mpg> >