older guys on klr's

[Adam Stahnke]

The A7 is 90% back together. I started it up and in true post Earth Day fashion, it coughed, chugged, and spewed out black exhaust. Is it starving for air? I had the carb out for cleaning. Any ideas/solutions? Thanks.

[Adam Stahnke]

The A7 is 90% back together. I started it up and in true post Earth Day fashion, it coughed, chugged, and spewed out black exhaust. Is it starving for air? I had the carb out for cleaning, checked the floats and needle jet, but did not remove anything else. I removed the air box door and filter and disconnected the choke at the bars, but that did not help. Could it me the floats? I read the archives and help articles. Any ideas/solutions? Thanks.

[jim weber]

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> From: jim weber > To: DSN_klr650@egroups > Subject: carb > Date: Friday, April 28, 2000 4:58 PM > > Does anyone on the list know the e-mail address and phone# for mikuni. > Thanks, > Tom

[gtx]

Anyone in the UK got a carb for a KLR600BI,they want to flog,been trying to get spares for the last three weeks and no joy! Gary [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[gtx]

today I took the bike out for the first time in 10 days, guess what after ressetting the float valve the overflow was pissing petrol so bad I nearly did a neat 180 at a junction, in the aftermath of waiting for oncomming trafic, in a swell pool of gas. The float height is suppsed to be 17.5 mm yea, done. stripped the jets and cleaned them is it more crud blocking the float valve, or am I doing something wrong KLR 600,85 mod Gary [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Ted Palmer]

gtx wrote:

> today I took the bike out for the first time in 10 days, guess what after ressetting the float valve the overflow was pissing petrol so bad I nearly did a neat 180 at a junction, in the aftermath of waiting for oncomming trafic, in a swell pool of gas.

[...] My 600 did this when it was about 3 years old (back around 1989). I changed the float needle and it has been fine ever since, and I never bother to turn the fuel tap off. Mister_T

[gtx]

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Palmer" To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] CARB > gtx wrote: > > > today I took the bike out for the first time in 10 days, guess what after ressetting the float valve the overflow was pissing petrol so bad I nearly did a neat 180 at a junction, in the aftermath of waiting for oncomming trafic, in a swell pool of gas. > [...] > > My 600 did this when it was about 3 years old (back around 1989). > I changed the float needle and it has been fine ever since, and I > never bother to turn the fuel tap off. > > Mister_T > I guess seeing that the bike is 16 years old,the inside of the tank/fuel tap have probably got loads of sediment floating about,will strip the tap out tommorow and flush the tank, any ideas what to use as a flushing liquid? Also methinks its time to invest in a inline fuel filter regards Gary > > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Support Dual Sport News by subscribing at: > http://www.dualsportnews.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >

[Devon Jarvis]

Buy a 4-5' long piece of cheap brass chain, really fine light-duty stuff. I would use water and some kind of mild detergent as a flushing liquid, but as long as you use brass (doesn't spark) kerosene would be fine. The water is a lot easier to get off yourself and isn't a disposal problem, but you have to thoroughly rinse and dry it afterwards (obvious, sorry). Or just rinse out the soap well, and use some drygas (alcohol water disperser) when you fill up afterwards. Cover the petcock hole, and the filler hole, and swish the chain around to knock off any loose rust flakes, sediment etc. Rinse and repeat, until the flushing liquid comes out clean. You can either coat the inside of the tank (a pain in the ass) or simply try to keep it full whenever you park the bike for more than a day. Eventually this will have to be done again, but if it's every 16 years.... Devon gtx wrote:

> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ted Palmer" > To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 2:42 PM > Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] CARB > > > gtx wrote: > > > > > today I took the bike out for the first time in 10 days, guess what > after ressetting the float valve the overflow was pissing petrol so bad I > nearly did a neat 180 at a junction, in the aftermath of waiting for > oncomming trafic, in a swell pool of gas. > > [...] > > > > My 600 did this when it was about 3 years old (back around 1989). > > I changed the float needle and it has been fine ever since, and I > > never bother to turn the fuel tap off. > > > > Mister_T > > > I guess seeing that the bike is 16 years old,the inside of the tank/fuel tap > have probably got loads of sediment floating about,will strip the tap out > tommorow and flush the tank, any ideas what to use as a flushing liquid? > Also methinks its time to invest in a inline fuel filter > regards Gary > > > > > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > > > Support Dual Sport News by subscribing at: > > http://www.dualsportnews.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Support Dual Sport News by subscribing at: > http://www.dualsportnews.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[gtx]

Thanks to all who replied,drained the gas and removed the fuel tap,not to much debri,but I was amazed to see no fuel filter on reserve, anyway problem solved.[fingers crossed] Next jobs are welding gear lever crack up,exhuast,replace clutch,driveshaft seal Hi ho Gary [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Allan Patton]

How often do the carb diaphragms fail? Why do they fail? Someone suggested that a big single may be harder on the diaphragm than other bikes. Would like to hear from anyone who has replaced the diaphragm. Didn't have much luck searching the archives. Allan A14 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]