Shuriken
Well-Known Member
Howdy,
I've more closely inspected the bike and came up with a parts list, which you'll find in another post. Any help with parts is appreciated.
I spent last Saturday going through the carbs. Used a lot of cleaner and compressed air. Jetting appears to be stock and the carbs weren't full of rust, which was a good find. Also changed plugs, fuel filter, and changed the oil. The air filter is new.
I really struggled trying to reconnect the throttle cables to the carbs. I figure I'll come up with a good technique at some point. Anyone else find this step difficult?
Also found it difficult to get the airbox boots back over the carb inlets, as the boots are less pliable than they were in 85. I am sure this is contributing to a lean idle.
I want to replace all of the carb rubber hose but the local stores don't have anything that works - OD is always too big. Will try to find that. Right now I have the tubes that go from the float bowls up to the airbox completely removed, which I think would also contribute to lean idle. But I don't have any replacement hose yet.
A PO installed a braided clutch line, which works great, but it leaks at the joint where the aftermarket line connects to the OEM fitting down by the clutch on the left side. Does anyone know if I can get just the solid tube peice that emerges from the clutch and that connects to the aftermarket tube?
After the carb cleaning, the bike fired up and ran much better, but still requires half choke at idle. I took the bike out on half choke and warmed it up and then was able to turn off the choke completely. The bike will drop to a very low, smooth idle and will die thereafter. I may have idle speed set too low, so I'll check that. If not, probably too lean of idle. Although, I did check plug color at idle and it looks really good.
The bike performs very well. That shift from 1st to 2nd is my new favorite thing. Feels like your eyes are sinking back into your head. The Max will definitely get up and move.
I got back onto the XS11 afterwards and can now see that there is a lot of ergonomical and engine differences between the two. The XS is more comfortable to me in terms of seating/riding position. It's easier to steer and control, especially at low speed. The Max has a very comfortable seat but requires me to really stretch to get to the bars, and I'm 6'1". The Max also feels heavier in low speed turns, but part of this I'm sure is my bike's tweaked front forks. The Max obviously out accelerates the XS. Both have a lot of useful torque. My XS has a 4-1, so it's a high pitched tinny sound, while the Max, with the stock 4-2 has that baritone rumble that we have all come to love.
Anyway.... I'll post some before and after pics down the road. Need to get parts and paint first.
I've more closely inspected the bike and came up with a parts list, which you'll find in another post. Any help with parts is appreciated.
I spent last Saturday going through the carbs. Used a lot of cleaner and compressed air. Jetting appears to be stock and the carbs weren't full of rust, which was a good find. Also changed plugs, fuel filter, and changed the oil. The air filter is new.
I really struggled trying to reconnect the throttle cables to the carbs. I figure I'll come up with a good technique at some point. Anyone else find this step difficult?
Also found it difficult to get the airbox boots back over the carb inlets, as the boots are less pliable than they were in 85. I am sure this is contributing to a lean idle.
I want to replace all of the carb rubber hose but the local stores don't have anything that works - OD is always too big. Will try to find that. Right now I have the tubes that go from the float bowls up to the airbox completely removed, which I think would also contribute to lean idle. But I don't have any replacement hose yet.
A PO installed a braided clutch line, which works great, but it leaks at the joint where the aftermarket line connects to the OEM fitting down by the clutch on the left side. Does anyone know if I can get just the solid tube peice that emerges from the clutch and that connects to the aftermarket tube?
After the carb cleaning, the bike fired up and ran much better, but still requires half choke at idle. I took the bike out on half choke and warmed it up and then was able to turn off the choke completely. The bike will drop to a very low, smooth idle and will die thereafter. I may have idle speed set too low, so I'll check that. If not, probably too lean of idle. Although, I did check plug color at idle and it looks really good.
The bike performs very well. That shift from 1st to 2nd is my new favorite thing. Feels like your eyes are sinking back into your head. The Max will definitely get up and move.
I got back onto the XS11 afterwards and can now see that there is a lot of ergonomical and engine differences between the two. The XS is more comfortable to me in terms of seating/riding position. It's easier to steer and control, especially at low speed. The Max has a very comfortable seat but requires me to really stretch to get to the bars, and I'm 6'1". The Max also feels heavier in low speed turns, but part of this I'm sure is my bike's tweaked front forks. The Max obviously out accelerates the XS. Both have a lot of useful torque. My XS has a 4-1, so it's a high pitched tinny sound, while the Max, with the stock 4-2 has that baritone rumble that we have all come to love.
Anyway.... I'll post some before and after pics down the road. Need to get parts and paint first.
