I think my bike exploded.

[Rasputin]

Aww, now if I was to do that, I wouldn't get the chance to have these rousing conversations with folks such as yourself. Scroll up a bit there, I have already explained this post wasn't a cry for help. That is why it wasn't posted in XS/XJ Discussion.

Attention to detail there sparky.

run a STRONG mix of Berryman's B12 through the carbs!! IF you've been using premium, you probably have a LOT of carbon in the engine! I would pull the lower air cleaner, and use a LARGE can of Berryman's spray cleaner to spray into the intakes as the engine was running(warmed up first), let it set for about twenty minutes, and then ride it like you stole it for about five minutes.
That should take care of the carbon, then just run REGULAR, as the is what the bike was built to run. Premium burns SLOWER to keep the knock down, but will build up carbon if you have a "low" compression engine.

Aww gee DiveRay...why did you go spoil his thread by giving advice? "Attention to detail there sparky" was the words I read. The thread is a waste of electrons if anyone advises him on how to fix anything unless he posts it elsewhere.

[Joab]

Aww gee DiveRay...why did you go spoil his thread by giving advice? "Attention to detail there sparky" was the words I read. The thread is a waste of electrons if anyone advises him on how to fix anything unless he posts it elsewhere.

Advice doesnt cause the thread to be a waste of electrons, folks who take it too seriously does

[ddragon63]

I have never heard of the Berryman stuff, but I am willing to give it a try. Certainly cant make things worse! And I should have been running regular all along, but for some damn reason I had it in my head to run super in it all the time...

And you have been making me feel bad with all that work on Old Man Don, so since I had to rip the tank off to get to the plugs anyway, I am going to finish building the synch tool next week, reclean the carbs and actually tune and synch everything properly...for once.

Well i'm glad I can inspire others to run blindly into things they've put off for too long due to fear of intercoursing it up. My experience has left me wanting to walk into oncoming traffic. But hey I'm learning how to work on it. If you screw something up and learn from it you really didn't screw it up. Right?

[Rasputin]

Advice doesnt cause the thread to be a waste of electrons, folks who take it too seriously does

I am so glad you noticed the big smiley face in my post. I would guess you are in an argumentative mood tonight so I wont bore you with details but really? Really? Give me a break, far more important things on this site than this thread. Count me out.

[Joab]

Well i'm glad I can inspire others to run blindly into things they've put off for too long due to fear of intercoursing it up. My experience has left me wanting to walk into oncoming traffic. But hey I'm learning how to work on it. If you screw something up and learn from it you really didn't screw it up. Right?

Inspiration by guilt my friend, inspiration by guilt.

[Joab]

I am so glad you noticed the big smiley face in my post. I would guess you are in an argumentative mood tonight so I wont bore you with details but really? Really? Give me a break, far more important things on this site than this thread. Count me out.

Lol, calm yourself Ras, I wasnt referring to you. I was talking about captain sparky earlier. Your good people.

[ddragon63]

Inspiration by guilt my friend, inspiration by guilt.

mine by was beer inspired curiosity... I bought the sync kit to do my buddies Goldwing. I had beer, my XS, and a brand new sync kit. What could go wrong I thought. I'd like to track down the last guy Dad had work on this thing and stab him with the broken mixture screws!

But better to find out now, then when something catastrophic happened, and then I realized it was caused by my neglect. Good to check everything out before I posted a bunch of miles on it this summer.

[Joab]

mine by was beer inspired curiosity... I bought the sync kit to do my buddies Goldwing. I had beer, my XS, and a brand new sync kit. What could go wrong I thought. I'd like to track down the last guy Dad had work on this thing and stab him with the broken mixture screws!

But better to find out now, then when something catastrophic happened, and then I realized it was caused by my neglect. Good to check everything out before I posted a bunch of miles on it this summer.

Yeah, I enjoyed when TC came down to look at my bike, and calmly pointed out that someone at some point, had swapped out the original carbs for 80-81s, and all the rebuild kits and parts I bought wouldnt fit. Silly POs...

If it wasnt for Top Cat though, I probably would still be wondering why the hell nothing would line up right....

[ddragon63]

Yeah, I enjoyed when TC came down to look at my bike, and calmly pointed out that someone at some point, had swapped out the original carbs for 80-81s, and all the rebuild kits and parts I bought wouldnt fit. Silly POs...

If it wasnt for Top Cat though, I probably would still be wondering why the hell nothing would line up right....

Ya the last few years my Dad was alive he couldn't do much to his bike. The last year he had it out he took it to a "Shop" to have someone do "maintenance" on it. I remember him telling me it went in running ok, came out running better but something still didn't seem right. I now know what that "something" was! if they would have called him and said "you got 2 broke mixture screws" he would have said "FIX IT!" this is why I tackle most anything I can. that way I know the corners that have been cut... cuz I had the scissors

[Joab]

Ya the last few years my Dad was alive he couldn't do much to his bike. The last year he had it out he took it to a "Shop" to have someone do "maintenance" on it. I remember him telling me it went in running ok, came out running better but something still didn't seem right. I now know what that "something" was! if they would have called him and said "you got 2 broke mixture screws" he would have said "FIX IT!" this is why I tackle most anything I can. that way I know the corners that have been cut... cuz I had the scissors

I had taken my rear tire to the local shop to have a new rear tire on it ( since they do work on the side). The lead guy walked over to the guy doing my tire, and asked if he knew what it came off. The guy said no, the lead looked at him, and said, "That came off God's motorcycle, the XS1100. " I had to laugh.

[ddragon63]

I had taken my rear tire to the local shop to have a new rear tire on it ( since they do work on the side). The lead guy walked over to the guy doing my tire, and asked if he knew what it came off. The guy said no, the lead looked at him, and said, "That came off God's motorcycle, the XS1100. " I had to laugh.

Ya the guys @ the shop I've been buying stuff from keep hearing about my XS. Both know what an XS11 is, but don't know much about them. They keep saying they don't think I really have one since they've never seen it. (except the wheels) I told them "thats cuz I seem to put more hours on it with a wrench in my hand lately than with my butt on the seat!" shop owner says "bring it in so we can fix it right for ya!" I laughed and said "no way you goofballs will poke @ it with a spanner wrench untill you break something!"

[trbig]

LOL.. Never heard anyone on this side of the pond call it a spanner wrench?

[ddragon63]

LOL.. Never heard anyone on this side of the pond call it a spanner wrench?

Tod
What the hell else would you call the wrench used to adjust pre-load on coil-overs? I don't know it by any other name....

[trbig]

That's just what those guys that say "Tyre" call a Crescent wrench..

[ddragon63]

That's just what those guys that say "Tyre" call a Crescent wrench..

Crescent is a brand Sir... Are you referring to an open-end adjustable wrench? LMAO