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  • #46
    Half the time the el-cheapos are the best. I might have to pick one up - then I can stop borrowing my brothers . When you check the timing, you'll usually get better results if you hook the timing light to an external power source - like a battery charger or a car battery (not in the car, at least not while the car is running.) You want to plug the vacuum advance and keep it at 1100 rpms if you're setting/checking the timing, but if you want to see how far it's advancing, then don't (duh ).
    I think I have a loose screw behind the handlebars.

    '79 XS11 Standard, Jardine 4/1, Dyna DC1-1 Coils, 145 mains, 45 pilots, plastic floats - 25.7mm, XV920 fuel valves, inline fuel filters, speed bleeders, Mikes XS pods, spade-type fuse block, fork brace, progressive fork springs/shocks, manual petcocks, 750 FD, Venture cam chain tensioner, SS brake lines

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    • #47
      Well, I put the new plugs in, NGK BR6ES instead of the br8's the PO had in.
      I took it for a ride and now I have power, lots of it and all the way through the rev band. I am happy that the jet change, the emulsion tube clean and the plugs change have fixed the 4-5k rpm problem.

      On a side note I am getting a over run on the rpm's sometimes when I cut the throttle.
      I think it is because of the leaky vacuum on the petcock is sucking fuel into the #4 cyl.
      I am going to do the vacuum bypass mod and block the prime so I will have an off position. Hopefully that is why I am getting the over run.
      I think it is, because after I get on the throttle there seems to be a lot of fuel going to #4 from the petcock, when I release the throttle after a while the fuel disappears from the vacuum tube and the rpm's return to normal.
      1978 XS1100 E work in progress. Bought in 1998 19xxx miles.
      1979 XS1100 F running. Bought May 2010 30xxx miles. 145 mains, 45 pilots, Ivan's v-stack mod, pods and 4-2 Jardine, 25.7mm floats.
      1979 XS1100 SF missing tank and seat. Top end dismantled.
      1989 xt600
      1984 Honda vt500
      1983 Honda cm250

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      • #48
        Originally posted by dbeardslee View Post
        Half the time the el-cheapos are the best. I might have to pick one up - then I can stop borrowing my brothers . When you check the timing, you'll usually get better results if you hook the timing light to an external power source - like a battery charger or a car battery (not in the car, at least not while the car is running.) You want to plug the vacuum advance and keep it at 1100 rpms if you're setting/checking the timing, but if you want to see how far it's advancing, then don't (duh ).
        Thanks for all the good advice, I am glad I can go back through the posts because it would be hard to remember everything.
        1978 XS1100 E work in progress. Bought in 1998 19xxx miles.
        1979 XS1100 F running. Bought May 2010 30xxx miles. 145 mains, 45 pilots, Ivan's v-stack mod, pods and 4-2 Jardine, 25.7mm floats.
        1979 XS1100 SF missing tank and seat. Top end dismantled.
        1989 xt600
        1984 Honda vt500
        1983 Honda cm250

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        • #49
          yup, fix that vacuum line pulling fuel, that would really be throwing #4 off. Also if you didn't you should do a vacuum synch on the carbs, will make it much smoother.
          1979 xs1100 Special -
          Stock air box/K&N Filter, MAC 4-2 exhaust, Bad-Boy Air horn, TC fuse box, Windshield, Soft bags, Vetter Fairing, Blinkers->Run/Turn/Brake Lights, Headlight Modulator, hard wire GPS power

          Short Stack - 1981 xs1100 Standard - lowered for SWMBO.

          Originally posted by fredintoon
          Goes like a train, corners like a cow, shifts like a Russian tractor, drinks like a fish, you are gonna love it.
          My Bike:
          [link is broken]

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          • #50
            Originally posted by psycoreefer View Post
            yup, fix that vacuum line pulling fuel, that would really be throwing #4 off. Also if you didn't you should do a vacuum synch on the carbs, will make it much smoother.
            I am glad yo think so too. Does that make sense that the over run would be associated with the leaky vacuum?
            I haven't done a vacuum synch yet, but I did synch them with a thin wire to get them close. It seems pretty close to me, but I won't know till I do a vac synch.
            1978 XS1100 E work in progress. Bought in 1998 19xxx miles.
            1979 XS1100 F running. Bought May 2010 30xxx miles. 145 mains, 45 pilots, Ivan's v-stack mod, pods and 4-2 Jardine, 25.7mm floats.
            1979 XS1100 SF missing tank and seat. Top end dismantled.
            1989 xt600
            1984 Honda vt500
            1983 Honda cm250

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            • #51
              oops double post
              Last edited by blade; 06-03-2010, 06:19 PM.
              1978 XS1100 E work in progress. Bought in 1998 19xxx miles.
              1979 XS1100 F running. Bought May 2010 30xxx miles. 145 mains, 45 pilots, Ivan's v-stack mod, pods and 4-2 Jardine, 25.7mm floats.
              1979 XS1100 SF missing tank and seat. Top end dismantled.
              1989 xt600
              1984 Honda vt500
              1983 Honda cm250

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              • #52
                When you say over run, are you saying gas is coming out of the carb bells? That's a sign of two things - one, your octopus isn't shutting off the fuel flow, and two, your fuel valves aren't sealing in the carbs.
                I think I have a loose screw behind the handlebars.

                '79 XS11 Standard, Jardine 4/1, Dyna DC1-1 Coils, 145 mains, 45 pilots, plastic floats - 25.7mm, XV920 fuel valves, inline fuel filters, speed bleeders, Mikes XS pods, spade-type fuse block, fork brace, progressive fork springs/shocks, manual petcocks, 750 FD, Venture cam chain tensioner, SS brake lines

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                • #53
                  I think he's saying when he shuts the throttle the RPMS remain "high" for a little while before coming back to idle, could be caused by the extra fuel, a vacuum leak, or out of synch carbs.
                  1979 xs1100 Special -
                  Stock air box/K&N Filter, MAC 4-2 exhaust, Bad-Boy Air horn, TC fuse box, Windshield, Soft bags, Vetter Fairing, Blinkers->Run/Turn/Brake Lights, Headlight Modulator, hard wire GPS power

                  Short Stack - 1981 xs1100 Standard - lowered for SWMBO.

                  Originally posted by fredintoon
                  Goes like a train, corners like a cow, shifts like a Russian tractor, drinks like a fish, you are gonna love it.
                  My Bike:
                  [link is broken]

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                  • #54
                    Originally posted by psycoreefer View Post
                    I think he's saying when he shuts the throttle the RPMS remain "high" for a little while before coming back to idle, could be caused by the extra fuel, a vacuum leak, or out of synch carbs.
                    Yes, that is what I meant.
                    I am quite sure it is not the carbs being synched because when I unhook the vacuum tube and block off the hole on the #4 carb manifold I don't have the over rev problem.
                    1978 XS1100 E work in progress. Bought in 1998 19xxx miles.
                    1979 XS1100 F running. Bought May 2010 30xxx miles. 145 mains, 45 pilots, Ivan's v-stack mod, pods and 4-2 Jardine, 25.7mm floats.
                    1979 XS1100 SF missing tank and seat. Top end dismantled.
                    1989 xt600
                    1984 Honda vt500
                    1983 Honda cm250

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                    • #55
                      I took the petcocks off and did the vacuum valve mod. Next I removed the vacuum tube to #4 carb boot and put tube between the two petcocks to each vacuum port. I capped the #4 car boot.
                      I took it for a ride and it does seem better but at times it will hang at around 3k rpm when I pull the clutch in and take a while to return to idle.

                      I checked the throttle cable where it meets the carbs, it is fully seated, when I twist the throttle and it snaps back fully with a little slack in the cable.

                      Tomorrow I am going to borrow a friends vacuum synch. Hopefully that is where the problem is. After the synch I will adjust the mixture screws.

                      I have noticed that at idle I can smell gas coming from the exhaust pipes, it is not a very strong smell but I did notice it. I have read some other posts that say it is normal as the xs's run rich at idle but I didn't know what to think. It could be from carbs being slightly out of synch.
                      It is running great apart from the idle/rpm issue.

                      I really want to ride it more but I am nervous about doing some kind of damage to the engine.
                      Last edited by blade; 06-09-2010, 12:30 AM.
                      1978 XS1100 E work in progress. Bought in 1998 19xxx miles.
                      1979 XS1100 F running. Bought May 2010 30xxx miles. 145 mains, 45 pilots, Ivan's v-stack mod, pods and 4-2 Jardine, 25.7mm floats.
                      1979 XS1100 SF missing tank and seat. Top end dismantled.
                      1989 xt600
                      1984 Honda vt500
                      1983 Honda cm250

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                      • #56
                        sometimes if the rpms rise when you
                        are cutting the throttle, it could mean that
                        your running lean, depending on the throttle position
                        and the rpm, will determine what circuit your running lean in.
                        what settings did you end up using?
                        pete


                        new owner of
                        08 gen2 hayabusa


                        former owner
                        1981 xs1100 RH (aus) (5N5)
                        zrx carbs
                        18mm float height
                        145 main jets
                        38 pilots
                        slide needle shimmed .5mm washer
                        fitted with v/stax and uni pod filters

                        [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pA8dwxmAVA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/url]

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                        • #57
                          Hi petejw

                          I ended up with 145 mains, 45 pilot and about two turns out on the mixture screws. Maybe I will need to turn the mixture screws out more?
                          1978 XS1100 E work in progress. Bought in 1998 19xxx miles.
                          1979 XS1100 F running. Bought May 2010 30xxx miles. 145 mains, 45 pilots, Ivan's v-stack mod, pods and 4-2 Jardine, 25.7mm floats.
                          1979 XS1100 SF missing tank and seat. Top end dismantled.
                          1989 xt600
                          1984 Honda vt500
                          1983 Honda cm250

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                          • #58
                            what are your floats set at?
                            are you running an air box?

                            the mains and pilots seem ok
                            pete


                            new owner of
                            08 gen2 hayabusa


                            former owner
                            1981 xs1100 RH (aus) (5N5)
                            zrx carbs
                            18mm float height
                            145 main jets
                            38 pilots
                            slide needle shimmed .5mm washer
                            fitted with v/stax and uni pod filters

                            [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pA8dwxmAVA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/url]

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                            • #59
                              Pete - he must be talking about the F with the stacks, pods, and 4/2.
                              I think I have a loose screw behind the handlebars.

                              '79 XS11 Standard, Jardine 4/1, Dyna DC1-1 Coils, 145 mains, 45 pilots, plastic floats - 25.7mm, XV920 fuel valves, inline fuel filters, speed bleeders, Mikes XS pods, spade-type fuse block, fork brace, progressive fork springs/shocks, manual petcocks, 750 FD, Venture cam chain tensioner, SS brake lines

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                              • #60
                                Originally posted by petejw View Post
                                what are your floats set at?
                                I have not checked the floats yet.
                                What height is recommended for my set up with the 79?
                                1978 XS1100 E work in progress. Bought in 1998 19xxx miles.
                                1979 XS1100 F running. Bought May 2010 30xxx miles. 145 mains, 45 pilots, Ivan's v-stack mod, pods and 4-2 Jardine, 25.7mm floats.
                                1979 XS1100 SF missing tank and seat. Top end dismantled.
                                1989 xt600
                                1984 Honda vt500
                                1983 Honda cm250

                                Comment

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