video of my bike

[WDB_xs1100s]

i apologize for the crappy sound but something still doesnt sound right.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tx3PTDha2Q

[DGXSER]

Sounds like your running on half the cylinders. Check the headers after riding it a few miles or idling for a few minutes and see which ones are hot. I spray water on them to listen for the sizzle.

[lee_dutcher]

sounds like mine..lol.. but mine run on all 4 (sorry left hand.....lol) but di u got the vacume advance hooked up right somtimes that make that ticking sound under idle and goes away under a load.... if that is what your worryed about

[WDB_xs1100s]

i done the water on the header and cylinders 3 and 4 are screaming hot but 1 and 2 are much cooler

[DGXSER]

Check the fuel supply to those two. Do you have a kinked fuel line? Do you have an in-line filter that may be plugged? If fuel level in the tank is pretty low, try putting the petcock on prime or reserve.

[WDB_xs1100s]

the lines are ok and so are my filters and the bike has a half tank of fuel it just really baffles me.

[petejw]

jat,
have u synced the carbs?
one side of the carbs could be getting more fuel than the other side.

[DGXSER]

Not knowing the condition of the tank when you started, did you pull the petcocks out and check the filters? Have you verified good fuel flow form the petcocks?

1 and 2 are fed from one fuel source, and the way it was running sounds like fuel starvation. So I am focusing on the fuel source to the carbs.