I can't get my carb's tuned properly with exhaust and pods. ):

[Dylano*]

Your damn carbs are STILL dirty.

NO WAY!!!!! ARGHHH!!!!! I've cleaned and cleaned them ):

[Dylano*]

You can run it from the rear nipples and still have on, off, and reserve. The front nipples are only for prime and are unnecessary with the octy gone.

Run them from the opposite petcock as the carb your connecting to. Xing them under the carb intakes. I have small lawn mower porous stone filters in each line and I have the lines connected to each other in an H pattern before the filters. This equalizes the tank and if there is an issue with flow from one side or the other it will still feed all 4 carbs

Great idea. I will do that, Just not right this min. because I think it is ok for now while I sort other problems... I will have to do that though...

[BA80]

OH and to get it running ok at this point, my pilot screws are about 7 turns out... with the stock 47.5 pilots. and two over mains.

Popping seems to be coming from the right side... and the #4 carb's pilot screw was pretty rough to turn out this last time, like it is almost crossthreading or something but not quite, could those two things be related?

Your damn carbs are STILL dirty.

[Dylano*]

OH and to get it running ok at this point, my pilot screws are about 7 turns out... with the stock 47.5 pilots. and two over mains.

Popping seems to be coming from the right side... and the #4 carb's pilot screw was pretty rough to turn out this last time, like it is almost crossthreading or something but not quite, could those two things be related?

[BA80]

You can run it from the rear nipples and still have on, off, and reserve. The front nipples are only for prime and are unnecessary with the octy gone.

Run them from the opposite petcock as the carb your connecting to. Xing them under the carb intakes. I have small lawn mower porous stone filters in each line and I have the lines connected to each other in an H pattern before the filters. This equalizes the tank and if there is an issue with flow from one side or the other it will still feed all 4 carbs

[Dylano*]

OK I got rid of that thing. Looks much better too.

Bike currently idles and revs great, only with an occasional backfire when revv'd let off then revv'd quickly again.

NOW this is how it was LAST time, and as soon as I got down the block it started running terribly.

[Dylano*]

Is that how to correctly bypass it?
From the rear two petcocks to the carbs then plug the manifold? and obviously plug the front two petcocks?

[BA80]

I tried to keep mine but finally got sick of fixing it all the time. Loose it.

[Dylano*]

OMFG... can I bypass this stupid octy fuel vacuum regulator BS?@@??!?! I keeps stopping the sending of fuel to any given random damn side till I turn it from ON to PRIME then back again or mess with it... would it be bad to take it off and run a line from the rear to petcocks right to the carbs and just leave it on ON?! and plug the vacuum hole on the manifold???

[BA80]

Here's the test procedure for the Virago load sensor, the XJ should be similar. I found that with the volt meter installed for this test that when vacuum was applied during the test the voltage dropped.

[BA80]

kinked fuel line? How much gas in the tank? Is the octy still on there?

[BA80]

Yes, I believe that is correct.

OK, there's a test procedure for that and I'm looking for it but it's not where it's supposed to be............dammit!

[Dylano*]

So I guess the NEW main problem is that it seems as if my left two cyl. aren't firing

[Dylano*]

That's right, BOOST SENSOR. It has vacuum line and a 3 wire plug to it?

Yes, I believe that is correct.

[BA80]

what is hooked up to the number 2 carb is called a BOOST SENSOR it says right on it

That's right, BOOST SENSOR. It has vacuum line and a 3 wire plug to it?